Sources: Namibia
Every source cited on this case’s published pages, with where it is used. Organisation and government sources are labelled as perspectives.
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12 sources. A working link shows that a source is available; it is not proof that the source supports a claim — that is checked by editorial evidence review.
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Reference work · Independent publication
1989 Namibian Constituent Assembly election (Wikipedia) link
General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, giving the November 1989 Constituent Assembly election results by party: SWAPO 57.33% of the vote and 41 of 72 seats, the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) 21 seats, and other parties the remainder; a direct primary UN document giving this exact percentage breakdown was not found in this research pass.
Cited on: Namibia, History: Namibia · Source record
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NGO or research institute report · Independent publication
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), The historic contribution of the United Nations to the resolution of conflicts in Southern Africa (ACCORD) link
Independent account of the UN's role in Namibian decolonisation; used only to corroborate the 21 March 1990 independence date from a second, independent source.
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Reference work · Independent publication
Constitution of Namibia (Wikipedia) link
General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, giving 9 February 1990 as the date the Constituent Assembly adopted Namibia's constitution without opposition, and 21 March 1990 as the date it entered into force at independence.
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Reference work · Independent publication
South African Border War (Wikipedia) link
General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on the 1966-1989 SWAPO insurgency and South African counter-insurgency campaign, citing disputed casualty figures including roughly 2,365-2,500 SADF dead (or approximately 11,335 total SADF casualties by one tally) and SWAPO/PLAN losses variously cited between about 2,016 and 5,000 dead, a range that overlaps with and is not cleanly separable from Angolan Civil War casualties.
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Reference work · Independent publication
South West Africa (Wikipedia) link
General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on South Africa's League of Nations mandate over South West Africa (granted 17 December 1920), its refusal of UN Trusteeship after 1945, and the International Court of Justice's 1950 advisory opinion, 1966 South West Africa cases, and 1971 advisory opinion declaring South Africa's continued occupation illegal.
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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation
United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly resolution S-18/1: Admission of the Republic of Namibia to membership in the United Nations (United Nations, 23 April 1990) link
Records the decision to admit the Republic of Namibia, taken at the 1st plenary meeting of the General Assembly's eighteenth special session, 23 April 1990.
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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation
United Nations Peacekeeping, UNTAG (United Nations Transition Assistance Group) fact sheet (United Nations) link
UN Peacekeeping's own account of UNTAG, including the 1 April 1989 start of implementation, the 7–11 November 1989 election with turnout above 97%, and the independence ceremony shortly after midnight on 21 March 1990.
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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation
United Nations Security Council, Security Council resolution 435 (1978) (United Nations, 29 September 1978) link
Approves the UN settlement plan for Namibia and establishes the UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) with the objective of the withdrawal of South Africa's illegal administration and independence through UN-supervised free elections.
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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation
United Nations Security Council, Security Council resolutions 629 (1989) and 632 (1989) (United Nations, 16 February 1989) link
Resolution 629 (16 January 1989) sets 1 April 1989 as the date implementation of resolution 435 begins; resolution 632 (16 February 1989) decides to implement resolution 435 in its original and definitive form. Both texts appear in this compiled document.
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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation
United Nations Security Council, Security Council resolution 640 (1989) (United Nations, 29 August 1989) link
Records concern over non-compliance with resolution 435, demands the disbandment of paramilitary units including Koevoet, and reaffirms commitment to free and fair elections.
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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation
United Nations Security Council, Security Council resolution 643 (1989) and related decisions (United Nations, 31 October 1989) link
The resolution itself (31 October 1989) demands compliance ahead of the election; the same compiled document includes the Security Council President's statement of 20 November 1989 welcoming the successful conclusion of the Constituent Assembly election, certified free and fair by the Secretary-General's Special Representative.
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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation
United Nations Security Council, Security Council resolution 652 (1990) (United Nations, 17 April 1990) link
Recommends Namibia's admission to UN membership, adopted unanimously on 17 April 1990.
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