SECOND AFRO-ASIAN PEOPLE'S SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE
Africa
In Conakry, Guinea, from April 11 to 15, the Second Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Conference was held It was attended by 72 delegations coming from Aden, Algeria, Angola, Basutoland, the USSR, China, Somaliland the Mongolian Peoples Republic, the Vietnam Demonsta the Mali Federation, Pakistan, Indonesia, Republic, the Korean Democratic Republic, Japan, Guinea, Mauritania, Ceylon, Ethiopia, Libya, the United Arab Republic, Lebanon, South and North Rhodesias, the Cameroons, Uganda, Ruanda-Urundi, Liberia, Zanzibar, Yemen, Kenya, and other Asian and African countries.
The Conference passed many important resolutions. In a resolution on Algeria, it announced its active support to the Algerian people and stated its determination to render the Algerian people all necessary means to realize national independence.
A resolution on South Africa strongly condemns the massacre of unarmed South African demonstrators, and demands that all Afro-Asian countries immediately boycott the products of South Africa. June 26th was fixed as the Independence Day of South Africa.
In a resolution on Social Development, emphasis given to the encouraging growth of the African workers' movement.
resolution on struggle against colonialism and imperialism hails the defeats of imperialism every corner of the world. Nothing can save it from inevitable doom.
In order to face the menace of a Third World War, a conference should be called as quickly as possible. Its first task should be to set up a united front for the liberation of Africa and Asia, to exchange experiences and give maximum aid to the struggling people. Its second task should be to set up an organization to spread information. A third task mentioned is, under appropriate conditions, to set up an Afro-Asian volunteer corps to help all AfroAsian people. The fourth task would be to set up a solidarity fund to aid the Afro-Asian peoples.
Resolutions were also adopted on culture, youth, and economics.
Australia