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UN Security Council
Resolution 547 |
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| Date: | 13 January 1984 |
| Meeting no.: | 2,512 |
| Code: | S/RES/547 (Document) |
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| Vote: | For: 15 Abs.: 0 Against: 0 |
| Subject: | South Africa |
| Result: | Adopted |
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 547, adopted unanimously on January 13, 1984, after reaffirming previous resolutions on the topic, the Council expressed its concern at the death sentences issued to Malesela Benjamin Maloise, all members of the African National Congress.
The resolution called upon the South African authorities to commute the sentences imposed on Mr Maloise, and urged all other Member States and organisations to help save the life of the man. Maloise, a black poet, was convicted of murdering a policeman. Despite a court ruling that Maloise was under heavy psychological pressure at the time, President Pieter Willem Botha ordered his execution. On October 18, 1985, Maloise was hanged in Pretoria Central Prison.[1]
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