Pre-conference tours Delegates were scheduled to visit Bonny Island. Due to the sensitivities surrounding the safety in the Delta Region, the delegates were informed that people of African descent would be taken to the Island by ferry and those of European descent were to be taken to the Island by helicopter. The delegation from South Africa and from other SADC countries strongly raised their opposition to the discriminatory practice of the private company that operated the ferry service and refused to undertake the trip.