UNITED NATIONS: KENYA REJECTS SOUTH AFRICA'S OFFER OF A DIALOGUE WITH BLACK AFRICAN NATIONS.

Record ID: 337421

  • Title: UNITED NATIONS: KENYA REJECTS SOUTH AFRICA'S OFFER OF A DIALOGUE WITH BLACK AFRICAN NATIONS.
  • Date: 2nd October 1971
  • Summary: 1. LV ZOOM IN Kenya delegate speaking at General Assembly 1.57 TRANSCRIPT: (SEQ. 1): DR. MUNGAI: "In South Africa, the African is subjected to the vilest forms of oppression and degradation. He is denied basic human rights. His cultural heritage is being systematically destroyed by discriminatory laws and police terror. Any right of association and expressio
  • Embargoed: 17th October 1971 13:00
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  • Location: UNITED NATIONS
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA88D34F7PCBK9N3JQ0VDM0IGKU
  • Story Text: Kenya, on Saturday (1 October), denounced Britain and France for selling arms to the Republic of South Africa. Kenya's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Doroge Mungai, told the United Nations General Assembly that his government deplored the actions of Britain and France in supporting what he called the "Nazi-style racism and brutality of the apartheid order" present in South Africa.

    Dr. Mungai also declared that his government rejects South Africa's offer for a dialogue with black African nations, because it would "bestow the seal of recognition and respectability on the racist regime and the apartheid policy of South Africa."
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