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Title: | A deal for southern Africa? |
Author: | Spence, J.E. |
Year: | 1989 |
Periodical: | The World Today: Chatham House Review |
Volume: | 45 |
Issue: | 5 |
Pages: | 80-83 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Angola South Africa Namibia |
Subjects: | international agreements 1988 |
Abstract: | The signing of the Angola-Namibia Accords on 22 December 1988 in New York ended 13 years of bitter conflict in southern Africa. Briefly, the Accords incorporated: first, an agreement between Cuba, Angola and South Africa on a timetable for Namibian independence following the implementation of UNO Security Council Resolution 435 (1978) from 1 April 1989 under the supervision of a UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG). This body will be responsible for monitoring South African withdrawal, policing the ceasefire in Namibia, and supervising the elections to a Constituent Assembly to be held on 1 November 1989. A second agreement signed by Cuba and Angola provides for the phased withdrawal of Cuban soldiers from Angola. The real impact of the Accords on the region's future is that their agreement has produced a mood of optimism throughout South Africa. But the task of translating that optimism into concrete achievement will require massive reserves of diplomatic skill and political commitment by all the relevant parties. Notes. ref. |