UN General Assembly
1982

communities against the black people by allowing the former a few more privileges than their black colleagues, will deceive no one. They have been exposed for what they are: desperate manoeuvres aimed at perpetuating apartheid. 25. The oppressed people of South Africa wish to see the establishment of a democratic system of government in their country. That is a quest for Justice that requires support from the rest of civilized mankind, including in particular those countries of the Western world which invest heavily in South Africa, and which, through those strong economic links with Pretoria, could bring maximum pressure to bear on the South African regime to abolish apartheid and bring about majority rule. 26. Let those who have interests of any sort in South Africa not be blinded by the massive short-term profits that they are reaping under apartheid. It will be in their long-term interest to exert effective pressure on South Africa lo abandon the apartheid system. 27. My Government is also seriously concerned about South Africa's continued acts of aggression against front-line and other States in southern