The UN Economic Commission for Africa's (UNECA) Food Security and Sustainable Development programme aims to strengthen the capacity of Member States to design and implement policies and programmes to reinforce linkages between food security, population, environment and human settlements so as to achieve sustainable development. This meeting is also scheduled to serve as the Africa Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) for CSD 20.  

dates: 19-21 November 2012   location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia   contact: Josué Dioné   phone: +251-11-544-3547   fax: +251-11-551-0350   e-mail: jdione@uneca.org   www: http://new.uneca.org/cfssd8/home_cfssd8.aspx