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{{Short description|United Nations General Assembly resolution adopted in 1962}}
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'''United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1761''' was passed on 6 November 1962 in response to the [[racist]] policies of [[apartheid]] established by the [[South Africa]]n Government.
== Condemnation of apartheid ==
The resolution deemed apartheid and the policies enforcing it to be a violation of South Africa's obligations under the [[UN Charter]] and a threat to international peace and security.
== Call for a voluntary boycott ==
Additionally, the resolution requested Member States to break off diplomatic relations with South Africa, to cease trading with South Africa (arms exports in particular), and to deny passage to South African ships and aircraft.
== Establishment of the UN Special Committee on Apartheid ==
The resolution also established the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid.<ref name=Lisson>[http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/aam/dissertation.htm The Anti-Apartheid Movement, Britain and South Africa: Anti-Apartheid Protest vs Real Politik] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607210339/http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/aam/dissertation.htm |date=June 7, 2007 }}, Arianna Lisson, PhD Dissertation, September 15, 2000</ref> The committee was originally boycotted by the Western nations, because of their disagreement with the aspects of the resolution calling for the boycott of South Africa. Even so, the committee found allies in the West, such as the British-based [[Anti-Apartheid Movement]], through which it could work and lay the ground roots for the eventual acceptance by the Western powers of the need to impose [[Disinvestment from South Africa|economic sanctions on South Africa]] to pressure for political changes.<ref name=Reddy>"AAM and UN: partners in the international campaign against apartheid" in [http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/aam/symposium.html The Anti-Apartheid Movement: A 40-year Perspective] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509010117/http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/aam/symposium.html |date=May 9, 2007 }}, E S Reddy, 25–26 June 1999</ref>
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== See also ==
* [[Anti-Apartheid Movement]]
* [[Disinvestment from South Africa]]
* [[International sanctions during apartheid]]
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