During an international tour, Mandela addressed the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid in New York. He urged the international community to sustain pressure until apartheid was dismantled and political rights were extended to all South Africans. His visit made the liberation struggle visible in diplomatic forums and linked popular boycotts and sanctions campaigns with the ANC’s negotiations.
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What did the Groote Schuur Minute establish?
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The minute opened a formal process but did not resolve the underlying power imbalance.