UN General Assembly
1978

63. We believe that the freedom of Namibia represents a commitment the United Nations cannot shirk. Hence the Government of Panama attaches major importance to the report of the Secretary-General submitted to the Security Council on 29 August 1978 which contains the outline of a plan for the speedy achievement of independence for Namibia by means of free elections to be held under the supervision and control of the United Nations m accordance with the plan proposed for this purpose by the five Western members of the Security Council. Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, United Kingdom and the United States [S/12636] relating to a settlement of the situation in Namibia, a plan already endorsed by the Council in its resolution. 64. The international community has followed with deep concern deliberations and consultations engaged in by the Secretary-General, the President of the Security Council, SWAPO, the five Western members of the Council who have sponsored the independence plan, the front-line African countries and the spokesmen of the group of African States as a whole.