This article discusses aspects of Namibia’s foreign policy principles and how they impact on the values of democracy, and issue of peace and security in the region. The article will focus on the attainment of peace in Angola, democratisation of South Africa, and security situations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Madagascar and Lesotho. The main question of this article is: To what extent has Namibia realised the objectives encapsulated in her foreign policy principles of striving for international peace and security and promote the values of democracy in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region? The assumption is that though relatively a newly established state, Namibia has made her contribution towards democracy, peace and security in the Southern Africa region and the world at large.

本文讨论了纳米比亚外交政策原则的各个方面，以及它们如何影响民主价值观以及该地区的和平与安全问题。本文将重点关注安哥拉实现和平，南非民主化以及刚果民主共和国（DRC），马达加斯加和莱索托的安全局势。本文的主要问题是：纳米比亚在多大程度上实现了其争取国际和平与安全，促进南部非洲发展共同体（SADC）地区民主价值观的外交政策原则中所包含的目标？假设是，尽管纳米比亚是一个相对较新的国家，但它为南部非洲地区和整个世界的民主，和平与安全作出了贡献。