arm18. Apartheid A Threat to Peace

arm18. Apartheid A Threat to Peace

This report detailed South Africa’s military build-up in the early 1970s and showed how NATO and the Western powers were integrating South Africa into their defence plans. It argued that because of its apartheid policies South Africa was a threat to world peace and should therefore be subject to a mandatory arms ban under Chapter VII of the UN Charter.

Category: Arms Embargo
Author: Anti-Apartheid Movement
Copyright: AAM Archives Committee
Holding Institution: AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Catalogue: MSS AAM 1498
Date/Year: 1976