Anti-Apartheid Movement and the United Nations:
Statements, Papers and Letters of Abdul S. Minty, Honorary Secretary of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement and Director, World Campaign against Military and Nuclear Collaboration with South Africa

Compiled and edited by E.S. Reddy


CONTENTS

*INTRODUCTION

*LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID, TRANSMITTING A STUDY OF SOUTH AFRICA'S DEFENCE STRATEGY, OCTOBER 8, 1969(1)

*STATEMENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID, MAY 20, 1970

*INTERNATIONAL BOYCOTT OF APARTHEID SPORT

(With special reference to the campaigns in Britain by the Anti-Apartheid Movement)
Paper prepared for the United Nations Unit on Apartheid, 1971(2)

*STATEMENT AT THE MEETING OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL, ADDIS ABABA, FEBRUARY 2, 1972(3)

*APARTHEID: THE INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS

Paper presented to the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa, Oslo, 9-14 April 1973(4)

*STATEMENT AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF EXPERTS FOR THE SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF COLONIALISM AND APARTHEID IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, OSLO, APRIL 10, 1973(5)

*LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID, SEPTEMBER 9, 1974(6)

*LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID, JUNE 3, 1975, TRANSMITTING A MEMORANDUM ON COLLABORATION OF NATO MEMBER STATES WITH SOUTH AFRICA IN THE ADVOKAAT MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM(7)

*STATEMENT AT THE MEETING OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL, JUNE 6, 1975(8)

*SOUTH AFRICA'S DEFENCE STRATEGY

Paper submitted to the Conference on Socio-Economic Trends and Policies of Southern Africa, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, December 1-8, 1975, under the auspices of the United Nations Institute for Development and Planning(9)

*THE CASE FOR ECONOMIC DISENGAGEMENT

Paper presented to a seminar held in London, in February 1976, under the auspices of the Christian Concern for Southern Africa (CCSA)(10)

*STATEMENT AT THE MEETING OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL, MARCH 25, 1977(11)

*APARTHEID'S THREAT TO WORLD PEACE

Paper presented to the World Conference for Action against Apartheid, Lagos, August 1977(12)

*STATEMENT AT THE MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID, DECEMBER 12, 1977(13)

*WHAT HAVE SOUTH AFRICA'S TRADITIONAL SUPPLIERS OF ARMS DONE TO ABIDE BY THE MANDATORY ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA?

Statement at Seminar on South Africa's Military Build-up and Nuclear Plans, London, May 30, 1978(14)

*SOUTH AFRICA'S MILITARY AND NUCLEAR BUILD-UP

Paper submitted to the International NGO Conference for Action against Apartheid, Geneva, August 28-31, 1978(15)

*STATEMENT AT THE MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID, MARCH 6, 1980(16)

*STATEMENT AT THE MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID ON ITS TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY, MARCH 31, 1983(17)

*STATEMENT BEFORE THE SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION 421 (1977) CONCERNING THE QUESTION OF SOUTH AFRICA

*STATEMENT AT THE MEETING OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL, MAY 25, 1994(18)


Notes:

(1) UN document A/AC.115/L.271.

The "Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Republic of South Africa" was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1962. Its name was shortened in 1971 to "Special Committee on Apartheid" and changed in 1974 to "Special Committee against Apartheid". The last title is used in all references to that Committee in this book.

(2) United Nations Unit on Apartheid, Notes and Documents, No.16/71, April 1971

(3) UN document S/PV.1634

(4) United Nations Unit on Apartheid, Notes and Documents, No.12/73, May 1973

(5) From Olav Stokke and Carl Widstrand (eds.) Southern Africa: The UN-OAU Conference, Oslo, 9-14 April 1973.

(6) UN document A/AC.115/L.389

(7) UN document A/AC.115/L.408

(8) UN document A/PV.1829

(9) United Nations Centre against Apartheid, Notes and Documents, No. 2/76, January 1976

(10) United Nations Centre against Apartheid, Notes and Documents, No. 35/76, November 1976

(11) UN document S/PV.1992

(12) United Nations Centre against Apartheid, Notes and Documents,Conf.7, November 1977

(13) UN document A/AC.115/L.485

(14) United Nations Centre against Apartheid, Notes and Documents, No. 26/78, September 1978

(15) United Nations Centre against Apartheid, Notes and Documents, No. 41/78, September 1978

(16) UN document A/AC.115/L.520

(17) United Nations Centre against Apartheid, Notes and Documents, No. 18/83, April 1983

(18) UN document S/PV.3379