AHG/Res. 42 (II)
PAN-AFRICAN NEWS AGENCY
The Assembly of Heads of State and Government meeting in its Second Ordinary
Session in Accra, Ghana, from 21 to 25 October 1965,
Recalling resolution EDC/Res. 11(II) of the Second Session of the Educational
and Cultural Commission on the setting up of a Pan-African News Agency (PANA)
which was approved by the Fourth Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers,
Considering that the Committee of experts to study the technical, financial and
personnel aspects for the setting up of PANA has not yet been convened as indicated in
document CM/78 of the Fifth Session of the Council of Ministers,
Convinced of the necessity for this Committee of experts to study the technical
and personnel problems for the setting up of PANA,
1. REGRETS that, despite the efforts of the General Secretariat, the meeting of
experts could not be held before the Fifth Ordinary Session of the Council of
Ministers;
2. AGREES to the extension of the time requested by the General Secretariat in
order to enable it to convene the meeting of experts before the Sixth
Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers.