United Nations
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Security Council Resolution 276, adopted on January 30, 1970, after reaffirming previous resolutions and statements, the Council condemned
South Africa's continued occupation of
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...
as illegal and decided to establish an ad hoc sub-committee to study the ways and means by which the Council's resolutions could be implemented. The Council requested all states and organizations give the sub-committee all the information and other assistance it may require and further requested the
Secretary-General
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to give every assistance to the sub-committee.
The Council decided to resume consideration of the question of Namibia as soon as the recommendations of the sub-committee have been made available.
The resolution was adopted with 13 votes;
France
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and the
United Kingdom
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abstained.
An
advisory opinion
An advisory opinion of a court or other government authority, such as an election commission, is a decision or opinion of the body but which is non-binding in law and does not have the effect of adjudicating a specific legal case, but which merely ...
concerning Resolution 276, issued on 21 June 1971 by the
International Court of Justice
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(I.C.J),
ICJ Case 53
/ref> gave rise to the term Namibia exception
The Namibia exception identifies the advisory opinion issued on 21 June 1971 by the International Court of Justice (I.C.J), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). The opinion refers to the "Legal Consequences for States of the Con ...
.
See also
* History of Namibia
The history of Namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colony, colonised in the late nineteenth century to Namibia's independence on 21 March 1990.
From 1884, Namibia was a German colony: German South West Africa. After th ...
* (1965–1971)
* South West Africa
South West Africa was a territory under Union of South Africa, South African administration from 1915 to 1990. Renamed ''Namibia'' by the United Nations in 1968, Independence of Namibia, it became independent under this name on 21 March 1990. ...
References
Sources
Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
External links
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