Editing History of Namibia (section)

===International pressure===
In 1977, the [[Western Contact Group]] (WCG) was formed including Canada, France, [[West Germany]], the United Kingdom, and the United States. They launched a joint diplomatic effort to bring an internationally acceptable transition to independence for Namibia. The WCG's efforts led to the presentation in 1978 of Security Council Resolution 435 for settling the Namibian problem. The ''settlement proposal'', as it became known, was worked out after lengthy consultations with South Africa, the [[front-line states]] ([[Angola]], [[Botswana]], [[Mozambique]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], and [[Zimbabwe]]), SWAPO, UN officials, and the Western Contact Group. It called for the holding of elections in Namibia under UN supervision and control, the cessation of all hostile acts by all parties, and restrictions on the activities of South African and Namibian military, paramilitary, and police.

South Africa agreed to cooperate in achieving the implementation of Resolution 435. Nonetheless, in December 1978, in defiance of the UN proposal, it unilaterally held [[South West African legislative election, 1978|elections]], which were boycotted by SWAPO and a few other political parties. South Africa continued to administer Namibia through its installed multiracial coalitions and an appointed [[List of colonial governors of South West Africa|Administrator-General]]. Negotiations after 1978 focused on issues such as supervision of elections connected with the implementation of the ''settlement proposal''.