This report, published at the request of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, contains the statement that Rev. Jesse Jackson delivered on November 12, 1987 at hearings on apartheid before the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. Jackson says the international struggle to eradicate racism has commanded the attention, energy and commitment of millions of people, some of whom have made personal sacrifice and sometimes even martyrdom, especially among the heroic people of South Africa and Namibia. Jackson discusses the efforts of the peoples of the third world to end colonialism and the national liberation struggles in Latin America, the Caribbean,...
This report, published at the request of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, contains the statement that Rev. Jesse Jackson delivered on November 12, 1987 at hearings on apartheid before the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. Jackson says the international struggle to eradicate racism has commanded the attention, energy and commitment of millions of people, some of whom have made personal sacrifice and sometimes even martyrdom, especially among the heroic people of South Africa and Namibia. Jackson discusses the efforts of the peoples of the third world to end colonialism and the national liberation struggles in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia to construct nations committed to a policy of independence, self-determination and non-alignment. He discusses South Africa's aggressive and expansionist role in the region, including its military actions inside the People's Republic of Angola, continued illegal occupation of Namibia, and sponsorship of terrorist forces inside Angola, Mozambique and elsewhere that conduct systematic campaigns of wanton physical destruction, economic sabotage and political destabilization. He points to South Africa's economic sanctions and military actions that have victimized the ports of Maupto and Beira in Mozambique and Dar es Salaam in the United Republic of Tanzania. Jackson discusses the release of black trade unionists and all political prisoners including Govan Mbeki, and notes that Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and thousands of other political prisoners remain unjustly confined to apartheid's jails. He discusses sanctions, the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, the SADCC (Southern African Development Coordinating Conference), the African National Congress (ANC), and the Front-line States.
