CM/Res. 278 (XIX)
RESOLUTION ON CONTAINERS
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Nineteenth Ordinary Session in Rabat, Morocco, from 5 to 12 June 1972,
Taking note of the Administrative Secretary General’s r eport CM/436/Add.3 relating to the use of Containers in African Trade,
Noting the resolution of the third United Nations Conference on Trade and Development held in Santiago, Chile, regarding “International Combined Transport of Goods” (Document TD/161/Add.3),
Conscious of the complexity of the Administrative, technical and legal questions pertaining to freight containers on International Trade,
Considering that UN/INCO Conference on Containers is scheduled to take place in Geneva in November 1972,
URGES all member States of the OAU to make a special effort to attend the UN/IMCO Conference on Containers in Geneva in November 1972;
CALLS UPON the Administrative Secretary General of the OAU and the Executive Secretary of the ECA to make all the necessary arrangements to co-ordinate and harmonize the views of Member States of the OAU at the International Conference on the basis of the recommendations of the Regional Meeting;
REQUESTS the Administrative Secretary General of the OAU to make a full report on the results of the International Conference at the Twenty First Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers.