In pursuance of the decision taken by the Thirty Fourth Ordinary Session of the OAU Council of Ministers, a solemn meeting was held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the South African Freedom Charter. The ceremony, to which representatives of the Press were invited, was marked by the showing of a documentary film entitled Isitwalandwe which proved to be an impressive testimony of the political mood and campaign which preceded the adoption of this historic document.

At the meeting which ensued, His Excellency Mr E Kodjo, the Secretary General Dr A Conteh, the Chairman of the Council, Mr BA Clarke, the Chairman of the Special Committee Against Apartheid and Mr Mesriri of Tunisia took the floor.

They stressed and welcomed the fact that the lofty ideals and purposes embodied in the Freedom Charter conform to those enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and rightly serve as the basis for a broad-based national front comprising blacks and democratic whites, united in the struggle against apartheid. They paid glowing tribute to the political maturity and wisdom of the South African people, the ANC and its allied organisations for remaining so unswervingly committed to the ultimate goal of a democratic state based on the will of the South African people as a whole regardless of race, colour or creed. They also congratulated the ANC and its sister organisations on the intensified mass mobilisation and armed struggle.