&. Ilavin6l taken note of that report, the General Assembly, in resolution 3\/i6 E,requested the sec retar:y-General to follow the situation closely and to prepare,t^'itl. 'ne assisrence r' ap'ronriate exnelts, e cornorehensive report on the qucstioncf South Af:'icars nucleal pfan and capability" ,. The Secretary-Gene"al wishes to thank the experts ior their unanimously aCopted report, vhich he hereby submits to the General Assembty for itsconsideraticn. Tt shoufd be not€]d that the cbservations and reconmendatronscontained in the repoi:t are those of the exFerts. ln this connexion, thesecrel;ary-General vould Like to point out that" in the complex field of d.isarmamentrar:ersj in rany i15farcs3 he ir noL in a posilion Lo pass judfement on all aspectsof ihe vork ncconplished by experts. I/ Ofiicial nec rr.ls o'rhe Lencral Ass-nbry, Tr.rcntierh Sessian, A,r-:rexes, p ^en la j | '-r .05, dce .rn e-rt A/1qlr.A,/ Ji /)+a2 Anncx Pa:ls 4 I.INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT OF THT STUIY A, q4rt el!_Naltons concern with Sqg[L4lr:Llg:ajgLljXof apartheid and with nuclear non-l]rolifgrat ionin Afri ca f. Prepared at the request of the General" Asscrrly in resotuticn 3L/26 B, thisreport on south Africats plan and. caparility in the nuclear fierd is a resur-t oftire deep and continuing concern of the united ifations r,rith south Africars policyof apaltheid, its nucl-ear activities and nucrear non-lroli feration in Africa, 2. That concern, which has been repeatedly expresseal by the General AssenbJ,yaver the years, stems frofl the situation in south Afr:ica resr,rlting fron thepolicies a.nd actions of tire apartheid r€gine, in particular its efforts toconsolid"ate end perpetuate racist donination in the cor.rnt.ry, its repression of