A document containing proposals by the Namibia Patriotic Coalition and presented to the Five Western Powers Contact Group for stregthening the cause of peaceful constitutional transition to independence for Namibia. It includes proposals for a poltical settlement, monitoring of elections, release of political detainees, the establishment of a Military and Security Affairs Commission and the future of Walvis Bay
Archive record
Statement presented to the five Western Powers Talks in New York by the delegation of the Namibia Patriotic Coalition

- Origin date
- 13 February 1978
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Statement presented to the five Western Powers Talks in New York by the delegation of the Namibia Patriotic Coalition . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119418
South African History Online (2016) 'Statement presented to the five Western Powers Talks in New York by the delegation of the Namibia Patriotic Coalition ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119418 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).
South African History Online, Statement presented to the five Western Powers Talks in New York by the delegation of the Namibia Patriotic Coalition [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119418, (accessed 25 September 2026).
"Statement presented to the five Western Powers Talks in New York by the delegation of the Namibia Patriotic Coalition ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119418. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Statement presented to the five Western Powers Talks in New York by the delegation of the Namibia Patriotic Coalition ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119418.
Further reading
DISA Archive
Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
Brenda Fassie’s 1997 hit song Vulindlela still raises questions about South Africa as a nation
SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →