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September 1967.

Footage of the preparations for the 4th conference of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU).

President Joseph Mobutu (later Mobutu Sese Seko) of Congo-Kinshasa can be seen welcoming Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria's Federal Commissioner for Finance, President Kenneth Kaunda, and President Milton Obote of Uganda.

The conference proper was preceded by a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the organisation, which by the end of one day had approved 35 resolutions for submission to the Heads of State and Government.

In his closing speech, Monsieur Justin-Marie Bomboko, the Congolese Foreign Minister described the results of the preliminary talks as a record unequalled in the 4-year history of the Pan-African body.:

"It was a record session by virtue of the atmosphere of frankness, comradeship and truly African brotherhood, active and dynamic, throughout our debates".

Source: Reuters News Archive.