UN General Assembly
1982

worst defiance of international opinion as South Africa has employed one subterfuge after another to delay the attainment of independence by the people of Namibia. We are heartened by the fact that progress has been made on this issue in recent months, but we find it highly disturbing that the withdrawal of South African troops from Namibia is being linked with the withdrawal of Cuban troops from the People's Republic of Angola. No one can question the right of any sovereign State to determine its internal affairs, including its sovereign right to seek technical and military assistance from any friendly country. The presence of Cuban personnel in Angola is an extraneous issue which should not delay Namibia's independence. In any case, it has always been our stand that South Africa will delay the independence of Namibia until such time as it may get a Government amenable to dictates. One of the ploys it is using to delay Namibia's independence is setting conditions such as the present one. That condition is unnecessary and uncalled for, and it negates the