Report of the ninth meeting of the executive committee : (Addis Ababa, 18-21 June 1973)

Abstract

The draft resolutions submitted to the Conference of Ministers and relating to the following questions were also adopted with slight amendments: Declaration on Trade and Development; Conference of African Ministers of Trade, Development and Finance; African participation in negotiations in the trade, finance and monetary spheres; Co-operation with international organizations; Science and technology, and Establishment of Multinational Inter disciplinary Development Advisory Teams. The Conference of Ministers also took decisions on the drought affecting the countries of the Sudan Sahelian zone; the situation in Southern Rhodesia; and the establishment of an Association of African Trade Promotion Organizations. By a resolution on Intra-African economic co—operations the Conference requested the Executive Secretary to submit the Report of the Panel of Experts on Intra-Africaaa Economic Cooperation and Africa's Relations with the European Economic Community to the Conference of Ministers on Trade, Development and Finance.