Africa Review Report on Sustainable Consumption and Production - Summary

The United Nations General Assembly resolution 58/218 mandates United Nations regional commissions in collaboration with the secretariat of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), regional and subregional organizations and bodies, as well as regional offices of funds, programmes, international finance and trade institutions and other organizations of the United Nations system, to organize multi-stakeholder Regional Implementation Meetings (RIMs) and to provide regional inputs into the work of the CSD. In this context, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has been organizing RIMs in collaboration with partner organizations since 2003.

The 2009 RIM to be held in October 2009 under the auspices of the Sixth Session of the Committee on Food Security and Sustainable Development (CFSSD-6), is being organized in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and other partners. The RIM will deliberate on regional inputs into the Eighteenth Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-18). It will review progress in the implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for Further Implementation of Agenda 21, and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation commitments relative to the thematic areas of transport, chemicals, waste management, mining, and a 10-Year Framework Programme on Sustainable Consumption and Production.