United Nations Security Council Resolution 366

United Nations Security Council Resolution 366[1] was adopted unanimously on December 17, 1974, after its previous resolutions and General Assembly Resolution 2145 which terminated South Africa's Mandate over Namibia. The Security Council was concerned with South Africa's continued occupation of the territory and its brutal repression of its people.

UN Security Council Resolution 366
Location of South West Africa (now Namibia)
Date	17 December 1974
Meeting no.	1,811
Code	S/RES/366 (Document)
Subject	Namibia
Voting summary	15 voted for None voted against None abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  United Kingdom  United States  Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Australia  Austria  Byelorussian SSR  Cameroon  Costa Rica  Indonesia Iraq  Kenya  Mauritania  Peru

The Council condemned South Africa's continued occupation of the land and its illegal application of South African discriminatory laws in Namibia and demanded that South Africa make some declaration that it would comply with international law. The Resolution demanded that South Africa make the necessary steps to effect the withdrawal and release political prisoners from Namibia as well as abolishing the application of racially discriminatory laws and practices.[2]

See also

• History of Namibia
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 301 to 400 (1971–1976)
• Namibia – South Africa relations
• South West Africa

References

1. "Security Council Resolution 366 - UNSCR". unscr.com. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
2. "African Activist Archive". africanactivist.msu.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-19.

• "Security Council Resolution 366 - UNSCR". unscr.com. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 366 at Wikisource