Report of the Select Committee on Land and Environmental Affairs on the Abidjan Convention, dated 21 August 2002:
The Select Committee on Land and Environmental Affairs, having considered the request for approval by Parliament of the Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region and Related Protocols (Abidjan Convention), referred to it, recommends that the Council, in terms of section 231(2) of the Constitution, approve the said Convention.
The Committee notes with concern the fact that most contracting parties do not pay their contributions.