Namibia Day observed at two solemn meetings at headquarters.Namibia Day observed at two solemn meetings at Headquarters Two solemn meetings were held on 26 August in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of by the United Nations Council for Namibia in observance of Namibia Day, marking the nineteenth anniversary of the start of the Namibian liberation struggle. Thirty-two speakers called for Namibians to attain self-determination and independence without dealy, and 40 messages of solidarity with the people of Namibia were received from Heads of State and Government and other officials, United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations and solidarity groups. The Council is the legal Administering Authority for the Territory until independence. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar Pé·rez de Cuél·lar , Javier Born 1920. Peruvian diplomat who served as secretary-general of the United Nations (1982-1991). , in a statement, called on the international community to redouble re·dou·ble v. re·dou·bled, re·dou·bling, re·dou·bles v.tr. 1. To double. 2. To repeat. 3. Games To double the doubling bid of (an opponent) in bridge. v. its efforts to expedite the implementation of the United Nations plan for Namibian independence. The question of Namibia, he said, should be considered as a primary issue on its own right, the solution of which would ease other tensions in the region. As far as the United Nations was concerned, South Africa remained the interlocutor in·ter·loc·u·tor n. 1. Someone who takes part in a conversation, often formally or officially. 2. The performer in a minstrel show who is placed midway between the end men and engages in banter with them. in Namibia. The recent installation of an interim government in Namibia by South Africa, an action rejected by the Security Council, had compounded the difficulties towards an early settlement, he stated. Paul J.F. Lusaka, general Assembly President, said that since last August, the plight of Namibians had continued to worsen. The international community must exert unremitting pressure on the Pretoria regime to withdraw from Namibia and to abandon apartheid. He called for vigorous and unequivocal support of the Namibians' struggle under the leadership of the South West Africa People's Organization South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) Party in South West Africa (now Namibia) that advocated immediate independence from South Africa. Founded in 1960, it used diplomacy to attain its goals until 1966, when it turned to armed struggle. (SWAPO SWAPO or Swapo South-West Africa People's Organization SWAPO n abbr (= South-West Africa People's Organization) → SWAPO f SWAPO n abbr (= ). Noel G. Sinclair (Guyana), Acting President of the Council of Namibia, called for intensified pressure on South Africa and its Western supporters to heed the just demands of the oppressed op·press tr.v. op·pressed, op·press·ing, op·press·es 1. To keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority: a people who were oppressed by tyranny. 2. people of South Africa and of Namibia. Hidipo Hamutenya, representative of SWAPO, said that as long as Pretoria persisted in its refusal to allow Namibians to exercise their right to self-determination and national independence, and continued with its schemes of trying to impose puppet institutions on Namibians, SWAPO would continue on the path of armed liberation struggle. |
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