S/19627 SC

The Security Council, Gravely concerned at the deteriorating situation in South Africa, the worsening human suffering resulting from the apartheid system and, inter alia, the renewed state of severe restrictions on anti-apartheid and labour organizations and individuals committed to peaceful resolution of the South African situation, Having considered the question of the death sentences passed on Oupa Mose, Diniso, Therega Ramashamola, Mojalefa Reginala Seratsa, Duma Joseph Khumalo and Reid Malebo Mokoena, known as the Sharpeville Six, as well as the decision to execute them on Friday, 18 March 1988, Conscious that the court proceedings of the Sharpeville Six show that none of the six young South Africans convicted of murder were found by the court to have caused the actual death of the councillor and that they were convicted of murder only because the court found they had a common purpose with the actual perpetrators, Deeply concerned at the Pretoria regime's decision to execute the Sharpeville Six on Friday, 18 March 1988, in defiance of world-wide appeals, Convinced that these executions, if carried out, will further inflame an already grave situation in South Africa. 1. Call upon the South African authorities to stay execution and commute the death sentences imposed on the Sharpeville Six; urges all States and organizations to use their influence and the relevant international instruments, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations, to save the lives of the Sharpeville Six.

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