Matters arising from the third Meeting of the Conference of Ministers

Abstract

In pursuance of resolution 260(XIl) which dealt with the formation of commodity producer exporters associations, the joint ECA/UNIDO Industry Division was presented at the Conference of African Wood Producing and Exporting Countries which too place at Bangui Central African Republic, from 23 to 27 Kay 1975, at which it was decided to Slash an African Timber Organization (ATO). The objective of the creation is to enable African countries to achieve optimal prices for their wood and wood products. The ECA secretariat was also represented at the annual meeting of the FAO Pulp and Paper Advisory Committee, which was held at Rome in June 1975.