Editing South West Africa (section)

===Mandate terminated===

There was a protracted struggle between South Africa and forces fighting for independence, particularly after the formation of the South West Africa People's Organisation ([[SWAPO]]) in 1960.

On 27 October 1966, the General Assembly passed resolution 2145 (XXI) which declared the Mandate terminated and that the Republic of South Africa had no further right to administer South West Africa.<ref>UN General Assembly, res n° 2154 (XXI), 17 November 1966. Available at http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/21/ares21.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124233301/https://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/21/ares21.htm |date=2016-01-24 }} [recovered October 1, 2015]</ref> South African control over the territory nevertheless continued despite its illegality under international law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/pcw/98678.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205233840/http://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/pcw/98678.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-02-05|title=The End of Apartheid|date=2009|access-date=5 February 2009|work=Archive: Information released online prior to January 20, 2009|publisher=United States Department of State|quote=South Africa had illegally occupied neighboring Namibia at the end of World War II, and since the mid-1970s, Pretoria had used it as a base to fight the communist party in Angola.}}</ref> In 1971, acting on a request for an Advisory Opinion from the [[United Nations Security Council]], the ICJ ruled that the continued presence of South Africa in Namibia was illegal and that South Africa was under an obligation to withdraw from Namibia immediately. It also ruled that all member states of the United Nations were under an obligation not to recognise as valid any act performed by South Africa on behalf of Namibia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=4&code=nam&case=53&k=a7|title=Cour internationale de Justice {{!}} International Court of Justice|website=www.icj-cij.org|access-date=2017-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908201222/http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=4&code=nam&case=53&k=a7|archive-date=2017-09-08|url-status=live}}</ref>

South West Africa became known as Namibia by the UN when the General Assembly changed the territory's name by Resolution 2372 (XXII) of 12 June 1968.<ref>[http://legal.un.org/repertory/art77/english/rep_supp7_vol5-art77_e_advance.pdf Legal Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172411/http://legal.un.org/repertory/art77/english/rep_supp7_vol5-art77_e_advance.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }}</ref> SWAPO was recognised as representative of the [[Demographics of Namibia|Namibian people]], and gained UN observer status<ref>[http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/NR0/303/35/IMG/NR030335.pdf?OpenElement UNGA Resolution A/RES/31/152] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728144356/http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/NR0/303/35/IMG/NR030335.pdf?OpenElement |date=2011-07-28 }} Observer status for the South West Africa People's Organisation</ref> when the territory of South West Africa was already removed from the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories|list of non-self-governing territories]].

In 1977, South Africa transferred control of [[Walvis Bay]] back to the [[Cape Province]], thereby making it an [[exclave]].<ref>
''The Green and the dry wood: The Roman Catholic Church (Vicariate of Windhoek) and the Namibian socio-political situation, 1971–1981'', Oblates of Mary Immaculate, 1983, [https://books.google.com/books?id=tj8vAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6 page 6] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718083906/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tj8vAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6 |date=2018-07-18 }}
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