Report of meeting of West Africa subregion on preparation of UNTACDA II Programme

Abstract

The meeting for the West-Africa Sub region on the preparation of strategies and programme of the second United Nations Transport and Communications Decade in Africa was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, under the auspices of the Economic Community of West Africa (CEAO), from 29 October to 2 November, 1990. Representatives of the following States participated in the meeting: Burkina Faso, Mali, the Niger and Sierra Leone; that is, only four out of the sixteen member States of the Sub region. The following organizations also attended in their capacities as members of the ;Sub regional or sectoral working groups: the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Economic Community of West Africa (CEAO), Lake chad Basin: Commission (CBLT), the Mano River Union (MRU), the Liptako-Gourma Authority (LGA), the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Pan african Postal Union (PAPU), the Union of African Railways (UAR), the World Bank and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).