~j I ¡ ¡ ADDENDUM TO THE REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS COUNCIL FOR NAMIBIA GENERAL ASSEMBLV OFFICIAL RECORDS: TWENTY-NINTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 24A (A/9624/Add.1) UNITED NATIONS (34 p. ) ~. l'J [,..~ ¡1j I'j j, ; .' íl i j : i ,1 r: , , ADDENDUI\1 ro THE j REPORT OF THE UNI'rED NATIONS COUNCIL " I , ' l' FOR NAMIBIA \1 1: 1':" i!1'·· I , I • !~ 1; ; J i_l H I, i GENERAL ASSEMBLV OFFICIAL RECORDS: TWENTY-NINTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 24A (A/9624/Add.1) l· I~ I! 1 ' l~ ~; i ¡ ¡: :1 '¡ 1) l;l'. )1 1¡ ~ ~ I J l' I UNITED NATIONS New York, 1974 NOTE Syrnbols of lJnited Nations documents are cornposed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a syrnbol indicates a referenec to a Unlted Nations documento ;a_., "JI • , {Original: English7 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page INTRODUCTION .•• • o • • ••• •• • • • • • • •• • •••• 1 - 2 1 lo COMMEMORATION OF NAMIBIA DAY ••• • • o • • • • •• 3 - 37 1 II. CONSULTATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENTS OF MEXICO, GUYANA AND COLor~IA. •••• • • • • .••• • • 38 - 60 8 III. PARTICIPATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS COUNCIL FOR NAMIBIA IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES •.•••• • • 61 - 65 17 IV. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INSTITUTE FOR NAMIBIA IN LUSAKA ••••••••••••.•••••••••. 66 - 73 18 Vo GUIDELINES FOR THE UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR NAMIBIA. •.••..••••••• •• • • • • • • • 74 81 25 VI. DECREE ON THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA a ,••• 82 - 84 27 VII. ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY o 85 29 • -iii- _"''''~"''_'''''''''~''''''''''_'''''''~~,.,.r,''''''''''''''*''''''~'''_~'''''''''''_''r''''''''''''''''7'"""""""'__ ""~''''''_'''''__''''-'''~.y¡,.",,,,~ """""""'" " . ~. INTRODUCTION l. At its 206th meeting, on 16 August 1974, the United Nations Co y~~l tor Namibia adopted its annual report to the General Assembly covering the periüd 25 September 1973 to 16 August 1974. 1/ 2. Following the formal adoption of the report, the Council: (a) Commemorated Namibia Day at United Nations Headquarters and in Guyana; (b) Dispatched a mission to consult certain Governments in Latin America; (e) Approved a plan for the establishment of an Institute for Namibia in Zambia; (d) Adopted guidelines for the United Nations Fund for Namibia; (e) Enacted a decree to protect the natural resources of Namibia; (f) Decided to submit further recornmendations to the General Assembly. These activities are described in the pr~sent addendum to the report of the Council, covering the period 17 August 1973 to 27 September 1974. ~\ l. COMMEMORATION OF NAMIBIA DAY .. 3. Namibia Day, commemorated on 26 August, marks the beginning of the armed struggle in Namibia. On that day, in 1966, a base of the South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) at Omgulumbasha in the north of Namibia was attacked by the South African police. 4. Namibia Day was cornmemorated for the first time in the United Nations by the United Nations Council for Namibia on 24 August 1973. On that occasion, the Council organized a special meeting to which all Member States were invited. At the end of the meeting, the Council adopted a statement that Namibia Day would be observed as an annual event for as long as would be necessary as a remind~r of the resistance against aggression and illegal occupation of the Territory by South Africa. 5. Subsequently, on the recommendation of the Council, the General Assembly, in its resolution 3111 (XXVIII) of 12 December 1973, decided "to observe 26 August each year as Namibia Day" and requested the Council lito prepare a programme for such a commemoration". 6. In 1974, the Council cornmemorated Namibia Day with ceremonies at United Nations Headquarters and in Guyana, wherc special meetings were held and films on Namibia were shown. 1/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 24 (A/9624), vols. I and II. -1- 7. On that occasion, the President of the Council sent the followinr, messnf"c to Mr. Sam Nujoma, President of SWAPO: , t "As we commemorate Namibia Day, I wish on my own behall' and on 'behalf of the United Nations Council for Namibia to reaffirm our support for and solidarity with the people of Namibia in their determined strugr,le to wrest their freedom and independence from the illeeal South Africun usurpers. Undcr the militant leadership of SWAPO, which you head with such distinction, the oppressed people of Namibia have incre~singly affirmed their collective I resolve to harass the enemy and to inflict resoundin6 defeate on him. Despite l' ( the succour and support which the South African rncists receive frem certain powerful allies, final victory for the people of Namibia is inevitable. "In SWAPO's quest for this victory, the United Hations Council for Namibia reaffirms its total and unequivocal cornmitment to take 0.11 necessary steps which will be fully supportive of the aspirations of Namibians and in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter. 1974 has been a significant year for those of us who have laboured through conviction and in pursuit of fundamental principles fer an end to colonial~~m. "As we mark this day in AUf,ust, when in 1966 the stru(':r;le in Namibia entered a new phase, let us pay homage to those patriotB from tJamibia, who from the first day of occupation of their territory by Germany in 1884 to the r : ¡ present day of domination by South Africa, have r;iven thcir liv~s for freedom. And in taking inspiration from their sacrifices , Let U8 r c-üed í cat.e ouronl,ves to our common objective - a free and independent Namibia. "The members of the Council and the vast majority of the int~rnational community stand ready to greet a free and ind~pendent Namibia into its midst at the United Nations and into the community 01' N!3.tions. lI A. Commemoration of Namibia Day at United Nations Headguarter.s_ 8. A special meeting of the United Nations Council for Namibia was held on 26 August at United Nations Headquarters, under the Presidency 1JrO tempore of Mr. Rikhi Jaipal (India). Statements were made by the Representative of the Secre"tary-General, the President of the Security Council, the Vice-Chairman of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples~ the Rapporteur of the Rpecial Committee on Apartheid, the Vice-Chairman of the Corrnnission on Human Rights, the Chairman of the African Group in the United Nations and the Assistant Executive Secretary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). 9. In opening the meeting, th~ President pro tempore said that, on Namibia Day, it was fitting that the United Nations should pay a. special tribute to the freedom fighters of Namibia and pledBe it~elf to support their legitimate stru~gle until final victory had been achieved, b~cause it had rnade the cause of the frcedom fighters its own. -2- i . ·1 10. The Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General, speaking on behalf of the I Secretary-General, said that it was a matter of deep regret to the Secretary-General, l as it was to members of the United Nations Council for Namibia, that the efforts of 1 the United Nations to achieve the goal of helping the Namibian people to achieve j self-determination and independence had so far met with little success. During the ¡ previous year, the situation inside Namibia had in fact continued to deteriorate. The arrest and detention oí the leaders of SWAPO and the efforts to suppress political ! .¡I activity, including the use of corporal punisnment in Ovamboland, were developments '1 '1 which could only create greater bitterness and render the inevitable solution I i'¡ increaslngly difficult. In the light of those developments, the United Nations I Council for Namibia had intensified its efforts on behalf of the Namibian people and í the Secretary-General hoped that it would continue to receive the full support and collaboration of Member States~ 11. The President of the Security Council ~rished the long-suffering people of Namibia further decisive victories in their just and noble struggle for freedom and independence. Continuing to speak in his capacity as representative of the ·1 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics he said that the positive trends which were I currently evident in international affairs were creating good prospects for the " further expansion of the struggle of the oppressed peoples for freedom and i independence, for the eliminat:on of the last vestiges of colonialism and racism ~I and for the full implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence .jI to Colonial Countries and Peoples. He said it was the duty of the United Nations to 1 intensify efforts to give practical assistance to 'the people of Namibia. It was to be hoped that the twenty-ninth session oí the General Assembly would see the adoption of stronger measures against the South African racists. 12. The Vice-Chairman oí the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation oí the Dec1aration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples s'dd tlvlt nowhere was the commitment of the United Nations to tiusticü more eví dent t.h.cn in the case of the internationa1 Territory of IJamibia, for 1 . which a1l shar-cd ú. "r('R}'or.sibility . Ther8 W'1.i3 no question but thrtt tho :Tnr.J.i"ti ans wou1d eventual1y recE:ive their free<lom and independence. The only question was , ~ whaf price 80uth Africans placed on J'H;rLCC and whether they were nropnred to find i themselves common1y out1awed. \ 1 t 13. The Rapporteur of the Special Committee on Apartheid said that the racist 1 minority regime, which had continued since 1966 to occupy the internationa1 Territory of Namibia illegally, must know that its days were numbered.