The Declaration requested the Secretary-General to monitor the situation and prepare a progress report on the implementation of the provisions of the Declaration. The progress report is now before the Assembly. The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania met the team the Secretary-General sent to apartheid South Africa to assess the facts of the situation. The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania also contributed to the compilation of the report of the monitoring group of the Organization of African Unity's Ad Hoc Committee on Southern Africa. We hereby express our satisfaction with the contents and basic observations of the two detailed reports. At these important meetings the General Assembly therefore has the task of factually and objectively assessing whether or not the fundamental principles and guidelines laid down in the United Nations consensus Declaration have been implemented. The Declaration, first and foremost, regards it as essential that a necessary climate be created to realize a negotiated settlement in apartheid South Africa. Consequently it lays down pre-conditions which the apartheid régime should at the very least meet to create the necessary conducive climate. EMS/17 A/44/PV.97 67 (Mr. Ebrahim. PAC) The stated preconditions are that South Africa should: first, release all political prisoners and detainees unconditionally and refrain from imposing any restrictions on them; secondly, lift all bans and restrictions on all proscribed and restricted organizations and persons; thirdly, remove all troops from the townships; fourthly, end the state of emergency and repeal all legislation designed to circumscribe political activity; and fifthly, cease all political trials and political executions. Those preconditions were laid down to create a conducive climate that could pave the way to a negotiated settlement in apartheid South Africa. Moreover, it is clearly stipulated that the onus is on the régime to meet the necessary preconditions in order to create that conducive climate. The Pan Africanist 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a political situation and the implementation of a declaration related to apartheid in South Africa. The language used is formal and diplomatic, and the focus is on the actions required to create a conducive climate for a negotiated settlement. This suggests that the text is related to international relations, politics, and human rights.

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Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations