Report of the seventh annual meeting of the interagency group on water in Africa

The seventh annual meeting of the Interagency Group for Water in Africa (IGWA) was held at Accra, Ghana from 25 to 27 January 2000. The meeting was convened and organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) as the secretariat of IGWA and was hosted by the Regional Office for Africa of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The meeting was attended by representatives from the following organizations: African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD); Regional AGRHYMET Center (CILLS); Water Resources Commission (WRC) of Ghana; The World Bank (WB); Zambezi River Authority (ZRA). Representatives from the following UN agencies participated at the meeting: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) also representing United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS/HABITAT); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA); United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); United Nations University (UNU); United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); and ECA Subregional Development Center for North Africa (ECA-SRDC-NA)