9 DE SETEMBRO DE 1983

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Resolução Adesão ao Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento

A Assembleia da República resolveu, nos termos dos artigos 164.°, alínea i), e 169.°, n.° 4, da Constituição, o seguinte:

1.° é aprovada a adesão de Portugal ao tratado internacional de criação do Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento, cujas versões em línguas inglesa e português.) se publicam em anexo.

2." Fica o Governo autorizado, através do Ministro das Finanças e do Plano, com a possibilidade de delegar, a praticar lodos os actos necessários à adesão de Portugal ao Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento.

Aprovada em 15 de Julho de 1983

O Presidente da Assembleia da República, Manuel Alfredo Tito de Morais.

Agrement establishing the African Development Bank

The Governments on whose behalf this agreement is signed,

Determined to strengthen African solidarity by means of economic cooperation between African States;

Considering the necessity of accelerating the development of the extensive human and natural resources of Africa in order to stimulate economic development and social progress in that region;

Realizing the importance of co-ordinating national plans of economic and social development for the promof'on of the harmonious growth of African economies as a whole and the expansion of African foreign trade and, in particular, inter-African trade;

Recognizing that the establishment of a financial institution common to all African countries would serve these ends;

Convinced that a partnership of African and non-African countries will facilitate an additional flow of international capital through such an institution for the economic development and social progress of the region, and the mutual benefit of all parties to this Agreement;

Have agreed to establish hereby the African Development Bank (hereinafter called the «Bank») which shall be governed by the following provisions:

CHAPTER I Purpose, functions, membership and structure

Article 1 Purpose

The purpose of the Bank shall be to contribute to the economic development and social progress of its regional members, individually and jointly.

Article 2 Functions

1 — To implement its purpose, the Bank shall have the following functions:

a) To use the resources at its disposal for the

financing of investment projects and programmes relating to the economic and social development of its regional members, giving special priority to:

/) Projects or programmes which by their nature or scope concern several members; and

it) Projects or programmes designed to make the economies of its members increasingly complementary and to bring about an orderly expansion of their foreign trade;

b) To undertake, or participate in, the selection,

study and preparation of projects, enterprises and activities contributing to such development;

c) To mobilize and increase in Africa, and out-

side Africa, resources for the financing of such investment projects and programmes;

d) Generally, to promote investment in Africa

of public and private capital in projects or programmes designed to contribute to the economic development or social progress of its regional members;

e) To provide such technical assistance as may

be needed in Africa for the study, preparation, financing and execution of development projects or programmes; and /) To undertake such other activities and provide such other services as may advance its purpose.

2 — In carrying out its functions, the Bank shall seek to co-operate with national, regional and sub-regional development institutions in Africa. To the same end, it should co-operate with other international organizations pursuing a similar purpose and with other institutions concerned with the development of Africa.

3 — The Bank shall be guided in all its decisions by the provisions, of articles 1 and 2 of this Agreement.

Article 3 Membership and geographical area

1 — Any African country which has the status of an independent State may become a regional member of the Bank. It shall acquire membership in accordance with paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of article 64 of this Agreement.

2 — The geographical area to which the regional membership and development activities of the Bank may extend (referred to in this Agreement as «Africa» or «African», as the case may be) shall comprise the continent of Africa and African islands.

3 — Nonregional countries which are, or become, members of the African Development Fund, or which have made, or are making, contributions to the African Development Fund under terms and conditions similar