text: continqent to the United Natioas Transition Assistance Group, A Defence contingentof l-2 eDgineers also went. to Nanibia. Colsideratioa is currently beiag given tofuture New Zealand deveLopment assistance to Namibia. Other 11. fn 1989 ttre Governmetrt nade a fiuancial. contribution to the travel costs of adelegation of South African trad.e unionists who visited New ZeaLand. The Government also hosted a visic in 1989 by the proninent journal.ist and cor nentator on South Africa, Mr. Derek Inqraln,A/44/960/Add.l English Page3 Nelson Mandela Scholarship 6.In1988NewZealand established theNelson Mandela Scholarship. The Scholarship isawarded annually toanANCnominee fortertiary studyin NewZealand. In1990therearetwoNelson Mandela scholars studying inNewZealand. Multilateral assistance 7~Inaddition toitsbilateral assistance programme, NewZealand hasformany yearscontributed tomultilateral programmes inAfrica. Foremost amongtheseis theInternational Development Association oftheWorldBank. Upto50percentof NewZealand's contribution of$31.3million totheeightreplenishment ofthe Association (IDA8)willbespentintheleastdeveloped countries ofsub-Saharan Africa. Asimilar percentage ofNewZealand's $36.5million contribution tolOA9 willalsobespentintheregion. 8.TwoCommonwealth programmes thatNewZealand supports aretheSpecial Commonwealth FundforMozambique andtheNassau Fellowships Programme. TheSpecial Commonwealth FundforMozambique wasestablished in1987toprovide technical assistance andtraining toMozambican people. NewZealand wasthefirstcountry to contribute totheFund.Itgave$250.000 in1987/88; $50.000 inthe1989 transitional quarter andafurther $50.000 in1989/90. NewZealand iscurrently thefourthlargest donortotheMozambique Fund. TheCommonwealth Nassau Fellowships scheme. launched atthe1985Commonwealth HeadsofGovernment meeting. hassupported over500students from Sout~Africa through courses inawiderange ofskills. NewZealand hasmadeasubstantial contribution tothescheme. including $250.000 in1986/87. $200.000 in1987/88 and$100.000 in1989. 9.NewZealand alsocontributes toseveral training programmes insouthern Africa. including twoUnited Nations trustfundssetuptoprovide training for blackstudents fromSouthAfrica andNamibia ($NZ20,000 giventoeachFundin 1989/90). Also.in1989/90 NewZealand gave$NZ40.000totheUnited Nations Educational andTraining Programme forSouthern Africa. Namibia 10.NewZealand formanyyearssupported Namibian efforts toachieve independence. Itunderlined itssupport withfinancial contributions totheUnited Nations TrustFundforNamibia. Aswell.whentheUnited Nations planforNamibian independence wasimplemented inApril1989NewZealand provided a32-member Police contingent totheUnited Nations Transition Assistance Group. ADefence contingent of12engineers alsowenttoNamibiaa Consideration iscurrently beinggivento future NewZealand development assistance toNamibia. 11.In1989theGovernment madeafinancial contribution tothetravel costsofa delegation ofSouthAfrican tradeunionists whovisited NewZealand. The Government alsohosted avisitin1989bytheprominent journalist andcommentator onSouthAfrica, Mr.DerekIngram. I •.. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryAl44/960,/ ^dA.L English Page 4 sanctions aaainst South Africa
analysis: The text appears to focus on New Zealand's international aid and development efforts, particularly in Africa, with a emphasis on supporting Namibia and South Africa. The assistance provided includes financial contributions, scholarships, and training programs, which suggests that the main category should be related to economic development and humanitarian aid.