Question of Namibia FROM THE PUBLISHER
Following the Second World war, South Africa claimed that the League of Nations mandate to administer Namibia had lapsed with the dissolution of that organization, and that it was within its power to annex it. It rejected UN efforts to have the territory placed under its trusteeship. This marked the beginning of the intractable dispute over the international status and independence of Namibia. This book analyses the role of the international community through the UN and other organizations in the search for a settlement. It gives attention to the efforts of the Western Contact Group and the people of Namibia themselves, and shows how conditions for a settlement ultimately emerged. Finally, it outlines Namibia's major post-independence challenges.
FROM THE CRITICS
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Analyzes the efforts of the United Nations to assert its authority
over South Africa and protect the interests of the people of Namibia
as originally envisaged under the mandates of the League of Nations.
Discusses attempts by the Western Contact Group to bring about an
internationally acceptable settlement and the role of armed conflict,
in the face of South Africa's defiant stance towards the UN. The
author concludes that Namibia gained independence mainly on the terms
of Western Powers.
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