AHG/Res.55/Rev.1 (VI) RESOLUTION ON ASSISTANCE TO EQUATORIAL GUINEA The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Sixth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 6 to 10 September 1969, Having considered the report of the Administrative Secretary-General and the results of the discussions at the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers regarding the situation in Equatorial Guinea and the urgent need to afford assistance to this sister State, Aware of the necessity of strengthening and cementing effective solidarity and mutual assistance between OAU Member States, 1. DECIDES to extend its financial, economic and technical assistance to the Government and people of Equatorial Guinea, to enable them to overcome their monetary difficulties; 2. URGENTLY APPEALS to all Member States to provide the necessary assistance to Equatorial Guinea, both individually and collectively; 3. EMPOWERS the Administrative Secretary-general to co-ordinate and harmonize this assistance from OAU in close co-operation with the Government of Equatorial Guinea; and to this end, requests the SecretaryGeneral to negotiate an agreement with the Government of Equatorial Guinea on practical methods of organizing, co-ordinating and implementing OAU assistance to that country; 4. DECIDES in particular to help Equatorial Guinea to issue its own currency and to set up its own national blank, with the assistance of the African Development Bank; 5. INVITES the Administrative Secretary-General to make regular reports to the policy-making bodies of OAU on aid to Equatorial Guinea.