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MDHIAN 6133

STATE OF EMERGENCY, THE UNCONDITIONAL

RELEASE OF ALL

POLITICAL PRISONERS AND THE UNBANNING OF ALL POLITICAL

PARTIES. THE MINISTERS VIGOROUSLY CONDEMNED THE RECENT

POLITICAL SUPPRESSION OF SOUTH AFRICAN ORGANISATIONS. THEY

URGED THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT MOST STRONGLY TO REPEAL

THE IMPOSED MEASURES WITHOUT DELAY. THE MINISTERS FURTHER

CONDEMNED ALL AGGRESSIVE AND DESTABILIZING ACTIVITIES ON THE

PART OF SOUTH AFRICA AGAINST ITS NEIGHBOURS IN THE REGION

AND CALLED FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF REGIONAL PROBLEMS BY PEACEFUL MEANS. THE MINISTERS CALLED FOR INDEPENDENCE OF

NAMIBIA WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY ON THE BASIS OF THE INALIENABLE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH

UN RESOLUTION 435.

12.

EAST TIMOR

CONTACTS

(THE MINISTERS TOOK A FAVOURABLE VIEW ON THE

BETWEEN PORTUGAL AND INDONESIA, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UN

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AIMING TO ENSURE TO THE PEOPLE OF EAST-TIMOR ITS RIGHTS AND CULTURAL IDENTITY.)

OR

(THE MINISTERS TOOK A FAVOURABLE VIEW ON THE CONTACTS BETWEEN PORTUGAL AND INDONESIA, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, WITH A VIEW TO ACHIEVING A COMPREHENSIVE AND INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTABLE SETTLEMENT.)

13.

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM CONTINUES TO AFFECT A WIDE

RANGE OF COUNTRIES, AND IS A SOURCE OF GREAT CONCERN. THE MINISTERS REITERATED THEIR STRONG CONDEMNATION OF ALL FORMS

OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND THEIR RESOLVE TO COOPERATE AS

CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THIS MENACE. THEY

ALSO UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF FINDING POLITICAL

SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS WHICH FORM THE ROOTS OF TERRORISM.

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