UN General Assembly
1966

124. Only serious economic sanctions, seriously applied, are likely to persuade those responsible in Pretoria to show a little more wisdom and thereby to give Messrs. Smith and Salazar cause to reflect. The African countries have difficulty in understanding why certain great Powers hesitate to apply economic sanctions against South Africa. They understand even less how the same Powers can continue to supply South Africa with assistance which results only in consolidating the racialist regime of Pretoria and thereby reducing the chances of emancipation for the indigenous inhabitants. 125. Another problem arising from colonialism, the situation in Aden and in the south of the Arabian peninsula, continues to be a matter of concern to my Government. The cause of peace in that region would gain from a search for a lasting solution acceptable to the whole people and granting those territories effective exercise of their rights and fulfilment of their aspirations.