HC Deb 08 February 1989 vol 146 cc736-7W
44. Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Namibia.

79. Mr. Martlew

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Namibia.

Mrs. Chalker

We look forward to implementation of the United Nations plan for the independence of Namibia, which is due to begin on 1 April. The plan provides for free and fair elections in which Namibians will decide their own future.

70. Sir Russell Johnston

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the implementation of the quatrapartite agreement on South African withdrawal from Namibia.

Mrs. Chalker

Implementation of the United Nations plan for the independence of Namibia is due to begin on 1 April.

91. Miss Lestor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has any plans to send observers to oversee the elections in Namibia.

Mrs. Chalker

Implementation of the United Nations plan for Namibian independence is a matter for the United Nations Secretary General. We have agreed to provide the signals unit for UNTAG and would consider sympathetically any requests for us to send observers.

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