text: Angolan Government condemned anddenounced atthetime,pointing outthe material damageandthelossofhumanlivescaused, Iamherewith reporting a newSouthAfrican offensive, withtheintervention ofmilitary forceswhose numberhasnotyetbeendetermined and·whichwerelandedintheterritory of thePeople's Republic ofAngola fromNamibia, theterritory illegally occupied bySouthAfrica. Theseforcesarelocated inthevicinity ofMavinga, 250kilometres fromtheNamibian border, andtheyhavealready launched several aggressive actions against ourmilitary unitsusingMirageaircraft andtakingadvantage ofthelesserexperience ofourpilotsinareasfaraway fromtheirrunways. Specifically, thetreacherous, murderous attacks took placeasdescribed belowjustasourgroundforceswerebreaking through the thirdandlastdefence lineoftheUNITApuppets astheyentered Mavinga town:first,on28September fiveSouthAfrican planesflewoverlocations whereourforceswerepositioned between 9.50and5.48isecondly, on 29September theSouthAfrican planesflewagainforlengthy periods overtheJVM/5 A/40/PV.25 8 (Mr.Martins, Angola) locations whereourtroopswerepositioned; thirdly, intheearlymorning hoursof30September, between 3and6.20,aformation ofmorethaneight planesfromthesouthAfricanairforceraidedourpositions andcaused m~re than50casualties amongourtroops, aswellasdozensofwounded men,and brought downsixAngolan helicopters. "Inaddition, ourinfantry soldiers clashed withSouthAfrican armed foreesindirect c~"bat." Itcanbeverified thatSouthAfricanartillery unitsareinAngolatoattack ourarmedforceswhichhavebeenengaged intheestablishment ofpeaceandsecurity inthatregionofourcountry. Thepretext presented byracistSouthAfrica does notcon~ince anybody anymore,noteventhosewhodefendthepolicyofconstructive engagement. SouthAfricadoesnotrespect themostfundamental principles ofinternational law~Pretoria's soldiers makeincursions intoareasofmycountry thathavenever Gheltered Namibian refugees. ThiswasthecaseinCabinda, whereUnitedStatesoil interests couldhavebeenharmedifithadnotbeenforthepromptintervention of theAngolan defence forces, whichneutralized thespecialracistcommando unit whosemissionitwastodestroy theMalongooilinstallation inCabinda, aprovince situated morethan2,000kilometres. fromtheNamibian-Angolan border. Theactualsituation ischaracterized bythedirectintervention oftheSouth African armyagainst Angolawiththeobjective ofdefending thepuppetsofthe so-called UNITA,longsincedenounced astheSouthAfrican army'ssurrogates, whose objective istodestabilize Angola. Ontheotherhand,theapartheid regimeisdoingeverything possible toextend violence acrossthewholeregioninordertodiverttheattention ofthe international community fromtheserious situation inSouthAfrica, wheretheblack ,JVMI5 A/40/PV.25 9-10 ,(Mr.Martins, Angola) majority andothergroupsaredetermined toendasystemthatisinconceivable in the20thcentury. TheSouthAfrican regimeisthemaincauseofthetension anddestabilization experienced bytheStatesinsouthern Africa. southAfricacontinues toviolate theresolutions oftheUnitedNations, theOrganization ofAfrican Unity(OAU)and theMovement ofNon-Aligned Countries, withthehelpofcertain western countries. Therecentstatement madebytheunitedStatesSecretary ofStatebeforethis General Assembly isacleardemonstration oftheencouragement giventoSouth Africatopursuethepolicyofdestabilization inourregion.Itisnowhightime fortheReaganAdministration todemonstrate without ambiguity onwhosesideit stands: onthesideofthesovereign Statesofsouthern AfricaMembers ofthis organization oronthesideoftheapartheid regime, whichiscondemned bythe international community, including agrowing numberofAmerican citizens. The Government ofpretoria cannotprevent theliberation oftheNamibian peoplebya facadeofalterations, declarations ofstatesofemergency orthebla~kmailing of neighbouring countries. Withregardtomycountry, thereisnocivilwarinAngola. Rather, thereis permanent aggression orchestrated byPretoria, andjoinedbyagroupofambitious Angolan traitors motivated byanti-patriotic, tribalandracialinterests. ,JSM/ljb A/40/PV.25 11 ~Mr.Martins, Angola) TheGovernment ofthePeople's Repltblic ofAngolafollows apolicyofunity oriented towards theintegration ofallitscitize~s without discriaination. We rejectcategorically thepretended _reconciliation witharmedfactions manipulated byandactingonbehalfoftheapartheidregime. WhenPretoria claimsthattheclimate oftension andaggression created in southern Africaisaregional expression oftheEast-West conflict, thatisnothing
analysis: This text appears to be a political statement or a diplomatic communiqué, likely from the Angolan government, condemning the actions of South Africa and UNITA forces in Angola. The text discusses the military conflict, the loss of human lives, and the destruction caused by the South African intervention. It also touches on the international implications, mentioning the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity, and the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.