CM/Res.1605 (LXII)
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RESOLUTION ON THE PROPOSED COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY AND THE INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC MIGRATION COMMISSION
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Sixty-Second Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 21 to 23 June, 1995,
Having considered the Report of the Secretary-General on the proposed Cooperation Agreement between the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC),
Considering the mandate of the ICMC and its important role in assisting refugees, migrants and displaced persons,
Considering also that the principles and objectives governing the activities of the ICMC are in conformity with the principles and purposes of the OAU,
Taking into account the need to enhance the cooperation between the OAU and ICMC in the field of assistance to refugees, migrants and displaced persons in Africa,
Considering that the formalization of already existing relations between the OAU and ICMC will enable these two organizations to strengthen their cooperating in order to harmonize and coordinate their activities in relevant fields of common interest:
TAKES NOT of the Report of the Secretary-General contained in Doc. CM/1901 (LXII);
APPROVES the Draft Cooperation Agreement between the OAU and ICMC;
AUTHORIZES the OAU Secretary-General to sign the said Agreement with the duly empowered representative of ICMC;