The Nicosia declaration was signed by the Basutoland Congress Party (Lesotho), the Bechuanaland People's Party (Botswana), the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania (South Africa), and the South West African National Union. The declaration claims that Soviet revolutionists are "frantically engaged in manoeuvres to destroy the revolutionary unity of the peoples of Africa and Asia." The declaration was issued following the Council session of the Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization, held in Nicosia, Cyprus.