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Oliver Tambo has been described as a visionary, a bridge builder and a master strategist who worked tirelessly to mobilize international opposition towards the question of Apartheid and the white, minority government that enforced the policy. A great deal of his time in exile would be spent visiting and lobbying member states of the United Nations in New York. Over time that leads to the increased international isolation of the National Party Government through General Assembly and Security Council resolutions condemning the country's racist policies. In an unprecedented move at the time, Tambo in October of 1976 addressed a full plenary of the UN General Assembly as the acting president of the liberation movement.
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