text: ofallrepressive legislation. Theystressed thattheattainment ofthosedftmands wasnecessary tucreateaclimate conducive toapeaceful resolution ofthe conflict inthecountry. EventsthattheSpecial Committee supported and/or participated inincluded theInternational Non-Governmental Organization Cor.ference forActiontoCombat Racism andRacialDiscrimination intheSecondUnitedNations Decade, heldatGeneva from11to14October 19881theConference ofthe Euro~9an Campalgn against SouthAfrican Aggression onMozambique andAngola, heldatBonn from8to10Decen\h~r 19881theNineteenth African-American Institute Conference on African-American Priorities inthe19908,heldatLusBka from9to13January 19891 theGeneral Assembly ofAfrican Anti-~artheid Committees andMovements, heldat Brazzaville from12to14January 19691theMeeting ofSeniorOfficials ofthe AFRICA-Fund Committ~e, heldatNewDelhifrom14to17February 19891andthe Eighty-first Inter-Parliamentary Conference, heldatBudapest from13to 16March1969. 248.Inaddition, theSpecial Committee undertook actiontosupport thecampaign launched bytheAnti-Apartheid Bewegung inBerlin (West)against theparticipation ofSouthAfricaintheInternational Tourism Fair,he16from4to10March1989. Italsosupported theactivities oftheAnti-Aparthei~ ~ewegung inconnection with -62-tbeannualshareholders m.eting, on28June1989,oftheDaimler-Ben. Corporation, whichmaintains linkswithSouthAfrica. TheSpecial Committee provided support to theBoycott Bandwagon project, organiled bytheBritish Anti-ApartbAid Movement, andtheCasspir Cross-Country SummerTour,organized byseveral UnitedStates anti-apartheid groups. Bothprojects aimbdatbuilding popular support for stronger sanctions, disseminati~g illform·~tion onthesituation inSouthAfricaand th~regionandstrengthening theinternational anti-~tbA!d campaign. Asin previous years,theSpecial Committee sUPP'ort~d projects carried outbythe Shipping Research Bureau(Amsterdam), theWorldGoldCommission (London) andthe National LabourBoycott Shell Co~nittee (Washington, D.C.). 749.TheChairnlan andtheActingChairman oftheSpecial Committee transmitted messages ofsupport andappreciation tointergovernmental, non-governmental and otherorganizations, anti-apartheid movements andgroupsthatorganized conferences, seminars, hearings andothereventsontheissueofapartheia. ~ong thoseweremessages totheConference onNordicSanctions against South Afric~, heldatCopenhagen on19and20November 1988,andtotheConference entitled Isolate SouthAfrican Gold,heldatVicenza, Italy,on16January 1989. E.Milsions oftheChairman oftheSpecial Committee 250.ThoChairman visited several countries andhelddiscussions withsenior officials abouttheneedtostrengthen theinternational campaign against a9ftrtheid. Attheinvitation ofthePresident ofFrance, heattended the coremonies marking thefortieth anniversary oftheUniversal Declaration ofHuman Rights, whichwereheldinParison10December 1988.TheChairman metwiththe President ofZambia(11January 1989),thePresident oftheCongo(13January) and thePresident ofZimbabwe (17January) duringhisvisitstothosecountries to attendanti-apartheid events. Following theSpecial Committee's Consultations on theArmsEmbargo against SouthAfrica, theChairman metwiththeDeputyForeign Minister oftheFederal Republic ofGermany. 251.On7December 1988,theChairman participated inaceremony inLondoninwhich theAnnualMediaPeacePrizeawarded bytheUnitedNations Association ofthe UnitedKingdom waspresented totheExternal Services oftheBritish droadcasti~g Corporation. Onthatoccasion, theChairman delivered anaddress onmediacoverage intheUnitedKingdom ofUnitedNations actiononSouthAfrica. F.Co-operation withotherUnitgdNations bodiesandotherorganiZAtions 7.~~.TheSpecial Committee co-operated closely withotherUnitedNations bodies concelned withsouthern Africa. Itcontinued toco-operate withthe Intergovernmental GrouptoMonitor theSupplyandShipping ofOilandPetroleum 2roducts toSouthAfrica. TheChairman consults frequently withtheChairman of
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the activities and initiatives of the Special Committee on Apartheid, which focuses on promoting anti-apartheid movements and campaigns, as well as monitoring and reporting on the situation in South Africa. The text mentions various events, conferences, and projects that aim to raise awareness and build support for the anti-apartheid cause, as well as efforts to strengthen international sanctions against South Africa.