African Statistical Newsletter = Bulletin d’Information Statistique 2012

Abstract

This Second Conference of African ministers in charge of civil registration was preceded by an Experts’ Group Meeting from 3 to 5 September 2012 at the Durban International Convention Centre in Durban, Republic of South Africa. Organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Union Commission (AUC), the African Development Bank (AfDB), supported by the Government of the Republic of South Africa, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO and HMN, this Second Conference was organized in accordance with the resolution of the First ministerial meeting, which recommended that the Conference be institutionalized as a standing forum to be organized every two years. The theme of the Conference was “Improving Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Institutional and Human Infrastructure.”