CM/Res.860 (XXXVII)
RESOLUTION ON THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF A POLITICAL SECURITY COUNCIL
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Thirty-seventh Ordinary Session at Nairobi, Kenya from 15 to 26 June, 1981,
Having considered the Secretary-General’s report on the establishment of a Political Security Council as proposed by the Government of Sierra Leone,
Having heard supplementary explanations provided by the delegation of Sierra Leone and by other delegations,
Recalling Resolution CM/Res.789 (XXXV) on the proposed establishment of a Political Security Council,
Recognizing the difficulties encountered by existing mechanisms to meet quickly and effectively problems relating to security and other pressing exigencies of the State of the Continent,
Aware of the fact that such a structure presupposes a study of all political, judicial, military and financial aspects of the matter, and requires specific details on practical operational modalities:
CONGRATULATES the Government of Sierra Leone on its initiative which aims at the maintenance of peace and at peaceful settlement of disputes;
TAKES NOTE of the report of the Secretary-General on the matter and of all the various opinions expressed by delegations;
DECIDES to establish an Ad-Hoc Ministerial Committee comprising the following States *: Nigeria, Mali, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Angola
and Cameroon to undertake an inter-disciplinary indepth study of the matter, in particular its military, political, legal and financial implications, taking into consideration the existing technical commissions or committees dealing with similar subjects;
REQUESTS the Secretary-General to convene the said committee and submit a report on its findings on the matter to the Forty-first Ordinary Session on the Council of Ministers;
* North and East missing