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Article: Sanctions lifted after 31 years: interim constitution agreed on. (UN General Assembly action for South Africa, October 8, 1993)
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- March 1, 1994
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Noting that the "transition to democracy has now been enshrined in the law of South Africa", the General Assembly on 8 October ended a 31-year ban on economic and other ties with South Africa and its nationals, in the areas of trade, investment, finance, travel and transportation. States were asked to lift the sanctions they had imposed over the years under numerous UN resolutions and decisions.
Economic sanctions were first enacted in 1962, when the Assembly asked Member States to break off diplomatic relations with South Africa, boycott its goods and refrain from exporting goods, including armaments, to that country. Those sanctions were expanded over the years, ...