called upon the Council to act in a decisive manner in fulfilment of the direct responsibility of the United Nations with regard to Namibia and to take urgent meas- ures to ensure that the United Nations plan for Namibia is immediately and unconditionally implemented. 47. The United Nations Council for Namibia-the legal Administering Authority of the Territory-of which Bangladesh is an active member, organized an Extraordinary Plenary Meeting at Vienna from 3 to 7 June. The Declaration and Programme of Action adopted at that meeting [see S/17262, annex] also laid the groundwork for the successful resolution of the Na- mibian question. The outcome of the New Delhi and Vienna meetings, therefore, should guide our current deliberations. 48. The current Council debate on Namibia is taking place at a historic moment. The international commu- nity, in a matter of months, is to observe the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. This year also marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adop- tion of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. The people of Na- mibia are also observing this year the twenty-fifth anni- versary of the founding of SWAPO-their sole authentic representative. The contribution of the United Nations in the field of decolonization is universally recognized and 5 is demonstrated by the threefold increase in the member- ship of this great world body since its inception. It is therefore incumbent upon all of us to do everything pos- sible to remove the last vestiges of colonialism in Na- mibia. 49. It is a tragedy that nearly two decades after the termination of the Mandate of South Africa over Na- mibia, by the United Nations [General Assembly resolu- tion 214.5 (XXl) of 27 October 19661, the racist Pretoria 