CM/Res.1021 (XLIII) Rev.1 RESOLUTION ON NAMIBIA
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Forty- third Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, February 25 to March 4, 1986,
Having examined and considered the report of the Liberation Committee and having heard the statement by the Representative of SWAPO,
Recalling and reaffirming its numerous resolutions, decisions and recommendations on the Namibian Question, particularly the Arusha Plan of Action on Namibia of 1980 and the Accra Programme of Action on Namibia of 1985, which calls for concrete political, material, diplomatic, moral and financial support to the liberation struggle being waged by SWAPO,
Recalling also the resolutions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, mainly resolution 1514 (XV) 1960, and 2145 (XXI) of 27 October, 1966, resolutions and decisions of the United Nations Security Council, especially resolutions 435 (1978), 438 (1978) and 566 (1985) as well as resolution of the Non-Aligned Movement’s Coordinating Bureau Special Meeting on Namibia in New Delhi, India,
Concerned about the continuing illegal occupation of Namibia by racist South Africa in defiance of the decisions and resolutions of the OAU, the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement,
Seriously concerned by the use of the Veto in the United Nations Security Council, especially by the United States Administration and the British Government,
Gravely concerned about the continuing military aggression by the Pretoria regime against the independent African countries in the region, particularly against the People’s Republic of Angola,
Indignant at the racist regime’s inc reasing use of murder squads against the innocent civilians with the sole aim of harassing the masses to support the illegal puppet administration,
Further concerned with the continuing insistence by the racist Pretoria regime and the Reagan Administration on the linkage of the independence of Namibia to the withdrawal of the Cuban internationalist forces from the People’s Republic of Angola,
Nothing with appreciation the world-wide political and diplomatic campaign against the continued illegal occupation of Namibia by racist South Africa, and the international support for the struggle being waged by SWAPO:
CONDEMNS unequivocally and in the strongest terms the continued illegal occupation of Namibia by the Pretoria racist regime, and the Reagan Administration’s support for it;
REJECTS TOTALLY the continued insistence by the Reagan Administration and the racist Pretoria regime on linking the independence of Namibia to the withdrawal of Cuban internationalist forces from Angola which has impeded the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 435 (1978);
VEHEMENTLY CONDEMNS the continued use of occupied Namibia by the racist regime as a springboard for aggression against independent African States in the region, especially against the People’s Rep ublic of Angola;
CONDEMNS AND REJECTS UNRESERVEDLY the imposition of a puppet “interim regime” upon the Namibian people and the ever-increasing state apparatus of oppression and brutality;
STRONGLY CONDEMNS the use of veto by the US Administration and the British Government in the UN Security Council against the imposition of comprehensive mandatory sanctions;
CALLS UPON the Secretary-General of the United Nations to intensify his efforts for the speedy implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 435 (1978);
FURTHER CALLS UPON the United Nations Security Council to put an immediate end to the illegal occupation of Namibia by racist South Africa and to ensure the speedy implementation of its resolution 435 of 1978;
REAFFIRMS its full support for the just struggle of the Namibian people under the leadership of SWAPO, in all its forms and calls once again upon all States, international organizations and solidarity groups to increase their financial material, political and moral support to SWAPO so as to expedite the independence of Namibia;
COMMENDS SWAPO, in particular its military wing, the people’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) for the military victories it has scored over the enemy forces, which is the only effective and encouraging method of struggle against the racist regime’s continued defiance of the UN Security Council Resolution 435 (1978);
REQUESTS OAU Member States to increase all-round assistance to SWAPO and to implement the 1980 Arusha Plan of Action on Namibia and the 1985 Programme of Action on Namibia;
DECLARES that the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 566 (1985) which calls for economic sanctions and other measures, will make tangible contribution to the struggle against racist South Africa’s illegal occupation of Namibia, and the struggle against apartheid;
FURTHER CALLS upon the international community to press for, and support disinvestment, comprehensive mandatory economic sanctions and other measures against the racist regime;
SUPPORTS AND ENDORSES the convening of a Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Namibia in 1986 and a UN-sponsored International Conference on Namibia in 1986 in one of the West European capitals;
REAFFIRMS once more the immediate and unconditional implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 435 and maintains that it is the only acceptable basis for a peaceful resolution of the Namibian problem;
REITERATES once again that Namibia’s quest for independence remains a priority for the OAU and urges the United Nations Security Council to do likewise;
APPRECIATES the sacrifices of Frontline States for the independence of Namibia in the face of continued aggression by the racist Pretoria regime;
FURTHER REITERATES its profound thanks and appreciation to the Socialist and Nordic Countries, Holland, the Non-Aligned Movement and international originations for their continued support of the struggle of the Namibian people;
RENEWS ITS APPEAL to the world community as a whole to continue to render concrete material, financial, political, diplomatic and moral support to SWAPO, the sole and authentic representative of the Namibian people.
Reservation of Togo on operative paragraphs 2 and 5