Statement by Mr. Adebayo Adedeji at the meeting of plenipotentiaries on the African centre for transfer, adaptation and development of technology, Kaduna, Nigeria, 10-15 November 1977.

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Statement made by Mr. Adebayo Adedeji at the meeting of plenipotentiaries on the African Centre for Transfer, Adaptation and Development of Technology in Kaduna, Nigeria from November 10-15, 1977. The meeting owes its origin to resolution 87 (IV) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, adopted in Nairobi in May 1976. The Conference requested the Organization of African Unity and the Economic Commission for Africa, collaboration with UNCTAD, UNIDO, UNESCO and WIPO, to convene meeting of plenipotentiaries in 1977, preceded by appropriate preparatory work, to establish an African Centre for the Development and Transfer of Technology as a means for strengthening the technological capability of the African region.