CM/Res. 46 (III)
INTERIM FINANCING OF THE SECRETARIAT
The Council of Minister meeting in its Third Ordinary Session in Cairo, U.A.R., from 13 to 17 July 1964,
Recalling Article XXIII of the Charter of the Organization of African Unity which provides for the Council of Ministers to approve the budget of the Organization prepared by the Administrative Secretary-General,
Recalling further the “Special Resolution” adopted by the Conference of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa in May 1963, which entrusted the Provisional Secretariat to the Ethiopian Government,
Noting the decision of the Government of Ethiopia to bear the costs of the Provisional Secretariat until such time as the Secretariat is established on a permanent basis,
Realizing that the incoming Administrative Secretary-General will require an interim budget to meet the commitments of the Organization until such time as he is in a position to submit his first budget,
EXPRESSES its warm appreciation to the Government of Ethiopia for their generous assistance to the Provisional Secretariat;
REQUESTS the Government of Ethiopia to approve the secondment to the Organization of African Unity of the staff members of the Provisional Secretariat, on their current conditions of service, until the Secretary-General submits his budget and appoints a permanent staff;
FURTHER REQUESTS the Government in whose territory the Secretariat is to be located to advance to the Secretary-General a sum not exceeding $ 1000.000. the repayment of which is to be provided for as obligatory expenditure in the first regular budget of the OAU, to cover expenses as from 1 st August 1964.