UN General Assembly
1961

determined at the Conference of Heads of States or of Governments who meet in regular session twice a year and in special session at the request of the majority. 44. Decisions are taken by a simple majority; discipline is enforced in nil problems of decolonization. In order -that the decisions taken may be put into effect, the African and Malagasy Union has an administrative General-Secretariat with its headquarters at Cotonou. Lastly, with a view to coordinating the policies of the member States of the Union at New York, it has been decided to establish a group of the African and Malagasy Union at the United Nations. 45. I do not think that this outline of the provisions of our charter requires any commentary. Their moderate terms amply express the firm determination of our leaders to set up common institutions designed to provide the twelve States members of the Union with the means of acting effectively in the international field.