Mailing asking people to write their Members of Congress in support of House Concurrent Resolution 270 that urges that the economic sanctions of the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 not be suspended or modified until all conditions for termination within the law are met and apartheid is ended. It also discusses H.R. 21/S. 507, the Dellums/Simon Comprehensive Economic Sanctions Bill; H.R. 3458, the South African Financial Sanctions Bill of 1989; Senate Concurrent Resolution 47 that calls upon the President to take immediate steps to achieve multilateral sanctions against South Africa; Senate Concurrent Resolution 94 relating to the release of Nelson Mandela and other positive developments in South...
Mailing asking people to write their Members of Congress in support of House Concurrent Resolution 270 that urges that the economic sanctions of the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 not be suspended or modified until all conditions for termination within the law are met and apartheid is ended. It also discusses H.R. 21/S. 507, the Dellums/Simon Comprehensive Economic Sanctions Bill; H.R. 3458, the South African Financial Sanctions Bill of 1989; Senate Concurrent Resolution 47 that calls upon the President to take immediate steps to achieve multilateral sanctions against South Africa; Senate Concurrent Resolution 94 relating to the release of Nelson Mandela and other positive developments in South Africa; House Joint Resolution 480, naming the week that Nelson Mandela comes to the U.S. "Nelson Mandela Week"; House Resolution 48 that urges the Government of South Africa to indicate its willingness to engage in meaningful negotiations with that country's Black majority; House Concurrent Resolution 67 that calls on the President to grant asylum to individuals who may seek asylum in the U.S. rather than serve in the South African armed forces in support of apartheid; and House Concurrent Resolution 203 that calls for improved relations between the U.S. and the Government of Angola. The mailing asks people to voice their opposition to Senate Resolution 239 that expresses the sense of the Senate denouncing the military offensive in Angola and urges an immediate cease fire, and Senate Resolution 196 that expresses the sense of the Senate regarding the peace process in Angola. The mailing discusses John Conyers, the Bush Administration, the House of Representatives, Agnieszka Fryszman, mandatory disinvestment by U.S. corporations doing business in South Africa, Ronald V. Dellums, Bob Brauer, Paul Simon, the Africa Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Walter Fauntroy, Manufacturers Hanover Trust, Morgan Guarantee Trust, the 1976 Soweto uprising, F.W. de Klerk, Charles Rangel, Major Owens, the End Conscription Campaign (ECC), Howard Wolpe, the IMF (International Monetary Fund), the World Bank, 1989 Tri-partite Peace Accord, Jonas Savimbi, the Ad hoc Senate Angola Task Force, Senator Dennis DeConcini, U.S. military aid to UNITA, Rep. David Obey, development aid for Namibia, the IMET (International Military Education and Training) Account, ESF (Economic Support Funds), DA (Development Account), Terry Peel, Bill Shirsh, and Adowa Dunn.