CM/Res. 442 (XXV)

RESOLUTION

ON THE ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN TRADE PROMOTION ORGANIZATIONS

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,

Recalling:

1. Resolution “CM/Res.310(XXI)” of the Council of Ministers of the OAU adopted at its Twenty-First Session, which endorsed the principle of establishing the Association of African Trade Promotion Organizations, and which urged member States to adopt and sign the Constitution of the Association,

2. Resolution on the Association of African Trade Promotion Organization, adopted by the Conference of Ministers of the ECA, meeting in Accra (19 – 23 February 1973),

Noting with satisfaction the progress achieved regarding the establishment of the Association of African Trace Promotion Organizations,

Convinced of the important role that the Association can play in the promotion and harmonization of international African trade and intra-African trade,

Noting that only seventeen member States have signed the Constitution of the Association, of whom two only have deposited their instruments of ratification;

Congratulate the Association of African Trade Promotion Organizations for its establishment, and endorses its decisions adopted during its first meeting held in Tangier (Morocco) from 312 March to 4 April 1975,

Appeals to Member States, who have not signed and/or ratified the Constitution, to take the necessary measures to do so, as soon as possible, and not later than 31 October 1975,