S/PV.2723 Security Council

The Security Comcil will nou begin ita oonsidetatioo Of the item on its agenda. Nember e of the Council have before them docurnt S/18474, &idr contains the taxt of a letter dated 24 Nwomber 1986 fra the Chairmsn of the Security Council Cmittee estsblisbed by ruoluticm 421 (1977) conoarning the quwtbn of South Africa, transmitting the text of a recxmmsndatioa by that C&Wee to the &cur ity Council. f call new on Ri8 EKcellenoy Rabassador D.&N. Alleyae, tepresentative of Trinidad and Tabaga and Chairman of the security Courmil Cmittee emtabliobed by resollution 421 (1977) concerning the qwsticm of south Afeica. Nr. ALLBYNB (Trinidad and T&ago) : Hr. Prwident, I am so6t grat8ful to you fm bringing before the Council at euch uhat notice the draft rrOOluticm cantiised in document s/18474, which is the fruit of the work of the Committee esUblished by reeolutiu) 421 (1977) in sacordance with rule 28 of tie prwisianal rules of procedure of the Security Council. The secueity Council Coarsittee established by resolution 421 (1977) consista of all membera of the Council and was entrusted with the tat%, inter alia, of studying ways md meana by which %e =lUlda-tOSy 8SM enbugo nqainot Gout91 Africa fmoooad by reaalutim 4lR (1077) ceel;r be made more effective. lb this end the Conaittee was rsquiceij to make reoommendstiona TV the Oxancil. (Ur. Alleyne, Trinidad and mbago) It ia clear thai, ~41ile mame cxxntrieu have cb8erved carefully the letter a& the rpirit of the remlutiona of this Council. prcwiding for the preventim of arm8 ahipmabtm to Suuth Africa, the etiargo has i-elf been 8mthing of a leaky burier through Which aru and nilfury technolq for bolstering a domer,tic arm8 industry in South Africa have flawed freely. The South Afrioan rilitary, paramilitary and @ice fOrwS have mm incltrurntm which the amrtheid r/gfme deploy8 in turn l gaiMt ita black populaticm and against its neighbours Iem well eguippb8 mil itit ily. It hu beamm increasingly abvioue to this council that, ae rmywmtad in paragraph 11 of resolution 473 (198Q), mtepa must be taken to clae lou@oles in the l &ugo and stake it mrm effective. That ia essential mince0 in the light of the policiea and actm of tre 6outh African GOvernmeut, the aoquieition by &uth Africa of arm8 and relatad matlriel conatitutea a threat to the mainterm-a of intematioual peace and security. The draft resolutian before ue, on which we ace about to take action, rrgrwmts t&8 latwt effott by the Security Couucil Cmittee to rationalize VUiOUtl recorwndatiars Enking to secure full iftplarrcntation of the arm embargo against’ South Africa by recaaading mea@urea to claee loopholes in the am@ wbotgo, to reinforms the l slbugo ant3 t.0 make it mre effective. I mhould like to stress that the effectiveuese of the e&argo a, arms to and from &~uth Africa dependa on the comitnmnt of all states to give it effect. kecordingly, all States should cmply fully with the mited Nations ed3argO and with the l tap pcopDsed in this draft reeolutitm to make it mute effective. Al.1 Skates hould take broth individual ad collective measures to enforce the enbatgo. Uerbu States and organixatiam should report on viol~t+am of the arms embargo and Mr. Alhyno, Trinidad and mbago) oo-operate with the Sacurity Council Carittm wtablirhad by resolution 421 (197’1) concerning the queetiar of South Africa in its invutigetiar of anrnea of ViolathIs of the arm8 a*ugo. Ccuwtmt vigilancr ir euwrtial.. For 19 andfor rrryoomWy,Trinided end mbago, it is l gcsrthaxw to hue been entruo,trd with the &aicmanmhip of thim import&M Cmittm of the WcuritY Council. The task of r ecmciling opposing v ieus of ae&er comtr iw was nwu l =Y= Over a period of 80# 18 #nths there were bold oavual meting8 of tJm CoRi ttae. Them, 6qethu with 8everal bilateral amwlatian8, ensured that the vuiou poirilnt* of view aa inter-ta wro gmarally ma0mood md hmamirsll. Sevual draft8 and rdr8fts of paragraphs l&l to the productiar of 8uoc@88ive twisicma of the &aft vacking pmpu, am it wan at the tiut, which ruultsd in the acceptmse by amanau of the final docurnt which nm otmhfnr the draft rwolution b8foro the Council, X reaollaa for appewal by the council the draft rwolutian now before reprcaoenhtivu. It8 twu are clearly 8t8tid and ne8d no furthu explanation. X s&h t0 *xwM8 tU all numbu8 of the Council my &ep and 8incore appreciation for tioir caaitmmt md thelo unflagging hard work in fowulating and r8-formhting the draft ruolutian b&Ore ~8. lb the #tiff of the snczetmiat X viah al80 Ed loxpre88 ny thud for thdr guiaafm Ma Baaioatiar, without which all ou 8weral condeasvour8 might have bun in vein. Trinidad and TdMgo's me&m&hip af thfe Council ad of tMCamitta~ eumw t0 an end an 31mwA*r thi8 year. It would be for m and for all other repcwentatiwm cm tbr Coittum a mtter of geeat gratificetian if thie dreft reeahtim, the fruit of Our aCmbj.nad 6nrk8wa~8 adapted by czanfs~~paua in th% VW. Alleyno, Trinidad and mbagtq Brcurity Couatafl Committao crotrbliehed by twolution 421 (1977), could be l iaflUlY l *ptod today by 00~mwm~ll QI l temslut~an of this cwnci~, The PRBCllM?JTt I t&o it that the Courcil Lo nou ewdy ta take a 8aGi8i~ On the r8wawn&tian oonhkrad in &ctarnC S/M474 and drnef to l &* it by comenms. If I beu no objection I ah811 &clam the tecomenbltian rapted by Q)IuutnuI. ‘fhem king no objection, the taaom8nCktlm barn been 8bopted by cmaemw u roolution 591 (1966). (The Prw ldent) I shall now call al thhoro metier@ of thoCounci~ whowimb to me* atalteRant@ follaaing tkte adoption of the rn;orwn&tiar. W. ADOUKI (Ccngo)(Ltupretaticc frar Frsnch)~ The m8inteImiXe Of intetnaticmok pram and rmcurity &mnde fran the Socwity Council both vigilant md availiility in order to allow both for the pouibilty of peevmtive &ctimr an& for timely and deci8ive action. Th8 role played by the Committee e8tabliuhad by rwolution 421 (1977) pwide5, in the ca5e of the guution of &uth Africa, for thsse raquitaunu. The delegrrticm of the Cango wamly welaoara the results a&wed by thi8 Camitteo , mdor the CCppetent md oourteorulsrdu8hipofour friend, Amburador Alleyne of Trinidad md Tbbago, and 1 can affirm that Wi8 ia al80 the rtiang feeling of the State8 me*a8 of th8 Ckg5nization of African uIitY8 and a18o of the State8 member8 of the Non-Aliwed mvemmt. Thi8 renult pcwes a tict which we think it useful to 8tre88 at thi5 dkCi8iv@ pha80 of the atcugqle againuL, the odious sy8ter cf apartheid being conduabd by the people of South Africa with 4918 8upport of the titunatimal camunity, nd that i8 the unaimow agreelpant rssched by the Council, and uhi& refls&a a tendmcy which we should Liks to see ctmf hmed al other occa5ioM. Pa+ intwnatiomal action against apartheid to be as effective a8 po88ible and have maximum impact, the arm rdmrgo should not be considm?d 55 M tnd in itoelf. It is important, of CoUt-r but the er adicatim of the swurge knwn 88 apartheid undoubtidly demmds a *abilizstion of twourcas 5nd of enorgy which can have their full impact anly if We Q not leave out OF account the po88ibllity of irrpo8ing me coqrehmsive a;ld msn&tor~ 0mctfona 6)iehor 4 t!!ir? GC 5xcI’k *:= ~~~ tf u”li+tsr ZI UI ihi Chatter. (nr ” t3Qlaragov, USSR) eliainata the p01icy 02 apartheid puraed by the garecning rbgime of the RpubliC of &uW Africa. As we km, the nuumroue deci8iins of the Goneral Aesdly and the Security Council have &tided apartheid u a crime l gainet humnity and South Africa% policy of aggre88iar as a threat to international peace and security. Xn 1977 We Security Council adoptid resolution 418 (19771, which established M -dMtory @SbUgO on the pcmis:icn ti South Africa of artaS and related mt&iel ol? all type@. In itm rubmpint resolutions , the Security Council intensified and extended thie e~bsrgc and al80 prwidsd for 8pecific rwarendatl.am to be worked out an measures to eliminate all looplmtea In this am8 eubargo, caP1it.g foe its irrtimificatim and ctxtansicm to rake it fully coaprahenrlvo. Wa know that the fkece88aIy bmio for vlewing the gurstion in thie w~.y existed in the mcurity Cckmcil. In the rapoKt of the Wited NEtian Council for Namibia On contacts between statea mrberu of the mited NatiOna uld South Africa (A/AC,13l/226) we CM find a xusber of facts ooncerniag co*peratiar with south Aft ica In the mllltary and nuclear areas. The report indicates quite frankly that Liouth Africa depends UPMI tipOtIS of ailitiry equiplent , and every year ependlr maze than S2 billicn CM such rapaetr. The draft remolutian on the intanslficaticn of tha embaegc co the delivery of arma t0 South Afttca Mich waa rubmltteU today by the Chairman of the Security Council Cotmltteo established by reuolution 421 (1977), the representative of Trinidad and Tobago, Hr. ALleyno, uhich we have just adopt&, Is one maze s-p in .- . . . . . --..,.a 1 ,*A. rue E lgnc orieCiiGii 6iiG -6 6VILI. --_ __ L-. -“ra--= ntlr qrnti.h% to Mr. Alleyn% fix -..&-e -- - his consistent efforts to bring the taak entrusted to his Conmittw, to a (Hr. EWhmqOV, t.BSR) Organisation of Africn Unity nd other internetianal forum have been demanding the impsition again& south Africa of cosprehenaive and uandabxy l ~~tiars under Chapter VP1 of the Chartor of the IhiM Natiofu. Throughout this whole period certain earbar of the Council have been &ubbacnly preventing rruch 8nctiars fro#m being adiopted against the racist rdgim. Fbt its part the soviet Union is profoundly convinced that sly coutprehensive md w~tay sanctions against the Pretorlan rdgime will make it pos8ible to and war theid. Aa emphasized in the joint Soviet/Indian staknent ju8t adopted in Naw Delhi: 'The Soviet Union and India 8traclgly aqqmrt the applicatiiar of ccmpc&en8ive and mandatory aenctfono aqeinet the racist rbgime of South AfkiCa and welwme all appropriate initiatiwes by the ncx+allgned corntrfcs as set forth at their Harare neethg.~ The a&q&ion of such 8actmns against the racist rigime of South Africa would be an effective step towards the very rapid elimination of the ehslPefu1 apartheid r6gime and srould promote the eatebliehmmt of peace and etsPbility fn the interests of all the peoples of this eegiti, including the white population of South Africa. If we were to a&pt this sort of reeolutfon this muld be an even greater CwtribUtlOn to the fighrc against the apartheid rdgiae in South Africa. We regret that we were not able to agree on a stronger resolutfan by the Security Council than the one we have just adopted. Howwaif, we expresr the hope that the tesolutim adopted today on intensifying the l mbugo will, deepite certain Erun South Africa will be EuUy and stcictly manplied with. Mr. de KWOULARIA (Frmca) (interpreutiar from F'renah)r I wi8h bo l xprer8 my ~~~~try~s utirfactiar at a rvolution that emfku the quality and effectivenob of the Mek done by the Cmittee eeublirhed un&t srarrity Council rroolution 421 (1977). 1 mnotthinking l implyof the importance of ita objective -the strict applicationof the erlrss~argoaqlaint South Africa* weryoneia8wareof ito frmrtmm, and France pticbsr iuelf on abiding l trictly by 011 the restriative mmauru adopted in that field. f am thinking ale0 &out the spirit in uhidr the Cmittee worked. Undrr theguibana of its Chairlsn,kbwW&r Alleyneof Trinidad end T&ago, to rhon I wiah topsy a trib.~b, theCmitM ticueed ite efforts on the l 8aential pinte without laing might of ite mtea of cowtence end with atrict rupect fa ita original -date. Xn this regard I would rec811 that since its eotablimhmnt the Camittre ham alunys waked on the baeie of the con@eneue rule md t%t thio im certainly ule of the roascmm for iu m3cee8. Ot is almo to itm great credit that it chme and yu able to we aucceufully a serious and conetauctive l pproroh to the mgrdfia U&m mtrwtdtoit. I rlao wieh to reaffirm that Frnce unreservedly cundbuto ahe unroceptable synkm of apartheid ad thu ludicrous impsee to which a chat-eighted policy might lead. Hr. OWN (tlnited States of #orica): ThoMfbsdStatam W.ppOt~ the roccP*rrdatian in document s/18474, of 24 Nove&~et 1986 acbpted by crWensua by t-be SSCWity Council Cawittae aetablianed by reeolutiar 421 (1977) to l trrtrgthm the 8rau edmrgo against South Africa. WC. Okur, unitad Statem) CUltAilMd in 8rCUrity COurcil 418 (1977), of 4 Navebeg 1977. The bim Statl bo Wwrted the arms iagort enbugo reammAd by the security Council end ~Orrtained in rwolution 558 (1984), of 13 ace&et 1964. . During the F%mt 24 yearm the United Stateo ham praulgated the nmcammuy rulea md regulationm to iepleeent the erbaqp. The mited Statem ham strictly enfaced the embargo. No erc%ptionm have been u& to thie 8andetory embargo. From tin to tiw we have reviced our rule8 to tighten the mnfacerent of the eWargo. Laet fO4K e for exalgle, criminal pnaltiem for violatiaro of the eebugo were mubmtantially Llcreamed. Preeidant Reagan aleo l igned Executive order 12532, of 9 Septeebu l985, uhictr specifically iepl#nted the import e~&argo reoomnded by a0 smcurity Colncil. This year legielatim ham bmon anacteU mt requicem a report to the Cangrees in early 1987 identifying countriem that ere violating the mited Nationm armm e*artgo. The arms eebargo im a mancticm that hem l amentially been directed at the eilituy md the polia. It ia the kind of cuefully targeted eeaeuro that ha8 aonmieWitly been aupparLed by the Wited Statem. We believe that tobry*s ceaolution will help to ensure that all nntions act miforily in the iaplumntation of the e*ugo. The wsrnwr: I ah411 now DI1Ik% a WWmm9nt in ay CapCity aa the repreeentative of the mited Kingdom of Gteat Britain and Nathan Ireland. On 4 NovoWer 1977 the &cur ity Council decided, by itm remolutiar 418 (1977) to hpomr a rrndrtasy armm ewargo againmt South Africa. The ulited Kingeuppr #ad Vrrt pl,la~~t>~~~ n_n+ s+n 4A4-d i:: $b= t&&e”:%. =f 0--r’ 6.h’ -- ,--“-..- ---I-U.” 421 (1977), emtablimhing the Carnittee whrhae report im befaree US toBay, ad 558 (1984), un&t nhfdl all Statea were requested to refrain froar importing arm6, amnmitim~ and nilitrrry vehicles fcan south Africa. Beftx'e 1977 the Ifnitead KimgdfJ~ (The Proai&nt) Gwurmat had for a nudmr of yeara been applying a voluntuy etiugo on Ulu maem eo south Africa. I should like to reaffirm out camitaent to the embargo imposed under rrolution 4 18 (1977). we have implermted thim rigacowly. ‘Phae mdu Scitiah juriodictian nho have brdmn the erborgo hare been pcomrcutod in the Eritiah cmlrt8. In our view tf3e etxbargo remins an effective irutrummt for the pucp-e for vhf& it uu intended. Although we unQrstand othus* concern to ma&e the full implauntptian of tha l bugs, we would not have considered a further cuolutim neceuroy at thi8 juncture. The langu8go of the present text ia, hOlover, cart in ker8a which are noa-wdatary, md we huve joined in the conseneum m the basis that it canstitute~ a clarificatian of reaolutioor 418 (1977) rather than an extensiat of its pcovi8ion8, with tddah the tWited King&a already tm@im fully. The l ia of Me Council 8hould be to ensure that military equfpent does not rude the 8ilituy nd polica farces of South Africa. Operative puagreph 3 Of the rm2lUtim should not be interpretid M restricting trade in iuu which are intaded foe non-milituy puqmes. Sim!.lar conmideration, rpply to the dafinition of QrU and relabad aatxriel* in oprative paregrslph 4. A8 X have uid, me reeolution As cmcarned with preventing military a;juipmmt rushing the 8iliU~at y and police forces of south Africa and do08 not of tour 88 vlcrordr on tne frcndaa of individuala to travel or otherwiee to pufnrue legitivte busineu activities. We 8hell interpret oparetive prragraphm 8 and 9 in the cmkxc of tij,e i;eiBp r;rC &j &iiie&G;;-g SiiG ~:sG;t;: CCZZtlff+-- do c.e cmntrdxhcr and -- --r ----- October 1985 about the avoidance of militiry co-operation wi& South Aft ica. (Th8 PreaiQnt) I abauldlike tfawludoby ocngcatulating iUmsaador Alleyno on tnebappy outoca he Wt1ued by WaUu 4ft.r hmq di8cuorian8 in the Comitteo wtaalir&d ia scuabna with ruolution 421 (1977). x no8 CYW qy functim a8 Praribnt of tbo s~~~cPty comcii. l4r. TBVETUOV (Bulgaria) (intorpcetaticm from Pm&)r The QuImtiOn Of the in~ition of omprah~naiv~ nmdatay 8aei0n8 against the rrciat Orotaia r&JiH ha8 a lag history. Xt has bwn emmined in difLuont form within tbo ulitad Nationa, inoluding the security council. Xt ia again being brought to our attentim and la rightly spin cruaing ua oonmen. Combined sctim, md the inparitiar of, ccapoh~rrsive mdhtf%y 8ollwthM winat the r8ciat rdgima of 6outh Africa 8ro the moat appag~iatw nd l ffootioo Wceful wana aveil~le to the intanatianal wity fa the dirtnrtim of amrtkeid, the libuation of Nmibia and the maintsnnoa of wroa in 8ouBmen AZ&S. That vaa carfirwad in the mclaratiar of the wald C~nQerancm On BwrotiOn* amhat RaCi8t Goutb Africa (WtXW.137/%), held in Jww. The re~tmdation of the bcurity courcilCmittbe (S/16676) ia MturauY t-b ruult of a w1p~omia0, vhiti had to ba roi?lwtod in kJm maoUY &X *id it call8 ad in their &aractu ad amp. The Paople~a RlWlio ot Bulgab - w* 1 beliww it v~uld be correct to may, a nrubw of othar a~untriea aa ~11 - muld bavo pCeferr+d b vote ta a to conwndaticn cartiining evanmorearapr*an@iv~ m&tory praviaiar~ than those aallad for in theCorprehnaive Dragruw Of ktlm in tha Declaration of the uald Carforasrce an 8nction8 sgaint iWoi8t goUul Mr ica. Even lo, Bulgaria value8 it, becauao from it there fltum M ob~ipo~~ @ I / oxtmd the arata a*argo dad&d upon in 1977 ~9d to ol4sr all ~por,ibte drsmela / I thou@ VIII& the erbugo can be violated, uitn a viav ending apsetimid, fraeinp WllibtS hd rataing ndcmolidating pace in l outhan ACeha. Thaeearethereaa~na for vhich thePeoplo~a Rplblio of Bulgaria joisw¶tho conaenaua fm therecaanondatiars. ?aithf!Ul to its cowtat policy of ww=t~w the Wuwle of peapla6 agahat coltmialian, neo+olanialiar, racian and ametheid, EMgaria will cs4ntLntle to make its c63ntrfbuticm tf3 the final QLiminot&on Of that (Hr. Tovatkov, Bulgaria) l yatu, Nmibiawm ecceerion to independmnw and ensuring that paace triurphn in that turbulent part of the world. I vieh to take thie opportunity to pay tribute to the l pecialouslitier of tb~ perunent Repreuntative of Trfnidad and Tobagd, Hr. Alleyne, Chairman of the Saurity Council Ccwittea, thank8 to uhow great diplametic experience, knovledga, tect, patience and 8ttachsant to the cauw of abolishing aparthold it was eo8mible to bring to a l uccer8ful conclueion and co-ordinate the work on the recomendatim. The PRgSIDB??l? There 8to no furthr l peakors inscribed an any li8t. The Wcurity Council haa thum concluded the prosant rtage of it% consideration of the item on the l genda. The mmting row at 5.SS P.m.