CM/Res.1531 (LX)
RESOLUTION ON THE SPECIAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND FOR DROUGHT AND FAMINE IN AFRICA
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity meeting in its Sixtieth Ordinary Session in Tunis, Tunisia, from 6 to 11 June, 1994,
Having considered the Report of the Secretary-General on the activities and functioning of the Special Emergency Assistance Fund for Drought and Famine in Africa contained in Document CM/1840 (LX),
Deeply concerned about the magnitude of drought in Africa and its repercussions on the economic and social development of Member States,
Recalling the aims and objectives of the Special fund, instrument of active solidarity and cooperation and expression of the will of Africa to control drought and famine,
Deeply concerned about the financial situation of the Fund and the gradual depletion of its resources and the lack of new contributions:
TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Secretary-General on the Special Emergency Assistance Fund for Drought and Famine in Africa, contained in Document CM/1840 (LX);
APPROVES the recommendations of the Policy Committee of the Special Fund – 1480 Annex II;
DECIDES to renew for a period of two years as from the Nineteenth Ordinary Session the composition of the Policy Committee of the Special Emergency Assistance Fund for Drought and Famine in Africa as follows:
Algeria, Angola, Niger, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Namibia.
URGENTLY APPEALS to all the Member States to contribute voluntarily to the Fund and to those which made pledges to honour their commitments;
REQUESTS the Committee to give priority to any assistance in the form of support to the national activities and programmes aimed at mitigating the effects of drought and famine in Africa and henceforth to give greater importance to granting of loans in accordance with the Status of the Fund;
REQUESTS Member States to submit implementation reports on projects financed by the Fund if they have not already done so;
REITERATES its appeal to the International Community including governments, governmental and non-governmental organizations and business persons to contribute to the Special Fund;
REQUESTS the Secretary-General to continue to report to Council on the activities and the situation of the Fund.