The Second United Nations Transport and Communications Decade in Africa 1991-2000 (UNTACDA II) : objectives, strategies and guidelines

Abstract

The sixth meeting of the Conference of African Ministers of Transport, Communications and Planning held in Kinshasa, Zaire, in March 1988 requested the General Assembly of the United Nations to proclaim a second United Nations Transport and Communications Decade in Africa (UNTACDA II) for the period 1991-2000 as a sequel to the first one of 1970-1938.UNECA, with the active co-operation of the members of the Inter-Agency coordinating Committee of the Decade (IACC), undertook a series of activities for the purpose of planning the second Decade. The results of this exercise are presented in the present document.