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Title:United Nations Observer Mission in South Africa (UNOMSA): Security Council resolutions 772 (1992)and 894 (1994) and the South African transition: preventive diplomacy and peace-keeping
Author:Ndulo, MunaISNI
Year:1995
Periodical:African Yearbook of International Law
Volume:3
Pages:205-238
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:UN
election monitoring
Abstract:Resolutions 772 (1992) and 894 (1994) were adopted by the United Nations Security Council to assist the people of South Africa in their transition from apartheid to a nonracial, democratic society and to help them stem the political violence and conflict that plagued the country. The UN Observer Mission in South Africa (UNOMSA) represented the first stage of peace-keeping. It sought to identify at the earliest possible stage situations that could lead to conflict and tried to remove the sources of danger before violence erupted. It also engaged in institutional building in order to support and strengthen the peace structures set up under the National Peace Accord adopted on 14 September 1991. UNOMSA's mandate was expanded by resolution 894 to include election observance. At the same time UNOMSA continued its peace-building activities related to the reduction of violence. As the electoral period progressed, observers expanded their work to include electoral assistance and extended their network of contacts to include the Monitoring Directorate of the Independent Electoral Commission. UN involvement in South Africa was successful because UNOMSA was able to work with a flexible mandate, the international community was united in its views on South Africa and on the objectives of UNOMSA, and, above all, the overwhelming majority of South Africans wanted to achieve a peaceful transition. Notes, ref.
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