CM/Res.881 (XXXVII)
RESOLUTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT ON AN INTER-AFRICAN CULTURAL FUND
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Thirty-seventh Ordinary Session in Nairobi, Kenya from 15 to 26 June, 1981,
Recalling the adoption of the statutes of the Inter-African country Fund by the Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its Seventeenth Ordinary Session in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from 1 to 4 July, 1980,
Aware of the need to make the Fund operational as soon as possible, with a view to contributing significantly to cultural development in Africa,
Taking note of the Secretary-General’s report on the establishment of the Fund, Doc.CM/1134 (XXXVII):
AUTHORIZES the Secretary-General to take all the necessary measures to ensure the establishment of the Fund, and to make annual budgetary provisions for the operational stage of the Fund;
APPEALS to Member States, Agencies of the United Nations system, to institutions of public or private law, national or international law, to associations or individuals to contribute to the financing of the Fund;
EXPRESSES its sincere thanks to UNESCO, the International Fund for the Promotion of Culture for their interest in the Inter-African Cultural Fund, and for having granted it a subvention.