RESOLUTIONS OF THE 7th MDC NATIONAL COUNCIL OF 2008

Harare, November 14, 2008

PREAMBLE

NOTING the resolution of the African Union of the 30th of June 2008, taken in Sharm El-Scheikh, Egypt, on the resolution of the Zimbabwean crisis, dialogue commenced between Zanu PF and the MDC culminating in the MOU on the 21st of July 2008, and the Global Political Agreement
(GPA) on the 11th of September 2008 with the signing ceremony on the 15th of September...

Fellow South Africans,

I have no doubt that you are aware of the announcement made yesterday by the National Executive Committee of the ANC with regard to the position of the President of the Republic.

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Zimbabwean leaders Robert Mugabe of Zanu PF, Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change-T and Arthur Mutambura of the MDC, signed the following agreement in Harare on Monday, July 21, 2008, in the presence of Southern African Development Community facilitator President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa

PREAMBLE

We the Parties to this Memorandum of Understanding;

Concerned about the recent challenges that we have faced as a country and...

Below is the full text of G8 leaders' statement on Zimbabwe, adopted at a summit in Japan:

1. We expressed our grave concern about the situation in Zimbabwe. We deplore the fact that the Zimbabwean authorities pressed ahead with the presidential election despite the absence of appropriate conditions for free and fair voting as a result of their systematic violence, obstruction and intimidation.

2. We do not accept the legitimacy of any government that does not reflect...

Botswana's stance on Zimbabwe

I wish to prefix my remarks by informing this meeting that Botswana has over the years enjoyed cordial and fruitful relations with Zimbabwe and these have been characterised by cooperation in various sectors.



Our two countries are united by a common historical and cultural heritage which has brought our people together...