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...militant exiles of the South West African People's Organization, whose guerrilla army has been battling Pretoria's rule since 1966. The U.S.-brokered agreement was signed last December under the auspices of the U.N., which took on responsibility for policing Namibia's transition with an international peacekeeping force (UNTAG...
...change of mood is dramatically evident in Windhoek, the capital of the thinly populated (1 million) territory. Last summer the city was abuzz with preparations for the arrival of some 10,000 members of the United Nations Transitional Assistance Group (UNTAG), which was supposed to supervise and guarantee the move to independence. Local newspapers were full of advertisements seeking housing for the anticipated visitors. A U.N. representative toured the city to seek bids from local dealers for a fleet of cars and trucks for the transition team...
...expectancy has since evaporated. In place of the housing ads are reports, denied by the U.N., that the UNTAG operation has been canceled. In yet another pessimistic sign, the South African government last week announced a three-month extension in the term of its governing body for Namibia, the South West African National Assembly. Said Prime Minister Pieter W. Botha regarding the independence settlement: "We hope there will be greater clarity on that matter within the next three months, but it might naturally take longer." The government hinted that South African-supervised elections for the National Assembly might come early...
...concluded. Yet to be decided is whether elections will be held on the basis of proportional representation favored by SWAPO or the constituency approach that would help preserve some of the white-supported fringe groups. The second phase of the negotiations, dealing with the makeup of UNTAG, the 7,500-man U.N. peace-keeping force that will supervise the transition, is also well along. South Africa has proposed a multiethnic force drawn from eight African countries, Europe, Asia and Latin America that is expected to be acceptable to SWAPO...
Under the plan, a U.N. peacekeeping force of 5,000 troops and a U.N. "transition assistance group" (dubbed Untag) of about 1,000 civilians will help set up the machinery of independence. A special U.N. representative will work with an administrator-general, who will be charged with overseeing the repeal of discriminatory and restrictive laws, the release of political prisoners, and the repatriation of Namibian refugees from Angola...