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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} 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. Iio:.;t of ther,1 ~ot out and one of them J oseph . Hauanga , stat ed 2.t me in t ho :face ancl. sai d , 11y ou ar e :Lrnano , you arc cm i diot". I sai d , "you mo.;y proba1.Jl y 1Jc r i c;ht comr&do , but plasc get off the bus 11 • Ile t hen got out amidst mwn1Jl ine; and scolding i n n l anguage I di d not understand from t ho otlxir s . ,Stan C. B. Shana r:::~G I STT.'J\Il UiiJl:TED NATIONS INb"l'NO'l'l!: FOR NAMIBIA WSAKA, ZAMBIA 11+ September 1977 Dear Messrs, Konapct a .I ·I. Mupa:i.no Festus u. Tj~ua il lli.rarakanua E. Ndj oze /+) Manfred .M. Menjcngua 5) &ldic N. Tjirar e Efraim u. Kahorcrc ~~ I ssaskar K. Karumondu 8 ) Jack IC. Komomungondo 9) Mose s u. Uo,nguta Fanuel N~ Tjingactc 10l11 Josef K. IIau;mga 12 Abuid I<. rfurangi Walter N. Uo.ndar o. iL~ Albert Tji?.oo Mickie U. Murangi 15l16 Tjatindi J. Tj ivet2. 17 Urbans u. Muundj uo. 18) Festus K. ICaur-J. rat j o 19) Edward T. Kamboua ~o) Augustinus T. K?.t.jiuo;::.gu;:i, 21) Cornelius Kauiiuc 22) Sophia K. Karutj i::1c.1a.,· ,.,· 23) Muindia II. Tjin:-:;act n The Nanagcment Committee 11.J.c t lco:;:-ou3lLl~· ::;t -;_1.c~ied your communication of 5 September. 1977, a11d ha s :;,0.ss:x:: it::-· r~elLc::Tt':ticns m,.d dccisioh through this office to you a~ i'oll0'"3 :- Tho Managorr:ont Committee i s icot crrf)o-~c:r cd to discuss t he Director or his conduct and ther efore co_;_not 2ct 0 °.1 hi s r emoval. Such a decision, if any 7 can. or..l y '.)C m:0.clc '.:,y t he 0c;:1.::,_ t c of' t he Institute. On the other hand , the lhn.J.[.r,cm;;nt Jomrnittce i s cm::_:>0u cro6 to act en the alternative presented by ;:;rou, namol3r nuthority to ~ronou:nc c on your request to facilit.s.t o you:;_~ r ctun1 to Dot st1m12. • The Management Cormnittcc , thor oi'orc , has decided to gront your request to allow you t o l mw .. tho I nstitute. Tho 1!1stitute srill try to solicit the a ssistance of t he Dot mor1a Hi c; h Commission in h.:rvi.ng you repatriated to Botswcma "uut-tbe-eo-operation of the Botm1ru1a High Commission cannot bo guarwtecd. The rc0_uest to the Botswann High Commission will only concern. those of you whom the Institute had actually brought from BotS1rc1xt2. • Pl.ease nste that, yt,u.r right to ar,pcal ended 1;-ri.th the lh.1..J.v:imcnt Commit.tee. Yours sincerely, //;:~ Stirn C.B.Ai~n::i -To~ The Management Committee 7th September 1977 From: The SWANU Students at the Institute Re; Our letter of September 1977 Concerning the events of 28/8/77 ------ We wish to inform you that copies of the same letter have been sent to the Permanent Secretaries in the Ministry of Foreign and Home Affairs, just for their informationo To : Mana.gement Committe e From: SWl'.NU Students, at the Institute Re: Beating of SWA~U Students by the Date:S°September 1977 I Perhaps we should begin with an apology for again taking your I time to consider our personal problems. I We feel that what we are going to say in th is · letter is of a serious nature and you should be aware of it, in the hope that you will put things right. I On the night of the 28th August, 1977, at the Tjitenderos' house, we (some SWANU students) were involved in a fist fight I with some members of SWAPO, headed by our Director, Mr. Geingob. The occasion was a wedding reception of a Namibian friend of ours, to which some of us were invited. In the middle of fun (drinking, dancing etc.) one SWANU , student approached and asked the Director how we ~ere behaving 0 The Director replied that we "SWANU people don't lnow how to behave". He went on: "Look around and whom do you see here 7 SWANUS t I've told all the SWAPO s tuden_t s to go and they al 1 went" .. A little later, he made another stupid remark saying, "You didn't go to the Namibia Day ceremony, you boycotted it, but why should you come to this reception?" With regard to the first quotation, we don't care at all if he told the SWAPO students to goo That's perhaps his official busihess in his SWAPOo But if he implied that we should also have gone, he should only know that we were not in his house, and were not invited by him eithero He himself was another invited guest like us, and as such where did he get the right to tell people to go who were not invited by him 7 Concerning the second quotation, we feel that perhaps he had a grudge against the SWANU students simply because we did not go to the so-- called "Namibia Day" ceremony and the drinking that followed at the Instituteo We did not go to that so-called "Namibia Day" for reasons which he would have done better if he had only approached us to find out. We went to the wedding reception because we were properly invited by our friends, who got rnarriedo We don't see the connection between our not going to the so--called "Namibia Day" and the reception. Besides, it is not. his business that we went to the wedding reception. Those quotations were n-ot the only statements he madee A little later, he even said (and we wonder why), that "because you didn't attend the Namibia Day and your students in Botswana refused to come to the Institute, I shall henceforth deal with you severelyo I will challenge you both physically and politically; I will beat you and even expel you from the Institute and imprison you." -2- . While all these were being said, a fight between a SWANU and T a SWAPO was going on (Micke Murangi vs Tjizera). One SWANU comrade wanted to participate in it on behalf of the SWANU comrade. They asked him whom he actually wanted to fight. He said, "I. ny one!" , . At that oint, the Director volunteered himself saying, "Herc I m!" The S\JJ\NU comrade wasted no time; he threw a punch at the _Director and the fight was on~ The Director being three or four times bigger, manhandled this comrade. He beat him, and banged him against the groundo The SWANU comrade was later on put down by other SWANU comrades and Dr . Tjitendero. But the Director was not satisfied by all these beatings.· He still wanted to get the SWANU comrade who gave him a punch, who had already started going away to the Institute. He followed him and found him at the Longacres Roundabout and gave him another beating. From then on, he went mad, challenging any SWANU , and, in fact, went further and beat Mike Murangi several timeso Thanks to Dro Tjitendero and the Director' s own wife, who pleaded with the Director to stop itu The polic e passed by and wanted to find out whether there was a fight, but were told that there was none and they went. That in short is what happened on that tragic night which started with a nice time of drinking, and dancing but ended in SWANU--SWAPO politics, challenges, warnings, threats of imprisonment, beatings, bloodshed and hospitalization. In the light of all these, several questions and doubts can be raised : ( 1 ) Are SWANU students at this Institute safe? ( 2) Are they truly welcome? ( 3 ) Is this a truly UN Institute for Namibia or perhaps a SWAPO branch headed by Mr. Geingob , under the guise Qf a "U.N. Institute for Namibia"? ( 4 ) Is the present Director, Mr. Geingob, qualified, expe r ienced and capable of running such a huge Institute 7 with people who have different political affiliation ? ( 5) Should not now perhaps be the time that a new neutral, non-Namibian, Director be appointed to run the Institute instead of this Director who runs what should otherwise be a UN Institute purely as his personal SWAPO department? Our short experience has only one message for us and it is loud and clear WE 1\RE NOT SAFE AT THIS INSTITUTE and what took place at that reception- is a living testimony fo thiso A Director of this Institute should be our father and protector, somebody we can look up to for help and guidance ancl leadership. He should not be somebody who behaves lik(i: a gangster, threaten ing us with imprisonment and beating us. That was a shame that somebody in that position should come so low as to fight in streets. It is even more shameful for him, even if he was punched, to fight because the man has a full diplomatic status and where have you heard of Ambassadors or diplomats fighting at othe r people's houses whilst drinking 7 ...... ·1 ~ • _3_ ,. We took this Institute to be truly Namibian and free for all Namibians who want educationo That is why we came in the first place. We did not come here to be beaten up or to be told that we shall be imprisoned. Therefo re, we, the SWANU students at the Institute, have decide~ to request that :- (i) For us to continue as students of this Institute, the Director, Mr. Geingob, must be removed or resign. There is no way we can co-exist. He is a threat to us. (ii) If this cannot be met, then the Institute has a duty to take us back to Botswana from whence we came. Finally, we would like to emphasise that we cannot compromise our personal safety with continuing to live a cat-and-dog 1s life with Mr. Geingob, should he not be removed or resign. We hope that you would treat this issue with seriousness, and our attention is now focused on you . We are; t, ( 1 ) Kenapeta H. Mupaine ( 2 ) Festus U. Tjikuua ( 3) Rirarakanua E. Ndjoze ( 4) Manfred M. Menjengua ( 5) Eddie N. Tjirare (6) Efraim u. Kahorere ( 7) Issaskar K. Karumendu (8) Jack K. Komomungondo ( 9) Moses U. Uanguta (10) Fanuel N. Tjingaete (11) J osef K. Hauanga (12) Abiud K. Murangi ( 13) Walter N. Uandara (14) Albert Tjizoo (15) Micke u. Murangi (16) Xjatindi J. Tjiveta ( 1 7) Urbans Uo Muundjua (18) · Festus Ko Kauraratjo ( 19) · Edward T" f c . co The Commissioner, U.N. Council for Namib ia The Chairman, Senate of U.N.I.N. SWANU Central Committee (Windhoek) SWANU External Council (Holland) SWANU Representative (New York)· Mr. F'. Muundjua Mrs o Po Muundjua. 12 August 1977 Dear Mr. Ndjoze, This is to acknowledge recGipt of your letter in which you demanded answers to various points raised th~rein, as a precondition to your sitting the Institute's entrance examination. In this connection, 'I would like to point out that • admission of students to the United Nations Institute for Namibia, has never been based on a question of conditions. Since this is now being introduced, I can only assume that you are not genuinely interested in making use of this unique opportunity. which the United Nations Council for Namibia:•ade vailable to all Namibians who are fighting for the liberation of their Motherland, and that you are therefore rejecting the invitation to attend the Institute. Consequently. I will make no further efforts to arrange for you to be tested. Mr. R.U. Ndjoie P .o. Box 786 Francis town BOTSWANA. rI ( . ' ( ' I. ,.. -l .. ~ i"'l r, j ,~(--.},. .j , C \ ., ·•· - ,\.,.) ) r .1• ... .:. , 'V Ii '] i I _l( n~ .\o.- 1 h·L .J '{) L ll t].t; ll ,/1' :1L' d:..; 11 l(. C (' '.. l. ;l,_ ' j~ :/J! .... _; 0 ~- ---- ·-- { .d C l l " ;.. .. \..._ ( ., I :,.J.. C _) • L,, n C, ( l .J!l• / . 1 JW v, 1·, .i.'or :.,'L-11< 1 .. ) \, . l '11( th J_ '• ' d.L' 'f. ·t '1 ..., :1 _; ll-:,v [ ·.• .J..L. :._;, ; ', l 'Y\ .l 'J 1. 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'-..., 'tji'"', l'l \ f" 11 : " V , , , -,- 1 ~ "': ' ·"''1. • l' .,.-, 1 L, t L, r I: I,.-\; ) l JI , , ' 1 ,, -11 Cl ' r l J cl r .1"' .. L 7 ...: .'[ l •f C 1 C (' , 1 ,l' . 11C -~ ,_, 't : L" y 1.: ... J_, , Li· 'Cc )l' 1 'f. 1i c, l (' l L \ ,, 1 L. r . l '::r- ., J.• (\, , . l ,,, T ... ,J v • ' -~ ,._ l l 1,. I l ) () ,, .....1 ...... 1 ) \., , J 1 l ')1~ \i) 1" ,'7 ' J .... A' '. ·c . .1 0 ' I~ 1' l, ' (• l }~ ~-: - 1. '(' ) ,- , ,.... ·~. • • ' 1 ("' I • 11 J' 1•, ,"I 1 , l t Cc' l . u L ,-. .l ,. • I I ,;. l r JI ' ( ll,,1 , I j_ Jf ,'1' . :r ,I ,l (' ,0 l' ! 1 0',C '. . ,r, ll·) I ii, l r r 'I _{,_ t \1'; dl l I 'J ' 1R, llf'/u)ut<11~ 30 September 1~77 Dear Mr. Jessen-Petersen, This is to confirm our recent conversation held on 26 September 1977l during which I mentioned the possibility of an i1!tervention by you, on our behalf, while in Botswana, with the Botswana authorities concerning the Tepatriation of the SWANU students to notswana. We would greatly appreciate it , if you could kindly use your good offices to explain the explosive situation tltnt exists at the Institute and whrit could result, if these two groups are not separated. . We are therefore urgently appealing to the Botswana Government to allow these people to return to Botswana from where they 1·:ere brought. Secondly, in view of these events we have had to remove the SWANU students from the Institute and have accommodated them at the Zani Muone Motel as a temporary measure. I was therefore wondering whether you could assume responsibility for these students while they are awaiting po~sible repatriation to Botswana, in the form ::,£ the -;,rovi sion of te:np::)rary acco1:1modation and food. Any assistance that you could render in this connection, would be greatly appreciated. Yours sincerely, / ,/ Hage G. Geingoo Director Mr. 3. Jessen-Petersen Deputy Representative United Nations Office of the Higil Commissioner for Rt!fugees P.O. Box 2542 --Lusaka. ' . •• I J ANSWERS TO POTh--rrS RAISED BY SWANU STUDENTS IN THEIR !ETTER DATED 2Li/7/77 1. PasSt)or,t,.s In the past, whenever I addressed the students, the r ecurring issue was that of passports. On each occasion I made it clear that this wa s a political issue that had to be taken up i:-Jith the Uttited Nations Council for Namibia. I also pointed out the political facts as I see t hem , namely that SWANU should rtot expect to score political victories, that they could not score on a poiitica1 platform, by using the Instit ute. This is the case w-ith the i ssue of passports. Sl'LlliU fought at the Uttited Nations ai .Council meetings in order to obtain passports and were unsuccessw ful and this is where they should continue to fight. Nevertheless, I did concede that should the SWANU students sit for the Institute1 s admission t est and were successful and thereafter were unable to take their places because they did not have travel documents, then their complaints may be justified. However, this i ssue does not arise, since I had negotiated with the Zambian government (and these negotiations were not easy) and succeeded in bringing the first batch of SW.A.NU students to the Institute without passports. Therefore , if their purpose was to study at the Institute, the question of passports did not arise, unless they were needed for ulterior motives, becttase there were SWANU students at the Institute study ing and any other SWAJ\TTJ students who were going to be admitted to the Institute, would be brought in the same mun.ner. 2. Vacation Periods SWAPO students and st aff go to the SWAPO Centres to implement what they are taught theoretically cmd to al so work under harsh conditions and not forget the political r eality of Narr~bia, that of the ongoing struggle. However, for obvious r easons , ShTAHU student s ca.YIDot go to the SWAPO Centres since sill\PO would not allow this. SWANU students were informed that they wer e free to do as they wished, that they could stay with friends, which would have saved the Institute the e:x-pense of looking aft er them during this period, or leave the country if they had the necessary fund s and travel do cuments. However, t hey were informed that should t hey l e2.ve the country without the necessary travel documents, that the Institute would not be i nvolved in having to r enegotiate their entry. We therefore thought of finding ways of entertaining the SWAN!J students during the vacation periods by organising bus trips to places of interest e.g. the Parliament, the courts and parastatals. They enjoyed the visits to Parliament and the courts , but when they were taken to the first parastatal, the Kenneth Kaunda F01mdation, which is a type of facto.ry, t hey refused to go inside. This caused a great deal of embarrassment, since the Managing Director had been waiting to take them on a guided tour. r-,· - 2 - When this incident was reported to me by the Registrar, I stated that this had been a special service ahd if they therefore acted in that manner, the service would be discontinued and it wasi On one occasion, hm students enquired about visiting Tanzania during the vacation and stated that in order to do this they needed passports. I :informed them that they did not seem to i.mderstand the political realities concerning SWANU, i.e. that SHA.NU was not recognized here ·in Zambia or in Tanzania a..--id that some countries were stricter than others. I reminded them that Tanzania had previously deported their leader, who then had a valid passport. Therefore, if they went to Tanzania and were arrested, they would then state as they had done in the past, that SHA.PO or the Di.rect or had them imprisoned or was not doing anything to free them from prison. I, therefore, did not wa~t such a situation to occur, thereby adding to nv problems to secure their release from jails. However , if they had valid travel documents and the necessary funds, they were free to go where they wanted~ On the question of future direction, I stated that this was the duty of a political party to give its members direction. S'lrJA.PO members are guided by SvJAPO and are told that they are at the Institute on an assign ment and could therefore be recalled at any time. After their studies, if Namibia is free , they ·will be given assignments to run the administrative machinery of the country. If the country was not free, then they would have to go back and continue the fight for the liberation of Na.mibia. Rg,tio Regarding the r atio of SWAPO to SHA.NU students rt the !ustitute, I stated that their demand for fifty-fifty, instead of eighty.,; twenty, which they considered unbalanced, was not in keeph1g with realities. I asked what was the ratio between SWP.PO and SWANU members on Robben Island, the ratio on the battlefield and the ratio in exile. I am informed that there are around two hundred SHA.NU members in Botswana, whereas 'there are close to eight thousand Sv~PO members in Zambi a and Angol a alone. I therefore d_ismissed their demand as being unrealistic. 5. Patem,ali~lll The SWANU students pointed out that the Institute was 'established to serve all Namibians, irrespective of political affiliations, I rE:plled that this was true but a distinction must be made between l·Jhat is real and what is i.mreal. In 1966 the United Nations assumed direct responsibility over Namibia; it is the United Nations that does not give SWANU members travel documents, which is one of their major complaints and it is the United Nations which recognises only SW/\.PO. Here, it must be added that the recognition of SWA.PO by the United Nations, had started the present problems when a lecturer mentioned this fact in a class on international law. I also pointed out that it is the lfaited Nc:tions which every year votes funds - 3 for the upkeep of the SHAPO office in New York an.ci not the SHA.NU office and that these were the hard realities of politics. Regarding the accuse.tion that I was acting as if I he.d done them a favour, hi a mrumer of speaking , this is true because their Party did nothing to help them in coming to the Ihstitute. They themselves sent a representative to the Institute to state that the STrJANU officials in Sweclen were not suffering and that those in Botswana were the ones suffering. Therefore , since theJ had been abandoned by their Party and ST:JAPO and SWANU have not declared peace, ana. while these discussions were taking place at the In.stitute SW/\.PO and 1S WANU were fighting each other, to go out Of !TIIJ 1,:3.y to bring them to the Institute• could be re garded as a favour. I further stated that there was already an inbalance since SWAPO has two Scne.tors and SWANU had none and the United Nations recognised SW\PO as the sole authentic representative of the Namibian people anti. consequently gave SWAPO furl observer status at the United Nations. 6. Freedom•• of e •~,...... ,@eech This question is tied in with the cl.iscussion that was held on the recognition of SUAPO by the United Nations. The SHl\.NU students claimed that th.i.s was unfair and the SWAf'O students claimed that this was justified because SWAPO was the major party and they were the ones who were fighting. Insults were therefore exchanged. I stated that this could not be discussed in that manner and if the~r vranted to go L11to the reasons why this was so the law lecturer could not handle the matter. However ,,hen S1·.TAPO was recognized, I was the SU/\.PO representative in New York and Mr . Muundjua another staff member Has the SHANU representative. Therefore, after they had matured politically we Gould have a panel discussion and this could be discussed in a mature a11d orderly vmy , since at this stage they would only end up hurling insults at each other. 7. In conclusion I would like t o state that based on the above mentioned points, I do not see how the Institute could be r egarded as having been run as a SWA.PO department. The incident that occurred on 28/8/77 happened at a private party where there were only around four ST-JANU students. There are documents to prove this, therefore I do not see how this could be taken as a reflection of hou the Institute was run. S1'.TJ\NU students received equal treatment at the Institute and at no time were threats made or were they · mishandled while they were on the Institutes premises or in the classrooms. .. ---//.--- UNITED NATIONS - NATIONS UNIES United Nations Institute for Namibia lnstitut des Nations Unies pour la Namibie P.O. Box 3011 Telephone 74300/07 /08 Lusaka, Zambia Cable: Unations, Lusaka Ref: 0RG 320/Sth SESS- 1 6 .J un.e 19 7 7 Sir, Enclosed please find the minutes of the Fifth Meeting of the Senate of the United Nations Institute for Namibia. Also enclosed herewith is the up-to-date Senate Report. Accep4 Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration. { Hag~ (j'- Director His Excellency Am a ssador D.W. Kamana President UN Council for Namibia Room 3310 United Nations New York, N.Y. 10017. . UNITED NATIONS (~\ NATIONS UNIES co OMIC CO MMISSI ON FOR AFRICA ~~:(ri::;~ COMMISSION ECONOMIQUE POUR L'AFRIQUE ~i-:!C--,J!i ...;..,,.;y~ ADDIS ABABA-ETHIOPIA CABl.E: ECA. A CIOIS ABABA DATE 12 May 1977 - O - Box 3001 TELEPHONE: 44 71:> 00 - 44 72 00 REFERENCE :()ES/3. 1/brd I u,J1~ Excellency, {f. jl-f' II U In accordance with the United Nations document A/AC.131/34 dated ' 7 October 1974 establishing the United Nations Institute for Namibia, .. I have great pleasure in transmitting herewith on behalf of the Senate of the Institute the Report of the Senate of the United Nations _Institute for Namibia covering the period July 1975 to December 1976. This report replaces the one which I sent to Your Excellency under cover of my letter OES/3. 1/so of 28 October 1976. I am asking the Director of the Institute, by copy of this letter, to send 50 copies of the report to you for distribution to the distinguished members of the Council for Namibia. Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. decieji ,.,.:;;::. airman of the Senate United Nations I nstitute for Namibia H.E. Mr. Dunstan W. Kamana Ambassador Extraord.ina:t'y and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations President of the United Nations Council for Namibia Room 3310, United Nations NEW YORK S~icret".\rl11t, c . c. Mr. Hage G. Geingob Council fer Namibia Director Date United Nations Institute for Namibia recolved P. O. Box 3011 LU AKA Zambia • NATIONS UNIES United Nations Institute for Namibia Institut des Nations Unies pour la Namibic Telephone 74300/07/08 Cable: Unations, Lusaka Ref: ORG 320 ·:. Sir, At the last meeting of the Senate Dr. Atta Mills was' offered the post of Assistant Director for the Economics Division. However, he has now informed us that due to personal and profes sional reasons he is unable to accept the offer. The Preliminary Selection Committee will therefore be meeting on Thursday morning, 9 December 1976, on the Institute's premises, to interview and to make recommendation to the Senate for the appointment of an Assistant Director for the said Division. Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration. / ---- .,/ / , ·- vf aged. Geid Director His Excellency Ambassador D.W. Kamana President ' United Nations Council for Namibia United Nations Room 3310 New York, N.Y. 10017 United Nations Institute for Namibia Institut des Nations Unies pour la Namibie Telephone 74300/07 /08 Cable: Unations, L~aka Ref: ORG 320 /5th SESS. 11 November, 1976 ;J l,[,)U,JI Sir, 1,1~' Subject: Senate Meeting Reminder In accordance with the decision of the Senate at its last meeting, contained in paragraph 17 of document 4/SEN/LU/Minutes, the fifth meeting of the Senate is scheduled for 9 and 10 December 1976, wi th provisional arrangements to be made for an extra day should discussions warrant it...... Please find enclosed the Draft Agenda of the said meeting. Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration. _,,/ ..,,,,,- ,/ ... age · G. Geing'ob Director • His Excellency Ambassador D.W. Kamana President United Nations Council for Namibia United Nations Room 3310 · ' I I 1 New York, N. Y. 10017 I l I J I UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE :roR NAMmIA I 5/SFlf/IJJ/ ~ / Fi ~th meeting of the Senate Lusaka, 9 - 10 December 1976 DRAF.r AGFlfDA First session, Thureday 9 December 1976, 15.00 hours NO. 1. Chairman calls meeting to order :r. Roll call III. Appro•al· o! the minutes of the Senate meeting of 27 August 1976 ' DI. Matters arising. from the minutes of the Senate meeting of 27 August 1976 V. Approval of Agenda VI. Preliminary Selection Committee Report VII. Appointment of Assistant Director, F.conomice Division VIII . Special Contributions 37 Second. session, Friday 10 December 1976, 09.00 - 12.3() hw,trs ·, Report on students' perfonnance X. Report on Workshop organized with representatives of various Institutes of public administration in F.asteni and Southern Africa 39 XI. Approval of 2 year curriculum .. 40 X!Ii Report on research activities to be undertaken by the Institute 41 XIII. 1977 Budget 42 Thi:S ee~sion, Friday 10 December 1976 1 14.3() hours XIV. Additional intake of students 43 xv. Housing - staff accommodation 44 XVI .. Allocation of funds for travel for officers of the Institute 45 XVII. Other matters 1r~, UNITED NATIONS \~~J NATIONS UNIES ~ INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM INTERIEUR TO: Mr. r, . Lansky , Director DATE: 5 Hovernbe,. 1016 A : Field Oneration REFERENCE: ______ THROUGH : 5/C DE: FROM : OE: M. Rego- onteiro, Secretary /~ Council for namihia Vv' \j sueJltCT: Budget of the United :rations Institute for NNT1ibia OSJE't: 1 The annexed cable was received from Mr. rr . r,einP,ob, Director of the United Nations Institute for Nnmibia . 211 I am tran!Jmittinp; to your office for whatever action you deem appropriate. 'I' 7 ) J.. /4. ' C L. I . /7 • 1. , l• 1 ' . ' J"" ' ' , ... fa '' . ' ' " ' L-fv- ' ' U N ·I T E o l N A T I O N 5 • N A T I O N 5 U N I E 5 ECONOMIC COMMJss'1ON FOR AFRICA ' COMMISSION ECONOMIQUE POUR L'AFRIQUE ' . ' ADDIS ABABA - ETHIOPIA I .' ABLE: ECA, ADDIS ABAl;IA DATE 28 ·october Z9 76 ELEPHONE: 447000·447200 EFERENci:; OES/t. Z/so Dear AmbassadJr Kamana, .1t /l/V!)v,.,,,V In aacord:cnce with the 'United Nations Document A/AC. Z3 l/J 4 May I seize this opporlunity to acknowZeitJe yru. r ExceUenay 's aomnunication elite d 2l June Z9 76 and which unforlunateZy only reached me on the 2,3 Ju gust Z9 76. However, the Senate at its · Fa;, rth Meeting hel d _on 2 7 lu.gu st Z9 76 gC(}.) e careful consi ck mtfon to the contents of the letter. It was the view of the Senate that some of the isru es mise d in the letter aro best ikalt with by a personal appeamnce beforo yru r Catnc.il so as to have a proper dialogue. If this ruggestion .. is acceptable to yru and yru. r Cru.nciZ, I wiU be wiUing to appear before it to prosent the ropoi:t of the Senate and to answew. ruch ,. cµestions as yru and the distinguishedmembe:rs of the Cruncil may wish to :raise. In this connection, I wru Zd like to info11n yru. that I wi ii be in New York from the 9th . to l6th NOJ ember l9 76. Aacept, Dear Ambassa cbr Kamana, the asEU mnces of my highest consickmtion. H.E. Mr. fu.nstan W. Kamana . . Ambassaibr Extmordinary and PZenipotenti,axy L · Pe 11nanent Rep rosentatw e to the Unite d Nations . Presiiknt ef the United Nations Cruncil for Namibia Room 33 io NEW YORK, N. Y. iooi 7. MTISTIC Pi!NT ! U LTD. ~· 15 October 1976 Sir; . As yqu are probably aware. the Egyptian Ambassador has been recalled and is no longer in Lusaka. In accordance with rule No. 2 of the Rules of Proce dure of the Senate of the United Nations Institute for Namibia• a Senator has ·the option of resigning or being replaced by the appointing authority in ~se of nort-availability. • I am therefore enquiring, whether the UN Council for Namibia, as the appointing authority, would appoint a new , Senator who is resident in Lusaka, or whether it would like the continuation of the former Egyptian Ambassador as a Sep.ator. If the latter is decided, it should be borne in mind that there are no budgetary provisions for bringing Senators from all over the world to attend the meetings of the Senate. It was in cognizance of this fact that the various appointing authorities appointed Senators who were either clos~ to, or resident 1n Zambia. As the next meeting of tl1e Senate is scheduled for early December, we "•·· would appreciate an early reply from the Council. _ Accept, Sir, the assurances of His Bxcellency Ambassador D. w. Kamana President united Nations Council for Namibia Room 3310 United Nations Headquarters N.Y., N.Y. 10011 .----- ~ UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR NAMIBIA INSTITUTE DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LA NAMIBIE P.O. Box 3011 Telephona 53891 Lusaka , Zambia Cable: UNA TIONS , Lusaka Ref : 15 October 1976 TO: Mr. Rego - Monterio ·- ...,,~ FROM: M. Siwakwi Chaila Chief Administrative Officer SUBJECT: .!.!!_stitute's address and Telephone Numbers The following are the address and telephone numbers for the Institute: (i) United Nations Institute for Namibia P.O. Box 3011 LUSAKA. (ii) Telephones: Director's Office 73949 Deputy Director's Office - 745'79 Chief Administrative Officer - 74309 Genera l - 74300, 74308 74307 Residence-Director - 53057 UNITED NATIONS - NATIONS UN IE ' ! United Nations Institute for Namibia Institut des Nations Unies pour la Namibie P.O. Box 3011 Telephone 74300/07/08 Lusaka, Zambia Cable: Unations, Lusaka Ref: Sir, As you .are probably aware, the Egyptian Ambassador has been recalled and is no longer in Lusaka. In accordance with rule No. 2 of the Rules of Proce dure of the Senate of the United Nations Institute for Namibia, a Senator •, has the option of resigning or being replaced by the appointing authority :in case of non-availability. I am therefore enquiring, whether the UN Council for Namibia, as the appointing authority, would appoint a new Senator who is resident in Lusaka, or ~hether it would like the continuation of the fonner Egyptian Ambassador as a Senator. -~· If the latter is decided, it should be borne in mind that there are no buJgetary provisions for bringing Senators from all over the worl~ to attend the meetings of the Senate. It was in cognizance of this fact that the various appointing authorities appointed Senators who were either close to, or resident in Zambia. As the next meeting of the Senate is scheduled for early December, we would appreciate an early reply from the Council. Accept, Sir, ighest consideration. ,;;\. His Excellency ~ It,,... \!~ '"\ Ambassador D. W. Kamana ·~1 President , United Nations Council for Namibia Room 3310 United Nations Headquarters N.Y., N.Y. 10017 _) '. '<> . ' . ~ •• '<)'); '' Y,;0~ NATIONS UN IE S 0~ 11' United Nations Institute for Namibia Institut des Nations Unies pour la Namibie P.O. 30n Telephone 74300/07/08 .Lusaka, Zambia Cable: Unations, Lusaka Ref: ORG 320 I . 15 October 1976 Sir, Your letter of 4 October 1976~ addressed to the Chainnan of the Senate, Professor Adedeji, has now been forwarded to him, via New York. Furthennore, I would like to infonn you that the ECA pouch from Lusaka to Addis Ababa has been discontinued and the Institute has no direct means of connnunication with Addis Ababa. .. Therefore, in order to avoid delays, it is wondered whether future connnunications with the Chainnan of the Senate, could be sent to him directly. Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration. V HageG.~ Director His Excellency Ambassador D. W. Kamana President United Nations Council for Namibia Room 3310 United Nations Headquarters N. Y. , N. Y. 10017 • ◄ ~ •.r;.1· ~~~ ~", ·•: I should therefore like to dra your attention to the decision of the Council, and request that you consider the publication of the "Review and Digest" as quickly s possible, on the basis indicated above, and transmit your views to the Council at the earliest possible date. The text of the "Review and Digest', comprising some r 500 pages of typescript, will be transmitted to you shortly. Accept, Mr. Chairman, the assurances of my highest consideration. D.W. Kamana. President United Nations Council for Namibia. cc: Messrs: Keith M. Motsepe Sean MacBride Hage Geingob xxxxxx 74579 14 September 1976 Dear Sirs, You will no doubt have heard of the newly established United Nati6ns Institute for Na~ibia here in Lusaka. The aim of the Institute is to offer two year courses in public adminiatration in preparation for the public .. service of indep ndent Namibia. The students will under-go a two year course - th~ first year bein? an interdisciplinary approach to all the five Divisions of tl1e Institute and the last year being a specialisation iu one of the.Divisions. (The Divisions are Leeal, Constitutional and Judicial Affairs, Social and Educ3tional, Pistotical , Political and Cultural, Ag~icultural and Land R~snurces and finally l conomics). It occurs tone that you and publications that would be may be in possession of material I would ireatly appreciate it of benefit to the students here. and publicntiouR. if you would ~end us such material ~r. Rego ~onteiro of the U.~ Council for Namibia will be able to elaborate on our needs. If I havl:! addressed this to the wrong office kinJly forward it to what you t~ink is letter righ t one. the Thanking you ih anticipation. Yours slucerely, ~ ~ra.rk £ T\omani Deputy Director The Director Division of Public Administretion l Finance Roo"'.l CP - 2246 United 'ations .ei1 Yorl., .:.Y. LJJ17 c.c. 1r. Rego rion °:. · o · in: ,1 i.a. UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM INTERIEUR DATE: ______10 August 1976 _ TO: Mr. G. Lansky, Director A: Field Operations Service REFERENCE: T F 141/ 2 THROUGH: Mr. M. Minchin, Chief S/C DE: Secretariat ServicesJDlvision FROM: M. Rego-Monteiro, Secretary DE: Council for rt,mibia SUBJECT: Inauguration pf the United Nations Institute for Namibia OBJET: in Lusaka, Zambia on 26 August 1976 1. Ambassador D. W. Kamana, President of the United Nations Council for Namibia has requested through the Acting President of the Council, Ambassador Roberto de Rosenzweig-Diaz, that I carry out appropriate consultations within the Secretariat on the possibility of using $5,000.00 from the allocation of the United Nations Council for Namibia to pay for a reception on l the inauguration of the United Nations Institute for Namibia on 26 August 1976, in Lusaka, Zambia. 27 I would very much appreciate your comments on this matter. f NATIONS UNI ES UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR NAMIBIA . INSTITUTE DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LA NAMIBIE Telephone.X,»j~)C 7 4 309 Cable: UNA TIONS, Lusaka Ret HGG/hk/12-0R/76 27 July 1976 Sir, This is to inform you, as a member of the Preliminary Selection Committee, that the said Committee will hold its meeting on Wednesday afternoon 25 August 1976, on the • Institute's premises, to interview and draw up a short list of the most suitable candidate, and to make recommendation to the Senate for the appointment of an Assistant Director for the Economics Division. Yours sincerely, ,,...--/ i // ,,/ 1' / . ' ._...1--: '--- __ _,_~-"L \...-' Hage G. Gcin,iob Director r His Excellency Mr. D.W. Kamana Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Zambia to the United Nations President United Nations Council for Namibia Room 3310 New York, N.Y. 10017 1976 PLEDGES AND CONTRIBUTIONS UNITED FATIONS FUND FOR NAMIBIA AND NAMIBIA INSTITUTE 30 JUNE 1976 Country : Paid Outstanding Pledge Paid Outstanding Namibia Fund Namibia Institute Australia $ 31,063 $ 31,063 $ $ $ $ Aus t r ia 10,000 10,000 Barbados 500 500 Finland 26,075 26,075 France 20,000 20,000 ' Germany (Fed. Rep. of) (100,000) 100,000 Greece 2,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 Iceland 1,000 1,000 India 1,000 1,000 2,000 2,000 Indonesia 3,500 3,500 Ireland 1,934 1,934 Japan 10,000 10,000 50,000 50,000 Jordan 1,000 1,000 Kuwait 1,000 1,000 Liberia 3,000 3,000 Mauritania 444 444 Netherlands 37,453 37,453 37,453 37,453 Nigeria 8,000 8,000 2,500 2,500 Norway 54,348 54,348 Oman 5,000 5,000 Pakistan 3,000 3,000 Philippines 1,000 1,000 500 500 Portugal 2,000 2,000 Qatar 3,000 3,000 Sweden 45,584 45,584 Turkey 1,000 1,000 Yugos l avia 5,00 5 0( $223,55j $126,222 $ 97,331 $247,801 $ 2,000 $245,801 ~~ - Page 2 1976 PLEDGES AND CONTRIBUTIONS UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR NAMIBIA AND NAMIBIA INSTITUTE 30 JUNE 1976 Country Pledge Paid Outstanding Pledge Paid Outstanding Namibia Fund Namibia Institute Subtotals from Page 1 $223,553 $126,222 $ 97,331 $ 2,000 $245 , 801 United Nations sub $200,000 $200,000 $ $ vention from the regular budget United Nations Development Programme, 500,000 500,000 I ndicative Planning Figure Special Note: The Government of Brazil pledged $10 ,000 in 1974 to the Namibia Institute. The Brazilian 1974 pledge was paid in full in June 1976. The Government of Italy in 1975 made a pledge of $10,000 to the Fund for Namibia. In 1976 the Italian Government paid $7,579 of the 1975 pledge leaving a balance of $2,421 to be paid at a later date. \ ',. \ ·, .'•' ' UNITED NATIONS I~). NAT I ONS UNIES ~ ~ · ~09TAL ADOIIE6S-ADR£S5E POSTALE . UNITED NATIONS, N , Y . 10017 CA•L• AOOllttSa-AD"&SS& T&LEOflA,.HIQUa• UNATJON ■ NaWYOIIIC 21 June 1976 .D ear ·Mr. Chairman, I have the honour to inform you that at its 5th meeting, held on 9 June 1976, the Committee on the United Nations Fund tor Nsmibia approved a drart reoolution which it recommended tor adoption by the plenary ot the United Nations Council tor Namibia. At its 234th meeting held on 17 June 1976, the Council, on the basis ot the report or the Rapporteur or the Committee on the Fund, approved the drart resolution proposed by the Committee on the Fund, the text or vhich is enclosed. • At the same time, I wish to drav your attention to important issues \ ·raised in the debate on the estimates or budgetary expenditures or the - ' Institute both in the Committee on the Fund and in the plenary meeting or ' the Council. Some reservatlons vere expressed on the structure or the estimates ot.budgetary expenditures while other reservations referred to the lack or estimates on forthcoming financial contributions. • I Mr . Adeb~o Adedeji Chnirmon or the Senate United Nations Institute tor Namibia P.O. Box 3550 · Luat\ka, Zambia / ... l UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES - 2 - \'1'{' In the Committee, as well as in the plenary of the Council, the following points were emphasized by members in the debate: a) annual estimates of budgetary expenditures were too high; b) the ratio between administrative staff and lecturers was unbalanced with an excessive proportion of administrative start in- comparison with the number or lecturers. c) the budget proposals should have been accompanied by an extensive explanatory report indicating the proposed programme of work of the various sections of the Institute as well as the methods of selection of students. d) a clear indication of the role of SWAPO in the Institute was necessary; e) the budget should be submitted as a much more formal document with a detailed and precise indication of items of expenditure; f) annual estimates of budgetary expenditures must be followed.by a.statement indicating the sources an~ amount of· forthcmn,ing financial contributions; and g) the estimates for air travel were excessive. '<. Some of the above mentioned reservations are reflected in the operative paragraph of the resolution approved by the Council. With regard to the other reservations it was decided that they should be brought to the attention ot the Chainnan of the Senate of the Ins~itute. I om certain that the concern end the reservations expressed in the Connnittee and in the Council will receive the most careful consideration by the members. of the Senate as well as the management Committee. At your discr~trion, this letter m~ be transformed into a document o~ the Fourth Meeting of the Senate of the Institute. / ... f i UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UN1ES - 3 - The discussions on the budgetary estimates of the Council are a renection o~ the concern of both the Committee and the Council with the prospects of the Institute which constitutes a new type of initiative of the United Nations. The members of the Committee and of the Council wish to ensure the success of an initiative which is an indication of the firm committment ot the United Nations to the national liberation of the people of Namibia. : Accept, Mr. Chairman, the assurances of my high esteem and consideration. D. w. Kamana President United Nations Council for Namibia ... • t l, ., 1 f UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UN_IES ~OSTAL A OO lll as.~---'Oftt:SSa ~Ot,TA. L ll Ul'otlTI.O ""A TION9 . N Y 1001' C.A8L& AO D JlllaS- A O Rll:aa• TllLIIG flAP'H I QUC UNAT IOHa Nawvo,ut ••,.••t1tNCa1 10 June 1Q76 Dear Mr. Chairman, I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 14 May 1976 with which you submit, on behalf of the Senate of the United Nations Institute for Namibia, the 1976 - 1980 five year budget of the Institute for approval by the United Nations Council for Namibia. In reply, I thank you for this documentation which will receive careful consideration by the Council and by its Committee on the Fund. As President of the Council for Namibia and Chairman of the Committee on the United Nations Fund for Namibia, I will present the budget for consideration by the Council's Committee on the Fund and, on the basis of its report, for consideration by the Council. Please note that in the future correspondence addressed Mr. Adebayo Adedeji Chairman of the Senate United Nations Institute for Namibia P.O. Box 3550 Lusaka, Zambia UNITED NATIONS t~) NATIONS UNIES ~LP to me should be directed to the United Nations Council for Namibia, United Wations, New York since the Council and its eommittee, are in their own right United Nations bodies separate from the Of fice of the Commissioner. Accept, Mr. Chairman, the assurances of my high esteem and consideration. D.W. Kamana President United Nations Council for Namibia UNITED NATIONS .\ NATIO N S UN I ES EC ONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA~ COMMISSION ECONOMJQUE POUR L 'AFRJO U E ADDIS ABABA - ETHIOPIA CAB L E : E CA. ADDI S ABABA OU NITED P. o. B ox 3001 o ATE 7A May l9? 6 TELEPHONE : 447000·4 47200 REFERENCE OES / 3. l / s o AY2 6 1975 ;;l'. ~-~l\' Dear Sir, l9?6- 80 Budget Estimates of the Unite d Nations I nstitute _f.o'!:_Namie_j___a_:______ I have the honour to submit on behalf of the S enate of the United Nations I nstit ute for Namibia a five - y ear budget, l9?6 - 80, for the development and operation of the Institute. This budget was approved by the Senate at its second meeting held on t he 2nd and 3rd of December, l 9?5. I shall be most grateful if you will please place it before your Committee . I should like to add that in accordance with paragraph 8 of Document A/AC. l 3l/34 of ?th October l9?4, the budget shows an annual break- down and is also subject to a bi- annual revisions and adjustments as require d by the paragrap h referred t o . Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration. Adebayo Adedeji c1iairman of the Senate, United Nations Institute fo r Namibia The Chairman Committ ee on the United Nations Fund for Namibia c/o Mr . Sean MacBride Commissioner for Namibia United Nations NEW YORK Enc : AA:TISTI-C P~ !NTfllS LTD. 6303/~ NAMIBIA - TODAY -8- Namibia Today May 1976 Official Organ of SWAPO UNITED NAT!ONS Lusaka , Zamb ia, May 1976 Institute To Transmit Skills Geingob "The In stitute for Namibia has been established to enable Namibians to undertake research, training, planning and related ,activities, with special reference · to the struggle for freedom 0£ Namibians and the establishment ,of an indepe ndent State of Namibia." Mr. Hage G. Geingob, the director of the UN Institute for Namibia toJd "Namibia Today" that the Institute is, first and foremost a Namibian Institute and it should, therefore, as far as possible, be administered in such a manner as to benefit the Namibian people a_nd their interest. Thu_s, it must have a Namibian outlo.ok. Although the institute is established outside Namibia, in Africa, in which Namibia is located, it should nevertheless reflect African character. He went .on to point out that it is created by the international community an d should therefore be international in scope, "these ,a re the three elements that are tJo guide the Institute in its activities." As regards training, he said, "it is my wish that the InsUtute will train, during its exstence, as many Namibians as possible. In this connectlon, the Senate decided that the Institute sho.uld initially take in one hundred students and then add fifty every subsequent year, which brings the total, in five years' time, to three hundred students. "The United Nations Institute for Namibia is to transmit skills that will be useful in the smo.oth running of the new Government machinery in a united and free Namibia. Therefore, the emphasis should be placed on the functional and pr,actical training. In this connection, discusslons have taken place with various Government departments or agencies in Zambia and other African countries, on whether students of the Institute c,ould be given in-service training. The response is very encour,ag ing and as soon as the Institute is fully operational, discussions will take place to · ascertain areas ,of mutual co-operation with the Governments concer ned. I The Institute will also c.arry out research in · Hage G. Geingob - Institute Director varlous fields. This will mean that the Institute-will work closely with the University of Zambia in particular, and other institutions of higher learn ing in general. Discussions with the authorities of -9- NamilJia Today May 1976 Mr. Mark Bomani, then Attorney Gene ral of Tanzania was appointed Deputy Mr. Hidipo Hamutenya, a Namibian, was Director and Head of the Constitutional, appointed Assistant Director for Histori Legal and Judicial Affairs Division. ~al, Political and Cultural Division. the University of Zambia have reve,aled that the University is willing to assist in any field. They have also agreed to organise seminars which would be open to the staff and the students of the Institute," the Director, said. The staff of the Institute is composed of the following categories: (a) United Nations officials who are loaned to the Institute on a reimbursable basis Mr. Billie Modise, a South African, was appointed to the post of Assistant Direc (b) internationally recruited staff who are tor to head the Social and Educational non United Nations officials, but directly Division while Mr. Mose Tjitendero, a recruited by the Institute, and Namibian, was appointed Senior Lec turer in the same Division. (c) locally recruited staff which fall under the General Service catagory. Administr,atively the Institute has two divisions: - * Administrative matters dealing with the United Nations aspect of the Insti tute, including the budgetary and other financial matters which are governed by United Nations Financial Regulations, ,are handled by the Chief Administrative Officer, under whom fall the Finance Officer, who is on loan from the United Nations. * The academic side of the administration Mr. Mose Tiitendero - Senior Lecturet falls under the Registrar who will be responsible for student affairs, archives, library, and the five research and train ing divisions of the Institute. Mr. Godfrey Semiti, a Tanzanian, was S.o far the Institute has twelve staff members appointed Head of the Agricultural and including the Director, Chief Administrative Land Resources Division while Officer, D~uty Administrative Officer, and Finance Mr. Siegfriedt Tjijorokisa, Namibian, Officer. The Senate of the United Nations Institute was appointed Senior Lecturer in the f,or Namibia at its last meeting held from 2nd to same Division. 3rd December 1975, appointed the following ,academic staff: P.T.O. ... -10- Namibi a Today May 1976 Mr. Hage Geingob explained that "interest shown in the Institute, if judged by the number of enquiries and ,3pplications received, is very encou raging. 'Ne have received about two hundred appli ca ti,ons from all over the world and from Na mibi:m s. The reason that sonfo Posts we r e not fill ed, was not, therefore, due to lack o.f apu)licants, but due to the strict select~on procedure used by the Senate to obtain the best qualified candidates. ' Zambia Gives Rent and Tax Free The building which is being converted fo r use by the United Nations Institute fo r Namibia has already been officially given, r ent and tax free, to the Institute by the Gov ernment 1Jf the Republic of Z3mbia. It is expected that the building under review will be completely converted by the· end of July 1976 and the first in-take of students will certainly not take place until the beginning of August 1976. Thank you Zambia. - Ed. NATIONS UNIES O, POSTAL AODRES'i- ADRESSE POSTALE UNITE NATIONS, N . Y . 10017 CABLE ADOAESS-ADRESSE TELEGRAPHIOUE · UNATIONS NEWYORK I•, 22 April 1976 .Dear ProfeSsor ,Mujaju,' I 'With reference to my previous letter of 30 March 1976, I have left curriculum with Mr. Hage Geingob, Director of the United Nations Namibia for , consideration in the light of the vacancie9 f . which may ~xist in tpe faculty of the Institute. ,, ' '\ ,,.~, At the same time I would very much appreciate if you,, would send me I ·' ·~ •' additional copies of your, curriculum here to the United Nations in ,, ., New, York, , because recent developments in the Department have suddenly ma.de the : pros~ects in the Department somewhat brighter for you. It is however important that I receive your curriculum .at the earliest I ,f_ ' ·• l•, :,, 'po,ssible ,time. ;, ,! Looking forward to your prompt reply, I r6iain f, ,. .. ;;· I ,', ' f ,'' I , ~; t , '1. I ' I ,, , ,, Professor' Akiiki B. Mujaju . , . :i,,' Depa~tment of Political Science , 'Atlanta University •Atlanta, , Georgia 30314 1,, South West Africa People's Organisation OFrJCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY P. O. Bua 67'1 T tep Cl 11 OD i i, .£ LUSAKA ·solidarity - t,reedom - Justice ZAM131A. I Ref. No. _ _ _ I April 1976 Dear Professor Adedeji, In accordance with Rule No ~I Article 3, Section (b), Comrade President Nujoma of the South' West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO of Namibia) is on unavoidable official business of the Party and hence will be unable to attend the current session of the Senate. Consequently, he is authorising Comrade Mischek Muyongo, Vice-President of SWAPO, to represent him at the forthcoming Senate meeting. Yours sincerely, Professor Adebayo Adedeji Chairman of the Senate UN Institute for Namibia , .. P.O. Box 3)11 LUSAKA I l r South West .Africa People's Organisation OFFICE OF ADMINlSTRATIVE SECRETARY P, 0 1 ltt,i 6'17 oltphol:lt 7•61 B ibt, • Solidarity - t1reedom - Justice LttSAKA ZAMBIA. Ref. No.,_,, ...... I Apri_l 1976 Dear Professor Ad~deji, In accordance with Rule No.I Article 2, the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO of Namibia) as an appointing authority,is herebv withdrawing Comrade Hidipo Hamutenya as a Senator and is replacing him with Comrade Nicki Kapuka Nauyala whose biographical data is enclosed. Yours sincerely, MfkJ~ Moses Garoeb ...,N,m•rrvE SECII.ETAU Professor Adebayo Adedeji Chairman of the Senate UN Institute for Namibia P.O. Box 3)11 LUSAKA BIOGRAPHICAL DATA NICKI KAPUKA NAUYALA I wfi§ bGTn on January 27 , I94S at Ombalayamubw fl t n the Ncr ·harn regibh of Namibia. My parents, Frieda Mukwennn g mb and Nathanael Hakunongodo Nauyala are peasant-farmer and teacher respectively. Initially we were ten children - five girls and five boys - but the high rate of infant mortality aggravated by the brutish system of racist South Africa's colonial rule over Namibia reduced us to six (three men and three women); and I as the last born per se. I started attending school at the local (Missionary) sub-primary school at the age of seven in accordance with the "law" of racist South Africa which disallows the black (African) child to attend school prior to that age. In 1957 I completed the Lower Primary education (Primary II) at Oshigambo and proceeded to the Higher Primary school at Oniipa where I completed High Primary IV in 1959. In 1960 I gained admission to the Onguediva School where I obtained the Standard Six in 1961. I was in the first year of the Teaching Course at the same school when I was dismissed from the school i n August 1962. Under pressure of the exgencies of the oppressive social system, I was forced to be recruited into the much hated and obnoxious Contract Labour System and from August 1962 to February 1963 I worked as a manual labourer at the Damara Bottle Store in Walvis Bay. It is important to point out here that while at the Onguediva School (1960-62), I became keenly interested in attending the meetings organised by SWAPO, and thus at Walvis Bay, it did not take me time to be close to the SWAPO leadership via Comrade Nathanael Maxuilili, SWAPO's Acting P'resident. I joined SWAPO officially in 1962, becoming one of its youngest members at that time. The fascist system under the brute South African regime becoming more and more severe, oppressive and repressive, I fled the country in March 1963. I went to Tanzania where I enrolled at the then Kurasini (AAI) school. However, in December of that year, I was offered a fellowship by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to complete my secondary education in Nigeria. ...... I .. ' , - 2 - In January 1964 I joined the Third Form of the Ondo Boys ' High School, Ondo, Western Nigeria and in 1966 I sat f~r fitt d s»~~~,,£u11y passed ~he W•st Africa School C rtif i cu % (Cambridge) examination in the following subj ects: Mngl isht Oral English, English Literature, History, Geography, Bible Knowledge, Biology, Physics and Mathematics. I also held extra-curricula responsibilities such as being the School Prefect, Captain of Adeyemi House (Hostel), President of the Geographical Society and Scripture Union and Executive member of the Science Society. In 1967, I was admitted to the Comprehensive High School, Aiyetoro, Abeokuta, also in the Western Region of Nigeria for a two year High School Certificate (HSC) course, but while still in the first year of the course, I sat for and passed successfully the Advanced General Certificate of Education (GCE 'A' level) in History, Geography and Economics. I therefore applied for admission to the University and in September 1968 I gained admission to the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Western Region of Nigeria for a three-year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree course in Education and Geography. I successfully completed the B.Ed. degree course in Ed~cation and Geography with honours in June 1971. While at the University of Ibadan, I held the following responsibilities: a. founding and first Secretary-General of the International (Foreign) Students Association (1969-70), b. an Executive Member of the Embassy Club (for Social and International diplomacy), c. and also served as a member of the University of Ibadan Students' Affairs Commission. After my graduation in 1971, I went back to Dar es Salaam to rejoin my Liberation Movement - SWAPO. I was instantly appointed as Education Officer in-charge of the Department of Education and Culture in July 1971. I carried out this as well as other Party responsibilities assigned to me e.g. represent ing the Party at International Conferences and seminars. In October 1973, however, at the Second Conference of All Africa Students held at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, I was elected to the newly created office of the Assistant-Secretary- . General in charge of African Liberation and Political Affairs of the All Africa Students Union (AASU) - an Accra-based continental .•.•. I •• ' ., - 3 - student body uniting the University, College and (in some countrie s) s econdary school students. Following my election to the said office, SWAPO seconded ms tA t h@ i~~r t u iat-Gone r a l of AASU in Ac c ra to B MA U ffl~ fflY n~w r@s ponsibilities in December 1973. During my two-year st&y in Gh ana (1974-76), I carried out day to day office programmes of the Union as well as the formulation and implementation of its political and ideological policy and activities. I also represented the Union at numerous student, youth and other International meetings. Also, while performing my responsibilities with AASU, _I enrolled for (partly as permanent and partly as part-time student) a one-year Diploma Course in Public International Law, International Constitutional Law and Diplomatic and Consular Law at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. I successful 1 y completed this course in June 19 7 S·. In view of the increasing volume of work and responsibilities on SWAPO and the pressing need for SWAPO to utilise its resources effectively, especially at this crucial juncture of the Namibian liberation struggle, I was recalled by the Executive Committee of SWAPO to return to the SWAPO headquarters and to take up my previous responsibility as Head of the Department of Education and Culture of SWAPO. I am now in the process of relinquishing· my present responsibility as Assistant Secretary-General of the All Africa Students Union to take up my new duties. NICKI KAPUKA NAUYALA J ...... ,~ ...... ,,..f}{? R :SJ. wt .,,.,,. j ,. "-' . ·.1 ,,-;--m-i~ -~1 i .: j,•: ~- - ' , .... " .;• - 1~ . . . "'"' ., ~:.. __ ~-::.[,:,.;_;;_.;;/ -- . - ~~-~ . ;r~ ·rho- rnain entrance 1c, the lnstit.ut1? Namibia is a country in the southern part of Africa under unique colonial rule. It is still under oppres sion implemented by the racist South .African government. The UN Genera! Assembly, ten years ago tennmated South Africa's mandate in Namibia and declared that the territory was under the responsibility of the wor!d bodv. The UN council for Namibia was established and given ail rights to administer the countr7•. This in other words means that South Africa shouid have withdrawn from l'-Jarni bia, but up to today, South Africa's prn5enca is still he;1vily folt in this country a!so known as South West Africa in other- quarters. .. Soai, Macb1id0 was in 1974 appoinkd . ,:~?-,/' UN Corrrnrss1oner lor Namibia and assigr,ed w ith the clitticuit task of seeing to it that Naff1ib1a is fre1:.-d Sean Ma,:bnde, Uf\J It was •n 1 ::!74 when he took up office Contmissioner for Namibia that he i11!>t expiained to President Kaunci,, thl~ proJ&Ct he hsd 1n mind for the creation, in Lusako, of a Namibian lns1itu1e for research and training. His reasons werQ Him the rac1sr regime oi South Alnca ,n Namib1il had deiibe rnte!y rm: 11ented the biack people of that cr,untry trom pa1ticipalin9 tn th •i administrution of U1eir country and !tad n1aint,)im,cJ very !ow educatio:ia! 7, standard:,. No. !33 In the 1.. as0 of Nc1mih.ia evervthing h::1s 4 to bt, stc1rted iro:·n scr.Jtch H1 t he prepm - ation ot Namibians to, the iKinlinistrd 1ne financo::s o1 the Institute are to be tion ol an indeoendent Namibi,1 in prov1df:'ci bv voluntary contnbutions most of the ot~ier coiorual c1rn,1s, ir,;ic!e from counlriw. aro1md the world thrcunh quate as it may h,\ve been, there had the l;nited Nations Fund for Nc1rnibia. been an infra-structure of Africans From thE: United i'laiion:, Oeve!opn1eqt involved in the ;:idrnin:stration and they Proqrnrn, the !n,;t1hit1:: h.is obtained an had also an oµpor1unity to acqu,rc i1~di::.c,t:,1e pl.inning figure fo, this ,'ear higher educcJtion. lnadequ;1te as this of US S500.000. The tot.ii budget for was, this made it possible for S(Jrne the lnstitute over the five-vear µcriod Africans to be 1n c1 position to wke over of its life has sn for been es1imated at the administration of 1heir own countries. US S17.1 million. However, rione of these possibilities The Senate of the !nsti1 ute decided existed in Namibia. !n addition, Mr at its first me~!1ing that the !nst:tute M::icbride pointed out that Nan,,bia is should follow ail the financ,al and probctbly one of the weaithiest countrn;s acirPinistrntive procedures which had ;n Africa, b1-:inn the bim1est diamond been devo!oped by the UN. Accordingly producer of the world, an irnporrnnt tl1e finai,Gia! ,;ontrols of the Institute producer of copper, silver. lend, nnc. ars carefully administered Hnl~ sub1ec1 and uranium; it also h.Js an extensive to audit by trw UN Office of Field fisherv and ca11le 111dus1ry . Both ihe (;perations S£>rv1c1" and trK budgfitarv land resources and industrial devel dep::irtrnents. opment are now being exµloi1ed to the In addition to the submission of d,~triment of Namibia by foreign capital monthly statements of accounts to the ists and rnulti-national companies UN Heudquarters, periodic reports on Mr. Macbride paid tribute to President the plans of operation ior the Fund, with Kaunda's usuai "generous sympathy" rniated budgetary forecast, as well as for the people cf Namibia when he reports on the past performance and or Foreign Affairs Minister immediately offered tha! the Institute related expenditures, Me submitted to flupiah Banda addressing the CommitteH of the UN Fund for dolegates at an opening be housed in Lusaka. session of the senate of the Namibia which consists of the President Li N Institute for Namibia at Mr. Macbride then drafted proposals of the UN Council for Namibia who is Mulungushi Hall in Lusaka for the Institute which, after very dHtailed Ambassador of Zambia and the 1'.\mbas • recently, next to him are discussions were adopted by tile UN sadors of Indict, Turkt:y, Nigeria, Jnd Charles H. Thornicroft, Dunstan Koman.a. Sea,, council for Namibia nnd finally by the Yugoslavia and the UN Commissioner Mact>ride and Hawe G. General Assembly of the UN. for Namibia (ex-officio) _..,...,,...,,....Geingob (in glasses) ~ ~ ... ,4;••·~.A:!lel :· ,. &\.~··· :, ,; : These rneasures \\tll ensure stnct and lhe lnstirute is H0Venv~d by a sc,nate effect,ve control of oil ,,~;poets of th,1 which •s p;as:ded ove1 by Pro f Adeb;:iyo financiiil ,idministrntinn of the lnstitutt, A.dedf,;i Execut1v8-secreW(y of the U N The life or the ;nStitule is f1rnned to M Econorn,c Cornrn,ss;on fo; ,-'\fric;1, ·Nith tivi~-yiwr oenod bGr:cl11,;e bv thl•n il is C!·:cH !es t?. Thon1icroft a!-1 Vice ch:=.t1r .. hop~d Narn1b ic1 vvould be frr,,J :nan ~1nd cons:s1s of 1 i n1ernb~;rs o1 v,!icHn Macbride is one. The compo!;ition Cont1n9ency pl;tns t1<1ve b0c1 i rr1udi of ;he -;<1nate includes 2.!! possible to rnovo lhe lnstitut,; iron, Lusak.:i to leq1t,rr,a,e ;nterests in the lnstituw. fhe Windhoek soon altE>r N,1n1ib1~ 1·1as been Scc.retary-(Je'"'erai of n·1e Uf'.J, the -::ouHcd libera ted 1s hop,•d trwt this 'nstitute it 1or Nu.rn ibPi th1;i G,)vernnicnt of Zambia. \.~iii fon11 tht:; bas::-~ of +he futUifJ Un;ver 'iH: OAU and SWAPO are al! represented sity ot Nrnnib;a. Tt"!•S vv,ii perr.:it expansion ot the numu1Jr nt i;tucle-nts The Senate of 1he Institute has the to be w-11ned. This yei.lr 1hf, institute absolute ctlld exclu;;iv,-; respon:;;1bi!ity envisages B com;1!en-,e11i of 3?. proies !or li11': poiicy ,rnd man.ig~:ment of th,~ siona! re~;earcher:;. iec11.:rers arY1 rivr:'r lnsl:1'!\ll a,1d th,,.a; r fi rst task wa,;, to appoint one hundred stud.-,ms. The mu·nt1on the Dir1::c,or of tho Institute who is a ,s th ~ .:~•:!• fi!t~;j ··~rr;:l -:.... : --· ·r:_;~~ :.f~" ·\~_;ii,.l'. '~' .·• ' I J ·' !' .l' ! ~'..:Jricultural scientist who is to be in charge of the Division of Agriculture. A lso apµointed is well known Zambian public servant and lawyer Siwakwi Chai!a, to be the Chief Ad,ninistrative Officer of the institute. it wiil now be the task of the Dirucior. Deputy Director and four Assistant Directors to act as the management committee of the institute and to appoint tr1e other resea rchers, !ecturnrs and staff of the f nstitute. The institute is a!so new in its conceot o-f combining concurrently research and ! ;i:ilning throughout iis who!e ::;yilabus. lt is the intention that the staff and the students should work togethm in close ,·~ 11 aboration JS research teams. Though- every step of the research work to be ,,. ,,._;ertaken in each of th e divisions, the end resu lt must be borne in mind; hence tho importance of the archivists. applicants for staff positions. A worker hard at work vVith the heir, of the Zarnbi,,n Govern hel p ing to create t he Institute The institute will be comp!etsiy free out of t he f ormer Gover nment n·,ent suitable premises for the lnst!tute printinq wor ks have been ,,l:,unied at the former to invite visiting professors and teachers Zambian (,ovcrnment Prinrin9 works in from all over the world for short periods Sadzu road . The building is now in of time to 9ive lectures on sp1~cialized process of conversion and it is hoped topics. Mr. Macbride also hopes that that the administrative staff will be able the Institute will also orove <1 vc1 hnb!e to rr1ove into :t shonlv. It is anticioated adjunct to SWl\PO wi·1i ch 1s recoqnised that the classroom~. and other edticational by the OAU an;:! UN as rhe ;',uthcntic quarters will be fini,;hed by the end of J u!y. representative of the peopfri of Namibia. The building ot th8 Institute will. in Questioned as to whether there will be- addition to the orovision of adminis1ra- any problems in getting students. Mr. ' 11vf,, offices, can·t ,>::ns, kitchens. bath - Macbride said that this will not be a . rooms, ciassrooms and laboratories. problem since thete are sever,J: thousand ,vide housing ac cornrnodation for Namibians who twve escaped from Jroximateiy a hundred nudenls. Namibia in the fast coupie of years into Zambia and eisewhere in the world. Mr. !V1acb•icie said that it is hoped the There are also a number of Namibians formal openin9 of the Institute in Lusaka who are undergoing university educa w i!I coincide with Namibia 0,1y which is tion in difiere11t parts of the world. on August 26. By then the institute should In addition, educational facilities are have been in operation for sometime. provided for some two to three hundred Namibian students in different schools Mr. iv1acbride points out th~.;t the in Africa; c11 Nkumb1 here in Zarnbia. in lnst1tute is not a trninin~J college in the Kenya, Gh;:ma and Nif1eria. traditional sense; nor is it purely acDde mic in its approach to prob!,-}rns But The task of the UN is not only to that 11 is an institut0 of apn!ied research secure the liberation of Namibia but also clirected ut clearly S'iRted objectives. "It is to a:,sist tile oovemmeni to be elected u;,on the abiLty of the Institute to under by the people of Namibia w set up a take this program of resea rch and trnin viable and efficient public administration. ;;11, , that the future of f\Jarnibia as a free To this end the UN is seeking, through end independent state will depend" sa ys the insiitute. to train and provide a Mr. !V!;,cb11de. Narnibian ,;ivii service so that Namibia will not depnnd on foreinn expatriates This is 3n .t\frican institute for /\fricans. for its future adrninistration. ,'\s ~.,k Macbride himself puts it. "It must be ,1\fric.' 1r; in every aspect and it Of all the UN projects, the UN Insti has been my poiicy throughout and so tute for Narnibin has got off the ground for. as ! can influence the senat•:, to and pro~iress,~d more rapidly than any ensure that the s1,;tf o1 the Institute will otller, The institute is probably one of be cntireiy Afric,;n " It has thcrdore the constwctivc steps ever taken by been decided that preference b,i 9iven the UN to help prepare a country before to any qualified Narrnbinr1 avaiiabie (this it has acquired complete independence. will naturally include SVVAPO members) Followin~] upon the Hxperience which for the staff and ,,vhen no suitable will be qained by H'1e U!'J Institute for Na;nibian is availabii,:, to African appli Nam1b1a. Mr. Macbride hopr:is a simiiar cants; it is only after this that it may be institute rnight be envisaw,d at some necessary to re~;on to non-African stage for Zimbabwe. FC 7 L