Agreement for the Establishment of the Commission for Technical Co-operation

in Africa South of the Sahara

Being desirous of establishing on a formal basis certain administrative arrangements heretofore brought into being,

Establishment of the Commission

There is hereby established the Commission for Technical Co-operation in Africa South of the Sahara (hereinafter referred to as the Commission»). The Commission -shall be assisted by the Scientific Council for Africa South of the Sahara. Under its aegis shall be placed the Inter-African Bureau for Epizootic Diseases, the Tsetse Fly and Trypanosomiasis Permanent Inter-African Bureau, the Inter-African Bureau for Soils and Rural Economy, the Inter-African Labour Institute, the Inter-African Pedagogical Service, and such other organisations for co-operation in Africa South of Sahara as the Commission shall recognise.

The Commission shall consist of the signatory Governments (hereinafter referred to as the «Member Governments»). Each Member Government shall be represented by one delegate and such alternates and advisers to its delegate as it may deem necessary.

(2) The territorial scope of the Commission may be altered on a recommendation of the Commissions, approved in writing by all Member Governments, but shall not be extended beyond Africa South of the Sahara.

Admission of non-Member Governments

(2) Such a request shall require the approval of all Member Governments.

(3) A non-Member Government whose request for admission has received the approval of all Member Governments shall deposit with the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland an instrument of accession to the Agreement, and shall thereupon become a Member Government-for the purposes of this Agreement. The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall notify all other Member Governments of each such accession and of the date of deposit of each such instrument.

Power and Functions

(1) The Commission and the organisations referred to in Article I, shall have such legal capacity as may be necessary for the exercise of their functions and the fulfilment of their purposes.

(2) The powers and functions of the Commission shall be as follows:

(b) to recommend to Member Governments measures for achieving such co-operation;

(d) to supervise, from the financial and general points of view, the work of the organisations referred to in Article I, and make recommendations thereon to the Member Governments;

(f) to make recommendations to the Member Governments with a view to the formulation of joint requests for technical assistance from international organisations;

(g) to advise Member Governments on any other subject in the field of technical co-operation which the Member Governments may bring to its notice;