text: UNITED NATIONSlIA General Assembly Forty-fourth session GENERAL ASSEMBLYPROVISIONAL A/44/PV.99 25Septemb~r 1990 ENGLISH President:PROVISIONAL VERBATIM RECORD OFTHENINETY-NINTH MEETING HeldatHeadquarters, NewYork, onFriday, 14September 1990,at10.30a.m. Mr.GARBA (Nigeria) Policies ofapartheid oftheGovernment ofSouthAfrica[28]:(continued) (a)ReportoftheSecretary-General (b)ReportoftheSpecial Political Committee Programme ofwork Thisrecordcontains theoriginal textofspeeches delivered inEnglish and interpretations ofspeeches intheotherlanguages. Thefinaltextwillbeprinted intheOfficial Records oftheGeneral Assembly. Corrections shouldbesubmitted tooriginal speeches only. Theyshouldbe sentunderthesignature ofamemberofthedelegation concerned, wit~in oneweek, totheChief,Official Records Editing Section, Department ofConference Services, roomDC2-750, 2UnitedNations Plaza,andincorporated inacopyoftherecord. 90-64064/A l251V(E) Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/44/PV.99 2 Themeeting wascalledtoorderat10.55a.m. AGENDA ITEM28(continued) POLICIES OFAPARTHEID OFTHEGOVERNMENT OFSOUTHAFRICA: (a)REPORT OFTHESECRETARY-GENERAL (~/44/960 andAdd.l-3) (b)REPORT OFTHESPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE (A/44/709/Add.l) Mr.SHAHEED (Syrian ArabRepublic) (interpretation fromArabic): The General Assembly nowresumesitsconsideration ofthereportofthe Secretary-General onprogress madeintheimplementation oftheDeclaration on Apartheid anditsDestructive Consequences inSouthern Africa. Thismeeting coincides withtheunfolding eventsinSouthAfrica, especially thepresent racist onslaught bytheracistSouthAfrican regimeontheindigenous popUlation andthe resultant bloodyhavocinthatcountry. Theaimoftheregimeistoescalate tensions intothesortofbloodystrifethatthecountry hasexperienced recently. Thishasbeenachieved through themachination ofbloodyclashes between sections oftheindigenous population withaviewtocreating asituation ofcivilwarand thussidetracking thepeople fromtheirjuststruggle against theinvidious racist regime. Thatstruggle hasenjoyed theuniversal support voicedbytheUnited Nations initsnumerous resolutions whichcondemned apartheid andracismandupheld therightofthepeopleofSouthAfricatodismantle theraciststructure andto establish aunited, democratic, non-racist State. TheGeneral Assembly has declared timeandagainthattheSouthAfrican policyofapartheid constitutes a grossviolation ofthepurposes andprinciples oftheUnitedNations Charter. In aninternational convention andinseveral General Assembly resolutions apartheid hasbeencondemned asacrimeagainst humanity. Itisclearthatitisinthe interest ofthewhiteracists inSouthAfricatoperpetuate asituation whichleads tomorebloodshed amongtheindigenous population atatimewhenthelatter, in their.desiretocreateanewdemocratic society basedontheprinciple of Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryAl44/PV.99 3-5 (Mr.Shaheed. SyrianArab Republic) co-equality, havedeclared thesuspension ofarmedstruggle against thewhite racists. Regardless, thewhiteracists hopetoperpetuate theracialist statusquo whichservestheirinterests. Thistheyhavedonebyigniting confrontations among theindigenous population ashasbeenhappening since13August. Theresultisa waveofviolence which,sofar,hasclaimed thelivesof731blacksinaddition to thousands ofwounded anddisplaced persons andtheburning andlooting ofhundreds ofhomes. Allthisaddsuptoagreatdealofadditional suffering tothe long-suffering indigenous population whoseeconomic andsocialconditions are abysmal. Thelateststatistics showthatmorethantwothirdsofthem,thatis, 28million humanbeings,stillliveatthesubsistence levelandthatthousands of theirchildren dieofmalnutrition andvarious rampant diseases. Childmortality amongtheindigenous population hasreached therateof125per1,000, compared to 15per1,000amongthewhitepopulation. Thesamestatistics showthat unemployment hasrisen35percentamongtheindigenous population, whoare exploited ascheaplabourbythewhitepopulation. Theincitement tointer-black violence bytheracistregimeismadeabundantly clearbythereluctance ofthepolicetointervene. ThishasledNelson Mandela to
analysis: The text discusses the situation in South Africa, specifically the policies of apartheid and its destructive consequences. The speaker highlights the suffering of the indigenous population, including economic and social hardships, violence, and human rights violations. The text does not mention economic development, natural resources, or industry, but rather focuses on the human impact of apartheid. It also touches on employment and education, as well as humanitarian aid and relief.