We rejoice in the emergence of erstwhile Portuguese colonies in Africa into sovereign, independent nations. The heroic people of Angola have triumphed and we welcome Angola as a full member of the non-aligned movement. Despite grave economic burdens, Mozambique has acted with courage and determination closing its borders with Zimbabwe. This has tightened the noose around the illegal Smith regime. We should offer it our complete moral and material support.
The non-aligned countries should extend help immediately and in concrete forms. We, on our part, have already pledged a contribution equivalent to $ 100,000 in goods and services.
The momentum of the national liberation struggle is increasing and the remaining citadels of colonialism, racism and apartheid will also soon crumble in Southern Africa. The non-aligned countries should reiterate their firm and unwavering support to the peoples of Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa struggling for their liberation.
Pooling of Resources
All those who care for peace and justice in the world, more specially the newly-independent and Non-aligned Nation's, should speak up against outside presence and adventures and forces of destablisation. Domestic changes should be decided by the peoples themselves and not dictated by the global strategies and compulsions of others. Non-aligned Countries should strongly repudiate any effort for extension of presence and/or of pressures. The resistance to pressures and infiltration is vital to the preservation of independence of the newly-emerging independent countries of the world. This is the reason for the determined opposition by all the littoral States to foreign bases like Diego Garcia and military presence in the Indian Ocean which must be established as a zone of peace.
The success of non-alignment in the political field must be accompanied by steady progress towards the evolution of a new international economic order. The legacy of colonial exploitation and underdevelopment has left a wide gap between the developed and the developing countries, a gap which unfortunately has only been widened by economic crisis in recent years. The non-aligned and developing countries have still only a dismal share in world's trade, industry, finance and technology.
