4 June 1961
Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hassim Jawad, announced that his country will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its apartheid policies. The announcement came after the Sharpeville massacre, when 69 people were killed by security police after a peaceful protest led by the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).The political conditions in South Africa were disturbing and the whole world was commemorating the first anniversary of the Sharpeville killings. Political organisations like African National Congress (ANC),South African Communist Party (SACP), PAC and others were banned the previous year under the Unlawful Organisations Act of 1950.
References

O’Malley P. ‘1961’, from O’Malley, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org(Accessed: 17 May 2012)|South African History Online, ‘Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za (Accessed: 17 May 2012)