[misc.headlines.unitex] STATEMENT BY SECRETARY-GENERAL: ASSASSINATION OF A SWAPO

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STATEMENT BY SECRETARY-GENERAL: ASSASSINATION OF A SWAPO
     Posting Date: 09/14/89      Source: UNITEX Network, Hoboken, NJ, USA

     OFFICIAL
     UN PRESS RELEASE:

     Following is the text of a statement issued by a spokeswoman of
     the Secretary-General:

     The Secretary-General has learned with deep shock of the
     assassination in Windhoek today of a senior official in SWAPO,
     Anton Lubowski.  The Secretary- General condemns this act
     perpetrated against a senior political figure in Namibia as the
     election campaign there gathers momentum.

     The Secretary-General appeals in the strongest terms to all
     those concerned to desist from any action that might further
     exacerbate the situation.  He urges the Administrator-General,
     in the exercise of his primary responsibility for the
     maintenance of law and order in the Territory, to do everything
     possible to ensure the safety and security of the leaders of all
     political parties.

     The Secretary-General notes with satisfaction that nine political
     parties in Namibia today signed and adopted a code of conduct to
     which they will adhere during the present election campaign.  He
     trusts that the spirit which prompted the adoption of this code
     of conduct will prevail in the period ahead

     The Secretary-General remains fully determined to carry out the
     tasks assigned to him in supervising and controlling free and
     fair elections in Namibia this November.

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