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World Against Apartheid http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.nuun1971_09 Use of the Aluka digital library is subject to Aluka’s Terms and Conditions, available at http://www.aluka.org/page/about/termsConditions.jsp. By using Aluka, you agree that you have read and will abide by the Terms and Conditions. Among other things, the Terms and Conditions provide that the content in the Aluka digital library is only for personal, non-commercial use by authorized users of Aluka in connection with research, scholarship, and education. The content in the Aluka digital library is subject to copyright, with the exception of certain governmental works and very old materials that may be in the public domain under applicable law. Permission must be sought from Aluka and/or the applicable copyright holder in connection with any duplication or distribution of these materials where required by applicable law. Aluka is a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to creating and preserving a digital archive of materials about and from the developing world. For more information about Aluka, please see http://www.aluka.org World Against Apartheid Alternative title Notes and Documents - United Nations Centre Against ApartheidNo. 10/71 Author/Creator United Nations Centre against Apartheid Publisher Department of Political and Security Council Affairs Date 1971-03-00 Resource type Reports Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) South Africa, Zambia, Australia, Japan, New Zealand Coverage (temporal) 1971 Source Northwestern University Libraries Description CONTENTS. INTERNATIONAL. South Africa again excluded from Davis Cup. ISMUN Southern Africa campaign. World Council of Churches reaffirms support for programme to combat racism. I.C.F.T.U. calls for action to support arms embargo against South Africa. W.F.T.U. calls for action against apartheid. AAPSO calls for campaigns on March 21 and June 26. International Defence and Aid Fund programme for International Year against Racism. AUSTRALIA. Local government council supports apartheid sports boycott. Demonstrations against South African sporting teams. Opposition to supply of arms to South Africa. JAPAN. Some recent anti-apartheid activities. NEW ZEALAND. Annual report of Citizens' Association for Racial Equality (C.A.R.E). New Zealand Race Relations Council plans varied activities for International Year Against Racism. New Zealand students to oppose South African sports tours. Sports writers account on apartheid. C.A.R.E. opposes visit of softball team to South Africa. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Episcopal Church urges General Motors to cease manufacturing in South Africa. Director says General Motors should move out of South Africa. ZAMBIA. "Africa 2000" plans variety of activities. Press statement on Zambian Independence Day, 24 October 1970. Statement http://www.aluka.org entitled "Beyond the Dialogue",August 1970. SOUTH AFRICA. South African Institute sees growing pressure. National Youth Action formed. Professor Barnard to boycott "whites only" theatre. Format extent 21 page(s) (length/size) http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.nuun1971_09 http://www.aluka.org NOTES AND DOCUMENTS* NOTES AND DOCUMENTS* WORLD AGAINST APARTHEID March 1971 Page INTERNATIONAL 1 AUSTRALIA 6 JAPAN 8 NEgT ZEALAND 9 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 13 ZAMBIA 14 SOUTH AFRICA 18 Northwesternl Urniversity Library APR 24 -1972 Africana (Note: Pursuant to the request of the Special Committee on Apartheid that the Unit on Apartheid publicize the anti-apartheid activities around the world, this issue of "Notes and Documents" is devoted to reports of some of the activities during the past few months. Other reports will be published in another issue in the near future. The Unit on Apartheid would appreciate information frorn organizations on ther activities against apartheid.) *All material in these notes and documents may be freely reprinted. Acknowledgement, together with a copy of the publication containing the reprint, would be appreciated. o. 10/71 CONTENTS Page INTERNATIONAL South Africa again excluded from Davis Cup 1 ISMUN Southern Africa campaign 1 World Council of Churches reaffirms support for programme to combat racism 2 I.C.F.T.U. calls for action to support arms embargo against South Africa 3 W.F.T.U. calls for action against apartheid 3 AAPSO calls for campaigns on March 21 and June 26 5 International Defence and Aid Fund programme for International Year against Racism 5 AUSTRALIA Local government council supports apartheid sports boycott 6 Demonstrations against South African sporting teams 6 Opposition to supply of arms to South Africa 7 JAPAN Some recent anti-apartheid activities 8 NLI ZEALAND Annual report of Citizens' Association for Racial Equality (C.A.R.E.) 9 New Zealand Race Relations Council plans varied activities for International Year Against Racism 10 New Zealand students to oppose South African sports tours 11 Sports writer's account on apartheid 11 C.A.R.E. opposes visit of softball team to South Africa 12 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Episcopal Church urges General Motors to cease manufacturing in South Africa 13 Director says General Motors should move out of South Africa 13 ZAMBIA "Africa 2000" plans variety of activities 14 Press statement on Zambian Independence Day, 24 October 1970 14 Statement entitled "Beyond the Dialogue",August 1970 15 SOUTH AFRICA South African Institute sees growing pressure 18 National Youth Action formed 18 Professor Barnard to boycott "whites only" theatre 19 INTERNATIONAL South Africa again excluded from Davis Cup South Africa was excluded from the Davis Cup tennis competition in 1971 on the ground that admission would endanger the competition as a number of other countries refused to play against South Africa. Rhodesia was also excluded for the same reason. (South Africa was first excluded in 1970 and Rhodesia in 1971.) South Africans are still free to play as individuals in major tennis tournaments all over the world. The Star, weekly edition, Johannesburg, January 23, 1971. ISMUN Southern Africa campaign The International Student Movement for the United Nations (41 rue de Zurich, 1201 Geneva)odecided at its general conference in Kampala, Uganda, in 1969 to launch a Southern Africa campaign to support "the liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity against the oppressive regimes which contravene the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations Charter". Since then the ISMUN and the national U.N. Students' Associations have intensified their activities in this field. ISMUN, jointly with the International University Exchange Fund, is producing "Southern Africa kits" for wide distribution through its national affiliates. The United Nations Unit on Apartheid has provided assistance. ISMUN and a number of its affiliates have strongly condemned any supply of arms to South Africa. The Southern Africa campaign and the International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination feature on the agenda of the next ISMUN general conference at Elsinor, Denmark, in April 1971. - 2 World Council of Churches reaffirms support for programme to combat racism At its meeting in Addis Ababa in January 1971, the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches decided by 84 votes to none, with 3 abstentions, to endorse the decision of the Executive Committee last year to make grants of nearly $200,000 to liberation movements and other organizations opposed to racism. It authorized the Executive Committee to make further grants of $95,000, mainly for discussions on future anti-racism strategy, and appealed for more contributions to its special fund to combat racism. The Central Committee declared that "the churches have always to stand for the liberation of the oppressed". It called attention to the fact that "violence is in many cases inherent in the maintenance of the status quo" and called for a study of ways to prevent the use of violence by those sustaining the status quo when confronted by non-violent actions and demonstrations. Though the W.C.C. does not and cannot identify itself completely with any political movement, it declared, it does not pass judgment on "those victims of racism who are persuaded that violence is the only way left to them to redress grievances and open the way for a new and more just social order". In another resolution, it declared: .The Central Committee calls upon Member Churches to discourage their Governments and industrial and commercial enterprises from supporting schemes like the Cabora Bassa Dam and other such projects which entrench racist and colonial minority regimes in Africa; and also to educate their members and to warn the wider public of the threat that such schemes pose for world peace... "The Central Committee calls upon its Member Churches in those countries which are selling arms to racist and colonial regimes in Africa to urge their Governments to stop this trade." - 3 I.C.F.T.U. calls for action to suppart arms embargo against South Africa The Executive Board of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, at its 51st meeting in Brussels from December 8 to 10, 1970, adopted the following resolution: "REAFFIRMING its longstanding policy in support of efforts aimed at the elimination of apartheid and the restoration of a rule of law and justice in South Africa in full recognition of the birthright of its majority peoples; "CONSIDERING the South African regime's increasing harshening of its laws depriving the African majority
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