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WITH REGARD TO SOUTHERN AFRICA, THE MINISTERS REJECTED UNEQUIVOCALLY THE SYSTEM OF APARTHEID WHICH VIOLATES HUMAN DIGNITY AND REITERATED THEIR CALL FOR ITS TOTAL ABOLITION. THEY CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA TO INITIATE WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE WITH THE GENUINE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN PEOPLE. THE PREREQUISITES OF THIS SHOULD INCLUDE THE LIFTING OF THE 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 THE INDEPENDENCE OF NAMIBIA WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY ON THE BASIS OF THE INALIENABLE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH UN RESOLUTION 435.

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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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NARCOTICS

DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE CONSTITUTE AN INCREASING THREAT TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. THE MINISTERS EXPRESSED THEIR RESOLVE TO UNITE THEIR COUNTRIES' FORCES TO FIGHT THIS SERIOUS INTERNATIONAL THREAT. THEY WELCOMED THE FACT THAT THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN JUNE 1987 PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK OUT COMMON STRATEGIES

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