AHG/Res. 113 (XIX) RESOLUTION ON THE AFRICAN CANDIDATURES TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 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, Considering the need for Africa to play an effective role in the activities of the United Nations, Recalling all the relevant resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on the rotation of certain posts among the geographical groupings forming the United Nations: 1. STRONGLY SUPPORTS the following candidatures: a) H.E. Mr. Paul J.F. Lusaka (Zambia) for the post of President of the 39th Session of the United Nations General Assembly; b) Dr. Julius Sikonya Kiane (Kenya) for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); c) Professor Adebaye Adedeji (Nigeria) for the post of Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); d) Mr. Amir Abdalla Kahlil (Sudan) for the post of Chairman of the FAO Council; 2. REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the OAU to take all necessary steps to ensure the success of these candidatures.

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