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Role of Opinion-Makers and Media, which was held at Cape Town from 30 July to
1 August 1993;
4.
Authorizes the Special Committee, until the completion of its
mandate following the establishment of a democratically elected non-racial
Government in South Africa:
(a)
To follow closely developments in South Africa;
(b)
To continue to facilitate a peaceful and stable transition in
South Africa by promoting international assistance in helping South Africans
to overcome the negative social and economic consequences of the policies of
apartheid;
To maintain contacts with academic institutions and the labour,
(c)
business and civic communities, including community-based and other
non-governmental organizations in South Africa;
(d)
To consult with the parties participating in the political
process, with legitimate non-racial structures and with a democratically
elected non-racial Government with a view to facilitating the resumption of
the participation of South Africa in the work of the General Assembly;
(e)
To submit, as soon as possible following the establishment of a
democratically elected non-racial Government, a final report to the General
Assembly;
(f)
To undertake other relevant activities aimed at supporting the
political process of peaceful change until a democratically elected non-racial
Government has been established in South Africa;
5.
Expresses appreciation for the cooperation extended to the Special
Committee by Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations
and relevant components of the United Nations system, and invites them to
continue their cooperation;
6.
Decides that the special allocation of 240,000 United States
dollars to the Special Committee for 1994 from the regular budget of the
United Nations should be used towards the cost of special projects aimed at
promoting the process towards the elimination of apartheid through the
establishment of a democratically elected and non-racial Government in South
Africa;
7.
Also decides to continue to authorize adequate financial provision
in the regular budget of the United Nations to enable the African National
Congress of South Africa and the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania to maintain
offices in New York so that they may participate effectively in the
deliberations of the Special Committee and in deliberations relating to the
situation in South Africa in other relevant United Nations bodies, on the
understanding that such grants will continue until the situation of the two
organizations as political parties has been regularized.
85th plenary meeting
20 December 1993
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