CM/Res.995 (XLII)
RESOLUTION ON THE CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE LAGOS PLAN OF ACTION
The OAU Council of Ministers meeting in its Forty-second Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 10 to 17 July, 1985,
Recalling the objectives of the Charter of the Organization of African Unity and of
the
Cultural Charter for Africa,
Recalling the conclusions of the Pan-African Cultural Manifesto, the Inter- governmental Conference on cultural policies in Africa (ACCRA 1975) and of the Conference of Ministers of Planning (Harare 1980),
Having heard the Report of the Secretary-General a.i. of the OAU on the cultural aspects of the Lagos Plan of Action,
Convinced that the implementation of the Lagos Plan of Action must be accompanied by a cultural development plan,
Recalling Recommendations 27 of the World Conference on cultural policies (Mexico 1982) and Resolution 11.20 adopted by the general Conference of UNESCO (Paris 1982):
RECOMMENDS that the OAU Assembly of Heads of State and Government adopt a Cultural Declaration of the socio-economic development of Africa as a supplement to the Lagos Plan of Action;
REQUESTS the United Nations General Assembly to include within the framework of world cultural development decade a programme of action among the objectives of the Third and Fourth Development Decades with a
view to affirming cultural identities, considering the cultural aspects of development, widening participation in cultural life and international co- operation;
CALLS UPON Member States to assist the UNESCO in drawing up Programme of Action for the Decade;
CALLS UPON the OAU Structural Committee to consider the establishment within the Education and Cultural Division, a Cultural Evaluation Section to study cultural development projects and look for the necessary human and financial resources to ensure an effective execution of the said projects;
HAILS the initiative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to conclude a model cultural Agreement among its members and that of the Central African Customs and Economic Union (EDEAC) to ensure the consideration of socio-cultural factors in development projects;
CALLS UPON the Conference of Ministers of Information and the Pan- African News Agency to popularize and promote activities of cultural development within the context of the Lagos Plan of Action;
APPRECIATES the new provisions in the ACP/EEC co-operation Convention relating to socio-cultural co-operation and URGES Member parties to this Convention to pay particular attention to the implementation of the provisions.