National Flag.png The black, green and gold "national flag" of the liberation struggle June 26th: South Africa Freedom Day Part 6 E.S.Reddy.jpg Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enuga_Sreenivasulu_Reddy> Secretary of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid 1963-1965 Director of the United Nations Centre against Apartheid, 1976-1983 June 26th: Aftermath and Summary In December 1952, the United Nations General Assembly set up a United Nations Commission on the Racial Situation in the Union of South Africa (UNCORS). Later, this became the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid; later still the United Nations Centre against Apartheid was established, with Mr Enuga S Reddy as its Director. The text of the Freedom Charter was reproduced in the third report of UNCORS to the General Assembly in 1955. It was published as a document of the Security Council, at the request of the delegation of Benin in October 1977 as document S/12425. The United Nations publicised the Freedom Charter all over the world. On June 26, 1969, as recorded by E S Reddy, the following statement was made to the Committee by one of its members, H. E. Mr. Abdulrahim Abby Farah (Somalia): "Today, 26 June, is traditionally observed by the African National Congress of South Africa and its associate organisations, as well as by many other bodies, including anti-apartheid movements and various international organisations, as 'South Africa Freedom Day.' 26 June was so designated because it was on 26 June 1950 that the first national stay-at-home strike was organised as a mark of protest against the Suppression of Communism Act and other undemocratic and unjust legislation. "It was, again, on 26 June 1952, that the historic Campaign of Defiance of Unjust Laws was launched. But above all, 26 June was chosen as 'South Africa Freedom Day' as it commemorates the historic adoption, on 26 June 1955, of the Freedom Charter by the Congress of the People of South Africa, a multi-racial conference of the opponents of apartheid and racial discrimination." UN Logo.png United Nations -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
