AHG/Res. 80 (XIII) RESOLUTION ON THE SECURITY OF COUNTRIES NEAREST TO THE SOUTHERN AFRICA BATTLEFIELD The Assembly of Heads of State and Government meeting in its Thirteenth Ordinary Session in Mauritius, from 2nd July to 6th July 1976, Having heard the statement of H.E. President of the Republic of Zambia, Dr. Kenneth D. Kaunda; Taking note of the serious threat posed by the minority racist regimes in Southern Africa on the security of Frontline States; Considering the increasing tension on that region caused by the successful prosecution of the intensified armed struggle in Zimbabwe and Namibia, 1. DECLARES that any attack by the racist regimes against any frontline State shall be deemed to be an attack on independent Africa as a whole; 2. RESOLVES that in the event of such attack Member States of the OAU shall give all possible support to repel aggression against an independent Member State; 3. RECOGNISES that each Member State of the OAU has a moral obligation to give military assistance to the Liberation Movements when requested to do so and with the agreement of the countries nearest the battlefield which are in the frontline of the struggle; 4. UNDERTAKES to meet all moral, financial and material obligations to the OAU and the Liberation Movements.