text: brothers who have fallen in the struggle; their lives were not sacrificed in vain. Namibiashall be free one day. We extend our hand to comrade Nujoma as a reaffirmation of our irrevocable commitment to his cause: speeding the achieve- ment of complete independence for Namibia. 85. The PRESIDENT: The next speaker is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Angola, Mr. Afonso Van-Dunem. I welcome him and invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement. 86. Mr. VAN-DUNEM (Angola) (interpretation from French): It is a great honour and privilege for me to have the opportunity to address the Council and to extend, on behalf of the Government of the People’s Republic of Angola and its President, Mr, Jos6 Eduardo dos Santos, our cordial greetings to all those in this chamber, who have been convened at the request of the current Chairman of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries to consider the situation prevailing in southern Africa, where the most heinous regime, the racist apartheid regime, is posing a serious threat to international peace and security by keep- ing millions of blacks under the yoke of total humiliation and oppression and by illegally occupying by force of arms the international Territory of Namibia, from which it is carrying out attacks against sovereign and independent States of the area. 87. Sir, we are happy to see presiding over the Council the representative of a country with which Angola main- tains friendly relations. Your distinguished diplomatic qualities and vast experience will, we are sure, bring to the work of this series of meetings all the seriousness and level-headedness called for by the situation in southern Africa, where a drive by the criminal uparrheid regime to destabilize and overthrow the Governments of neighbour- 
analysis: The text appears to be a speech or statement delivered at a United Nations Council meeting, focusing on the situation in southern Africa, particularly the occupation of Namibia by the apartheid regime. The language used is formal and political, with no mention of economic, environmental, or social issues. The tone is critical of the apartheid regime and expresses solidarity with the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.