Resolution on the Outcome of the Fourth Ordinary Resolution on the Outcome of the Fourth Ordinary Session of the African Cultural Council

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · African Union (AU)
Citation
CM/Res.509 (XXVII)
Date
3 July 1976
Language
English
Type
Generic Document

CM/RES 509 (XXVII)

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RESOLUTION ON THE OUTCOME OF THE FOURTH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN CULTURAL COUNCIL




The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity meeting in its Twenty- Seventh Ordinary Session at Port Louis, Mauritius, from 24 June to 3rd July, 1976.


Having examined the Report of the Administrative Secretary General on the Fourth Ordinary Session of the African Cultural Council (CM/761) held in Addis Ababa on May 28, 1976;


Recalling Resolutions CM/Res. 117 (X), CM/Res. 293 (XX) and CM/Res. 370 (XXIII) with reference to the hosting of the Second Pan African Festival;


Desirous that Pan-African Festivals should be self-supporting financially and hosted regularly under the auspices of the OAU,


  1. ADOPTS the recommendations of the ACC to effect that future Pan-African Festivals should be broken down into specialized festivals and hosted thus:

    1. Music and Dance, followed by a symposium, 1978;

    2. Theatre and Films, followed by a symposium 1980;

    3. Books and Literature, followed by a symposium, 1982;

    4. General Exhibitions consisting of:



      1. Plastic Arts and Crafts,

      2. Archaeological findings,

      3. Antiquities,

      4. Traditional costumes, 1984 followed by a symposium.



  1. ELECTS in conformity with the ACC Constitution, the following as additional members of the ACC, namely… … …



  1. CALLS on Member States desiring to host the Pan-African Festivals, particularly the Pam-African music and Dance Festival to be held in 1978 to do so at the present Session or before the end of the year 1976, at the latest;


  1. URGENTLY REQUESTS Member States to pay their subscription fees of US$3,000 (three thousand American dollars) to the OAU General Secretariat at their earliest convenience;


  1. AUTHORISES the Administrative Secretary General to appeal to international institutions like UNESCO and UNDP with a view to increasing the funds intended for the Festival.

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