Resolution on the Reparations of the Wrong Done to Africa through Exploitation and Slave Trade

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · African Union (AU)
Citation
CM/Res.1391 (LVI)
Regional Body / Author
Executive Council of the African Union
Date
28 June 1992
Language
English
Type
Resolution
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CM/Res.1391 (LVI)


RESOLUTION ON THE REPARATIONS OF THE WRONG DONE TO AFRICA THROUGH EXPLOITATION AND SLAVE TRADE


The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Fifty -sixth Ordinary Session in Dakar, Senegal, from 22 to 28 June 1992,


Recalling its Resolutions CM/Res.1339 (LIV) and CM/Res.1373 (LIV) on Reparations of the Wrong Done to Africa through Exploitation of Slaves and Slave Trade,


Having considered the Interim Report of the OAU Secretary-General (Doc.CM/1714 (LVI)) on the implementation of these resolutions:


  1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Secretary-General;


  1. ADDRESSES ITS THANKS AND ENCOURAGEMENT to the international Committee on reparations for the appreciable contribution it makes to the General Secretariat;


  1. URGES the Group of Eminent Persons and Member States to lend all their assistance to the steps taken by the OAU for the reparation of the wrong done to Africa through the exploitation of slaves and slave trade;


  1. REQUESTS the OAU Secretary-General to submit a Report to its Fifty-eighth Ordinary Session on the development in the situation

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