Register of Sports Contacts with South Africa, 1 April - 31 December 1981
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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 Register of Sports Contacts with South Africa, 1 April - 31 December 1981 Alternative title Notes and Documents - United Nations Centre Against ApartheidNo. 7/82 Author/Creator United Nations Centre against Apartheid; United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid Publisher United Nations, New York Date 1982-02-00 Resource type Reports Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) South Africa Coverage (temporal) 1981 Source Northwestern University Libraries Description The Special Committee published this report on 1 March 1982, which contains the second register of sports contacts with South Africa, covering the period from 1 April to 31 December 1981. (The first register, published on 15 May 1981, covered the period from 1 September 198O to 31 March 198l). The "register" itself contains two lists: (a) A list of sports exchanges with South Africa arranged by the code of sport; and (b) A list of sportsmen and sportswomen who participated in sports events in South Africa, arranged by country. The first register contained a third list of "promoters and administrators who have been active in collaboration with apartheid sport". That list has been discontinued but the information has been incorporated in the report of the Special Committee. It is intended that the register will be kept up-to-date and published from time to time. Names of persons who undertake not to engage in further sports contacts with South Africa will be deleted from future lists. Format extent 62 page(s) (length/size) http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.nuun1982_07 http://www.aluka.org T/82 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS* February 1982 T/82 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS* February 1982 REGISTER OF SPORTS CONTACTS WITH SOUTH AFRICA 1 April - 31 December 1981 Report by the Special Committee against Apartheid /Note: The Special Committee published this report on 1 March 1982, which contains the second register of sports contacts with South Africa, covering the period from 1 April to 31 December 1981. (The first register, published on 15 May 1981, covered the period from 1 September 1980 to 31 March 1981). The "register" itself contains two lists: (a) A list of sports exchanges with South Africa arranged by the code of sport; and (b) A list of sportsmen and sportswomen who participated in sports events in South Africa, arranged by country. The first register contained a third list of "promoters and administrators who have been active in collaboration with apartheid sport." That list has been discontinued but the information has been incorporated in the report of the Special Committee. It is intended that the register will be kept up-to-date and published from time to time. Names of persons who undertake not to engage in further sports contacts with South Africa will be deleted from future lists] 82-04969 * 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. Introduction The Special Committee decided in 1980 to publish a "register of sports contacts with South Africa" as one means to promote the full implementation of the United Nations resolutions for the cessation of all sports exchanges with South Africa. It noted that while most (overnments and international sports bodies had taken action to boycott apartheid sport, some sports bodies, sportsmen promoters and others were ateii-Iy collaborating with apartheid sports bodies enabling them to continue international exchanges. It hopes that the publicizing of the sports exchanges, and the names of persons involved, would help Governments, organizations and individuals to persuade those concerned to cease further collaboration. The list of names in the register was limited to sportsmen who had participated in sports events in South Africa, and did not include those who played against South African teams outside South Africa. It was emphasized that any person who undertook not to engage in further sports contacts with South Africa would be deleted from the list. The register was a means to make those concerned aware of the revulsion felt by most of humanity toward apartheid and its collaborators. Since many sportsmen, sports bodies and administrators were enticed to South Africa by financial rewards, derived from the brutal exploitation of the black people, they were warned that "if they fraternize with and profit from apartheid, they cannot expect to fraternize with the sportsmen of many other countries nor make money in those countries." The Special Committee notes with satisfaction that the first register has received wide attention and helped highlight violations of United Nations resolutions for the boycott of apartheid sport. Fewer sportsmen are competing in South Africa. Several sportsmen have indicated their intention not to compete in South Africa and others are reportedly reconsidering their attitudes for fear of exclusion from competitions in many countries if not because of firm opposition to apartheid. South Africa has had to resort to secret sports tours in order to avoid the increased public attention. The General Assembly of the United Nations - in resolution 36/172 I of 18 December 1981 - noted with satisfaction the action of the Special Committee in publishing the Register "in order to enable the Governments and organizations to take any action that they may deem appropriate." Proress in the boycott of apartheid sport There has been further progress in the boycott of apartheid sport during the period under review, and in several cases sportsmen and sports bodies have cancelled exchanges with South Africa in order to avoid their names being included in the Register. In July 1981, the International Cricket Conference decided not to accept South Africa's application for re-admission. On 1 September 1981, the Congress of the International Amateur Athletic Association, held in Rome, unanimously decided to continue the suspension of the South African Amateur Athletic Association. In a very significant statement, it said: "...ve do not see that athletics, or indeed sport in general, can be isolated from the existing laws of a country. We do not consider that truly equal opportunities to train and to participate in sport can occur in a country which discriminates generally on the basis particularly of colour." 1/ Five professional tennis players withdrew from the SAB Grand Prix tennis tournament in April 1981. The Tennis Federation of Yugoslavia suspended Mark Ostoja, after his name had appeared on the United Nations Register, and criticized him for "running after money and turning a deaf ear to the principles of our foreign policy." The Danish Badminton Federation cancelled its July tour of South Africa when four of the six team members withdrew to avoid being placed on the Roeister. Fourteen British soccer players, who had arrived in South Africa in June, were forced by their home clubs, the English Football Association and the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) to leave South Africa without playing a game. The United States Squash Association cancelled a three-week tour of the United States by South Africa scheduled in June. A tour of 13 Oregon State University wrestlers was cancelled after the Wrestling Division of the United States Amateur Athletic Union announced they would be expelled. The Special Committee has received communications requesting that the tour organizer, Dr. Dale 0. Thomas, be placed on the Register. Stuart Davenport, a ;;ew Zealand squash player, refused to play in South Africa in August after his national union told him that playing in South Africa would make him ineligible for the New Zealand national teem to the world championships. 1./ It may be recalled that the International Football Federation (FIFA) had decided in 1974 to include in its statutes a provision that any country which has racially discriminatory laws cannot be a member of FIFA. In August, the Test and County Cricket Board of the United Kingdom sent letters to all first class cricketers warning them that they faced exclusion from playing tests for England if they took part in international representative matches in South Africa. The invitation to the Durban Collegians rugby team to play two matches in England was cancelled in September. Richard Hadlee and John Wright, New Zealand cricketers, cancelled plans to play in South Africa in October, following expressions of concern by the New Zealand Government and the New Zealand Cricket Council. '/ The English cricket authorities disclosed in October that they had persuaded a cricket teaum, Derby, to decline an invitation to tour South Africa. The Government of Tunisia announced in October 1981 that South African golfers would not be allowed to play in the Tunisian Open in April 1982.