Situation in South Africa

A/RES/34/93[A]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 28 Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa, published in 1980.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 1975–1984

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/39/2

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1984	A/RES/39/2	Situation in South Africa	—	—
1983	A/RES/37/69[A]	Situation in South Africa	—	—
1982	A/RES/36/172[A]	Situation in South Africa	—	—
1981	A/RES/35/206[A]	Situation in South Africa	—	—
1980	A/RES/34/93[A]	Situation in South Africa	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Apartheid Diplomatic Relations Economic Relations Investments Military Service National Liberation Movements Sanctions South Africa Transnational Corporations Travel

What’s in this document?

34 operative paragraphs

A/RES/34/93 [A]

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Strongly condemns the illegitimate minority racist regime of South Africa for its criminal policies and actions;

Again proclaims its full support of the national liberation movement of South Africa, as the authentic representative of the South African people, in its just struggle for freedom;

Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of the oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement-by all available and appropriate means, including armed struggle-for the seizure of power by the people, the elimination of the apartheid regime and the exercise of the right of self-determination by the people of South Africa as a whole;

Commends all States which have provided assistance to the national liberation movement of South Africa and urges them to increase such assistance;

Appeals to all States to provide all necessary assistance to the national liberation movement of South Africa in this crucial stage of its struggle;

Condemns the plan of the apartheid regime for the creation of a "constellation of States" in southern Africa as a scheme for the establishment of its hegemony in the region and the perpetuation of racist domination and exploitation;

Reaffirms the commitment of the United Nations to the total eradication of apartheid and the destruction of the racist regime, rather than so-called reforms by the apartheid regime;

Declares that any collaboration with the racist regime and apartheid institutions is a hostile act against the purposes and principles of the United Nations and constitutes a threat to international peace and security;

Condemns the continuing political, military, nuclear, economic and other collaboration of certain States with the racist regime of South Africa in disregard of United Nations resolutions-in particular the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the

United States of America, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Japan, Belgium, Israel and Italyand the transnational corp<>rations and other institutions which assist the racist regime;

Invites all States and organizations to take all appropriate measures to persuade those Governments, transnational corporations and other institutions which continue to collaborate with the racist regime of South Africa to abide by the resolutions of the United Nations;

Appeals to all States which have not yet done so to accede to the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid;61 12.

Calls upon all Governments concerned:

To sever diplomatic, military, nuclear, economic and other relations with the racist regime of South Africa;

To take measures to prevent transnational corporations, banks and all other institutions under their Jurisdiction from collaborating with the apartheid regime;

To take all necessary action to terminate credits by the International Monetary Fund and other bodies to South Africa;

To prohibit the sale of krugerrands;

To deny any facilities to airlines or ships travelling to and from South Africa;

To terminate all government promotion of, or assistance to, trade with or investment in South Africa;

To support effective international sanctions against the racist regime of South Africa;

Requests all States which have not yet done so to terminate visa-free entry privileges to South African nationals;

Requests the Security Council urgently to consider mandatory economic sanctions against the racist r6gime of South Africa and take action, under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, to bring about the total cessation of:

Any military or nuclear collaboration with South Africa;

Supplies of petroleum, petroleum products or other strategic materials to South Africa;

Loans to, and investments in, South Africa;

Guarantees or other inducements for investments in South Africa";

Tariff and other preferences for imports from (e) South Africa;

All trade with South Africa;

Requests the Secretary-General, as well as all agencies and organizations within the United Nations system:

To withhold any facilities from, or investment of any funds in, banks, :financial institutions and corporations which continue to invest in or give loans to the South African regime;

To refrain from any purchase, direct or indirect, of South African products;

To prohibit any official travel by South African Airways or South African shipping lines;

Requests States members of international agencies and organizations, particularly the members of the European communities, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the International Monetary Fund, to take the necessary steps to deny all assistance and commercial or other facilities to the racist regime of South Africa;

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Appeals to the youth of South Africa to refrain from enlisting in the South African armed forces, which are designed to defend the inhuman system of apartheid, to repress the legitimate struggle of the oppressed people and to threaten, and commit acts of aggression against, neighbouring States;

Invites all Governments and organizations to assist, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 33/165 of 20 December 1978, persons compelled to leave South Africa because of a conscientious objection to assisting in the enforcement of apartheid through service in military or police forces;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

UNITED NATIONS TRUST FUND FOR SOUTH AFRICA

INTERNATIONAL CoNFERENCE ON SANCTIONS AGAINST SoUTH AFRICA

6 63 ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA NUCLEAR COLLABORATION WITH SOUTH AFRICA

OIL EMBARGO AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA ee See A/34/655, annex.

Il, Resolutlo111 adopted without reference to a Main Committee BANTUSTANS

ASSISTANCE TO THE OPPRESSED PEOPLE OF SoUTH AFRICA AND THEIR NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT POLITICAL PRISONERS IN SOUTH AFRICA

DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON apartheid

WOMEN AND CHILDREN UNDER apartheid

ROLE OF THE MASS MEDIA IN INTERNATIONAL ACTION

• ization, Records of the General Conference, Twentieth Session,

General Asaembly-Tblrty-fourth Selllion 1. ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL ACTION AGAINST apartheid DECLARATION ON SOUTH AFRICA

II. Resoludons adopted without reference to a Main Committee

INVESTMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

RELATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SOUTH AFRICA PROGRAMME OF WORK OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE

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