Word: namibian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...administration is really just proposing to do South Africa's dirty work, as Savimibi has long depended on convoys of aid from the white minority regime and has fought with the South Africans against Namibian guerilla forces...
Finally, given the serious shortcomings brought up in the SASC report, why has Steiner yet to renounce any of the programs on the OCS list? The mere fact that Steiner is still entertaining the idea of internships with Namibian organizations that are illegally sponsored by the South African Government seriously questions his commitment to use the internship for its stated goals...
...other hand, he can be formidable in his defense of U.S. policy. In his first appearance at the Security Council last June, he attacked what he regarded as intentional misrepresentation of the U.S. position on Namibia. "The U.S. yields to no one in its support of Namibian independence," he declared. Then, fixing his gaze on the Vietnamese representative, he snapped, "Countries that crush opposition at home are scarcely qualified to judge the functioning of democracy...
Botha claimed that the newly installed Namibian government in Windhoek is only temporary and will handle the "day-to-day administration" of the territory until the U.N. independence plan can be carried out. But the new administration has limited power: the 62 Assemblymen, all of them selected by six of Namibia's 35 political parties, will have no say on foreign affairs or defense matters, and Botha will have an effective veto over any Assembly decision. Moreover, the Ovambo tribe, which makes up roughly half of Namibia's population, has been given only one of the eight Cabinet seats, while...
...five West European nations take over at their own expense and, at the same time, that Cuba withdraw its forces from neighboring Angola. In Zurich, Botha guaranteed "safe passage" for Sam Nujoma, head of the nationalist South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), to discuss independence in the Namibian capital of Windhoek...