In conclusion, we should like to remind members of the Commission of the
requests which FRELIMO has made to the U.N. as the consequence of the
growth of our popular power and the proven fact that FRELIMO is representative of the African people of Mozambique.  Our spokesman urged in
November, 1967 that FRELIMO be considered the only representative of the
people of Mozambique before the U.N. and that all communications with
our people must be made through FRELIMO and not through the government
of Portugal. FRELIMO is the organisation which has the right to receive
the assistance of the U.N. in the name of Mozambique. We do not simply
proclaim that right: we have earned it through the shedding of our
blood and countless other sacrifices.
The U.N. Seminar in Zambia (August, 1967) had recommended that a fund
be established to aid the liberated zones of southern Africa.  In
Mozambique this fund would be established under the control and supervision of FRELIMO and would be supported by the U.N., governments and
private institutions.  The purpose was to assist FRELIMO in national
reconstruction and development, notably with respect to agriculture,
cottage industries, trade, public health and education. FRELIMO's
Second Congress of July last year has already laid the basis for more
co-ordinated efforts towards national reconstruction, and this has led
to the establishment of a special Reconstruction Project, 1969.  This
project requires an initial outlay of shs. 1,188,100 with the intention
that, after this capital outlay is met, thee programme will be self-
sustaining and self-propelling in terms of financing for the next two
or three years.  That is the framework within which FRELIMO is soliciting
aid on behalf of the fighting people of Mozambique in the battle against
Apartheid and for the creation of a new life.
(Statement presented to the U.N. Special Sub-Committee on Apartheid)
Dar es Salaam,
21 August, 1969.
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