In 1985 , the United Nations ' `` Whitaker Report '' classified the aftermath as an attempt to exterminate the Herero and Nama peoples of South-West Africa , and therefore one of the earliest attempts at genocide in the 20th century .
In 1985 , the United Nations ' Whitaker Report classified the aftermath as an attempt to exterminate the Herero and Nama peoples of South-West Africa , and therefore one of the earliest attempts at genocide in the 20th century .