UN General Assembly
1969

37. For nearly four years now, a clique of white settlers in Rhodesia have been living in a state of continuous rebellion refusing to surrender the political power wrested from the metropolitan Power unwilling to topple the rebel régime. 38. My Government believes that, so far, the half-hearted measures lied by the United Kingdom Government in trying to normalize the situation in Rhodesia, have been deplorably ineffective. We in Zambia believe that this is a result of deliberate indifference on the part of Britain. Bilateral talks between the United Kingdom Prime Minister and the chief representative of the rebels, Ian Smith, the self-styled Prime Minister of Rhodesia, have failed; and they were meant to fail. We submit that the policy of economic sanctions adopted by the Security Council has also failed dismally. We submit further that, unless backed by effective means of enforcement, the policy of sanctions cannot bring about the required change. Although the United Kingdom has broken off diplomatic relations with Rhodesia, there are still British financial corporations conducting open