CM/Res. 263(XVIII)
RESOLUTION ON CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY AND THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Eighteenth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 14 to 19 February 1972,
Having examined document CM/431 and its annexes proposing the conclusion of a co-operation agreement between the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
Having noted that the Governing Council of UNDP had already accepted the principle of an agreement on co-operation between OAU and UNDP,
Appreciating the importance of such an agreement to the Organization of African Unity and its various implications for member States of OAU,
Considering the need for Member States to have sufficient time to study in detail the draft of the agreement to be concluded between OAU and UNDO and to express their views on the subject,
Considering the reservations expressed by several delegations with regard to the arrangements proposed for co-operation between OAU and UNDP,
REQUESTS the Administrative Secretary General to:
continue the negotiations undertaken with a view to concluding an agreement of co- operation between OAU and UNDP;
stress to the Administrator of UNDP during the negotiations the consensus arrived at by Member States of OAU that funds granted under their agreement not be deducted from the UNDP assistance programme for Member States;
submit to Member States, not less than thirty days before the Nineteenth Session of the Council of Ministers, a draft agreement for co-operation containing the broad provisions drawn up by the Governing Council of UNDP which appear in document CM/431/Annex I, taking due account of the reservations expressed and the recommendation made, by the delegations at the Eighteenth Session of the Council of Ministers.