Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa : resolutions / adopted by the General Assembly.

Demands that the authorities of South Africa: (a) release immediately and unconditionally Nelson Mandela and all other political prisoners, detainees and restrictees; (b) immediately lift the state of emergency; (c) abrogate discriminatory laws and lift bans on all organizations and individuals, as well as end restrictions on and censorship of news media; (d) grant freedom of association and full trade union rights to all workers of South Africa; (e) initiate without pre-conditions a political dialogue with genuine leaders of the majority population with a view to eradicating apartheid without delay and establishing a representative government; (f) eradicate the bantustan structures; (g) immediately withdraw all their troops from southern Angola and end the destabilization of front-line and other States; urges the Security Council to consider without delay the adoption of effective mandatory sanctions against South Africa; further urges the Security Council to take steps for the strict implementation of the mandatory arms embargo instituted by it in resolution 418 (1977) and of the arms embargo requested in its resolution 558 (1984) and to secure an end to military and nuclear co-operation with South Africa and the import of military equipment or supplies from South Africa; appeals to all States that have not yet done so, pending mandatory sanctions by the Security Council, to consider national legislative or other appropriate measures to increase the pressure on the apartheid régime of South Africa.

Adopted 149-2-5, 64th plenary meeting

Adopted at the 64th plenary meeting, 10 Nov. 1986.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 41st session, 16 September-19 December 1986. - A/41/53. - 1987. - p. 26-33. - (GAOR, 41st sess., Suppl. no. 53).