Complex sentence: In July of 1989, Brownstone was appointed spokesperson/coordinator of the Canadian Council on International Cooperation mission to Namibia in order to prepare for the first democratic elections following the withdraw of South African troops at the end of the Namibian War of Independence.
Split into simpler sentences: In July of 1989, Brownstone was appointed spokesperson/coordinator of the Canadian Council on International Cooperation mission to Namibia. The goal of the mission was to prepare for the first democratic elections following the withdraw of South African troops at the end of the Namibian War of Independence.