CM/Res. 121(IX)
OAU POLICY TOWARDS UN AND UN SPECIALIZED AGENCIES
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Ninth Ordinary Session in Kinshasa, Congo, from 4 to 10 September 1967,
Having discussed the proposal in document ESCHC/17 which attempts to draw up an OAU Policy towards the United Nations and the UN Specialized Agencies;
Noting that there is a need for such a policy which would provide a general framework for the dealings between the OAU and the specified organizations;
Accepts that the OAU policy in dealing with the United Nations and the UN Specialized Agencies should be guided by the following principles:
Always try to obtain maximum benefits in quantity and quality from the UN and the UN Specialized Agencies for individual African States, and whenever required, for regional and continental African projects;
Always ensure that the African views are unitedly and effectively presented within the organs of the UN and of the UN Specialized Agencies; and,
Always try to contribute wisely and effectively to the solution of international problems.