S/PV.2882 Security Council

I shall now put to the vote the revised draft resolution contained in document S/20808/Rev.l- A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Algeria, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Ethiopiar Finland, France, Malaysia, Nepal, Senegal, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Yugoslavia

There were 15 votes in favour. The revised draft resolution has therefore been adopted unanimously as resolution 640 (1989). I shall now call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements following the vote. international efforts on behalf of Namibia have been focused in the United Nations. These efforts produced resolution 435 (19781, in which the Council agreed on a plan for an internationally supervised transition to full independence for Namibia through free -and fair elections. Since the adoption of that resolution , members of the Security Council have worked closely and constructively on this issue. Numerous resolutions have re-emphasized our will to resolve the Namibian situation through a peaceful transition. The United Nations settlement plan, first laid out in 1978 and approved in resolution 435 (1978), has been the sole agreed format accepted by all the parties. All efforts since that date have been to bring the United Nations plan to fruition. Many of the speakers in this debate have mentioned problems in implementation of the settlement. We all knew this road would be a difficult one. We have successfully averted a number of problems since the first day of implementation. We will all need to continue to work together to help resolve future problems should they arise. Unless we co-operate, some of them may prove irresolvable. Past experience has shown that the combined , unanimous will of the international community will prevail on Namibia's behalf. The United States has worked closely with other members of the Council, with other members of the United Nations and with interested parties in Namibia itself to bring the current debate to a successful conclusion. We have done so in the, belief that the success of the Namibia settlement depends in large measure on the unity and cohesiveness of the Security Council on this issue. We are therefore pleased to be able ,to join in the unanimous adoption of the present resolution, which truly represents a compromise among several strongly held ,' positions about Namibia. We note in this context that it is our understanding based on recent consultations that, in accordance.with past practice, any decision on actual deployment of additional civilian personnel for the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) will be taken by the Secretary-General in appropriate consultation w'ith the Council, as was done as recently as in May of 1989. We join this compromise in the belief that unity in support of the Secretary-General and UNTAG is the key to their success.

There are no further speakers for this meeting. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The meeting rose at 4.20 p.m.