(a)Todevelop andstrengthen institutional, technological andhuman resources capabilities fortheapplication ofcartography andremotesensing techniques indatacollection andusefortheexploitation ofnatural resources and environmental management; (b)Toenhance policies anddesignlegislative guidelines fortheuseof cartography andremotesensing insocial andeconomic development planning. (b)CourseofactionoftheSecretariat 30.97Assistance willbeprovided tomemberStatesinbuilding uptheirtechnical knowledge ofmineral resources through thepreparation oftechnical studies onall aspects ofdevelopment andutilization ofselected minerals, suchasbase commodities, ferrous andnon-ferrous andfertilizer minerals, andincompiling information onmineral resources inventories. Training willbeprovided through workshops, seminars andstudytours, onallaspects relating tomineral exploration andexploitation. 30.98Inthefieldofwaterresources, research andanalysis willbeundertaken on policyissues, technical assistance andadvisory services willbeprovided and training courses, workshops, seminars andstudytourswillbeorganized and promoted inthefieldsofplanning, management andinstitutional-capability development assessment ofwaterresources andriverandlake-basin development. 30.99Inthefieldofcartography, thesecretariat willcontinue tooffer technical advisory services tomemberStates soastomaketheirnational -23- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Libraryinstitutions moreresponsive totheirnational cartographic andremote-sensing needsforplanning anddevelopment. Thoseservices willfocuson:theformulation andexecution ofco-operative projects, suchastheestablishment ofcommon geodetic standards andmapping specifications, building upofageographic information database forAfrica, through acontinuous andsystematic collection of mapsandchartsfortheMapDocumentation andReference Centre, asanall-Africa maplibrary; assistance inthedevelopment ofthecapacity toacquire ageographic information systemfortherational exploitation andmanagement ofnatural resources: andtheestablishment ofacartographic andremote-sensing information databank. SUBPROGRAMME 14.ENERGY' (a)Objectives 30.100 Thelegislative authority forthesubprogramme derives fromGeneral Assembly resolutions 40/208, 42/186and43/193: Economic and·Social Council resolutions 1987/10 and1989/6: andEconomic Commission forAfricaresolution 572(XXI). 30.101 Thesituation inAfricaischaracterized by: (a)Lowlevelsoftotalenergyavailability anduseforproduction sectors of theeconomy, coupled withhighlevelsofwastage, i.e.,lowefficiency inthe production, conversion, transport,. distribution andend-use ofallformsofenergy; (b)Excessively highshareoftraditional biomass fuelsintotalenergy consumption, coupled withveryhighlevelsofwastage intheuseofallbiomass fuels: (c)Rapiddepletion ofstanding biomass stocksineachofthemajor ecological zonesand,consequently, rapidly growing scarcity, aswellasgrowing deficiency, oftraditional biomass fuels. Thatisincreasing theburden womenand children bearingathering andusinghousehold fuelsforfamilyneedsandthe crisisoverreduction ofgreenareasoftheEarthwithrepercussions ofclimate changes: (d)Highshareofliquidpetroleum fuels,usedmainlyinroadandrail transport, intotalcomme·rcial energysupplies, coupled withhighlevelsofwastage intheend-use ofsuchtransport fuels; (e)HighburdenreSUlting fromtheuseofforeign exchange resources inthe importation ofpetroleum anditsderivatives imposed ontheeconomies ofmost African countries; (f)Escalation intheforeign exchange costsoftechnologies, bothhardware aswellassoftware, thatareneededtoexpandrapidly theindigenous production of energysupplies andtoimprove energyend-use efficiency: (g)Lackofadequate policy andplanning research capacity indispensable for theformulation ofcoherent country-specific andresource-specific energypolicies, plansandphased ~trateqies essential forextracting eachcountry fromthecomplex energycrisesitfaces. -24- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library• 30.102 Theobjectives ofthesubprogramme aretoassistmemberStatesin:
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on the development of African countries, specifically in the areas of energy, natural resources, and environmental management. It highlights the importance of cartography and remote sensing techniques in data collection and use for natural resource exploitation and environmental management. The text also mentions the need for policy and planning research capacity, as well as the provision of technical assistance and training to member states. This suggests that the category should be related to economic development, natural resources, and environmental management.

**Category**
Economic development, Natural resources and environment