198 Broadway * New York, NY. 10038 * (212) 962-1210 William H. Booth. President Wyatt Tee Walker. Vice President David Scott. Vice President Jennifer Davis, Executive Director June 24, 1992 For more information call: Richard Knight American Committee on Africa 212-962-1210 ADVISORY U.S. Mayors Call for Sanctions to Stay The U.S. Conference of Mayors, representing some 900 mayors of cities with populations over 30,000 in the United States, passed a resolution today at their annual meeting in Houston reaffirming support for city sanctions against South Africa. The mayor's resolution notes that "Nelson Mandela has stated that he will call on U.S. cities to lift existing sanctions against South Africa when the negotiations have resulted in the establishment of an interim government" and calls for cities to maintain sanctions against South Africa "until representatives of the democratic movement in South Africa call for their lifting." Mayor after mayor at the meeting stood up to condemn the South African government's role in the recent killings at Boipatong. The Mayor's go on to say that when an interim government is in place, "companies which do business in South Africa will make a positive commitment to help overcome the legacy of apartheid and promote equality of opportunity among all South Africans." The resolution was sponsored by Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn, who is outgoing president of the conference, and the mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, Atlanta, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Denver, New Orleans, Houston, Detroit, Seattle, Baltimore, Kansas City, San Leandro, New Haven, Newark, and Miami. The South African government lobbied vigorously against the resolution, and Ambassador Schwarz had aides place personally addressed letters to each mayor under their doors at the conference hotel. Schwarz argued against linking the lifting of sanctions to a call from the democratic movement and Nelson Mandela. Dumisani Kumalo of the American Committee on Africa, who worked with Mayor Flynn to draft the resolution, and attended the conference. "The support of the mayors for this resolution shows that U.S. cities are firm in their support for the struggle for freedom in South Africa," Kumalo said. Supporting Africanfreedom and independence since 1953 - Established The Africa Fund. 1966 Resolution No. 69 Submitted by: The Honorable Raymond Flynn The Honorable James Scheibel Mayor of Boston Mayor of St. Paul The Honorable David Dinkins The Honorable Donald Fraser Mayor of New York City Mayor of Minneapolis The Honorable Emanuel Cleaver II The Honorable Michael White Mayor of Kansas City, MO Mayor of Cleveland The Honorable Sharon Pratt Kelly The Honorable Wellington Webb Mayor of Washington, D.C. Mayor of Denver The Honorable Xavier Suarez The Honorable Sidney Barthelemy Mayor of Miami Mayor of New Orleans The Honorable Richard Daley The Honorable Bob Lanier Mayor of Chicago Mayor of Houston The Honorable Tom Bradley The Honorable Coleman Young Mayor of Los Angeles Mayor of Detroit The Honorable Sharpe James The Honorable Norman Rice Mayor of Newark, NJ Mayor of Seattle The Honorable Dave Karp The Honorable John Daniels Mayor of San Leandro Mayor of New Haven CITY SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA 1) WHEREAS, the system of apartheid continues in South Africa and 30 million black South Africans cannot vote; and 2) WHEREAS, more than 11,000 have died as a result of apartheid related violence since 1984, over half of them since Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990; and 3) WHEREAS, we look with hope to the negotiations for the ending of apartheid and the establishment of a democratic government held under the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) which began last December; and 4) WHEREAS, we are concerned that despite the optimism surrounding these negotiations, the South African government has yet to agree to establishing an interim government composed of all races to run the country in the period leading up to democracy; and 14h!',r=AS, -, son Mandela has Z',&ted that he will ca.U1 or. U.S. c~~tsto li~ft t-xisting nanctions against Sou*~ Afcawn ~ ~tta~h~?ie resultedI in tl,, estab.1iAshment cf xr 13T~ InLVD Lhat Tt~ ti Conference ot ,-,zrIcz, call~ their li.ting and ~ ~~ ~ ,c~h do Ainei ~ ~ positive cotwittnt c~help ~ithI; -p a.: - eid and promoVI, equaJiity of.