CM/Res. 417 (XXIV)
RESOLUTION ON THE GRANTING OF OBSERVER STATUS TO THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA AFRICANA PROJECT SECRETARIAT
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Twenty- Fourth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa from 13 to 21 February, 1975,
Having considered the application of the Encyclopaedia Africana Project Secretariat for Observer Status with the OAU and,
Having been satisfied that the applicant confirmed with the criteria laid down by the Council for the granting of observer status with OAU,
GRANTS the Status of Observer with the OAU to the Encyclopaedia Africana Project Secretariat;
RECOMMENDS to the Encyclopaedia Africana of the revise its statues to enable the OAU General Secretariat and other Member States to participate in its activities effectively;
RECOMMEND further, that the articles of the Encyclopaedia be written by African writers and editors and that he publishing be entrusted to African Publishing Houses.