Question of Namibia Resolutions

A/RES/44/243View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 36 Question of Namibia, published in 1991.

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47 documents · 1969–1991

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1991	A/RES/44/243[B]	Question of Namibia resolutions	—	–
1991	A/RES/44/243[A]	Question of Namibia resolutions	—	–
1991	A/RES/44/243	Question of Namibia resolutions	610	–
1989	A/RES/43/26[E]	Question of Namibia resolutions	—	–
1989	A/RES/43/26[D]	Question of Namibia resolutions	—	–

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19 subjects

Angola Archives Budget Contributions Censuses Congo Demographic Statistics Development Assistance Dissolution Economic Statistics Educational Assistance Financing Independence Namibia Natural Resources Reconstruction Social Statistics Staffing Technical Cooperation Zambia

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Commends the United Nations Council for Namibia, as the legal Administering Authority for the Territory until independence, for the fulfilment of the important responsibilities entrusted to it by the General Assembly in its resolution 2248 (S-V) and for its unre lenting efforts to ensure the attainment by the Namib ian people of self-determination and national independence;

Decides that the United Nations Council for Namibia, having fulfilled the important mandate en trusted to it by General Assembly resolution 2248 (S-V) relating to the Territory, is hereby dissolved;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the necessary resources in order to complete the implementation of the programme activities ap proved by the United Nations Council for Namibia for 1990, as set forth in annex I to the present resolutions;

Requests the Secretary-General immediately to arrange, in consultation with the Government of Na mibia, to co-ordinate the transfer to the Government of Namibia of the programmes, activities and assets of the United Nations Council for Namibia, including archival collections consisting of, inter alia, major resolutions and decisions of the United Nations on the question of Namibia and other relevant documents and official cor respondence, as well as, in particular, those relating to the implementation of Decree No. 1 for the Protection of the Natural Resources of Namibia3 and to the acces sion to international conventions and representation of Namibia in specialized agencies of the United Nations and intergovernmental organizations;

Requests the Secretary-General, in recognition of the unique and direct responsibility that the United Na tions had assumed over Namibia prior to indepen dence, to ensure the continued role of the United Nations in the reconstruction and development of the newly independent State of Namibia by providing the

necessary resources and staff within the Secretariat for the delivery of such programmes of assistance;

6_ Also requests the Secretary-General to provide assistance as may be requested by the Government of Namibia in the preparation of a comprehensive national census in order to determine accurate demographic and other relevant socio-economic statistics on N amibia;

Further requests the Secretary-General to consider as a matter of priority the redeployment within the United Nations Secretariat and other organizations of the United Nations system of the staff of the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Namibia.

Genenl Assembly-Forty-rourtb Session

DISSOLlITION OF THE UNITED NATIONS COUNCIL FOR NAMIBIA

1 By its resolution 2372 (XXII) of 12 June 1968, the General Assembly .r,roclaimed that South West Africa should thenceforth be 2 N44/940-S/21270, annex. known as Namibia". By the same resolution, the Assembly decided that the United Nations Council for South West Africa should be called "United Nations Council for Namibia".

Supplement No. 24 (N35/24), vol. I, annex II.

ResohdJons adopted wJtbout reference to • Mala CommJttee

UNITED NATIONS FuND FOR NAMIBIA

◄ Ibid., Forty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 24 (N44/24), part four, chaps. III and IV, sect. B.

ANNEX I

Programme activities approved by the United Nations Council ror Namibia ror 1990 to be carried out rollowlng the dissolution or the Council The United Nations Council for Namibia approved the programme activities enumerated below for 1990:

Preparation of reports on the politicaÍ military and social sit uation in Namibia, and on the activities of foreign economic interests in the Territory, for the period from 1 April 1989 until independence;

Preparation of a report on contacts between Member States and South Africa to cover the period from 1 April 1989 until indepen dence;

Preparation of a report on the activities of the Council for the period from 1 September 1989 until independence;

Organization of a seminar on programme planning for the na tional reconstruction and development of Namibia and preparation of its final report;

Preparation of draft chapters on Namibia for inclusion in the Yearbook of the United Nations for the years 1986 to 1990;

Preparation of a draft study of Article 81 of the Charter of the United Nations for inclusion in Supplement No. 7 of the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs;

Compilation of archival materials relating to United Nations action on Namibia and deemed to be of use or interest to Namibia, including major resolutions and decisions of the United Nations on the question of Namibia and other relevant documents and official correspondence;

Drafting of a historical account of the responsibilities and pro grammes undertaken by the Council since its inception.

ANNEX II

Programmes and activities Rnanced rrom the United Nations Fund (or Namibia

NATIONHOOD PROGRAMME ACCOUNT

The Nationhood Programme Account of the Fund finances six teen training and education projects for Namibians in various fields of study. Two of these projects provide funding for the United Nations Vocational Training Centre for Namibia at Cuacra, Angola, which is to be relocated to Namibia in late 1990 or early 1991.

GENERAL ACCOUNT

The individual scholarship programme of the General Account provides sponsorship for one hundred eighty-five Namibian students, the majority of whom are studying at university level in the United States of America.

The General Account also supports six training projects similar to those of the Nationhood Programme and one project that makes a major contribution to the operating expenses of the Namibia Secon dary Technical School at Loudima, the Congo.

The General Account provides social and medical assistance for expatriate Namibians in need, generally students, and covers the return travel expenses of scholarship holders who have completed their degrees.

INSTilUfE FOR NAMIBlA ACCOUNT

The Institute for Namibia Account of the Fund provided most of the funding for the budget of the United Nations Institute for Na mibia at Lusaka. The Institute shall cease its operations on 30 Sep tember 1990.

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s Resolution S-16/1, annex.

6 Ibid., sect. C.

7 N44/960 and Add.1-3.

8 N44/963.

9 N45/268, annex.

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