Report of the second United Nations regional cartographic conference for Africa

Abstract

The second United Nations regional cartographic conference for Africa was convened by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa in pursuance of resolution 1 of the first United Nations regional cartographic conference for Africa held at Nairobi, Kenya, in 1963. The resolution was endorsed by the standing committee on Industry, natural resources, and transport of the economic commission for Africa in December 1963. The conference had prepared provisional agenda, after consultations which the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa had with the African governments on 15 February 1966.The final agenda as adopted by the conference is reproduced below: Adoption of the agenda; Organization of work ; Progress reports by countries on their cartographic activities in Africa since the first conference ; Reports of the organizations concerned on progress made in the fields covered by the resolutions or recommendations of the first conference .