Resolution on the Granting of OAU Status of Specialized Institution to the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa

CM/Res. 578 (XXIX)

RESOLUTION ON THE GRANTING OF OAU STATUS OF SPECIALISED INSTITUTION TO THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF SPORT IN AFRICA

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 considered the report of the OAU Administrative Secretary-General as contained in Document CM/808 (XXIX);

Considering paragraph 2, article II, of the OAU Charter which stipulates that Member States should co-ordinate and harmonise their general policies in all fields including the field of social an cultural development,

Considering the African Declaration on development, co-operation and economic independence adopted by the Assembly of heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa in June 1973;

Considering that the SCSA was granted OAU observer status since 1968;

Considering the resolution adopted by the Sixth General Assembly of the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa in Kinshasa in May, 1975 calling on the OAU to grant SCS the status of competent specialised body in matters of sports in Africa,

Considering the objectives of the SCSA whose activities cover all the OAU Member

States;

Considering the need to harmonise further the actions of Member States so as to strengthen African Unity through sport,

1. EXPRESSES satisfaction with the results achieved within the framework of African co-operation in the field of Sport;