CM/Res. 755(XXXIII) Rev. 1
RESOLUTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AFRICAN ANTI-CRIME ORGANIZATION
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;
Conscious of the need to study the causes of crime in Africa and devise adequate crime- control measures;
Recognising the urgent need to promote cooperation among Member States in the field of crime and its prevention so as to ensure a peaceful and secure African society;
Taking note of the necessity of harmonizing the efforts of Member States to curb peddling, trafficking and indulgence in drugs;
Considering the benefit that can be derived from cooperation between the proposed African anti-crime Organization on one hand, INTERPOL and other similar international and Regional Organizations on the other for the realization of these objectives;
Recalling Art II (I) (b) of the OAU Charter regarding the intensification of cooperation among Member States with a view to achieving a better life for the people of Africa;
Noting the proposal of the Democratic Republic of the Sudan concerning the establishment of an African Anti-Crime Organization submitted to the Council of Ministers (Document CM/966 (XXXIII) Add. 3:
REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the OAU to draft in co-operation with Member States, to prepare preliminary report on the issue and submit it to all Member States for their comments and observations;
CALLS UPON the Secretary-General of the OAU to submit to the Council of Ministers at its Thirty-fifth Ordinary Session a report on the development of the issue.