text: policies. Inthatcontext, theMexican delegation welcomes theprogress madein SouthAfricatoeliminate thepolicies ofnpartbeid, toreleaseallpolitical prisoners anddetainees, torepealprohibitions andrestrictions onbanned organizations andpersons, towithdraw troopsfrorothetownships, andtorepeal: lawsintended tocircumscribe political activity inSouthAfrica. Thosearesome ofthestepstakenbytheDeKlerkGovernment whichwillhelpattainthegoalof eliminating thosepolicies. Butinourviewthisisnotenough. Mexico, together withallothermembers oftheinternational community, willcontinue tofightuntilthedaywecelebrate thetotaleradication ofthepolicies ofapartheid. Asrightly notedinthereport oftheSecretary-General, someprogress hasbeenmade. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryBHS/PLJ Al44/PV.100 16 (Mrs.Pellicer. MexicQ) However, wawishtoemphasize thatmuchremains tobedone.Majorefforts must stillbecarried outinordertobringaboutapeaceful political settlement of'the situation inSouthAfrica. Mexicoisconvinced thatthedenunciation and condemnation bytheinternational community areessential elements inreaching such asettlement. Forallthosereasons, mydelegation supported theresolution just adopted. Mr.RICHARDSON (United Kingdom): TheUnitedKingdomispleased tohave beenabletojointheconsensus ontheresolution justadopted. TheUnitedNations isunitedinitsoppositi.on toQpartheid andinitsstrongdesiretoseeittotally abolished andreplaced withanon-racial democracy inSouthAfrica. Theresolution wehavejustadopted reaffirms thatunity o~purpose andwearedelighted thatit wasadopted, Sir,before, sadly,yourtermasourPresident expires. Weregret, however, thatthisresolution missesimportant opportunities. It understates thesignificant changes whichhaveoccurred inSouthAfricasinceour Declaration oflastDecember andwhichwereidentified intheSecretary-General's report. Inparticular, itfailstogivefullcredittotheAfrican National Congress andtotheSouthAfrican Government fortheirimportant achievement at talksinPretoria onlylastmonth,whenthetwoparties agreed"thatthewaywas nowopentoproceed towards negotiations onanewconstitution". Thisiswhatwe havebeencalling forand,indeed, working for,formanyyears. TheGeneral Assembly shouldwelcome thiswholeheartedly andshouldurgeallparties toseize theopportunity nowpresented tocreateanewSouthAfricathrough peaceful negotiations. Thepresent violence inSouthAfricaisamatterofgraveconcern tomy Go~ernment. Itisprimarily fortheSouthAfrican Government torestore peace,but allleadersinSouthAfricabearaheavyresponsibility tohelpbringviolence to Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryBHS/PLJ Al44/PV.IOO 17 (Mr.Richardson, UnitedKingdom) ~ anendsothatpolitical differences canbesettled peacefully. Wehereshould urgethemtoactaccordingly. Aprocess ofchangeisunderwayinSouthAfrica. Wehave,accordingly, adapted ourpolicies. Wehavemaintained anumberofexisting restrictive measures but,likeseveral othercountries, haverelaxed certain othermeasures andwehave takensomepositive steps,suchasexpanding ouraidprogramme withtheobjective ofencouraging further progress. Weregardthisapproach asentirely consistent withtheDeclaration adopted bythisAssembly lastDecember. Weconsider that nothing intheresolution justadopted shouldprevent anycountry frommakingits ownjUdgements abouthowtorespond topositive movesbytheSouthAfrican Government. Pressure hastobeappliedintelligently ifitistoachieve theaim weallwanttosee,anewSouthAfrica. Although theresolution isunsatisfactory onsomeofthesepoints, theUnited Kingdom wishestopreserve aconsensus inthisOrganization andwearegladthat thisis,indeed, whathashappened. ThePRESIDENT: Inaccordance withadecision takenbytheGeneral Assembly atits3rdplenary meeting, heldon22September 1989,Inowcallonthe representative oftheAfrican National Congress ofSouthAfrica. Mr.MAFOLE(African National Congress ofSouthAfrica (ANC»: By adopting thisresolution byconsensus, theUnitedNations hasonceagainspokenin onevoice. Speaking onbehalfoftheinternational community, theUnitedNations hassaidthatwearenolongerprepared tocontinue toquibble andtoargue acrimoniously aboutapartheid whenapartheid continues towreakhavoconthepeople I oftheregionandofSouthAfrica. Weareveryhappy,therefore, that,building On thetradition thatwasstarted withtheadoption ofthehistori~ Declaration atthe endoflastyear,wehaveonceagainadopted thiscommonposition byconsensus.
analysis: The text appears to be a diplomatic statement or a speech from a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, discussing the issue of apartheid in South Africa. It focuses on political and social issues, such as the need to eliminate apartheid policies, political prisoners, and restrictions on organizations. The text also mentions the importance of peaceful negotiations and international condemnation of apartheid.