Is it not obvious that Britain, under the regime of Tony Blair, has ceased to respect the Charter of the United Nations?

The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans.

We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races.

We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans.

Certainly we must combine forces . South African troops are within the country.We raised this matter with Mrs [Margaret] Thatcher and Lord [Peter] Carrington when we met them and we wanted to get from them a definite commitment that they were going to get the South African troops out.

The anti-imperialist, forces in the country [Zimbabwe] here, I think are not that strong. The capitalist forces, the reactionary forces are far more formidable, far better organised. But we would have wanted to hear the voice of the anti-imperialist forces, those who espouse the cause of freedom, the cause of independence, everywhere.

Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically.