Decision on Rationalization of the Work of the Council


CM/Dec.352 (LXVI)


DECISION ON RATIONALIZATION OF THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL


In order to further rationalize its work Council recalls the relevant provision of its rules of procedure and decides that:


  1. Member States should in the first place submit all technical questions to the relevant organs the OAU for consideration before submitting them to Council;

  2. Member States wishing to submit items to Council should sub the explanatory notes in advance to enable the Secretariat to process them and submit to Member States to enable Member States to study them carefully;

  3. Items submitted by Member States should be accompanied by a detailed Explanatory No


  1. ly in exceptional circumstances, and for issues of emergency nature, would Council allow consideration of items which contravene the three conditions stated above;

  2. ALSO REQUESTS the Secretariat to strictly observe the relevant rules of procedure garding the dispatch of the documents of the Council to Member States in the designated time framework.

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