African common position for the ccuond General Conference of UNIDO (November 1987), at a date to be determined following ccnsultations among the three
secretariats and the Chairman of the Conference of Ministers;<ii . Requests the .secretariat* of EC^r O^U and UNIDO to prepare and
present to the meeting of intftr70verx.uent.il experts proposals on the basisof the agenda for the soccnO General. Conference to be established by the
Industrial Development Boa-id cf UNI;jO,
E ?^^lA? or th3 ir,-DA
(a) Notea with ^Pproci^icn ^ii»ures token to publicize the IDDA not only within Africa but al-io «ir.hou;-. and c;-11g upon UNIDO as well as ECa and OAU to intensify toei.e ^enadt.-rHlfted promotional activities, directing
them towards w&ll-defined Career yroupr and Lisir? them on properly prepared programmes, and requests- tinjidc to rnvrotluce r.zid distribute widely to Africancountries t organi j.r.ti onr,.. od::r:au or.r \ ^institutions and other target groups
the film or, ths UT1-,:
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(b) Calls _ upon African countries and organizations to undertake appropriate measures in order to mobilize radio, television and other mass media for the promotion of the IDDA among decision-makers not only in Governments, industries and the business community, but also in educational institutions and the population at large including the rural areas. In this connection, UNIDO, ECA and OAU should provide the necessary assistance to the African countries and organizations?
(c) Recommends the proclamation of an "African Industrialization Day"
which should be commemorated each year by all African countries and requests the secretariats of ECA, UNIDO and OAU to carry out a study on the implementation of this recommendations, taking into consideration the experience of FAO in the commemoration of its "World Food Day", and to present a report to the ninth Conference of African Ministers of Industry on the matter, including the detailed financial implications it bore for member States and the three organizations. The three secretariats should also study the possibility of issuing special postage stamps commemorating the IDDA;
(d) In ■ view of the paramount importance of creating greater awareness both within Africa and without on the contribution of industry to the implementation of the Lagos Plan of Action, Africa's Priority Programme for Economic Recovery (1986-1990) and the United Nations Programme for African Economic Recovery and Development, appeals to UNDP to allocate, within the framework of the proposals submitted by UNIDO for a support programme for the IDDA, funds from the regional IPF for publicizing the IDDA.
F. General recommendations
(a) Recognizes the important role of public enterprises in the implementation of the Decade programme and calls upon member States to undertake appropriate measures for strengthening those enterprises in order to enhance their efficiency, including their capacities for planning, management, production and marketing;
Stresses the need for effective follow-up and monitoring of the decisions and recommendations cf the Conference of African Ministers of
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Industry and requests the secretariats cf UNIDO, OAU and ECA to continue to prepare annual progress reports which should include an. indication of the results achieved and constraints encountered in the implementation of the programme for the Decade, and those reports should be presented to the Conference, of African Ministers, of Industry for evaluation and further directives;
(c) Reaffirms the need for the Conference of African Ministers of Industry to meet every two years and recommends that the Ministerial Follow-up Committee on Industrialization in Africa be replaced by an Intergovernmental Committee of Experts in view cf the financial constraints encountered in organizing meetings cf the Follow-up Coirunittee;
(d) Recommends the proclamation of a second IDDii. in order to accelerate further the industrialization of Africa launched during the first Decade, and requests the secretariats of UNIDO, ECA and OAU, after appropriate evaluation of tha first. Decadef to undertaket in consultation with member States, African organizations and relevant United Nations agencies, the preparation of a programme for that Decade which should be submitted to the tenth Conference of African Ministers of Industry and to provide a progress report to the ninth Conference.
E/ECVTPCW-U/L-3
FOURTH ALL-AFRICA TRADE FAIR AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIFTH ALL-AFRICA TRADE FAIR 1/
The Conference of Ministers/
Bearing in mind the previous OAU Council of Ministers resolutions since 1967 especially its CM/Res.277(XIX) institutionalizing the All-Africa Trade Fairs and the decision of the Second Extra-Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU in April 1980 contained in the Lagos Plan of Action to, inter ..alia, launch a permanent "Buy African Goods"
campaign within the framework of the All-Africa Trade Fairs?
Recalling the decision of the third meeting of the Ministerial Follow-up Committee of the Whole on Trade and Finance held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 9 to 14 May 1984 to accept the offer of the Republic of Togo to host the Fourth All-Africa Trade Fair?
Haying taken note with deep appreciation, of part I of the report of the OAU Secretariat on the Fourth All-Africa Trade Fair which took place in Lome, Togo from 18 November to 8 December 1985?
Recognizing the special attention demonstrated and contribution made by the President of the Republic of Togo, H,E. General Gnassingbe Eyadema in enabling a successful outcome of the Fourth All-Africa Trade Fair?
Further reepgni zing the functional role that the All-Africa Trade Fair could play in developing intra-African trade, judging from the results of the Lome Fair in terms of the level of participation, the structure and wide range of goods and the production capacity and potential exhibited;
1/ Morocco expressed reservation on part I of this resolution and paragraph 7 of this resolution.
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Further recalling its decision adopted in Brazzaville, the Congo in October 1985 during the eighth session of its meeting to accept the offer of Zaire to host the fifth All-Africa Trade Fair, the Conference of African Ministers
of Trade.
PART I: FOURTH ALL-AFRICA TRADE FAIR
!• Requests the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity to transmit, on behalf of the Conference of African Ministers of Trade,- a special message of congratulations and thanks to the President of the Republic of Togo, H.E. General Gnassingbe Eyadema, the Government and people of Togo for the exceptional efforts deployed to make the Fourth All-Africa Trade Fair
a success;