Resolution on the Programme of Action of the Inter-Governmental Council on Communication in Africa (ICC) 1988 – 1990

CM/Res.1197 (XLIX)

RESOLUTION ON THE PROGRAMME OF ACTION OF THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COUNCIL ON COMMUNICATION IN AFRICA (ICC) 1988 - 1990

The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Forty-ninth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 20 to 25 February, 1989,

Recalling its decision to endorse the Report of the Fourth Ordinary Session of the Conference of African Information Ministers presented to Council at its Forty-seventh Ordinary Session held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23 – 27 February, 1988,

Having considered the Report of the First Ordinary Session of the Inter- Governmental Council on Communication in Africa held in Cairo, Egypt, from 20 – 23 September, 1988,

Recognizing the critical importance of the Information and Communications Sectors in Africa in light of the rapidly unfolding social, economic and political developments on the Continent:

1. HEREBY REAFFIRMS its commitment to the establishment of a New African Information and Communications Order;

2. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the ICC as presented in Document No. ICC/5 (X);

3. ENDORSES the ICC Programme of Action 1988 – 1990;

4. APPROVES a supplementary Budget of US$500,000.00 for the implementation of the Programme;