United Nations Security Council Resolution 435 Explained

Number:	435
Organ:	SC
Date:	29 September
Year:	1978
Meeting:	2,087
Code:	S/RES/435
Document:	https://undocs.org/S/RES/435(1978)
For:	12
Abstention:	2
Against:	0
Subject:	Namibia
Result:	Adopted

United Nations Security Council Resolution 435, adopted on September 29, 1978, put forward proposals for a cease-fire and UN-supervised elections in South African-controlled South West Africa which ultimately led to the independence of Namibia. Importantly, it established the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) which oversaw the election and the South African withdrawal.The resolution was adopted by 12 votes to none; Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union abstained while the People's Republic of China did not participate in the vote.

On December 22, 1988, South Africa agreed to implement the resolution upon its signature of the Tripartite Accord at the United Nations in New York. The Accord concluded an agreement on independence for Namibia, and the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola, and was signed by Angola, Cuba and South Africa.^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

• Angolan Civil War
• History of Namibia
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 401 to 500 (1976–1982)
• South African Border War
• United Nations Commissioner for Namibia
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 264

External links

• • Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
• Reprint of "Namibian Voters Deny Total Power to SWAPO" by Michael Johns, The Wall Street Journal, November 19, 1989.

Notes and References

1. News: Angola and Namibia Accords Signed. Lewis, Paul. December 23, 1988. October 22, 2019. The New York Times.
2. News: Substantive Agreement Concluded On Angola and a Free Namibia. Wren, Christopher. December 14, 1988. October 22, 2019. The New York Times.
3. Book: Wellens, Karen. T.M.C. Asser Instituut. T.M.C. Asser Instituut. Resolutions and statements of the United Nations Security Council (1946–1989): a thematic guide. BRILL. 1990. 200. 978-0-7923-0796-9.