CM/Res. 737 (XXXIII) Rev. 1
RESOLUTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD
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 considered the report of the Secretary-General on the International Year of the Child (1979), document CM/982 (XXXIII),
Recalling the various resolutions of the OAU, Particularly the Memorandum appended to Resolution CM/Res. 219 (XV) adopted in Addis Ababa in 1973 recommending cooperation between the OAU, the United Nations and other organizations,
Considering the great importance African governments attach to the implementation of the UN Declaration on the International Year of the Child as contained in Resolution A/31/169 of the United Nations General Assembly;
CONGRATULATES the Secretary-General of his efforts to make known the participation of the African Governments in the International Year of the child;
RECOMMENDS for the approval of the OAU Assembly of Heads of States and Government the attached Declaration of the rights and Welfare of the African Child;
CALLS UPON the OAU Member States to ensure the full implementation of this Declaration;
REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the OAU to continue gathering the necessary information from Member States and communicate it to the UN Secretary-General as the contribution of the African Region to the IYC,