Zimbabwe

Report

On 20 May1980, the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence tabled its report on the entitled Zimbabwe.

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This report is comprised of preliminary pages, 13 chapters and 3 appendices.

Zimbabwe

Part A: Preliminary pages up to Chapter 5 (PDF 4857KB)
Terms of Reference, Committee Membership, Contents, Preface

Ch1: Overview and conclusions

Ch2: Zimbabwe- background
Ch3: Constitutional history 1898-1965
Ch4: From UDI to 1978

Ch5: The internal settlement and 1979 Constitution

Part B: Chapter 6 Endnotes to Chapter 9 (PDF 4568KB)
Ch6: The Lancaster House conference and 1980 elections
Ch7: Black nationalism in Zimbabwe
Ch8: The guerilla war
Ch9: Population, migration and refugees

Part C: Chapter 10 to Appendix 4 (end) (PDF 5126KB)
Ch10: The economy
Ch11: Land and economic development
Ch12: Sanctions
Ch13: Human rights and racial discrimination
Appendix 1: Elections in selected African countries and Australian diplomatic representation to April 1980
Appendix 2: Lusaka Declaration of the Commonwealth on Racism and Racial Prejudice
Appendix 3: Witnesses
Appendix 4: Written submissions

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