Desmond Tutu

s instituted its Truth and Reconciliation Commission in April. Officiating at the launch of the Commission was Nobel laureate and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu of South Africa. The Commission allows Solomon Islands to revisit one of the darkest chapters of its history, and we do so with courage, perseverance

eschews vengeance and recriminations. No one can pretend that the task will be easy, but the following excerpt from a speech delivered by Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the commemoration of the Day of the African Child on 16 June 1994 might be instructive to the Haitian people. Speaking of his beloved South Africa

ua and Barbuda calls once again for the release of Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners and seeks the cessation of the harassment of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Reverend Alan Boesak. Antigua and Barbuda condemns the racist South Africans for creating impediments to an independent Namibia. The States M

a sense of justice. We also acknowledge the sacrifice and dedication of the freedom fighters, and the remarkable courage and dedication of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. It is with a tremendous sense of hope that I express satisfaction and optimism that someday the very foundations of apartheid will be dashed to piec

ue and the elaborate machinery it is now assembling to circumvent them. Recently South Africa's Manpower Minister, Pieter du Plessis, gave Archbishop Desmond Tutu what he called a friendly warning that the Archbishop's calls for sanctions against South Africa bordered on "high treason". Not too long ago the hea

We unequivocally support such patriots as Bishop Desmond Tutu and the Reverend Allan Boesak, who continue to strive for justice. This Assembly should go on record as having called for the unconditional release o