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mlITED Nl..TIOifS P.EGI01:;,L Ci..RTOGRicFHI C CONF3RBNCE FOR hFRIC~
Nairobi (Kenya),
1-13
July1963 .
TECHJTIC~L ~SSISThNCE
Tho Conf:::rcl?-.'Je,
Noting:
(a) that the technical assistanco provided through international channols and by tilatoral agroemonts has playod an important rolo in tho strungthoning of certain national cartographic servicus and in tho carrying out of cort~in cartographic projects;
(b) that tho necossary m~~ns to incroase thu tochnical capacity of national cartographic services of th~ devuloping countrios cannot bo
mGt by th~ir national r0SQurC0S alon0~
(c) that tho tochnical assistance ro~uired by tho cartographic sorvio~s of th0 African oourrt.r-r o s 2..T0 not Jr0t known in full to all th0 organizations and gov0rnmdnts providing such assistanc0:
Considering that ado~uate information on thos~ ro~uirom~nts would increase the usofulness and offcciency of tochnical assistanco in tho various branch~s of cartography;
Recoffiffionds that thu Executive Sucret~ry of tho Economic Commission for .•frica should collect from tho national cartograJ!hic serv i.co a
information on thoir tochnical assistanco ru~uirvment and maku it avail- able on r0~uost to tho organizations and govornaonts having tochnical assistanco programmos for Africa.
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