text: (E/CN.4/1990/36, 37, 38 and 50; E/CN.4/1990/NGO/7 and 30; E/CN.4/Sub.2/1989/8 and Add.l) 1. Mr. EYA-NCHAMA (International Movement for Fraternal Union among Races and Peoples) said that it was deplorable that, in 1989, the despicable system of apartheid had once again cruelly stricken the black population of South Africa, as was borne out by the report of the Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts on Southern Africa (E/CN.4/1990/7) which, inter alia^ described the horrible tortures inflicted on detainees. 2. When the Union of South Africa was founded in 1910, the country's Constitution, which was the outcome of a compromise between the Dutch and British settlers, had laid the foundations of apartheid by refusing to allow non-whites to participate in political life. Later, the Land Act of 1913 had allotted 87 per cent of the land to 19 per cent of the population. 3. On taking power in 1948, the leader of the National Party, Mr. Malan, had set about institutionalizing apartheid. An unquestioning supporter of Hitler and Mussolini, and a believer in the superiority of whites over non-whites, he imposed the systematic segregation of races in all areas of life. 4. The ideology of apartheid rested on four essential beliefs. First, God had chosen the whites in general, and the Boers in particular, to rule South Africa. Blacks who claimed rights, whether civil, political, economic, social or cultural, were therefore devils. Second, the will of God guided the destiny of the Afrikaners; it was therefore in humble submission to an almighty God that the Afrikaners ill-treated other races, massacred blacks, invaded neighbouring countries or seized land. Third, the whites of South Africa had a mission to defend western Christian civilization, which was why they were surprised when western Christian countries protested against apartheid. Fourth, and last, the whites must preserve the biological purity 
analysis: The text appears to be a speech or statement about the human rights situation in South Africa, specifically criticizing the system of apartheid and its effects on the black population. The text highlights the institutionalization of apartheid, its underlying ideology, and the resulting human rights abuses. The focus is on the social and political aspects of the situation, rather than economic or environmental issues.