Vote of Thanks

CM/Res.986 (XLI)

VOTE OF THANKS

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,

Expressing its satisfaction with the excellent arrangements which have contributed to the smooth running of the deliberations of the Forty-first Ordinary Session in a spirit of brotherhood and cordiality,

Expressing its satisfaction with the competent manner in which the chairman of the Council of Ministers has directed the deliberations of this Session:

1. EXPRESSES ITS PROFOUND GRATITUDE to the Government and people of Socialist Ethiopia for the warm and fraternal welcome accorded to the delegations of OAU Member States;

2. EXPRESSES FURTHER its thanks to Comrade Mengistu Haile Mariam, Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council of the Workers Party of Ethiopia and Commander in Chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Socialist Ethiopia, for the important address which was delivered on his behalf by Comrade Fikre Selassie Wogderes, Vice-Chairman of the Council of Ministers;

3. COMMENDS the Chairman of the Council for the competent manner in which he directed the deliberations of this Session;

4. THANKS the Secretary-General a.i. and the General Secretariat for the lucid and detailed reports presented to the Council and for their devotion to duty as clearly manifested throughout the Session;