Contents: Legal Status of Namibia • Creation of the mandate • Revocation of the mandate • Advisory Opinion (1971) • United States Policy towards Namibia • Note on the Terrorism Act • Recommendations • Embassy interest in Namibian events • Choice of embassy personnel • Military, police liaison • Redefinition of "arms"; chemical warfare • Treatment of freedom fighters • Political refugees • Invalidity of South African acts relating to Namibia • The testimony annex describes Namibia's unique history in international law. It discusses white settlement, the Basters, Rehoboth, Walvis Bay, the Congress of Berlin, the...
Contents: Legal Status of Namibia • Creation of the mandate • Revocation of the mandate • Advisory Opinion (1971) • United States Policy towards Namibia • Note on the Terrorism Act • Recommendations • Embassy interest in Namibian events • Choice of embassy personnel • Military, police liaison • Redefinition of "arms"; chemical warfare • Treatment of freedom fighters • Political refugees • Invalidity of South African acts relating to Namibia • The testimony annex describes Namibia's unique history in international law. It discusses white settlement, the Basters, Rehoboth, Walvis Bay, the Congress of Berlin, the Second World War, the United Nations Trusteeship system, the League of Nations, the UN General Assembly, annexation, the International Court of Justice, Germany, Ethiopia, Liberia, the Council for South West Africa, the Council for Namibia, the Security Council, apartheid, racism, repression, Ambassador Yost, U.S. investment, Ambassador Bush, the general strike in Namibia, Security Council resolution 310 (1972), nationals, corporations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, economic sanctions, the State Department, the OAU (Organization of African Unity), SWAPO (South West African People's Organization), international pressure, dialog, the South African Parliament, law and order, UNICEF, Dr. Ellsberg, the Suppression of Communism Act, South African troops, anti-guerrilla warfare, NATO, the South African arms embargo, the sale of executive jets, military use, the Caprivi Strip, napalm, defoliants, the Chemical Warfare Prevention Bill of 1973 (H.R. 8574), legislation, prisoner of war status, the Geneva Convention, asylum, judgments of South African or Namibian courts, Namibian bills of lading, government bonds, American government officials, Namibian concessions, and Namibian products.
