UN General Assembly
1969

in this direction with the plight of the people of Namibia. Thailand has taken a keen interest in this case from the very beginning as its representative served for many years in the five-nation Committee set up by the General Assembly [resolution 449 (V)] to implement an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice in 1950, and was Chairman of the seven-member Committee established by General Assembly resolution 749 (VIII) in 1953. The delegation of Thailand also took an active part in all subsequent United Nations efforts to restore supervision of that unfortunate nation to the United Nations, with the ultimate objective of placing it in the hands of its rightful and sovereign people. We have been gratified by the various United Nations resolutions relating to this matter and the United Nations Council for Namibia established to guide the nation towards full sovereignty and independence. It is with great regret, therefore, that we see this task still unfinished. 110. In the same area, the illegitimate régime of Jan Smith also continues to breathe the air of insubordination in