AHG/Res. 125 (XX)
RESOLUTION ON NAMIBIA
The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African
Unity, meeting in its Twentieth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 12 –
15 November, 1984,
Having considered the report of the OAU Liberation Committee,
Reaffirming all its previous resolutions and decisions of the OAU on Namibia
particularly the Arusha Plan of Action for the intensification of the struggle,
Reaffirming the legal responsibility of the United Nations over Namibia and the
central role of the United Nations Secretary-General for securing the speedy
implementation of Security Council Resolutions 385 (1976) and 435 (1978),
Recalling the principles contained in its Declaration on Southern Africa adopted
on 15 November 1984,
Noting with satisfaction continuing worldwide solidarity activities organized, in
co-operation with the UN Council for Namibia and SWAPO, by the non-governmental
organizations in commemoration of “A Century of Heroic Struggle by the Namibian
people against Colonialism,”
Welcoming the Final Communiqué adopted by the Meeting of Ministers of NonAligned Countries, held in New York from 1 to 5 October, 1984, particularly the
decision taken to convene an Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting of the Co-ordinating
Bureau on the Question of Namibia by not later than April 1985,
Strongly opposed to the reprehensible insistence of “linkage” and “parallelism”
by racist South Africa and the US Administration which continue to obstruct the
implementation of Security Council Resolution 435 (1978),
Reiterating its firm commitment to genuine independence of a United Namibia
and solidarity with and support for the struggle of the Namibian people under the
leadership of SWAPO, their sole and authentic representative: