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troops by August 1, said the move
should not be made without pre-
judice to the sovereign rights of
and Burundi." In the in
depreciation Of the Resolutions
sponsors, this left it. to the two
countries to decide whether they
wanted the Belgians to remain.
The final vote on the resolution
as a whole was SO to O. The 10
Soviet-bloc countries abstained.
Both strife-torn and poverty
stricken, Rwanda and Burundi
have the added burden Of deep
seated tribal differences, originat-
ing from the feuding Tutsi and
Hutu tribes. Providing a police
force for the area was a major
issue in the UN debates.
A FINAL provision of the
resolution recommended that
Rwanda and Burundi be admit
ted to the United Nations. This
provision went through on a 1OS
to o separate vote.
INDEPENDENCE DAY for
British-ruled Uganda has been set
for Oct. 9. AS Uganda prepares
for independence, the three king
doms of Bunyoro, Ankole and
Toro are claiming parity of treat
ment with Buganda which enjoys
a special position on account of
arrangements made with the Brit
ish Government at the turn of the
century.
These arrangements turned over
to Buganda have become to be
known as the six Lost Count
les" is territory annexed from
Bunyoro to punish her for revolt
ing and to reward Buganda for
helping to quell the movement.
One of the main issues at stake in
Uganda's drive for independence
is the future of these countries.
ADMISSION OF the four new
states into the United Nations
will swell the ranks Of the Afro
Asian bloc to IS - giving them
a majority In the General As
sembly, now made up Of 1O4
nations It Is anticipated
that two other African count
ries, Kenya and Zanzibar, will
eventually gain independence.
Both are under British control.
While no independence dates
have been set for the two, there
Is a steady clamOr for such a
step.
THE GHANAIAN capital of
Accra was in the spotlight as a re-
suit Of Ghana's World Without A
Bomb" assembly. The anti-bomb
parley called on the United Ma
tions to organize trained teams
of experts to serve as disarma-
ment inspectors, urging immediate
action.
The assembly also called on At
rican states to take the lead in
reaching a continent-wide disarIn-
ament project of their own. The
week-long assembly was organized
and financed by the Ghanaian
Government. 1t brought together
14O participants, observers and ex-
perts with the purpose of discuss
ing fresh approaches toward end
ing the disarmament, deadlock or
breaking the Geneva impasse."
Participants attended as individ-
uals, acting freely in their personal
capacity and not as delegates of
any organization or as represen-
tatives of governments.
Adolphus Paterson, AMP cor
respondent in Ghana, reported that
the conference proceeded steadily
with its task of reducing inter-
national tensions, finding ways and
means of securing effective in
spections and control of disarma-
ment, Transforming existing mil
itary and nuclear materials to
peaceful uses, and solving the &C.
onomic problems involved in or
arising from disarmament.
BEFORE ADJOURNING a "a
week session, the longest in its
history, the General Assembly
called on Britain to give the fran
chise to the Africans in Southern
Rhodesia. The vote was 73 to 1,
with 27 abstentions. The negative
vote was cast by South Africa.
Britain boycotted the voting, con-
tending the resolution was illegal
and harmful In Salisbury,
Southern Rhodesian capital, Prem
Ter Sir Edgar Whitehead said the
UN should be told 1t had no right
to interfere in Southern Rhodesia
and any resolution would be "tot-