Report on the Budget of the PTA : item 7 of the agenda : progress report on administrative matters

Abstract

The Resumed Session of the Enlarged Conference: of Ministers of Trade, Finance and Planning of Eastern and Southern Africa was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during: the period 18-21 May, 1981. During that session, the Conference of Ministers adopted the proposed organizational structure of the PTA Secretariat and the formula for determining contributions by member States to the annual budget of the PTA as amended and approved at a Meeting of Officials that preceded their session. In adopting the formula for determining contributions by member States to the annual budget of the PTA, both the meeting of Officials and the resumed Session of the , Conference of Ministers were guided by the principle of fair participation.