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{SPEAKER name="Freda Brown"}
it was only last year that Bruce [[?]] and I proposed the idea of this speech.
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{SPEAKER name="Freda Brown"}
And it was as recently as February,
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at the meeting of the WIPA Bureau in Berlin,
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that we asked Ruth Mitchell,
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would it be possible for Angola to host the meeting.
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{SPEAKER name="Freda Brown"}
As always, OPA responded,
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with the help of the Party, the people, the government of Angola,
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the virtuous countries, to help us get tickets,
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this roundtable is a reality.
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As we believe, it will be a powerful contribution,
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to the anti-apartheid year.
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{SPEAKER name="Freda Brown"}
Over the next two days, we will discuss
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how we can step up solidarity, with the children, the women,
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and the people of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia,
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in their struggle for national liberation,
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for the consolidation of national independence of the free African states,
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the democracy, progressive development and peace in Africa.
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{SPEAKER name="Freda Brown"}
It is significant that we are meeting during the United Nations
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International Anti-Apartheid year.
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For, in common, with all who struggle for freedom,
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progress, and peace in the world,
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we have an obligation to intensify the struggle against Apartheid,
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and for its complete and final eradication.
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{SPEAKER name="Freda Brown"}
We also see this meeting as part of the preparation
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