Co-operation in fisheries in Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Takes note of the Ministerial Conference on Cooperation in Fisheries Among the African States Bordering the Atlantic Ocean, held at Rabat from 30 Mar. to 1 Apr. 1989, and of the meeting of the follow-up committee, held also at Rabat, from 29 to 31 May 1990; requests Member States to make full use of advanced marine training centres in Africa, to promote the exchange of information and the joint negotiation of fisheries agreements concerning the high-seas fleets of non-African countries, to accord greater importance to the development of small-scale fishing, to improve the living conditions of African fishermen, to acknowledge the role of women in fisheries, to strengthen fish marketing and preservation facilities and to facilitate the access of African fishery products to the markets of developed countries; requests the Secretary-General to submit, in close consultation with FAO to the General Assembly at its 47th session, through the Economic and Social Council at its 2nd regular session of 1992, a report on cooperation in fisheries in Africa, including recommendations for its enhancement; also requests the Secretary-General to include in his report ways and means to develop the potential capabilities of developing countries in fisheries, including economic and technical cooperation, particularly among developing countries.

Adopted without vote, 71st meeting

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Adopted at the 71st plenary meeting, 21 Dec. 1990.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 45th session, Volume 1, 18 September-21 December 1990. - A/45/49. - 1991. - p. 112-113. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).