Security Council resolution 765 (1992) [condemning the escalating violence in South Africa and in particular the massacre at Boipatong township on 17 June 1992]
Symbol: S/RES/765(1992)
Date: 1992-07-16
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/47 [10] APARTHEID
Subjects: UN. Special Representative for South Africa|APARTHEID|POLITICAL VIOLENCE|CRIMINAL JUSTICE|NEGOTIATION|SANCTIONS|POLITICAL CONDITIONS|SOUTH AFRICA|APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIALS
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: AUSTRIA
vote: yes
country: BELGIUM
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: CAPE VERDE
vote: yes
country: ECUADOR
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: HUNGARY
vote: yes
country: INDIA
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: MOROCCO
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VENEZUELA
vote: yes
country: ZIMBABWE
vote: yes

Resolution 765 (1992)
of 16 July 1992

The Security Council,

Recalling its resolutions 392 (1976) of 19 June 1976, 473
(1980) of 13 June 1980, 554 (1984) of 17 August 1984 and 556
(1984) of 23 October 1984,

Gravely concerned by the escalating violence in South
Africa, which is causing a heavy loss of human life and by its
consequences for the peaceful negotiations aimed at creating a
democratic, non-racial and united South Africa,

Concerned that the continuation of this situation would
seriously jeopardize peace and security in the region,

Recalling the Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive
Consequences in Southern Africa 346 adopted by consensus by
the General Assembly at its sixteenth special session, on 14
December 1989, which called for negotiations in South Africa
to take place in a climate free of violence,

Emphasizing the responsibility of the South African
authorities to take all necessary measures to stop the violence
immediately and protect the life and property of all South
Africans,

Emphasizing also the need for all parties to cooperate in
combating violence and to exercise restraint,

Concerned at the break in the negotiating process and
determined to help the people of South Africa in their legitimate struggle for a non-racial, democratic society,

1. Condemns the escalating violence in South Africa and
in particular the massacre at Boipatong township on 17 June
1992, as well as subsequent incidents of violence, including the
shooting of unarmed protesters;

2. Strongly urges the South African authorities to take
immediate measures to bring an effective end to the ongoing
violence and to bring those responsible to justice;
3. Calls upon all the parties to cooperate in combating
violence and to ensure the effective implementation of the
National Peace Accord; 347

4. Invites the Secretary-General to appoint, as a matter
of urgency, a Special Representative for South Africa in order
to recommend, after, inter alia, discussion with the parties,
measures which would assist in bringing an effective end to the
violence and in creating conditions for negotiations leading
towards a peaceful transition to a democratic, non-racial and
united South Africa, and to submit a report to the Security
Council as early as possible;

5. Urges all parties to cooperate with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in carrying out his mandate,
and to remove the obstacles to the resumption of negotiations;

6. Underlines, in this regard, the importance of all parties
cooperating in the resumption of the negotiating process as
speedily as possible;

7. Urges the international community to maintain the
existing measures imposed by the Council for the purpose of
bringing an early end to apartheid in South Africa;

8. Decides to remain seized of the matter until a democratic, non-racial and united South Africa is established.

Adopted unanimously at the 3096th
meeting