discuss fully the economic issues coming before the twenty-first summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity scheduled to be held in July 1985 in Addis Ababa and which will be mainly devoted to economic issues, 1, Expresses its gratitude to H.E. Comrade Mengistu Haile-Mariam, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Ethiopia, Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Socialist Ethiopia as well as to the Government and people of Socialist Ethiopia for their warm hospitality and for the facilities generously provided to the Commission and to all participants in the aforementioned meetings and which contributed largely to the success of their deliberations; 2. Requests the Executive Secretary to transmit the present resolution to the Government of Socialist Ethiopia, 241st meeting, 29 April 1985, - 124 - ANNEX I FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE TWENTIETH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION AND ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS V A. Resolution 532 (XX). Industrial Development Decade for Africa Preambular paragraphs 6 and 7 of the above resolution refer to the awareness of the Conference of Ministers of the need for adequate resources to be made available for the implementation of measures and programmes for the IDDA especially for the implementation of multi-country and multinational projects through subregional and regional industrial co-operation. The ministers further recognized that ECA and its MULPOCs will also have to play a role in assisting member States particularly at the subregional level if effective and speedy implementation of the IDDA should result. Accordingly, in operative paragraph 8, the Conference appeals to the General Assembly to consider allocating $US 700,000 on a permanent annual basis to enable ECA and its MULPOCs to conduct consultations and negotiations 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing economic issues and development in Africa, specifically the allocation of funds for the implementation of the Industrial Development Decade for Africa (IDDA) and the role of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and its Multilateral Programmes and Operational Centres (MULPOCs) in assisting member states. The text also expresses gratitude to the government of Ethiopia for their hospitality and facilities provided for the meetings.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade