Resolution on the Establishment of an OAU Postal Administration

CM/Res. 279 (XIX) RESOLUTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OAU POSTAL ADMINISTRATION

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,

Recalling its decision at the Fourteenth Ordinary Session requesting that the Administrative Secretary General should explore the possibilities of establishing an OAU Stamps Agency,

Having considered the report of the Administrative Secretary General regarding the establishment of a Postal Administration for the OAU (document CM/458),

Mindful of the administrative, technical, cultural and financial implications of establishing such an Administration;

Aware of the existence of various African philatelic agencies,

Recognizing the need to undertake consultations with the Imperial Ethiopian Government, host of the Headquarters of the OAU, from the establishment of an OAU Postal Administration,

1. APPROVES in principle the establishment of a Postal Administration for the Organization of African Unity;

2. REQUESTS the Administrative Secretary General to undertake a detailed study of the administrative, technical, cultural and financial implications relating to the establishment of an OAU Postal Administration,

3. CALLS UPON the Administrative Secretary General to seek the advice of Member States of the OAU and draw upon the experience of African philatelic organizations in particular, and international philatelic organization in general in undertaking this study;