text: ofDeputies asthe199itimate law-makers forthewholepopulation ofAzania, but whichspecifically excludes themajority Africans. ThePACandtheAfrican National Congress ofSouthAfrica (ANC)havebeen unbanned, butover30million peoplearestilldeniedtherighttovotebecause of thecolouroftheirskin.Protesters arestillbeingshotinthestreets. Hundreds ofpolitical prisoners stilllanguish inapartheid gaols. Opponents of apartheid arestillliabletoimprisonment underfearsome security laws. LEMS/6 A/SPC/44/PV.26 14-15 (Mr.Jordan)\' Theentirepolitical systemisstillaskilling tousasitwason 2February 1990,whenDeKlerkannounced thenewreform programme andreleased NelsonMandela. Thefifthpillarofoppression whichmustberemoved involves theso-called bantustans, abalkanization ofthecountry whereby Africans areseparated into "tribal groups" andplaced ondesert-like stripsoflandtoactoutaslave existence. ----_._------_.I' RMI7 A/SPC/44/PV.26 16 (Mr..Tordan) Thisisjustmoreofthe"keep-them-divided-and-we-will-keep-them-conquered" :imentality ofthewhites. WeagreewiththePanAfricanist Congress thatthosefive demands arenon-negotiable. Freedom, asamatteroffact,shouldbe non-negotiable. Youeitherhaveitoryoudonot.Itisonlyforpolitical exigencies thatcertain aspects ofit,likethemechanisms wementioned earlier, havetonegotiated. Inconclusion wewishtoimplore theCommittee toviewitssupport forthe liberation movements withspecial scrutiny atthispointintime. Wenotewith approval andadmiration thatthePanAfricanist Congress ofAzaniahasnot suspended orabandoned thearmedstruggle. Whyshouldthey,whentheBoersarein factintensifying theuseofweapons fortheirwives,children andevenservants? WecallupontheUnitedNations andfreedom-minded support groupstopourfundson theonlyremaining armed-struggle proponents inAzania. Itmustalsobenotedthatatnotimeinthepast,orinthepresen1:, hasthe PACeverbeeninvolved inanyofthefactional fighting insideracistSouth Africa. Instead,ithascontinuously anduncompromisingly called uponallthe forcesthathaveacontradiction withtheracistregimetoformaunitedpatriotic front. Forthis,andforitsrefusal toabandon thearmedstruggle, wesalutethe PACforbeingtruetothewordsoftheirleaderandfounder, Mangaliso Sobukwe, who said: "Wewillnotretreat! Wewillnotcompromise! Wewillnotrelent! Wewill notequivocate! Andwewillbeheard!" Thestruggle continues! TheLandisours! TheCHAIRMAN: InowcalluponMr.SekouNkrumah, whorepresents the All-African Peoples' Revolutionary Party. r.::.;-----LLRM/7 A/SPC/44/PV.26 17 Mr.NKRUMAH: Permit me,onbehalfoftheAll-African Peoples' Revolutionary Party,toexpress oursincere gratitude toyouforaffording our Partythehonourofmakingourhumblecontribution tohumanity. Today, onceagain, wewanttoputthedestruction ofthispigstyoftheworld,apartheid, intoits properhistorical context, theAfrican Revolution, andtoexposethetruecharacter andnatureoftheillegal, racist, garrison, settler apartheid regimeofSouth Africa. Thissession oftheSpecial Political Committee hasbeenconvened atan extremely important juncture intheworldrevolutionary process ingeneral andin thePan-African movement, therevolutionary struggle forthetotalliberation and unification ofAfricaunderscientific socialism, inparticular. African people havebeenstruggling relentlessly formorethan500years against thediabolical forcesofEuropean imperialism andforeign domination. Afterseveral centuries ofslavery andtheslavetradeinthelatenineteenth century European imperialism imposed aseriesofcolonies throughout thelength and breadth ofourbeloved homeland. Ourpeopleresisted continually andsought more powerful meansofstruggle. AtthefifthPan-African Congress, convened in Manchester, England, in1945,itwasdecided thattheAfrican massesshould always bethecentral forceinourliberation struggle. Thus,theanti-colonial struggle waslaunched inmassorganized form,withpolitical parties andinamassmovement spreading likewildfire throu~hout Africa andtheDiaspora. Consequently, asof thisyear,theanti-colonial move~ent ismarking 45yearsofstruggle. Morethan50European colonies dominated thelandscape ofourbeloved homeland in1945. Today, weareinfactfacedwithonlyoneretrogressive, reactionary settler regime, SouthAfrica. Defenders oftruth,SouthAfricaisthelast European colonyinAfrica. Inthisareaofourhomeland theAfrican masses have
analysis: The text is a speech or declaration from a political organization, likely the Pan-Africanist Congress, addressing the Special Political Committee of the United Nations. The content is focused on the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, highlighting the oppression of the majority African population, the denial of their right to vote, and the ongoing armed struggle. The text also references the African Revolution, scientific socialism, and the need for total liberation and unification of Africa.