CM/Res.833 (XXXVI) RESOLUTION ON THE SECOND PAN-AFRICAN YOUTH FESTIVAL
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Thirty-sixth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 23 February to 1 March, 1981,
Having considered the report of the OAU Secretary-General CM/1073 (XXXVI) Part II, paragraph 133,
Having taken note with satisfaction of the Declaration of the Pan-African Youth Movement (PYM) concerning the Organization of the Second Pan-African Youth Festival in August 1982 in Dar-es-Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania,
Having taken note with satisfaction of the will of the African Youth, under the umbrella of the PYM, to organize this festival with a view to strengthening the unity of the continent, ensuring its total liberation and consolidating its political, economic, social and cultural independence,
Considering that the rehabilitation of our cultural heritage is a duty incumbent upon Africa as a whole, and the Youth in particular:
HIGHLY APPRECIATES the decision of the Pan-African Youth Movement to organize the Second Pan-African Youth Festival in August 1982 in Dar-es- Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania;
CONGRATULATES the Pan-African Youth Movement on this initiative which is in consonance with the ideas and objectives of the OAU Charter;
URGES the Pan-African Youth Movement to ensure the continued organization of Festivals with a view to making it a permanent feature at the African and international levels;
LENDS its political support for the actual celebration of this important event;
CALLS UPON Member States, African Regional Institutions and International Organizations to lend their support to the Pan-African Youth Movement so as to ensure the success of the Second Pan-African Youth Festival;
EXPRESSES its thanks and profound gratitude to the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania for accepting to host the Second Pan-African Youth Festival in August 1982;
REQUESTS the OAU Secretary-General to collaborate with the Pan-African Youth Movement in the organization of the Second Pan-African Youth Festival and to submit a report to the Thirty-ninth Session of the Council of Ministers.