Tripartite Agreement links Namibia’s independence to regional peace

A/RES/42/23 called for ending repression, releasing political prisoners including Nelson Mandela, lifting bans on liberation organizations and supporting states resisting South African aggression....

A mass uprising against Israeli occupation began in Gaza and spread to the West Bank. It involved popular committees, strikes, demonstrations and civil disobedience, broadening the Palestinian...

Angola, Cuba, Namibia and South Africa agreed principles that linked Namibian independence with regional security arrangements. The agreement emerged from African diplomacy and international pressure,...

Ministers considered how the movement should operate as US-Soviet détente changed the Cold War landscape. They also addressed apartheid, Namibia, Palestine, regional conflicts and the need to update...

The conference concluded that NAM should play a constructive role in solving regional and global problems as détente altered superpower relations. The movement sought renewed relevance without...

Resolution 629 set 1 April as the start date for implementing the Namibia settlement. The UN mission was designed to supervise elections and support independence after decades of South African rule.

UNTAG deployed to help ensure free and fair elections under UN supervision. The process followed a long liberation struggle and years of international campaigns against South Africa’s occupation of...

The summit met as communist governments in Eastern Europe faced growing challenges and the Cold War order was weakening. Leaders debated how NAM could retain an independent voice and advance...

The summit reaffirmed political independence and economic cooperation while addressing the changing international system. The debate marked a transition from a movement defined by bloc politics toward...

Voters chose representatives to prepare an independent constitution after decades of South African administration and a long armed and diplomatic liberation struggle. The election fulfilled a...