Includes minutes, progress reports, correspondence and press cuttings; World Gold Commission reports and publications on South African gold; and background information on South African gold.
(D) World Gold Commission
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- ReferenceGB 161 GB 162 MSS.Afr.s.2350/101-106
- Dates of Creation1988-1991
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description2 boxes
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Administrative / Biographical History
The World Gold Commission was founded in 1988 to promote worldwide sanctions against South African gold sales. Among its backers were ELTSA, the Anti-Apartheid Movement, the African National Congress and the South West African Peoples' Organisation and funding for its research programme came from the United Nations Centre on Apartheid. The Commission presented evidence to international bodies, informed the public on the links between gold mining and the South African government and promoted the use of non-South African gold in the jewellery industry.