A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/48/1 12 October 1993 Forty-eighth session Agenda item 38 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/48/L.2)] 48/1. Lifting of sanctions against South Africa The General Assembly, Bearing in mind the objectives of the Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa, 1/ adopted by consensus on 14 December 1989, Noting that the transition to democracy has now been enshrined in the law of South Africa, 1. Decides that all provisions adopted by the General Assembly relating to prohibitions or restrictions on economic relations with South Africa and its nationals, whether corporate or natural, including the areas of trade, investment, finance, travel and transportation, shall cease to have effect as of the date of the adoption of the present resolution, and requests all States to take appropriate measures within their jurisdiction to lift the restrictions and prohibitions they had imposed to implement the previous resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly; 2. Also decides that all provisions adopted by the General Assembly relating to the imposition of an embargo on the supply of petroleum and petroleum products to South Africa, and on investment in the petroleum industry there, shall cease to have effect as of the date that the Transitional Executive Council becomes operational, and requests all States to take appropriate measures within their jurisdiction to lift any restrictions or prohibitions they had imposed to implement previous resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly in this respect. 22nd plenary meeting 8 October 1993 __________ 1/ Resolution S-16/1, annex.