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Situation in South Africa

A/RES/36/172[A]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 32 Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa, published in 1982.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 1975–1984
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/39/2
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
1984
A/RES/39/2

Situation in South Africa

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1983
A/RES/37/69[A]

Situation in South Africa

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1982
A/RES/36/172[A]

Situation in South Africa

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1981
A/RES/35/206[A]

Situation in South Africa

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1980
A/RES/34/93[A]

Situation in South Africa

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What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects
ApartheidBudget ContributionsCiskei (South Africa)Economic RelationsForeign RelationsHumanitarian AssistanceMilitary RelationsNational Liberation MovementsPolitical PrisonersRegional SecuritySanctionsSouth AfricaTransnational CorporationsTreaties

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

A/RES/36/172 [A]

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1
Strongly condemns the apartheid regime of South Africa for its brutal repression and indiscriminate torture and killings of workers, schoolchildren and other opponents of apartheid, and the imposition of death sentences on freedom fighters;
2
Vehemently condemns the apartheid regime for its repeated acts of aggression, subversion and terrorism against independent African States. designed to destabilize the whole of southern Africa;
3
Reiterates its firm conviction that the apartheid regime has been encouraged to undertake these criminal acts by the procection affordeu by major Western Powers against international sanctions, especially by the pronouncements. policies, and actions of the Government of the United States of America;
4
Condemns, in particular, the actions of those States, especially the major trading partners of South Africa, that have increased their political, economic, and military re- 1.itiuns with the racist regime of South Africa despite repeated appeals by the General Assembly;
5
Further condemns those transnational corporations, financial institutions and other organizations that collaborate with the racist regime and apartheid institutions in South Africa;
6
Reaffirms its conviction that comprehensive and mandatory sanctions under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, universally applied, are the most appropriate and effective means by which the international community can assist the legitimate struggle of the oppressed people of South Africa and discharge its responsibilities for the maintenance of international peace and security;
Urges the Security Council to determine that the 7. situation in South Africa and in southern Africa as a whole. resulting from the policies and actions of the apartheid regime of South Africa, constitutes a grave and growing threat to international peace and security, and to impose comprehensive and mandatory sanctions against that regime under Chapter VII of the Charter;
8
Deplores the action of the Western permanent members of the Security Council in vetoing proposals for mandatory and comprehensive sanctions against South Africa and calls upon them to co-operate in effective action for the elimination of apartheid;
9
Denounces the proclamation of the so-called "independence'· of the Ciskei on 4 December 1981;
I O.
Again calls upon all States and organizations to refrain from any recognition of or co-operation with the socalled "independent" bantustans;
'" A/CONF. 107/8, para 210.
Calls upon all States, in particular the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, the Federal Republic of Germany, France and Israel to take urgent, effective measures to terminate all collaboration with South Africa in the political, diplomatic, economic, trade, military, nuclear and other fields in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;
12
Appeals to all States that have not yet done so to accede to the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid:81 13.
Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of the oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement by all available 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 selfdetermination by the people of South Africa as a whole;
14
Demands that the apartheid regime treat captured freedom fighters as prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 194977 and Additional Protocol I thereto;76 15.
Again proclaims its full support of the national liberation movement of South Africa as the authentic representative of the people of South Africa in their just struggle for liberation;
16
Appeals to all States to provide all necessary humanitarian, educational, financial and other necessary assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement in their legitimate struggle;
17
Urges the United Nations Development Programme and other agencies of the United Nations system to expand their assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and to the South African liberation movements rec~gnized by the Organization of African Unity, namely, the African National Congress and the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, in consultation with the Special Committee against Apartheid;
18
Decides to continue the authorization of adequate financial provision in the budget of the United Nations to enable those liberation movements to maintain offices in New York in order to participate effectively in the deliberations of the Special Committee and other appropriate bodies;
19
Extends its greetings to the African National Congress on its seventieth anniversary;
20
Requests Governments and organizations to co-operate with the Special Committee in publicizing the national liberation struggle in South Africa, its legitimate objectives and its wider significance;
21
Reaffirms the commitment of the United Nations to the total eradication of apartheid and the establishment of a democratic society in which all the people of South Africa as a whole, irrespective of race, colour, sex or creed, will enjoy equal and full human rights and fundamental freedoms and participate freely in the determination of their destiny.
SITU A IION IN SOUTH AFRICA
A/36/820.
1981.
ACTS OF AGGRESSION BY THE APARTHEID REGIME AGAINST ANGOLA AND OTHER INDEPENDENT AFRICAN STATES
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MOBILIZATION FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA 82 NCONF.107/8.
COMPREHENSIVE AND MANDATORY SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA
87 See A/36/116 and Corr.I, annex.
•• See A/361534, annex II.
• 9 See A/CONF. 107 /8, annexes X and XI.
90 A/CONF.107/8, sect. X.
91 ST/HR/SER.A/9, chap. IV.
MILITARY AND NUCLEAR COLLABORATION WITH SOUTH AFRICA
ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA
011. EMBARGO AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA
<_;e_n_er_a_l_A_s_se_m_b_cly-Thirty-sixth Session
ACADEMIC. ( l 1LTURAL AND SPORTS BOYCOTTS OF SOUTH AFRICA
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF TRADE UNIONS ON SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA Supplement No. 22 (A/36/22 and Corr. I), para,. 79 and 80 96 A/36/665-S/14750, annex. f'or the printed text. see Official Record.,
plement No. 36 (A/Jhd6 and Corr. I).
0 ' Resolution :'21 I O'i M.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN UNDER APARTHEID POLITICAL PRISONERS IN SOUTH AFRICA
PUBLIC INFORMATION AND PUBLIC ACTION AGAINST APART- HEID AND ROLE OF THE MASS MEDIA IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST APAR7HE//) of the Security Council. Thirtv-si,th Year, Supplement .f<1r October. November and December /9/U
RELATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SOUTH AFRICA
PROGRAMME OF WORK OF !'HE SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHf.'flJ
"" /hid .. Supp/eml'lll N,, 2.:'A IA/36/22/Add. I and 2). document A/36/ 221Add. I.
"" /hid .. Supp!,'ment No 22 IAi.16/22 and Corr. I) and Supplement Nu. 22A iA/36/22/Add.l and 'I
INVESTMENTS IN SOl.JTH AFRICA '"' A/361619 and Corr. I.
0 " A/.16/655-S/14746. For the printed text, see Official Record,· of the ' Securi/_\' Council, Thirlv•si.Hh Year, Supplemenl for October, Nol'ember and /)ecembrr 198 I

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