SECTION 9

Settlements of disputes 1. The Organization of African Unity shall make provisions for appropriate modes of settlement of: (a) Disputes arising out of contracts or other disputes of a private law character to which the Organization of African Unity is a party; (b) Disputes involving any official of the Organization of African Unity who by reason of his official position enjoys immunity, if immunity has not been waived by the Administrative Secretary General; 2. (a) All differences arising out of the interpretation and/or application of the present Convention shall be referred for arbitration to the Commission of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration, unless in any case it is agreed by the parties to have resource to another mode of settlement; (c) All differences which may arise between the Organization of African Unity on the one hand, and a Member State on the other hand, with respect to the interpretation and/or application of the present Convention; failing settlement by negotiation or any other agreed method of settlement shall be submitted to a tribunal of three arbitrators; one to be named by the Administrative Secretary General of the Organization, one to be named by the Member State, the third to be chosen by the two arbitrators, and/or if they should fail to agree upon the third, then the third shall be chosen by the President of the Commission of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration.