CM/Res. 440 (XXV)
RESOLUTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTER-AFRICAN AIRLINE
The Council of Ministers of the OAU meeting in its Twenty-Fifth Ordinary Session in Kampala, Uganda from 18 – 25 July, 1975,
Recalling its Resolution CM/Res. 165 (XI) on Inter-African Co-operation in Road, Rail and Maritime Transport,
Recalling that the Heads of State and Government had, in paragraph A.28 of document CM/ST (XXI), the Declaration on co-operation, Development, Economic Independence, specially urged inter alia the strengthening of cooperation between African Airline companies and the exchange of air traffic rights, etc.,
Acknowledging the efforts already made by AFCAC to ensure the integration of African Airlines,
Reaffirming the need of an integrated continental air transport system as a vehicle for the economic and social transformation and cultural rapprochement in the continent of Africa,
Convinced that an effective airline system is an essential component in a fully integrated multimodal transport complex,
Recalling further its own Resolution CM/Res.361 (XXIII) on the establishment of an Inter-African Airline,
Decides that a definite schedule and a programme of action be mapped out and adhered to for the realization of an Inter-African Airline,
Urges the Secretary-General in consultation with AFCAC and ECA to convene regional and sub-regional meetings of National Airlines and Civil Aviation Authorities and encourage them to integrate,
Requests the Secretary-General to make full use of studies already conducted by AFCAC, ECA and OAU with a view to taking concrete action towards a practical implementation of this resolution,
Take note of the offer of the Government of Sierra Leone to host the West-African Sub-Regional meeting of National Airlines and Civil Aviation Authorities early in 1976 and invites other Governments as observers,
Requests the Secretary-General to submit as a matter of priority a progress report on operative paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 4 to the Twenty-Seventh Session of the Council.