UN General Assembly
1966

Neither the deterioration of the situation, nor the urgings of the United Nations, nor yet the stand taken by the African countries has brought the United Kingdom Government to recognize the wrong basis of its policy, adopt an attitude more in line with the wishes of the majority of the Organization's Members, employ more appropriate means to end the oppression in Southern Rhodesia and give the Rhodesian people the possibility of enjoying their legitimate rights and achieving their national aspirations. The economic and financial sanctions advocated by the United Kingdom seem not to have touched the political foundations of the Smith regime, non apparently, to have had any effect on the economic situation in Southern Rhodesia. There is still time for the United Kingdom to think again and resort to more appropriate measures for reestablishing power in Salisbury on a more legal, more democratic basis and rid Africa of a racialist regime which is an affront to the conscience of the world.