Resolution on the Fourth All-Africa Trade Fair Lome, Togo, 18 November to 1 December 1985

CM/Res.1007 (XLII)

RESOLUTION ON THE 4^TH ALL AFRICA TRADE FAIR LOME, TOGO, 18 NOVEMBER TO 1 DECEMBER 1985

The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity meeting in its Forty- second Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 10 to 17 July, 1985,

Recalling the decision of the Third Ministerial Follow-up Committee on Trade and Finance for African Development held in Addis Ababa in May 1984, to accept the offer of the Republic of Togo to organize the 4^th All-Africa Trade Fair,

Conscious of the serious economic crisis which is currently affecting all the Member States of the Organization of African Unity,

Considering the heavy financial implications for organizing an All-African Trade Fair,

Taking note of the subvention already provided to the Government of Togo by the OAU Advisory Committee on Administrative, Budgetary and Financial Matters,

Recognizing the importance of the All-Africa Trade Fair as a means of strengthening intra-African economic co-operation and integration,

Convinced that intra-African co-operation for development can be enhanced by effective support by the developed countries:

1. EXPRESSES ITS APPRECIATION to the government of Togo for its offer to host the 4^th All-Africa Trade Fair;

2. INVITES all the Member States of the OAU to participate effectively in the 4^th All-Africa Trade Fair and to provide the necessary assistance to the Government of Togo in order to enable it to organize the Fair;