UN General Assembly
1967

121. It is yet to be seen whether Members of the Organization will take appropriate measures to ensure implementation of the decisions of the Assembly or whether South Africa will be permitted to have its way and annex the territory entirely. In the latter case, it will have the effect of completely undermining confidence of developing countries in the United Nations and w ill result in a tremendous loss of its prestige. 122. As I mentioned last year [1435th meeting], African Territories under Portuguese administration, Rhodesia, South West Africa and apartheid in South Africa are now a.11 elements of a single problem as a result of an alliance between Rhodesia, South Africa and Portugal, and it would be impossible to solve them individually. They will have to be tackled together. Recently The New York Times reported that the Foreign Minister of South Africa had disclosed that there was a mutual security arrangement between countries of southern Africa.