Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Constitutional Conference
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0102 MS 380390 |
Held at | : School of Oriental and African Studies Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html › |
Full title | : Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Constitutional Conference |
Date(s) | : Created 1979 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 9 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Constitutional Conference | 1979 | London |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
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.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Copies of documents presented at and concerning the Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Constitutional Conference held in 1979.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
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.
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids:
Unpublished handlist.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated in 1983.
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
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Date(s) of descriptions:
15 May 2000
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