198.TheSpecial Committee availed itselfofmanyopportunities todrawt:le attention oftheinternational community totherepression inSouthAfrica andto theresistance ofindividuals andorganizations toapartheid. Itorganized visits, meetings andeventstoencourage andgenerate support, moralaswellasmaterial, toanti-apartheid forces andtovictims ofapartheid. 1.Seminar onthespecial needsofSouthAfrican andNamibian refugee women ~ndchildren 199,TheSeminar wasorganized bytheSpecial Committee inco-operation withthe Association ofWomen's ClubsofZimbabwe inaccordance withparagraph 4ofGeneral Assembly resolution 41/123of4December 1986,andwasheldatHarare from 16to18January 1989.Presided overbyJoyceMujuru, Minister ofCommunity Development, Co-operatives andWomen's Affairs ofZimbabwe, theSeminar was attended byspecial guests, representatives ofGovernments ofStates members ofthe Special Committee, front-ling States, UnitedNations bodies andspecialized agencies, national liberation movements ofSouthAfrica andNamibia, non-governmental organizations andotherindividuals. Thedelegation ofthe Special Committee wasledbyitsChairman, Major-General Joseph N.Garba, who openedtheSeminar, andtheDeputyMinister ofLabour, Manpower Planning andSocial Welfare ofZimbabwe, Herbert Mahlaba, addr~ssed itsconcluding session. The Seminar adopted afinaldeclaration urgingtheinternational community togivethe widestpossible publicity tothespecial situation ofSouthAfrican andNamibian womenandchildren andtoprovide political, economic, legal,humanitarian and otherassistance tothem,particularly tothosewhohavesoughtrefugeinthe front-line States; toincrease support toprojects designed torehabilitate and resettle refugees aswellastofacilitate theearlyreturnofNamibian refu'Jee womenandchildren totheircountry. Italsocalled uponfront-line Statesto facilitate promptdisbursements ofinternational assistance torefugee womenand children andtoco-operate withdonorGovernments andagencies inthatregard. The Seminar calledfortheestablishment ofasupport groupofeminent womenthatwould (a)maintain closecontact withlocalstructures ofrefugee womenandchildren, be guided bytheirexperience andaspirations andco-operate withtheminsupporting theirneeds; (b)monitor theconditions ofSouthAfrican refugee womenand children, including internal ref';gees, provide publicity totheirconditions and needsandpromote measures toalleviate theirhardships; and(c)monitor th~return ofNamibian refugee womenandchildren andtheirreintegration toindependent N~nibia (seeannexes IandIIItothepresent report). -51-2.Obseryange oftheinternational daysofsglidarit¥ and otherspecial meetings oftheSpecIal Committ~ 200.TheS~.cial Committee heldmeetinqs oninternational daystomarkimportant ~atesinthefightagainst theapartheid regimeandtorallysupport forthat struggle. Consultations werealsoheldwithSouthAfrican anti-apartheid leaders andotheropponents oftheregimetoassessdevelopments inSouthAfricaandto developinitiatives tostrengthen theinternational campaign against apartheid. 201.OntheDayofSolidarity withSouthAfricanPolitical Prisoners (11October 1;88),theSpecial Committee heldameeting whichwasaddressed bythe President oftheforty-third session oftheGeneral Assembly, the Secretary-General, thePresident oftheSecurity Council andtheActingChairman of theSpecial Committee. Guestspeakers wereMme.GlenysKinnock, memberofthe British Anti-Apartheid Movement, Mme.LisbetPalme,Chairperson oftheSwedish ~ational Comw.ittee onUNICEF, Mme.Margarita Papandreou, International Liaison of WomenforaMeaningful Summit, Mr.JohnMothopeng, sonofthePresident ofPAC, 14r.Prakash Diar,attorney forthe"Sharpeville Six",Mr.HorstKleinschmidt, Director oftheInternational Defence andAidFundforSouthern Africa, and Ms.GayMcDougall, Director oftheLawyers' Committee forCivilRightsUnderLaw. OntheInternational DayfortheElimination ofRacialDiscrimination (~lMarch1989),theSpecial Committee gaveparticular emphasis totheabusesof
**Analysis**
The text appears to be focused on the efforts of the Special Committee to promote human rights and humanitarian aid to individuals and organizations affected by apartheid in South Africa and Namibia. The committee organized seminars, meetings, and events to raise awareness and generate support for anti-apartheid forces and victims of apartheid. The text highlights the specific needs of refugee women and children, and the committee's efforts to provide assistance and support to them.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Education