before. Mr.MARKER(Pakistan): Allowmetobeginbyconveying tothePresident thesincere appreciation ofmydelegation forconvening thisresumed forty-fourth session oftheGeneral Assembly. Thisisindeedanopportune timetoevaluate the progress madeintheimplementation oftheDeclaration onApartheid andits Destructive Consequences inSouthern Africaadoptedatthesixteenth special session oftheGeneral Assembly. Therecentchanges intheglobalpolitical landscape, accompanied bythesurgeofmanifestations offundamental freedoms and therenewed emphasis ontherespect forhumanrights, makeitimperative thatthe international community shouldaccelerate itscampaign toachieve thetotal elimination ofapartheid. TheUnitedNations hasrepeatedly affirmed that'thepolicyofapartheid isa crimeagainst humanity incompatible withtheCharter oftheUnitedNations andthe Universal Declaration ofHumanRightsandthatitseriously undermines in~ernational peaceandsecurity. Ithasalsoaffirmed thatthetotaleradication of'APartheid andthecreation ofafree,unitedanddemocratic systemconstitute thenecessary stepstowards theestablishment ofanon-racial society basedon I self-determination andmajority rulethrough freeandfairelection&. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryRMlS wtt'PV.9S 26 (Mt.NArker« Pakistan) Theadoption byconsensus ofthehistoric Declaration onA»srtheid atthe sixteenth special session oftheGeneral Assembly lastyear unde~lined theurgent needtotransform SouthAfricaintoanon-racial democracy through anew constitutional orderdetermined bythepeopleofSouthAfricaandbasedonthe Charter ontheUnitedNations andtheUniversal Declaration ofHumanRights. The Declaration spellsoutclearly thevisionofanewSouthAfricaandthefoundations onwhichitistobebuilt. TheSecretary-General andhisteam,ledbyMr.Abdurahim Farah, Under-Secretary-General forSpecialPolitical Questions, haveaccomplished a creditable taskingathering factual information ontherecentmeasures takenand proposals madeforbringing aboutanendtotheapartheid system. Mydelegation wouldliketothanktheSecretary-General forthatvaluable contribution. ThereportoftheSecretary-General andtherecentdevelopments inSouth Africaencourage ustoviewthefut~rewithsomehope.Therelease ofNelson Mandela andotherpolitical prisoners, 'theremoval ofthebanonpolitical organizations andthepartialliftingoftb,~stateofemerge~cy arethefirststeps towards theprocess ofnegotiations fordete~lining thepoliti~al futureofSouth Africa. Thos~developments, however, donotgofarenough ~dshouldnotdistract theinternational community fromthefundamental andstarkreality of@Partheiq thatcontinues topersist inallitswickedness. Theydonot,intheviewofmy delegation, constitute an"evidence ofprofound andirreversible changes", as visualized insection CoftheDeclaration and,therefore, donotprovide any justification forrelaxing international pressure against SouthAfrica. AsstatedinthereportoftheSecretary-General, thepillars ofaPartheid remaininplace. ThePopulation Registration Actof1950,theNativeLandActof 1913,theGroupAreasActof1966andtheHomeland Citizenship Act,which Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryRM/8 Al44/PV.98 27 (Mr.Marker, Pakistan) constitute thestatutory basisuponwhichapartheid waserected, arestillin force. Thenational liberation movements haveeven expre~sed reservations with respect tothemeasures listedinparagraph 6oftheDeclaration. Onthl9question oftherelease ofpolitical prisoners anddetainees, theliberation movements consider thatthousands ofpolitical prisoners continue toremain i~~arcerated. In regardtothelifting oftheemergency theliberation movements havenotedthatthe emergency wasstillinforceinNatal,thusinhibiting political activity. AsMr. NelsonMande18 himself stated: "Alotstillremains tobedonebeforewecansaythataclimate conducive to negotiations hasbeencreated." Theprovisions ofparagraph 6oftheDeclaration represent theminimum that canbeacceptable forthecreation ofaclimate conducive tonegotiations. The I Secretary-General's reportclearly establishes thatthoseprovisions remain unfulfilled. ThestepstakenbyPretoria willcontinue toiac~credibility aslong
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech delivered by a representative of Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly, discussing the issue of apartheid in South Africa. The speech focuses on the human rights abuses and the need for international pressure to bring about an end to the apartheid system. The representative emphasizes the importance of the Declaration on Apartheid and its destructive consequences and calls for the international community to accelerate its campaign to achieve the total elimination of apartheid.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights