, :ITED NATIONS
t:~C O N·O MIC l\ND SOCIAL (~OUNCIL
EOONOMI C COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Second U·'.li ted Nations Regional Cartogra~hic Conference for Africa Tunis (T.misia), 12-24 September 1966
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:ORA.FT REPORT CF THE CONFERENCE
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1. Th2 Secor£! Ur;i ted Nations Regional Cartographic Confe1•enoe for Africa held in :[\mis, Tunisia, frcm 12 to 2,i SeptGmber 1966 was convened by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Gorr.11issio:1 for 1\frica in ,JUrsuance
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resolution 1of the F:'.rG t Ur.i ted Nations Regio'1.:;l Co.rtorraphic Conference for Africa held at Nair::,bi, Kenya, in 1963; that resolution was approved by the Stan::ling Committee on Industry, Natural Resources, and Iranspo,..t of tJrn Economic Cc!lll'l:ission fer Africa in Dece.'Tlber 1963.
-HOST COUJTRY
2. T:ie Governnent of Tunisia made the physical arrangements and prcvided the meeting facilities.,
J. "':·.e follow:i.ng is the list of representativ8s of governr-,ents of member and associc:te member states of the Econ0r.1ic Commission for Afrtca, observers fr.om other rovern..~en':.:: ct·-id observerP f:rcrn speciall.zed ager;cies and other interna.tional organlr,a.tions. (See list in docu.:nent E/CT·J .14/CAR'r/23L!.),.
OFF I CI AL iiTJJ RES:: ES
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lfr. R.K,A .. Ga:roiP.er, Executive Secre cary of the Economic Commission for Africa openedthe
Conference on behalf of the Secretary-Ger£ral of the United Natioc1;s a:1d ECA, His Excellency !fr, Jll'w1'Jd Nourredine, Secreta""Y of State for Public Works ar:d Housing of the l'epub1ic of T:inisia gave ;;,n o:;i,wing address,E/CN ,J..4/CART/
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JJ)OPTION OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE
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The Conference adopted the provisional rules of procedure prepared by the secretariat of the E~onomic Commission for Africa (EICN .14/CART/148); these were similar to those of the First.Conference.OFFICERS OF THE CONFERENCE 6. The Conference elected the following officers:
Presiden~:
Vice-Presidents:
Rapporteur:
Mrc Selin Benghachame (Tunisia)
!-Ir_. P .P. f,nyumba (Kenya) Mr. Alpha Cisse (Ivory Coast)
!'Ir. Bernard Marty ( Cameroon) AGENDA
7, The Conference had before it the provisional agenda prepared after
consultations which the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commissbn for Africa had with the African Governments on 15 February 1966.
B. The final agenda as adopted by the Conferen~e is reproduced below.
1. Op8ning addresses .
2. Adoption of the rules of procedure 3. Elec t:'..on of officers
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Report on credentials5,
Adoption of the agenda 6. Organization of work7. Progress reports by countries on their cartographic activities in Africa since the First Conference
8, Reports of ~he organizations concerned on progress made in the fields covered by the resolutions or recommendations of the First Conference
9. Question of establishment of an ECA cartographic committee
10. Development of nation.al cartographic services 11. Projects of regional interest
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(a) Measurement of Arc 12 North
(b) International centre for training in integrated survey of natural resources and related recommendations
(c) Sdentific research and training centres in Africa for facilitating and accelerating the exploitation of natural resources
12, Technical questions on basic mapping (a) geodetic surveying
(b) aerial photography, photogrammetry and topograJ:llical mapping (c) cadastral survey
(d) hydrographic surveying
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Technical questions on thematic mappingll.i. Technical questions on preparation and repro<h1ction of maps 15, Report of the Co!L'.'erence.
ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNICAL COMMIT'IEES
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The Conference established four technical committees to deal with the technical i terns of the agenda. ':i.he allocation of these i terns is given below:Committee I
GEodesy and hydrography Ccmmi ttee II
Protogrammetry and topography Crnm1i ttee III
Tr.ema tic maps C<ITT!mi ttee IV
Items 12(a) arrl 12(d)
Items l2(b) and·12(c)
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Preparation and reproduction of Item
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Wtps, inchding geographical names
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OFFICER3 OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
10. '!he following list contains the officers el~cted by the four technical Cammi ttees:
Committee I
President: Mr.
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Labeca Okec (Uganda)Vice-President: Mr. A. Kengebele (Congo Kinshasa)
Rapporteur: Mr. R.J • Simpson (Ghana)
Committee II
President: Mr. R.O. Coker (Nigeria)
Vice-President: Mr. G. Adama (Togo)
Rapporteur: Mr. Taye Reta (Ethiopia)
Committee III
President: Mr. A. Hakam (Morocco)
Vice-President: Mr. J .L.F. Sawyerr (Liberia) Rapporteur: Mr. F. Bonnet-Dupeyron (France)
Committee IV
President: Mr. Tarrade (Madagascar)
Vice-President: Mr. 11.A. El Futuh (Sudan)
Rappa rteur: Mr. M.R. Pommeraul (Chad)
ESTABLISHMENT OF A WORKING GROUP
11. '!he Conference established a small working group to consider item 9 of the agenda and to make proposals to the Conference on the setting up, the terms of reference and the composition of an ECA Cartographic Committee. '!his working group was composed of the President and Vice-Presidents of the Conference, the Presidents of the four technical committees and delegates of the Central African
Republic, Chad, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Tanzania, Togo and Tunisia, as well as Mr. Tchang, Executive Secretary of the Conference.
C RED EN TIALS
12. The President of the Conference reported that the Credentials Committee, composed of the President and the Vice-Presidents, had examined the credentials submitted by the delegations and found them in order.
VOTES OF THANKS
13. The Conference adopted two resolutions expressing its appreciation to the Government of Tunisia and the Economic Commission for Africa.
CLOSING SESSION
Chapter II
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE
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'.l'h,:, discussions of the technical committees on the i terns of, the aee,nda submittc!d to them, as well as conclusions reached, are outlined in the reports of the four technical corr.mittees, which appear in annexes I to IV of this report.The del:_berations of the Conference on the other items of the agenda, as Fell as
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those of the technical committees, led to the formulation of resolt; tions, the full texts of which are reproduced in this chapter, Technical papers submitted to the Conference 1dll appear in volume 2 of the publication on t.'ie Confennce.
Annex V contains a list of documents distributed at the Conference, including reports on vctivities, background pa,pers and technical papers submitted by participating governments and international organizations for consideratior,
or information in connexion with the various i tEilos of the agenda.
List of resolutions
l, Third United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Africa (L.J8)
2. Question of organization of an ECA Cartographic Comidttee (L,27)
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Promotion of interest in cartographic 1,,ork (L.32)4.
Seminar on "cadastre" (L,J3)5,
H;ydrographic services (L,40)6, Establishment of a research centre fer Africa (1.25) 7, Information bulletin
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8. Geodeti.o sa tolli te (L.35)
9, Surveying :'.11 dense forest areas (1.26)
10. Production of thematic maps an:i national atlases (L.28) 11. Prcduction of special maps ard atlases for Africa (L.Jl)
12. United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names (L,24)
