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Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit EIGHTH PRESIDIUM MEETING OF A.AoP.S.O. Nicosia, Cyprus, 6~7 December, 1980

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Doc. No. General Declaration 1/18 fejaeal 2/18 AAPS® program of action for 1981 3/18 -X' ^ifBle to Kurt Waldheim - Concerning the Israeli repression in the occupied Arab lands. 4/18 Cable to Kurt Waldheim - Concerning the South African, political prisoners 5/18 Cable to the Prime Minister Botha of South Africa 6/18 Cable to South Korean authorities 7/15 •i t

EIGHTH PRESIDIUM MEETING Doc. 1/18 OF A.A.P.S.O. Nicosia, Cyprus; 6-7 December, 1980,

GENERAL DBGLjLRAiII_QN

On December 6-7, I960, the 8th Session of the Presidium of the Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization was held in Nicosia, the capital of the Republic of Cyprus; in which prominent figures of the Afro-Asian Solidarity Movement, representatives of national-liberation movements of Afro- Asian countries as well as delegations of public representatives from Socialist countries, from international democratic organizations, and from solidarity committees of Western Europe, took part. The participants to the Session discussed a number of urgent issues of the national-liberation movement and of the present-day internationa-.. l development, defined the tasks of the Afro-Asian solidarity movement in the framework of the international democratic movement and anti-imperialist struggle. The AAPSO Presidium is unanimous to point out that the struggle of Afro-Asian peoples, those of the Socialist countries

progressive forces in Europe and America and of all peace- w

loving for°es against imperialism and reaction for independence? freedom and social progress, for detente, disarmament and for a lasting peace on Earth is widening. In all its many-sidedness it represents a vast struggle of the majority of mankind for the irreversibility of the onward march of history, for survival, for a better future of each person and of each people on our planet. The participants of the Session state that the peoples of Asia and Africa, in the present international situation, made ever more tense as a result of ceaseless imperialist intrigues, continue with confidence their movement along the path of strengthening of political independence and economic self- dependence of their respective countries, v/ork for and do achieve" deepening of progressive social-economic remaking in them,

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ever more actively, come out for the strengthening of the principles of equality and justice in international economic relations. The last few years are marked by great achievements in the national-liberation struggle in Asia and Africa, and against fascist regimes in Latin America. Under the impact of the peoples1 anti-imperialist revolutions the rotten monarchic regimes in Ethiopia? Iran, Afghanistan and the fascist dictatorship in Nicaragua have collapsed. The victory of the people of Zimbab\>ve under the leadership of the Patriotic Front is of outstanding significance for the liberation of the whole African continent, particularly in South Africa under the A1\FC and in Namibia under SWAPO. An important contribution to the general anti-imperialist struggle is made by the movement of non-alignment in whose ranks the independent states in Asia, Africa and Latin America uphold their vital interests and rights against the encroachments of the imperialist policies of diktat and exploitation. The AAPSO Presidium highly appreciates the activity of the Organisation in the great struggle waged by the peoples of Africa and Asia for the establishment of a new and more equitable national order in the fields of economics, culture and information. The AAPSO Presidium pledges to act for the achievement of the legitimate demands of the Third World countries in their struggle for the establishment of a New International Economic Order and the dernocratisation of financial, monetary and political institutions. The AAPSO Presidium demands that all countries effectively participate in this endeavour to face the challenge of our time: of development of the Third World countries. The AAPSO Presidium stresses that a major factor of the indisputable successes of the task of liberation of the peoples in Asia and Africa from the fetters of colonialism and neo- colonialism is the combat solidarity and the natural unity of the forces of national-liberation movement with world Socialism, with the international democratic and workers' movement.

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The peoples in Asia and Africa appraise very highly the great contribution made by the Socialist forces to the tireless struggle of all progressive and peace-loving forces for peace, detente, an end to the arras race, for freedom and social progress,, for a peaceful and equitable international cooperation on the basis of respect for national independence and sovereignty on the basis of non-interference in others' internal affairs. Having considered the present international situation, the AAPSO Presidium draws everyone's attention to the increased - of late - activity of the forces of imperialist reaction which intensify their attempts to place under their supremacy the independent states and peoples, step up the arms race, grossly interfere in the other states' internal affairs. Trying to strengthen or at least to retain their positions in the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America; imperialists all the more often resort to such methods as provoking of feuds and conflicts among the independent states, using of arms and mercenaries in order to support anti-people regimes, as knocking together of military-political groupings against progressive regimes and revolutionary forces. While leaning upon the local reactionary circles, imperialism is at great pains to prevent liquidation of the last remnants of racism and apartheid in South Africa and to prevent a lasting and just peace in the Middle East, their adherence to the Camp-David Accords, rejected by the Arab peoples, is but an evidence of this. Of special danger for the fate of peace and international security are the increased military activity and militarist preparations in the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Gulf where new American military bases are set up and warships concentrated. The American military are expanding the strategic naval base on Diego-Garcia Island, they have succeeded in getting new military facilities in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and military bases in Oman, Somalia and Kenya, to act aggressively against the peoples of the area, strike at their national liberation movements and the progressive regimes of Democratic Yemen and Socialist . Ethiopia and to tighten their grip upon the sources of oil and its transportation lanes in the' Arab Psninsula and the Gulf.

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The AAPSO Presidium decisively condemns the aggressive plans and hegemonist claims of U.S.A. imperialism in the Indian Ocean and in the zones of the Gulf and the Red Seaj and demands an immediate liquidation of all forms of US military presence in that strategic region of the world. Imperialist circles try to line their coat due to the armed conflict between Iraq and Iran, which does not promise to these countries anything but mutual weakening, economic dislocation and serious losses and objectively is conducive to escalation of US interventionist plans in the Gulf. The AAPSO Presidium calls on Iran and Iraq to achieve as soon as possible a peaceful settlement of the conflict whose continuation is only to the benefit of those who are absolutely alien to the interests of the peoples of this region. Activization of imperialist subversive intrigues and plotting against freedom and progress of peoples is closely connected with the course of aggressive circles of the USA and other NATO countries to undermine the process of detente and return to the times of cold war, to heighten the overall military danger. The AAPSO Presidium stresses that the arms' rate, stepped up by militarist circles^ hampers the economic and aotial progress of all states, especially of the developing ones, creates considerable obstacles for a speedy overcoming of their backwardness inherited from the epoch of colonial domination. The participants in the Meeting denounce the hegemonic aspirations, aggressive and great-power arrogant policy of the Chinese leaders towards the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The international public voices serious ' concern over the fact that the Chinese leaders are strengthening their political and military ties with the forces of imperialism and reaction, and in particular with the fascist junta of Chile and the South African regime, which harm the national liberation movement and the movement for peace, whipping up tension in South East Asia and Asia as a whole.

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Evidence is abundant that a U.S.-Chinese-Japanese Axis is being fostered and consolidated, to create and escalate tension and destabilisation in the region. The participants of the Session decisively condemn hostile and provocative actions and intrigues of China against the heroic Vietnam, the People's Kampuchea and Laos who with confidence go along the path of building of new, peaceful life, and express their combat solidarity with the struggle of these people which is a major factor of peace and progress on the Asian continent. While confirming profound adherence of the Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization to the ideals of freedom, independence and progress of peoples, to the ideals of security and a lasting peace on Earth, the AAPSO Presidium declares a firm resolution of the Afro-Asian solidarity movement to continue a tireless activity in close unity with all anti- imperialist peace-loving forces along the following major lines: - To increasingly support the forces waging a struggle against imperialism, colonialism and neo-colonialism, for national liberation and social progress. - To condemn the increasing imperialist direct or indirect interventions in the affairs of other countries. - To achieve a speedy liquidation of the last remnants of racism and apartheid. To actively come out on the side of the people of Namibia in its legitimate struggle for a speedy achievement of national independence, to demand liquidation of the apartheid system in South Africa- To render comprehensive moral, political and material support to the SWAPO of Namibia, Africa and to the A1\TC of South Africa who are the true and legitimate representatives of the peoples of their countries and to expose the insidious attempts of the forces of imperialism and racism to make the peoples of Namibia and South Africa align themselves to neo-colonialist decisions leading to the consolidation of the racist regimes and creating the danger of new conflicts in this region.

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- To support the efforts of the Front-line States of Angola, Botswana? Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe in their comprehensive support to the national liberation,struggle of the peoples of South Africa and. Namibia. The Presidium hails the efforts of these countries to get rid of the economic domination of the Pretoria regime. - The legitimate Palestinian struggle for liberation against imperialism and Zionism aims not only to achieve the inalienable rights of the Arab Palestinian People to self- determination and to set-up their state on their national land, but constitutes a fundamental consolidation to the Arab National liberation movement and its political and economic independence. It puts an end to the capitalisation of the hotbed of conflict in the Arab region to act against World peace. Hence, it is one of the foremost tasks of the Afro-Asian Peoples: - To extend their comprehensive help and support to the Palestinian Liberation Organisation - the only legitimate representative of the Palestinian Arab people1. - and to all the Arab patriotic progressive forces, in their struggle against imperialism, Zionism and local reaction, to liberate the occupied Arab territories, to foil the capitulatory settlement plans designed in hostility to the Arab peoples in the Middle-East and to halt the fascist practices of the Zionist entity, in the occupied territories comprising arrests, assassinations, deportations wreaking havoc with the national economy, undermining the Palestinian society, seizure and annexation of territories and the establishment of Zionist settlements on Palestinian land? to halt the military practices of the Sionist entity .^against the Arab peoples of Palestine and Lebanon in South-Lebanon and to stand against the rightist separatist forces allied to imperialism and Zionism in Lebanon; to call for the consolidation of the Lebanese people under the leadership of their patriotic progressive movement which is engaged in fierce battle for the unity, sovereignty, independence A abism and democratic development of Lebanon. Consolidating the Arab progressive forces of liberation will enable the Syrian Arab Region to stand firmly against imperialist, Zionist, and reactionary machinations hatched against Syria and its people and directed against its stead- fastness and socialist achievements,

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- The Presidium supports the struggle of the people of

Cyprus for the elimination of occupation9 for a solution based on the UN resolutions, for an independent, unitary, non-aligned territorially integral Cyprus free of foreign troops and foreign bases. - The AAPSO Presidium demands the dismantlement of all military bases and the complete denuclearisation of the Mediterranean and its transformation into a lake of peace in the general interest of the peoples of the region. - The Presidium reaffirms its total support to the Saharaoui people and calls for the opening of direct negotiations between the POLISARIO and Morrocco as recommended by the deci- sion of the O.A.U., its Ad-hoc Committee and the recent resolution of the United Nations. The Presidium launches an appeal to all the patriotic forces of Chad to put an end to the fratricidal A-;ar and to respect the cease-fire under the resolute leadership of the transitional government of national union. - Deeply anxious over the African policy of Prance, the Presidium alerts all the progressive forces on the danger of establishing and restructuring French military bases in certain African countries, particularly to the South of the Sahara and denounces the deployment of French warships in the Indian Ocean. - To give the utmost assistance to a peaceful solution of the Iraq-Iran's conflict in order to restore peace and stability in the region. - To redouble the vigilance of the peoples in Asia and Africa against the insidious imperialist intrigues against progressive national-liberation forces. - To .support the people of independent Afghanistan following the path of peaceful construction, to expand the campaign of international solidarity with the struggle of the people of the D.R.A.

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Efforts by progressive international forces including AAPSO which recently took various initiatives in this respect - should be continued more actively for reaching a settlement in the area not by milJLtary action but through peaceful means and negotiations based on guaranteed termination of military attacks against Afghanistan. - To try to achieve joint efforts of the peace-loving public of Asian countries in the provision of a stable peace and security on the Asian continent. - To develop wide international solidarity actions with Vietnam, Kampuchea and Laos which are subject to provocations on the part of China. - To support the plan for national reunification and the 10 point political programme of the unified country made by D.P.R.K. regarding a confederal state with the two parts retaining their different social systems, independent of any military bloc and strictly neutral? declaring the Korean Penin- sula as nuclear-free zone; and to demand the complete immediate withdrawal of U.So troops and lethal weapons including nuclear weapons from South Korea. The fascist suppression in South Korea, against all the patriotic people demanding democracy and peaceful reunification must be stopped, all the democratic personnalities arrested; imprisoned or unjustly sentenced must be immediately released and military fascist regime should be replaced by democratic government. - To actively participate in the struggle for the transformation of the Indian Ocean into a zone of peace and good-neighbourlinesSj a zone of mutually beneficial international cooperation. - To support the proposal of the President of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar to hold a Summit Conference on the ndian Ocean as a Peace Zone, of littoral countries of the Indian Ocean and all concerned countries, in Tananarive, during 1981 or the beginning of 1982, - The AAPSO Presidium calls for a further strengthening of the combat union and cohesion of the forces of the national- liberation movement, the world Socialism, the democratic and workers' movement in a joint anti-Imperialist struggle.

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The AAPSO Presidium, calls on all the organizations taking part in the v/ork of the Afro-Asian solidarity movement to actively prepare for the coming XIHth Session of the AAPSO Council which will be held in March 1981, in Aden, capital of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, and to demonstrate a combat unity of the ranks of our movement. EIGHTH PRESIDIUM MEETING doc. 2/18 OF A.A.P.S.O. Nicosia? Cyprus^ 6-7 December; 1980.

APPEAL

The Eighth Presidium of the AAPSO meeting in Nicosia on 6-7 December 1980 re-affirms and welcomes the proposal of the AAPSO Permanent Secretariat to hold the 13th Council Meeting of the Organisation in Aden on 20-26 March 1981. The Presidium records its appreciation of the Yemeni Peace and Solidarity Council as well as of the Yemeni Socialist Party and the Government of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen for their offer and cooperation to host this important AAPSO function in Aden at this crucial moment. The Presidium calls upon the Permanent Secretariat, all member national committees, all associated and support organisations to turn this Council Meeting to a grand conference of the AAPSO movement with the biggest and most representative gathering of delegates of national? regional and international political forces engaged in the common struggle.against imperialism, colonialism in all its forms, reaction, Zionism and racism, and for social progress and development. It must be a conference of unity and consolidation of all the forces supporting the AAPSO which will lay the foundation for its further enlargement and the consolidation of its organisational structure to correspond with the present tasks of the AAPSO. The AAPSO Presidium calls on the national solidarity committees to mobilize a wide campaign to undertake publicity and propaganda activities for the next Council tasks including mass meetings and rallies, press publications, establishing national preparatory bodies, using radio and TV and so on. The Presidium recommends the AAPSO Permanent Secretariat within the preparation for the next Council, to organise visits of solidarity delegations to Afro-Asian countries. - 2 -

Just as in the political field the AAPSO movement stands at the cross-roads transforming itself from being primarily a movement of national liberation to a movement for the consolidation of sovereignty and security, for development and social progress, and above all, to battle for a new International Economic Order, tfria change with its expansion and further broadening will be reflected in the organisation and the nesessary restructuring of our movement, The AAPSO Presidium expresses its confidence that the 13th Council Session will reconstitute AAPSO leading bodies and enlarge mass participation in the solidarity movement. doc, 3/18 EIGHTH PRESIDUM MEETING . _. - - OF A.A.P.S.O. Nicosia, Cyprus, 6-7 December, 1980

A.A.P.S.O. PROGRAM OF ACTION FOR 1981

1. In preparation for the XIII Council Session, the efforts of the Permanent Secretariat should be concentrated on the question of activisation of the national member-organizations - to use for that purpose different forms of work: regional meetings, visits, publications, seminars, etc... 2. To intensify campaigns for the mobilisation of public opinion .on most burning issues in the world, in supporting'the struggle of.Arab peoples, 'especially Palestine under P..L..O. , of the peoples of South Africa under the leadership of AJTC and of Namibia .under the leadership of S:$kPO through publication of books, booklets, posters, statements, etc,., and to observe national and solidarity days of struggling peoples.

3. Visit of AAPSO delegation to Aden - January 1981. if. XIII AAPSO Council Session -20-26 March, Aden- 5. International Conference on Solidarity with the People of Namibia under the leadership of SWAPO. AAPSO Secretary (Zimbabwe or Angola) will continue consultations for venue. 6. International Conference for the transformation of the Indian Ocean into a zone of peace, in cooperation with other international democratic organizations, Delhi, India. 7. AAPSO delegation - cum - conference in Support of Kampuchean people. March. 8. International Conference on the Problems of Energy, Industrialization and Development Strategy - Manila, April. 9. AAPSO and AFASPA Seminar on Internal and External Factors of the Development Strategy - Grenoble, 7-10 July 1981, 10. Initiatives that were suggested by national committees to be implemented after the Council meeting; which requires additional consultations- : a) International Conference on the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace and cooperation - Tananarive, Madagascar. b) International Conference on Solidarity with the Palestinian people and the Lebanese partriotic forces. - AAPSO, PLOS LPF. c) World Conference on Solidarity with the People of Kampuchea, Paris. - 2 d) International Seminar on Development. - Conakry or Addis Ababa. e) International Symposium 'The Historic Alliance between national liberation movements and the socialist countries' September. (AAPSO Permarnent Secretariat to continue consultations on the venue). , ,,/no EIGHTH PRESIDIUM MEETING d°°° 4/18 _ OP A.A.P.S.O. Nicosia, Cyprus; 6-7 December, 1980,

CABLE

Dr. Kurt Valdheim United Nations Secretary General NEW YORK.

The Eighth Presidium Meeting of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation, held in Nicosia, Cyprus on December 6 and 7? 1980, denounces vehemently the repressive measures practised against the Palestinian citizens on the occupied arab lands regardless of the Geneva accords, and condemns the deportation of the mayors of Hebron and Halhoul by the Israeli authorities under inhuman conditions. We call on you to intervene and use all available means to ensure the safe and continued residence of the two mayors in their countries and among their families.

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CABLE

Dr. Kurt Valdheim United Nations Secretary General NEW YORK.

The Eighth Presidium Meeting of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation, held in Nicosia, Cyprus on December 6 and 7» I960, denounces vehemently the repressive measures practised against the Palestinian citizens on the occupied arab lands regardless of the Geneva accords, and condemns the deportation of the mayors of Hebron and Halhoul by the Israeli authorities under inhuman conditions. We call on you to intervene and use all available means to ensure the safe and continued residence of the two mayors in their countries and among their families.

The Eighth Presidium of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation. doc. 5/18

EIGHTH PRESIDIUM MEETING OF A.A.P.S.O.

H.E. DR. KURT WALDHEIM SECRETARY GENERAL UN NEW YORK

EIGHTH PRESIDIUM AFRO ASIAN SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION MEETING IN NICOSIA, CYPRUS, DECEMBER 6-7 - STRONGLY CONDEMNS DEATH SENTENCES PASSED ON THE THREE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS FREEDOM FIGHTERS BY RACIST REGIME STOP PRESIDIUM URGES YOUR IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION TO SAVE LIVES OF LUBISI, MASHIGO AND MANANA AND RELEASE OF ALL SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS AS CALLED FOR BY VARIOUS UN RESOLUTIONS AAPSO PRESIDIUM Doc. 6/18 EIGHTH PRESIDIUM MEETING OF A.A.P.S.O. Nicosia, Cyprus, 6-7 December, 1980 i:..uME MINISTER P W BOTHA UNION BUILDINGS PRETORIA SOUTH AFRICA

EIGHTH PRESIDIUM AFRO ASIAN SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION MEETING IN NICOSIA, CYPRUS - DECEMBER 6-7 - STRONGLY CONDEMNS DEATH SENTENCES PASSED ON THREE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS FREEDOM FIGHTERS - LUBISI, MASHIGO AND MANANA STOP PRESIDIUM DEMANDS REPEAL OF DEATH SENTENCES AND RELEASE OF ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH UN RESOLUTIONS STOP

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URGENT CABLE

To the South Korean Authorities Seoul.

The Eighth Presidium meeting of the Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organisation, held in Nicosia, 6-7 December, 1980, has pronounced its vehement indignation on the inhuman practices perpetrated by the fascists military dictatorship of South- Korea and condemns with, utmost vigour the arbitrary trials organised by the military tribunals and the atrocious sentences pronounced against the democratic figures, among them Kim Dai Jung. The Presidium meeting strongly calls for the immediate repeal of all these arbitrary sentences; and the unconditio- nal release of Kim Dai Jung as well as other democratic figures who have unjustly been arrested and detained.

The Eighth Presidium Meeting of the Afro- Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organisation. THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOE SOLIDARITY" WITH THE NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENTS pcptriypT} \f THE MASSES OF THE GULF AGAINST IMPERIALISMS * OCT 1 ;• ;930 Nicosia 28-30^October 1980 ACTION TO:

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It is decided to hold the Conference jointly in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus during the period 28-30 October -1980.

The organisers have pleasure in inviting a delegation of your organization to t ak.e part in the works of the Conference^ thus reaffirming your Solidarity with the atruggling maaaes of the Gulf against imperialism, its plans, its "bases and its alliances in the region. We shall undertake the traveling expenses and accomodation for one delegate.

We would like to inform you that the agenda of the Conference will, consist of the following three points:

i tvr The present situation in .the Gulf, Politically, Economically, (oil, holdings etc) and aecurity wise, fa. The danger from Imperialist alliances, Taaaes and their Military presence in the Gulf regional the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Red. Sea, as, threat to the freedom of the masses of the region its independence and sovereign!ty and as a threat to world peace and security. c. The developing of Solidarity actions.

We welcome any contribution on your part to cover these points or deepen them "by any research or study which you consider useful.

We hope to receive your early reply of participation and the name of your representative so that we may send the ticket, please inform us. "by telegram of the date of arrival. Your reply should "be sent to the following address;

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-..^ Draft Agenda of the Emer^enoy Inter- •national Conference on the Gulf.

lo Imperialist and reactionary conspiracies and dangers in the Gulf area and the threat they pose to the security, independence, sovereignty, historical traditions and spiritual values of the peoples of the region as v/ell as the peoples of Asia, and Africa and world peace* 2, The strategic military designs of world imperialism on the Gulf and. the Indian Ocean. The U.So direct intervention in the region, its show of muscles and military escalation in a bid to seize the sources of oil by force, strike at the Iranian revolution, destabilise the progressive regime in Democratic Yemen and strike national liberation movements in the region, 3« The strategy of imperialist forces, the danger inherent in foreign presence, military bases and the setting up of reactionary alliances in the Gulf, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. 4» The task of consolidation of the unity of the national patriotic forces of the Gulf, the Arab Peninsula and the Indian Ocean in the struggle against all forms of imperialist military presence and against reaction, for complete independence, democracy, social progress and peace,, Consolidation of anti-imperialist solidarity with the ^ struggle of these forces* 5c Liberating natural and first of all oil resources from imperialist monopolies and using these resources for the development and the welfare of the peoples of the region, for championing the Arab peoples* struggle and their focal cause Palestine, and for supporting the peoples of the Third V/orlcU To withdraw the financial assets from the western Banksc 60 Relaxation of military and political tensions and liquidation of the exploitation of peoples and resources as a way to international cooperation based on equality and mutual interests, 7« The Camp~David:accords and its dangerous consequences on - the Palestinian cause teon the whole of Arab people7s struggle e v ,. " 8e Strengthening international efforts andJJ.N, endeavours ~ through the ad hoc Committee - and the Ion-aligned countries .in order to turn the Gulf and Indian Ocean in- to a Zone of peace, free from military bases, fleets and nuclear weapons.

mht- ZCZG EDS 10 16 S3 CASCE .N.EWYORK (UN NY) 22 001.2Z E.TATPRIORITE ABD.EL RAHMAN £L SHARKAW I SECRETARY GE NERAL A. FRO-ASIAN P EOPLE'S SOLIDARITY O.RGAN IIATION COLOMBO (SRI LAMKA:) . EDS1016-05 THE SECRETARY-GENERA-L'HA S ASKED ME TO THA.N-K YOU FOR YOUR LET TER OF 26 APRIL REQUEST! NG. A MESSAGE FROM HIM T.O THE IN TERM AT IOMAL CONFERENCE WHICH I S 0EING .CONVENED BY YOUR 0 R G A M I Z A T I 0 N IN COLOMBO TO 'MARK THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BANDUNG DECL ARATION. HE WOULD LIKE TO CONVEY HIS WARM WISHES TO THE PARTI CIPANTS OF THIS CONFEREN ££.. 1H FORMULATING THE FIVE P R I NC I PLE5- OF PEACEFUL CO-EXIST ENCE', THE ASIAN-AFRICAN LEADERS WHO MET IN BANDUNG TWENTY FI VE YEARS AGO GAVE Afl HIS- TOR 1C EXPRES SIGN TO THE WILL OF THE I R PEOPLES AN& TO- HUMAN ITY'S . URGE NOT TO LET THE WORLD BE DIVIDED INTO HOSTILE CAMPS. THEIR CALL FOR E ND ING COLONIALISM, ELIHIN'A TING RACIAL 0 I S CR I MI NAT I ON -f PROMOTING EC ONOPilC DEVELOPMENT THROU GH INTERNATIONAL CO.OPERATIQM AND MODERATI •MG POWER RELATIONS WAS A MOST CONVINCING REAFFIRM- AT I ON OF TH£ SUBSTANCE.OF THE UNITED NATIO.NS CHARTER. THE SPIRIT OF ST ATESF1AMSHIP WHICH. WAS DI SPLAYED IN BAMDUHG CAN PROfiOTE PEAC EFUL•SOLUTIONS OF THE HA MY GRAVE INTERNATIONAL ISSUES W HICH THE WORLD FACES AT PRES ENT. THE SECRETARY GENERAL HOPES THAT T HE OUTCOME OF YOUR CONFE RE'NCE WILL GIVE ADDE5 SUPPORT TO T HE EFFORTS OF THE UNITED NATIONS TOWARDS THIS P, N D „ H I G H E S T C 0 H S I D E R A T I 0 N (RAFEEUDDIN AHMED CHEF DE CABINET) COL EDS 1016- 05 26 25TH

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Special as sj is tart i,o the ABDEL RAHMAN EL SHARKAWI SECRETARY GENERAL AFRO-ASIAN PEOPLE'S SOLIDARITY ORGANISATION COLOMBO (SRI LANKA)

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL HAS ASKED ME TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR

LETTER OF 26 APRIL REQUESTING A MESSAGE FROM HIM TO THE

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WHICH IS BEING CONVENED BY YOUR

ORGANISATION IN COLOMBO TO MARK THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF

THE BANDUNG DECLARATION. HE WOULD LIKE TO CONVEY HIS

WARM WISHES TO THE PARTICIPANTS OF THIS CONFERENCE. IN FORMULATING THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE, THE ASIAN-AFRICAN LEADERS WHO MET IN BANDUNG TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO GAVE AN HISTORIC EXPRESSION TO THE WILL OF THEIR PEOPLES AND TO HUMANITY'S URGE NOT TO LET THE WORLD

BE DIVIDED INTO 9» HOSTILE CAMPS. THEIR CALL FOR ENDING COLONIALISM, ELIMINATING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, PROMOTING

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND MODERATING POWER RELATIONS WAS A MOST CONVINCING REAFFIRMATION OF T,HE SUBSTANCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER. THE SPIRIT OF STATESMANSHIP WHICH WAS DISPLAYED IN BANDUNG CAN PROMOTE PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS OF THE MANY ^i GRAVE INTERNATIONAL ISSUES WHICH THE WORLD FACES AT PRESENT. THE SECRETARY GENERAL HOPES THAT THE OUTCOME OF

YOUR CONFERENCE WILL GIVE ADDED SUPPORT TO THE EFFORTS OF THE UNITED NATIONS TOWARDS THIS END. ROUTING SLIP FICHE DE TRANSMISSION TO°;: Mr. Y. Bu/ch

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NOTE AND RETURN NOTER ET RETOURNER FOR INFORMATION POUR INFORMATION

Kindly prepare a draft message by the Secretary-General for the conference of AAPSO. I suggest that we follow the example of 1975 which I attach.

COM.6 12-78) Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation

Cairo: 26th April

II. E. Ilr. Kurt Y/aldlieira' •. RECEIVED IN RECORDS CONTROL Secretary General United IT at ions MAY 6 1980 Hew : H.Y.10017 ACTION TO: U.S.A. 2.... 3 Q PUT AWAY Your Excellency, INITIALS \h 2-te BRING FORWARD ./ /.... V/e are happy to inform Your Excellency AY MONTH YR. the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Or^anisa will convene an international Conference or clarity for Independence, 'LiecuriLty ana kocj-O-Econoraic ir 031-0 cs vTTiich ""ill lc trTcf ' "2^Ti~^ninrv'eY'o'ar y "of tlie" Tiictoric Confci-once 'as v/ell as reviev/ so::ie recent developments on the international arena at larrje, and as regars the Afro-Asian coimtries in particular. -The Conference v;ill be held in Colombo, Sri -Lanka, from the 23rd to the 25th of Llay 19SO. .

The Conference v;ill deal v/ith the developi:ient, progress c-.nd aciiieverp.cnts of the national liberation movement in Africa and Asia, from the Bandung Con- ference to the Independence of Zimbabwe, and particularly the historic advance of the national liberation, the break-up of colonialism, racism and neo- colonialist set-uns.

The Conference will deal as v/ell v/ith the ..Bandung Principles; LIutual respect, non-interference-and International Security.

The Conference will deliberate and ta!:e decisions, on the stru^:.lc for the elimination of military pacts and bases, the latest escalation of U.S. military build-up in the Indian Ocean and Gulf area, Interna- tional solidarity and common action against the new imperialist dangers today, and the stru;_;rle for the i.'ew International Economic Order and for Detente and Di s armament.

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Over a hundred national committees of the Afro-Afjian People-c1 Solidarity, international and regional democratic organisations have been invited to the Conference,,

Tlic Conference \vill be lie Id at the IJandavan lal International Conference riu.ll (f;...ICII), in Colombo, Sri Lanlia and \vill be doclc.roa open by II. .-ju lion. j'r., A.U.,^. Ikr.ii'aecd, l.Iini^tor for i'oi'eif.;;! Li'i'c'.irc-rj of the Republic oi' Sri Lanka, \vho v;ill deliver the v;elcoi.ie o.ildrecc.

The Permanent Secretariat cf the ^..A.P.5.0. reov.ontc Your .J^cclli^Tcy^ju-Q—,l:in.dly address a ;.ier:r;a^;e of jrcetiivjs a'.jd support to the Conference, v.'liich, V/G are cure, v;ill Lie inspiring ac v/c-11 as a guidance to the deliberations of the Con- ference.

,7e are eure you \;ill appreciate that this ^iPoO Conference v:ill be both extremely important for coLn.:omoratin3 the historic Bandim^; Conference v/Iioce principles, though ac valid today as ever, need to be revived and strengthened, moct timely ae they'are, in vicv; of the present dajj^orE and •orobler;i3 facing the Afro-Asian com'itries.

Pleace accept, Your iixcollency, our highest consideration.

Yours

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SECRETARY-GENERAL

AFRO-ASIAN PEOPLES SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION

CAIRO (EGYPT)

I WAS MOST INTERESTED TO LEARN FROM YOUR CABLE OF II SEPTEMBER 1975 THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION WILL SPONSOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN LOURENCO MARQUES ON 27 SEPTEMBER ON QUESTIONS WITH WHICH THE UNITED NATIONS HAS BEEN DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER THE YEARS. PLEASE CONVEY TO ALL PARTICIPANTS

MY BEST WISHES FOR THE SUCCESS OF THEIR DELIBERATIONS AND THE

HOPE THAT THE RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE WILL GIVE ADDED SUPPORT TO THE UNITED NATIONS IN J.TS EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THOSE QUESTIONS

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER.

KURT WALDHEIM S ECRETARY-GENERAL

UNATIONS

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I YOUSSEF ELSEBAI SECRETARY-GENERAL . " AFRO-ASIAN PEOPLES SOLIDARITY ORGANISATION CAIRO (EGYPT) -

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL HAS ASKED ME TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CORDIAL INVITATION TO HIM TO PARTICIPATE PERSONALLY IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEETING TO COMMEMORATE TEE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BANDUNG 'CONFERENCE WHICH WILL BE ESLD IN CAIRO ON 13 AND 14 APRIL 1975, UMFORITUNATELY, BECAUSE OF PRIOR OFFICIAL COMMITMENTS DURING THAT PERIOD, HE REGRETS HIS INABILITY TO BS PRESS!:?!. HOWEVER, HE E^S ASKED ME TO CONVEY TO ALL PARTICIPANTS ON THIS SPECIAL OCCASION HIS WARM WISHES AND THE EXPRESSION OF HIS SINCERE HOPE ZSOR CONTINUED EFFORTS TOWARDS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING. TEE BANDUNG CONFERENCE WILL ALWAYS BE REGARDED AS A MILESTONE IN AFRO-ASIAN RELATIONS. THE PRINCIPLES ENUNCIATED AT THAT HISTORIC M5ETING TWENTY YEARS AGO NOT ONLY LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR AFRO-ASIAN SOLIDARITY BUT ALSO HERALDED A NEW ERA OF NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND INTERREGIONAL CO-OPERATION. HIGH REGARDS.

v -ISMAT KITTANI EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL UNITED NATIONS

Issaat T. Kittani

Executive Assistant to the NOTE ON THE AFRO-ASIAN PEOPLES SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION (AAPSO)

The Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization (AAPSO) is an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC (category II). It has its headquarters in Cairo and has member organizations in some So countries. It was founded in 1958 with the following objectives: - to strengthen Afro-Asian Solidarity - to unite all anti-imperialist forces - to intensify struggle against colonial and apartheid fascist regimes in Southern Africa for final assualt - to support the liberation struggles of the peoples of Indochina and Palestine and - to support the struggles of all developing young states against neo-colonialism in their battle for economic emancipation. The AAPSO constitution provides for a presidium of 17 members including at the present time such prominent leaders as Madame Binh of South Vietnam, Vasco Cabral of Guinea Bissau and Aziz Sharif of Iraq, and leaders of African national i liberation movements. ' The AAPSO has recently organized (a) an international conference in Cairo (13-14 April 1975) to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Bandung Conference; and (b) an international conference in Lourenco-Marques (17 September 1975) to support the peoples of former Portuguese colonies and southern Africa. The Secretary-General was invited to participate in both meetings (see copies of cables attached sent in response to those invitations).

MKP/neb 16 April 1976 I.P 0 q REF: ZM/NY/R/008 /

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS 1 SO EAST Ss STREET

NEW YORK, N. Y. looaa ,>; j

II April 1979

Excellency,

I have been asked to convey th-e- attached communication from AAPSO, currently meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, to Your Excellency. I should be grateful if the same could be ^ci rculatecL as a document of the ssembly as well as of "•"•»--^^

Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration .

P J F Lt Ambassador PERMANE-NTREPRESENTATIVE

His Excellency Dr Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General of the United Nations United Nations Headquarters New York, N.Y. IOOI7

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To His Excellency Dr Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations, New York, N.Y.

GRATEFUL FIND HEREWITH THE RESOLUTION IN ITS ENTIREY ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE AAPSO INTERNATIONAL CONFER- ENCE CURRENTLY HELD IN LUSAKA REGARDING THE CURRENT WANTON ACTS OF AGGRESSION BY THE SMITH REGIME OF RHODESIA AGAINST THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE AFRO-ASIAN PEOPLE'S SOLIDARITY ORGANISATION (AAPSO) IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENTS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE FRONTLINE STATES MEETING IN LUSAKA, REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA FROM IOTH -- I3TH APRIL, 1979.

REPRESENTING GOVERNMENTS, RULING PARTIES, NON-GOVERN- MENTAL ORGANISATIONS SUPPORT GROUPS AND SOLIDARITY ORGANISATIONS AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND ANTI-IMPERIALIST FORCES:

INAUGURATED ON IOTH APRIL, 1979, BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR KENNETH D KAUNDA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA WHO DURING THE COURSE OF HIS MOVING SPEECH ANNOUNCED TO THE CONFERENCE THE BLATANT ACT OF AGGRESSION ON THAT DAY BY THE RACIST REGIME OF IAN SMITH AGAINST THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA IN A CRIMINAL ATTACK AGAINST RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF THE PATRIOTIC FRONT LOCATED NEAR LUSAKA AND KABWE:

DEEPLY CONCERNED by these repeated acts of aggression against the Republic of Zambia aimed not only at violating its territorial integrity and national sovereignty but also at destabilising the country

/2 and undermining its economic development;

NOTING also that these barbaric attacks are aimed at giving credence to the bogus elections held under the notorious internal settlement;

RECOGNISING with deep appreciation the unwavering support and determination of the Frontline States in the just struggle of the oppressed masses of southern Africa;

ACUTELY CONCERNED by the fact that the military hardware used by the Smith regime in these barbaric attacks against the Frontline States is supplied by Western imperialist forces;

VIGOROUSLY CONDEMNS the current wanton criminal attacks by the Smith regime against innocent unarmed Zimbabwean refugees and peace-loving Zambia;

STRONGLY DENOUNCES the repeated violations of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Republic of Zambia and other Frontline States by the racist regi mes ;

HAILS the principled stand and sacrifices of the Frontline States; CALLS UPON the United Nations Security Council to condemn these wanton acts of aggression and take immediate and practical measures against the Smith regime;

APPEALS to all democratic and anti-imperial 1st forces of the world to increase their all-round support to the national liberation movements in southern Africa and Frontline States.

UNQUOTE."

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Zambia to the United Nations 150 East 58th Street New York, N.Y. 10022 cc SG

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Tfhe Ant i -Apartheid seminar to which AAPSO is referring will be held from 24-28 May 1976. It is not clear from the cable whether the AAPSO wishes to meet the Secretary-General in Havana, assuming that he would attend the seminar, or •^Si^iS? in New York after the seminar. You may wish to check with the Secretary-General whether he would like to receive the AAPSO delegation in New York. We may then reply that they could either meet with Mr. Shevchenko in Havana or the Secretary-General himself on the date indicated. Should the Secretary-General not be in a position to see them, we would then suggest that they should endeavour to meet with Mr. Chevchenko in Havana. Prom a memorandum handed to the Secretary-General in February 1975 in Baghdad, it appears that the Secretary- General has already received a delegation of AAPSO. The memo refers to a meeting with the Secretary-General "in your office at the United Nations on 22 April 1974, on the occasion of the UN General Assembly Special Session. ..."

M. K. PeOanou 16 April 1976 NOTE ON THE AFRO-ASIAN PEOPLES SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION (AAPSO)

The Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization (AAPSO) is an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC (category II). It has its headquarters in Cairo and has member organizations in some SO countries. It was founded in 1958 with the following objectives: - to strengthen Afro-Asian Solidarity - to unite all anti-imperialist forces - to intensify struggle against colonial and apartheid fascist regimes in Southern Africa for final assualt - to support the liberation struggles of the peoples of Indochina and Palestine and - to support the struggles of all developing young states against neo-colonialism in their battle for economic emancipation. The AAPSO constitution provides for a presidium of 17 members including at the present time such prominent leaders as Madame Binh of South Vietnam, Vasco Cabral of Guinea Bissau and Aziz Sharif of Iraq, and leaders of African national liberation movements. The AAPSO has recently organized (a) an international conference in Cairo (13-14 April 1975) to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Bandung Conference; and (b) an international conference in Lourenco-Marques (17 September 1975) to support the peoples of former Portuguese colonies and southern Africa. The Secretary-General was invited to participate in both meetings (see copies of cables attached sent in response to those invitations).

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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL HAS ASKED ME TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CORDIAL INVITATION TO HIM TO PARTICIPATE PERSONALLY IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEETING TO COMMEMORATE THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BANDUNG 'CONFERENCE WHICH WILL BE HELD IN CAIRO ON 13 AND 14 APRIL 1975. UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF PRIOR OFFICIAL COMMITMlSiTS DURING THAT PERIOD, HE REGRETS HIS IHABILITY TO BE PBESEHT. HOWEVER, HE EftS ASKED ME TO CONVEY TO ALL PARTICIPANTS ON THIS SPECIAL OCCASION HIS WARM WISHES AND THE EXPRESSION OF HIS SINCERE HOPE SOR CONTINUED EFFORTS TOWARDS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING* THE BANDUNG CONFERENCE WILL ALWAYS BE REGARDED AS A MILESTONE IN AFRO-ASIAN RELATIONS, THE PRINCIPLES ENUNCIATED AT THAT HISTORIC £SEETING TWENTY YEARS AGO NOT ONLY LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR AFRO-ASIAN SOLIDARITY BUT ALSO HERALDED A NEW ERA OF NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND INTERREGIONAL CO-OPERATION. HIGH REGARDS,

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Ismat T. Kittani

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YOUSSEF ELSEBAI

SECRETARY-GENERAL

AFRO-ASIAN PEOPLES SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION

CAIRO (EGYPT)

I WAS MOST INTERESTED TO LEARN FROM YOUR CABLE

OF II SEPTEMBER 1975 THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION WILL SPONSOR AN

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN LOURENCO MARQUES ON 27 SEPTEMBER

ON QUESTIONS WITH WHICH THE UNITED NATIONS HAS BEEN DEEPLY

CONCERNED OVER THE YEARS. PLEASE CONVEY TO ALL PARTICIPANTS

MY BEST WISHES FOR THE SUCCESS OF THEIR DELIBERATIONS AND THE

HOPE THAT THE RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE WILL GIVE ADDED SUPPORT

TO THE UNITED NATIONS IN 0ITS EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THOSE QUESTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER.

KURT WALDHEIM SECRETARY-GENERAL

UNATIONS

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Note for the Secretary-General

Subject: AAPSO Delegation in New York

A 5-man delegation from AAPSO is in New York. Last Friday it presented awards to the Committee against apartheid The same day I received it on your behalf. In brief the AAPSO delegation hopes: a) The Secretary-General will find time to receive the delegation for a courtesy call. b) The Secretary-General will consent to send a representative or send a message to an international seminar on South African racism it will co-sponsor in Addis Ababa from 30-31 October 1976.

A.A. Farah

18 October 1976 AAF/aa cc: RA/KH AAF/jd 16 October 1976

Notes of a meeting held in Mr. Farah's office with AAPSO Delegation on on 15 October 1976 at 3:30pm.

Present: Dr. Vassos Lyssarides Vice-President of AAPSO, M.P. leader of the Socialist Party of Cyprus Mr. Alexander Dzassokhov Vice-President of the Soviet Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee Mr. A. Aziz M.P. leader of the Sri-Lanka Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee Mr. Joseph Nhlnhla AAPSO Secretary, ANC (South Africa) Mr. Edward El-Kharrat AAPSO Secretary (Egypt) Mr. Edward Interpreter for the Soviet Delegation Mr. A. A. Farah Mr. B. El-Tawil

Mr. Farah welcomed the delegation on behalf of the Secretary-General. Recalling AAPSO's cable requesting a meeting with the Secretary-General, Mr. Farah referred to the reply which explained that because of other engagements, it would not be possible for the delegation to be received at the time suggested. Mr. Farah went on to explain that the current period was an extremely active one for the Secretary-General because of the General Assembly. However, the Secretary-General had asked him to receive the delegation and to receive any submissions which it wished to bring to the attention of the Secretary-General. Dr. Lyssarides stated that the delegation appreciated the situation. He explained that more than 70 countries were represented in AAPSO, consisting of representatives of political parties and liberation movements. The purpose of the delegation's visit to New York was to renew contact with the Secretary-General, and to focus primarily on the problems of apartheid, racial discrimination and decolonization questions. He said that his organization followed closely the activities of the U.N. in such matters, and felt that there was room for increasing the cooperation between inter-governmental and non-governmental efforts in this regard. The delegation wished to discuss with the Secretary-General ways and means on how AAPSO could be of more help. He added that both ANC (South Africa) and SWAPO had joined AAPSO since its objectives coincided with those of the U.N.

Dr. Lyssarides stated that AAPSO had decided to convene Jointly with ANC a conference on South Africa to be held in Addis Ababa on 30-31 October 1976. - 2 -

It would be attended by more than 250 participants from its membership and guests. Invitations had been addressed to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights and the U.N. Committee Against Apartheid. The President of Ethiopia had agreed to open the Conference. AAPSO hoped that the Secretary-General would agree to send a representative or at least address a message to the Conference. Dr. lyssarides explained that AAPSO planned to visit the U.H. each year during the General Assembly Session to explore ways of strengthening cooperation between the two organizations. AAPSO had attended the U.N. General Assembly Special Session on Development and had met then with the Secretary-General. AAPSO enjoyed NGO observer status with ECOSOC. It had co-sponsored meetings with the Commission on Human Rights in 197^ and 1976. It has standing agreements on participation in OAU meetings and was the only non-governmental organization that participated in the Colombo Conference of the Non- Aligned. Mr. Farah undertook to inform the Secretary-General of the substance of his discussions with the delegation. He also took note of the strong desire of the delegation for a brief meeting with the Secretary-General. He noted also that the delegation proposed to depart N.Y. on Tuesday, 19 October 1976. He undertook to contact the delegation before its departure to advise whether a meeting would be possible. However, he again repeated the busy schedule of the Secretary-General.

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