Statement by his excellency Mr. Sekou Toure, president of the republic of Guinea: at the summit conference of the independent African states

Abstract

This statement is delivered by H. E. Mr. Sekou Toure President of the Republic of Guinea at the summit conference of Independent African States. Mr. Toure, on his remarks highlighted that, African Unity has its convinced adherents and its undermined adversaries. African unity has become a profound asiration common to all our peoples. In the course of their history, the African countries have all experienced forign domination, which hampered the normal development of their civilization. The identity of the conditions of life that marked the past and which mark the present and will mark the future of the African peoples demands that the African states should co-ordinate their activities for the achievement of goals freely chosen by them in accordance with their joint desire for democratic progress and social justice. The conference should elaborate and adopt a charter, lay down its principles and its fundamental objectives and set up an executive secretariat responsible for coordinating the activities of our states.