UN General Assembly
1967

116. Then on 28 February, the illegal régime appointed a Commission to advise on a constitution "best suited to the sovereign independent status of Rhodesia", the inquiries to be made in private. Recent events confirm that the Smith régime must be preparing to declare Rhodesia a republic since it is considering a new flag, a new anthem and a new system of honours and awards. 117. Sanctions are not effective because they are being violated, while the countries responsible merely wink at such violations and do nothing to prevent them. After virtually encouraging the Smith régime to rebel with an assurance that the United Kingdom would not intervene militarily if it did, we are witnessing actions and motions supposedly designed to bring down the régime without the use of force, actions that are apparently half-hearted and known to be ineffective. This is indeed a very serious matter. The rights and interests of 4 million Africans are being sacrificed on the altar of expediency while ineffectual acts designed to hoodwink us are proposed and efficient acts are feebly executed.