UN General Assembly
1964

74. We have consistently held the view that the United Kingdom has a special responsibility for exercising authority in the Rhodesian situation. The United Kingdom, as the metropolitan Power, is responsible for constitutional change and for progress in the march of its dependent territories towards independence. We trust that the United Kingdom will heed the resolutions of the United Nations in regard to the constitutional rights of the indigenous population. 75. We consider it desirable that the United Kingdom Government convene a constitutional conference to which all political groups in Rhodesia will be invited with a view to drafting a new constitution based on the principle of one man, one vote, universal suffrage and majority rule.