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REPORT REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE POLICIES OF APARTHEID OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS: TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 22 (A/8022/Rev.1) UNITED NATIONS New York, 1970 NOTE Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. The present report was also submitted to the Security Council under the symbol S/9939 and Add.I. /original: English/ CONTENTS Paragraphs Page Letter of transmittal ......... ........................... v I. INTRODUCTION ...... .................... ..1 - 6 1 II. REVIEW OF THE WORK OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ... ...... 7 - 101 2 A. Repirt of 7 October 1969 by the Special Committee to the General Assembly and the Security Council . 7 - 14 2 B. Action taken by the General Assembly at its twenty-fourth session .... .............. 15 - 23 3 C. Consideration of the programme of work of the Special Committee .......... ............. 24 5 D. Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ....... ... 25 - 30 5 E. Communication to the Ad Hoc Sub-Committee established in pursuance of Security Council resolution 276 (1970) .... .............. 31 - 32 6 F. Question of the embargo on the supply of arms to South Africa ...... ................... ... 33 - 46 8 G. Repressive measures against opponents of apartheid 47 - 51 12 H. Apartheid and sport .... ............... 52 - 56 14 I. Programme for the observance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations . ........ 57 - 58 17 J. Programme for the observance, in 1971, of the International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination .... .............. 59 - 62 20 K. Consultations with the representatives of the national movement of the oppressed people of South Africa against the policies of apartheid . 63 - 64 21 L. Work of the Sub-Committee on Petitions ... ...... 65 - 86 21 M. Work of the Sub-Committee on Information on Apartheid ...... .................... 87 - 94 28 N. The situation of certain South African refugees in Lesotho ...... .................... ... 95 - 98 31 0. Question of joint session of the United Nations organs dealing with questions relating to southern Africa ....... ...................... ... 99 - 101 32 -iii- CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs III. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE A. Danger of violent conflict in South Africa ..... B. Threat of violent conflict in southern Africa . C. Economic and related measures . .... D. Assistance to the liberation movement ....... E. South Africa and southern Africa . ..... F. Dissemination of information ............ G. Meetings away from Headquarters and consultations with representatives of the liberation movement, anti-apartheid movements and other organizations concerned with the question of apartheid ......... H. Other recommendations ... ......... ... I. General conclusion .. ............ 102 102 107 112 125 129 131 137 - 14o 141 - 142 143 ANNEXES I. List of representatives .. ....... II. Review of developments in South Africa since 7 October 1969 ....... ................. IlI. List of foreign diplomatic and other official missions in South Africa and South African missions abroad ............... IV. List of documents of the Special Committee (October 1969-September 1970) ........ -iv- Page -143 - 106 - 11l - 124 - 128 - 130 - 136 . 101 @** LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 10 September 1970 Sir, I have the honour to send you herewith the report adopted unanimously on 9 September 1970 by the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa. This report is submitted to the General Assembly in pursuance of operative paragraph 5 (b) of General Assembly resolution 1761 (xvII), of 6 November 1962, of operative paragraph 2 of General Assembly resolution 1978 A (XVIII), of 16 December 1963, and operative paragraph 12 of General Assembly resolution 2506 B (XXIV), of 21 November 1969. Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration. (Signed) Abdulrahim A. FARAH Chairman Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa His Excellency U Thant Secretary-General of the United Nations New York I. INTRODUCTION I. The Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa was established by the General Assembly in its resolution 1761 (xvii) of 6 November 1962 with the mandate "to keep the racial policies of the Government of South Africa under review when the Assembly is not in session and to report either to the Assembly or to the Security Council or to both, as may be appropriate, from time to time". Under General Assembly resolution 1978 (XVIII), of 16 December 1963, it was requested to continue to follow constantly the various aspects of the question of apartheid and to submit reports to the General Assembly and to the Security Council whenever necessary. In resolution 2506 B (XXIV), of 21 November 1969, the General Assembly requested the Special Committee: (a) To take additional steps to promote assistance to the national movement of the oppressed people of South Africa against the policies of apartheid, in consultation with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity; (b) To hold consultations with representatives of this movement on various aspects of the question; (c) To take further steps, including the holding of joint meetings with other appropriate United Nations organs, to increase its co-operation and co-ordinate its efforts with such organs; and (d) To continue its co-operation with the specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations concerned with the problems of southern Africa. 2. The Committee is composed of the following eleven members: Algeria, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Hungary, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines and Somalia. 3. On 26 January 1970, the Special Committee re-elected Mr. Abdulrahim A. Farah (Somalia) as its Chairman and Mr. Privado G. Jimenez (Philippines) as Vice-Chairman. It also elected Mr. Uddhav Deo Bhatt (Nepal) as Rapporteur. 4. On 2 February 1970, the Special Committee decided to appoint the representatives of Algeria, Nepal, Nigeria, the Philippines and Somalia as members of its Sub-Committee on Petitions and the representatives of Costa Rica, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Hungary and Malaysia as members of its Sub-Committee on Information on Apartheid. Mr. Ahmed Oucif (Algeria) and Mi. Yeop Adlan- Rose (Malaysia) were subsequently elected Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Petitions and Chairman/ Rapporteur of the Sub-Committee on Information on Apartheid, respectively. 5. Representatives who served on the Special Committee are listed in annex I of this report. 6. On 9 September the Special Committee decided unanimously to submit to the General Assembly and the Security Council the present report on developments since the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly. II. REVIEW OF THE WORK OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE A. Report of 7 October 169 by the SDecial ommitee to thc General Assembly and the Security Council 7. In its report of 7 October 1969 to the General Assembly-/ and the Security Council, 2/ the Special Committee noted that there had been no indication of a willingness by the South African Government to take steps towards the implementation of the United Nations resolutions calling for an abandonment of the policies of apartheid and that instead, the South African Government had continued to challenge the authority of the United Nations and to intensify the applicatio of the inhuman policy of apartheid in the country. 8. It also pointed out that the massive military build-up in South Africa was a grave threat to the peace in the whole of southern Africa since it had emboldened South Africa to defy United Nations resolutions, to intervene militarily against the forces of liberation movements in Southern Rhodesia, to assist Portugal in its colonial wars and to threaten independent African States. 9. The Special Committee considered it essential to call attention to the extremely grave threat to the peace which had developed in South Africa and southern Africa; to point out that South Africa had become the bastion of colonialism and racism in the whole area and the principal threat to peace and to the authority of the United Nations; and to warn that urgent and decisive action by the international community was imperative in order to avert the uncalculable consequences of a major conflict in the area. 10. It expressed its conviction that the lines of activity which it had advocated since its inception remained the most appropriate and most effective courses of action by the United Nations and the international community. Those lines of activity were: (a) the embargo on arms to South Africa, economic and related measures against South Africa; (b) the moral, political and material assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa in their legitimate struggle for liberation; and (c) the dissemination of information to secure full understanding and support for the efforts directed towards the elimination of apartheid and avert the great threat to international peace and security. 11. The Special Committee, therefore, felt that the United Nations and Member States could make the most significant contribution to the solution of the grave situation in South Africa, and in southern Africa as a whole, by providing effective material assistance

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