Resolution on Afro-Arab Co-Operation

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · African Union (AU)
Citation
CM/Res.395 (XXIV)
Regional Body / Author
Executive Council of the African Union
Date
21 February 1975
Language
English
Type
Generic Document

CM/Res. 395 (XXIV)


RESOLUTION ON AFRO-ARAB CO-OPERATION



The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity meeting in its Twenty- Fourth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 13th to 21st February, 1975,


Recalling its Resolution ECM/Res. 20 (VIII) adopted by the Eighth Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers in Addis Ababa from 19th to 26th November, 1973;


Recalling further its Resolution CM/Res. 337 (XXIII) adopted by the 23rd Session of the Council of Ministers held in Mogadiscio, Somalia, from 6th to 13th June, 1974;


Bearing in mind the comments of the Administrative Secretary-General in the introduction of his report (Document CM/613 Part I Paragraph 74);


Noting with satisfaction the declaration of the Algiers and Rabat Arab Summit Conference and the proposals made thereat for Afro-Arab Co-operation;


Convinced that Afro-Arab Co-operation is a necessity and indeed an exigency founded on the philosophy of solidarity built on the community of destiny and objectives;


Mindful of the need to consolidate the necessary conditions for Afro-Arab Co- operation;


  1. DECIDES that the Committee of Seven set up by the Eighth Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers as reconstituted by the Twenty-Fourth Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers comprises the following twelve countries:


Cameroon Sudan

Tanzania Algeria

Ghana Senegal

Mali Sierra-Leone

Botswana Burundi

Zaire Egypt

  1. DECIDES that the new Committee, assisted by the Administrative Secretary- General, shall also serve as Co-ordinating Committee for Afro-Arab Co-operation, that its mandate shall be extended for the purpose of exploring new horizons in that respect and that complementary measures shall be adopted for the preparations of the Arab Summit and the implementation of the decisions and resolutions of the Council of Ministers and the Heads of State and Government.


  1. REQUESTS the Administrative Secretary-General to set up within his Cabinet a unit entrusted with the responsibility of servicing the activities for the co- ordination of Afro-Arab Co-operation.


  1. APPROVES the Report of the Committee of Seven and congratulates its Members for the excellent work they have done.


  1. DECIDES that in the fulfillment of its tasks, the Co-ordinating Committee shall be guided by Resolution CM/Res. 337 (XXIII).

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