CM/Res. 644 (XXXI)
RESOLUTION ON GRANTING OBSERVER STATUS TO FOREIGN LIBERATION MOVEMENTS
IN THE ARAB LEAGUE
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Thirty-First Ordinary Session in Khartoum, Democratic Republic of the Sudan, from 7 to 18 July 1978,
Having attentively listened to the statement of the representative of the PLO;
Noting the similarity of the struggles of the Palestinian people and the African people against Zionism and Colonialism,
Further noting the need of members of the League of Arab States and the PLO of being appraised on the latest development in the liberation struggle in the Southern part of Africa, and in conformity with the spirit of Afro-Arab co-operation in all fields:
REQUESTS the Administrative Secretary-General to contact his counterpart in the League of Arab States with a view to granting Observer Status in the league of Arab states to African Liberation Movements recognised by the OAU in Arab League.