Report of ECA/WMO interagency expert consultation on establishing the African Center of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) : Bujumbura, Burundi, 8 - 10 october 1986

Abstract

An ECA/WMO Inter-Agency Expert Consultation on Establishing the African Centre of Metro-logical Applications for Development (ACMAD) was held at the WHO Regional Office for Africa at Bujumbura, Burundi from 8-10 October 1986. It was organized by WMO jointly with the ECA.The meeting was convened in response to United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) resolution 585(XXI) of April 1986 which requested the Executive Secretary of the ECA and the Secretary-General of World Meteorological Organization (WMO} to prepare the draft constitution of the ACMAD centre and submit- it through the Joint Intergovernmental Regional Committee on Human Settlements arid Environment to the Conference of Ministers of its thirteenth meeting. Other activities considered related to the technical details regarding the Centre, the host country agreement and the financial resources.