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Eighth Session of the Committee on Food Security and Sustainable Development (CFSSD-8) and Africa Regional Implementation Meeting (Africa-RIM) in preparation for the Twentieth Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable (CSD-20)

19-21 November 2012 | UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Flags at the UN Offices in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
L-R: David R.L. Luke, Rapporteur, Malawi; Sami R.S. Sabry, First Vice-Chair, Egypt, Chair Safouesse, Democratic Republic of Congo; and Marjon Mamara, Second Vice-Chair, Liberia
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CFSSD-8 and Africa-RIMAn open-ended drafting group on the Africa Regional Implementation Meeting Outcome Document for CSD-20 tasked a small working group to meet this evening to report on the final day of the CFSSD-8 session on recommendations from the Rio+20 Conference for a High-level Political Forum for sustainable development. The working group, with representatives from Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Cameroon, Uganda and Gambia, will consider issues such as participation, including the level of political participation in the HLPF, the preferred duration and timing of sessions, coordination, and the HLPF’s relations with other UN bodies with responsibilities for sustainable development.

The second day of the CFSSD-8 session included parallel meetings to facilitate consideration of selected outcomes from the Rio+20 Conference and discussions on the implementation of the 2012/2013 work programme of the ECA Sub-programme on Food Security and Sustainable Development, and on the development of strategic agricultural commodity value chains in Eastern and Southern Africa. Delegates heard a series of presentations on Rio+20 outcomes, including Sustainable Development Goals, Means of Implementation and other outcomes such as the green economy, GDP+ and the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States.
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UNECA Presenters at the morning plenary on selected issues from the Rio+20 Conference. L-R: Bartholomew Armah, Chief, MDGs; Aissatou Gueye, Economic Affairs; Rawda Omar Clinton, Economic Affairs; and Louis M Lubango, Scientific Affairs.
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Adama Ekberg Coulibaly, Chief, Agriculture Production Systems Section, ECA
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L-R: Chongsi Ayeah Joseph (seated), Cameroon; Julia Nambili, Nambia; Maria Namuk Wambi, Namibia; and Eugene Kanguatjivi, Namibia
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Delegates met into the evening in a working group to discuss the Rio+20 Conference recommendation on a High Level Political Forum for sustainable development.
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Representatives of Major Groups await their opportunity to address the Tuesday plenary.
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Alessandra Sgobbi, Environmental Affairs Officer, UNECA Secretariat
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*Meeting work programme
*Aide Memoire
*Main Outcomes of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)
*Report of 2011 Regional Preparatory Meeting for Africa
*Information note

IISD RS resources
*IISD RS coverage of Rio+20: Third PrepCom and the UNCSD, 13-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*IISD RS summary report of the UNCSD or Rio+20 African Regional Preparatory Process, 20-25 October 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of CSD-19, 2-14 May 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
IISD RS coverage of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), 26 August - 4 September 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa
*IISD RS coverage of the UN Conference on Environment and Development, 3-14 June 1992, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*IISD RS archive of sustainable development meetings
*SDG - A mailing list for news on sustainable development policy
*Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Preparing for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development
*Sustainable Energy Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of Sustainable Energy Activities
*SIDS Policy and Practice - A Knowledgebase on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
*Biodiversity Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing International Biodiversity Policy
*Climate Change Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing Global Climate Change Policy
*Sustainable Water Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of Activities Addressing Sustainable Water and Sanitation Policy and Practice
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*African Regional Coverage
*Latin America and Caribbean Regional Coverage
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