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'''United Nations Security Council Resolution 435''', adopted on 29 September 1978, put forward proposals for independence and UN-supervised elections in [[Namibia]] which had been under illegal occupation by apartheid [[South Africa]] since 1971. | '''United Nations Security Council Resolution 435''', adopted on 29 September 1978, put forward proposals for independence and UN-supervised elections in [[Namibia]] which had been under illegal occupation by apartheid [[South Africa]] since 1971. | ||
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 435, adopted on 29 September 1978, put forward proposals for independence and UN-supervised elections in Namibia which had been under illegal occupation by apartheid South Africa since 1971.
UNSCR 435 provided for the establishment of a United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) which would oversee both the election and South African withdrawal from Namibia.
Resolution 435 was adopted by 12 votes to none: Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union abstained; while the People's Republic of China did not participate in the vote.[1]
Implementation
Ten years later, on Thursday 22 December 1988, South Africa finally agreed to implement UNSCR 435 upon signature by Foreign Minister Pik Botha of the New York Accords at UN headquarters.
US Secretary of State George P. Shultz, who attended the signing ceremony, described the Accords as "a momentous turning point in the history of southern Africa."
Condolence for Carlsson
Like the other speakers, Shultz prefaced his remarks with words of condolence for relatives and friends of those killed in the plane crash in Scotland on Wednesday:
- "The victims included Bernt Carlsson of Sweden, the chief administrative officer of the United Nations Council for Namibia, who was returning to New York for today's ceremony."[2]
