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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE USUN NEH YORK O3404 E.0. 12356:N/A TAGS: UNGA/C-3, PHUM, SOCI, XA, SF SUBJECT: 43RD UNGA: THIRD COMMITTEE: RACISM, SELF- DETERMINATION, AND ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH AFRICA I . SUMMARY. THIRD COMMITTEE DEEATE ON RACISM, SELF- DETERMINATION, AND ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH AFRICA (AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 87, 88, 91, 96) WAS ROUTINE AND PREDICT~ ABLE. THE ONLY EXPLICIT CRITICISMS OF THE U.S. WERE THE U.S. STATEMENT (OCTOBER I4) EMPHASIZED OUR OPPOSI- TION TO RACISM AND APARTHEID. IN ADDITION, THE U.S. REPRESENTATIVE INDICATED THAT THE U.S. WILL SHIFT ITS INITIATIVE ON THE PRINCIPLE OF PERIODIC AND GENUINE ELECTIONS FROM THE AGENDA ITEM ON SELF-DETERMINATION TO SOME OTHER ITEM. END SUMMARY. 2. DURING OCT. 1O-19 MEETINGS, THE UNGA*S THIRD COM- MITTEE DEBATED THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: LIMITED OFFICIAL USE