DETERMINED to uphold and exercise our inherent and inviolable right as a people to decide, appoint and proclaim the means and style to govern ourselves; RECOGNISE the equal worth of men and women in their rights to participate, and freely determine and build a political, economic and social system of their own free choice; PLEDGE to ourselves that we shall ensure that the State shall respect the rights and dignity of the human family, uphold the laws of the State and conduct the affairs of the State in such manner as to preserve, develop, and utilise its resources for this and future generations; DECLARE the Republic a Christian nation while upholding the right of every person to enjoy that person's freedom of conscience or religion; RESOLVE to uphold the values of democracy, transparency, accountability and good governance; AND FURTHER RESOLVE that Zambia shall forever remain a unitary, indivisible, multi-party and democratic sovereign state; DO HEREBY ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION. PART I NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND THE STATE (As amended by Act No. 18 of 1996) 1. (1) Zambia is a unitary, indivisible, multi-party and democratic sovereign State. Declaration of Republic, sovereignty of people, supreme law and official language (2) All power resides in the people who shall exercise their sovereignty Public seal