Legitimization of National Liberation: The United Nations and Southern Africa

1974 ◽  
pp. 209-229
Author(s):  
Yassin El-Ayouty
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
National Liberation ◽  
The United Nations

Legitimization of National Liberation: The United Nations and Southern Africa

1972 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-45
Author(s):  
Yassin El-Ayouty
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
International Aid ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
National Liberation ◽  
General Sense ◽  
The World ◽  
General Assembly Resolution ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
World Organization

In a general sense, legitimization by the United Nations of African wars of national liberation means the recognition by various UN bodies that the struggle against colonialism and apartheid in southern Africa is a legitimate endeavour as far as the purposes and the principles of the UN Charter and other UN declarations are concerned. This international recognition of the African liberation movements is expressed through the offer of international aid and through the invitation of these movements to take part in deliberations at the conferences sponsored by UN agencies. The process of UN legitimization of the African struggle for freedom has been tangibly in the making since December 1960, when the world organization adopted General Assembly Resolution 1514 [XV] - the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries (or the declaration on decolonization).

Office of the Vice President

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 111-111
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Secretary Of State ◽  
The United Nations

Vice President Mondale has been participating extensively in Africa-related foreign policy matters since taking office in January, 1977. The Vice President works closely with Secretary of State Vance and Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young in the development of Africa-related policy recommendations for consideration by the President. The Vice President also participates in meetings with visiting African leaders and monitors political developments in Africa. Finally, at the President’s request, Vice President Mondale met with Prime Minister Vorster of South Africa to explain the new Administration’s policies toward southern Africa. Information on the Vice President’s staff’s involvement in Africa-related matters was requested but not received.

The Breakdown of the Arms Embargo against South Africa

1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
Sean Gervasi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Arms Embargo ◽  
The United Nations

Mr. Chairman, Members of the Subcommittee,As you know, the United Nations Security Council called for an arms embargo against South Africa in 1963. Its objective was to prevent South Africa’s acquiring foreign weapons with which to build a modern military machine. South Africa did not have then, and lacks even now, the capacity to produce sophisticated modern arms economically. The Council reasoned at the time that if South Africa were denied supplies of modern arms it would find it difficult to resist the growing internal demands for dismantling apartheid. Many states saw the arms embargo as the best way to ensure peaceful change in southern Africa. And the call for an embargo was issued with that explicit purpose in mind.

CHILDREN UNDER SIEGE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 84 (5) ◽  
pp. A88-A88
Author(s):  
Student
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Food Production ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Effects Of War

In southern Africa twenty-five children die every hour from the effects of war, not only from the brutality of war itself but also from malnutrition and disease resulting from breakdown of communications and health services and loss of food production. And the plight of children in the region is growing worse, according to a report prepared by experts for the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF.

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