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INFO IMMEDIATE PRETORIA, WASHINGTON
INFO SAVING STRASBOURG, LIBREVILLE, MONROVIA
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: ROME, 14-15 DECEMBER SOUTH AFRICA
MIPT
1. TEXT OF DECLARATION ON SOUTH AFRICA AS FOLLOWS:
THE COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBER STATES HAVE CONSISTENTLY FOLLOWED DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH THE GREATEST ATTENTION AND HAVE GIVEN A FAVOURABLE RECEPTION TO THE INITIATIVES WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO BRING ABOUT THE ABOLITION OF APARTHEID AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNITED, NON-RACIAL, AND DEMOCRATIC SOUTH AFRICA. THEY HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED APPROVAL OF THE RESULTS OF THE TALKS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ANC, IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF THE PRETORIA MEETING IN AUGUST WHICH OPENED THE WAY TO THE NEGOTIATION
OF A NEW CONSTITUTION.
THEY DEPLORE THE PHASE OF SERIOUS VIOLENCE THROUGH WHICH SOUTH AFRICA IS PASSING WHICH MAY ENDANGER THESE DEVELOPMENTS. THEY WELCOME, HOWEVER, FURTHER INDICATIONS SERVING TO CONFIRM THAT THE PROCESS OF CHANGE ALREADY BEGUN IS GOING AHEAD IN THE DIRECTION ADVOCATED BY THE STRASBOURG EUROPEAN COUNCIL. THEY HAVE DECIDED TO
CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THIS PROCESS.
AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL HAS DECIDED THAT AS SOON AS LEGISLATIVE ACTION IS TAKEN BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT TO REPEAL THE GROUP AREAS ACT AND THE LAND ACTS, THE COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBER STATES WILL PROCEED TO AN EASING OF THE SET OF MEASURES
ADOPTED IN 1986.
AS OF NOW, SO AS TO CONTRIBUTE TO COMBATING UNEMPLOYMENT AND
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