text: International Convention against Apartheid inSports. TheUkrainian SSRwasamong thefirsttosignandratifythesedocuments andobserves alltheirprovisions. 7.TheUkrainian SSRplaysanactiveroleintheUnitedNations withregardto thestruggle against apartheid. participates extensively intheworkoftheSpecial Committee against Apartheid andtheIntergovernmental GrouptoMonitor theSupply andShipping ofOilandPetroleum Products toSouthAfrica. andhasbeenasponsor ofmostoftherelevant General Assembly resolutions. 8.Thisyearmarksthethirtieth anniversary ofthedayonwhichSouthAfrican policeinthetownship ofSharpeville openedfireonapeaceful demonstration protesting against theinhuman systemofapartheid. Thisandnumerous otherbloody actsofviolence bytheracists havenotstopped thosestruggling forafreeand democratic homeland. TheUkrainian SSRfullysupports thenational liberation forces ofSouthAfrica and,inaccordance withUnited Nations decisions, provides themwithappropriate political. moralandmaterial assistance andsupport. The Ukrainian SSRmakesregular contributions totheInternational Defence andAidFund forSouthern Africa andprovides activists inthenational liberation movements of SouthAfrica, Namibia andthe"front-line" States withscholarships forstudyin educational institutions intheRepublic. 9.Ukrainian massinformation mediawidelypublicize theactivities oftheUnited Nations andotherorganizations inthestruggle against apartheid andinform the Republic's population aboutthejuststruggle oftheoppressed peopleofSouth Africa. International daysofsolidarity withthestruggling peopleofSouth Africaarewidelycelebrated everyyearintheUkrainian SSR;andnumerous activities areheld.mobilizing publicopinion insupport ofthestruggle against apartheid andforthespeedyelimination ofthevestiges ofracism andracial discrimInation. Thus.aresolution adopted on21March1990atameeting of community representatives ofthecityofKievdevoted totheInternational Dayfor /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA,/ 44 /960 / Ldd.2 English Page 6 the EliminatioD of Racia1 Disc rirninat.ion utlderscores the need to ensure thatcertain receut. positive devefopneots in the regioa of, southern Africa .,are followed by practicaL steps and that other neasures are taken, particularly vith regard tolifting the state of ernergency in the country atd creatiag a favourable atmospherefor political legoCiations oD disnantling the apartheid systen and establishilg a democrat.ic State. Racisn and racial discrinination nust be eliminated for ever,'.A/44/960/Add.2 English Page6 theElimination ofRacial Discrimination underscores theneedtoensure that certain recent positive developments intheregion ofsouthern Africa tlarefollowed bypractical stepsandthatothermeasures aretaken,particularly withregard to lifting thestateofemergency inthecountry andcreating afavourable atmosphere forpolitical negotiations ondismantling theapartheid system andestablishing a democratic State. Racism andracial discrimination mustbeeliminated forever". Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library
analysis: The text appears to be focused on the international community's efforts to combat apartheid in South Africa, with a specific emphasis on the Ukrainian SSR's role in this struggle. The text mentions various activities and initiatives undertaken by the Ukrainian SSR, including providing political, moral, and material assistance to national liberation forces, contributing to an international defense and aid fund, and celebrating international days of solidarity. The text also references a resolution adopted by community representatives in Kiev, highlighting the need for practical steps to be taken to dismantle apartheid and establish a democratic state.