Resoluttion on Human and Peoples’ Rights

CM/Res.792 (XXXV) RESOLUTION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS

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,

Recalling Decision 115(XVI) of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity held in Monrovia, Liberia from 17^th to 20^th July 1979,

Having considered the Interim Report of the Secretary-General on the preparation of a Draft African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Document CM/1068 (XXV)),

Reaffirming the firm attachment of the Member States of the Organization of African Unity to the promotion of respect for and protection of Human and Peoples’ Rights:

1. TAKES NOTE of the interim Report of the Secretary-General on the preparation of a Draft African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Document CM/1068 (XXXV));

2. THANKS the Government of Senegal for hosting the restricted meeting of legal experts who prepared the Preliminary Draft Charter in Dakar from the 28^th November 1979 to 8^th December 1979;

3. THANKS the Government of the Republic of The Gambia for hosting the OAU Ministerial Conference which considered the Draft Charter at Banjul, The Gambia from 9 to 15 June 1980 and for agreeing to host the Second Session of the Ministerial Conference to enable it to continue and complete consideration of the Draft Charter;