text: irreversible chanqeor whether themeasures takensofaronlyconstitute yet anothertacticonthepartofthePretoria reqimetoyieldon"petty" apartheid without dismantling- "qrand" apartheid. ThelitmustestwouldhavebeenSouth Africa's compliance withtheprovisions oftheDeclaration onApartheid, whichsets outtheinternational community's collective consensus onhowtheapartheid system couldbedismantled throuqh aneqotiated solution. Itistherefore important that weexamine thedevelopments ofthelastninemonthscarefully beforeacceptinq the chanqe~inSouthAfricaatfacevalue. Unfortunately, itisclearfromthereportoftheSecretary-General andthe , repo~toftheMonitorinq GroupoftheAdHocCommittee onSouthern Africaof,the Orqanization ofAfrican Unity(OAU)thattheSouthAfrican Government hasyetto implement allthemeasures required bytheDeclaration onApartheid. The Secretary-General hasobserved inhisreportthatofthemeasures required bythe Declaration onApartheid tocreateaclimate forfreepolitical activity, onlythe measures relatinq totheliftinq ofthebanonpolitical parties andmovements have beenimplemented infull.Othermeasures havebeenimplementsd onlyinpart.Even whileMr.Mandela andotherANCleaders havebeenfreed,several morepolitical prisoners continue tolanquish intheqaolsofSouthAfrica. Evenwhilethe banninq orderaqainst theANCandotherorganizations hasbeenlifted, thereexist ahostofotherrestrictions andlawswhichlimitthefreedom ofassembly ofthese orqanizations whichprevent themfromorqanizinq freely. Evenwhileexecutions havebeensuspended, political trialsandimprisonment continue unabated underan abundance ofrepressive leqislation andcommonlaw. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryFMB/5 Al44/PV.99 13 (Ms.ChonBengChee, SingAPore) Giventhissituation, itisunderstandable whyMr.~andela statedthe following whenheaddressed theSpecial Committee against Apartheid on22June. "Noneoftheprinciples laiddownintheDeclaration hasbeenimplemented toprovide whattheDeclaration characterized asaninternationally acceptable solution oftheSouthAfrican question. Similarly, theprofound and irreversible changes whichtheDeclaration visualized havenotyetoccurred." I(A/44/960, annexVI) Morerecently, therehasbeenasharpdeterioration ofthesituation inSouth Africa. Reports ofcontinuing violence intheblacktownships, whichhasresulted inthedeathsoflargenumbers ofpersons, areacauseforserious concern. My delegation supports theviewexpressed bytheSpecial Committee against Apartheid on29Augustthatthecurrent violence inthetownships isthedirectconsequence of§Partheid policies, namelythehomeland policyandthemigrant laboursystem, whichhaveincreased tensions inblackcommunities. Thereportofthe Secretary-General alsoindicates thatsomeofthisviolence couldberelatedto activities bythepolic~andsecurity forces. Thereissomeevidence thatthe policehavenotbeenimpartial intheconduct oftheirduties. Itisimportant thattheSouthAfrican Government adopteffective measures toendtheviolence and ensure.the impartiality ofthepoliceinthissituation& Ifsuchviolence is allowed tocontinue unrestrained, theconsequences couldwellsetbackthe possibility ofanegotiated endtoQPartheid. Itisalsoimportant tobearinmindthatwhiletheANCandtheSouthAfrican Government havebegunadialogue, thereisyetnoclear evidenc~ thatthePretoria regimeisprepared toaccepttherightofallSouthAfricans toparticipate inthe government andadministration ofthecountry onthebasisofuniversal suffrage, exercised through aone-man one-vote electoral system, underacommonvotersroll. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryPMB/5 A/••/PV.99 14-15 .(Ms.ChpHengChee, Singapore) Instead, wehaveheard'leaders oftheSouthAfrican GQv,rlUHnt preach "CJover~nt byconsen~us" andinsiatonthene'dtopreserve. "groupr.i.ghta". natisnothing but'aeuphemism forrace-baaedpolitics.' Someoftheserightsconcern the rejection ofmajority r~e. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJVMI6 A/44/PV.99 16 (Ms.ChanHengChee, Singapore) TheAfrican National Congress ofSouthAfrica (ANC)hassaidthatitwillreject anyconstitutional proposal basedonagroupconcept.IWecanunderstand why.It isanother wayofpreserving apartheid. Itisapartheid byanother name. Inshort,whilemydelegation recoqnizes andwelcomes someofthebold measures takenthusfarbytheSouthAfrican Government, wefeelthatessential
analysis: The text appears to be a speech or report discussing the political situation in South Africa, specifically the progress (or lack thereof) in dismantling apartheid and the implementation of measures to achieve a negotiated end to the regime. The text highlights the importance of international consensus and the need for the South African government to comply with international standards and norms.