ZANU and ZAPU announced in October 1976, during the run-up to the unsuccessful Geneva Conference in December, that they would henceforth attend conferences as a joint "Patriotic Front".
1976年10月，ZANU和ZAPU宣佈他們在準備12月舉行但最終失敗的日內瓦會議（英语：Geneva Conference (1976)）時，將會在今後的會議中共同以「愛國陣線」的身份出席。