CM/Res.1240 (L)
RESOLUTION ON FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES CONFRONTING THE SPECIALIZED AGENCIES OF THE ORGANIZATION
OF AFRICAN UNITY
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Fiftieth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 17 to 22 July, 1989,
Conscious of the need to enhance the capacity of OAU Specialized Agencies to contribute effectively within their respective areas of competence, to the African economic development effort,
Concerned about the serious financial difficulties confronting the African Inter- Governmental Organizations, including the OAU Specialized Agencies, as a result of non-payment by the Member States of those organizations of their assessed contributions and of the consequent hardships caused by this situation,
Convinced of the necessity to rationalize and streamline the activities of the African Inter-Governmental Organizations, through, inter alia, improved co- ordination and elimination of unnecessary and wasteful duplication,
Emphasizing the imperative necessity of the African Inter-Governmental Organization to intensify their effort at resource mobili zation from non- traditional sources, elimination of waste and at undertaking income -generating activities:
APPEALS to all Member States of African Inter-Governmental Organizations to pay up their arrears of contribution in order to enable these organizations to carry out their activities and URGES all those Member States which have not yet done so to join these organizations;
REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the OAU to undertake, in co- operation with the Executive Secretary of ECA, a comprehensive review
of the mandate, activities and performance of the OAU Specialized Agencies with a view to rationalizing and streamlining their activities and to submit appropriate recommendations to the Council, at its Fifty - second Session;
REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to take immediate measures to reactivate the Administrative Co-ordinating Committee in order to facilitate co-ordination of the activities of the OAU Specialized Agencies;
URGES all African Inter-governmental Organizations to explore all avenues for mobilizing additional resources, undertake income- generating activities in order to reduce their dependence on the contributions from their Member States;
REQUESTS the Secretary-General to continue to submit to Council, regular reports on all OAU specialized and supported institutions, with special emphasis on their activities, achievements and constraints.
CM/Res. 1240 (L)
Annex
Review – Study by consultant/staff 2 man/months
Air tickets (per diem to all OAU Specialized Agencies) Travel to Specialized Agencies
30 days + travel
- Documentation and incidental … … … … … … … … US$ 8,960.00 Kinshasa, Arusha, Dakar
Reactivate the Committee – one meeting expected during financial year
one week in Addis Ababa
Interpretation only
4 English and French Interpreters … … … … … . US$ 4,746.00
TOTAL US$13,706.00
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