Cooperation in fisheries in Africa.

Takes note with satisfaction of the convening, under the chairmanship of Senegal, of the 2nd session of the Ministerial Conference on Cooperation in Fisheries among the African States Bordering the Atlantic Ocean at Dakar from 1 to 5 July 1991, during which a number of relevant decisions were made and certain programmes prepared; welcomes the adoption by the Conference of a Regional Convention designed to regulate and strengthen cooperation among those States; appeals to the entire international community to follow the rational management of fishering resources, including stock maintenance, in the interest both of the African States bordering the Atlantic Ocean and of the developed countries involved in exploiting those resources; requests the organizations of the UN system, donor States and agencies involved in providing assistance and funding to contribute generously, as appropriate, to the implementation of programmes and projects prepared during the Conference.

Adopted without vote, 32nd meeting

Adopted at the 32nd plenary meeting, 26 July 1991.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its 2nd regular session of 1991, Geneva, 3-26 July 1991. - E/1991/INF/10. - 30 Aug. 1991. - p. 47-48. - Issued in ESCOR, 1991, Suppl. no. 1 and 1a.