United Nations Security Council draft resolution S/19585
Date: 1988-03-08 (meeting 2797)
Agenda: The question of South Africa
Vetoed by: USA
UK

UNITED
NATIONS
Security Council
Dietr.
GENERAL
S/19585
7 March 1988
ORIGINAL1 ENGLISH
Algeria, Argentina, Nepal, Senegal, Yugoelavia and Zambia:
draft cesolut ion
The Security Council,
Recalling its resolutions on the quest ion of South Africa, in particular
resolutions 392 (1976), 471 (1977) and 473 (1980),
Recalling further its resolution 569 (1985) of 26 July 1985 in which it
determined that the imposition of the state of emergency in thirty-six districts of
the Republic of South Africa constitutes a grave deterioration of the situation in
that country,
Deeply concerned at the worsening of the situation in South Africa and at the
continuance and worsening of the human suffering resulting from the apartheid
system of the South African racist régime and its renewal, reinforcement and
extension of the state of emergency to cover the entire country,
Further concerned at the South African racist régime's almost total censorship
of the media, in particular its ban on the coverage of events in the black
townships,
Outraged at the banning/restriction on 23 February 1988 of seventeen
democratic mass organizations and eighteen individuals, including Archie Gumede and
Albert ina Sisulu, all organizations and individuals committed to peaceful forms of
struggle,
Convinced that the banning/restriction of those democratic organizations and
individuals, all committed to peaceful forma of struggle, undermines the
possibilities of a peaceful resolution of the South African conflict,
Convinced further that the violence and repression by the South African racist
régime have greatly aggravated the situation in South Africa and will inevitably
lead to violent conflict and racial conflagration with serious international
repercussions,
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Convinced further that the Pretoria régime's intransigent refusal to
co-operate with the international efforts in search of a peaceful solution to the
escalat ing confl ict in South Africa compels the internat ional community to impose,
as a first step, selective mandatory sanctions under Chapter VII of the charter of
the United Nations,

Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter in discharge of its responsibilities
tor the maintenance of international peace and security,

Reiterating its condemnat ion of the aparthe id policy and practices of the
South Africam régime and South Africa's continued defiance of the relevant
resolutions of the United Nations as well as its design5 to entrench further the
apar theid system,

Reaffirming that only the total eradication of apartheid and the establishment
of a non-racial democratic society based on majority rule, through the full and
free exercise of adult suffrage by all the people in a united and unfragmented
South Africa, can lead to a just, equitable and lasting solution to the South
African situation,

Mindful of its responsibilities under the Charter for the maintenance Of
international peace and security:

1. Condemns the continuing intensification of repression by the South
African racist régime such as the arbitrary mass arrest and detention, torture in
detention and murder of the leaders and activists of mass organizations, including
children, the near total muzzling of the press, the maintenance and expansion Of
the state of emergency and, in particular, the restriction of seventeen mass
organizations and eighteen individuals committed to peaceful forms of struggle,

2. Declares that racist South Africa 's intransigent refusal to comply with
the relevant decisions of the Security Council and the resolutions of the General
Assembly constitute a direct challenge to the authority of the United Nation5 and a
violation of the principles of the Charter of the united Nations;

3. Determines that the policies and practices of apartheid pursued by the
Pretoria racist régime, which are the root cause of the grave and deteriorating
situation in South Africa and in southern Africa as a whole, constitute a serious
threat to international peace and security;

4. Decides, under Chapter VII of the Charter and in conformity with its
responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, to impose
the following mandatory sanctions against South Africa, in accordance with
Article 41:

(a) Cessation of further investment in, and financial loans to, South Africa;

(b) Ban on the importation of iron and steel;

(c) An end to all promotion of and support for trade with South Africa;
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(d) Prohibition of the sale of kruggerands and all other coins minted in
South Africa;
(e) Cessation of all forms of military, police or intelligence co-operation
with the authorities of South Africa, in particular the sale of computer equipment;
(f) Cessation of the export and Sale of oil to South Africa;
5. Calls upon all Member States, in conformity with Article 25 of the
Charter , to implement the present resolution;
6. Requests the specialized agencies to ensure the ef fect ive implementation
of the present resolution;
7. Urges States not members of the United Nations to act in accordance with
the provisions of the present resolution;
8. Decides to establish, in accordance with rule 28 of its provisional rules
of procedure, a Committee of the Security Council to monitor the implementation of
the present resolution;
9. Calls upon all States to report to the Secretary-General of the United
Nations on measures taken to implement the present resolution;
10. Decides that these measures shall, in the first instance, remain in force
for a period of twelve months, after which the Security Council shall meet again to
determine whether the south African régime has fully met the following requirements:
(a) Abolished apartheid 1
(b) Rescinded the ban on all political parties and other mass democratic
movements ;
(c) Released all political prisoners?
(d) Allowed the return of all exiles, without fear of arrest;
(e) Commenced meaningful dialogue with the genuine leaders of the majority of
the South African people;
11. Further decides that should the Security Council determine that the South
African régime has not fulfilled the above requirements it shall renew or increase,
as it deems necessary, the measures specified in paragraph 4 above;
12. Invites the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council on the
progress of the implementation of the present resolution and to submit his first
report not later than 7 March 1989.


Voting result: 10 yes, 2 no, 3 abstentions
Votes by member:
country: Algeria
vote: Y
country: Argentina
vote: Y
country: Brazil
vote: Y
country: China
vote: Y
country: France
vote: A
country: Germany, Federal Republic of
vote: A
country: Italy
vote: Y
country: Japan
vote: A
country: Nepal
vote: Y
country: Senegal
vote: Y
country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
vote: Y
country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
vote: N
country: United States of America
vote: N
country: Yugoslavia
vote: Y
country: Zambia
vote: Y