end to all forms of co-operation with the South African regime. We feel that the Security Council must at last take effective measures aqainst South Africa, includinq comprehensive and mandatory sanctions against the racist regime of Pretoria in accordance with Chapter VII of the Charter. It is essential to overcome the obstructionist position of several Western Powers on this auestion. 12. We fully aqree with the need, pendinq the adoption of mandatory sanctions by the Security Council, for the measures indicated in General Assembly resolutron 39/72 G; in the Proqramme of Action adopted at the special meetinq of the Co-ordinatinq Bureau of Non-Aligned Countries at the ministerial level which took place at New Delhi in April 1985; in the declaration adopted by the Special Committee against Apartheid on 28 March 1985 in connection with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the bloody Sharpeville massacre; and in the 1983 Programme of Action aqainst Apartheid. UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS [Original: Russian] 1. The Soviet Union cateqorically condemns the inhuman apartheid policy pursued by the racist reqime of South Africa aqainst the majority of the population of that country. The USSR supported decisions of the Security Council and other decisions of the United Nations in which the apartheid policy pursued by the Pretoria reqime is declared to be a crime aqainst humanity, incompatible with the United Nations Charter, the Declaration on the Grantinq of Independence to Colonial Countries and -33- Peoples, and the principles ot international law, and to constitute a breach or lnternatlonal peace and security, 2. True to the princrples of its foreiqn policy aimed at the complete and t lnal eradication ot colonialism and caclsm in all their forms and manltestatlons, the Soviet Union consistently qives its support in the United Nations to decisions ot 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a diplomatic statement or resolution related to international politics, specifically addressing the apartheid regime in South Africa. The language used is formal and condemnatory, with a focus on the need for sanctions and international action to combat apartheid. The text references various UN resolutions and declarations, indicating a strong connection to international relations and diplomacy.

**Category**
International relations, Humanitarian aid and relief