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UN Security Council
Resolution 435 |
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| Date: | 29 September 1978 |
| Meeting no.: | 2,087 |
| Code: | S/RES/435 (Document) |
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| Vote: | For: 12 Abs.: 2 Against: 0 |
| Subject: | Namibia |
| Result: | Adopted |
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| Security Council composition in 1978: | |
| permanent members: | |
| non-permanent members: | |
| BOL CAN FRG GAB IND | |
| KUW MTN NGR TCH VEN | |
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| Location of Namibia | |
| International opposition to apartheid in South Africa |
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| Campaigns |
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Academic boycott · Sporting boycott |
| Instruments and legislation |
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UN Resolution 1761 (1962) |
| Organisations |
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Anti-Apartheid Movement |
| Conferences |
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1964 Conference for Economic Sanctions |
| UN Security Council Resolutions |
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Resolution 181 · Resolution 191 |
| Other aspects |
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Elimination of Racism Day |
United Nations Security Council Resolution 435, adopted on September 29, 1978, put forward proposals for a cease-fire and UN-supervised elections in South African-controlled South-West Africa which ultimately led to the independence of Namibia. Importantly, it established the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) which oversaw the election and the South African withdrawal.
The resolution was adopted by 12 votes to none; Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union abstained while the People's Republic of China did not participate in the vote.
One of the subsequent shortcomings of the resolution was that it did not mention the paramilitary Koevoet force, which came into being after the resolution was passed. This unit, which was considered a stumbling block for free elections in Namibia, was eventually disbanded on October 31, 1989 — the last possible day before the November election.
On December 22, 1988, South Africa agreed to implement the resolution upon its signature of the Tripartite Accord at UN headquarters in New York.[1]
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