CM/Res.801 (XXXV)
RESOLUTION ON THE ESTBLISHMENT OF AN OAU INTER-AFRICAN CENTRE FOR FOOD SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND NUTRITION
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,
Recognizing that Research and Training in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition are of paramount importance to Africa,
Deploring the repeated absence of the experts who were to present document CM/981 (XXXIII) on a project plan for an OAU Inter-African Centre (A) for Training and Research in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition,
Considering that the discussion of the report cannot be postponed from year to year:
REQUESTS that Secretary-General to convene, as early as possible, a meeting of experts in Food Science and Technology from African countries to review and update the report within the framework of the Lagos Plan of Action;
FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to forward, long before the meeting of the experts, document CM/981 (XXXIII) to member states for their observation and comments;
CALLS UPON member states to assist in making arrangements for their experts to attend;
FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to report to the Thirty-sixth Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers.