whichisfostered bytheprovisions oCthesl.i-lteoe emergency. TheSpecial Committee [lIrther helieveo thatthiN violence isultimately aimedatSlIppressinq .oncemore-the gfowing movement. 0fdefiance toPtp.t.orin IRi'.r!)(~b~j.(l policies ..." -89-A/AC.llS/L.657 A/AC.llSIL. 6S8 A/AC.llS/L. 659 A/AC.llS/L. 660ANNEXIII ListQfdQcumensa iSsuildbytheSpecial. COlDmitl.f;til Messages received ontheoccasion oftheIJllernntiL1al Vayof Solidarity w~.ththeStruggle of.WomeninAouthhfdc8 811d Namibie Messages received ontheoccasion oftheIIE\Y1)[SoHdar.i ty withSouthAfrican Political Prisoners !JoportoftheSeminar ontheSpecial NeedsofSouthAfrican andNamibian refugee womenandchi1<11'en, helclatHarare from 16to18January 1989 Messages received ontheoccasion ofthfl]uternat.iona1 Day fortheElimination ofRacialDiscrimination ··90-PART'!WO REPORT ONRECENT DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING RELATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL ANDSOUTHAFRICA -91-·I.INTRODUCTION 1.TheSpecial Committee, attherequest oftheGenernl AssemJJJ.y, has systematically monitcred collaboration between IsraelandSouthAfrica, including intheespecially dangel'ous nuclear andmilitary spheres. Despite theallnoun<lement bytheGovernment ofIsraelin1987thatitwouldcurtailitsrelations withSouth Africa, reports bbouttheircollaboration, particularly illthemilitary field, indicate thatsuchcollaboration continues. 2.Initsresolution 43/50Eof5December 1988,theGeneral Assembly calledupon Israel"toabidebytherelevant resolutions oftheGeneral Assembly andthe Security Counr.il byterminating forthwith allformsofmilitary, nuclear, intelligence, economic andothercollaboration, particult1r 1y itH]CIIltJ-term contracts formilitary supplies, withSouthAfrica". ···92-11.MILITARY COLLABORATION 3.Theco-operation between Israel andSouthAfrica illthemU.i.t.lIlyandnuclear fieldsisdifficult todetect because ofstrictcenood"" ofinInnnatioll onthese matters inbothcountries. However, certain mediaandintelligence reports have revealed suchcollaboration. Whereas Israel wasthemajorsupplier DCarmsand ammunition toSouthAfricainthe19708,duringthepresent decaQ@. therelationship became oneofpartnership andjointproduction ofarmaments. llHoe.l hosprovided SouthAfricawithmilitary technology neededforitsgrowing ftrm~nentB industry. TheroleofIsraelinhelping toexpand themilitary caflability ortheSouth African Defence Force(SAOF) washighlighted inevidence presenled bytileWorld Campaign against Military andNuclear Collaboration withSouthhfJ'i(:otothe Commonwealth Committee ofForeign Ministers ouSouthern Afrlctl (d.theirmeeting at HarareinFebruary 1989.Particular attention wasdrawntothec:ontinuing programme ofupdating andmodernizlng theMiragefighte! a1rcraH,IntoCheetahs withtheassistance ofIsrael. TheCheetahs, aswillbElmentiuned latel,are virtually identical totheIsraeli Kfiraircraft. 11 4.Themostdisturbing aspectofthecollaboration between Israel andSouth Africainthemilitary fieldisthereported developmenl andpre~aldtion [or testing ofanintermediate-range ballistic missile. Themiooile Joexpected to havearangeof1,440kilometres andtobecapable ofcflrryinq IIIlclear devices. Themissile appears tobeamOdification oftheIsraeli misGile, Jericho 11.It wasreported thatsatellite photographs showed theCaperangenea,l1aHoop,where launchpreparations werebeingmade,tobeidenti~~l ~~theIsraeli launchsilein theNegevdesert. Itshould benotedthatanintermedinta-range ballistic missile usually carries anatomic warhead andSouthAfrica hasf\c1mitted p(lssessing nuclear-weapons capability. According tointelligence suurces oftheUnitedStates ofAmerica, SouthAfrica m1ghtsoontestamoreadvancp{i Israeli miRsile, the Shavit (comet), whichhasarangeof2,000miles. Itwnualsoleported that,as Israeli missile testing facilities arelimited bygflogrnphi.cnl fR('t.ors, South Africaprovides abettertesting area. ~/ThisjointIsraeli-South Africamissile