Draft Resolution on Measures to be taken against Neo-Colonialist Maneuvers and Foreign Military Interventions in Africa (Rejected)

CM/Res. 638 (XXXI)

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON MEASURES TO BE TAKEN AGAINST NEO - COLONIALIST MANOEUVRES AND FOREIGN MILITARY IN TER- VENTIONS IN AFRICA* ¹

The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Thirty-First Ordinary Session in Khartoum, Democratic Republic of the Sudan, from 7 to 18 July 1978,

Having considered the measures to be taken against neo-colonialist manoeuvres and foreign military interventions in Africa,

Considering that African States need peace and security in order to promote their development;

Conscious of the fact that the African Continent should not be the battle of the conflict of world powers;

Reaffirming that Africans can and should among themselves settle any disputes that might arise between them;

Conscious of the principles of the sovereignty of States:

1. REAFFIRMS its determination to pursue its struggle for the total liberation of the peoples of Africa so as to put an end to all forms of domination;

2. DECIDES to increase its support and assistance to Liberation Movements in Southern Africa;

3. REJECTS and CONDEMNS the existence of all foreign military bases in Africa and pacts with extra-African powers;

4. CALLS upon African States to strengthen cooperation among themselves with a view to building a prosperous African society;

5. REAFFIRMS the right of each African People to choose its own political system;

¹ * Since the Council failed to reach a decision on this Draft Res, it was referred to the Assembly of Heads of State and Government for consideration.