Africa. TheworkofboththeCommission andthetradeunionshasledanimportant numberofItalian manufacturers totakestepstoobtaintheirgoldsupplies from countries otherthAnSouthAfrir-a. Inaddition, negotiations areunderwaywith thoseItalian bankswhichactasintermediaries inthegoldtradeandarethemain suppliers oftheindustry. TheCommission hasprovided inputforaninitiative in theUnitedStatesCongress, ledbySenator EdwardKennedy, toimplement aboycott ofSouthAfrican gold. Aspartofthisinitiative, ate~fromtheUnitedStates Government Accounting Officeheldconsultations inLondoninMarch1989with representatives oftheCommission andofvarious L')ndonfhmsthatfixthedaily goldprice.lil 162.Ataconsultation convened byANCinLondoninJuly1989,reprosentatives of anti-~g movements, churchorganizations anddevelopment agencies from 16countries, including allofSouthAfrica's creditor countries, agreedtolaunch amajorcampaign fortheimposition offinancial sanctions against SouthAfricaond tofocusattention onactions thatwillprevent therescheduling ofSouthAfrica's foreign debtrepayment. Thecampaign includes world-wide co-ordinated actions against thebanksoftheco-ordinating committee inFrance, theFederal RepUblic uC Germany, Switlerland, theUnitedKinqdom andtheUnited 6tat~s. Theconsultation waspartofANCefforts towards theimposition ofcomprehensive andmandatory san~tions against ther~gime.ill 163.Following itsmee~in9 a~HarareinNovember 1988,ICFTUlaunched aworld-wide campaign toboycott SouthAfrican coalandannounced itsdecision toestablish a -42-working partyonthecoalembar90. AttheNametime,Beveral Italian tradeuniol' agreedtodenyenergy oompa~ies therossibJ1Jty ofimporting coalfrom SouthAfrica. InFebruary 1989,ataSocialist International (SI)conference attended byfront-line States andtheRouthern African national liberation movements, SIandICFTUmadeajointappealtoGovernments andEEC,8Swellasto individual localauthodties,tostopSouthAfrican coal(ro;nentering through NorthSeaandMediterranean ports. TheLabourPartyintheNetherlands, theSocial DAmocratic PartyintheFederal Republic ofGermany andtheSocialist Partyin Belgium plc.ntoholdaconference of10<.:alauthorities todevelop 8co~ordinotoel policytoprevent individual portsCromviolating thecoalboycott. 164.Tradeunions fromseveral countries started ~campaign inNovember 1980to opposeSouthAfrica's LabourRelations Amendment Actonthegroundthatit. contravenes internationally recognized labourstandards andcurtails further the activities ofthenon-racial tradeunionmovement int~atcountry. Thecampaign focused onthesubsidiaries ofthosetransnational corporations inSouthAfriCll whichareuGingthoActtounderminE! theactivities oftrad~unions anelare refusing tonegotiate withtradeunions onthetermsofdisinvestment. In March1989,efforts inthiu re9~r~resulled ~ntheagreement bythathreelargest transnationul aut~nobi1e manufacturing corporations (basedintheFederal R~pub1ic ofGermany) toabidebyasetoC14minimum labourstandards inSouthAfdca. The standards, whichwere davi~ed jointly bytheIGMetalltradeunionoftheFederal RepUblic ofGermany andtheSouthAfrican Co-ordinating Cvuncil ofthe International MetalworkAfs' Federation, whosemostpowerful memberisthe COSAW··affiliated Nation.\l UnionofMetalWorkatl-i ofSout.hAfrica(NUMSA), arean attempt t.ofightprovision6 ofthe:!Act.Notwithstanding theagreement, the application ofthestandards hasproceeded withsomedifficulties. 93/ 165.Theacquittal fromcharges oftreason ofMoses May~kiso, theNUMSAGeneral Secretary, andfourotherdefendants on24April1989wasapartial victory for international tradeunionsolidarity. Duringthetwo-year trial,theInternational Metalworker~' Federation, ICFTUandnational metalworkers' unionsthroughout the worldcampaigned fOl'therelease (.,CMayekiso andthefourotheraccused. 2.4/Along similar linos,theJointCampaign against theRepression olTradeUnionists in SouthAfrica andNamibia, organized bytheBritish Anti-~_tb~tQ Movement Trade tluionCommittee andthegroupSouthern Africa .theImpdsoned Society, continued togather ~trength. Atpresent, 39national unionsareinvolved intheCampaign, themainobjectivo otwhichistomobilize pUblicsupport fortherelease otall tradeunionists imprisoned fortheirpolitical activities.