Resolution on the Law of the Sea

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · African Union (AU)
Citation
CM/Res.649 (XXXI)
Date
18 July 1978
Language
English
Type
Generic Document

CM/Res. 649 (XXXI)


RESOLUTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA



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 considered the Secretary-General’s report on the 7 th Session of the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea,


Recalling the terms of the Addis Ababa Declaration on the Law of the Sea ST/11,



Considering that little progress has been achieved during the 7th Session of the conference,


Considering that the importance of that conference deserves all the attention of the Council of Ministers:


  1. CONGRATULATES the Secretary-General on his excellent report;



  1. DECIDED to convene an Extra-ordinary Session of the OAU Council of Ministers to follow immediately the Thirty-Second Ordinary Session to discuss the question of the Conference of the Law of the Sea;


  1. CALLS ON the Secretary-General to organize a meeting of a panel of experts to prepare the Ministerial meeting, in close co-operation with the ECA, UNCTAD, FAO and UNIDO;


  1. AUTHORIZES the Advisory Committee on Budgetary and Financial Matters to release the necessary funds for the holding of those two meetings;


  1. REQUESTS African Delegations to constitute a common united front on the basis of the OAU Declaration on the Law of the Sea when the 7th Session of the conference on the Law of the Sea resume its work in New York.

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