Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 160
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 2248 (S-V) of 19 May 1967, by which
it established the United Nations Council for South West Africa
as the legal Administering Authority for the Territory until independence,
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Recalling also its resolution 2679 (XXV) of 9 December
1970, by which it established the United Nations Fund for Namibia
and its resolution 3112 (XXVIII) of 12 December 1973, by which
it appointed the United Nations Council for Namibia trustee of
the United Nations Fund for Namibia,
Recalling further its resolution S-18/1 of 23 April 1990,
by which it admitted the Republic of Namibia to membership in
the United Nations,
Recalling its resolution 44/243 A of 11 September 1990,
in which it decided that the United Nations Council for Namibia,
having fulfilled the important mandate entrusted to it by the
General Assembly in its resolution 2248 (S-V) relating to the
Territory, was to be dissolved, and in which it requested the
Secretary-General immediately to arrange, in consultation with
the Government of Namibia, to coordinate the transfer to the Government
of Namibia of the programmes, activities and assets of the United
Nations Council for Namibia, including archival collections consisting
of, inter alia, major resolutions and decisions of the United
Nations on the question of Namibia and other relevant documents
and official correspondence, as well as, in particular, those
relating to the implementation of Decree No. 1 for the Protection
of the Natural Resources of Namibia 2/ and to the accession to
international conventions and representation of Namibia in specialized
agencies of the United Nations and intergovernmental organizations,
Recalling also its resolution 44/243 B, of 11 September
1990, in which it decided that the United Nations Fund for Namibia
should continue to operate in order to ensure the orderly completion
of all programmes and activities currently financed from it and
as set forth in annex II of the resolution and that a report in
that respect should be made to the General Assembly at an appropriate
time, and also decided that the United Nations Institute for Namibia,
having fulfilled its mandate to provide substantive support in
its areas of competence in the struggle for freedom of the Namibians
and the establishment of an independent Namibia and in view of
the critical financial difficulties it was experiencing, should
cease its operations on 30 September 1990,
1. Takes note of the report of the Trust Committee for
the United Nations Fund for Namibia; 3/
2. Decides that the one student remaining under the United
Nations Fund for Namibia shall be transferred for administration
purposes with the necessary funds until completion of his programme
in 1996 to the United Nations Educational and Training Programme
for Southern Africa, administered by the Department for Development
Support and Management Services of the Secretariat;
3. Decides also that, since the activities of the United
Nations Fund for Namibia financed under the three accounts --
Nationhood Programme Account, General Account and United Nations
Institute for Namibia Account -- have been completed, the three
accounts of the Fund shall be closed and the assets transferred
to the Government of Namibia to be utilized for the purpose for
which they were given, namely, the education of Namibians;
4. Decides further that the Trust Committee for the United
Nations Fund for Namibia, having completed its mandate, is hereby
dissolved.
92nd plenary meeting
19 December 1994
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1/ By its resolution 2372 (XXII) of 12 June 1968, the General
Assembly proclaimed that South West Africa should thenceforth
be known as "Namibia" and decided that the United Nations
Council for South West Africa should be called "United Nations
Council for Namibia".
2/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fifth Session,
Supplement No. 24 (A/35/24), vol. I, annex II.
3/ A/49/782.