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General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister

General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister

Date
11 Oct 1961
Updated
30 Sep 2019
General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister

The United Nations General Assembly decided by 67 votes to 1 (South Africa) with 20 abstentions, to censure the Foreign Minister of South Africa Eric Louw for his offensive speech in the General Assembly. A staunch defender of apartheid, Louw was also infamous for his characterisation of Chief Albert Luthuli's Nobel Prize acceptance speech as propaganda. Click here to read the General Assembly plenary statement concerning his claims that other countries had no right to interfere in South Africa's internal matters.

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  1. 01BBC,'1961: Apartheid attacked at Nobel ceremony',From BBC,[Online],Available at: www.bbc.co.uk,[Accessed: 02 October 2013]
  2. 02South African History Online,'United Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994',From: South African History Online,[Online],Available at: www.sahistory.org.za,[Accessed: 02 October 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011936

South African History Online (2011) 'General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011936 (Accessed: 11 August 2026).

South African History Online, General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011936, (accessed 11 August 2026).

"General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011936. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011936.

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