Report of the Meeting of African Ministers of Trade Preparatory to UNCTAD VIII

Abstract

The meeting of the African Ministers of Trade Preparatory to UNCTAD VIII was held in Lusaka, Zambia on 19 September 1991. The meeting was convened pursuant to paragraphs 40 and 41 of the report of the Eleventh Conference of African Ministers of Trade that took place in Addis Ababa, in April 1991 (doc. E/ECA/TRADE/91/12). The primary objective of the meeting was to adopt an African position to be negotiated at the meeting of the Group of 77 and UNCTAD VIII. The meeting had before it the Report of the Meeting of the Senior Officials, the draft Declaration and draft African position on the various agenda items for UNCTAD VIII.