CM/Res.1109 (XLVI)
RESOLUTION ON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Forty-sixth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 20 to 25 July 1987,
Having examined the Report of the Eighth Conference of African Ministers of Industry (CAMI) held in Bujumbura, Republic of Burundi, 17 to 19 September 1986, and in particular Resolution 1 (VIII) and other decisions adopted by that Conference,
Recalling its resolution CM/Res.1847 (XLIV), the ECA and ECOSOC resolutions on the IDDA; and the decisions of the UNIDO Industrial Development Board relating to the IDDA, the Second General Conference of UNIDO and the 1988/89 Programme Budget,
Noting with satisfaction the progress in the preparations for the Second General Conference of UNIDO as a Specialized Agency within the United Nations System, including especially the agreement on the provisional agenda for UNIDO II which embodies all the proposals of the Eighth CAMI, and of the Thirteenth ECA Conference of Ministers, as well as in the arrangements for organizing a special meeting of the CAMI to adopt an African common position for UNIDO II,
Stressing the need for effective African preparation for the participation at UNIDO II scheduled to take place in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 to 13 November 1987, and the importance of strong joint support by the Secretariats of the OAU, ECA and UNIDO,
Emphasizing the need for UNIDO to continue to intensify its activities in Africa in an integrated, consolidated and focused manner:
ENDORSES the Report and the resolutions of the 8th Conference of African Ministers of Industry and URGES all African Countries, and
organizations as well as the international community to ensure the full implementation of the recommendations contained therein;
WELCOMES WITH APPRECIATION the decisions of the legislative bodies of UNIDO to earmark $8.6 million in its 1988/1989 Regular Budget for the IDDA; and the Special-purpose contributions for the IDDA made and/or pledged hitherto;
NOTES WITH SATISFACTION the preparatory arrangements for UNIDO II as a Specialized Agency including agreement by the UNIDO Board on its provisional Agenda, and for the special meeting of the Conference of African Ministers of Industry which is to prepare and adopt an African Common Position for UNIDO II… ;
STRESSES the importance of the Special Meeting of the Conference of African Ministers of Industry, preparatory to UNIDO II and URGES that Session to give special attention to:
the financial situation of UNIDO especially the need to continue to finance IDDA from the regular budget of UNIDO;
membership of the UNIDO legislative organs especially taking into consideration the experience during the last two years;
institutional arrangements for UNIDO, including, in particular, the desirability of establishing more effective field representation; through the SIDFA PROGRAMME; AND
the special needs of the African Least Developed Countries;
URGES the Director-General of UNIDO to intensify efforts to secure extra-budgetary resources, in addition to UNIDO regular resources for the IDDA; and to establish a special account of the Industrial Development Fund for the purpose;
CALLS ON the United Nations General Assembly to provide ECA with the necessary resources so as to carry out the activities related to IDDA;
URGES all African Countries to participate effectively in both the special meeting of the Conference of African Ministers of Industry and in UNIDO II itself, at a high level;
REQUESTS the Secretariats of OAU, ECA and UNIDO to continue to intensify their collaboration and co-operation in order to provide effective assistance to African countries in the implementation of the programme for the IDDA and to report to the OU Council of Ministers and to the Permanent Steering Committee accordingly;
REQUESTS the Secretary-General in collaboration with the ECA and UNIDO to take all necessary measures to prepare Africa’s common position at UNIDO II, in particular the occasion of the next conference of African Ministers of Industry;
DECIDES that the Extra-ordinary Session of the Conference of African Ministers of Industry and all other sessions be organized in two stages; the first under the responsibility of the OAU Secretariat with the assistance and co-operation of ECA and UNIDO and the second under the aegis of the ECA Secretariat.