DRAFT RESOLUTION V Women and children under apartheid* The Economic and Social Council, Recalling its resolution 1992/15 of 30 July 1992, Reaffirming the provisions of the Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa, contained in the annex to General Assembly resolution S-16/1 of 14 December 1989, Recalling General Assembly resolution 47/95 of 16 December 1992, Alarmed by the grave socio-economic deprivation to which the majority of the people, especially the women and children, are subjected as a direct consequence of apartheid, Deeply concerned about the politically motivated violence that has to date claimed thousands of lives and has left hundreds of thousands of people homeless, the majority of whom are women and children, especially in Natal and Transvaal provinces, Noting the positive changes initiated by the South African authorities aimed at dismantling apartheid, which were the result of the relentless struggle waged by the people of South Africa as well as of the pressure exerted by the international community, Welcoming the progress made by the Conference for a Democratic South Africa, and encouraging the multi-party forum to discuss and debate the political dispensation and future of a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist South Africa, Concerned at the fact that women are not integrated in the ongoing attempts to resolve the problems of South Africa by peaceful means, as envisaged in the Declaration on Apartheid, and stressing the need to ensure their full participation in that process by, inter alia, directly involving the gender advisory committee in the multi-party forum, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on women and children living under apartheid, 28/ in which it is mentioned that the Government of South Africa signed on 29 January 1993 a number of conventions aimed at promoting and implementing fundamental rights and freedoms without distinction as to sex, namely, the Convention on the Political Rights of Women, 29/ the Convention on the Nationality of Married Women, 30/ the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 31/ the Convention * For the discussion, see chap. III. 28/ E/CN.6/1993/11. 29/ General Assembly resolution 640 (VII), annex. 30/ General Assembly resolution 1040 (XI), annex. 31/ General Assembly resolution 34/180, annex. -20-