Nelson Mandela Addresses a Joint Session of the United States Congress (1990)

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The partial plan would result in the elimination of a thousand logging jobs on U.S. lands in Oregon and northern California, far fewer than a plan recommended by a group of government scientists. Jim Lehrer: Nelson Mandela addressed a joint session of Congress today. He urged support for the continuing effort to end apartheid in South Africa. He said sanctions should remain until that has been achieved. Nelson Mandela: We have yet to arrive at the point when we can say that South Africa is set on an irreversible cause leading to its transformation into a united, democratic, and non-racial country. (Applause)We plead that you seeded the prerogative to the people of South Africa to determine the moment when it will be set that profound changes have occurred and an irreversible process achieved. And it can enable you and the rest of the international community to lift sanctions.

Nelson Mandela Addresses a Joint Session of the United States Congress (1990)

Nelson Mandela, a leader of the anti-apartheid movement who had recently been released from a long prison term for his anti-apartheid activism, calls on the United States to maintain sanctions until fundamental changes are achieved in South Africa during an address to a joint session of Congress.

The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour | NewsHour Productions | June 26, 1990 This clip and associated transcript appear from 06:32 - 07:40 in the full record.

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