CN/Res.783 (XXXV)
RESOLUTION ON AFRICAN CANDIDATURES IN THE COMMITTEES AND ORGANS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of Africa Unity meeting in its Thirty- fifth Ordinary Session in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from 18 to 28 June, 1980,
Having examined the report of the Secretary-General of African Candidatures in the Committees and Organs of the United Nations (CM/1040 (XXXV) Part III),
Considering the criteria used by the African Group in selecting African Candidates for the Committees and Organs of the United Nations contained in Resolution CM/Res.691 (XXXIII):
ENCORSES the proposals made by the African Group at the UN as contained in Document CM/1040 (XXXV) Part III;
CALLS upon all Member States to scrupulously respect these criteria to ensure an equitable geographical representation of the continent in all United Nations Committees and organs.