Report of the meeting of the inter-agency coordinating committee of UNTACDA II and AD-HOC experts group meeting on African transport and communications policy framework for the next decade

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The meeting was attended by representatives of the following countries: Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Mali, Morocco, and Democratic Republic of Congo. Representatives from the following UN Agencies, and African intergovernmental bodies also participated at the meeting: African Development Bank (ADB), African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), International Maritime Organization (IMO), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Malawi Marine Training College, Maritime Organization for West and Central Africa (MOWCA), Organization of African Unity (OAU), Pan African Association for Port Cooperation (PAPC), Pan African Postal Union (PAPU), Regional Maritime Academy (RMA), Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM), Southern Africa Transport and Communications Commission (SATCC), Southern African Railways Association (SARA), Universal Postal Union (UPU), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and ECA Subregional Development Centre for Southern Africa (ECA-SRDC-SA). The list of participants is included in Annex I to this report.