UN General Assembly
1982

Namibian people is to achieve self- determination and independence being firmly set. In this connection my delegation would like to reaffirm the conviction of the Government of Rwanda that the United Nations plan for Namibia remains the only realistic framework for any initiative pertaining to the future of the Namibian people. That is why the five Western countries that make up the contact group cannot bow out without betraying the hopes and desires that the overwhelming majority of the international community have for Namibia. That is why those countries should be encouraged to show greater determination, willingness and commitment to compel South Africa to agree to strict implementation of Security Council resolution 435 (1978). The right of the Namibian people to self-determination and independence should not, under any circumstance or any pretext, be sacrificed to the selfish interests of certain States Members of the United Nations, States which, deaf to the repeated appeals of the international community, happily continue their collaboration with the Pretoria regime in economic, military and other matters.