AHG/Res. 115 (XIX)
RESOLUTION ON THE LAGOS PLAN OF ACTION
AND THE FINAL ACT OF LAGOS
The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African
Unity, meeting in its Nineteenth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 6 to
12 June, 1983,
Having read the Progress Report of the Secretary-General and the Executive
Secretary of the ECA on the Implementation of the Lagos Plan of Action and the Final
Act of Lagos submitted in accordance with the resolution of the Assembly adopting the
Plan,
Aware that the Progress Report covers mainly the activities of the OAU and
ECA Secretariats in assisting Member States to implement the Lagos Plan of Action
and the Final Act of Lagos,
Committed to the total implementation of the Programme outlined in the Plan
and the Final Act:
1. TAKES NOTE WITH APPRECIATION the Progress Report by the
Secretary-General and the ECA Executive Secretary on the implementation
of the Lagos Plan of Action and the Final Act of Lagos;
2. REQUESTS all Member States to assist the Secretary-General of the OAU
and the Executive Secretary of ECA in the implementation of the Plan and
the Final Act by providing them with information on material and other
resources as well as national socio-economic data;
3. APPEALS to the Member States to designate competent national contact
points to deal with the Joint OAU/ECA Committee on matters pertaining to
the implementation of the Plan and the Act;
4. FURTHER APPEALS to the Member States to assist the OAU and the ECA
Secretariat
in
the
implementation
of
their
joint
programme
popularization of the Lagos Plan of Action and the Final Act of Lagos;
on