suspension or renunciation would only result in division within the organization and prolong apartheid. When the De Klerk regime is not prepared even to curb free access to weapons by the white right-wing minority, the oppressed majority would be committing political suicide by unilaterally abandoning an important method of struggle. It may be that few in this Assembly are aware that under apartheid laws any white person in racist South Africa above the age of 18 is entitled to possess 27 weapons - yes, 27 weapons. Even a well-equipped soldier sent to a battlefront does not carry 27 weapons. The De Klerk régime, despite its declared claims of opposition to violence has not even contemplated rescinding or amending the law legally arming the right-wing white fascists in apartheid South Africa. On the other hand, a disenfranchised African can be prosecuted in apartheid South Africa for merely possessing a pen-knife with a blade longer than three inches. The laws, policies and institutions of apartheid have been and continue to be the major cause of violence in apartheid South Africa. Any opposition, especially peaceful opposition, against the apartheid régime is considered by the trigger-happy police and troops of the régime as a target-range. That was the case at Sharpeville and Langa on 21 March I960, when the PAC called for and led a non-violent anti-pass campaign. The perpetrators of the Sharpeville massacre are well known. Thirty years later at Sebokeng peaceful demonstrators are once more being gunned down by racist troops in the same manner as they were gunned down at Sharpeville and Langa on 21 March I960. EMS/18 A/44/PV.97 72 (Mr. Ebrahim. PAC) At present, violence is escalating in apartheid South Africa. The policies and actions of the régime are primarily responsible for the wave of senseless 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement from a political figure, likely from the African National Congress (ANC) or another anti-apartheid organization. The language used is critical of the De Klerk regime and apartheid policies, highlighting the disproportionate allocation of weapons to white right-wing groups and the violent response of the police and military to peaceful protests. The text does not discuss economic development, natural resources, or environmental issues, and instead focuses on political and social issues related to apartheid and the struggle for equality and democracy.

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Humanitarian aid and relief, Education