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Daily Web Coverage
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Pan-African Implementation and Partnership
Conference on Water
Regional Implementation Meeting in Preparation for CSD-12
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 8 - 12 December 2003
Highlights for
Wednesday, 10 December 2003
Delegates met in morning and afternoon multi-stakeholder sessions to
discuss, inter alia: achieving MDGs and WSSD targets; the Africa-EU Water
Partnership; and the World Water Forums. A special session on African
inputs to the 12th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development
(CSD-12) also met in a parallel session. Delegates met in Plenary to
summarize recommendations from the thematic sessions for Ministerial
consideration.
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Francis Babu, Uganda Housing Minister, chaired the
session on the review of African regional
implementation for CSD-12. |
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Recalling that CSD-12
will address water, sanitation and human settlements, Josue Dione,
UNECA, said the PANAFCON report should be in line with the WSSD
targets on these themes. |
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Noting that Africa has the fastest
urbanization rate in the world, Alioune Badiane, UN-HABITAT, said
greater attention should be given to the evaluation of Africa's
development agenda, especially providing access for all to decent
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Sekou Toure,
UNEP Regional Office for Africa, noted progress made in mobilizing
political will and involving civic society in Africa on issues of
water, sanitation and human settlements, and recalled the shortcomings
faced by the region. |
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delegate of the Republic of Congo. |
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Delegates from
Senegal attending the session.
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Achieving MDGS and WSSD targets | |
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Session Chair
Robert Munro, Exxcel Africa, stressed the need to close the
gap between rhetoric and practice in achieving the targets.
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Albert Wright,
African Water Task Force, presented on Africa and the MDGs for
water and sanitation, noting the Task Force's role in identifying
strategies to achieve the MDGs. |
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Plenary | |
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William
Cosgrove chaired a Plenary that summarized the thematic
session's recommendations for Ministerial consideration. |
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Stephen M.
Donkor (left), Conference Secretariat and Halifa Omar Drammen
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PANAFCON Steering Committee Chair. |
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