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	United National Independence Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United National Independence Party is a political party in Zambia.
		The new constitution and the national elections that followed in December 1973 were the final steps in achieving what was called a "one-party participatory democracy." National policy was formulated by the Central Committee of party that had become the sole legal party in Zambia.
		The constitution stipulated that the sole candidate in elections for the office of president was the person selected to be the president of UNIP by the party's general conference.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_National_Independence_Party (351 words)

	United National Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United National Party (UNP, Sinhalese: එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය (pronounced Eksath Jathika Pakshaya), Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி) is a political party in Sri Lanka.
		At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party was the leading member of the United National Front that won 37.8% of the popular vote and 82 out of 225 seats.
		General disaffection with the economic policies of the United Front coalition and its brutal crackdown against a 1971 Maoist insurrection by the JVP brought the UNP to power in 1977.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_National_Party (1653 words)

	United Kingdom Independence Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced "you-kip") is a Eurosceptic political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union.
		The central aim of the party was to seek the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
		It has been a stated policy of the far-right British National Party (BNP) to "eliminate" UKIP as they perceive that too many potential BNP voters are attracted by UKIP addressing the issue of EU membership.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Kingdom_Independence_Party (2432 words)

	Encyclopedia: Independence Day (United States)
		Independence Day, as the only holiday celebrating the country as a whole, is a national holiday marked by patriotic displays.
		In the United States, Independence Day, also called the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday celebrating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
		In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Independence-Day-(United-States) (2961 words)

	AEGiS-AFP News: Zambia-opposition: Zambia's main opposition searches for a new leader after Kaunda - May 8, 2000
		LUSAKA, May 8 (AFP) - Zambia's main opposition United National Independence Party (UNIP) was to begin a special four-day congress here Monday during which a new leader is to be elected to replace the party's founding president Kenneth Kaunda.
		UNIP was the ruling party in Zambia for 27 years before it lost the historic multiparty elections in 1991 to the Movement of Multiparty Democracy (MMD).
		Among the controversies surrounding the congress is a decision by one of Kaunda's sons, Tilyenji, to contest the position of secretary general, the third highest post in the party.
	www.aegis.com /NEWS/AFP/2000/AF000532.html (543 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sri Lanka - United National Party "Majority" Rule, 1948-56 Sri Lankan Information Resource
		The largest political party in independent Sri Lanka, the United National Party (UNP), emerged as an umbrella party from the colonial era.
		National defense consumed less than 4 percent of the government budget in the postindependence years, and hence the military was not in a position to interfere with politics.
		Known later as the "uncle-nephew party" because of the kinship ties among the party's top leadership, the UNP served as the standard-bearer of conservative forces.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/sri-lanka/sri-lanka37.html (950 words)

	2359_E.htm
		Elections were held for all the elective seats of the National Assembly on the normal expiry of the members' term of office.
		The swearing-in ceremony was boycotted by all opposition parties.
		On 2 January 2002, Mr Levy Mwanawasa was sworn in as the country's third President at a ceremony presided by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/2359_E.htm (567 words)

	Democracy Factfile - Zambia - SD - SARDC
		With 10 independent Members, two members from the Agenda for Zambia, two from the Zambia Democratic Congress and five from the National Party, political opposition in Parliament is numerically insignificant.
		In October 1991 Zambia made a peaceful transition from one-party rule to multi-partysm in an historic general election that dislodged Kenneth Kaunda from the helm of state after 27 years in office and ushered in the MMD under the leadership of Chiluba.
		UNIP boycotted the 1996 Presidential and Parliamentary elections on grounds that the Constitution had been amended to include a citizenship clause that disqualified Kaunda from running for President, and a voters' register which had been compiled by Nikuv, an Israeli agency.
	www.sardc.net /sd/sd_factfile_zambia.htm (2113 words)

	Politics1 - Guide to American Political Parties
		The Independence Party Campus Network is the student wing of the party.
		The party ran nuclear physicist John Hagelin as the NLP Presidential nominee in 1992 (ballot status in 32 stares - 39,000 votes - 0.04%), 1996 (ballot status in 44 states - 7th place - 110,000 votes - 0.1%) and 2000 (ballot status in 39 stares - 7th place - 83,000 votes - 0.08%).
		The Natural Law Party was a New Age entity founded and run by followers of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (the founder of the TM movement -- a movement that some have labeled as a cult).
	www.politics1.com /parties.htm (9731 words)

	UNIP (Zambia)
		In all flagbooks is mentioned that the flag of Zambia was derived from the flag of the United National Independence Party, where yellow was replaced by orange.
		On this page is written: "Smith (1980) reported the current Zambian flag is based on the flag of UNIP (United National Independence Party) that led the struggle for independence.
		This flag can be a bad interpretation, an unofficial variant, or the flag of a different party (but I believe that after independence Zambia was a single party state until some years ago).
	www.hampshireflag.co.uk /world-flags/allflags/zm}unip.html (351 words)

	Chronology
		The National Party is headed by a member of the Lozi royal family, and her brother was a candidate for the Mongu (in Barotseland) seat in the National Assembly in 1994 by-elections.
		UNIP maintained its dominance in the north and continued to seek a one-party state.
		September 1991: The National Assembly is dissolved in anticipation of elections scheduled for 31 October.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/data/zamlozichro.htm (3328 words)

	Subject Index Page 78. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		United Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes
		United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarve
		322, 322, 323, 323, 452, 475, 479, 507, 602, 603, 797, 823, 826, 826, 826, 826, 827, 827, 827, 828, 828, 1108, 1110, 1111, 1193, 1384, 1387, 1387, 1387, 1390, 1390, 1391, 1391, 2427, 2615, 3778, 3778, 3779, 3781, 3927; treaty with Great Britain, 828; treaty with the United States, 829.
	www.bartleby.com /67/s78.html (513 words)

	DISABLED LIVES - Country profile: Zambia
		For the Article’s repeal meant that political parties other than his own United National Independence Party (UNIP) were legalized after 17 years of one-party rule.
		Little did he know that he was signing away his iron hold on the country he had led since independence from Britain in 1964.
		With the drought in Zambia and its neighbours, agricultural performance this year is dismal and Chiluba’s government is seeking huge grain imports from the United States to supplement dwindling stocks.
	www.newint.org /issue233/profile.htm (588 words)

	English Democrats Party :: England United
		The English Democrats party was formed in 2002 because the New labour Government in its rush to secure national devolution for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, completely ignored the interests and indeed the existence of England.
		As a political party we recognise that real Democracy is much more than the ability to choose, from time to time, between broadly similar parties which compete amongst themselves for power.
		The English Democrats is a “young” party, having only been established for less than 2 years.
	englishdemocrats.org.uk (525 words)

	Independent American Party - National Home
		respect for life, liberty and property; strong traditional families; patriotism; and individual, state and national sovereignty -- with a strong reliance on the Declaration of Independence and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America -- by petition to God and by political and educational means.
		Strong reliance on the Declaration of Independence and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America
		If all of the strength of every third party were combined, we would still have less than ten percent of the vote.
	www.usiap.org (1961 words)

	The Philosophy Behind Zambia's Flag
		It was chosen by UNIP because the Party strongly supported the philosophy behind the United Nations and in particular the declaration of Human Rights which is now part of the constitution of the Republic of Zambia.
		The data of Zambia's independence is also United Nations Day.
		It is important to note that during the struggle for independence, even while the battle against colonial oppression was at its most bitter point, UNIP consistently made it clear that the struggle was not racially or economically motivated, but by the desire for justice and for human dignity.
	www.sas.upenn.edu /African_Studies/Country_Specific/Zamphil.html (759 words)

	O R Tambo - 1988
		Allow me to convey warm fraternal greetings from the National Executive Committee and the entire membership of the ANC, as well as from the struggling masses of the people of South Africa, to this historic tenth General Conference of the United National Independence Party.
		The independence of Namibia will constitute a giant step towards the total liberation of Africa, for, it will be followed, as it must, by the emergence at the southern tip of the continent of a liberated South Africa - nonracial, democratic and united.
		His Excellency, Comrade President Kaunda, once again used the occasion to underline his deep commitment, as well as that of the Party, the Government and the people of Zambia, to the destruction of the apartheid system and its replacement by new socio-economic and political order free of racism, oppression and exploitation of man by man.
	www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/or/or88-8.html (1410 words)

	Human Rights Focus: Zambia
		The Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) won the majority of seats contested and President Frederick Chiluba was returned to office in these 1996 elections although several opposition parties, including the former ruling United National Independence Party (UNIP) boycotted them.
		The United Nations’ annual assessment of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, released in December, emphasized that in Africa “the face of AIDS is clearly a female face,” and noted the much higher rate of HIV transmission among girls than boys on the continent.
		Concerted national and international efforts to protect the rights of girls and young women are key to curbing the AIDS epidemic’s destructive course.
	www.africafocus.org /country/zambia_hrw.php (1134 words)

	ZAMLII - Law Publications
		National Council of the United National Independence Party (UNIP), His Excellency the President, Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda, informed the Nation that the party and its government had decided that the country should revert to a multi-party democracy.
		By Statutory Instrument No. 46 of 1972, Your Excellency appointed us Commissioners to consider and recommend changes in the Constitution of the Republic of Zambia, the Constitution of the United National Independence Party and matters related thereto necessary to bring about the establishment of a One-Party Participatory Democracy in Zambia.
		The president also announced that a commission of inquiry would be appointed to recommend The Constitution for the Third Republic.
	www.zamlii.ac.zm /law-pub.html (317 words)

	AEGiS-AFP News: Downbeat Zambians to mark 40 years of independence - October 22, 2004
		"This is a memorable period and we have decided to attend and participate in all the activities," said Njekwa Anamela, general secretary of the United National Independence Party (UNIP).
		AEGiS is made possible through unrestricted grants from Boehringer Ingelheim, Elton John AIDS Foundation, the National Library of Medicine, Bridgestone Firestone Trust Fund, and donations from users like you.
		Mbeki spent time in Zambia during his years as an underground operative for the African National Congress fighting the apartheid regime in South Africa.
	www.aegis.com /NEWS/AFP/2004/AF041077.html (688 words)

	English
		The Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) was founded in 1946 with the purpose of seeking and obtaining independence by every pacific mean available.
		The PIP is committed to achieving Puerto Rico's national freedom and laying the foundation for a sound, responsible transition from our present day colonial government to full-flegged independence.
		Puerto Rico has been a colony of the United States since 1898, as a result of the Spanish-American War.
	www.independencia.net /ingles/welcome.html (249 words)

	Zambia
		Smith (1980) reports that the current Zambian flag is based on the flag of the ruling United National Independence Party (UNIP), the movement which led the struggle for independence.
		The Zambian flag is determined by the National Flag and Armorial Ensigns Act, Chapter 6 of the Laws of Zambia of 4 June 1965 amended by Act No. 13 of 1994 (the amendments does not alter the design of the emblems!).
		The National Flag and Armorial Ensigns Regulations (as amended by Act No. 13 of 1994): Article 7 states that the National Flag "shall be flown only between the hours of sunrise and sunset".
	www.fotw.us /flags/zm.html (1107 words)

	Home Page — SNP - Scottish National Party
		The Scottish National Party has launched a campaign calling for Scotland to have control of its own energy.
		The SNP is set to play a leading role in the formation and launch of an Independence Convention on St. Andrews Day, 30th November 2005.
		Opposition parties today demanded an urgent statement from First Minister Jack McConnell after reports that he has lost out in an attempt to achieve special treatment for asylum seekers in Scotland.
	www.snp.org (277 words)

	AIM25: School of Oriental and African Studies: Fox-Pitt, Thomas
		From 1960, Fox-Pitt's energies were channelled largely into the London Committee of Kenneth Kaunda's United National Independence Party (UNIP).
		The magazine produced by the Committee had, in Fox-Pitt's absence, made an unsubstantiated claim that Welensky was involved in the death of the Secretary General of the United Nations.
		Fox-Pitt attended the Zambia Independence celebrations in 1964 at which he received the Order of the Freedom of Zambia.
	www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/19/196.htm (809 words)

	Alien - Mensile umanista multiculturale - Aprile 1997
		Member of UNIP (United National Independence Party of Zambia) and vice-president of the International Humanist for Africa
		They are all, their principles and objectives are all the same as the Humanist Party, as the Humanist Movement, so it shouldn’t be difficult to reach people.
		Frances Zaloumis has been here in Italy in the occasion of the Humanist International meeting, where she has taken the vice-presidence representative of Africa in the International context.
	www.dialogo.org /alien/1997/04/zalo3.htm (460 words)

	AIM25: Thesaurus corporate names: U
		United Nations Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities
		United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
		United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals (UMDS)
	www.aim25.ac.uk /search/thesaurus/corps/list20.htm (253 words)

	Reform Party of the United States of America
		The Reform Party of the United States of America mourns the death of a true reformer.
		Reform Party of the United States of America
		We, the members of the Reform Party, commit ourselves to reform our political system.
	www.reformparty.org (128 words)

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