CM/Res.1399 (LVI)
RESOLUTION ON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Fifty -sixth Ordinary Session in Dakar, Senegal, from 22 to 28 June 1992,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on Industrial Development in Africa (Doc. CM/1719 (LVI)) covering the deliberations of the 10 th meeting of the Conference of African Ministers of Industry, (Dakar, Senegal 29 to 31 July 1991), the formulation and adoption of the Program for the Second IDDA and the evaluation of the 4th General Conference of UNIDO,
Recalling its Resolution CM/Res.1188 (XLIX) in which it called for the proclamation of the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa,
Recognizing the crucial role of industry in contributing to African economic integration and accelerated development,
Conscious of the role of UNIDO in assisting the effort of African countries to implement the Program for the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa:
RECOMMENDS to the Twenty-eighth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government to endorse the Program for the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa, and to support the decision taken by the 4th General Conference of UNIDO on the Program for the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa, as well as the decision of the ECA Conference of Ministers calling on the General Assembly of the United Nations to also endorse the Program for the Second IDDA;
CALLS ON African countries and organizations to redouble their efforts and accord greater priority to the industrial sector in their investment and technical cooperation programs, for the implementation of the program for the Second IDDA;
CALLS ON the International community, in particular, the developed countries and the multinational development finance institutions, the UNDP and the ADB to increase their support to African countries and institutions for the effective implementation of the program for the Second IDDA;
COMMENDS the close cooperation among the Secretariats of OAU, ECA and UNIDO within the framework of their Joint Committee and especially for the assistance to African countries and organizations in carrying out industrial activities and EXPRESSES special appreciation to UNIDO for its increased technical assistance delivery to African countries;
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EXPRESSES ITS FULL SUPPORT to the offer of Cameroon to host the 5th Session of the General Conference of UNIDO scheduled to take place in Yaounde from 6 to 10 October 1993;
URGES all OAU Member States and relevant international and African organizations, to harmonize their activities under the Programs of the Second IDDA and UNTACDA II, in order to ensure a coordinated development of the two sectors in support of Africa’s economic integration;
APPEALS TO the General Assembly of the United Nations to adopt the Program at its 47th Session and to provide the Economic Commission for Africa with increased resources to enable it to support more effectively the efforts of African countries and inter-governmental organizations in the implementation of the program;
CALLS ON the UNDP to increase its financial contribution to the UNIDO Country Director Program in Africa, and CALLS on the Director General of UNIDO to increase Africa’s presence, esp ecially at the policy decision-making level within the UNIDO Secretariat;
URGES the international community, in particular, the developed countries
to maintain and intensify their support to UNIDO, in order to enable it to cope more effectively with the increasing demands of the developing countries;
EXPRESSES appreciation to the government of Austria for its king offer of rent-free office space in Vienna for the OAU and its Member States and URGES the Member States to give serious consideration to this offer.