United Nations Transition Assistance Group

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The United Nations Transition Assistance Group was a UN peacekeeping mission established to oversee Namibia’s transition to independence from South African rule.

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Label Occurrences
United Nations Transition Assistance Group canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UN special political mission ⓘ
United Nations peacekeeping mission ⓘ
abbreviation UNTAG ⓘ
authorizedBy United Nations Security Council ⓘ
authorizedByResolution United Nations Security Council Resolution 435 ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 632 ⓘ
component civilian component ⓘ
civilian police component ⓘ
military component ⓘ
countryServed Namibia ⓘ
dateEstablished 1989-04-01 ⓘ
electionMonitored 1989 Namibian Constituent Assembly election ⓘ
endDate 1990-03-21 ⓘ
headOfMission Martti Ahtisaari ⓘ
headOfMissionTitle Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Namibia ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Cold War ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
involvedParty South Africa ⓘ
South West Africa People’s Organization ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
legalBasis United Nations Security Council resolutions on Namibia ⓘ
locationHeadquarters Windhoek ⓘ
mandate to assist in the organization and conduct of free and fair elections in Namibia ⓘ
to ensure the release of political prisoners in Namibia ⓘ
to facilitate the return of Namibian refugees ⓘ
to monitor the ceasefire between South African forces and SWAPO ⓘ
to monitor the impartiality of the South African–appointed administration in Namibia during the transition ⓘ
to monitor the withdrawal of South African forces from Namibia ⓘ
to supervise the peace process leading to Namibian independence ⓘ
notableFor overseeing the final implementation of the UN plan for Namibian independence ⓘ
notableLeader Martti Ahtisaari ⓘ
operationalArea Namibia ⓘ
parentOrganization United Nations ⓘ
peacekeepingType multidimensional peacekeeping operation ⓘ
peaceProcessName UN plan for the independence of Namibia ⓘ
predecessorAdministration South African administration of South West Africa ⓘ
purpose to oversee Namibia’s transition to independence from South African rule ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
relatedConflict South African Border War ⓘ
relatedProcess Namibian War of Independence settlement ⓘ
reportsTo United Nations Secretary-General ⓘ
result conduct of UN-supervised elections in Namibia in November 1989 ⓘ
independence of Namibia ⓘ
startDate 1989-04-01 ⓘ
status completed mission ⓘ
successorState Republic of Namibia ⓘ
linked to: Namibia
supervisingBody United Nations Security Council ⓘ
territoryNameAtTime South West Africa ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South African Border War → supervisedBy → United Nations Transition Assistance Group ⓘ
UN Commissioner for Namibia → relatedTo → United Nations Transition Assistance Group ⓘ