text: fundamental principles. bututterances andperiodic statements byits spokespersons indicate thattheregimerejects thesefundamental democratic principles. Theregime hasruledoutthedemocratic prir.ciple ofmajority rulebasedononeperson onevote,onacommon voter's roll.claiming thatthiswouldleadto"anunsophisticated majority vote." Instead theregime preaches "government byconsensus." Thisconcept. therefore ..isinessence ademandthatthewhiteminority begivenavetooverallmajordecisions. 21.5.0 Mr.GerritViljoen, theMinister ofConstitutional Affairs. recently announced twelve IIminority rights" whichtheregime wanted included inanewconstitution. Someofthese"minority rights" concern therejection ofmajority rule,insistence onpowersharing andinsistence on"GroupRights.llAgreeing tothese"minority rights" wouldineVitably resultinprotecting andperpetuating thecornerstones oftheApartheid system, albeitinanother guise. 21.6.0 Theinternatlonal community mustinsistthattheApartheid regime shouldunconditionally implement attheleast,thepreconditions laiddowninthetwoDeclarations inordertocreate anecessary climate fornegotiations leading tothedrawing upofaconstitution foraunited, democratic andnon-racial SouthAfrica. 21.7.0 TheMonitoring Gr~uptooknoteofthemeeting between the Apartheid regimeandtheAfrican National Congress atCroote Schuur, SouthAfrica fromthe2ndtothe4thofMay1990,andconvened atthe initiative of'theAfrican National Congress forthepurpose ofclearing obstacles tonegotiations. /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library21 . 8.0al 44/ 963 EDglishpage 31 The MonlEoring Group also noted that resultl[g froE the neetlng, the Apartheld reglme relterated lts coltlltoedE to negotlatlons and underEook lo revlew existing security leglslatlon and corultted lrself to !.torklng towards resolving the exlstltrg cllEate o'f vlolence, llfrtng che Scate of Eeergency, grancing lndemnlty co politlcal exiles alrd widenLng the deflnltlon of a polltlcrl prlsoner:, bearlng in Dlnd eKperleoces ln Nadlbia and elsewhere. It also agreed to establlsh a joint.working group L'1th che ANC to oake recomendaclods lolrards widetrlng the definl!ion of a politlcal prlsoner and facilitatlng the release of pollticaL prisooers, gradtlng iodeEnlty to pollllcal exll€s and to report back to princlpals by zLsc May, 1990. 21 .9 .00n 7th June 1990, the Aparrheld regloe announced ahe Itfllng of the four (4) year oLd sEate of Ernergency in !h€ whole of Souch AfrLca except in the Provlnce of Natal. Alchough the MonlloEing Group lggk sote of the fact tha! the State of Emergeney has been 1lftcd, 1r enphaslzes rhe facr rhat the Publlc safecy Act whtch eoabl,es the Apartheid regime to lDpose che state of Emergency ls
analysis: The text appears to be a report or statement about the political situation in South Africa during the apartheid era. It discusses the regime's rejection of democratic principles, the concept of "government by consensus", and the need for international pressure to bring about change. The text also mentions a meeting between the apartheid regime and the African National Congress, and the regime's announcement to lift the state of emergency.