text: movemer.ts wtrich are inviriably referred to as "a1legations", "clains" or "charges"' 4.3. fhe aPProach of ttte rePort in presenting the diff€rent Points is' in our view, noe helPfut. very oft-a the rdgine's viewpoint is Presented as a coherent whole. The proniaenca gittao to the corroborative views of nondescriPt organizatioas seem to have lent an undue credence to the views of the racist r6i:.rne, thereby alistorting the Politica1 realities i! South Africa'A/44/9n English Page2 REMARKS OFTHEAFRICAN GROUPTOTHEUNITED NATIONS ONTHEREPORT OFTHESECRETARY-GENERAL OFTHEUNITED NATIONS REGARDING THE PROGRESS MADEINTHEIMPLEMENTATION OFTHEDECLARATION ON APARTHEID ANDITSDESTRUCTIVE CONSEQUENCES INSOUTHERN AFRICA 1.0.TheAfrican GroupofStatestotheUnitedNations meton2August 1990and adopted thefollowing document, asreflecting theGroup's observations inrelation tothereportoftheUnitedNations Secretary-General regarding theprogress made intheimplementation oftheUnited Nations General Assembly Declaration on Apartheid anditsDestructive Consequences inSouthern Africa (A/44/960 andAdd.l ap.d2). 2.0.Pursuant toparagraph 10oftheUnitedNations Declaration onApartheid and itsDestructive Consequences inSouthern ~frica, theSecretary-General was requested toprepare areport andsubmitittotheGeneral Assembly by1July1990 ontheprogress madeintheimplementation ofthesaidDeclaration. Itiswith thisinmindthattheAfrican Groupproceeded toexamine theSecretary-General's report. 2.1.TheSecretary-Generalis report wasalsoexamined inconjunction withthe reportoftheMonitoring GroupoftheOrganization ofAfrican Unity(OAU)AdHoc Committee onSouthern Africa (A/44/963) which, on19March1990,wasmandated to monitor theimplementation oftheHarareDeclaration oftheOAUandtheUnited Nations Consensus Declaration onApartheid anditsDestructive Consequences in Southern Africa. 3.0.TheSecretary-GeneralIs report contains aplethora ofdetail onthesituation inSouthAfrica. Thenumerous interviews thattheSecretary-General's Mission to SouthAfricahadwithvarious groups andindividuals provide helpful information regarding thesituation inSouthAfrica. 4.0. Acloseexamination oftheSecretary-General's report, however, reveals a number ofissues thatareamatter ofgraveconcern. 4.1.Forinstance, thecharacterization ofthetraveloftheSecretary-General's teamtoSouthAfrica asevidence ofsignificant change inthepolitical climate is clearly atvariance withthecriteria established intheDeclaration. 4.2.TheSecretary-General's report wouldappear toplaceunduepremium onviews oftheSouthAfrican regime, tothedetriment oftheviewsoftheliberation movements whichareinvariably referred toas"allegationsll ,"claims" or"charges". 4.3.Theapproach ofthereportinpresenting thedifferent pointsis,inour view,nothelpful. Veryoftentheregime's viewpoint ispresented asacoherent whole. Theprominence giventothecorroborative viewsofnondescript organizations seemtohavelentanunduecredence totheviewsoftheracist regime, thereby distorting thepolitical realities inSouthAfrica. I•.• Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/ 44/97 2 English Page 3
analysis: The text appears to be a diplomatic report or statement, discussing the progress made in implementing a declaration on apartheid and its destructive consequences in Southern Africa. It highlights concerns about the report's approach and bias towards the South African regime. The language used is formal and political, indicating a focus on international relations and governance.