"tantamount toprematurely rewarding Mr.DeKlerk,andjeopardizing efforts to createthenecessary climate fornegotiations". (A/44/963, annex,para,21.2.0) Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryNR/edd Al44/PV.99 32 (Mr.Mus8.MalAYsia) Therefore weurgeallMemberStatestoremainfaithful totheobjectives ofthe UnitedNations Declaration towhich ,~eallareparties. Letusnotdestroy the unityandconsensus thathavebeena(::hieved andletustogether m!l.intain the existing sanctions untilsuchtimeamthereisclearevidence ofprofound and irreversible changesinSouthAfrica. Inthisregard, theinternational community musttakeconcerted andeffecti'U'c meG~sures, inclUding fullobservance ofthe mandatory armsembargo, toensureaf:lpeedyendtoapartheid. Itiscleartomydelegation thr:~ttheprovisions oftheUnitedNations Declaration onApartheid mustbefullyandimmediately implemented. WeinMalaysia remaincommitted todoingeverything possible andnecessary toassistthepeopleof SouthAfricaintheirlegitimate struggle toeradicate apartheid. Wecalluponthe Pretoria regimetorespond full~'tothepeaceful gestures madebytheAfrican National Congress andimplement fullytheprovisions oftheUnitedNations Declaration. WeholdtheregimeinPretolria responsible forcreating aclimate conducive to neqotiatious olldfurputting anandtothew~veofviolence goingoninthe country. Mydelegation shares ~[r.Mandela's hope,expressed inhisaddressatthe UnitedNationslastJune:"Thedistance westillhavetotravelisnotlong". But wemayhavetofacethereality thatthejourney :isnotlikelytobesmooth. We mustcontinue toexertallourefforts toensurethatapartheid iseliminated once andforall.Malaysia andtheothermembers oftheinternational community eagerly awaitaunited, non-racial anddemocratic SouthAfricainthenottoodistant future. Mr.LEGWAILA (Botswana): Sir,IfUllysharethesentiments expressed by Mr.Chiepe, ourMinister forExternal Affairs, lastyearonyourassumption ofthe presidency oftheGeneral Assembly attheforty-fourth session. Iwishtopayyou ahighlydeserved tribute asyoutriumphantly app~oach yourhard-earned retirement Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryHR/edd A/44/PV.99 33-35 (Mr.Legwaila, Botswana) fromthathistoric presidency. Youhaveprovedworthyofyourmantleinmanymore waysthanone.Wecontinue toreposeinyourgoodselfalltheconfidence and trustyousorichlydeserve. Weareconfronted atthisresumed session, asrega~ds ~partheid, withone simplequestion: howfarhasSouthAfricagoneintheimplementation ofthe sixteenth special session's historic Declaration onApartheid anditsDestructive Consequences inSouthern Africa? Paragraph 10oftheDeclaration requested the Secretary-General toprepare areportontheimplementation oftheDeclaration by SouthAfrica andsubmitittotheGeneral Assembly by1July1990.The Secretary-General hasfulfilled therequest, andwehavebeforeusareportas proofofthat. Thereportisdetailed, theproduct ofamission senttoSouth AfricabytheSecretary-General inJune. TheSecretary-General's reporthasamessage forusall.Itsparagraph 10 speaksofthe"distinct possibilities forthedismantling oftheapartheid system" (A/44/960, para.lQ)thathavebeenopened upbyPresident DeKlerk's "boldand co~rag;7;Oii.S policytowhieh[he]hl:ll:iconunitted his.Government" •Itgoesontostate: "Equally encouraging andstatesmanlike" -and,Iwouldadd,daring -"hasbeen thevision andforbearance displayed bytheblackleadership •••despite long yearsofinjustice" (ibid.). Weagreewiththosesentiments. BothPresident DeKlerkandtheDeputyPresident oftheAfrican National Congress, NelsonMandela, andthepolitical institutions theyleadhaveshownmuchcourage andwisdom. SouthAfrica, byanypractical standard ofmeasurement, hasnotbeenthesamesince2February, andparticularly since11February, thatmemorable daywhenfinally, aftertwenty-seven andahalf yearsofwrongful impriso~ent, Mr.Mandela regained hisfreedom. Allthese developments theSecretary-General's reportcelebrates quiteappropriately. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJB/10-------------_ .._-------- A/Il4/PV.99 36 (Mr.Legwaila, Botswana) Inanother sense,however, SouthAfricaremains thesame.SouthAfrica remains evenmoreofacountryatwarwithitself. Eventson2February and 11February mayhaveopeneduppossibilities forthedismantlinq ofAPartheid, but peaceinSouthAfricahasremained aforlorn hope,aselusive asever.Thenumber ofSouthAfricans whohavelosttheirliveseitherasaresultofpolicebrutality orasaconsequence offactional strifeandsheerthuqgery - athugqery thatis