UN General Assembly
1966

34. We should like to state that, much as we respect the legitimate concerns of States Members of this Organization, my Government is certainly not prepared to endorse the superiority of the economic interests of individual States over the sanctity of the principles of the Charter and the interests of the majority of the Member States of this Organization. As I have suggested earlier, what we urge on the United Nations vis-a-vis the Rhodesian situation is nothing short of effective measures in the form of mandatory sanctions.