Association in Sierra Leone

ORGANS There are four organs of Association if Sierra Leone namely: Plenary Assembly Executive Committee Board of Trustees Secretariat PREAMBLE Whereas the people of the Republic of Sierra Leone have declared that we are determined: To save succeeding generations from the scourge of war and poverty, which several times in our life time have brought untold sorrows to all peoples; To reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of our fellow human being, and in the equal rights of men and women in all nations; To establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and sources of national and international laws can be maintained; and To promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom; And to these ends To practice tolerance and live together in unity as one nation in peace and harmony with our neighbors’ and the global community of nations, and To unite our strength to maintain national and international peace and security, and To ensure, by acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and To employ national and international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of our people and all peoples of the world; And whereas our government, to achieve these aims, agreed to the Charter of the United Nations WE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SIERRA LEONE: Believing that since wars begin in the minds of people, it is in the minds of people that the defences of peace must be constructed, and Believing that the peace must be founded, if it is not to fail, upon the intellectual and moral solidarity of our people and all peoples, We have resolved to combine our efforts to form an Association of the People of Sierra Leone and, having agreed to this present Constitution, do hereby establish a national organization known as the ASSOCIATION OF SIERRA LEONE (ASIL).