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United Nations
During the 1960s, a group called the South West African People’s
Organization (SWAPO) began carrying out
guerrilla
-style raids, fighting
against South Africa for independence. The violence increased, and in
1966, the United Nations finally stepped in to manage the situation. The
first step the United Nations took was to end the South African mandate
on South West Africa and to add the territory to the Non-Self-Governing
Territories list.Then a number of UNmember countries—such as the United
States,Britain,France,Canada,andWest Germany—began pressuring South
Africa toagree tohelpSouthWestAfrica take steps toward self-determination.
South Africa agreed to accept SWAPO as the official representatives
of South West Africa and to begin negotiations with them.
Stone huts in Namibia, used as public toilets.