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J Nations Unies ~ Interoffice Memorandum Memorandum Interieur t.SS ON - SERIES BOX FILE ACC. ,... .. , .' I .. ,1rnuT!~G SLI p FICHE DE TRANSMISSION TO: A: FROM: DE: ....., a Room No. - No de bureau Extension - Poste IDote _ ~ ., cct I'} f 1 FOR ACTION POUR SU ITE A DONNER FOR APPROVAL POUR APPROBATION ~ FOR SIGNATURE POUR SIGNATURE - FOR COMMENTS POUR OBSERVATIONS' MAY WE DISCUSS? POURRIONS-NOUS EN PARLER? YOUR ATTENTION VOTRE ATTENTION AS DISCUS.SEO COMME CONVENU :QUESTED SUITE A VOTRE DEMANDE -- ,w • ..: AND RETURN NOTER ET RETOURNER FOR INFORMATION V POUR INFORMATION - CR.13 (8-75) UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM INTERIEUR Mr. A.Z. Nsilo Swai 28 September 1977 TO: DATE: _________ A: Officer-in-Charge Department of Political Affairs, Trusteeship REFERENCE: _______ and Decolonization THROUG H : 5 / C DE: Blaine Sloan, Director /;- J2~ 1t11/(1} <ilVI ,J FROM: _ DE: GeneraJ. Legal Division U-'~· Office of Legal Affairs SUBJECT: OBJET: The United Nations Institute for Namibia This is in reply to your memorandum of 2 September 1977. As you are aware, the United Nations Institute for Namibia was created by the United Nations Council for Namibia, and the Council for Namibia is the trustee of the United Nations Fund for Namibia which finances the Institute. As the body which created the Institute and as the trustee of the Fund for Namibia which finances the Institute, the Council for Namibia has the necessary authority to arrange for the internal and external audit of the accounts of the Institute. As to the questions raised in the second paragraph of your letter, it is my understanding that the Agreement of 3 December 1975 between the Institute for Namibia and the Government of Zambia was negotiated by Mr. Sean MacBride when he was Commissioner for Namibia. There has, so far as I am aware, been no amendment of the Agreement. The Institute being a UN body has no status separate from the United Nations. Hence the Agreement of 3 December 1975 ought not to be considered as an Agreement between a non-UN body and the Government of Zambia. .. ... Mr. Blaire Sloan, Director 2 September 1977 General Legal Division Office of Legal Affairs A.Z. Nsilo Swai Officer-in-Charge Department of Political Affairs, Trusteeship and Decolonization The United Nations Institute for Namibia Your counsel would be very much appreciated on the following two matters: 1. Does the United Nations Council for Namibia possess the power to have the accounts of the Institute audited by the internal and external auditors of the United Nations? (The Internal Audit Service has informed the Secretary of the Council that auditors will be in Lusaka in September and they are ready to audit the Institut if so instructed.) 2. The agreement signed in Lusaka on 3 December 1975 between the Institute and the Government of Zambia, was it negotiated by the United Nations, or was it merely a private agreement between a non­ United Nations body and the Zambian Government? What is the status of the Institute under Zambian laws? Has there been a new agreement or revision? UNITED NATIONS - NATIONS UNIES United Nations Institute for Namibia Institut des Nations Unies pour la Namibie P.O. Box 30n Telephone 74300/07/08 Lusaka, Zambia Cable: Unations, Lusaka Ref: ' . 23 September 1977 / '"'·-~'•..,.. 1/ IL/ /i (,) u rlt ,J l'!.a ,,,<) ' rI A 'l'1 ~-, ~..._ v.11- ., "/~•~ .•. , '-,,._ I .J,() • Q "..( ., "(t.r. '-., , ''o-t. '· "'J> ·:0 t . ''- tad (........__ lrc . • r.J '7;,-;_ Your Excellency, • \,•Yj:f~ J-tc1 ·'··(} With reference to my letter of 14 July 1 , the honour to inform you, as a member of the Pre · inary Selection Committee, that the said Committee will hold its meeting on Tuesday morning 1 November 1977, at 9.00 hrs, on the Institute's premises, to interview and draw up a short list of the most suitable candidatep, and to make recommendations to the Senate for the appointment of an Assistant Director for the Economics Division. Please Accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest esteem and Consideration. Her Excellency, Ambassador Gwendolyn Konie President UN Council for Namibia Room 3310 United Nations New York, N.Y. lp017 ;,: / i UNITED NATIONS. NATIONS UNIES United Nations Institute for Namibia Institut des Nations Unics pour la Namibie P.O. Box 30n Telephone 74300/07 /08 Lusaka, Zambia Cabl~: Unations, Lusaka ~ ll(II (✓)t1#I ) 19 September 1977 With reference to our letter of 14 July 1977, regarding the Sixth Meeting of the Senate, I wish to inform you that this meeting will now take place on 1 and 2 November 1977, with provisional arrangements to be made for an extra day, should discussions warrant it. Enclosed please find a copy of the Draft Agenda for your information. Please Accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest esteem an4: consideration. Hage <. Geingob Director Her Excellency . Ambassador Gwen Konie r resiC::.E:11i:. UN Council for Namibia Room 3310 United Nations New York, N.Y. 10017 6/SEN/LU/47 1 2 ~o vcmbcr 1077 L I L 1\ n prov ;ll o f t he r- ' i 1~ u t c s 1:, f the F i ft h me e t in g h(~ld on lt~ _,,,16 ;,,ar,:h l :"'77 I I I. · l1,i·tters ::,.risinp.: from t he hinutcs of the mee t in.[' he:J c1. on. 14 - 1 fr March 197'1 IV , ;, r c 1 i.r.: i no ry ~; r, .1 1,,c t i o}·, Cor,1mi tu~ c Report (~nno i nt~cnt of ~ssistnnt Dircctni - Economics ') -L· ·\·r-; r,.; J. -L ... _;~ n,,)•. 1 • VI,, I Rep .rt o/ .D:i_rectoT ~rn ~~ t afF ?tn:iointment.s Rena r t on stnff benefit: Pranrumme R~~s~t an~ 1978 revised VII. Report on stuJcnt s pcr forPanc c Rer,ort 0r, ~,r::crmc intab:; of students Re 0 -·, rt :)L stu,Jcnt accommod a tion VIIL I Proprcss Report nn Research Activiti~s ] IX, P.epr•rt on goc11 :1chir~vcmcnts of the Institute x, Rqvnt o:n the Future University 0£ Namibia XL Any o ther husj_nc ss ·1£ It./ 1/ (! )--' r/t ,J :i.6 Scpt em'.x~r 1977 I, as t he Engi stro.r of the L1~;tit11t0 , nhc L, rnoi~o often tiv:m ::1.ot , in daily cor,:tact ui th the ,/cudcnt ~: , lw.v0 t hu fol lo; r.i.11;:( viom-; to m.:-.::,:; r ory:1.rding Srntm :3tudento. in1c,1 t he~" fir::;t arn_vec, , tb'.7 \F!:cc ~- l·'.o.rp:,' lot to c1cc,l i:itl1. I t seemed t o ri1e t l1en tho.t t lle;y r.li::ec1. f1· ,~cl3- '.d.t:1 tl1c. ro;::;t of t~,c st uc~onts cmd it uas almost difficult for an out si der to toll 1:ho ,rn.s S:l\nU aric'. ,1ho •mf; ::10t. II01-mver , as time uei1t o;.1 , it 1:lcc::.,rnc c1.p9ar c11t tho.t hostilit ic::, had dcvcl opocl and SHA.NU studm1t s 1)cco.r::e a di stinct t roup :1llich chose special t abl es i n tho di ning r oom. The;y no l oac;or r.'i:ccd. freel y e:~copt uit h 2. feH STlJ\PO girls. This inturn brou.s;ht criticisms from S~:i'J)O boys uho nccusod t ho girls of bei ng sell-outs . These re;ports r ccc choc1 my office o.ncl I dicmissccl them as petty jea­ lousies over girls . But 2- patt er n 1:as soo:..1 sot , .'3'.!f,i,fU students became highly crit i cal of the gener al ::idmi 11i strati011 of the Insti tute e.nd of ten accused the Directo;_~ of po.r t i alit;y. It ::.iccms .J.:-3 if they did not 1:m1.t !:im to uonti on S1L\PO i n all hi s dealiL1f,13 o.t the In::ti t ut o. I romem:)er at 0110 st age t her e 1-rn. s bi g critici sm of t he ".dmi:..1i ctrotion ~Jecausc a S'.JAPO official ( I t hink it uas t he Presi dent hi msel f) w0-s ar r i vi ns at t he Air por t 0.11d 11aturally SHI\PO students , usinr, a ,'J'T,\:eO bu~; , 1_ront to meet hi rn . SHi\l'JU stuc1.ent s t ook exception to t hi. s and o. ccur.:ocl tllc 2ccl.mi:..1i strntion of cliscrimi:..1ati o11 . The r::: ener al po.tt cm1 of boho.vl our of [,Omo of tho SiL".NU r,t uclcnt s became insolent t m-;ardc t hor3e that Here i denti f.'icc1. uith adm:i.ni stro.ion . On my part , as HC[:;istr ar , I sooi1 lc,::,.r nt to i g:norr: some of tllcir i nsol ent behaviour and ut ter ;:,_nces. For inst ance , on Tuc ~ lay 2;' J\ucust , 1977 , I ,ms uor k i:..1~..( l at e i:..1 t he office , uhen I finished am~ uent outsi de 7 I f30.F S!-IMJU students i:..1 t he bi ~ bus that uas about to go to 11onn Gil ls to fetch S1II\.PO students uho wor e r ehear sing a pl ay. I asked t her.1 d1cre they uer c goL1g , and uhcn they sai d Roma Girls and uhcn tho dr iver e:cplai ned t o rne that he hc1cl tol d thern i.11vnin to get off t ho bus as t her e uould ciot be o:..1ough room on the r eturn trip , I r equest ed t hor:1 to get out of the bus.
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