text: REPORT OFTHE SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS: FORTY-FOURTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No.22(A/44/2~) UNITED NATIONS NewYork,1990NOTE SymbolsofUnitedNationsdocuments arecomposed ofcapitalletterscombinedwithfigures.Mention ofsl!chasymbolindicates areference toaUnitedNationsdocument. Thepresent.reportwasalsosubmitted totheSecurityCouncilunderthesymbolS/20901. ISSN0255-18451111iqlllllll l~uqllHh) I!ili'alHlltHy 19~O1 CONTENTS LBTTER OFTRANSMITTAL •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• l1li•• l1li••••••••••••••••••••••• PARTONE I•INTRODUCTION ••••••••••.•••.••.••.......•.......•. l1li•••••••• 11.RBVIBW OFDEVELOPMENTS INSOUTHAFRICA.........•..........~~AL RBPORT OFTHESPECIAL COMMITTEE •...•....••............... 1..Overview ...•.......•..............................1275 2 11 3 [,q4 1 !l15 4 1.64" () 1(; fi I..,-7.4 r; ?!l 7.11 IJ.......................... Detention withouttrial 3.Repression ofther~pulation 2.Political trials, deathsentences andexecutions ..General political conditions A. B. 4.Vigilante groups, deathsquads andcovert activities ..' . A.Overview .5.Whitesintheresistance .2.National liberation movements .2935 y lfi:19 11 10..45 12 46-47 13 411..03 13 405n 11 !i91;1 I.t) Ijtl1;9 l" "10.,.,III "111 1I:cl ),0 "'I1)4 7.2 '.t!j150 ).!, 'Pi 119 ?!iNon-racial tradeunionmovement 3.7.Presscensorship I•••••••••5.Security laws,banning andrestriction or(\ers..... 1.Organizing broader frontsofresistance .....•..... 4.Actions byreligious, youthandstudent grIl\lllt~••..6.Forcedpopulation removals ..••....••...•.......... D.Destabilization andStateterrorism .C.Resistance toapartheid .•.......•..................... Ill.EXTERNAL RELATIONS OFSOUTHAFRICA , . -iii-CONTENTS (continued)"~- B.Economic performance •••••••••••.••••••..•••.......... 100 C.Economic relationm andimpactofsanctions •••......... L07 1.Tradeandtransport ••••••••••.•.••••..••.......... 108106 13:1 12025 27 l7 2.Loansandcredits................................. :1.2112] 32 3.Disinvestment andSouthAfrican foreign illvootment. D.Military andnuclear relations •..••••.••.Il4-131 132-14533 35 E.Assessment oftheimpactofsanction~ andothor measures ontheSouthAfrican economy.••••.••..••..... L46-150 38 IV.INTERNATIONAL ACTION AGAINST APARTHE~ •••••••••••...••.... 151-192 40 A. Gene,~al •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• l1li••••••• 15L 40 B.Governments andintergovernmental organizations .••.... 152··159 40 C.Non-governmental andotherorganizations ••••••..••.... IGO-171 42 D.People'ssanctions.................................... 1'17.."175 44 E.Cultural boycott•••••••••••••••••••••.•..••••......... "1'16-102 45 F.Sportsboycott•••••••••••••••.•.••••..••..••.......... '16:1-192 47 V.REVIEW OFTHEWORKOFTHESPECIAL COMMITTEE •.••••...•..... 193-254 50 A.~esolutions adopted bytheGeneral Assembly atits forty-third session onthe,itementitled "Policies of apartheid oftaeGnvernment ofSouthAfrica"•••...••.. 194-19'1 50 B.Activities oftheSpecial Commlttee insupport. ofthe anti-apartheid resistance inSouthAfrica••........... 198..212 51. 1.Seminar onthespecial needsofSouthAfrJcan and Namibian refugee womenandchildren •.••••...••.... HI!, 51 2.Observance oftheinternational daysofsClliclArHy andotherspeciel meetings oftheSpecial CommlttEtFJ 7,()"-la}. 52 3.Consultations withapartheid opponentu •••...•..... lDJ7.05 52 4.Statements andmessages against therepresGion "f apartheid opponents inSouthAfrica lilG·212 53 c.Activities oftheSpecial Committee against collC/boretion withSouthAfrica..••.•..•.•............ ),1.:\ ··iv-23R B••tCopyAVlnlb'. ICONTENTS (continued) 1.Hearings ontheoilembargo against SouthAfricu 214
analysis: The report appears to focus on the economic, political, and social situation in South Africa, with a specific emphasis on the anti-apartheid movement and international efforts to address the issue. The text discusses various aspects of the South African economy, including trade, loans, and disinvestment, as well as the impact of sanctions and international actions against apartheid. The report also touches on human rights issues, such as detention without trial, repression of the population, and forced population removals.