text: General Assenbly on 14 D€cenb€r '1989. has no validity.Indeed the' current debate ie entirely incongruouapaftlculally in. the light of the bold lnl.tiativet and l-rrevergl.bl- changea lntioduced by Preaident I w de KI€rk since 2 February 1990. The R€port of the s€cr€tan-General The United Natlona Socr€tariat ttiaaion under the leadershiPof r lbdulrahim Parah, rag adnitted to South Africa from 9to 19 June 1990 eo that it could acgualnt itself rith thd actual aituation vithln South lfrlca in th€ same Yay aa the south Afrl.can Governnent i8 alloring fact-finding lllEsions from aII over the vorld to come to South Africa in orde! to digcover the truth. tlithout in any way conceding that thE united lfations o! any of its bodiee has any right to intervene in the South African constltutional Proc€s8 it is nonetheLeaa significant that th€ lliaaion concluded in itsleirort of 1 JuIy 1990 thatrA/44/976 English Page2 ANNEX 1,,~ter__d~l._t~_(~_Jl_ Se.E:t_e!"p~E-..l_999_ iT0!"_ :t..h~ "'i!'i~~£._o!.J.:..o!.!"ig!'. Affairs ofSouthAfricaaddressed totheSecretary-General-_.~-_..--.~.----------- .•----'--.-----------._-----_ ..-•.•..._..•--_...._--_._._.- FORTI-FOURTH SESSION OFTHEGENERAL ASSEMBLY : ONAPARTHEID ANI!ITSOESTRUCTIyE CONSEQUENCES AFRICADECLARATION INSOUTHERN Qb1ection toInterference Asstatedinmyletters toyouof7December 1989and7June 1990,theSouthAfrican Government objects totheinter­ vention oftheGeneral Assembly inSouthAfrica's internal affairs. Ireiterate: Itisthesoleriglltoftlleleaders andpeopleof.SouthAfricatonegotiate anewconstitution forthecountry. The"Declaration onApartheid andits Destructive Consequences inSouthAfrica" adopted bythe General Assembly on14December' 1989,hasnovalidity. Indeed thecurrent debate isentirely incongruous particularly in.thelightoftheboldinitiatives and irreversible changes introduced byPresidentP WdeKlerk since2Pebruary 1990. TheBaportoftheSecretary-General TheUnited Nations Secretariat Mission undertheleadership ofMrAbdulrahim Parah, wasadmitted toSouthAfrica from9 to19June1990sothatitcouldacquaint itself w~ththe actualsituation within SouthAfricainthesamewayasthe SouthAfrican Government .isallowing fact-finding Missions fromallovertheworldtocometoSouthAfrica inorderto discover thetruth. Without inanywayconceding thatthe United Nations oranyofitsbodies hasanyrightto intervene intheSouthAfrican constitutional processitis nonetheless significant thattheMission concluded inits reportof1July1990that: I ... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library^/ 44/ 97 6 English Page 3 "South Africa has reached the threshold of a ner era. Thepolitical process on which it hag enbarked holdsencouraging prospects of leading to the dismantling ofapartheid.
analysis: The text appears to be a diplomatic document, discussing the situation in South Africa and the role of the United Nations in addressing the country's constitutional process. The language used is formal and official, indicating a high-level discussion between governments. The content focuses on the political situation in South Africa, the introduction of new initiatives, and the potential for change. This suggests that the category related to politics and governance is the most fitting.