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urgency in view of EO\.' s role an co-ordinating and organizing llleetings
as
wellas
the increasing membership of the Commissio,~.The extension to the conZerence facilities would be very useful f?r
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,the region, particularly as regards also the meetings of African intergovernmental organizations and OAU. The matter would have t'"J
be given support by African Stat"s at the Economic and Social
Council's session in Geneva in ,,-uly 1982 and at the 37th seasion 0"
the General Assellbly later in the year. The Executive Secretury cecalled that Africa Hall itself nad b", ..n a gift from the GoverlllOOn~ of E,.."jopie and thanked that country for having offered to provide land for: t.:)e neY;
buildings.
ECA Silver Jubilee Ann::"J'eroa..=y (item 27)
196. The Deputy Executive Secretary introduced document E/ECA/CM.8/l9 On the Silver Jubilee and rec&lled the history of Africa's first regional organization, The documen~before the Committee was for i~iormation
purposes and at the same 't::'me constituted an appeal to Jrelrii::>er States for their oollaboration in ensurir~Si t,.r~e success of the annive1.'"'Sa~7' eVe~1'1t1:
a film on ECA, competitions, BtaIlp issues, cul
cuza
L shows, etc, The anniversary would coincide wid, the fourth meeting of the Techni~a:LPreparatory Co.1lIIittee of -c:1e Whole and the ninth Jreeting of t.he C-~nference
of Ministers.
197. In the diSCUBSions wrde., rollowed, participants suppn-,,-,i -~c;:'" ideas for the anniversary an': suggestec. that the programme ahoul.d be mi>de to
include 8'Ubrec;ion~:L Qc·J:.~vi'.:.J.~.. 'rrn.e C~il'3s·L.:Lvn of fiiAUllCing t.ir~· ~.).W:rtir.ipax.)..o., in the avents oi c~~tur~l ~=v~?~ ~=~, '6~~ ?OO~est countries
was
ra~s~~.with the twentieth (;01niversary of OAU and expre9sed the nope that: l>Oti1 organizations would work out some jo~nt activities.
199, The Chairman expressed his appreciation for the project relating to the Silver Jubilee, particularly since he had attended the first meet1.nq of the COIlIIllission, ane appealed to all member States to do . e>lerything in their power to ensure the success of the 5ilver Jubilee
Anniversary celebrations.
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Follow-up l\9S:.ign on C"'nl'"r>lll!it of l'!\ini;rt:en resolutions and (IacisiOl.'lS (item 29)
200. under item 2B. the Executive Secret.aty introduced doctmlent
B/ECA/CM.B/4, on fol:"ow-up action on Conference of M1nbter. ~"olutions
lIIId dschions. Fie sliid that the document "lIS sublllitt<ld te the COIlIDlittee for information ol.ly.
201. Tn" collanittee took due note of the document.
Inat1tut.'2D ~...~', ::o:;;licy~'.::~~~~~_:::.. on 'G'1i::l third united t~a'l::.ions L.\evelcpanant, Pecade, 'W >;01'.:'::8'1',:;" w';:,:'::i<'V ,,,,d the tagos Plan of Action (item 29)
202. Thet:xucutive S.,c:':'eti:XY introduced the report ot the Conference of Directo::" of "",o:a:>' ';ci."nce Research Institutes and Policy-make""
on the
Thirc
t'ni ti!d N",i:ior.e: Development Decade. the Eonrovi.. Strategy and the '':'ago;; :.?l~, ",i i\ct~o;. 'l::I'EC1\,lCM.9/30). held 1n Addis Ab,:ba. from(al critically "S6">l'l the ",v.'i~viaSuategy and the Lagos Pllll\ of ;,,-,tion within" g:"OD.U. CC.1~xt, i'bi assese t.."1e allocation"l, distzoibuUOIlal and
regional pattern of ~ro;;t;n ot the Lagos Plan of Action and ic) oon$:l.d"r the ro:.... v:': =e"earch,,'ci:
"".d
the research institute" in the impl_ntaclon of the Lol9OB )?lan vf ;.c'tl.O:', h<: drew particular attention to the<:o-oper~tionag:tG",.:ent
tit"..::
had been reached between ECA and the council tor 'ci:" o"velopb1el,-t u:': ;:;cono~c..c and Social iles"arch in Atrica (CODESlUA).203. The meeti4g too~ "ot~ of the report.
representative of the secretariat spoke briefly on the proorresIl achievec;1 in the work of ~cile :':rl~E::o:-governmente.1.Working- Group on a Code of conduct for '~rCll1snationalCorporations. He indicated that the Working Group had been ~etinq over
t:r,,,,
pasc three years and a substantive part of the Code had been drafted. The work involved outlining the objectives, scope ofapplication and detinition and implementation of the code. The draft Code would be discussed at the eighth session of the COIIlII1ission on Transnational Corporations to be held in Manila in septeniJer 1982, It fuU report on the Code. including an assessment of its i~licatiollll
for the African countri.... would be presented to the ECA Conference of Ministers in April 1983.
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Othe~' matcters (item 31;
206. One partici)Jarro: :::eier::~c;.to the doc\:i.menu; on agenda. iteIikJ"
11, 16, 22 and 25. He Said thu:t from t...~e way the secretariat n£).Q treated th.:= issues on '~he lirJ..
tea
Nations I'i'ransport and Com..rruJl:l.co.tio:;z Decade and Desertificatior, and frc..,l the fact that no ECA/UNDP evalu,·tion mission had been sent to the North African MJ~POC, and the 1982-1986UNDP ProyraImles did not cover North Africa, i t seemed that. the secretariat was giving marginal ",t.tention to the North African subregion. lie
empasised the fact that there should be no kind of distinction ~~ng the various subregions of cne African continent. Another pArticipant. poi.rrtec out that the dOCUloonts of th~ Conference had not been rec.aiv0c ear~.y
enough' to enable members to study them. :en
tr...
at respect .. l..t was sugg-ested that in the future, documerrts>sr...
ould be classified '.into "two catego,ries:(a) documerrta for disCUi;;Sion ; and {b> documents for informaton.
207. In reply" the ECA Executive Secretary said that wl.1i:L.:ot. i·,~ t.Ju:.: ~Jast
there might have been justification 'co complain about the transmission of Conference documents to rrerriber States~ tilere was no basis for such a
complaint in :cespect of tj"J.€ present mee'tin~ of the Corn...'1\:~·>'.te·~~ he :!.nformea the meetirili t:1at~ in aa.dition \:0 the normal channels for 'Crillts'1'l,ittinc;
the documents, th.e secr.:=tariat. had gone to the txtent of diatr~_;"Juting
the documents to m~~~r Std~uSI rcpre8entd~ivesat the iivG ~~~:~8
meetings whic.~ had precedeQ the pzeaerrc mect':ng. lSesideG, 8:>: ,:cv~.~rj'
meeting 0:2 t1u,~ C,.J;rmis.;ion n.::::,d. in .Adds AbW.:i si nce January jC·S'"I. CO.';es of the ava::'l;;J:..lww: Gocu:'~'.d·"'1t.s hi;1..J. been giv,.=r. to d..:legatior~oo; ;',::f.'" -,,-, ..::-~?
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208. T'ne Executivt; .;l2c:'l;;l.tc,r./ furti1er a'c zes s ed che fact. \:h.:1·':: :.- ..;..:nd the entire ECA sec:cet.a:cia:t. cook the whole African ccntiLnerrc1 l.:·~S
subregions and all the me""".. " St...tes very seriously. There was no
att~, at any time, on t.hf; part of the secretariat to rnargi:>,,'d ""
any subregion. He pointed cut; that there was no ECA/UNDP evaluation of the North Africar, ~.;;Li?OC :"or the very reason that there "'0<5 no u'NDP support for the North Ai"ica,~ l'iULPOC. He state6 that under O',;;:')p
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organizational arrange1l1entB, there were two bureaux dealing with the African continent. A5 he had alreaCly ~lained during the discuasions on item 16 the African Bu..v-eau, which
was
responsible fo,: African countries south of the Sahara, had given the four MllLPOCs in Africa south of the Sahara some $uS7 million through ECA since their establishment 1.<1 1978.It was therefore natural, and indeed it. was the practice of Uh"DP, to evaluate the impact. of :C'.:s support On the develcpl1lent of lllElIliler Statile.
Since the tr,iDF Bura..u for Arab States, wh1ch under tlNIll? arrangements was responsible ror fJ.nancing p:ogr_s of iW6ietance in North Africa as well aa in me
ecw"
region, had consistently refused until wry recently to giw. financial slrpP"rt to the North African MllLPOC, there was 110 basb for organizing "',' ECJI!Q"f(Dl? <:valua\:;ion l!Iission. With regard to the non-inclusion In ehe UND? r,,<.>ional programme for 1982-1986 of North African cOWlt.r1es, ilia",; a;;a:cn ... due to the fact that, while themmp
AfricanBureau had
been
~letv
co~~ete the prograDmung exerciseon
sChedule, the Bureau io:c >.I<ib <:tiit:es was still not in a position to finalize itsregional prcgr...."'''' u."lt::Ll 1983 as! indicated in doCUlnent E/CN .14/'(.:M. S/lS/Add.l whim had neen o;'scu"""d ..,.,(ie:: it:elll 23. The Executive Secretary reiterated hls ;>romi~E: to BuDor':''.:, 111 collaboration with Ul'lDP Regional Bureau for Arab State.. , thQ": :ce"ion"l progre=.e to the fourth meeting of the Committee in 1983. He exp:tdir,ed tl'ld: one of the reasons why there htl.a been a delay was that t."l" p.:ls'i: of to1e tlsSi5t.ance Administrator had be.on " ..cant for
SOllie t:;Jr",. ,~ow t.."Ial: ;;;;c. Za."I.ow:;i of '£un1518 had been appointed, he expressed the hope t::;,-"" the Burea," woule address itself to the ;problelllS of North
Africa an':' ::.ts MULPOC ,_m" ..:..ve them the same attention"., the Africa<.
Bureau haa been doing :for tlle other four MULPOCs.
209. Whh £"ga~'"d
.
to prov;l.ding comprehensive infoOIlllt.ion on activities of all me...:""r S\:.1ite.\l in all fields particularly in those eonn.. cted with the 'Jm..'Cl;:;c" ~~·6,-:.ic..-... <.:.:;;:,,;..,.·~~;.ort and COIll.T1unicc:.tio~1.SDecade ::'n A.frica(UW.('he,:jA; Ct.I.1Q G..:;s~rci:;;'_c..:.'(.iofil '~ie ~xecut..iV'e $ecreta.xy appealed strongly to UlemDer Stci:.:es '..:.0 :... p .,,::'1~ ECA i:1ecretariat fully informed of their
210. The C'h.a:.a..:...6i'iaA·~ :c~i.t.a:ca:c-=Ci the complete confidence of all member States in the work of t:he EXElct.l:~VEl secretary and his collea9'Jes and said that there was ,,0 evidence of the marginalization fo any subregion or group of countries in Africa.
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Date and plac~ ()~ 'L'1e next roee"(.ing- {item 32j
211. The Execu\:i.v," Secretary informed the lIeating that at the fifth meeting of the conzerence of Ministe:o; in Rabat, Morocco, the Government of l-lozaIltlique had extend"d an invitation for the ninth meeting of the Conference of ~anisters to be held in fo>apllto in 1!.lB3. nowever, in view of the Ec.:~ Silver .J";'i1"e Anniversazy in 1983 i t was ;:'",1'<: that the nint..'1 ...."'dng of the Conference of Ministers and all related meetings ~hou1d be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The se~:cetariathad been in touch with the govemment of Mozalltlique on that issue but had, so fsr, not received a reply.
212. The meeting deciQed to refer the matter to the Conference of Ministers, where it was hoped, that MozaniJique would be represented and would accept the proposed change of venue.