Resolution on the Pan-African Telecommunications Network

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:

1. EXPRESSES its appreciation to the Co-ordinating Committee for the good work it is doing;

2. REAFFIRMS the crucial role of the Co-ordinating Committee in the successful implementation of the Pan-African Telecommunications Network;

3. DECIDES to include the Pan-African Telecommunications Union (PATU) in the membership of the Co-ordinating Committee;

4. REAFFIRMS further the fundamental role of the Pan-African Telecommunications Network in the development of Africa;

5. 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;

6. 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;

7. 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;