page_title: Foreign relations of Namibia
section_title: United Nations
hierarchical_section_title: Foreign relations of Namibia / International organizations / United Nations
caption_attribution_description: Português: Brasília - O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recebe carta credencial do novo embaixador da República da Namíbia, Hopelong Ushona Ipinge, no Palácio do Planalto.
context_page_description: Namibia follows a largely independent foreign policy, with strong affiliations with states that aided the independence struggle, including Libya and Cuba.
  In Africa, Namibia has been involved in conflicts in neighbouring Angola as well as Democratic Republic of the Congo.
context_section_description: Namibia became the 160th member of the United Nations on 23 April 1990 upon independence.
caption: Namibian ambassador to Brazil, Hopelong Ushona Ipinge (left) with President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at Palácio do Planalto, Brasília in 2006
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