The World - News from Aug. 30, 1989
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The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution criticizing South Africa for failing to fully cooperate with U.N. monitors overseeing the independence plan for Namibia. South Africa insists that it is complying with the one-year U.N. plan to end its 74-year rule of Namibia. The resolution demands the disbanding of a notorious paramilitary police unit called Koevoet, and it demands that all parties, “particularly South Africa,” comply with the plan.
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