United Nations Security Council draft resolution S/10805/Rev.1 as amended
Date: 1972-09-29 (meeting 1666)
Agenda: Question concerning the situation in Southern Rhodesia
Vetoed by: UK

UNITED NATIONS
SECURITY
COUNCIL
Distr.
GENERAL
S/10805/Rev.1
29 September 1972
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ORIGINAL: ENGLISH/FRENCH
Guinea, Somalia and the Sudan: revised draft resolution
The Security Council,
Having considered the question of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe),
Recalling its resolutions 216 (1965) of 12 November 1965, 217 (1965) of
20 November 1965, 221 (1966) of 9 April 1966, 232 (1966) of 16 December 1966,
253 (1968) of 29 May 1968 and 288 (1970) of 17 November 1970,
Reaffirming the inalienable right of the people of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
to self-determination and independence in conformity with General Assembly
resolution 1514 (XV) and the legitimacy of their struggle to secure the enjoyment
of their rights as set forth in the Charter,
Deeply concerned by the fact that measures approved by the Council have failed
so far to terminate the illegal régime,
Having noted with satisfaction the rejection by the African population of
Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) of the "settlement proposals" agreed upon between the
United Kingdom Government and the illegal régime,
Mindful that those "settlement proposals" had been negotiated without
consulting the genuine political leaders of the African population of Southern
Rhodesia (Zimbabwe),
Reaffirming that any attempt to negotiate the future of Southern Rhodesia
(Zimbabwe) with the illegal régime on the basis of independence before majority rule
would be in contravention of the inalienable rights of the people of that territory
and contrary to the provisions of the United Nations Charter and of General Assembly
resolution 1514 (XV),
Mindful of the conditions necessary to permit the free and full expression of
the right to self-determination,
Recalling Security Council resolution 202 (1965) of 6 May 1965 which endorsed
the request of the General Assembly, addressed to the United Kingdom to obtain:
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(a) the release of all political prisoners, detainees and restrictees,
(b) the repeal of all repressive and discriminatory legislation, and in
particular the Law and Order (Maintenance) Act and the Land Apportionment
Act,
(c) the removal of all restrictions on political activity and the establishment
of full democratic freedom and equality of political rights,
1. Reaffirms the principle that there should be no independence before
majority rule in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe);
2. Calls upon the Government of the United Kingdom not to transfer or accord,
under any circumstance, to the illegal régime any of the powers or attributes of
sovereignty, and urges it to promote the country's attainment of independence by
a democratic system of Government in accordance with the aspirations of the majority
of the population;
3. Urges the United Kingdom, as Administering Authority, to convene as soon
as possible a national constitutional conference in which the genuine political
representatives of the people of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) would be able to work
out a settlement relating to the future of the territory for subsequent endorsement
by the people through free and democratic processes;
4. Calls upon the United Kingdom Government to try its utmost to bring about
conditions necessary to permit the free expression of the right to
self-determination, including:
(a) the release of all political prisoners, detainees and restrictees;
(b) the repeal of all repressive discriminatory legislation;
(c) the removal of all restrictions on political activity and the
establishment of full democratic freedom and equality of political rights;
5. Further calls on the United Kingdom Government to ensure that in any
exercise to ascertain the wishes of the people of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) as
to their political future, the procedure to be followed should be in accordance
with the principle of universal adult suffrage and by secret ballot on the basis
of one-man one-vote without regard to race, colour or educational, property or
income considerations;
6. Calls upon all States to give full support and co-operation to the
United Nations in effective measures designed to enforce strictly the mandatory
sanctions imposed by the Security Council in accordance with the obligations assumed
by member States under Article 25 of the Charter of the United Nations.


Voting result: 10 yes, 1 no, 4 abstentions
Votes by member:
country: Argentina
vote: Y
country: Belgium
vote: A
country: China
vote: Y
country: France
vote: A
country: Guinea
vote: Y
country: India
vote: Y
country: Italy
vote: A
country: Japan
vote: Y
country: Panama
vote: Y
country: Somalia
vote: Y
country: Sudan
vote: Y
country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
vote: Y
country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
vote: N
country: United States of America
vote: A
country: Yugoslavia
vote: Y