text: UNITED NATIONS •.......,-~General AssemblyA Distr. LIMITED A/44/L.68 14September 1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Forty-fourth session Agendaitem28 POLICIES OFAPARTHEID OFTHEGOVERNMENT OFSOUTHAFRICA Nigeria: draftresolution The Gen~ral Assembly, Recalling theDeclaration onApartheid anditsDestructive Consequences in Southern Africa, ~Iadopted byconsensus on14December 1989,atthesixteenth special session oftheGeneral Assembly, Bearing inmindthattheaforementioned Declaration callsupontheSouth African regime, interalia,toundertake certain measures inordertocreate a climate suitable fornegotiations inSouthAfrica, Recalling thattheDeclaration calledupontheinternational community notto. relaxexisting measures aimedatencouraging theSouthAfrican regimetoeradicate apartheid untilthereisclearevidence ofprofound andirreversible changes, bearing inmindtheobjectives oftheDeclaration, NotingthatMembers oftheUnitedNations andtheinternational con~unity have generally adhered totheProgramme ofactioncontained intheDeclaration and expressing itsconcern overanydepartures thathaveoccurred fromthe international consensus reflected intheDeclaration, Takingcareful noteofthereportoftheSecretary-General ontheprogress madeintheimplementation oftheaforementioned Declaration ~Iandwelcoming his contributions, ~IResolution S-16/1, anne~. ~IA/44/960 andAdd.1-3. 90-22514 2424Z(E) I ... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/44/L.68 English Page2 NotingthereportoftheMonitoring GroupoftheAdHocCommittee onSouthern AfricaoftheOrganization ofAfrican Unity, ~I Notingalsootherstatements andreports fromMemberStatesandregional groupsonthisissue, Notingfurther thatwhilesomesignificant measures intherightdirection havebeenundertaken bytheSouthAfrican regime, suchastheunbanning ofthe .African National Congress, thePanAfricanist Congress ofAzania, andother political organizations andtherelease ofsomepolitical prisoners, including NelsonMandela, andtheregime's declared commitment toabolish theapartheid system, continued efforts areneededtoestablish aclimate fullyconducive to negotiations andfreepolitical activity, Welcoming theongoing talksbetween theAfrican National Congress andthe SouthAfrican regimeaimedateliminating obstacles tothecommencement of negotiations towards apeaceful settlement inSouthAfrica, andtheresults achieved thusfarassetoutintheGrooteSchuurMinute ~IandthePretoria Minute ofthemeeting heldon6August 1990, Gravely concerned withtheescalating violence inSouthAfricaresulting largely fromcontinued existence oftheapartheid policies, practices and structures, andactions ofthoseopposed tothedemocratic transformation ofSouth Africa, 1.Reaffirms theprov1s1ons oftheDeclaration onApartheid andits Destructive Consequences inSouthern Africaandtheneedfortheirfulland immediate implementation; 2.Determines thatfurther stepsneedtobeundertaken by.theSouthAfrican regimetoimplement theprofound andirreversible changes calledforinthe Declaration; 3.CallsyponallGovernments andintergovernmental organizations toadhere strictly totheProgramme ofactioncontained intheDeclaration ~Ibymaintaining existing measures aimedatencouraging theSouthAfrican regimetoeradicate apartheid untilthereisclearevidence ofprofound andirreversible changes, bearinginmindtheobjectives oftheDeclaration; 4.Further callsupontheSouthAfrican regimetoproceed without delayto establish aclimate fullyconducive tonegotiations bytakingallthesteps stipulated intheDeclaration inparticular, toimplement itscommitment torepeal ~IA/44/963. ~IA/45/268, annex. ~IResolution S-16/1, annex,sect.C. ~... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/44/L.68 English Page3 alllegislation, suchastheInternal Security Act,designed tocircumscribe political activity; 5.~foranimmediate endtoviolence andurgestheSouthAfrican authorities totakeurgentactiontoendit,specifically bydismantling the
analysis: This text appears to be a United Nations General Assembly resolution addressing the issue of apartheid in South Africa. It discusses the need for the South African government to take certain measures to create a climate conducive to negotiations and to eradicate apartheid. The resolution also expresses concern over the escalating violence in South Africa and calls upon the government to take urgent action to end it. Given the focus on human rights and political issues, it is likely that this text falls under a category related to human rights and social justice.