African Ministerial Conference on the Environment

The Tenth Special Session of AMCEN and UNCCD COP 16 Regional Consultation will be held in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, from 30 August to 6 September 2024, under the theme “Raising Africa’s Ambition to Reduce Land Degradation, Desertification, and Drought.

The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) was established in December 1985, following a conference of African ministers of environment held in Cairo, Egypt. Its mandate is to provide advocacy for environmental protection in Africa; to ensure that basic human needs are met adequately and in a sustainable manner; to ensure that social and economic development is realized at all levels; and to ensure that agricultural activities and practices meet the food security needs of the region.

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Current event

Tenth Special Session of AMCEN and UNCCD COP16 Regional Consultations

When: 30 August - 6 September

Where: Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Meeting dates

Event registrations

Participants will pre-register at the following link https://indico.un.org/e/10thAMCEN

Professional journalists and other media representatives are also invited to register via the same link : https://indico.un.org/e/10thAMCEN.

 

Contacts

Fatou Ndoye

Head, AMCEN Secretariat

For more information please contact;

Allan Meso, AMCEN Secretariat

Siyad Fayoumi, Public Information Officer, UNEP

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