UN General Assembly
1988

Without either underestimating or overestimating the negotiations begun five months ago in London, which have since given rise to another series of talks, the Republic of Rwanda is following with some relief developments in these quadripartite meetings aimed at finding a way out of the conflicts in southern Africa. The history of international relations in our time will record that the countries taking part in these talks have for the first time achieved a new breakthrough towards a return to peace in this suffering region of the African continent. The racist, minority South African regime, which has been flying in the face of international morality and ethics, should speed up its reconciliation with the international community by letting the Namibian people gain independence, by destroying its odious system of apartheid, and by allowing those front-line States that are prey to its policy of aggression and destabilization to live in peace.