UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC AND
SOCIAL COUNCIL
E/CN.14/L.373
■13 February 1969
.Original: ENGLISHECONOMIC ..COMMISSION^ FOR/..4FHICA , ' Ninth session' ''' ' " ' '.
"'A&dfs;■"rA'ba'ba?, .3-14 February 1969 : -" .
Draft resolution"
Industrial Promotion Centres
Sponsored by: Botswana, Nigeria, United Arab Republic
The Economic Commission for Africa,
Recalling ECA resolutions L53(VIIl) on industry and
conference of industrialists and financiers.
on the
Considering the report of the SCA secretariat on the conference on
industry and finance held in'Addis Ababa on March 25-27, 1968 (document-
. 14/414), ' - ■
Mindful of the assistance industrial pro; tion-centres' will render to member States on the sub-regional and national level and of the .value of industrial promotion centres in creating a proper investment climate and assessing investment possibilities in Africa,
. Appreciates the efforts of the ECAl secretariat in this respect;
Calls on UNIDO, UNDP, ADP, donor countries, and other international organisations, e.g., AFRASEC, to extend their assistance in establishing
industrial promotion centres in the four African sub-regions, in their financing and in supplying.the experts needed for their efficient operation^.
Requests that these centres co-operate with corresponding national machinery and render assistance, on request, by member States;
. .^ .?■'—sultationS'
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Requests the Executive Secretary to -initiate immediate Gonsultations with African governments, UN Agencies, ADB, and donor countries for the setting up of sub-regional or/and multinational industrial promotion
centres and for securing the. technical and financial resources required for
this purpose. ,' .
