Executive summary on the outcome of the eighth meeting of the bureau of the African ministerial conference on the environment (AMCEN)

Abstract

The Bureau meeting, which was chaired by H.E. Mr. Jacques Baudin, President of AMCEN and the Senegalese Minister of Environment and Tourism, was convened on the basis of major findings and conclusions of evaluations/assessments the results of which were initially considered by the extraordinary meeting of the Bureau (Nairobi, December 1992). That meeting pointed to the need for a revitalized Conference to respond effectively to sustainable development challenges brought about by major developments since 1985 culminating in the adoption of the African Common Position on Environment and Development and the UNCED agreements, notably Agenda 21. The Bureau considered proposals on AMCEN's role in the decade of the 1990s which were prepared by UNEP OAU ECA the AMCEN Task Force and selected African experts. The proposals relate to policy organizational and programmatic arrangements needed for AMCEN. They underscore the fact that the post-UNCED follow-up in Africa necessitated as well a review of the objectives, focus and organization of work of AMCEN and its constituent bodies.