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GENERAL ASSEMBLY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS: THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 24 (A/38/24) UNITED NATIONS New York, 1984 REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS COUNCIL FOR NAMIBIA r. (~ ~i' (~* ~IJ 7. Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. The present volume contains the final text of the report of the United Nations Council for Namibia, which was originally issued in mimeograph form as documents A/38/24 (Part I) of 17 November and Add.l of 22 November 19831 A/38/24 (Part II) of 10 November and Corr.l of 22 November 1983; and A/38/24 (Part III) of 24 March and Add.l of 10 November 1983. S) 4 . ) ) 24 QAUY44' I ~L-i /~ \- ['I NOTE CONTENTS Chapter Paragraphs FREQUENTLY USED ABBREVIATIONS ............................................... LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ....................................................... INTRODUCTION .................................................... PART ONE: WORK OF THE COUNCIL AS A POLICY-MAKING ORGAN OF THE UNITED NATIONS ....................................... I. GENERAL .................................................. II. CONSIDERATION OF THE QUESTION OF NAMIBIA BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS THIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION ................... III. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE STRUGGLE OF THE NAMIBIAN PEOPLE FOR INDEPENDENCE ..................... IV. MEETINGS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL ......................... V. CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER UNITED NATIONS BODIES ............ A. Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples ....... B. Special Committee against Apartheid .................. C. Joint statements and declarations .................... VI. CO-OPERATION WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY ...... A. Fortieth ordinary session of the OAU Co-ordinating Committee for the Liberation of Africa, held at Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, from 10 to 12 February 1983 ..................................... B. Nineteenth ordinary session of the OAU Assembly of Heads of State and Government, held at Addis Ababa from 6 to 12 June 1983 ............................... VII. CO-OPERATION WITH THE MOVEMENT OF NON-ALIGNED COUNTRIES PART TWO. WORK OF THE COUNCIL AS THE LEGAL ADMINISTERING AUTHORITY FOR NAMIBIA ................................ I. GENERAL .................................................. II. CONSULTATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTIONS ON NAMIBIA ................. A. General .............................................. -iii- 1 - 19 20 - 206 20 - 28 29 - 74 75 136 168 169 175 178 180 - 135 - 167 - 179 - 174 - 177 - 179 - 188 181 - 183 184 - 188 189 - 206 207 - 855 207 - 212 213 - 351 213 - 226 Pae ix x 1 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs B. Mission of Consultation to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Belgium, Denmark and Czechoslovakia (10 to 22 April 1983) ................. C. Mission of Consultation to Costa Rica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua (11 to 22 April 1983) ....................................... D. Mission of Consultation to Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Italy and Switzerland (15 April to 6 May 1983) ....... E. Issuance of statements and communiqu4s ............... III. ACTIVITIES OF THE COUNCIL RELATING TO THE REPRESENTATION OF NAMIBIA AND THE PROMOTION OF NAMIBIAN INTERESTS IN THE SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES ............................ A. General ............................................... B. International conferences and meetings ............... C. Meetings of the Senate of the United Nations Institute for Namibia and other activities under the United Nations Fund for Namibia ............................. D. Specialized agencies and other organizations and institutions of the United Nations system ............ E. Organization of African Unity ........................ F. Movement of Non-Aligned Countries .................... G. Meetings and conferences sponsored by non-governmental organizations ........................................ IV. ACTION CONCERNING FOREIGN ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN NAMIBIA .. V. ACTION CONCERNING THE MILITARY SITUATION IN NAMIBIA ...... VI. CONSIDERATION OF POLITICAL MATTERS CONCERNING NAMIBIA .... A. Continued illegal occupation of the Territory by South Africa ......................................... B. Efforts to counter attempts aimed at modifying Security Council resolution 435 (1978) .............. C. Intensification of the struggle of the people of Namibia .............................................. 227 - 267 268 - 306 307 - 350 351 352 352 357 - 395 - 356 - 368 369 - 370 371 385 387 384 386 388 389 - 395 396 - 434 435 - 490 491 - 576 493 - 497 498 - 516 517 - 522 - iv- Chapter Page CONTENTS (continued) Chapter D. Contacts between Member States and South Africa ...... E. Regional Symposium in Support of the Namibian Cause in Latin America ..................................... VII. CONSIDERATION OF LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING NAMIBIA ........ VIII. CONSIDERATION OF SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN NAMIBIA ............ A. South Africa's policy of apartheid ................... B. Repression and human rights violations ............... C. Exploitation of labour ............................... D. The refugee problem .................................. IX. ACTIVITIES OF THE COUNCIL IN THE FIELD OF DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY CONCERNING NAMIBIA ............. A. General .............................................. B. Commemoration of the Week of Solidarity with the People of Namibia and their Liberation Movement, SWAPO, and of Namibia Day ............................ C. Press and publications ............................... D. Radio and visual services ............................ E. Co-operation with non-governmental organizations ..... F. Other activities ..................................... G. Dissemination of information by the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Namibia .............. X. UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR NAMIBIA .......................... A. Establishment of the Fund, general developments and sources of financing ................................. B. Nationhood Programme for Namibia ..................... C. United Nations Institute for Namibia ................. D. Educational, social and relief assistance ............ E. Fund-raising missions ................................ Paragraphs 523 - 525 526 577 589 594 628 656 667 - 576 - 588 - 673 - 627 - 655 - 666 - 673 674 - 724 674 - 683 684 696 711 714 716 695 710 713 715 720 721 - 724 725 - 789 - 739 - 761 - 774 - 783 - 789 Page 81 82 94 96 96 101 105 107 108 108 110 112 113 114 115 115 117 117 121 131 135 140 CONTENTS (continued) Chapter XI. ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSIONER FOR NAMIBIA A. General .............................................. B. Assistance to Namibians .............................. C. Implementation of Decree No. 1 for the Protection of the Natural Resources of Namibia ..................... D. Studies .............................................. E. Participation in international conferences and meetings ............................................. F. Offices of the Commissioner at Luanda, Lusaka and Gaborone ............................................. XII. PARTICIPATION OF THE SOUTH WEST AFRICA PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATION AS THE SOLE AND AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NAMIBIAN PEOPLE ................................... PART THREE: ORGANIZATION AND DECISIONS OF THE COUNCIL .......... I. ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL .................. A. Establishment of the Council ......................... B. Presidency of the Council ........................... C. Steering Committee ................................... D. Standing Committees .................................. E. Committee on the United Nations Fund for Namibia..... F. Other committees and working groups .................. G. Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Namibia. H. Secretariat services ................................. II. DECLARATIONS, RESOLUTIONS, FORMAL STATEMENTS, COMMUNIQUES AND DECISIONS ............................................ A. Paris Declaration on Namibia and Report and Programme of Action on Namibia ................................. B. Resolutions .......................................... C. Formal statements .................................... Paragraphs 790 - 845 790 - 795 796 - 808 809 - 817 818 - 821 822 - 829 830 - 845 846 - 855 856 - 887 856 - 870 856 857 858 859 - 863 864 - 865 866 867 - 868 869 - 870 871 - 887 872 873 874 - 878 -vi- Pae 141 141 141 143 144 145 146 149 150 150 150 150 150 150 151 151 151 152 153 153 167 168 CONTENTS (continued) Chapter D. Communiques ......................................... E. Decisions ........................................... PART FOUR: RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIVITIES INVOLVING FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS ....................................... I. RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................... II. DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE PREPARATION OF A STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS .................................... A. General .............................................. B. Activities of the Council regarding compliance by States with General Assembly resolution ES-8/2 and other relevant resolutions relating to Namibia ....... C. Missions of consultation with Governments and representation of Namibia at international