Resolution on the Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO)


CM/Res. 288 (XIX)



RESOLUTION ON THE PAN-AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL OF OUAGADOUGOU (FESPACO)


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,


Having considered document CM/472 on OAU assistance to the Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO),


Notes with satisfaction the constant efforts made by the Republic of Upper Volta to organize an all-African film festival with a view to promoting the production of typically African films, in view of the importance of this event for the development of African culture,


RECOMMENDS that Member States of the Organization of African Unity give their full support to the Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou.

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