Resolution on the African Convention ont he Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources


CM/Res. 169 (XI)



RESOLUTION ON THE AFRICAN CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES


The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Eleventh Ordinary Session in Algiers, Algeria, from 4 to 12 September 1968,


Recalling resolutions CM/Res.145 (X) on the draft African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources,


Having considered the amended draft contained in document CM/232 (Part 2),



  1. APPROVES the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources;


  1. RECOMMENDS that the Heads of State and Government of the OAU sign this Convention at the Fifth Session of the Assembly;


  1. REQUEST the Administrative Secretary General to sent the said Convention to Member States for ratification before it comes into force under the terms of Article XXI.

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