Report of the sixth ECA/OAU joint meeting on trade and development : Geneva, 12 - 23 Aug 1971

The main purpose of the Sixth ECA/OAU Joint Meeting was to draw up recommendations which would be submitted to an African Ministerial Meeting to be convened in Addis Ababa from 8 to 14 October, 1971 prior to the ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 preparatory to UNCTAD III, and to assist African Governments in harmonizing their positions on various issues that are to be discussed at the Eleventh Session of the Trade and Development Board.