UN General Assembly
1978

47. It is ironic that, by concluding the Salisbury agreement of 3 March 1978, the illegal Smith regime was desperately attempting to give itself a semblance of legality. However, the nature of the illegal regime has not changed, in spite of its deceptive mask and its abuse of the concept of majority rule. In this respect I should like to stress the importance of observing the provisions of Security Council resolution 253 (1968) on sanctions against Southern Rhodesia and of resolution 418(1977) on the arms embargo against South Africa. The violation of sanctions is inadmissible, not only because it is in contravention of those resolutions, but even more because it gives an additional lease of life to the illegal regime in Rhodesia and encourages the intransigence of South Africa,