STATEMENTS OF ACHKAR MAROF

ACHKAR MAROF

CHAIRMAN OF UN SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID (1964-1968)

[Most of the speeches of Achkar Marof have been reproduced from the pamphlet Racism in South Africa: A Call for International Action, addresses by H.E. Mr. Achkar Marof, published by the American Committee on Africa in 1965; and two mimeographed supplements distributed by the United Nations Unit on Apartheid in 1967 and 1968.

Some of the speeches were delivered in French; others in English.

The original title of the Special Committee, until the 1970s, was “Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa”. In the speeches here, it was often called in short “Special Committee on Apartheid”.]

  1. Statement on the Occasion of the Adoption of the Report by The Special Committee to the General Assembly and The Security Council, 30 November 1964
  2. Statement at The Plenary Meeting of The General Assembly in Reply to Dr. Hilgard Muller, The South African Foreign Minister, 21 December 1964
  3. Address to The National Conference on South African Crisis and American Action, Washington, D. C. 22 March 1965
  4. Statement by Achkar Marof at the Meeting of the Special Committee, on Executions in South Africa (Washington Bongco, John Harris and Others), 7 April 1965
  5. "Sanctions Can Work": Comments on The Report of an Expert Committee of The Security Council on Economic Sanctions Against South Africa, April 7, 1965
  6. Guns and Cash For Apartheid: Statement On April 20, 1965
  7. Statement in The Special Committee Against Apartheid, 6 May 1965
  8. Cementing The Unholy Alliance: Statement in The Special Committee Against Apartheid, May 18, 1965
  9. Statement Concerning Contribution by The Netherlands for Assistance to Persons Persecuted in South Africa for their Opposition to Apartheid, 17 June 1965
  10. Statement on The Occasion of The Publication of The Interim Report of The Special Committee, 17 June 1965
  11. Statement at a Press Conference on The Occasion of The Publication of The Annual Report of The Special Committee on Apartheid, 10 August 1965
  12. Profits From Apartheid: Statement at The Meeting of The Special Committee Against Apartheid, 17 March 1966
  13. No Compromise with Racism: Statement at The Plenary Meeting of The General Assembly, Introducing The Afro-Asian Draft Resolution on South West Africa, 27 September 1966
  14. Call for An International Campaign Against Apartheid: Statement in The Special Political Committee of The General Assembly, 2 December 1966
  15. Statement in The Plenary Meeting of The General Assembly After The Adoption of Resolution 2202 (Xxi) Endorsing The International Campaign Against Apartheid, 16 December 1966
  16. Speech at The Special Meeting of The Special Committee Against Apartheid to Commemorate The International Day for The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination (Sharpeville Day), 21 March 1967
  17. Address at a Sharpeville Day Meeting at St. Mark's Methodist Church, Harlem, New York, Sponsored by The American Committee on Africa, in Co-Operation with other Organizations, 21 March 1967
  18. Address to the European Conference Against Apartheid, Paris, 6 May 1967
  19. The Crisis in Southern Africa: Paper Presented to the International Seminar on Apartheid, Racial Discrimination and Colonialism in Southern Africa, Kitwe, Zambia, 25 July-4 August 1967
  20. Statement before the Special Political Committee of the General Assembly, 22 November 1967
  21. Support the Legitimate Struggle of the South African People for Liberation: Statement in the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 13 December 1967