invited the Special Sepporteur to continue to update his report. The Council invited the Sub-Commission and the Cosrnissioo on Buman Rights to consider the revised report at their forty-second and forty-seventh sessions respectively. ii. in acccirdance riit iirr said rasoiutiona, ihe Speciai Ilapporteur continued hio contacts with the United Nations Centre oo Trsnenetional Corporations end the Centre egainet m. In 1990, he visited thoee two Centres and held meetings with the staff in charge. A useful exchange of viewe took place. I... Al45/552 English Page 7 II. DISINVBSIM&NT TRENDS IN SOUTS AFRICA E/ A. -end of the v 12. Since 1984, a number of large trenenational corporations (TNCe) have oold their South Africau ouboidieriee or affiliatee or announced their intention of doing 80. There is evidence, hnwever, that eeveral of the dieinvesting companies maintafa non-equity ties with the hoot country. thue defeatiog the very purpoee of the idea of dieinveetment action. Non-equity ties nre eetabliehed in three wayet firot, through the licensing of production to enother company baaed in South Africa or in a third countryz secondly, through the lioenring of production to a company that hae been newly created; thirdly, through the licenoing of production to a specially created tru8t. This typu of arrangement enablee the departing firm to continue its preoence indirectly in the hoet country and enoure continuity in the tranefer of technology. 13. It haa been claimed that by mid-1988 some 46 per cent of the foreign eubeidiarioe operating in South Africa had bean dieinvested. There hae been a sudden surge of come forefa companies to dieinvoot, but to what ewtent are they actually cutting their economic links with South Africa when withdrawing their direct operation8 or selling their South African aesets? This problem hae received only scant attention in the documentation on the subject. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the divestment of foreign companies from South Africa, specifically large multinational corporations (TNCs) and their non-equity ties with the country. The report highlights the trend of TNCs withdrawing their direct operations or selling their assets in South Africa, but also notes that some of these companies may still maintain indirect connections with the country through licensing agreements or newly created trusts. This suggests that the issue is more complex than a simple withdrawal of economic links.

**Category**
International trade, Industry