CM / Res.1041 (XLIV)
RESOLUTION ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Forty- fourth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 21 to 26 July, 1986,
Considering that the Assembly of Heads of State and Governments by its decision AHG/Doc.111 (XVI), set up a Committee of Fourteen to review the Charter of the Organization of African Unity,
Considering the importance of the review of the Organization’s Charter as well as the desire expressed by other OAU Member States to sit on the Committee and the need to accede to their request,
RECOMMENDS that:
the Assembly of Heads of State and Government enlarge the membership of the Charter Review Committee from 14 to 28 taking into account the different legal systems in Africa and OAU’s regional geographical distribution;
the Committee in accordance with OAU practice remain open to observers;
all Member States of the OAU be requested to send their comments to the General Secretariat to assist the committee in its task, in accordance with the second paragraph of Decision AHG/Rec.111 (XVI) Rev. 1 of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government;
the date and venue shall be fixed for the resumption of the work of the Committee.