CM/Res. 701 (XXXII)
RESOLUTION ON TECHNICAL
CO-OPERATION AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (TCDC)
The Council of Minister of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Thirty- Second Ordinary Session in Nairobi, Republic of Kenya, from 23 February to 4 March, 1979,
Having examined the Report of the Administrative Secretary-General on the United Nations Conference on the TCDC; Doc. CM/954 (XXXII),
Convinced that the TCDC is one of the means to promote self-reliance among developing countries and contribute to the establishment of a new world economic order,
Considering the plan of action of the Buenos Aires Conference,
TAKES NOTE of the Report of the OAU Administrative Secretary-General on the United Nations Conference on Technical Co-operation among Developing Countries held in Buenos Aires in September 1978;
REASSERTS that Technical Co-operation among Developing Countries (TCDC) should not only promote self-reliance in developing countries, but should also be a new and firmly established kind of international co-operation;
PROCLAIMS that the promotion of TCDC will particularly contribute to the establishment of a new world economic order;
RECOMMENDS that the OAU Member States:-
undertake an in-depth study of the Plan of Action of the Buenos Aires conference;
see to the implementation of its findings at national and international levels;
actively participate in the various meetings on TCDC to be organized within the framework of the UNDP, and in other sectorial meetings organized by the specialized Agencies of the United Nations.
REQUESTS the OAU General Secretariat to present to the next session of the council of Ministers, proposals with a view to reinforcing co-operation between African States and other developing countries.