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United Nations Security Council resolution 626, adopted unanimously on 20 December 1988, after noting an agreement between
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and
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regarding the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola and considering a report by the
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, the Council endorsed the report and established the United Nations Angola Verification Mission I for a period of thirty-one months. The Council decided the mission would enter into force once the tripartite accord between Angola, Cuba and South Africa had been signed as well as the agreement between Angola and Cuba, requesting the Secretary-General to report to the Council immediately after the agreement was signed. On 22 December 1988, both bipartite and tripartite agreements were signed in New York City, which helped pave the way for the independence of
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and the withdrawal of 50,000 Cuban troops from Angola.


See also

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Angolan Civil War The Angolan Civil War ( pt, Guerra Civil Angolana) was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The war immediately began after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975. The war was ...
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Angola–South Africa relations Relations between Angola and South Africa in the post-apartheid era are quite strong as the ruling parties in both states, the African National Congress in South Africa and the MPLA in Angola, fought together during the Angolan Civil War and South ...
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Brazzaville Protocol The Brazzaville Protocol (Official name; ''Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Cuba and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola for the Conclusions of the Internationalist Mission of the Cuban Military Contingent'') manda ...
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Cuban intervention in Angola The Cuban intervention in Angola (codenamed Operation Carlota) began on 5 November 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) against the pro-western National Uni ...
* Establishment of
United Nations Angola Verification Mission II The United Nations Angola Verification Mission II (UNAVEM II), established May 1991 and lasting until February 1995, was the second United Nations peacekeeping mission, of a total of four, deployed to Angola during the course of the Angolan Civ ...
in Resolution 696 (1991) *
List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 601 to 700 This is a list of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 601 to 700 adopted between 30 October 1987 and 17 June 1991. See also * Lists of United Nations Security Council resolutions * List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions ...
(1987–1991) *
South African Border War The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that occurred in Namibia (then South West Africa), Zambia, and Ango ...
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Apartheid Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...
* United Nations Security Council Resolution 602


References


External links

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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