CM/Res. 1146 (XLVII)
VOTE OF THANKS
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Forty-seventh Ordinary Session, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 22 to 27 February 1988,
Expressing its satisfaction with the excellent arrangements which have contributed to the smooth process of the deliberations of the Forty-Seventh 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,
EXPRESSES ITS PROFOUND GRATITUDE to the Government and people of Ethiopia for the warm and fraternal welcome accorded to the delegations of OAU Member States;
EXPRESSES FURTHER its thanks to Comrade Mengistu Haile Mariam, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Ethiopia, President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Commander-in Chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Ethiopia, for the important address which was delivered on his behalf by Comrade Berhanu Bayih, member of the Politbureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia;
COMMENDS the Chairman of the Council for the competent manner in which he directed the deliberations of this Session;
THANKS AND COMMENDS the Secretary-General and his staff for the lucid and detailed reports presented to the Council and for their devotion to duty as clearly manifested throughout the Session.