CM/Res. 651 (XXXI)
RESOLUTION ON THE DEMARCATION OF THE AFRICAN REGION OF THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
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,
Recalling Resolution CM/Res. 21 (II) of the Council of Ministers in Lagos (Nigeria) from 24 to 29 February 1964 and the Assembly of Heads of State and government which met in Cairo, UAR from 17 to 21 July, 1964,
Noting that during the period 1964 – 1978 only one African State opted for its transfer to the WHO African region,
Desirous to strengthen African Solidarity in the interest of the health of the peoples of African in General:
REITERATES its appeal to the Governments of the African states which do not now belong to the African region of WHO to take the necessary steps to join that region as soon as possible.