UN Security Council
1979

Resolution 460 (1979) of 21 December 1979 The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions 232 (1966) of 16 December 1966, 253 (1968) of 29 May 1968 and subsequent related resolutions on the situation in Southern Rhodesia, Reaffirming the provisions of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, Noting with satisfaction that the conference held at Lancaster House in London has produced agreement on the Constitution for a free and independent Zimbabwe providing for genuine majority rule, on arrangements for bringing that Constitution into effect and on a ceasefire, Noting also that the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, having resumed its responsibility as the administering Power, is committed to decolonizing Southern Rhodesia on the basis of free and democratic elections which will lead Southern Rhodesia to genuine independence acceptable to the international community in accordance with the objectives of resolution 1514 (XV), Deploring the loss of life, the waste and the suffering caused by the fourteen years of rebellion in Southern Rhodesia, Conscious of the need to take effective measures for