On this day, South Africa was suspended from participating in the United Nations General Assembly due to its apartheid policies, which institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination against the country’s non-white population.
The suspension came after years of international condemnation, particularly from newly independent African and Caribbean nations. While South Africa remained a U.N. member state, it was barred from taking part in General Assembly sessions until the end of apartheid in the early 1990s.
This action was a powerful symbol of global solidarity with the anti-apartheid movement and increased pressure on the South African government to dismantle its racist system.
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