AHG/Decl. 1 (XX) 5. The total liberation of Africa, and especially the liberation of Namibia and South Africa, thus remains as an urgent and central objective for all the nations and peoples of Africa, both singly and collectively. 6. Africa’s united resolve to achieve total liberation stems from our peoples’ determination to assert the dignity of all people, everywhere, and to establish the right of Africa’s people to determine their own destiny. It is a commitment to the common humanity of mankind and Africa’s right both to contribute to, and to share in, the fruits of world development. The Organization of African Unity is the instrument we have created and are using to promote those goals. 7. The countries of South Africa and Namibia cannot be excluded from Africa’s commitment to its freedom and its own future. The struggle against Apartheid, and the struggle for Namibian independence, is part of the total struggle for African freedom. These struggles, therefore, involve the interest of all African nations, and all Africa’s peoples. Africa’s responsibility to contribute to the successful prosecution of these struggles is inherent in Africa’s claim to the rights which belong to all men, and which are spelt-out in the United Nations Charter and the Declaration of Human Rights. 8. It is in the interest of Africa’s enemies to divide and paralyze our Continent, and thus to make it incapable of giving meaningful support to the continuing struggle for liberation in Southern Africa. The OAU, at this Summit Meeting, recognizes these dangers, and recommits itself to unity, and to solidarity with the peoples of Southern Africa in a common quest for Africa’s total liberation. 9. The continued existence of Apartheid, and of colonial domination of Namibia, provides both a heartland and a bridgehead for the forces which are opposed to the reality of Africa’s independence and to Africa’s declared intention to participate in world affairs on the basis of equality. If the dignity of one man is denied because he is Black, the dignity of all Black Peoples is denied. And if the dignity of Black Men is denied, the dignity of all men is denied; humanity is one, and the world is indivisible. 10. Africa’s interests and world interests, therefore, demand that Apartheid be defeated and destroyed.