CM/Res.958 (XLI)
RESOLUTION ON THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OAU POLITICAL SECURITY COUNCIL
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity meeting in its Forty- first Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 25 February to 4 March 1985,
Having considered the report of the Second Meeting of the Ad-Hoc Ministerial Committee of Twelve on the proposed establishment of an OAU Political Security Council, contained in Document CM/1271 (XLI),
Having heard the interventions of the various delegations on this issue,
Recalling Resolutions CM/Res.789 (XXXV) and CM/Res.860 (XXXVII) relating to the proposed establishment of a Political Security Council within the Organization of African Unity,
Welcoming again the legitimate concerns expressed by the Government of Sierra Leone to see OAU equipped with an important and permanent organ capable of dealing swiftly and effectively with crises affecting the political and security matters of the African Continent,
Further conscious of the economic difficulties currently facing Member States of the Organization and in a bid to avoid the proliferation of institutions within the OAU, which Member States cannot finance in their present difficult economic situation:
TAKES NOTE of the report of the Second Meeting of the Ad-Hoc Ministerial Committee of Twelve, contained in Document CM/1271 (XLI) and its Annexes I – III;
RECOGNIZES that it is premature and inopportune to establish a Political Security Council in the present political and economic situation;
THANKS the Government of Sierra Leone for its initiative aimed at maintaining peace and ensuring peaceful and rapid settlement of differences on the African Continent;
TERMINATES the mandate of the Ad-Hoc Ministerial Committee of Twelve;
REQUESTS the Committee on the review of the Charter of the Organization of African Unity to seek appropriate ways and means enabling Africans to face situations of crisis in Africa.