UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC AND
SOCIAL COUNCIL
ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Seventh session
Nairobi, 9-23 February 1965
Draft resolution
Distr.
LIMITED
F/
CN .14/L. 301 19 February 1965 Original, ENGLISHConoern ing : Sponsored by:
Meeting of the Commission
Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda.
The Economic Commission for Africa,
Desirous of making more efficacious the proceedings of its sessions, Considering that the increasing volume of its activities makes it impractical to hold a comprehensive review of its entire work programme every year except at the expense of depth and ooncreteness in its
discussions,
HaVins examined the recommendations of the Executive Secretary in this respect,
Accepting the need to devote more staff time to operational activities and less to formal reporting,
Affirming, however, the need to maintain an adequate degree of
contact between member countries and the work of the seoretariat in these formative years,
1. Decides to continue to meet every year and to limit the agenda at each session to a selected number of items,particularly those on Which, as a result of preparatory work and negotiations, the time would seem ripe for concrete decisions;
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2. Decides to allocate two days out of each session to the discus- .sion of any such matters not selected for specific inclusion in the
agenda as members may wish to raise;
3. Agrees to forego the making of formal statements at its sessions, except that a review of Afrioan economic policy in a broad area of work may be made a specific item on its agenda;
4. Requests the officers of each session to reoommend, in consulta- tion with the Exeoutive Secretary, the items for inolusion in the agenda of the subsequent session;
