Word: southwester
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...course, the United Nations and the U.S. government have been asking them to withdraw from the southwest African territory for several years--since the U.N. revoked South Africa's mandate there, and South Africa went on ruling anyway...
...United Nations General Assembly revoked South Africa's mandate over Southwest Africa's mandate over Southwest Africa, which it had ruled since 1919, and turned legal authority over the province--renamed Namibia--to a Council of Namibia, which has sat powerless in New York ever since. In 1970, the Security Council endorsed that decision and declared South Africa's presence in Namibia as illegal. The U.S. government has warned American firms still operating in the province--and still making payments to South Africa--that it will not protect them when the Namibians take over, but plenty of companies are continuing...
...Corporation's next chance to endorse the ACSR's skepticism comes next week, when it votes its Phillips Petroleum shares for or against an ACSR-endorsed resolution to force the company's withdrawal from Namibia, the southwest African territory that South Africa rules illegally and with the same rigid apartheid the government imposes at home. Until the Corporation follows the ACSR's lead on this and other matters, we will remain skeptical; but the Caterpilllar Tractor vote is at least a step in the right direction...
...ACSR approved in full the shareholders' proposal sponsored by several U.S. churches to amend Phillips Petroleum's certificate of incorporation to prohibit any activity in Southwest Africa...
...Wilson, or the Federal government, AIM had set its sights on Wounded Knee long before it took over the village on February 27. Justice Department "intelligence reports" on AIM's next move indicated that the militants would seize the reservation's BIA office in Pine Ridge, 17 miles southwest of Wounded Knee...