Committee commends South African National Peace Accord.

The Special Committee against Apartheid on 19 September called the National Peace Accord, which was concluded on 14 September in South Africa, "a significant step" in the search for a negotiated end to apartheid.

The Committee commended the South African Government, the African National Congress of South Africa (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party for their determination to end the political violence in South Africa. The code of behaviour established and the mechanisms created to monitor and curb transgressions were "helpful measures to arrest the recurrence of the debilitating violence in the country".

By the agreement, the signatories had opened the prospect for a climate that fostered "a culture of tolerance conducive to a peaceful process", the Committee said. All parties must fully comply with its spirit and letter. If fully implemented, the Accord would ensure that South African security forces would be more responsive to their statutory duties and the yearnings of South Africans by maintaining peace, law and order without bias.

The Committee on 24 July had warned that, unless a climate conducive to negotiations and free political activities was established soon, it was very likely that the whole process of achieving national reconciliation and adopting a new democratic constitution in South Africa might be "derailed".

Committee Chairman Ibrahim A. Gambari of Nigeria, in a statement, said South African authorities should take "immediate and effective remedial action" to establish a measure of credibility and good faith in any future negotiations.