UN General Assembly
1982

thwart any progress in the negotiations to implement Security Council resolution 435 (1978). 230. South Africa has clearly demonstrated that it is prepared to use every maneuver, and to exploit every opportunity to employ force, to undercut all efforts towards a negotiated settlement leading to the establishment of an independent Namibia. 231. The most expeditious means to bring about Namibian independence is contained in the Arusha Declaration and Programme of Action on Namibia adopted by the United Nations Council for Namibia in May this year. It urged the Western contact group to accept SWAPO's constructive proposal for the early implementation of the United Nations plan and to exert firm and genuine pressure on South Africa. In this regard, my delegation will firmly oppose any effort by South Africa to impose any fraudulent electoral, constitutional or political schemes, and any pretext to link the solution of the Namibian problem to any other issue that would be in contravention of resolution 433 (1978), all of which are designed to perpetuate South Africa's domination of the Territory. Furthermore, at the