Report of the conference of African ministers responsible for trade,regional cooperation integration and tourism Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,14-16 february 1996

Abstract

Report of the conference of African ministers responsible for trade, regional cooperation, integration and tourism. The Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Trade, Regional Cooperation, integration and Tourism held its f1£st session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 14-16 February 1996. The Conference was informed about the Committee on Regional Agreements created by the WTO negotiations on Trade/Integration Agreements. The African countries were called upon to ensure the effective participation in the WTO Singapore Meeting in December 1996. The meeting considered and adopted the four Resolutions on: (I) the Organization of a meeting on ECDC/TCDC; (ii) Implementation of the treaty establishing the African Economic Community: Strengthening Regional Economic Communities, Rationalization and Harmonization of the activities of Regional and Subregiol1lal Communities; (iii) the Eight Year Inter-African Trade Development Action Plan; and (iv) the Development of Tourism in Africa. These Resolutions are' attached to this report.