text: oranother agreedinterim structure; and,thirdly, thewhiteminority cannot legally reverse orvetotheprocess ofchangethrough thepresent unrepresentative legislative structures. Theseconditions weresubsequently endorsed bythe internal leadership oftheAfrican National Congress atameeting thisAugust. Webelieve thatthisposition wouldbeausefulrefinement oftheUnited Nations Declaration andwewouldencourage representatives toconsider adoption of I ~1JSM/at A/SPC/44/PV.26 9l. (Mrs.Davis) onof the Safety place. sion h nsorship view, reis ,no edby attheir first, f:J:"om i\ssembly t ntative st. ad tionofsuchaposit:'on attheforthcoming session oftheGener.al Assembly. Suchacti.onis particularly important inthecontext ofrecentactions byMemberStatesthat suggest thatsomemaybecontemplating lifting sanctions pressures beforetherehas infactbeensuchirreversible change. Theactions oftheBritish Government inunilaterally lifting somesanctions, andrecentindicatiuns fromtheFederal RApublic ofGermany andtheDutch Government thattheyareconsidering relaxing somemeasures are,inourview, serious breaches oftheinternational consensu~. And,indeed, therecent an~ouncement bytheUnitedStatesPresident, George Bush,thathewouldbemeeting withSouthAfrican StatePresident F.W.DeKlerkinEeptember isalsoaseriolls violati<m ofthespiritofthe December Declaration. ThiswouldbethefirstsuchStatevisitbyaSouthAfrican Governmant leadersincetheNationalist Partywaselected onitsapartheid platform in1948. DeKlerk'svisitwasfirst f~eduled forthispastJunebutwascanceled afteranoutpouring ofopposition frommembers ofCongress andtheAmerican public. Webelieve similar publicpressure shouldbebrought tobeartoprevent the24September meeting between President BushandDeKlerk. AtthelocallevelintheUnitedStates, theAmerican publj~iscontinuing to worktoisolate apartheid withnoneofthesamehesitations thatseemtoconfront ourpolicy makersinWashington. SinceMr.Mandela's visitlastJune,newstronger localsanctions legislation hasbeenpassedinNewYorkCity,Detroit andChicago, andsimilar legislation isbeingconsidered inlocalcommunities throughout the UnitedStates. Aspartofthiseffort, theNational Conference ofMayorsintheUnitedStates hasadopted aresolution demanding thatsanctions remaininplaceuntilthereis democracy inSouthAfrica. Thisresolution, aspartofanational campaignJSM/at AlSPC/44/PV.26 10 (Mrs.Davis)EMS/6 /initiated byourassociated organization, theAfrica Fund,hasalsobeensupported byfourofourlargest tradeunionorganizations intheUnitedStates, amongthem theAmerican Federation ofState, CountyandMunicipal Employees (AFSCME), the Un5ted AutoWorkers andtheUnited MineWorkers ofAmerica. Mo~eover, thousands of Americans haveindividually endorsed thisdemand. Theseresolutions areparticularly important, wefeel,because theessence of thestruggle inSouthAfricaisthestruggle fordemocracy. Asthedrafters ofthe UnitedNatiors Declaration realized lastDecember, thepeopleofSouthAfricaare notsimplyfighting toendapartheid, theyarefighting toestablish democracy. TheUnitedNations Declaration calledforanewconstitutional order determined bythepeopleofSouthAfrica. TheANC,theCongress ofSouthAfrican Trade Unio~s (COSATU) andthemassdemocratic movement havealldeclared thatthe bestprocess forachieving thisendwouldbethrough elections foraConstituent Assembly thatwoulddraftthenewConstitution. HowelsewouldallSouthAfricans haveafairandequitable sayindrafting theirnewGovernment?y thene part 0 anele -..ritha would I firmly thedr assemb andwo astate racist T pe So th \---------.,:......::•.:...c.\.~._.", ,:..~-.'.,,'~'.-. ~-. ~.;.EMS/6 A/SPC/44/PV.26 11 (Mrs.Davis) YetevenasDeKlerk's Government wouldhaveusbelieve thatithasaccepted theneedforchangehisministers arecontinuing totryandsubvert thisassential partoftheprocess. TheNationalist Government hasrepeatedly rejected callsfor anelected constituent assembly, arguing instead thatallpolitical organizations
analysis: The text appears to be focused on the political situation in South Africa, specifically the struggle against apartheid and the need for democratic reforms. It mentions the African National Congress, the United Nations, and international sanctions, indicating a global perspective. The text also touches on local efforts in the United States to isolate apartheid, suggesting a connection to international relations and human rights.