Report of the sixth session of the committee on food security and sustainable development: sustainable Consumption and Production for sustainable growth and poverty reduction and the regional implementation meeting for the eighteenth session of the commission on sustainable development

Abstract

The Sixth Session of the Committee on Food Security and Sustainable Development (CFSSD-6) took place under the theme: “Sustainable Consumption and Production for Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction”. The objectives of CFSSD-6 were twofold: to review implementation of the 2008/2009 work programme of the ECA Food Security and Sustainable Development Division (FSSDD) including guidance on further work during the 2010/2011 biennium for the programme budget of the ECA strategic framework; and to provide a platform for the Africa Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) for the Eighteenth Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-18). The RIM reviewed progress in the implementation of Agenda 21 (A21), the Programme for Further Implementation of Agenda 21 (PFIA21) and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) commitments relative to the thematic areas of Transport, Chemicals, Waste Management, Mining, and A Ten-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). The meeting drafted and adopted the RIM Outcome Document as the regional input to the deliberations of CSD-18.