administration ofthecountrY onth~basisofauniversal suffrage. exercised through oneperson onevote,underacommonvotersroll." TheApartheid regimerejects thisprinciple byinsisting on"CroupRightsll andreferstoitas"simplistic" and"unsophisticated." 3.0.0 Theprinciples inParagraph 16.1-3oftheHarareDeclaration oftheOAUAd-Hoc Committee onSouthern Africa ontheQuestion ofSouth Africa (H.D)andthecorresponding paragraphs intheUnitedNations Consensus Declaration onApartheid anditsDestructive Consequences in Southern Africa (UND),arefundamental andformtheformalbasisforall theotherprinciples enumerated therein. OnthepartoftheApartheid regime, therejection ofmajority rule,insistence on"GroupRightsl1and "PowerSharingllItakencollectively constitute itsfundamental outlook within whichitsstatement ofapproach isformally located. Inallits official pronouncements itinvariably linkstherejection ofmajority ruleandotherprinciples mentioned intheDeclarations to"GroupRights" and"PowerSharing "orboth. Forthisreason, thelatterareexamined in details below:, Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Librarya/44/963 English Page 7 Group Riqhts and Power Sharlnq 4.0,0 The recurrenc themes ln pronouncenents dade by the Apartheld reglrle either through forDal docuEenEs such as the Fl,ve Year PIan of Action of the Afrikaaner Nationallst Paity, or through speeches and stateorents to the dass Bedia by Ur. F,W. de Klelk and the l2 polnt speech on l{lnorl.ry Rlghcs given by Actiog Presidenc Mr. c. Vlljoen on ll May 1990 are i cheir rejectlon of najority rule and their lnsistence on the need to protecE "Croup Rlghts" thrduSh'rPolrer Sharing". fhe Honiloring Group ls of. the vie!,r thai the Apartheld regiBe's(a) (b) 4.I.0 rejectlon of najorlty rule and their insisterce on "Group Rlghts" and "Power Sharing" consticuEe an attenpt to reserve !,hite [inori,ty doolnatlon by reCalolllg lts essenEi,alE lrhlle adaptlng its appearance€ co the changed cllcunstances characterised by the inenorable escaLatLon of rhe sttug8le of the Souch African people for a unlted, democratlc and non-raclal South Afrlca. 4,2.0 whaE ioforns the Apartheid rcginers lnslstence on "Group-Rights" and "Power Sharlrlg" ls a se! of !!ro ioterrelaced objectivesi- 4. 3.0 Through "Group Rtghcs", the Aparthel.d regime seeks to glve overrldlng polltlcal slgnLflcance to the overvhelotngly relected ethnlc and raclal dlvlslons which Apartheld has always sought ro 1!rPose, nalntaln and exaggerate betveen the soulh Afrlcr.d people. The perpetuatlon and
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the political principles and ideologies of the Apartheid regime in South Africa, specifically its rejection of majority rule and insistence on "Group Rights" and "Power Sharing". The text also mentions the Harare Declaration and the United Nations Consensus Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa. Given the focus on political principles and ideologies, it seems likely that the text is related to the political sphere.

**Category**
Politics, Humanitarian aid and relief