CONSTITUTION OF ZAMBIA (PRIOR TO 1996 AMENDMENTS) - PREAMBLE
WE, THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA, by our representatives assembled in our
Parliament, having solemnly resolved to constitute Zambia into a
Sovereign Democratic Republic:
IN PURSUANCE of our determination to uphold our inherent and
inviolable right to decide, appoint and proclaim the means and style
whereby we shall govern ourselves as a united and indivisible
Sovereign State;
PROCEEDING from the premise that all men have the right freely to
determine and build their own political, economic and social system
by ways and means of their own free choice;
DETERMINED to ensure the rights of all men to participate fully
and without hindrance in the affairs of their own government and in
shaping the destiny of their own mother land;
RECOGNISING that individual rights of citizens including freedom,
justice, liberty and quality are founded on the realisation of the
rights and duties of all men in the protection of life, liberty and
property, freedom of conscience, expression and association within
the context of our National Constitution;
RECOGNISING the right to work, to free choice of employment, to
just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against
unemployment;
PLEDGING to all citizens the right to equal access to social,
economic and cultural services and facilities provided by the State
or by public authorities;
RECOGNISING that the family is the natural and fundamental unit
of society and should be protected by the State;
PLEDGING to every citizen the right to education;
PLEDGING further to all citizens the bounden duty of the State to
respect the rights and dignity of all members of the human family,
to uphold the laws of the State and to conduct the affairs of the
state in such manner that its resources are preserved, developed and
enjoyed for the benefit of its citizens as a whole;
DO HEREBY ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.
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