text: underwayinSouthAfrica? Letusremember thegenuine efforts madebyallsides toachieve thehistoric consensus lastDecember. Letuslookatthepromise ofa brightfuture nowdawning forSouthAfricaratherthanatthedarknightof apartheid. Letusdaretobelieve thatourlong-held sharedaspirations forSouth Africaarefinally withinreach. Inacknowledging thatmuchremains tobedonetoreplace apartheid witha non~racial democracy, wecanrecognize thesubstantial progress achieved thusfar inremoving obstacles. Surely wemustbeassensitive andgenerous inencouraging Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryEMS/IS Al44/PV.98 64-65 (Mr, McLe~n, Canada) theprocess ofchangeasNelsonMandela, President DeKlerkandtheircolleagues havebeeninleadingit. ThewayhasnowbeenopenedbythePretoxia minutefortheearlyreturnof thousands ofSouthAfricanexiles. Wecanhelpbringthatabout.. Wecanauthorize theUNHCRtoexercise itsmandate insideSouthAfrica. Wecanrequest theSouth African Government toextenditsfullco-operation. Wecanappealtothe international commurity forfinancial support. Wemustreaffirm ourcommitment tomaintaining sanctions untilthereis evidence ofclearandirreversible change. Atthattimewecanbegintolook ahead. Butwedonotneedtowait: wecanlookaheadatthesametimeasweare maint&ining sanctions. Howwillweproceed whensanctions arenolonger necessary? Whenthetimecomes,andwehopeitisnotfaroff,theeconomic and financial measures whichformthecentre-piece ofinternational pressure mustbe easedtohelpbuildthenewSouthAfrica. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryRM/l6 Al44/PV.98 66 (Mr.McLean, Canada) Theinternational community eventually willhavetodomorethanremoveits ownobstacles. Itwillhavetofacilitate there-emergence ofanewSouthAfrica. NearlyayearagoCommonwealth Headsof'Government suggested thatinternational financial institutions, including theInternational Monetary Fund,examine how resources mightbemobilized forpost-apartheid SouthAfrica. Thetimehascome. Lettheinternational institutions, insideandoutside theUnitedNations umbrella, present aco-ordinated strategy forsupport ofanewanddemocratic SouthAfrica. SouthAfrica's neighbours toohaveacontribution tomake.Canadabelieves thattheycanpreparetointegrate thecountry intotheirsuccessful regional institutions. TheSouthern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SADCC), inparticular, isrighttothinkahead. Thechallenge before SADCCistoshift fromreducing dependence tobuilding anewandgenuine interdependence. SouthAfrica's futurehangsinthebalance. Shakespeare said: "Thereisatideintheaffairs ofmen Which,takenattheflood,leadsontofortune; Omitted, allthevoyageoftheirlife Isboundinshallows andinmiseries." (Julius Caesar, IV,iii,217) Letushopethatthespringtidenowrunning strongly inSouthAfricawillindeed leadontoitsfortune. Letusdoallthatwecantoensurethatitdoes,sothatthedaymaysoon comewhenwestandtowelcomeitbacktotheGeneral Assembly oftheUnitedNations. i Mr.RANA(Nepal): TheGeneral Assembly ismeeting toconsider onceagain anitemthathasbeenattheforefront ofitsagendaforover'four decades now: thepolicies ofapartheid oftheGovernment ofSouthAfrica. 'Thecontinuing efforts oftheinternational community toeradicate apartheid through peaceful Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryRM/l6 A/44/PV.98,n (Mr.Rana.NQpal) meansarewellexpressed intheDeclaration adopted byconsensus atthesixteenth special session. TheDeclaration, whileproviding astrongmoralandpolitical support forthestruggle ofthemajority peopleforjustice, liberty andequality inSouthAfrica, alsocontains ~concrete programme ofaction. Thefactual report oftheSecretary-General ontheimplementation oftheDeclaration, whichisnow beforetheAssembly, provides animportant basisforfurther actionbytheUnited Nations tohelpinbringing aboutanearlydismantling ofthatabhorrent system. Therehavebeensomepositive developments inSouthAfrifasincetheadoption oftheDeclaration inDecember lastyear.Therelease ofMr.NelsonMandela and othnrleaders ofthenational liberation movements, theunbanning ofpolitical organizations andasignificant lifting ofthestateofemergency arestepsinthe rightdirection. Mydelegation welcomes theopening ofdialogue between leaders ofthe liberation movements andtheGovernment. Welcome though tho~gdevelopments are,we c~otforgetthatthesystemofapartheid isstillinplace. Theprofound and
analysis: This text appears to be a speech or statement by a representative of the Canadian government to the United Nations General Assembly, discussing the situation in South Africa and the efforts to transition from apartheid to a democratic government. The text focuses on the international community's role in supporting this transition, including economic and financial measures, and the need for a coordinated strategy to facilitate the emergence of a new and democratic South Africa. The text also touches on the importance of international cooperation and support for the country's neighbors.