CM/Res. 438 (XXV)

RESOLUTION ON PREPARATIONS FOR UNCTAD IV

The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity meeting in its twenty- fifth Ordinary Session in Kampala, Uganda, from 18 to 25 July 1975,

Mindful of the need for Africa to prepare intensively for the forthcoming Fourth Conference of UNCTAD which will be held on African Soil in Nairobi, Kenya from 3 to 28 May, 1976,

Taking note of document CM/665 on the arrangements for the African Preparatory arrangements for the 4^th UNCTAD.

1. DECIDES THAT:

1. the OAU/ECA Experts take into consideration the results of all major African and UN meetings particularly the outcome of the 7^th Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Co-operation and International Development;

2. that the OAU/ECA joint meeting of experts consider also Intra-African Co- operation and the expansion of Intra-African Trade.

2. ALSO DECIDES THAT:

1. the joint OAU/ECA meeting of experts be held from 14 to 21 November, 1975, in Algiers, Algeria;

2. that the 4^th Session of African Ministers of Trade be held from 25 – 28 November, 1975, in Algiers and finalize the African position paper on issues before UNCTAD IV;