hadbeenturnedintostrangers intheirlandofbirthaswellasbythosewhoare neighbours. Inthewakeofpeaceful demonstrations against apartheid, asthe defiance campaigns ofthe1950sandtheliketookplace,ruthless suppression becamethenorm.Ablackmanhassincebeeninpainphysically andmentally. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library----------------- RC/lS Al44/PV.99 63 (Mr.PhQo?olo, Lesotho) Theworldcontinued nottoacceptthatQPartheid wasontherampageuntilthe trigger-happy policeofSouthAfricamassacred scoresofblackSouthAfricans in Sharpeville atyetanother peaceful demonstration against apartheid passlawsthat hadmadeablackmanacomplete alieninhiscountry. TheSharpeville massacre of innocent men,womenandchildren ofcoloursetinfullmotionthespiralof QPartheid violence anditsconcomitant destructive consequences insouthern Africa. Bannings, detentions withouttrial,deathsinprisons, deportations, p~litical executions andflightforpersonal safetybecametheorderofthedayas farastheoppressed wereconcerned, andsowerecross-border raidsthatinflicted extensive damageonallthecountries insouthern Africa. Assouthern Africawasinflames,thisglobalpartnership hadnotceased debating andpassing endless resolutions condemning anddenouncing apartheid's policies anditsdestructive consequences insouthern Africa. Thefactofthe matteristhattheinternational outcryagainst QPartheid anditsdestructive consequences insouthern Africawasdecisively placed Qnapositive roadbythe battleofCuitoCuanavale inAngola. Therippling political effects ofthat historic encounter withtheforcesofapartheid arewellknown-Namibiaisamongst usasafreecountrystillbattling toputitshouseinordereconomically and socially. Mr.President, itisawell-known factthatschoolchildren wereforcedto fleetheirbeloved country in1976,andtheyremainscattered theworldoverto thisdaybecause ofthecontinuation ofapartheid policies. Somedied,somewere maimedandotherspermanently disabled intheperpetual SUffering inflicted onthe blackpeopleofSouthAfricaasaresultoftheexistence QfthePopulation Registration Act,theGroupAreasActandtheLandActs,whicharestillaliveand verywellintheSouthAfrican statute books. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryRC/IS)) AI.4/PV.~9 64-65 (Mt.Phoofoloc Lesotho) As~logical, ~utregrettable consequence of§9artheid, thepolitical andeCOnomic climateinSouthAfricahasalwaysbeencharacterized byviolence. Hence,the stateofemergency andtheplethora ofthelegislation designed andcalculated to circumscribe political activity inthecOUDtry. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryRM/l6 Al44/PV.99 66 (Mr.PhQQfQlo, LesQthQ) TheDeclaratiQn thatledtQtherepQrtbefQreusisveryclearinitsmessage anddirectiQn. WetakenQtewithasenseQfappreciatiQn ofthefactthatthe Secretary-General hasdischarged hismandate undertheDeclaratiQ~. Weequally takenQteoft~epQlitical eventsthathaveoccurred inSouthAfricasincethe adQptiQn oftheCQnsensus DeclaratiQn bytheAssembly. Inasmuch astheUnitedNatiQns Secretariat missiQn CQncluded that"SQuth Africahasreached thethreshQld ofanewera",ithasnevertheless tQbeobserved thatviolence asacQnsequence ofapartheid hasperpetually andconsistently remained inplaceinSouthAfrica. Theshameful fratricidal killings inNatalhave CQntinued unabated, andnowthegenQcide hasspreadintQTransvaal Province and intQtheSQwetoareainparticula_. TheinternatiQna1 cQmmunity cannotagreethat thekillings Qfpeaceful protesters inSe~okeng inMarchand~ulyQfthisyearhave beenencQuraging prQspects fQrthedismantling Qfapartheid. Theperpetually suffering people QfcolQur, asdefined byapartheid, continue tQbleedprQfusely inSowetQ, KagisQ, VQsIQorus, We1kom andQtherpartsofSQuth Africaasthethreefundamental pillars Qfapartheid remaininplace. Dusthasnot settled Qntheroadsleading totheblackgraveyards because ofthecQntinuatiQn Qf. past,recentandpresent enforcement Qfapartheid legalinstruments. ItisnQtdebatable. Itisafactundisputed byallreasQnable peQp1ethat cQnstitutiQnal deve1Qpment inSQuth Afri~amustprimarily beasQvereign and legitimate rightQfitscitizens. Itisequally afactthattheperpetually bleeding masses QfSQuthAfricaarefullyconscious thattheirliberation is essentially intheirownhands. ButtheQngoing carnage thatistakingplaceunder sophisticated andefficient law-enfQrcement machinery cannotbetQlerated bypeople Qfconscience. Itwouldbeimmoral todoso.Theexisting police andmilitary infrastructure inSouthAfricacannotfailtoputanendtQtheQngoing spiralof
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a speech or statement about the situation in South Africa during the apartheid era. The author discusses the violence and oppression faced by the black population, the international community's response, and the ongoing struggle for liberation. The text highlights the human suffering, political instability, and economic and social consequences of apartheid.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations