geonet%gn@cdp.uucp (10/08/89)
NAMIBIA: UNTAG MEETS SWAPOL ON DEMOBILIZATION
Windhoek, 4 Oct.89 (NAMPA)-- The UNTAG police chief, Steven Fanning and the
deputy force Commander, Brigadier Daniel Opande, travelled this morning to
Oshakati to discuss practical aspects of the demobilization of the
counter-insurgency unit Koevoet with senior South African police officials
including General Dolf Gouws and Major Piet Fouche.
The UNTAG chief spokesman, Fred Eckhard told a media briefing today that the
visit to Oshakati, northern Namibia, follows a meeting yesterday at which
complete agreement was reached between UNTAG and the South West African Police
(SWAPOL) on the detailed proposals for the modalities of demobilization
including provision with the identification of those demobilized and the
inventorying of weapons, vehicles and other equipment.
Demobilization of the Koevoet took place on Saturday (30 Sept.89), but
according to Eckhard, the problem was that there were no proper procedures for
UNTAG to be able to verify the process..
Eckhard said that Saturday's verification consisted of a head count which came
up with a figure of 930 individuals out of the 1200. UN Security Council
Resolution 435 of calls for the formal disbandment of Koevoet by the last day
on September.
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