| Original Headline: Administration. UNO. Ankunft auf dem Flughafen Windhoek im Mai 1962 |
| Remarks: The Trusteeship Committee required that South Africa revoke all apartheid laws that applied in South West Africa and it appointed a seven-nation committee to investigate conditions. In 1960 Liberia and Ethiopia applied to the International Court of Justice at The Hague, the World Court, for binding judgment against South Africa. The South African government invited the chairman and secretary of the seven-nation committee, Victorio Carpio of the Philippines and Dr Martinez de Alva of Mexico respectively, to visit the territory. They arrived in 1962 and while they were in South Africa they issued a report favourable to it., After leaving the country they brought out another report affirming that apartheid was being rigorously enforced in South West Africa and stating that South Africa did not intend to abandon its policies, and was not preparing the people of South West Africa for independence. Carpio repudiated the first report. At the time, Carpio and De Alva lost credibility, not only because the two reports seemed contradictory, but also because the South West African case was sub judice at The Hague. However, with the publication of the Odendaal Report in 1964, the substance of the second report was proved correct. |
| Date: May 1962 |
| Remarks on Dating: From cover |
| Persons on image: Carpio, Victorio, De Alva, Martinez, Van der Wath, J.G.H., Viljoen, Daniel du P. (Daan) |
| Organisations: United Nations Organisation |
| Photographer: Ottilie Nitzsche-Reiter |
| Colour: BW |
| File format: Electronic image |
| Copyright holder: NAN |
| Acknowledge: NAN |
| Contributing institution: Namibia University of Science and Technology |
| Custody: NAN |
| Local keywords: United Nations, Negotiations, United Nations resolutions, Independence, Petitions |
| Buildings: Airport |
| Photo No: ADMI 2-62 |
| Version: 4x6 cm negative |
| Type: Electronic image |
| Source: 4x6 cm |
| Date digitised: October 2010 |
| Collection name: ONR Collection |
| Date added: 10-21-2010 |
| Data capturer: RM |
| Metadata entry tool: ISIS |
| Digitisation specs: JPEG for display. Archives TIFF image was scanned at 1200 dpi with Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner. 16 bit grey. 4x6 cm negative |
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