Report on the preparation of the programme for the second United Nations Transport and Communications Decade in Africa

Abstract

At their seventh meeting held in Tangier, Morocco, in November 1989, the Conference of African Ministers of Transport, Communications and Planning approved the objectives, strategies and guidelines for the preparation of the second United Nations Transport and Communications Decade in Africa Programme. The Conference fully recognized that the global objectives of the first Decade, that is, establishment of integrated transport and communications systems in Africa as a basis for the physical integration of the continent, improving the efficiency of the systems, facilitating national and international traffic and fostering co-operation among African countries, were still valid for the second Decade. While the development objective was unchanged, the Conference decided to adopt a new strategy on the basis of the experience gained from the first Decade and in order to avoid the short-comings revealed by the programme evaluation which was conducted at the end of 1987.