Word: withdrawals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...might accept that, if it could even reasonably be shown to be true; but the arguments to the contrary are just too immense. When the black leaders of South Africa themselves call for corporate withdrawal, I think it is fair to say that we should respect their perceptions. When the United Nations General Assembly, the World Council of Churches, the NAACP, the Pan-Africanist Congress, the National Congress of South Africa, the Black Consciousness movement, the Congressional Black Caucus, the AFL-CIO and so many, many others say "withdraw," then I wonder: upon what do we base our supposedly "moral...
Mindful of that sentiment, both Byrd and O'Neill urged Carter to delay presenting the package to Congress. The President at first seemed adamant. At his midweek press conference he warned that if Congress rejected part of the package, then "my intent is to withdraw the sales proposal altogether." His reasoning, as Press Secretary Jody Powell explained later, was that if commitments to both sides were not honored, U.S. standing in the Middle East would be damaged...
...break in the diplomatic stalemate. At issue in the talks were the interpretation of an old document, U.N. Resolution 242, and the formulation of a new one, a declaration of principles to govern a comprehensive Middle East peace settlement. The real question: whether Israel is obligated to withdraw from a substantial portion of the West Bank. Jerusalem's answer remained "not necessarily"−which to many ears still sounded like "never...
...pressure group creates a political atmosphere that allows us to carry on. If four or five companies withdraw, and 500 remain, the most important thing you will have achieved is the right atmosphere for us to carry on," Baqwa added...
...telegram, written by William Bowdler, former United States ambassador to South Africa, states that not only workers and students, but also black businessman, want U.S. corporations to withdraw from South Africa...