CM/Res.1031 (XLIII)
RESOLUTION ON THE REVISION OF THE AFRICAN CONVENTION ON THE CONSEVATIONOF NATURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Forty- third Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 25 February to 4 March 1986,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the Revision of the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, as contained in document CM/1349 (XLIII),
Having examined the report of the Committee of Experts and the draft proposed amendments to the Convention in Document CM/1349 (XLIII), add. III,
Conscious of the importance of the preservation of African natural resources as an irreplaceable part of the African heritage,
Aware of the ever-growing value of wild fauna and flora from scientific, aesthetic, economic, educational, cultural and recreational points of view,
Gravely concerned with the danger of extinction which threatens some of these irreplaceable resources:
TAKES NOTE of the Experts’ report and the amendments formulated by some Member States;
REQUESTS the Secretary-General to revise the text of the convention in the light of the amendments submitted by Member States and to ensure the contribution of a great number of Member States to the amendment of the Convention;
THANKS the Experts and the International Organizations and in particular IUCN, and all those who helped in drafting the amendments to the Convention.