UN General Assembly
1983

116. In South Africa, the tragedy of apartheid continues. The racist South African regime seeks to perpetuate its illegal rule, in defiance of decisions of this body. After decades of condemnation and protests by all peace- loving people the world over, including some whites in South Africa itself, the evil and inhuman system of apartheid continues to flourish, embracing as it does the total denial of political rights to the majority. Opposition to apartheid is met with brutal force against defenseless people, including children. It is a system which violates all the universal principles of human dignity on which the United Nations itself is based, yet all our efforts to have stronger action taken against South Africa continue to meet crippling resistance. We have adopted countless resolutions in the Assembly condemning the system. We have held many international gatherings which have exposed and equally condemned the evil system practiced by a racist minority bent on destroying the very tenets of civilized conduct, the most recent gathering being the Second World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, held at Geneva in August 1983. We must bring this inhuman system to an end.