AHG/Res. 37 (II)
SUBMISSION OF CANDIDATURES BY AFRICAN STATES
The Assembly of Heads of State and Government meeting in its Second Ordinary
Session in Accra, Ghana, from 21 to 25 October 1965,
Having examined the report of the sub-committee entrusted with finding a
solution to the problem of appointing candidates to the posts reserved for Africa in
international organizations;
Convinced of the imperative need for the maintenance and reinforcement of
African Unity,
Convinced further of the necessity of achieving equitable representation of
Africa on organs of the United Nations and in the Specialized Agencies,
1. REQUESTS the African Group at the United Nations to co-ordinate and
harmonies the various African candidatures for the United Nations organs
and Specialized Agencies;
2. INVITES the African countries to claim the places duly reserved for them on
such bodies, and to submit their candidatures for the vacant places having
regard to equitable geographical distribution;
3. INSTRUCTS the African Group at the United Nations to present at the next
meeting of the Council of Ministers a detailed list of places vacant on the
various organs of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies.