7. PAST ATTEMPTS FOR RECONCILIATION IN ZIMBABWE HEAL ZIMBABWE - BASELINE STUDY REPORT HZT explored past reconciliation efforts and reasons for their previous failures. Major reconciliation efforts that were identified by respondents include: the Prime Minister’s decree of 1980 (Forgive and Forget), the 1987 unity Accord, the Government of National Unity which gave birth to the first constitutionally provided reconciliation mechanism the Organ on National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration (ONHRI). While some respondents witnessed the past reconciliation efforts, some of the research participants were either not yet born or did not have adequate knowledge on the processes, hence they could not provide sufficient responses. Below are the study’s observations on what constitutes past reconciliation efforts successes and reasons for failure. a le Pre io o ern ent re on iliation e ort Past reconciliation efforts a) Lord Pierce Commission (1972) b) Lancaster House Constitution Negotiations c) 1980 –Forgive and forget reconciliation decree d) 1983 –Chihambakwe and Dumbutshena Commissions e) 1987 –Unity Accord (uniting ZANU PF and PF ZAPU) f) 1995 –War Victims Compensation Fund and (1997 War Veterans Compensation) g) 2000 and 2013 constitutional referendums h) 2000 – Fast track land reform programme i) 2009 Government of National Unity (Organ on National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration (ONHRI), Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC) 47