GB 0102 MS 380390 - Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Constitutional Conference

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GB 0102 MS 380390 Created 1979 Collection (fonds) 9 boxes Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Constitutional Conference , 1979 , London
The Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Constitutional Conference, held at Lancaster House, London, began on 10 September 1979. The delegates included Lord Carrington, the British Foreign Secretary; Bishop Abel Muzorewa, Prime Minister of Rhodesia since the general election in April, and other members of his Government of National Unity including the former premier, Ian Smith, Joshua Nkomo, head of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), and Robert Mugabe, head of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), both representing the Patriotic Front. Although none of the participants began the conference with any real expectations that a solution would be reached, after four months of negotiation a settlement was concluded. On 21 December 1979 the delegates signed an agreement to accept a constitution for a new independent Zimbabwe and to implement a cease-fire in the civil war.

Donated in 1983.

Copies of documents presented at and concerning the Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Constitutional Conference held in 1979.

The main divisions of the material are as follows: preliminary documents; constitution; Patriotic Front documents; Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Government documents; British Government documents; press cuttings; 1976 Rhodesia Conference documents; miscellaneous documents; and Commonwealth Secretariat.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English

Unpublished handlist.

15 May 2000 Civil war Colonial countries Commonwealth countries Commonwealth Secretariat Constitutional law Constitutions Decolonization Foreign policy Foreign relations Government Government policy Internal politics International relations Newly independent states Patriotic Front , Zimbabwean political party Peace Peacemaking Political movements Political parties Political systems Public law Southern Africa ZANU , Zimbabwe African National Union x Zimbabwe African National Union ZAPU , Zimbabwe African Peoples Union x Zimbabwe African Peoples Union Zimbabwe Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Constitutional Conference , 1979 , London

Donated in 1983.

Copies of documents presented at and concerning the Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Constitutional Conference held in 1979.

The main divisions of the material are as follows: preliminary documents; constitution; Patriotic Front documents; Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Government documents; British Government documents; press cuttings; 1976 Rhodesia Conference documents; miscellaneous documents; and Commonwealth Secretariat.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

English

Unpublished handlist.

• English