text: Report of the Special Committee against Apartheid (A/44/22) United Nations 1990-5 Economic and Social Council Commission on Transnational Corporations. Public Hearings on the Activities of Transnational Corporations in South Africa and Namibia. 4-6 September 1989. The role of transnational banks in South Africa Report of the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations (E/C.10/AC.4/1989/6) United Nations 1990-6 Economic and Social Council Commission on Transnational Corporations. Public Hearings on the Activities of Transnational Corporations in South Africa and Namibia. 4-6 September 1989. The South African economy and transnational corporations Report of the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations (E/C.10/AC.4/1989/5) Letters received from Governments Denmark (2 March 1990) 1990-7 V. COMMENTS RECEIVED BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR 63. In accordance with General Assembly resolution 43/92, the Secretary-General sent a note verbale, dated 22 January 1990, to Governments and, on the same date, a letter to United Nations organs, specialized agencies, intergovernmental and non-govemmental organizations concerned, asking them for appropriate material which could be used in updating the list. A. Comments received from Governments 64. As at 25 Jime 1990, replies have been received from the following Governments: Byelorussian SSR, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Mexico, Morocco, Panama and Uruguay. A simimary of substantial replies 2/ is reproduced below. BYELORUSSIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC [6 July 1989] [Original: Russian] 1. The Byelorussian SSR supports the conclusion that economic, technical and military co-operation and the support given by international and national monopolies, as well as by a number of countries, to the ruling circles in South Africa are strengthening the criminal régime of apartheid and perpetuating the oppression of the African majority of that country's population. They are helping to intensify repression against fighters for civil, political, economic and other rights. Thus, by their co-operation with South Africa, transnational corporations are directly responsible for 
analysis: The text appears to be a report from the United Nations on the activities of transnational corporations in South Africa and Namibia, focusing on their role in perpetuating apartheid and human rights violations. The report mentions economic, technical, and military cooperation between transnational corporations and the South African government, as well as the impact of this cooperation on the African majority population.