Namibia Council says mandate remains 'unfulfilled.' (United Nations Council for Namibia)The United Nations Council for Namibia Namibia (nämĭb`ēə), officially Republic of Namibia, republic (2005 est. pop. 2,031,000), c.318,000 sq mi (823,620 sq km), SW Africa. on 28 March decided that until the UN independence plan for Namibia was implemented, its own mandate remained unfulfilled. Accordingly, it stated, it would continue to monitor developments within Namibia and continue its programmes of assistance to prepare Namibians for the future development of their country. The Council-which was established by the General Assembly in 1967 as the legal administering authority for the Territory-declared that its mandate, and its related responsibilities and activities, could be terminated "only by the explicit decision of the General Assembly or following the transfer of all powers to Namibia upon the declaration of independence". In the light of recent developments related to the independence of Namibia, the Council said it would reduce its "press exposure" and "place in abeyance A lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom title is vested. In the law of estates, the condition of a freehold when there is no person in whom it is vested. In such cases the freehold has been said to be in nubibus (in the clouds), in pendenti " extraordinary plenary plenary adj. full, complete, covering all matters, usually referring to an order, hearing or trial. PLENARY. Full, complete. 2. meetings it was planning for this year, "on the understanding that it retained the option to reassert reassert Verb 1. to state or declare again 2. reassert oneself to become significant or noticeable again: reality had reasserted itself Verb 1. its political role and its programme in its original form if and when developments in the Territory so warranted". It would hold three seminars in 1989 on the mobilization mobilization Organization of a nation's armed forces for active military service in time of war or other national emergency. It includes recruiting and training, building military bases and training camps, and procuring and distributing weapons, ammunition, uniforms, of development and technical assistance for the future independent Namibia. |
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