Mandela addressed the UN Security Council in New York and requested international monitoring of violence in South Africa. He argued that political violence made negotiations impossible and accused the state of failing to protect residents. The address internationalised the crisis while the ANC pressed for an elected constituent assembly, an interim government and measures against state-linked violence.
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What did Mandela request in his UN Security Council address?
The 1993 Interim Constitution was intended as a transitional constitutional framework.
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A later elected Constitutional Assembly would draft a final constitution.