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Date(s)
- 1946 - 1992 (Creation)
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Fonds
Extent and medium
Size/Number of Items/Parts: 478 boxes, No. of Boxes: 478
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Name of creator
Administrative history
UNTAG was established in accordance with resolution 632 (1989) of 16 February 1989, to assist the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to ensure the early independence of Namibia through free and fair elections under the supervision and control of the United Nations. UNTAG was also to help the Special Representative to ensure that: all hostile acts were ended; troops were confined to base, and, in the case of the South Africans, ultimately withdrawn from Namibia; all discriminatory laws were repealed, political prisoners were released, Namibian refugees were permitted to return, intimidation of any kind was prevented, law and order were impartially maintained.
Independent Namibia joined the United Nations in April 1990.
Archival history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of the following Series:
S-1050 Military Component
S-1040 Civilian Component
S-0602 Commission for Namibia Records
S-0529 Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG)
S-0308 Subject Files - UNTAG
S-0307 Cables
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