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Puun 1 9 8 3 0 GENERAL ASSEMBLY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS: THIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 24 (A/37/24) UNITED NATIONS New York, 1983 REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS COUNCIL FOR NAMIBIA NOTE 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/37/24 (Part I) of I December 1982 and A/37/24 (Part II ) of 11 December 1982. CONTENTS Chapter Paragraphs 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 .... .............................. .... A. Eighth emergency special session ...................... B. Thirty-sixth session ................................ III. SECURITY COUNCIL ..................................... IV. 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 Aartheid ................... V. CO-OPERATION WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY ....... A. Thirty-eighth ordinary session of the Council of Ministers of OAU (22 to 28 February 1982, Addis Ababa) ......................................... B. Thirty-ninth ordinary session of the OAU Co-ordinating Committee for the Liberation of Africa (7 to 11 June 1982, Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania) ................................. VI. CO-OPERATION WITH THE MOVEMENT OF NON-ALIGNED COUNTRIES ... VII. EXTRAORDINARY PLENARY MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL AT ARUSHA ... A. Organization of the extraordinary plenary meetings .... B. Extraordinary plenary meetings ....................... C. Statements and messages ................. D. General debate .............. ................. 1 - 24 25 - 219 25 - 29 30 - 83 30 - 54 55 - 83 84 - 87 88 - 100 89 - 93 94 - 100 101 - 117 102 - 111 112 118 141 141 148 152 203 - 117 - 140 - 219 - 147 - 151 - 202 - 215 -iii- viii ix CONTENTS (continued) Chapter Paragraphs Page E. Adoption of the Arusha Declaration and Programme of Action on Namibia .................................... F. Preparations for the International Conference in Support of the Struggle of the Namibian People for Independence ..................................... 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 .............................................. B. Mission of consultation to Cyprus, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh (28 March to 13 April 1982) ............... 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. Special Committee against Apartheid and other United Nations bodies ................................ 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 .. A. General .............................................. B. Mission to contact corporations ...................... -iv- 216 - 218 219 220 - 750 220 - 224 225 - 266 225 - 226 227 - 266 267 - 301 267 - 273 274 - 280 281 - 284 36 373838393939 4646474748494949515156 285 292 294 297 302 302 339 - 291 - 293 - 296 - 301 - 344 - 338 - 344 CONTENTS (continued) Chapter V. ACTION CONCERNING THE MILITARY SITUATION IN NAMIBIA A. General ............................................. B. Seminar on the Military Situation in and relating to Namibia ............................................. VI. CONSIDERATION OF POLITICAL MATTERS CONCERNING NAMIBIA A. Continued illegal occupation of the Territory by South Africa ........................................ B. Efforts of the Council to counter attempts aimed at modifying Security Council resolution 435 (1978) C. Armed struggle waged by SWAPO ....................... D. Contacts between Member States and South Africa ..... III. CONSIDERATION OF LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING NAMIBIA ....... III. CONSIDERATION OF SOCIAL MATTERS CONCERNING NAMIBIA ...... A. Political repression and human rights violations .... B. Refugees ............................................ C. Economic exploitation ............................... D. Health .............................................. E. Education ........................................... IX. ACTIVITIES OF THE COUNCIL IN THE FIELD OF DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY CONCERNING NAMIBIA ......... A. General ............................................. B. Celebration of Namibia Day and the Week of Solidarity with the People of Namibia and their Liberation Movement, SWAPO ..................................... C. Press and publications .............................. D. Radio and visual services ........................... E. Other activities .................................... F. Dissemination of informatioi by the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Namibia ............. Paragraphs 345 - 537 345 - 366 367 - 537 538 - 560 539 - 540 - 549 - 557 - 560 - 572 - 604 - 586 - 590 - 597 - 601 - 604 605 - 642 605 - 610 611 621 632 636 641 - 642 102 CONTENTS (continued) Chapter 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 Mission to Western Europe and Canada ... XI. ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSIONER FOR NAMIBIA ............................................. A. General ............................................. B. Assistance to Namibians ............................. C. Offices of the Commissioner at Lusaka, Gaborone and Luanda ...................................... 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 ................................ Paragraphs 643 - 712 643 658 680 692 704 713 713 718 - 657 - 679 - 691 - 703 - 712 - 741 - 717 - 729 Pge 103 103 107 116 120 125 126 126 126 730 - 741 128 742 - 750 751 - 785 751 - 765 751 752 753 754 - 758 759 - 760 761 762 - 763 764 - 765 -vi- CONTENTS (continued) Chapter Paragraphs E II. DECLARATIONS, RESOLUTIONS, FORMAL STATEMENTS, COMMUNIQUES AND DECISIONS ........................................... 766 - 785 136 A. Arusha Declaration and Programme of Action on Namibia .......................................... 767 136 B. Resolutions ......................................... 768 146 C. Formal statements ................................... 769 146 D. Communiqu4s ............. a ........ ............... 770 147 E. Decisions ........................................... 771 - 785 157 PART FOUR: RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIVITIES INVOLVING FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS I. RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................... 786 160 II. DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE PREPARATION OF A STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS .............................. ........... 787 - 845 179 ANNEXES I. Reservations on the Arusha Declaration and Programme of Action on Namibia ...................... ........... .................. 198 II. Allocation of resources to the Council for 1982 within the programme budget for 1982-1983 ................................................ 201 III. List of official documents of the Council (22 August 1981 to 31 August 1982) ..................................................... 205 IV. Amended Charter of the United Nations Institute for Namibia .......... 211 Apendix.
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