text: Lagosfrom7to9November 1988.Participants included representatfves of Governments, anti-APartheid groups, non-governmental organizati O.lAand representatives ofnational liberation movements. Thewide ran~eofdiscussion topicscentred ontheprocess aimingtowards theeradic~tion o~~~~~. The Conference participants adopted asetofrecommendutions insupport ofthe international campaign against apartheid (seeA/43/8S4-S/20288). 244.On16and17February 1989,theSpecial Committee particip-.ted intheLocal Authorities Against Apartheid Biennial Conference heldItS~~lfield TownHall, UnitedKingdom. Reaffirming theneedforcontinued international pressure against thePretoria regime, participants expressed theirsupport fortheimposition of economic sanctions andothermeasures toisolate SouthAfricainthefieldsof sportsandculture. Representatives of10co1authorities discussed waystoeducata theirconstituencies further onaparthe~ andthestepsnecessary toengagein jointactions withtradeunionsandprofes~iona1 associations involved inthe campaign against apartheid. 245.On21March1989,theChairman oftheSpecial Committee, the Under-Secretary-General oftheDepartment ofPublicInformation andthe~ssistant Secretary-General oftheCentreagainst A9~~~ openedatUnitedNations Headquarters anexhibit entitled "Apartheid SouthAfrica", whichwasproduced ~,)intly bytheCentreagainst Apartheid andthaDepartment ofPublicInformation. ~'ollowing itsopening inNewYork,theexhibit waspresented inTokyofrom 5to16June1989,underthesponsorship oftheUnitedNations Information Centre -61-andthpDENTSUCorporation, andinCanberra andSydney, Australia, from9Augustto 3September 1989.TheFrenchversion oftheexhibit openedinGenevain September 1989duringtheInternational Non-Governmental Organizations Seminar on Edu~ation against Apartheid. Theexhibit willbemounted indifferent partsof'he worldinconnection withmajorannualeventsorganized bytheUnitedNations l promote international support fortheliberation struggle inSouthAfrica. Th~ Department ofPublicInformation oftheUnitedNations Secretariat, inco-operation with th~Cftntreagainst Apartheid, hasalsoproduced twohalf-hour videotapes entitled "Artists against Apartheid" and"Worldagainst Apartheid", respectively, whicharebeingusedtostrenythen theinternational campaign fortheisolation of theregime. 246.TheSpecial Committee contributed totheSummitConference onApartheiQ for Justice andPeaceinSouthern Africa, organized bytheReligious ActionNetwork of theAmerican Committee onAfrica, NuwYork,from4to6April1989.Inacting as host,theSpecial Committee convened its626thregular meeting attheopening o~ theConference. Following thestatement oftheActingChairman, themeeting was addressed bytheReverends WyattTeeWalkerofNewYorkCity,Charles G.Auamsof Detroit, MaryAnneBellinger ofAtlanta, DarrelRollins ofRichmond, J.AlfredSmithofOakland andHayward E.Wiggins ofHouston. Dur.ingthe Confer~nce, religious leaders ofdifferent congregations stressed theimportance of political andeconomic sanctions against SouthAfrica andpledged continued support forthestruqgle against apartheid. Notingthemounting campaign ofdirect and indirect repression againstallprogressive religious individuals inSouthAfrica, participants emphasized theneedfortheeffective mobilization ofreligious communities intheUnitedStatesinsupport ofthepeopleofSouthAfrica. 247,TheSpecial Committee ons~veral otheroccasions supported andparticipated in eventsdesigned todevelop strategies tostrengthen theinternational anti-apartheid campaign. On~hoseoccasions, representatives oftheSpe~ial Committee called upontheinternational community toincrease thecostof maintaining apartheid th-ough theimposition ofsanctions andreiterated the demands fortheunconditional release ofallpolitical prisoners anddetainees, the lifting ofbansandrestrictions onindividuals andorganizations, theendingof thestateofemergency, thewithdrawal oftroops fromthetownships andtherepeal
analysis: The text appears to be focused on international efforts to combat apartheid in South Africa, highlighting the role of the United Nations and various organizations in promoting economic sanctions, cultural boycotts, and education against apartheid. The text also mentions the exhibition "Apartheid South Africa" and the production of two videotapes, indicating a strong emphasis on raising awareness and mobilizing public support for the anti-apartheid movement.