Adverse consequences for the enjoyment of human rights of political, military, economic and other forms of assistance given to the racist and colonialist regime in South Africa.

1992/20.
Adverse consequences for the enjoyment of human rights of Political, military, economic and other forms of assistance given to the racist and colonialist regime in South Africa

1. Reaffirm its support for the legitimate struggle of the South African people for the total eradication of apartheid and the establishment of a united, non-racial and democratic South Africa in which all its people, irrespective of race, colour, sex or creed, will enjoy the same fundamental freedoms, human rights and economic and social rights;

2. Condemns the assistance rendered to South Africa in the political, economic, financial and particularly the military field, and expresses its conviction that this assistance constitutes a hostile act against the people of South Africa and the neighbouring States;

3. Also condemns the continued nuclear collaboration of some States, in particular Israel, with South Africa and urges those States to desist forthwith from supplying South Africa with nuclear equipment and technology which enable it to develop a nuclear weapons capability;

4. Notes with appreciation the important measures taken by numerous States, parliamentarians, institutions, trade unions and non-governmental organizations in order to exert pressure on South Africa, and calls upon them to maintain their efforts to urge the South African authorities to comply with the United Nations resolutions and decisions on South Africa;

5. Takes note with satisfaction of the disinvestment, trade restrictions and other positive measures taken by some countries and transnational corporations, and urges them to continue in this direction;

6. Calls upon all Governments that have not yet done so to take measures to end economic, financial and technological cooperation with South Africa, as well as assistance in the manufacture of arms and military supplies in South Africa and, in particular, to cease all collaboration with South Africa in the nuclear field;

7. Appeals to the international community to render all possible assistance to the front-line and neighbouring States to enable their economies to recover from the effects of years of destabilization;

8. Calls upon all Governments to maintain sanctions and all forms of pressure against South Africa until agreement has been reached on transitional arrangements and modalities for the process of drawing up and adopting a new constitution and the holding of elections with a view to achieving an irreversible transition to a united, democratic and non-racial South Africa;

9. Appeals to the international community, specialized agencies and governmental and non-governmental organizations to increase humanitarian and legal assistance to the victims of apartheid, the returning refugees and exiles and released political prisoners;

10. Also appeals to the international community to increase its material, financial and other contributions to the victims and opponents of apartheid to help them address the glaring socio-economic inequalities prevailing in South Africa, particularly in the areas of education, health, housing and social welfare;

11. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure the coordination of activities of the United Nations system in fulfilment of the Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa and to continue monitoring the implementation of the Declaration, as well as pursuing appropriate initiatives to facilitate all efforts leading to the eradication of apartheid;

12. Expresses its appreciation to the Special Rapporteur of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities for his updated report;

13. Reaffirms that the updating of the report of the Special Rapporteur is of the greatest importance to the cause of eradicating apartheid and other violations of human rights in South Africa;

14. Requests the Secretary-General to give the updated report the widest dissemination, to issue it as a United Nations publication and to make it available to learned societies, research centres, universities, political and humanitarian organizations and other interested groups;

15. Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur in making the report even more accurate and informative;

16. Also calls upon the South African authorities to allow the Special Rapporteur to visit South Africa with a view to assessing the present situation;

17. Decides to consider the question at its forty-ninth session under the agenda item entitled "Adverse consequences for the enjoyment of human rights of political, military, economic and other forms of assistance given to the racist and colonialist regime in South Africa".