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The United Nations and apartheid : a source appraisal (1946-1976)
Dissertation (MSocSci (HIstory))--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/93569 The United Nations and apartheid : a source appraisal (1946-1976) Simpson, Thula Mlambo, Alois S. diva1014@gmail.com Goolam Mahomed, Nusrat UCTD Apartheid United Nations UN Security Council UN General Assembly SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Humanities theses SDG-16 Dissertation (MSocSci (HIstory))--University of Pretoria, 2023. Apartheid is a system of racial classification unlike no other that existed in South Africa from 1948-1994. Before apartheid, South Africa had long practised racial discrimination. Indeed, at its very first meeting in 1946, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) had deliberated on South Africa’s unequal racial policies but to no avail. In 1960, the Security Council (SC) then took matters into its own hands after the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa, but still not much progress was made in addressing South Africa’s racial policies. The Western powers, specifically the United States of America (US), United Kingdom (UK) and France, were allies of the apartheid government and opposed direct measures against the racist regime. However, in the 1960s, each Western power began to confront South Africa in its own way. Even then, the UN made little headway. For instance, the Afro-Asian bloc, supported by the Soviets and Latin America, could not pressure the Western states into expelling South Africa from the UN until 1973, when the GA finally expelled the South Africa delegation. After the Soweto Riots in 1976 more changes occurred in the UN’s position on and approach to the apartheid question than had been achieved in the previous decades and more pressure was brought to bear on South Africa. In the end, however, the UN proved to be a rather limited partner in the fight against apartheid by 1976. Historical and Heritage Studies MSocSci (HIstory) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2023-11-30T11:31:51Z 2023-11-30T11:31:51Z 2024-04 2023 Dissertation * A2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/93569 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Apartheid United Nations UN Security Council UN General Assembly SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Humanities theses SDG-16 The United Nations and apartheid : a source appraisal (1946-1976) |
| title | The United Nations and apartheid : a source appraisal (1946-1976) |
| title_full | The United Nations and apartheid : a source appraisal (1946-1976) |
| title_fullStr | The United Nations and apartheid : a source appraisal (1946-1976) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The United Nations and apartheid : a source appraisal (1946-1976) |
| title_short | The United Nations and apartheid : a source appraisal (1946-1976) |
| title_sort | united nations and apartheid a source appraisal 1946 1976 |
| topic | UCTD Apartheid United Nations UN Security Council UN General Assembly SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Humanities theses SDG-16 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/93569 |