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(Adopted by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, 22- 28 June 1992)

The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Fifty-sixth Ordinary Session in Dakar, Senegal, from 22 to 28 June 1992,

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4. REQUESTS the States parties to include in their education programs specific measures to encourage a thorough understanding of issues relating to human rights and ENCOURAGES them to pursue their efforts in order to take into account, within the framework of the training of officers in-charge of Armed Forces, Law Enforcement and of all other relevant branched, appropriate elements concerning human rights;

5. SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES ALSO the efforts made by the National, Private and Public Institutions and Non-Governmental Organizations within the framework of their education activities, promotion and popularization of the objectives of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

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