[UMA-SRE-20050071] PAPERS RELATING TO THE COMMONWEALTH EMINENT PERSONS GROUP AND THE UNITED NATIONS PANEL OF EMINENT PERSONS.

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IdentifierUMA-SRE-20050071Extent18 boxesLinear Meterage3.24Scope and ContentPapers relating to the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group and the United Nations Panel of Eminent Persons. This series was accumulated in the period 1985-89 by former Prime Minister J M (Malcolm) Fraser as, firstly, Chair of the United Nations Panel of Eminent Persons on the Activities of Transnational Corporations in South Africa and Namibia and, secondly, as Co-Chair of the Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons. The United Nations Secretary-General appointed Mr Fraser to the eleven-member Panel of Eminent Persons (EP) in August 1985, when there was worldwide concern over the links between transnational corporations and South Africa's apartheid regime and the latter's control of Namibia. Some 1000 transnationals, from the USA (over 400), United Kingdom (360), Germany (140) and Australia (24) were estimated to be active in South Africa, particularly in banking and mining and the energy, automotive and electronic industries. Mr Fraser visited South Africa prior to chairing the panel's public hearings in New York (16-20 September 1985). The panel re-convened the following month (10-11 October) to finalise its report, and its work was an important step towards the eventual dismantling of apartheid. The seven-member Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons (COMGEP) was established on the initiative of Australian Prime Minister R J L (Bob) Hawke. Formerly NAA series M2186.Collection CategoryCommunity and PoliticalAccess StatusClosed for public accessRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this SeriesSearch within this Series

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[Malcolm Fraser's visit to South Africa with the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group]

Item

[2005.0071.00001] Colour photograph album of visit to South Africa with the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group, 1986

Provenance

CreatorFraser, John Malcolm

Dates

Date1983-1989

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Previous System ID2005.0071Other IDsM2186Source of DescriptionAyres, Philip, Malcolm Fraser: A biographyDescriptive NoteYes listed

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Feature CollectionThe Malcom Fraser Collection

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[UMA-SRE-20050071] PAPERS RELATING TO THE COMMONWEALTH EMINENT PERSONS GROUP AND THE UNITED NATIONS PANEL OF EMINENT PERSONS.