Struggle_With_The_UN

Struggle With The UN Beginning in 1952 the General Assembly of the United Nations took up the issue of South Africa’s racial policies annually. The tone of early UN resolutions and declarations was civil, even conciliatory, reflecting the hope that South Africa might be convinced to reform. The General Assembly at first simply called upon South Africa to recognize its obligations to end racial discrimination under the UN Charter. The assembly subsequently “regretted” South Africa’s refusal to end apartheid. After the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960, a UN Security Council resolution blamed South Africa for the shootings, and the UN General Assembly’s first successful sanctions vote against South Africa occurred two years later. South Africa’s unwavering policy of whites-only representation on sports teams resulted in their expulsion from the Olympic Games and a dozen other international sports federations in the 1960s. After World War II the UN made several attempts to control South Africa’s administration of South-West Africa. The UN General Assembly voted in October south, africa, un, general, assembly, africa’s, namibia, international, apartheid, years, war, united, territory, sports, south-west, resulted, resolutions, racial, first, end, council, against, after, world, whites-only, west, voted, vote, upon, unwavering, until, under, two, took, tone, terminate