CM/Res.1352 (LIV)
RESOLUTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OAU NATIONAL ASSOCATIONS
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Fifty-fourth Ordinary Session in Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria, from 27 May to 1 June 1991,
Having considered the Report of the Secretary-General on the Proposed Establishment of OAU National Associations, Document 1668 (LIV),
Recalling the importance of popularizing the principles, aims and objectives of the OAU Charter, the Lagos Plan of Action and the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community among all segments of the African population as recommended in the Declaration of the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government on the Political and Socio-economic Situation in Africa and the Fundamental Changes taking place in the World,
Mindful of the centrality of popular participation in African efforts towards recovery and development as enunciated in the African Charter for Popular Participation in Development and Transformation and in the Declaration of the Twenty-sixth Ordinary Session of the OAU Heads of State and Government in July 1990, as well as the principles enshrined in the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community:
ADOPTS the Report of the Secretary-General and the recommendations therein, and REQUESTS the Secretary-General to take into consideration the views expressed by the Council on this matter as contained in the Report;
REQUESTS Member States who have done so to assist in the establishment of national or Associations by encouraging their nationals from all walks of life, to participate in the establishment and functioning of such Commissions or Associations;
URGES that, as far as possible these Associations should be self-financing;
CALLS UPON Member States to keep the Secretary-General informed on any action undertaken towards the establishment and functioning of the National Associations;
REQUESTS the Secretary-General to assist Member States in the establishment of these Associations, in accordance with their national laws and to report periodically on the implementation of this resolution including the activities of the Associations.