CM/Res.1564 (LXI)
RESOLUTION ON MOZAMBIQUE
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Sixty-first Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 23 – 27 January 1995,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Southern African Doc. CM/1862 (LXI),
Having heard the statement made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Mozambique on the situation prevailing in his country,
Noting that the results of the first multiparty general elections in Mozambique were declared free and fair by the International Missions of Observers,
WELCOMES WITH SATISFACTION the results of the first multiparty General Elections in Mozambique, held on 27, 28 and 29 October 1994;
COMMENDS the people of Mozambique for their sense of discipline and the peaceful manner in which they exercised their franchise during the elections;
COMMENDS all the parties which participated in the elections for having demonstrated political maturity by accepting the peoples’ verdict and for having expressed their willingness to cooperate with the elected Head of State and the Government of the country in consolidating national reconciliation and reconstruction of Mozambique;
EXPRESSES ITS APPRECIATION to Member States of the OAU, which sent Observers to Mozambique under the OAU supervision and to the International
Community in general whose presence in the country during the electoral process enhanced significantly the monitoring of the elections;
REITERATES its support for the Unity of Mozambicans and firmly REJECTS any attempt aimed at hindering the establishment of a democratic system in Mozambique;
URGES OAU Member States and the International Community in general to continue to provide material and financial support to the implementation of the programmes for the social integration of demobilized soldiers, returnees and displaced persons, as well as the reconstruction of the country and the consolidation of democratic institutions.