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Former South African President and Nobel Peace Prize winner F.W. de Klerk described his vision for inter-ethnic cooperation to an overflow audience at the ARCO Forum last night while fervently denying any responsibility for crimes committed under his nation's former apartheid regime...
...Freedom is more than just the protection of individual rights," de Klerk said. "Not even the most enlightened democracy can have intercommunity hatred and brutality...
...Klerk, who shared his 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, is credited with facilitating South Africa's peaceful transition from a racially and ethnically segregated society to one which guarantees equal rights to its members...
...Yasser Arafat declares statehood [WORLD, Nov. 6] reminds me of South Africa's semantic maneuvering to replace the word apartheid with words like "separate development." Of course, the Middle East and South African situations are totally different. But Barak and Arafat can follow Nelson Mandela's and F.W. de Klerk's example and not only talk but also work together and walk the whole mile of transformation to democracy without outside mediators. JAN MAARSCHALK Florida Hills, South Africa...