Resolution on African Candidatures in the Committees and Organs of the United Nations


CM/Res. 733 (XXXIII) Rev. 1


RESOLUTION ON AFRICAN CANDIDATURES IN THE COMMITTEES AND ORGANS

OF THE UNITED NATIONS



The Council of Ministers of the organization of African Unity meeting in its Thirty- third Ordinary Session in Monrovia, Liberia, from 6 to 20 July 1979;


Having examined the report of the Secretary-General on African Candidatures in the Committee and Organs of the United Nations, Doc. CM/979 (XXXIII);


Considering the criteria used by the African Group in presenting African candidatures in the Committees and Organs of the United Nations contained in Resolution CM/Res. 691 (XXXII) adopted by the Council of Ministers at its 32nd Ordinary Session held in Nairobi, Kenya;


  1. ENDORSES the proposals made by the African Group in New York as contained in document CM/979 (XXXIII);


  1. CALLS UPON all Member States to scrupulously respect these criteria to ensure an equitable representation of the Continent in all United Nations Organs.

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