I should like to join with my colleagues in thanking the Taoiseach for a comprehensive reply. I should like to put a question to the Taoiseach with regard to the voting arrangements, having been in the region with Deputy Flaherty on Independence Day——

——the registration arrangements.

Would the Taoiseach ensure, through the auspices of the United Nations, that fair elections take place in Namibia on 1 November next? Could he ensure, again through the auspices of the United Nations, that on this issue the United Nations would be particularly conscious that there is a major illiteracy problem obtaining in that country, with up to 70 per cent of the Namibian people being unable to read or write and who should be entitled to impartial assistance on the part of ours or United Nations observers when going to the polls? Would he ensure that the United Nations would be conscious also of the lack of clarity with regard to registration of voters there, of the urgent need for computerised registration of the electorate, bearing in mind the need to give a vote to those who are 18 years of age or over, not merely to those over 21, as would appear to be the wish of the South Africans? There is a large problem with regard to these forthcoming elections. Therefore would the Taoiseach ensure, through the United Nations, that the whole electoral process is a fair one, in particular the run-up to the November elections?

Yes, we will do what we can in that regard.