text: I UNITED NATIONS General_Assembly FORTY-FOURTH SESSION OfficialRecordsSPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE 26thmeeting heldon Tuesday, 11September 1990 at10.30a.m. NewYork VERBATIM RECORD OFTHE26thMEETING Chairman: Mr.OUDOVENKO (Ukrainian SovietSocialist Republic) CONTENTS AGENDA ITEM28:POLICIES OFAPARTHEID OFTHEGOVERNMENT OFSOUTHAFRICA: REQUESTS FORHEARINGS Thisrecord i!'isubjecttocorrection. CnrfectlC"S shouldbeseOlunderthe"gnature ofamember"fthedelegalion concerned ~'ilhin..nrwed'f,h,'d"'ra{publiratltm 10theChIefoftheOfGclaIR""ordsEditingSeotton."nom DC~·750. 2United NatlOfISPla1.D.and,nco~rated '.n:lcopyoftherecord. Corrections willbeIs!'ucdafterIhecndnflh~!<oc!'!'l.lun. m.~"l:p~lr.uc l;orn~cndum fore,u:hCommttrc('Distr. GENERAL AlSPC/44/PV.26 12September 1990 ENGLISH 90-63003 1105V(E) ifgf' F--RG/4 A/SPC/44/PV.26 2 Themeeting wascalledtoorderat11a.m. AGENDA ITEM28 L..POLICIES OFAPARTHEID OFTHEGOVERNMENT OFSOUTHAFRICA: REQUESTS FORHE;~INGS (A/SPC/44/3 (reissued), A/SPC/44/4 (reissued), A/SPC/44/5) TheCHAIRMAN: Itwillberecalled thatatthesixthmeeting ofthe sixteenth speciaL session oftheGeneral Assembly on"Apartheid anditsdestructive consequences insouthern Africa", heldon14December 1989,theAssembly decided to re-open item28,entitled "Policies ofapartheid oftheGove..;'nment ofSouthAfrica" ontheagendaoftheforty-fourth session inorderfortheAssembly toresumeits session toconsider thereportoftheSecretary-General ontheprogress madeinthe implementation oftheDeclaration onapartheid anditsdestructive consequences - southern Africa andtoconsider suchactivities asmaybereqUired, pursuant to decision S-16/24 of14December 1989. Subsequently, atits95thplenary meeting, on20July1990,theGaneral Assembly decided tomeetfrom12to14September 1990inordertoconsider the reportoftheSecretary-neneral, whichiscontained indocument A/44/960 andAdd.l, submitted pursuant toitsresolution S-16/1of14December 1989. Thismorning Iwishtobringtotheattention oftheCommittee theletters dated4,6and7September 1990fromthePresident oftheGeneral Assembly tothe Chairman oftheSpecial Political Committee, whicharebeingdistributed as documents A/SPC/44/3, A/SPC/4 andA/SPC/44/5. Theletterof4September (A/SPC/44/3) readsasfollows: "Ihavethehonourtoenclose a1etter, dated28August 1990,addressed tomebytheChairman oftheSpecial Committee against Apartheid, indicating thathehasreceived several requests fromnon-governmental organizations wishing tobeheardintheSpecial Political Committee atthetimewhenthe Assembly willresumeitsconsideration ofthereportoftheSecre~ary-General38 Ilctive :ledto Erica" its inthe es- toRG/4 A/SPC/44/PV.26 3 (TheChairman) onthe'Progress madeintheimplementation oftheDeclaration onApartheid anditsDestructive Consequences inSouthern Africa'. "Inthisconnexion Ishouldliketorecall thClttheAssembly. atits thirdplenary meeting. decided thatitem28(Policies ofapartheid ofthe Government ofSouthAfrica) shouldbeconsidered directly inplenary meeting. 'ontheunderstanding that•••organizations andindividuals having aspecial interest inthequestion wouldbepermitted tobeheardbytheSpecial P~litical Committee'. Inthelightofthatdecision, Iwouldappreciate itif youcouldconvene ameeting oftheSpecial. Political Committee on11September 1990. "Thelistoforganizations andindividuals thathaveexpressed thedesire tobeheardbytheSpecial Political Committee willbetransmitted toyouas soonasitisreceived." Thesubsequent letters of6and7September 1990(A/SPC/44/4 andAlSPC/44/S) e Md.1, rs the ssed ting s the aeralprovide thenamesofnon-governmental organizations andindividuals whohave expressed thedesiretobeheardbytheSpecial Political COffimittee. Ihavebeen informed thatMr.AbdulMintyoftheWorldCampaign against Military andNuclear Collaboration withSouthAfrica, whosenameisincluded indocument A/SPC/44/4, is unabletocome. Theothernamesare:Mrs.Jennifer DavisoftheAmerican Committee onAfrica, Mr.Magnus WalanoftheAfrica GroupsofSweden; Isolate South
analysis: The text appears to be related to a United Nations General Assembly meeting, specifically discussing policies of apartheid in South Africa. The language used is formal and diplomatic, and the content involves requests for hearings and consideration of reports. The topic seems to be focused on human rights and international relations.