CM/Res.820 (XXXV)
RESOLUTION ON THE ADMISSION OF ZIMBABWE AS MEMBER OF THE LIBERATION COMMITTEE
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of Africa Unity meeting in its Thirty- fifth Ordinary Session in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from 18 to 28 June, 1980,
Having warmly welcomed the delegation of Zimbabwe as the fiftieth member of the OAU,
Considering the bitter and long experience, and the enormous contribution of the heroic people of Zimbabwe to the African liberation struggle,
Noting with great appreciation the commitment to the liberation struggle of the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe under the dynamic and wise leadership of the Prime Minister, Comrade Robert Mugabe, and his Colleagues:
CONGRATULATES the heroic people of Zimbabwe for their resounding and overwhelming victory at the recent elections which ushered the country to national independence and sovereignty;
DECIDES that the Republic of Zimbabwe be admitted as a full member of the Co-ordinating committee for the Liberation of Africa.