UI\JI';ED. NATIONS
ECONOMIC
AND
SOCIAL COUNCIL
Distr.
LIMITED
E/cN.14/L.83
19 February 1962
Original : ENGLISHECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA
Fourth session
Addis Ababa; February-Maroh 1962
.COMMUNICATION FROM THE PRESIlENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA
Reproduoed below is a telegram whioh was sent on 17 February 1962
by the President of the Republio of Ghana to the Chairman of the Commission:
" .THE CHAIRMAN ECA ADDIS ABABA
FROM KWAME NKRUMAH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA STOP E.633 QUOTE THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF GHANA SINCERELY REGRET THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE HOSTS TO THIS FOURTH PLENARY SESSION OF THE ECONOMIC CO!~ISSION FOR AFRICA COMMA BUT LOOK FORWARD TO A F'WIURE OPPOR'IUNITY TO SHOW THEIR HOSPITALITY TO THIS CHERISHED FORUM OF INTERAFRICAN SOLIDlRITY STOP 2 AS THE ECONOMIC COl~ISSION FOR AFRICA ENTERS UPON ITS FOURTH YEAR OF ACTIVITY IMPERIALISM IS ALREADY ON ITS LAST LEGS IN AJ!'RICA STOP OUR NEXT TASK IS THE RECONSTRUCTION AND EFF.ECTIVE UNIFICATIoN OF '!HE AFRICAN CONTINENT STOP IN THIS TASK OUR COMMISSION HAS A VITAL PART TO PLAY BOTH IN PROMOTING SUCH CONSTRUCTIVE EFFORTS AS '!HE PROPOSED AFRICAN
mv'ELOPMENT BANK AND INCREASED INTERAFRICAN TRAIE COMMA AND EVEN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AFRICAN COMMON MARKET COMMA AND IN SHIELDING OUR CONTINENT FROM THE DISRUPTIVE FORCES OF NEO-eOLONIALISM THAT 'IHllEATEN IT FROM THE OUTSIIE STOP 3 I TRUST THAT THIS FOUR'ffi SESSION OF THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA WILL MAKE A WORTHY CONTRIBUTION TO THE FUTURE OF AFRICA STOP
