Remember Sharpville

International affairs vice-president Falconer said that NZUSA had been remiss in failing to mark the anniversary of the Sharpville shooting, March 21, as a day of commemoration and solidarity with South African students. NZUSA's co-ordinating body, the resident executive, had plans for next year's anniversary, but they would have to be submitted to NZUSA council in August for a policy decision.

B. W. Middleton, NZUSA international officer supported the idea, and suggested a scheme of work days to raise money for refugee students. He said that the public would see that students were willing to do more than just talk. He spoke of the role of students as a conscience of society—they were a group with few vested interests and had a unique position from which to comment critically.

Falconer told the meeting that NZUSA had been elected to the Supervision Committee of the ISc, and would be part of the Asian area's representation. India was the other Asian delegate-union. "We will press for national seminars in South Vietnam and South Korea and an investigation of the student situation in Indonesia," he added.

New Zealand's immigration policy was attacked by Moriarty, who declared it to be clearly racist in character. "We have a duty to protest," he told the panel.