CM/Res. 720 (XXXIII) Rev. 1
RESOLUTION ON NAMIBIA
The Council of Ministers of the organization of African Unity meeting in its Thirty- third Ordinary Session in Monrovia, Liberia, from 6 to 20 July 1979;
Having analyzed once again the grave political and Military situation in Namibia as a result of the continued illegal occupation of the territory by the apartheid regime of South Africa;
Recalling the numerous resolutions and the decisions adopted by the United Nations, the OAU and the Non-Aligned movement as well as other International Organizations and bodies demanding South Africa’s withdrawal from Namibia,
Noting with grave concern that South Africa has been deceitful in the last tow years of negotiations aimed at bringing about a settlement in Namibia on the basis of Security Council Resolutions 385 (1976) and 435 (1978) and that it has used the period to buy time for the imposition of a puppet regime in Namibia,
Gravely concerned also at the numerous animal acts of South Africa in Namibia intended to destroy SWAPO in order to facilitate the imposition of a so-called internal settlement in Namibia;
Reaffirming Africa’s unequivocal support for the just armed liberation struggle waged by the Namibian people under the leadership of SWAPO, their sole and authentic representative for freedom and national independence;
Commending SWAPO for its statesmanship and the political maturity demonstrated throughout the negotiations designed to give effect and Security Council Resolutions 385 (1976) and 435 (1978);
Also commending SWAPO for its political mobilization of the Namibian people, and the intensification of the armed struggle against the South African armed forces to occupation in Namibia;
Noting with satisfaction the success of the resumed Thirty-third regular session of the United Nations General Assembly on Namibia and welcoming the important resolution overwhelmingly adopted by the Assembly;
Reaffirming the direct responsibility of the United Nations over Namibia and calling upon it to take effective measures in order to terminate South Africa’s illegal occupation of Namibia;
STRONGLY CONDEMNS the racist regime of South Africa for setting up a so- called “National Assembly” in Namibia and categorically declares that the OAU and its Member States shall not accord any recognition to, or co-operate with the illegal "National Assembly" or any puppet regime which South Africa may establish in Namibia contrary to OAU and United Nations resolutions;
CALLS UPON the United Nations and all its Member States as well as the international community as a whole to categorically reject any so-called internal settlement in Namibia and deny recognition to the illegal “National Assembly” or any puppet regime which South Africa may establish in Namibia;
STRONGLY CONDEMNS South Africa for its arrests, detention and torture of leaders and members of the South West Africa People’s Organization and other acts of violence against the Namibian people, as part of its attempts to frustrate the aspirations of the Namibian people, for genuine National liberation, to destroy the South West Africa People’s Organization and to impose a so -called internal settlement in Namibia;
DEMANDS that the racist South African regime immediately and unconditionally releases all leaders and members of the South West African People’s Organization and cease all acts of violence against the Namibian people;
STRONGLY CONDEMNS and denounces South Africa for acting deceitfully through unilateral measures and sinister schemes within Namibia during the protracted period of talks for a negotiated settlement in Namibia to the determined of the Namibian people and their National Liberation Movement, South West African People’s Organization and in contravention of resolutions of the Security
Council, in particular Resolutions 385 (1976) of 30 th January 1976, 439 (1978) of 13th November, 1978, and Resolutions of the General Assembly;
DECLARES that in view of South Africa’s refusal to co -operate in the search for a negotiated settlement the people of Namibia under the leadership of their National Liberation Movement SWAPO, have no alternative but to intensify their armed struggle against the oppressive and recalcitrant Pretoria regime;
CALLS UPON all progressive and peace-loving countries to render increased and sustained support in material, financial, military and other assistance to SWAPO, the sole and authentic representative to facilitate the intensification of its legitimate armed struggle for the liberation of the people of Namibia;
CONDEMNS the Western countries and all other countries which supply the South African racist regime with war materials and other forms of assistance enabling it to persist in its illegal occupation of Namibia in utter defiance of the authority if the United Nations;
SOLEMNLY DECLARES that South Africa’s illegal occupation of the Territory of Namibia, its consistent defiance of the United Nations, its war of repression being waged against Namibians, its persistent acts of aggression launched form bases in Namibia against Independent African Countries, its colonialist expansion and its policy of apartheid constitute a serous threat to International peace and security;
CALLS UPON the Security Council of the United Nations to urgently convene to take effective enforcement measures against the regime in South Africa and to impose comprehensively and mandatory sanctions under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter;
URGES all States, particularly Canada, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States as initiators of the proposal adopted by the Security Council, the implementation of which South Africa has frustrated, to support the enforcement measures to be taken against South Africa under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter;
DECIDES that in the event of failure by the Security Council to adopt the measures envisaged under operative paragraph 10 above, the OAU Council of Ministers shall meet in an Extraordinary session to devise a new strategy for liberation of Namibia;
REAFFIRMS its strong support for the United Nations Council for Namibia as the sole legal administering authority for Namibia until independence and, having regard to the need for closer go-operation in the current critical phase of the struggle for the liberation of Namibia, decides to grant it Permanent observer Status in the OAU.
REQUESTS all friendly countries to give mote assistance to these Front-line Countries with a view to strengthening their defensive capabilities in accordance with the United Nations resolutions.