CM/Res. 84 (VII)
RESOLUTION ON FRENCH SOMALILAND (DJIBOUTI)
The Council of Ministers, meeting in its Seventh Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, from 31 October to 4 November 1966,
Conscious of its responsibilities towards all African peoples that are not yet independent,
Having considered the development of the situation in the so-called Territory of French Somaliland (Djibouti),
TAKES NOTE of the decision of the French Government to grant the people self- determination by means of a referendum before July 1967,
EXPRESSES the fervent desire that voting may be conducted on an entirely free, democratic and impartial basis,
ADDRESSES a solemn appeal to the people of so-called French Somaliland (Djibouti) to unite in confronting its destiny,
ASSURES the brotherly people of so-called French Somaliland (Djibouti) of its active solidarity, designed to bring about and consolidate the independen ce of that people.