UNEP Abidjan Convention Secretariat, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Synonyms

Abidjan Convention Secretariats; Coastal and marine management; Regional cooperation; Regional seas; South East Atlantic

UNEP Abidjan Convention Secretariat

• Address: II Plateaux-Vallon – Rue Harris Memel Foteh, Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan

• Tel: +225 22 514 600

• Fax: +225 +225 22514602 s

• Web: http://www.abidjanconvention.org

• Email: unenvironment-abidjan-convention@un.org

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNAbjConvention

Introduction

Being part of the seven Regional Seas Conventions administered by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), the UNEP Abidjan Convention (ABC) or “Abidjan Convention” (short form for the Convention for the Cooperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Atlantic Coast of the West, Central and Southern Africa Region) is the only competent instrument for marine and coastal management/governance in the Southeast Atlantic region. ABC’s jurisdiction covers 22 countries, and adopted by 19 contracting...