CM/Res.1547 (LX)
RESOLUTION ON COOPERATION BETWEEN THE ACP COUNTRIES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity meeting in its Sixtieth Ordinary Session in Tunis, Tunisia, from 6 to 11 June, 1994,
Considering the multilateral and bilateral agreements between the European Union and OAU Member States on the one hand, and between the European Union and the ACP countries, on the other,
Considering the serious crisis besetting Third World countries in general, and African countries in particular,
Convinced that in order to attain a satisfactory level of development, African countries need external assistance to back up their own efforts,
Considering that the agreement concluded between seventy African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and twelve countries of the European Union, known as the Lome Convention, constitutes an effective instrument for North/South cooperation,
Convinced that South/South cooperation, especially intra-ACP cooperation, is a vital instrument for achieving sustainable development:
TAKES NOTE of the willingness of the parties concerned to strengthen their cooperation with the European Union;
CALLS ON the ACP side to vigorously pursue, with vigilance, negotiations regarding the second phase of Lome IV;
EXPRESSES THE DESIRE to see the outcome of the negotiations contribute significantly to the on-going economic reform efforts in ACP countries;
REQUESTS that adequate resources be provided especially for promoting cooperation in the fields of culture, education, science and technology, as part of the implementation of the Convention;
REQUESTS each OAU Member State concerned to give to its representatives at the negotiations, the necessary directives to facilitate the implementation of this resolution;
CALLS ON the OAU and ACP Secretariats to closely cooperate in order to enhance the interests of the African Group within the Lome arrangements.