| Date from | 01 January 1989 |
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| Date to | 31 December 1990 |
| Collection type | Conflict |
| Scope note | Established to assist the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to ensure the early independence of Namibia through free and fair elections under the supervision and control of the United Nations. UNTAG (UNITED NATIONS TRANSITION ASSISTANCE GROUP) was also to help the Special Representative to ensure that: all hostile acts were ended; troops were confined to base, and, in the case of the South Africans, ultimately withdrawn from Namibia; all discriminatory laws were repealed, political prisoners were released, Namibian refugees were permitted to return, intimidation of any kind was prevented, law and order were impartially maintained. Independent Namibia joined the United Nations in April 1990. |