Belqium, France, theFederal RepUblic ofGermany, theUnitedKingdom andtheUnited States.w/ 187.InJune1989,sportsministers andseniorofficials fromtheStatesofthe Council ofEuropeunar:.imously approved aresolution demanding anendt.osports contacts withSouthAfrlca. Criticism wasahoexpressed ofthoseWestnrn European countries whichcontinued tomaJntain sportslinkswithSouthAfrica•.1Q5/Tbe Swedish SportsConfederation hasdecided thatsportsexchanges shouldnottake placebetween Swedenandcountries thatdiscriminate against sportsp~:sons on account oftheirraca,religion orpolitical association andhave th~starminated allsports exchange~ withSouthAfrica. Swediah sportsrersans whoviolate this policyarepe~ali.ed withafin~orexpelled bytheirrespectiva fed~rationQ. The policyoftheSwedi&h SportsConfederation conforms, interaUI,with 8 recommendBtion madebytheSecondUnitedNations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Conference ofSportsMinisters whichtookplacein MoscowinNovember 1988andwhichhasreceived fullsupport fromtheSwedish Government. 188.Reports abouttheparticipati~n ofindividual rugbyplayers fromAustralia. Frr.nceandtheUnitedKingdom inthecentenary rugbygamesinSouthAfricain August1989becameamatterufserious concurn notonlytotheSpecial Committee andanti-APart.heid organizations butalsotothoselnvolved intheforthcoming Commonwealth Games. Speculation= arosethatcertain African countries mightdecidetoboycott thegamestoexpresstheircriticism oftheinaction oftheGovernment oftheUnitedKingdom. Intheviewofthosecountries, thatGovernment hasfailed toundertake measures topreventitsnational players fromparticipating insports eventsinSouthAfrica(seepara.231).Incuntrast, theGovernment ofFrancetook firmactiontopreventitsnationals from ~laying inSouthAfrica.lAAl 189.Inawidelycriticized move,agroupofindividual cricketers fromtheUnited Kingdom a'1"8edtoplayinSouthAfricainearly1000andin1001.Theirdecib.'.on wasindefiance oftheagreement reached bytheInternational BoardofCricket in 1989tobananyplayerwhoparticipates incricket eventsinSouthAfricaafter 31March1980(seepara.234).Atthetime,theagreement wasconsidered remarkable becauseitaverted amajorcrisisininternational cricket. lQ11 100.Atitsmeeting, heldatCanberra from7to9August1089,theCommonwealth Committee ofForeign Ministers onSouthern Africa reaffirmed itssupport forthe sportsboycott ofSouthAfricaandcondemned theapartheid regime's efforts to "inducecricket andrugbyplayers fromBritaJ.n andotherCommonwealth countries to play1nSouthAfrica". Initsconcluding statement, theCommittee expressed "extreme disappointment attheactionofplayers whohadindicated their willingnesf. ~~gotoSouthAfricainviolation oftheGl~neagles Agreement •••and (called upoultheplayers inquestion whohadnotalready donesotodecline these invitations".,W1 Notingthecoseofcricket-ars whohadagreedtogotoSouth Africa, ~.heCOlM'littee caUed"forttterigorous enforcement ofthepenaltier~ agreed earlierthisyearbytheInt.rnati~nal Cricket Confe~ence". Itfurther calledupon othersporting bodies "t~develop andapplysimilar rulesandpenalty 8truct~reB in respect ofthesportstheycontrolled". Callin? uponallCommonwealth Governments "toexpresstheirownstrongopposition tosuchsporting contacts withSouthAfrica andtoUBetheirutmostendeavours throughallpoliti~al andotherchannels to discouraq8 them",theMinistArs stat&dtheir app~eciation foreff~rts already made inthi&regard, inparticular by~heGovernments ofAustralia andNewZealand. An official spokesman oftheGovernment ofIndiasimilarly expressed outrageatthe international cricket andrugbytoursofSouthAfrica. Inastetement, the ~overM1.nt ofIndiadeplored andcondemned these"attempts bySouthAfricatoJ.Ilre individual players tobreaktheinternational sportsboycott formonetary gains".illl 191.International boxin?organizations haveexpre._ed thei~opposition to apartheid e.•adco-operated withtheSpecial Committee inefforts toisolate apartheid sports. 7heWorldBoxingCouncil undertook firmmOGsures against boxers whohadbe.nluredtocompeteinSuuthAfrica. InSept~mbe~ 1988,the International Amateur BoxingF.detotion decided toexpel ISf~elforfiveyeafs following theparticipati~n ofIsraeli boxersincampetltions inSouth Affi~B. The WorldBnxingASlociation alsoadopted measures against apArtheid sports. The International BoxingFederation isvi~tual1y theonlymajorboxingorqanization
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international politics and sports, specifically the boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era. It mentions the actions of various countries, organizations, and individuals in response to the apartheid regime's policies, including the sports boycott. The text also references international agreements and resolutions related to sports and human rights.

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