UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC and SOCIAL COUNCIL
Distr.
GENERAL
E/CN.14/503
18 December 1970
Originals ENGLISH/FRENCH
ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Tenth session
Conference of Ministers
8-13 February 1971
ACTION TAKEN BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ON THE DRAFT RESOLUTION RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION
AT ITS NINTH SESSION
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ACTION TAKEN BY TEE ECONOMIC A2TO SOCIAL COUNCIL OK THE
DRAFT RESOLUTION RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION AT ITS NINTH SESSION
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At its ninth session, the Commission decided to recommend the adoption, "by the Economic and Social Council of a draft resolution the text of Which is reproduced in part IV of the annual report of the
Commission.^ This draft was put before the Economic and Social Council
at its forty-seventh session and, on 31 July 1969* the Council adopted
resolution 1440 (XLVIl) as follows?
1440 (XLVIl). Annual report of the Eoonomio Commission for Africa
The Economio and Social Council
1- Takes note of the annual report of the Economic Commission
for Africa for the period from 1 March 1968 to 14 February 1969"' and
the recommehdations and resolutions contained in parts II and III of that report%2* Endorses the programme of work and priorities contained in part V of that report;
3. Takes note in particular of resolutions l87(lX) on the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Commission, 188(IX) on the institutional machinery of the Commission, l89(IX) on the
organization, structure and functions of the secretariat of the Commission and 19l(lX) on transitional provisions, adopted in
accordance with rule 19 of the rules of procedure of the Commission;
4. Endorses resolution 190(lX) on relations with the Organization of African Unity, adopted in accordance with paragraph 12 of the terms of reference of the Commission!
5# Commends the Economic Commission for Africa for the measures it has taken to expand its programme, particularly its operational activities?
6. Further commends the secretariat of the Economic Commission for Africa for its efforts during the first ten years of tha
Commission's existence, particularly its emphasis on self-reliance "by
T/ Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, forty-seventh~ session, documents E/465I and Add.l.
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African countries in their economic and social development efforts as indicated in the repoi
years of EGA, 1958-1968".
as indicated in the report entitled "A venture in self-reliance: ten
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1625th plenary meeting,
