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INFO : UN MISSIONS NEW YORK-GENEVA
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13.09.88
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PART THREE OF FOUR
OBJET : DRAFT SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENCY AT THE 43RD SESSION OF
UNITED NATIONS
16. IN SOUTHERN AFRICA THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF PROGRESS AFTER YEARS OF SOUTH AFRICAN AGGRESSION AND DESTABILISING
ACTS AGAINST NEIGHBOURING STATES.
THE TWELVE HAVE BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY DECLARED THEIR SUPPORT TO THE EFFORTS CURRENTLY UNDERTAKEN AIMING AT SECURING PEACE FOR ANGOLA AND INDEPENDENCE FOR NAMIBIA ON THE BASIS OF UNSC RESOLUTION 435 (1978). THEY HAVE ALSO WELCOMED AS RECENTLY AS 26 AUGUST IN THEIR STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF NAMIBIA DAY THE ENCOURAGING AGREEMENTS REACHED IN THE QUADRIPARTITE TALKS IN NEW YORK AND GENEVA AS WELL AS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A DATE, 1 NOVEMBER 1988, FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC RESOLUTION 435 UNDER THE CONDITION THAT ANGOLA AND CUBA SUBSCRIBE TO A BILATERAL ACCORD, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A TIMETABLE ACCEPTABLE TO ALL PARTIES FOR THE STAGED
AND TOTAL WITHDRAWAL OF CUBAN TROOPS FROM ANGOLA. THE TWELVE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A RAPID AND SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF THE ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS LEADING TO NAMIBIA'S INDEPENDENCE. THEY EXPRESS THE HOPE THAT THE DIALOGUE INITIATED WILL EASE THE EXISTING TENSIONS AND PAVE THE WAY FOR PEACE, SECURITY, STABILITY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BASED ON RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE ENTIRE REGION.
THE TWELVE REITERATE THEIR STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE EFFORTS OF THE
FRONT LINE STATES AND OTHER SADCC COUNTRIES TO ACHHEVE SECURITY AND ECONOMIC STABILITY.
FURTHERMORE, THE TWELVE REAFFIRM THEIR WILL TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OSLO DECLARATION AND PLAN ON THE PLIGHT OF
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