turn the clearly stipulated preconditions into negotiation issues. Moreover, the PAC appeals to the Assembly to continue to insist that the régime meet the preconditions unconditionally. It is said in some quarters that the apartheid régime is displaying some signs of its intention to resolve the problem through negotiations. There have been the typical pious statements of intention by the régime, but no concrete tangible actions to back them up. For instance, the racist régime is continuing with the case of the Upington 14, who were charged under the controversial and dubious Law of Common Purpose. The defendants in that case are aged and face a death sentence just for being present at a politically motivated incident. The treatment of the Upington 14 and the Sharpeville Six testifies that the racist régime is incapable of matching its oft-quoted statements of intention with concrete and obvious action. The Upington 14 and the Sharpeville Six are political prisoners and must be immediately and unconditionally released, along with those on death row and those who remain incarcerated in apartheid South African prisons. EMS/17 A/44/PV.97 69-70 (Mr. Ebrahim. PAO The Harare Declaration of the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations consensus Declaration laid down important guidelines. They are that the racist régime must meet the stipulated preconditions unconditionally, that this should be followed by an agreed mutual cessation of hostilities between the apartheid régime and the national liberation movements engaged in the armed struggle, and that what has to be negotiated in apartheid South Africa is the post-apartheid non-racial democratic constitution. EMS/18 A/44/PV.97 71 (Mr. Ebrahim. PAC) The PAC not only supported that guideline but continues to respect it and insists on adherence to it. The Pan Africanist Congress rejects the racist demand that we suspend or abandon the legitimate armed struggle unilaterally. Unilateral 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing political issues related to apartheid in South Africa, specifically the need for the government to meet certain preconditions in order to facilitate negotiations and the release of political prisoners. The focus is on human rights and political freedom, with no mention of economic or environmental issues.

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Humanitarian aid and relief, Education