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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, FEBRUARY 11, 1983
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Meanwhile, do not expect the United Nations to take any clear-headed
actions with regard to the deteriorating conditions in Africa. The U.N.
General Assembly has an extremely lopsided view of the world as a whole and
Africa in particular. In an official publication recently sent to us by the
U.N., I happened to come across the list of official "Annual Days and
Weeks," observed yearly by the world body. Here they are:
21 March
Beginning
21 March
Beginning
25 May
5 June
16 June
9 August
International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling
against Racism and Racial Discrimination
Week of Solidarity with the Colonial Peoples of
Southern Africa
World Environment Day
International Day of Solidarity with the Strug
gling People of South Africa
International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle
of Women in south Africa
26 August
Namibia Day
Third Tuesday International Day of Peace
of September
11 October
Day of Solidarity with South African Political
Prisoners
24 October
United Nations Day, and World Development Infor
mation Day
24-30 October Disarmament week
Week of
Week of Solidarity with the People of Namibia and
27 October
Their Liberation Movement
29 November
International Day of Solidarity with the Pales
tinian People
10 December
Human Rights Day
Note that eight of the 14 observances deal in one way or another with
southern Africa. If only that part of the world could be "liberated," I
suppose there would be happiness and peace all over the earth.
--Gene H. Hogberg, News Bureau