CM/Res.370 (XXIII) RESOLUTION ON THE PAN AFRICAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL
The Educational, Scientific, Cultural and Health Commission of the OAU meeting in its Third Ordinary Session in Reduit. Mauritius, from December 10 to 14, 1973,
HAVING CONSIDERED the Report of the Administrative Secretary General (document ESCHC 113 (III) on the progress of the Second Pan-African Cultural Festival;
CONVINCED of the urgent need to organize the Second Pan-African Cultural Festival before the end of 1975;
ENDORSES the recommendations of the African Cultural Council on the payment of a subscription fee of US$ 3,000 by each Member States participating in the Festival;
The organization of annual African Cultural week by Member States with a view to raising funds which will be sent the OAU General Secretariat for the holding of the festival;
The voluntary organizing of lotteries by Member States which will send the proceeds to the OAU General Secretariat for the holding of the Festival;
Requests the Administrative Secretary General to appeal to Member States once again in order to find a candidate to host the Second Pan African Cultural Festival;
Calls on all Member States to co-operate fully with OAU General Secretariat in organizing the Second Pan-African Cultural Festival;
Requests the OAU Administrative Secretary General to Communicate to the next session of the Council of Ministers for its consideration, the overall draft budget prepared by the African Cultural Council, during its meeting held in Addis Ababa in February 1973, on the basis of the report of the Fist Pan-African Cultural Festival held Algiers in July/August, 1969.