CM/Res. 566 (XXIX)
RESOLUTION ON BOYCOTTING THE 1978 SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL WORK AND THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SOCIAL WELFARE
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity meeting in its Twenty- Ninth Ordinary Session in Libreville, Gabon, from 23 rd June to 3 July, 1977,
Having noted Document CM/822 (XXIX) on the Second Conference of African Ministers of Social Affairs,
Recalling the decision taken by the African Ministers of Social Affairs to boycott the 1978 Session of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) and the International Council of Social Welfare (ICSW), which will take place in Israel in 1978,
Bearing in mind the Charter of the OAU, the unified stand which African countries should adopt in international forums and conferences, and finally the Afro-Arab Co-operation policy,
Taking into consideration the generous offer made by Socialist People’s People’s Libyan Arab Al Jamahiryah to host the aforementioned conference:
REQUESTS the Administrative Secretary-General of the OAU in co-operation with the Executive Secretary of the ECA to make event possible effort to have the venue of the conference in a country other than Israel,
CALLS UPON all African countries to boycott this conference, if the efforts to change the venue do not succeed.