The African Ministerial Conference on Environment (Amcen) stresses the urgency of agreeing to a second commitment period in Durban and of taking effective action under the Bali Action Plan. Amcen also expressed concern about the insufficient transparency and slow disbursement of the financial resources pledged by developed countries as "fast start" finance for the period 2010-2012, and indications are that only a small proportion of these resources are "new and additional".

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