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US opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process

US opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process

Date
3 Oct 1989
Updated
30 Sep 2019
US opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process

In his address to the senate foreign relations committee, United States (US) Assistant Secretary of State, Herman Cohen, said that the US strongly opposed any new sanctions, as this would be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiations process, taking place in SA. However, the US government did support and called for President F. W. de Klerk to release all political prisoners and unban all political parties before the end of the year. Accompanying these demands was their call for the immediate ending of the Group Areas Act. Failure to do so, Cohen promised that the US government, together with the international community, would impose new sanctions against South Africa.

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  1. 01Fraser, R. (1989). Keesing's Record of World Events, Longman: London, p. 36965.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). US opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012832

South African History Online (2011) 'US opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012832 (Accessed: 9 August 2026).

South African History Online, US opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012832, (accessed 9 August 2026).

"US opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012832. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "US opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012832.

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