Speech by V.S. Lavrov, head of the Soviet delegation of observers at the Seventh session of the ECA

Abstract

This speech presented by V. S. Lavrov, head of the Soviet delegation of observers at the seventh session of the commission. The representative on his speech outlines that the Soviet delegation resolutely supports the demands of African states that the racist policies of apartheid be discontinued by the ECA authorities. On his speech they condemn the racist regime established in Southern Rhodesia by the white minority and support the demand by African states and by the national patriotic forces of Southern Rhodesia concerning the establishment there of representative bodies of native population on the basis of universal and equal suffrage and concerning the transfer to them of full authority as a necessary prerequisites for the proclamation of Southern Rhodesia’s independence. The Soviet delegation supports the proposals of African countries aimed at achieving close co-operation between the OAE and the EGA for the purposes of consolidating the political and economic independence of those countries and their struggle against the colonial policy of the imperialist States.