Report of the Secretary-General on the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN) on the Convention on Biodiversity (October, 1994, Nairobi, Kenya)

Abstract

This report by the OAU Secretary-General to the Council of Ministers details the outcomes of the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN) held in Nairobi in October 1994, focusing on the Convention on Biological Diversity. Following a request from the African Group in Geneva, the conference was convened to formulate a unified African Common Position for the First Conference of the Parties (COP) in Nassau, Bahamas.