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1992-07-16
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1992-07-16
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  1. “If progress towards the resolution of the constitutional impasse is to be made, binding agreements reached as a result of bilateral or multilateral negotiations must be steadily and consistently carried through. The people of South Africa should be informed by a trusted person or agency where fault for non-compliance lies. Any role by the international community should not absolve political parties inside South Africa from their responsibility to resolve problems, particularly those resulting from violence and the breakdown of negotiations. At best, the international community can help the process. It cannot impose a constitution on South Africa. Accordingly, any steps it takes should be approved by as wide a cross-section of South African political organizations as possible.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  2. “In addition, the international community could play a role in maintaining the momentum of the negotiation and transition processes. In this regard, an independent person or agency could perform a mediating function, ensuring that steady progress is achieved in reaching and implementing decisions made by South African parties. The chief role of such a person or agency would be to prevent a breakdown in negotiations as a result of non-adherence to agreements and/or recommendations and the consequent cycle of accusations and counter-accusations of bad faith. While it is true that in some cases, non-adherence to agreements results from legitimate and practical problems, in many others it derives from a desire by particular organizations to create breathing space for themselves or to seize a political advantage.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  3. “A useful element in this regard could be the appointment of a panei of international figures who can command the respect and trust of all signatories to the National Peace Accord, who could then promote the Accord both internally and internationally. It should be stressed that, to be effective, any action to promote peace in South Africa contemplated by the international community must be endorsed by all the signatories of the National Peace Accord. One urgent task is to restore peace. The other is to resume constitutional negotiations and implement agreements already arrived at by CODESA. To facilitate this process, there may well be a role for a respected and impartial person to undertake a mission to South Africa to facilitate the resumption of negotiations.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  4. “While we would welcome any bona fide efforts of assistance, in the final analysis a new constitution, to be durable and binding, will have to be the product of negotiation and agreement among South Africans themselves. One of the most critical problems facing South Africa at present is the level of mistrust in the security forces and their ability to deal effectively with political violence. The major parties and institutions in South Africa have ignored, or been tardy in implementing, recommendations made by the Goldstone Commission and/or have not been fully cooperative with the structures established by the National Peace Accord. In our view, restoring trust and confidence in the institutions responsible for peace requires the promotion and strengthening of the institutions set up in terms of the National Peace Accord.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  5. “It delays not only the resumption of negotiations but also the recovery and growth of the South African economy, so necessary to create the wealth for the upliftment of those people, whose dignity has been demeaned and life-chances stunted by the policy of apartheid. Ordinary South Africans want a new constitution. They yearn for a peaceful resolution to the violence. They want to build a new non-racial society and a prosperous economy. The crux issue is that there is no acceptable alternative to multi-party negotiations. Ironically, the issues which have led to the breakdown of talks can themselves be resolved only through re-engagement in the very process now in suspense. We believe that the international community could play a constructive role in helping to resolve the current crisis in South Africa.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  6. “South Africa would be far better served if political parties paid careful attention to the contents of the aforementioned reports, rather than attempting to use, cynically and short-sightedly, the current violence as an exercise in political point-scoring and mobilization. We also believe that little purpose is served in apportioning blame among the political contestants for the current violence, but that all parties' energies and actions should be directed at eliminating this scourge from our society. More than anything else, the ongoing impasse in South Africa creates a new legacy of bitterness, a new group of martyrs, a fresh set of seemingly intractable problems.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  7. “It, too, concluded that the causes of the violence were "many and varied", and included large-scale unemployment; massive urbanization, with associated squalor; the lack of trust in the forces of law and order; the breakdown in the authority of traditional leaders; the collapse of education for blacks; political rivalry; and gang warfare. The ICJ reported that: "While apartheid and the ideology of separate development are the root causes of the trouble, violent political rivalry exacerbated by random killings have now become the dominant factor in people's lives", It is the Democratic Party's considered view that these two reports are, generally, correct in both their analyses and conclusions.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  8. “On the issue of political violence, the Commission concluded that: "Both the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members and supporters have been guilty of many incidents that have resulted in the deaths of, and injuries to, large numbers of people." The Commission also drew attention to: "a history over some years of State complicity in undercover activities, which include criminal conduct". Generally, the Commission concluded: "It is little wonder, therefore, that the situation of political violence and intimidation in South Africa is so widespread and its causes so many and so complex." Similar findings were reported by an "Independent Survey of the Violence in South Africa" by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ).”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  9. “CODESA remains frustrated not only by the breakdown of the negotiations themselves, but also by the violence characterizing our society at present. It is clear that both problems need to be addressed simultaneously. The causes of the violence in South Africa have been analysed in the interim reports of the Goldstone Commission. Its second interim report states that "the causes of the violence are many and complicated", and include the economic, social and political imbalances resulting from a history of racial discrimination and specifically from apartheid; the perceived partiality - and therefore unpopularity - of the police and army in South Africa; the climate of political intolerance, particularly in black communities; and the rise of criminal tendencies in the face of inadequate policing.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  10. “The Democratic Party (DP) was an active participant in setting up CODESA, it provided the first chairperson of its Management Committee, and it has played a full role in its proceedings. CODESA operated with great success for the first five months of this year. Enormous strides were made towards the resolution of problems which hitherto had seemed intractable. During the second plenary session of CODESA, held on 15 and 16 May 1992, the negotiations stalled and have subsequently broken down. The DP deeply regrets this occurrence. We are doing everything in our power to persuade those whose positions have contributed to this breakdown to recognize the urgent need to resume negotiations, they being the only acceptable and legitimate process for moving our country forward towards a durable democracy.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  11. “Mr. ANDREW: I welcome this opportunity on behalf of the Democratic Party of South Africa to participate in the Council's deliberations. For more than 30 years, the Democratic Party and its predecessors have opposed apartheid. We are guided by our belief in equal rights and freedom for all South Africans, in human dignity and in the rule of law. Our vision for South Africa is based on a constitution produced through negotiation by the authentic leaders of all South Africa's peoples, and in terms of which a parliament for an undivided South Africa would be elected on the basis on one ' person, one vote. The establishment of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa represented a significant and historic opportunity for South Africa.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source