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First phase of ACPC workshop series on meteorological data to cover five African countries
(2012-09)
The initial phase of ACPC workshop series on meteorological data opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this morning and will soon extend four other African countries, ECA’s Director for the Division of Food Security and Sustainable ...
NEPAD agency says $2 billion committed to great green wall
(2012-06)
The focal point of the TerraAfrica programme at the NEPAD Agency, Mr. Ousmane Djibo, said yesterday in Rio that about $2 billion had been set aside to support the Great Green Wall project in the Sahel and West Africa, ...
African negotiators say progress is finally being made on Rio+ 20 outcome statement
(2012-06)
Less than a day to the arrival of world leaders who are expected to consider and endorse the Rio+20 outcome document, the African Group of Negotiators here says it is finally making crucial progress on some testy areas of ...
Partners commend ECA's technical support on sustainable development in Africa
(2012-06)
African participants at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) have commended UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) for improved understanding that the region now has on sustainable development ...
Consensus Statement
(2012-10)
Africa’s considerable mineral wealth endowment ranks the continent first or second in known world reserves of bauxite, chromite, cobalt, industrial diamond, manganese, phosphate rock, platinum-group metals, soda ash, ...
Forest Resources
(2012-10)
Africa is endowed with diverse, rich natural and plantation forests which cover 23 per cent of the land area of the continent. These forests provide a wide range of goods and services that create opportunities for development, ...
Hundreds attend Africa day celebrations in Rio
(2012-06)
Hundreds of people today attended different activities to mark Africa Day events organized on the sidelines of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio to reflect on the continent's priorities and chart course ...
ECA, World Bank and African Union Commission team up to improve climate readiness in Africa
(2012-05)
A three-day workshop is underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to seek ways of strengthening regional capacities to improve the continent’s readiness for climate risks and enhance the resilience of its development to impacts ...
Experts to deliberate on efficient use of renewable energy to promote development in West Africa
(2012-05)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Sub-Regional Office for West Africa (ECA SRO-WA) is organizing on 7 and 8 June, 2012, in Lomé, Togo, an ad hoc expert group meeting to discuss ways to strengthen the West ...
Progrès de mise en oeuvre du développement durable en Afrique: rapport récapitulatif
(2012-05)
Le présent rapport a été établi en vue du Sommet de Rio+ 20, qui sera organisé par les Nations Unies. Il présente une synthèse des efforts déployés par la région depuis le Sommet planète Terre de 1992 (le Sommet de Rio) ...