text: uill be Ldentlfied aod released. ?rlsoners rrho havc been sedcenced for other offenceg such as Durder, cerrorisB or ar8on are not to be affeqted by this" has dellberarely lirnlced the defLnl.tion of politlcaL pilsgne!.A/44/963 English Page12 5.9.0 Itsmostrecentpronouncements, notably Mr.F.W.deKlerk's speechofthe17thApriltothewhiteparliamentary debate onth~budget andtheresponses hegavetoquestions onthe19thAprilinthesame session aswellastheregime's Minister ofConstitutional Affairs, CerricViljoen's speech on11May1990,showtheregime's stubborn.refusal toacceptmajority rulethrough universal adultsuffrage onthebasis ofoneperson onevote,on acommonvoters' rollofallSouthAfricans. 11CLIMATE FORNEGOTIATION 6.0.0 Inordertocreate thenecessary climate fornegotiation, both Declarations require theregime. to,attheleast: (1)Release allpolitical prisoners anddetainees unconditionally andrefrain fromimposing any restrictions onthem; (ii)Liftallbansandrestrictions onallproscribed andrestricted organisations andpersons; (11i) (iv)Removealltroops fromtownships; EndtheStateofEmergency andr~pealalllegislation. suchaSIandincluding theInternal Security Act. designed tocircumscribe political activity. and (v) Ceaseallpolitical trials andpolitical executions. (i)Release Political Prisoners andDetainees 7.0.0 Mr.F.W.deKlerk, byannouncing thatlIpeople serving sentences merelybecause theyweremembers ofoneofthe(previously banned) organisations orbecause they committ~d another offence whichwasmerely anoffence because theprohibition ofoneoftheorganisations wasinforce willbeidentified andreleased. Prisoners whohavebeensentenced for otheroffences suchasmurder, terrorism orarsonarenottobeaffected bythis"hasdeliberately limited thedefinition ofpolitical prisoner. /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library^/44/963EaglIEh Pr^A lt Consequenlly, the overvhelning majority of peopLe serviog senEences for offences i{hich occured in the course of the struggl,e against AparEheid rere excluded fron rhe very narror deflnition of political prlsoner used by de Klerk in trls 2od February speech. tlls ldlrlative ls 1lotled !o Ehose political prisoners convicted of affili.arion uith or furthering the alrns of a banned orgalrisati,on, As such, the regine has so far only released approxioately 72 pollttcal prisoners, including Nelson llaodcla. (see Annex I atlached). 7.1.0 According to oral evidence recelved by the Moniroring Group, and e6 esclnated b]' nonicoring groups in South Africa, there 3re more llLan 3000 polltlcal prlsonets ln Apartheid jalls. /\mongst these, .lhere arc currently approxinately 350 prisoners servlng sentcnces for cohvicti.ons under the SouEh Afrlcan ltecurlty le8LslaEl.on dealiflg with unresc relaled offences such as publlc vlolence, arson and nalicious damage lo proPerly. (See Annex 2 attached).
analysis: The text appears to be a political document discussing the situation in South Africa during the apartheid era. It mentions the release of political prisoners, the lifting of bans and restrictions, and the removal of troops from townships. The text also highlights the regime's refusal to accept majority rule and the deliberate limiting of the definition of political prisoners by the government. Given the focus on politics and human rights, it is likely that the text is related to a category that deals with social and political issues.