US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
… that followed, South Africa ignored repeated calls to turn Namibia over to majority rule. In 1966, the General Assembly … culminated in a United Nations resolution to supervise Namibia's transition to independence. Then, without warning, … South Africa to accept U.N.-supervised elections in Namibia. Finally in 1988, South Africa agreed to give up …