Resolution on Legislative Sanctions Against Racist South Africa

CM/Res.1004 (XLII)

RESOLUTION ON LEGISLATIVE SANCTIONS AGAINST RACIST SOUTH AFRICA

The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity meeting in its Forty- second Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 10 to 17 July, 1985,

Having heard the statements made by SWAPO, ANC and PAC,

Considering the general international campaign for comprehensive mandatory sanctions against South Africa,

Noting with satisfaction the legislative measures that have been taken in some Western Countries, notably Denmark and Sweden and by the United States House of Representatives and Senate, for the imposition of sanctions against racist South Africa;

Welcoming the positive actions of the Free South Africa Movement in the United States to have the United States impose sanctions against racist South Africa:

1. COMMENDS those members of the US House of Representatives and the Senate who voted for the introduction of legislative measures to restrict bank loans and new investments in South Africa;

2. FURTHER COMMENDS the Free South African Movement in the United States and all those anti-apartheid in Western Europe for their continuing campaign for sanctions against racist South Africa;

3. WARMLY COMMENDS the Governments of Sweden and Denmark for the legislative measures they have enacted to impose economic sanctions against racist South Africa;