Date Signed: 2011-05-01
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Issues: Gender, Environment & Sustainable Development, HIV & AIDS
Themes: Social & Human Development, Employment & Labour, Education & Skills Development, Orphans, Vulnerable Children & Youth
The African Youth Charter serves as a strategic framework for youth empowerment and development throughout Africa. In order to facilitate implementation of the Charter, the African Union developed the African Youth Decade 2009-2018 Plan of Action to serve as a comprehensive road map for youth development, with specific objectives, outcomes, and strategies.
Read MoreDate Signed: 2011-01-01
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Transfrontier Conservation Areas, Wildlife
Understanding the objectives of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg called for an international regime to promote fair and equitable sharing of benefits from use of genetic resources. In response, the United Nations prepared the Nagoya Protocol – a legal framework providing for equitable access to genetic resources and their benefits.
Read MoreDate Signed: 2011-01-01
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Trade in Services