Statement on the International Court's Opinion holding South Africa's administration of Namibia illegal and calling on the Republic to withdraw from the territory. The statement says the American Committee on Africa welcomes the decision the Court's opinion holding South Africa's administration of Namibia illegal and calling on the Republic to withdraw from the territory. The Committee notes that the Court has ruled on those fundamental issues which it avoided in the 1966 proceedings brought against South Africa by Liberia and Ethiopia. The statement urges the Security Council to convene as soon as possible to implement the Court's ruling that States refrain from entering...
Statement on the International Court's Opinion holding South Africa's administration of Namibia illegal and calling on the Republic to withdraw from the territory. The statement says the American Committee on Africa welcomes the decision the Court's opinion holding South Africa's administration of Namibia illegal and calling on the Republic to withdraw from the territory. The Committee notes that the Court has ruled on those fundamental issues which it avoided in the 1966 proceedings brought against South Africa by Liberia and Ethiopia. The statement urges the Security Council to convene as soon as possible to implement the Court's ruling that States refrain from entering into diplomatic, economic, or other relations with South Africa which entrench its authority over Namibia. The statement calls on the American government to support steps designed to implement the Court's ruling, including recognition of its responsibility to prevent private investment in Namibia, and not merely to verbally "discourage investment" as is present policy.
