CM/Res. 753(XXXIII) Rev. 1
RESOLUTION ON A CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL MULTIMODEL TRANSPORT
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 progress of the Convention on International Multi-modal Transport, Document CM/986 (XXXIII).
Recalling its resolution CM/Res. 523 (XXVII) on the brief to be prepared for the African Group in the Inter-governmental Preparatory Group Meetings in Geneva;
Aware of the importance of an international convention to regulate international mulitmodal transport operations,
Mindful of the political, economic and social implications of Multimodal Transport in the developing countries in general and Africa in particular;
Further aware of the importance of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on a Convention on International Multimodel Transport;
APPEALS to the international community to be flexible especially on matters with serious implications or developing countries generally, and Africa in particular;
CALLS UPON all Member States of the OAU to effectively participate in the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on a Convention of International Multimodal Transport scheduled for November 1979 in New York;
REQUESTS the Secretary-General to report to the Thirty-fifth Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers on the implementation of this Resolution.