Resolution on the Root Cause of Refugees in Africa

CM/Res.954 (XLI)

RESOLUTION ON THE ROOT CAUSES OF REFUGEES IN AFRICA

The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity meeting in its Fortieth-first Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 25 February to 4 March 1985,

Recalling its deliberations during its Fortieth Ordinary Session held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 27^th February to 5 March 1984 on the serious refugee situation in Africa especially on the question of the root causes of refugees in Africa,

Recalling Resolution CM/Res.939 (XL) adopted at the Fortieth Ordinary Session of the Council where the Council decided to “include a special item relating to the root causes of the refugees in Africa on the agenda of its Forty-first Ordinary Session and requested the Secretary-General in close collaboration with the OAU Commission of Fifteen on Refugees to present a report on the subject”,

Cognizant of the fact that a lot of documentation and data already exist on the root causes of refugees in Africa in the General-Secretariat of the OAU, the United Nations system and within Member States,

Further noting that no useful purpose would be served by appointing an independent African expert to carry out a study of the root causes of refugees:

1. EXPRESSES its appreciation to the Secretary-General a.i for his preliminary report on the root causes of the refugee problem in Africa and his proposals for dealing with the question;

2. CALLS ON the Secretary-General to collect and collate all available in information and data relating to the root causes of the refugee problem in Africa in consultation with relevant authorities of Member States;