UN Security Council
1977

Resolution 417 (1977) of 31 October 1977 The Security Council, Recalling its resolution 392 (1976) of 19 June 1976, strongly condemning the racist régime of South Africa for its resort to massive violence against and wanton killings of the African people, including schoolchildren and students and others opposing racial discrimination, and calling upon the South African racist régime urgently to end violence against the African people and to take urgent steps to eliminate apartheid and racial discrimination, Noting with deep anxiety and indignation that the South African racist régime has continued violence and massive repression against the black people and all opponents of apartheid in defiance of the resolutions of the Security Council, Gravely concerned over reports of torture of political prisoners and the deaths of a number of detainees, as well as the mounting wave of repression against individuals, organizations and the news media since 19 October 1977, Convinced that the violence and repression by the South African racist régime have greatly aggravated the situation in South Africa and will certainly lead to