S/PV.2795 Security Council

I thank the representative of Algeria fot his very kind words of reaqni tion of the policies of my country and for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of India, I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement. Hr. DASGDPrA (India): You have begun your tenure as President of the Gecurity Council, Sir, with an issue whose length and frequency of debate in this forum has not made it less topical or less painful. Your exceptional personal qualities and diplomatic experience are well known to all of usI and we lcok forward to your guidance in the efforts of the Council to address the problem before it. Nay I aleo pay a tribute to Ambaseabr Vernon Walters fur the leadership he provided tc the Council during the past mcmth. The Wnifed Nations was founded with the determination to save succeeding generations frcm the scourge of war. R-ever, aggress icn against frcnt-1 ine States and brutill repression at horn continue to amrk South Africa’s policies. This Orgeniaaticn was founded to reaffirm faith in fundamental human tights and the dignity and worth of the hmn being. Can the Council tema in paeeive when a society crafted <n colour is allared to perpetuate itself with false promises offered to a subjugated people? Given premnt developents, it should by nay be cleat to the international community that the South African regime is far from interested in a process of peaceful negotiation for the transfer of power to the majority, and is determined to mintain ita illegal rule by crushing any and all oppoeition. wh have eeen over the years that the rbqtme is willing to face the opprobrium of an averwhelming mjority of countries 011 account of the support given to it by certain sejor allies and trading partners. For us in India, freedom in Africa has a special significance. bbverl by the plight of the mple of South Africa, the father of our nation, Mahatma Gandni, evolved the strategy of non-violent non-co-operation in that country. (Mr. Daemmta, India) B& country was aleo privileged to be the first to draw the attention of the United Natione to the problem of racism in South Africa, by bringing a oompleint to the General Aeeembly in 1946. That very year we voluntarily impoeed eanctione agehat 8outh Africa, larrg before such action was recouxaended by the United Netionek The leaders of our free&a movement caretantly reminded us thi ’ -IX own freedom would be inamplete without free&m for all peoples under the colonial yoke. (Mt. Dssgupts , India) The adoption on 24 February of a new series of maawes by the racist Pretoria regime anmmta to a amjot escalation in the policies of repression of any form of oppoaitiar to the apartheid r6ginre. The banning of 17 organisations fColD exercieing any functions other than the perfunctory ones of preserving their a66et0, keeping their books and performing theix own adminietrative dutiee ia a deepeCate attempt to turn back the dock of history. The reetrictione impoeed on the Coogreeo of Bouth African Trade Gnione, the largest trade-union federation in South Africa, seek to limit it to “ehcp flat* activities only. In Bouth At r ica today all forms of political activity are prahibited. Any calls fa sanetime, for boyaotts or for any peaaful action are henceforth tanned. Ebt even the clergy and the religious oomunitie6 are exempted fran the terror and repreeeion Of the polia State. That was evident laet month when the Mel Prize winner Archbishop Demcmd nttu and other8 were detained fa attmptihg to march P@MfdlY to deliver a petition to Mr. Boths, a petition that only t30ught peaoa in that beleaguered natiar. Given the r/qiu!*e attitude, it ia no 8u.tpriee that ultra-rightist groupe like RIB (Afrikaner Wmfrrtance Movemnt) are free to amduct their campsign of hate and terror throughout the country sgainet oppanentrr of the rdgime while a group of religious lslrdere are arrested in attempting a peaceful Parch. The international amenity hae a responsibility towards the oppressed people of South Africe. The longer the auf fer ing , the stronger the possibility of violence and civil war. The recent banning of all forms of peaceful oppaitfon leaves little choice for the opponents of the re’girae. The United Nations, from its very inception, has played a significant role in the world-wide struggle against the abhorrent system of apartheid. indeed, it has been an irqortant factor in ensilr~ng t%a1: rhe halanca of fr;rce; steadily turned against the racist rp’giiw and jq fa.lfjijr of +$e mvrcmeni fr)r f!9edC+ll, ari Well as in enabling the latter to secure the widest internstiaml euppcxt frcm Governments and orgsnitations. Boen if it has not so far been able to bring about the eradication of apartheid, the United Nations has succeeded in sensitising world opinion to that evil and in building up pressure in favour of its opponents. The United Netions has helped achieve unanimity m three aspects of the issue: cmdemation of apartheid, the atee eabsrgo against South Africa, and humanitarian assistance to the victim of awrtheid. Overwhelming support has been given to the PrinCiPle of SMEtiCWXS W8hrt the apartheid r’(gima and assistana to liberation mvemnts. The legitimcy of armed struggle has been widely reaDQlired. Though these are no #an a&ievernts,muctr mxe is called for W. My Government has consistently urged the intunatioual comunity to act effrctively against the racist rdgiw by adopting cmwehamive and mandatory smctimxe m&r Chapter VXf of tbs Qbitad ibtionr Charter. oh iverully applied ) tbW are tba ably nom-violet optiar left to enU amsr*e*. tn mndmion, I rec811 a 6btmaxt of our Prin Ministat %acial bigotry is the negation of OUT QblDn bmnity. Thamcanbalto l quiin raoism or cothbcratiar with r8ciet tdgiw. Ou oppoeititm to rmttheid is totalmd unflhching.a The PBBJIDEWt I thank the representative of India for the kind #ode he aedramed to -0 Mr. RUlA (Mspsltt Allar IS to ecmgrrtulate you Post warmly, Sir, on your auipptian of the presidency of the Council for the mth of mrch. Me are well Ware of your diplomatic skill and wia&m and feel amfi&nt that you will guide the work of the Guncii witi distmctlou. nay I ta&e this opportmity to recall - if only briefly - the affection and esteem we in ?&pal have for the friendly Government and people of Yugoslavia, with which we share a common commtment to the cauee of pea-, juetlca and non-alignment. (Mr. i&n4 (Nepal) Permit me also to convey my delegation’6 deep lQQteCisti~ to APbeeaebor VerMln A. Walters of the Unitsd State8 for the emmplary manner in uhi& he cawhcted the bueineee of the Council lest unth. With regard to the agenda item nay before us, I wish to underline from the very OUlXtOt Nepal’e deep concern and outrage et the recent detcisiOn Of the raCb3t Pretoria tdgiw to irpoee a f&weeQing net of naw repreeeive and arbitrary maet~e6 agaiMt the principleo of free aoaociatiar card expression by 17 political, Civic and h-n-rights orgenizetions in &uth Afrioe. These aeeodatimr have in effect been barred fra any memingful politicel activity, including appeals for a8nCtiOfM a the relwee of political ptieanerr. Coring a8 this doer ar the h-18 of a stifling, ?lwnth-larg etata of l maqency in South Afrio, it inevitably recu1l.a the oppreuivo bla+et-ban by the PrebM la raairt t&he of 1960 - rhen the Aftion Wational Cawrrr 8nd the Pm9 Afriomiot Cangrem wae banbad) ad of- 1971, uba 19 8nti4prtbeid agaiutiaro uere bamd after 8tevr, Bike bid while in polio au-. I mtmt aLo otate right mmy rtut my deleqatiam teje8t6 the South Afriaan represaatstiV9’0 tiurd l ttempt in the C4nmail la6t Thrrr6dw to daaaribe rudr 6ationr 86 being wdireated at prmting pwae md emuring legal a&r in Buuth AfrfcP. Wh’fL 2193, Q. 12) iW Were Supired neither by the offensive nature of hita aolants nor* indeed, by his opm drftanoe of the authority me dignity of the Becwity Cmmcil. Tha8e 8ttitbuter ore, after all, the hrlllprk8 of a racist r/gim that refurea to a~06H reality and reuon. Indeed, in muth Atrice we have a r&gim, that is both delinquent and dangerouts - delinquent in its open &t iance of the Chwter principlee end aountlno resolutions of the General Aesslbly and of the Security Council; dangerow for its (Mt. Rana Wetps:) etubbaen persistenoe in its policy of apartheid, repreeeiar and violence within tha aomtry, in ita amtinued illegel occupation of Namibia and, abe all, in its policy of deetabililstian and aqgteeeian againet neighbouring States. The iqroeition of the latest reetrictione was thue neither nw nor altogether mexpected. Mhile it exposes +be hollomees of the racist rdgime*s claims to be a platform of political reform, it mrely confirm what ue hare been saying all alcmgr that the racist rdgime is least lntereated in peaceful drange. It also call8 to mind both the feilure of eimilar repreaeion in the pst and the futility of endewoucs to engage the amrtheid rdgim in any camtructive dialogue. hs aats of violence and repression attributable bo the racist rCgim in Pretoria are well boaummW, I &all not attapt to gtalogue thea here todry. Suffix it b mint out that Pretoria’8 Irt#t tar,triatianm and barn have M directed 8gainat argmiutians that l &momte oppaeitiab ta the pmiaiotm 6yatan of 8pertbei.d thrmgb p#aful Irma. That urn tndbrlined in a prtiatl8rly vivid and dtamlaaa mnnw in Mbe reamt 8rrmt in Cape ‘Ewm of tba Mglican Arahbidbop mtd l@bel Pana teureete k8mtd ‘Ibtu aad emma of other alergymm for ledding a peomful pcoteot uah. pt. Rem, Neml) The united t&tione - pattioulstly the Security Council - ow and drOuld teaasert its role and ressponribility in Qfusing the grave situation in Bouth Afric8. Bffootive mmsurea abould be adopted to cape1 the amrtheid r69irs to a01 to grips with reality and to mve 8outh rrfria tram all evoideble suffering and lom, aepeoially of hum life. IReps1 reaainr amoinced that. the imposition of CoqKahensive wndetery smctiam, re envisaged in Ch8pter VII of the mibd tbtianr Chrrtmr, repreamthe ust l ffWtiVe peamful Mn6 to bring abOut the demise of the rmrtheid r&in. 8cwever. we fully 8uppat present wee to endOlee, aa a begiMim# the hpoaitian of limifad wrwtions againrt rrciet &uth Africe of the kind approved by tb mropem sculaio commity (mc). thmimity in the Council an this mocer we beliue,uouldmmda almr rrd timlyrmmap to~re~ria Y @OWN& vllrtborh4 is blubo. 9%~ kaurty Camoil, in my ouer one8 8g8ia bu m opportuni~ tc rutor 6am of its 1-t are&bility an the quutiab of #aatb Atriaa. Ifmudrarmat ~Oancr~hrirrrd,it~#nd~r~rigs~kbotbeopgorhg~~ob tlm )#rtboid divi&, oivr, uao n8cuury politic81 will rd wisdom, ttre Camimtl9 delibmratioaa awld, it is to k baped, uulminsc in ae snbrwrnt of tbe &aft reeolutim *i& ie u#r to be 6tMitted. The -ID-t 1 thank the r~esrrtutive of mpl iot bia reoognitim of my ~ou~try’s policiar end for the kind wads he adUre888d bo n. Ur. l8MJBIM-SATYSLIITA (Brasil)t P&me l ocept y term aongtatulatton8, I Sir, cm YoIp suuptiarof the offias of Pr~i&mtof thoComdl fa W Wtb of nmrch. I wish to reiterate QI this ooceeim y k1sgrrtion.e desks to give you full support in your endemoure in conducting our buainercr. Yom experience md wisdom are e guar8M.ee that ps&ece of the Council will find in you the lwder&ip rtquired to guide u in the oonrideraticm of the difficult item ql OUC W-de* (Mr. Nogueice-Bstiets, Braail) I also wieh to expreee to your predeceeeor, tiaseador Vernon Waltere of the United Stabs of Aaerica, our thsnka an8 appreciation for the straightforward and bueineeslike aenner in which he perforad during the month of February. The Cement DBBSUKe6 by the Qvernmant of South Africa banning or restricting the activities of 17 leading anti-apartheid organiiaatiom in that country represent a major setback for the international comity's endeavours W ma the policies of racial ai6~idmiub Quceued by the Pretoria authorities. 8udt actions against tho6e ocgmirstions will cmcli9rsbly exacerbate tmsions within gouth Africa ana uke the abolition of apartheid evan more r6llDta. Tim60 mea6ure6 will certainly not 6upQre86 the legitinte 66pirrtions of the majority of the South African popllatim fa an U&d to this h6MfUl 6y6t66 Of racial di6CririMtim. They will only 8ggrmate theaitu8tion and emfir that the Pretoria l othoritie8 have no intaut ina pwmfulaolutiaa te this tcagiaquuti~. dgiw. It Lour belief thatmdr repam6im m&wram oon6titutu6mj~ additi0n81&6t861e to the peeorful drtrelapant of the gautb Mricea political poae68 mdmy porr,by &eir iqalicatkn6 ta BouthAfria6*6 reLatian6withit6 neighbour aMmtcie6,8 grave threat to int4mmtion8lpeace in Me8rea. This delegation regretted thrt, inois3u6ing theopportunity theCouncil offered him, thePergnentBqte6ennUtiveof South Africa wa6 notable to indicate his Government*e willingnees to heed rather than to d8fy wacld public opinion. I perticularly regietted his rteorting to B tone and choice of words which were both unfounded 6nQ disrespectful of the dignity and authority of the the body he was (Mr. No9ueira-Batietar Brazil) We believe thet the international oomunity should go beyawl the exereesi~ of itt3 M-i-Us aXMhmatiOn of this regrettable reaffirmtim by Pretoria of a widely rejected policy. We should tranelta our feelinga into a very clear sign to Pretoria that, unless it demmattatem its willingness to ma8e to apply restrictive meaaurea and to engage indialoguewith the legitimateleadermbipof theblack majority of its population - thereby remvinga a#ltcm of eeriow tenaionr in mwtbern Africa - the Council i8 reedy to take effective action. The PllJsIDarrr I thank the repreamtative of Brasil for the kind rrotda he addreued to m. I hould like to inform u&err of the Council that I have jumt rwmivad a letter frar, the tepreaentative of .Cse&odaakia in rrhiab he requrts to be invited to prtioiprte in the dimamdon of tbe item an the Comail'm mdrt rn &ccoteanoa with ute tmu.1 p8ati0, I popmop with rrw cumatdtiwtzo6lm~~- fa*ite that r~e8abtative to ~ttioipio in th0 disamrkm withut the ri*t to cob, in8oouU8mewith tiutel~atpcaiaiom of dieCB&rta mdtule37Of the Canail’ pmisioaal rulea of groom&se. There being no abjection, it la a0 doaided. At the invitatiar of the PreriQnt. k. s8potuAtv (Cn&o8lav*i8) toa& the plaae rwerwtd fa bi8atthe8i&eof theComcilCb8rbw. The PllEBIDpTrt The next opeka ie the represcn~tive of Cteaboelwak ia, I invite him to take a pbce at tbe COW&~ table ad to rake hia etatemmt. Mr l reAPOaMXY (Credmd.ovaJti8) a lit rt, I wish to antend oincere C~gr8tUbtioM to you* sir, al your roa~ptiar of the presibency of the security Council for the rponth of nerch. We are ocmfident that your able guidance based on long diplomtic experience and greet pcofeosicnsl akills ~111 Si$pifiCantly Wntributa to ~oductivewak by thrCouncilthismmth. Wt. Zapotocky, Csechoslavakia) I should like aleo to expreee out gratitude to your predeceesor, &baeaaQt Walters of the Gnitid States of America, for the efficient menner in which he perforumd this responsible tack during the mnth of February. The unestiefactory situation in eouthern Afrie haa been the subject of deliberative of oarioua mited Natione bodies for a nuder of years. The current eerie8 of metings, convened at the request of the Group of Aft ican awntriee, is fully juutified end topical in light of recent development8 in South Africa. ‘INfixion is munting in the 800uth African region ae a result of the prebtent policy of apartheid practised by the Government of South Africa. In South Africa itself there hm been a further exacerbation of the internal politic1 end emmic CZiSiS. To nave md artificially perpetuate the existence of apartheid the racist rigilr im reaating to VIZ ioua form and mthodm , K8nging from eexal8ted violence 8n4 terra to the imp3dtion of curfm m4 the prohibitiar of the activitie8 of progtemively oriented 8uzisl and perliticel organioatitmo. (Mr. WpOtocky, Csechcslmak is) The policy of apartheid of the Gwetnment of &uth Africa has been condeamed by the international amenity on countless cmaeions. A eerie8 of resolution8 has been adopted by the general Wse&ly and by the 8ecurity Council in which apartheid icl described as a crime against humenity and as a constant threat to peace and security in the wald. Ekne the lee8, the situation in &uth Africa is still not changing for the better, in spite of the perasnent attention of the internationsl community. Quite the contrary, the crieie in that part of the world ha8 further aggrwated and deepened in recent days. In an attempt to retiin and preserve ita positlab the Pretocir rulers have this tire decided to place a ban upon the 8Ctivities of 17 pcogressive orgenirations and of their repreeentatives who have been critical of the foul policy of apartheid perpetrated by the Covernmnt of 8outh Africa. By that maauce South Africa is aiming at a subsmntial restriction oC wen a omplete prchibitiar of political activity 011 the part of progressively oriented, anti-racist groups of the Scuth African papulaticn. Instead of unfolding an active dialogue with represenbtives of thare organisations the Government of BbUth Africa, in amtrsst, is implementing policies to curtail the fun&mental political free&m and rights of the African population. This is a blind-allay policy whi& akas a political eolution of the crisis in that regicn impssible and the already explcmive situatim even wase. The present escalation of violence b the (bvernent of ~0~1th Africa against the local African population, with the aim of paralysing and thwarting the just national liberation struggle, Is a reality that cannot leave the international ammnlty indifferent. We cannot tolerate any further continuation by the aPraeid r&girPe Of the Present policy of trawling under foot the basic r igh ta of the black iaajority in South Africa. That situation is an anachrmisn in the world of CO&Y and in sharp .~un:.:a?i::t.jon witA the general. i accepted norms of life of the world -unity. The policy of the apartheid rdgims not only threatens peace and stability in the southern hfrican region, but it also oonetitutes a constant &allenge to peace and security wald wide. In that cartext it is an urgent task of the 8eCurity Council to prevent any additional enscerbation and worsening of the sitlmtiar. If the nations of aarthern Africa are ta live in the freedom end unity of 8 nao-racist demcratic society, if all states in the region are to develop in peace, eecurity 8ita non-interference, then resoluts measures against the rdgims of agmrtheid aunt be a* .pted. The pesent situatian in Bouth Africa again gives r be to the. imperative questiar.of the jwtifi&ility of impeing general m&tory sanctions. mprience thus fat lharr that limited selective smctione are not the Pane by which to coera the raciat rigir into refraining fra ita policy of apartheid. This i5 why only general rndatory saation8 and unified, mrdinated persure by the interlmtiara1 nr-rurity can have an effective lmpct on the rigir of Pretoria. It i8 neam5ary jointly to increase the international isolation of mouth Africa to p-ant it fra cmtinuing the aggremive, d8atabiliring policy that stifles the rnti-acmrtheid 8ttuggle in the region and weakena the poams of the national liberatitn aovenents. At the end of the &entieth century , when a damcratizstion and hrarnization of fntefnatimal relaticma are bewmfng a cmdition basic tb the develop6nt of hmmn civilization, an mdelayed and all-round daaolarizatiom and a aorplete and final eradication of all form of racial discrininatiar are ever me urgent and inperative. The United Rations and all it0 respective bodies, including the security Council a8 uell as all Metier States, muat fully live up to the role entrusted to it by the internstional comnity mre than 25 years ago, that is, to grant freedom and independence to all nations without exception. The PRmIDaJTx I thank the representative of Caechoslarakia for hie kind word8 addressed bo m. Hr. BBIDH)cDV (Union of Soviet Socialist raepublica) (interpretation from Ruesian)t The convening of the Security Council has been dictatsd by the international oorunity’s very deep concern at the dangerous turn of events in South Africa. The racist authorities in &uth Africa have reeorted to b further aggwation of their repzeasive masure8. Born day8 a* they decidad to impme a probibitiax QL all political activities by several Qmaatio mss aganiaations, notably the fmited maMatic Pront and the Cangrees of South Aftian Trade PIiOM. A nu*ef of South African clergy , aumg thar Ardrbiuhop oesrard hrtu, were arrnted on their way to the Puliamnt t6 expesa their protects at such masums md call fos their reversal. WI hwe aleo learned that a bill is pending in South Atria dfreated against the part of th8t country’r uhite population eat ia CampeicpiJlg in favour of national dialogue in tbe country. The cigine has theraby pored a challenge to all hmwt people in South Africa rrho are demanding freedom and jtmtice, md rejecting fnju8tiar and domination. The ban m all activities by demaatic oppmition aganiutim8 reveals once again the true face of the south African taciat rdgim~ wfiich seeks to crush all progressive lovemanta in the country. A8 ~a8 stressed in the rtatrmmt made by the Poreign Minister of the Eloviet Union a? 6 Mrch, the Soviet Union feel6 both indignation and anger at the escalation of the policy of apartheid. The actions of the South African author ities are unanfmxtsly and decisively condemed by the broadest circles of I-L _-__ &d--1 --1-a -- LIIC~LIIO L*UIOI “yc,rLUI. TFiia i6 tune wt ‘by the many coaaunica;Cions reuching Ue from all u3rners of the glabe. All these meesages describe the masurts taken by Pretoria as a further manifestdtim of political violence and as me more link in (Mr. Relonogov, WSR) tlu &in of arimes comltted by the rsciat r&ire against the people of it8 own oomtry, a6 uell a8 a violation of univertlly temgniaed pinaiple8 of lw and free&m. Tha meaauma that have been adopted do not cmetitub netoly a tightmihtl Of the retprershe legiehtion) they are being used by the racist dgia8 to elimin8te even the leet ve8tigem of free& that rsdet poaaible some ection againat the ~n~ol~ofswrtheidnwcr\rehtrg thewuntry. (MC. Belonogov, USSR) Ey these actions, the Pretoria rdgime hee proved that it is incapable of learning from the history of the struggle waged by the Afriomn people of South Africa for their inalienable human rights; That is the ctrallenge before the apartheid r&w. These actions are but another vain attempt to euppeee the growing reoietsnoe to the racist rdgim md the wave of active dabrocratic anti-racist aganisatione, in which rebere of all race8 and social &rata of the country’s people perticipete. The racist rigiw appears to hopa that by banning vxis democratic orgmirationr in south Africa it can eliminate resistance to apartheid. ‘FRY hope in vainr There is no doubt tht the coucageoue South African people will find the strength within themelvea to creati a nav wave in the rtruggle. That was uhat happened after the l%O banning of the Africen #rtiaral Cargrees of South Africa arib the Pm Afrianimt cabgtma of Alada, after the 1977 di&mnding of approwirtely two doxen anti-wertheid agensiation#, and after the adoption in the Rid-19905 of the errtgoncy Iam. Llbpre@aivo mawfee demonrtrate the tdgiw’r weakness, not itie etfmgth; they rweal itm rwcticnary nature. The banned orgmizatimr have supported Peaceful struggle and have never been wcured of attempts to use violence to achieve their goals. hgain, this dmua Pretoria’s acan for the South African people's desire for freedom and basic hum rights. mteav~', thu Pretoria tdgime haa been cynically ignoring the United Nations Chatter, the4 Universal Decl~rstifm of Rulun Rights, the fortieth anniversary of CrhoSe adoption will be commrated by the United Nations this year, the International Covenants on husrsn rights, and the 1948 Freedom of Asxxbtim Conwntion rnd the Right to Organfze. It ie worth noting that the Governrmnt*8 repreeefve measures against deloctatia orgenisationo are being carried out against a backdrop of unrestricted rampaging by ultra-right, neo-Nazi force8, whose activitiee have been conf ireed by teporte in. the South African preee itself. Anyone with amm sense can see that the vital problem of the oountry cannot be reeolved in this way; the eituatia, can lead only to heightened teneion end increared amfrontation. The Botha Government~e decieim aaounte to a blar against the prospects for a political aettlemnt of the criaia in &mth Africa. It appears that Pretoria hm not yet underatabd that guaranteeing a prrgful future for the country requires national. dialogue with the mtticiption of all political groups, itrespective of face md political and religious beliefs. Pretoria should not be banning the 8ativitie8 of a8#8 demxratic organiratiozm) it should be enamraging then to glrticipte in the political life crf th8 oountry. It is high time it heeded the voice of the people of itm am rmmtry and the voia of world public opinion, and reloaeed the hundreds of political prkmere &ho are languiehing in 8mth African gaola, first and forecst the lwder of the anti-•mrtheid mzwemnt, Nelson Mm&la. Wflliau of people in South Africa want simply to be treated aa human bein-, so they can live in their cm country without being subjected to humiliation or diocrtiinaticm. They want the humiliating political, ecawmfc, eocial end other barriers rained by the repretieive racist r&gibe to be diaasntled. Mt arly has the apartheid rigia caused enormous suffering for the People of South AfricaS it alao poses a teal and growing threat to international peace and security by pursuing its policy of aggression, destabilization and terror against the independent States of southern Africa and by further ti*tening the n-e of conflict. This reveal6 the aggressive nature of South Africa's internal. and external plicies and the organic link between them. Those policies can be described only as State terrorism. (Mr. Beloncigov, USSR) There ie no doubt that the South African people’s struggle for their right.8 will not be halted by bane or repression by the racist authoritieet Na one can halt the oourae of history. Amttheid ie doom% It vi11 not be Saved by this lasteat vave of terra and repression, by the continued occupation of Namibia, or by acte of at-8 aggreaeian against front-line African Ststee. The regime ‘8 veakneee 8 oiciousneae and unoiability are demnetrated by its rellence on terror and force and it8 trampling under foot of the rights and freedoms of the people. In hie reemge to prticipsnts in the Conference of peoples of the volld against amrtheid and ta a demxratic &uch Afriar the General secret8ry of the Central Cdttee of the C-niot Party of the Soviet Onion, aikhail Bergeiyeviich Cocbachev,mtsbhd that *The Soviet fkrion has always been and oontinwe to be cm the eida of the South Africen ptriote l truggl5ng for freedam md jautice and l win8t lwlumum and oppceerim. That struggle is today univer8al and popular in nature. It8 vanguard include6 the African #rtional Cargram of South Afriar hidr truly l xprums the in-mete of the people of south Africa. mmero~y ~m8 anti-racilrt aganimtiau are stepping up their activity in the country. It ir nOtWOrthy that 8mng the opponarts of apartheid ir a graring number of rrhitw. ‘The Goviet pople fully sylrpethize with and eupprt the noble qml of thue d-lo ace fighting for freedom: to build a united, deacra tic, non-racial State in Scuth Aft ice. m The actions of the Pretoria authorities in South Africa and outside the country have given increasing urgency to the international community’s demand that political and emnodc pressure againet apartheid be stepped up. Clearly, mere L--?rbal c0ndematior.s of the re’glme are not enOlJqh. It ie high tire to take firm, Becioive action, not half measures. There should be firm, unswerving, full ampliance with the arm e&ergo decided upon by the Bscurity Comoil. There should be no lose of faith in the 8uthOritY Of internetion lau. It iS the duty of the United Nation8 and the Security Council to adopt agent, effective step in this areis. Aa ie made clear in resolution 42/23 C, adopted by the General Aeee&ly on 20 Wove&et 1987, We iapoeitim of amprehensive and men&tory esnctiaw by the 8ecurity Wuncil under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations would be the mt appropriate, effective . . . meenf~ to bring amrtheid to an end and to diqcharge the rerponsibilitiea of the thited Nations for the luintanance of inteznaticnrl pee ad wcurity, &id are threatened ad violated by the rprtimid rigir.. The Soviet delegmtion, lilta othera, is indignent at the brata and arrogant strwmt rde hefe by the 8~~1th African representative, rrho hurled a challenge at the &i-d l#ations and the 8scur ity Council. We agree with your amclwion, Sir, that his stsU1*nt ww further pfwf tit the gauth Africm authorities are disregarding the position of the international mrlnity and intend to amtinue their policy. Wa believe that this should be bane in mind by m&efs of the Council when the &aft resolution is voted on. Within the ulited Nations one quite often hears talk about the authority of the United Nations and its &cur ity Cumcil, and the need ta respect the principles of the Organiinstion and attain its goals. But dmt authority are we talking about, when the &~~tity Council haa for alwst 25 years been unable to resolve the question of casaprehensfve sanctions against South Africa under Chapter VII of the Charter? Back in 1965 the General Assembly adopted resolution 2054 (XX), in which the attention of the Security Councii *as drawn to the need to impose against South Africa esnctiane under Chapter VII of the Charter. art the question of apartheid in South Afric8 was trieed in the United U8tions before that - aa lcmg ago as 1949 - and I refer to reeolution 265 (III), introduced at the initiative of India. The real authority of the Uhited Nations and the Security Council is being undermined precisely by the inability to take practical steps against the apartheid r&i= in South Aft ica. The etatetwnt of the tini8try for Foreign Affair8 of the Soviet UIim, dated 6 Mar&, quite frankly raises the questions How can am rmncile the veto, 80 often used in the Sacutity Council, with t-he etatemtnte of thoee rrbo reSort to it &out their devotim to human right8, the principle Of self4etermination and freedomof people8? Th8 ebtemnt of the -reign Wnistry goes on to Bayr The fraquent rmprt to the veto in the Security Council i8 t8ntamunt to protectfnq the rscists. It is a veto against damxratization, agmirut huwmnity,agailut theexerci8e of humm righta ad liberty in 8out.h Afria. V@ should not 811lDl thi8 W Siiti-ds~ratic 8Ct by thi8 rigito 90 unpmidrad ag8in. It i8 truly high tirr to think about the authority of the zkritd ktiOn8 and the Security Council and to take pactical stem to strengthen it. The tsSR - a8 the statement of the Mini8try for Foreign Affair8 of the soviet UniOtl Sate8 - i8 ready to 90 hnd in hand with all those who cherish the lofty principle8 of the ulitad Ibtions, the ideals of freedca 8nd equality. Balled On our position of principle, and acting in support for the struggle of the South African people for the caplete elininatiar of apartheid and the implelrantation of their right to 8elf-determination md to a free, deaxtatic, united and ncn-racial South Africa, we shall support the draft resolution eubaitted to the Security COWIC~~ by the African countries. The PRBBIDEMTa There are no furthor apeakere for this meting. I wish to inform n&mm of the fbaurity Coun~lil that a &aft resolution prepared by a ~cup of Water will be dirtributad ahaetly. The no%t mting of the Security Council to continue aonridwrtim of the item a itn agenda vill take plaae tomorrQy, TuaMay, 8 Harch 1988, at11 aao The retina ta0 at 1.10 ~.m.