CM/Res. 654(XXXI)
RESOLUTION ON THE PAN-AFRICAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
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 taken note of the Report of the Fifth Meeting of the Pan-African Telecommunications Network Co-ordinating Committee on the establishment of an integrated telecommunications network linking OAU Member States called the Pan-African Telecommunications Network:
EXPRESSES its appreciation to the Co-ordinating Committee for the good work it is doing;
REAFFIRMS the crucial role of the Co-ordinating Committee in the successful implementation of the Pan-African Telecommunications Network;
DECIDES to include the Pan-African Telecommunications Union (PATU) in the membership of the Co-ordinating Committee;
REAFFIRMS further the fundamental role of the Pan-African Telecommunications Network in the development of Africa;
URGES member countries to instruct their Telecommunication Administrations to co-operate with the Co-ordinating Committee at all stages of their Inter-African Telecommunications projects and to ensure that those projects are integrated within the framework of Pan-African Telecommunications Network;
REQUESTS the Administrative Secretary-General to bring to the attention of multinational and bilateral sources of financial and technical assistance, concerned with the Pan-African Telecommunications Network, the existence and role of the Co-ordinating Committee together with it technical and financial sub-Committees;
REQUESTS further the OAU Committee of Twelve for Afro-Arab Co-operation to give priority to the financing of Pan-African Telecommunication Net-work during Afro-Arab Co-operation Meetings;
CALLS ON the Co-ordinating Committee to implement its proposals for strengthening its internal flow of information and notes with satisfaction its plan to meet bi-annualy;
AUTHORIZES the Administrative Secretary-General to co-operate with the other members of the Co-ordinating Committee to organize a PANAFTEL pavillion during the exhibition “TELECOM 79” in Geneva in 1979;
CALLS UPON the Administrative Secretary-General to take necessary measures to implement this resolution without delay;
FURTHER CALLS ON the OAU Administrative Secretary-General to submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution to the next Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers.