text: Community. Progress achieved by those transnation- ~earn~gs on the ~ctivtties of transnational corpora- at corporations in implementing that Code of Con- tio~s m Sout~ Afnca and Namibia and had played an duct would contribute to finding a solution to the activ.e. part m. the~ .. The hearings had helped to problem of apartheid and favour peaceful change in mobthze pubhc opm10n throughout the world in South Africa. condemning the co-operation of transnational corpo- 1 0. T~e second reason they could not support the r~tions with ~h~ racist regime and its illegal occupa- resolution was that measures referred to in it did not tion of ~amtbta. It. had been d_emonstrated during fall within the mandate of the Council and should be the hearmgs that wtth the conmvance of their base discussed in other United Nations bodies. Thirdly, countries, the transnational corporations were ex- ~lthough the European countries in question had panding their activities in southern Africa in viola- Implemented some of the recommendations con-tion c:>f Un~ted Natio!ls. resolutions_. cr~ating the tained in the report of the Panel of Eminent Persons matenal basts for the cnmmal system m South Africa est~b!i~hed to conduc~ the public hearings on the and preventing the attainment of independence by activities of transnational corporations in South ~a~ibia. It ~as indicative that specific measures to Africa ~nd Namibia (E/C.l0/1986/9), other recom- hmtt transnational corporation activities in southern mendation~ put forward therein went beyond the Africa, already repeatedly included in the resolutions general pohcy of the Twelve towards South Africa. of several United Nations bodies, had again been They therefore could not endorse all the recommen- reflected in the recommendations of the Panel of dations stated in paragraph 3 of the text just adopted. Emin~nt Persons .. His delegation strongly urged the 
analysis: The text discusses the activities of transnational corporations in South Africa and Namibia, specifically in relation to the Code of Conduct for Transnational Corporations. It highlights the impact of these corporations on the region, including their role in perpetuating apartheid and illegal occupation. The text also mentions the recommendations of the Panel of Eminent Persons, which aimed to curb the activities of these corporations. Given the focus on corporate activities and their social and political implications, it is likely that the text falls under a category related to international relations or human rights.