havebeenquicktowanttorewardthoseintentions andthepartial chanqesthat ., havetakenplacesofar.TheNewZealand Government's viewisthatitwillbelieve , thatfundamental andirreversible changehasoccurred, notwhenitispromised but whenitisseentoexist,andwhenthosewhosufferunderapartheid conf~rm tous thatchangehasindeedoccurred. Consistent withthatviewandwiththeassessment oftheCommonwealth Committee ofFore,qn Ministers onSouthern Africathattorelaxsanctions nowwould betoaborttheprocess ofchanqethathasjustbequn, NewZealand willmaintain sanctions aqainst SouthAfricaandstandsreadytostrenqthen themifthatis deemednecessary. Inshort,ourviewisthattheinternational community shouldnotrelax sanctions prematurely. Wemustatallcostsavoidsendinq thewrongsiqna1s to SouthAfricathatthechanqes madetodatemeetwhattheAssembly deemstobethe absolute requirement forfundamental transition. Sofar,thosechangesfallwell shortofprofound andirreversible change. Itisourfervent hrypethatSouthAfricaisnotonly,inthe Secretary-General's words,atthethreshold ofanewera,butthatwiththe inspiration ofNelso~,Mandela andallthosecommitted topeaceful change, thatera willbecomeareality soonerratherthanlater. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryBeT/edd Al44/PV.9a 46 Mr.LtDaoyu(China) (interpretation fromChinese): TheChinese delegation wish3Stocongratulate General Garbaonhispresidency ofthisresumed I Iforty-fourth session oftheGeneral Assembly. Weareconfident thatunderhisable guidance thisimportant sessionwillbesuccessful. , Atitssixteenth special session, lastyear,theGeneral Assembly adopted by consensus theDeclaration onApartheid anditsDestructive Consequences inSouthern Africa. Thiswasanewmilestone inthestruggle wagedbytheinternational community, andtheAfrican countries inparticular, todismantle theapartheid system;itgaveexpression tothefirmwillanddetermination oftheinternational community. Weappreciate theefforts oftheSecretary-General inimplementing the Declaration andaregrateful forhiscomprehensive report, whichhelpsusgaina betterunderstanding ofthesituation inSouthAfricaandtheproblems calling for urgentsolutions. Itisourhopethatthisresumed sessionwillmakeacorrect assessment ofthesituation inSouthAfricaandtakefurther stepstopromote more 'effective implementation ofalltheprovisions oftheDecl~ration. Atpresent thesituation insouthern Africahasundergone greatchanges. The independence ofNanlibiaisanimportant historical eventwhichmarksthee~dof colonialism intheentireAfrican continent and,atthesametime,servesasa greatinspiration totheanti-apartheid struggle oftheSouthAfrican people. Sincetheadoption ofth~_~c1aration, thesituation insideSouthAfricahasalso underqone somepositive changes, andnewprogress hasalsobeenmadeinthe people's struggle. Allthisisgratifying. However, whatisveryclearisthat theSouthAfrican authorities havenotfundamentally abandoned theirpolicyof racialdiscrimination andapartheid. Asispointed outinadocument issued earlier bytheAfrican GroupattheUnitedNations, "therehasnotbeenany fundamental orirreversible changeinSouthAfrica". Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryBCT/edd A/44/PV.98 47 1. CM,...LiDaoyu,China) . IUndersuchcircumstances, theinternational community cannotbutmaintain its pressure o~theSouthAfrican authorities soastoeompelthemtoabandon apartheid. TheUnitedNations Declaration onApartheid anditsDestructive Consequences inSouthern Africahas,inexplicit terms,provided thefundamental principles, the programma ofactionandtheguidelines forthenegotiation process tobefollowed inachieving acomprehensive solution toSouthAfrica's political andsocial problems. Inaccordance withtheDeclar.ation, thefinalobjective ofandthekey toapolitical settlement oftheSouthAfrican question isthecomplete elimination oftheapartheid system, sothatSouthAfricawouldbecomeaunited, non-racial and democratic coun~ry whereallitspeople, regardless ofrace,colour, se%andcreed, wouldenjoyequalcitizenship andnationality. SincetheDeclaration wasadopted, theAfrican National Congress ofSouth Africa (ANC)andthePanAfricanist Congress ofAzania (FAC)andtheother anti-apartheid organizations inSouthAfricahavemademajorefforts toensurea political settlement andthushavewonwidepraiseandsupport fromthe international community. TheSouthAfrican authorities, however, havenotshowna genuine willingness tochangecourse, norhavetheymadeadueresponse inregard toapolitical settlement. Theyareevenhalf-hearted aboutimplementing the
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a statement by the New Zealand Government on the situation in South Africa, discussing the country's apartheid system and the international community's response. It does not mention specific economic or environmental issues, but rather focuses on the political and social aspects of the situation. Therefore, it seems that the category that best fits this text is likely to be related to international relations, human rights, or politics.

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