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Documents
This page provides a collection
of documents and information with relevance to the African region. They
are usually in HTML or PDF format. Documents in HTML format can be viewed
through the web browser.
Documents in PDF format require the
Adobe Acrobat Reader software that is free, and available for download,
from the Adobe
website.
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Users who wish to contribute documents
to this page should email the material, preferably in MS Word, Adobe
PDF or text formats, to minerals.forum@unctad.org.
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Image: Small-scale mining
activities.
Source: Norman Jennings, ILO.
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United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD)
International
Labour Organisation (ILO)
The ILO has been involved in mining
sector activities in Africa and elsewhere. Their principal areas
of concern are small scale mining, safety and health, training and
industrial relations. Work is also conducted on the issue of child
labour across a variety of sectors including mining.
A variety of other
documents on mining are available.
United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa
(UNECA)
The UNECA Committee
on Natural Resources and Science and Technology (CNRST) serves
as a forum for the promotion of cooperation among African countries
in the areas of science and technology and development and natural
resources and for providing advice on science and technology issues
relevant to the development of member States. The Committee meets
on a biennial basis.
The UN ECA, along with the UN DESA, organised a seminar on "Artisanal
and Small-scale Mining in Africa: Identifying Best Practices and
Building the Sustainable Livelihoods of Communities"
that was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 19-22 November 2002.
The following documents are availabe from this seminar:
Synthesis
Report (Word 204Kb) - Beatrice Labonne
Synthesis
Report Cover Page (Word 628Kb)
Yaoundé
Vision Statement (Word 68Kb)
United Nations
University (UNU)
The following documents are available through the UNU website.
The World Bank
Group
The Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook (PPAH) was adopted
in July 1998 and applies to all Bank funded projacts after this
time. The guidelines are designed to be used in the context of the
World Bank Group’s environmental policies set out in Operational
Policy (OP) 4.01, “Environmental Assessment,” and related documents.
The environmental assessment process sets the requirements for environmental
performance of projects.
The handbook includes a range of sectoral guidelines, those of
relevance to the mineral resources are (PDF format):
UN Panel of Experts
on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms
of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In June 2000, the President of the UN Security Council requested
the UN Secretary-General to establish a Panel of Experts on the
illegal exploitation of the natural resources and other forms of
wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the following
mandate (S/PRST/2000/20):
(a) To follow up on reports and collect information on all activities
of illegal exploitation of natural resources and other forms of
wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including in violation
of the sovereignty of that country;
(b) To research and analyse the links between the exploitation
of the natural resources and other forms of wealth in the Democratic
Republic of Congo and the continuation of the conflict.
The documents subsequently prepared by the expert panel are as
follows:
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Partnership
Africa Canada
A coalition of Canadian and African organizations that work in partnership
to promote sustainable human development policies that benefit African
and Canadian societies.
Report: The
Heart of the Matter: Sierra Leone, Diamonds and Human Security
- Ian Smillie, Lansana Gberie and Ralph Hazleton, January 2000.
(Available for download as a RTF file.)
MMSD
Southern Africa
Research
reports are available for download on the topics of: Small Scale
Mining, HIV/AIDS, Mining and Society, Biophysical, Managing Mineral
Wealth, Biophysical, and a Baseline Survey.
In addition the Proceedings
of a Multi-Stakeholder Workshop to discuss the findings are presented.
Mandala Projects
The Mandala Projects
is a collection of cross-disciplinary efforts to examine the effects
of globalization on people. The Trade
and Environment Database (TED) and Inventory
of Conflict and Environment (ICE) are two projects under this
banner. Each consists of a series of case studies, reserach papers
and other information on the areas of trade, conflict, environment,
culture, etc. The following documents are taken from these databases
and relate specifically to the mineral industry and Africa.
Royal Institute of
International Affairs
An independent research and membership organisation working to
promote understanding of international issues. Recent papers can
be found here. Examples of some past papers include:
- Governance
and Resource Projects: Focus on West Africa - Malcolm Keay.
Background Paper, Risky Connections Workshop, 10-11 May 2001.
- Sierra
Leone: Tracing the Genesis of a Controversy
- Abiodun Alao, Briefing Paper No. 50, June 1998.
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| Miscellaneous
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- The application of new exploration techniques
and geoscience databases within the new economic framework of
African mineral exploration - G. Borg, SEAMIC, 2000.
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