the Committee would rotate every month i.n the English alphabetical order oc..cording to the Presi-· dency of the Council.
Decielone
At its 1531st meeting, on 11 March 1970, the
Council decided to invite the representatives of Algeria, Senegal and Pakistan to participate, without vote, in the discussion of the item e~titlerl :
"Question concerning th~ :dtnaticn In Southern Rhodesia: "Letter dated 3 lviarch 1970 from the Permanent
Representative of the United Kingdom o:l Great
Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations addressed to the Pre11ident of 'he Seclll'it'; Coundl (S/9675);u
"Letter dated 6 March 1970 addressed to the President of the Security Council by the repre· sentatives of Algeria, Botswana, Bumndl, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Ch::td, the Congo (Democratic Republic of), Dah·nney, equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, the ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, the Niger, Nigeria, the People's Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, the Sudan, Swazilaod, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, the United Arab Re~ public, the United Republic of Tauzania, the Upper Volta and Zambia (S/9682)."lll At its 1S32nd meeting, on 12 March 1970, the Council decided to invite the representatives of Yugoslavia and India16 to participate, without vote, in the discussion of the question.
At its 1534th meeting, on 17 March 1970, the Council decided to invite the representative of Saudi Arabia to participate, without vote, in the discussion of the question.
Reeolution 277 (1970)
of 18 March 1970
The Security Council, Reaffirming 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 and 253 (1968) of 29 May 1968,
Reaffirming that, to the extent not superseded in the present resolution, the measures provided for in resolutions 217 (1965), 232 (1966) and 253 (1968), as well as those initiated by Member States in implementation of those resolutions, sh~U ·~ontirHH' i.r' efftXt,
14 Ibid., Supplement for lcmuary, Fi!bnwr:, anti M;;rch 1970. . 1 ~ Ibid.; at !he I jJI st meetlot~. 0>J.hon ';n,~ '1dde;:. !o \he list of slgnatoru!5 of the vrcsent lel!e;
10 The representative of lndla took a pbGe ,,, th~ Council table at !he l.B1rd met~ting. on l3 Miim~. h'70

raking into accoum the reports11 of the Comm1ttc;~ ·~~tablished in pursuance o{ Security Council resc.~u tion 253 ( 1968),
!Voting with grav~ concern that:
(a) The nH:asures so far taken have failed to bri:>g tl1e rebellion in Southern Rhodesia to an end,
(b) Some States, contrary to resolutions 232 ( 1966) and 253 { 1968) of the Security Council and to their obligations under Article 25 of the Charter of 1he United Nations, have failed to prevent t.rade with th~ illegal regime d Southern Rhodesia,
, () The Gov~mments of the Republic 11f S·llifh Africa and Portugal have continued to give assista.r;l't: ~'' the illegal -reg\me of Southern Rhodesia, lhus dimimshing the efk'Cts of the measures decided upon l.·y the Security Coundl,
1. d) The ~ituaticn in Southe:·<1 Rhodesia cootimws t" ·Jeteriorate as <1 result of the introduction by ~he
\negal regime Of ·1ew measun.:~, inciuding tlte {J\lf\'(Hl.~d :~s!'.umption of republican status, <~ime.d at r,;pr·""s~ing th~~ African people m violation of Gew~rai. \f;:;vPbly reo,oluticn 1514 (XV) of 14 Decemher i960, .
7'?.ecognizing the legitimacy of the strugg'c of the peopk of Southern Rhodesia to secure the enjoyment of their rights as set forth in the Charter and in ,·odvrmity with the objectives of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV),
Rer11firmlng that the present situation in Southern Rhodesia ;;onstitutes a threat to international peace
''lH1 ~eeurity,
4.cting under Chapter VII of the Charter,
! Condemns the illegal proclamation of republican status of the Territory by the illegal regime in Southern Rhodesia;
2. Decides that Member States shall refrain from : ecognizing this illegal regime or from rendering any assistance to it;
3. Calls upon Member States to take appropriate measures, at the national level, to ensure that any act performed by officials and institutions of the illegal regime in Southern Rhodesia shall not be accorded any recognition, official or otherwise, including judicial notice, by the competent organs of their State;
4. Reaffirms the primary responsibility of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to enable the people of Zimbabwe to exercise their risdtt to self-detemunation and independence, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and in conformity with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), and urges that Government to discharge fully its responsibility;
5. Condemns aU measures of political repression, including arrests, detentions, trials and executions, which violate fundamental freedoms and rights of the people r.1f Southern Rhodesia;
6 Condemns the policies of the Governments of ··.;o\J 1h i\frica and Portu~al, which continue to maintain )·.:,~i;lcal. ec'"';cmic, mihtary, and other relations with
§~ Official Rtcord.f of tire Security Cormcll, Twenty-third Yeai', Supplement for Ortober, November and Decf'lnber 1968. ·lO<':til,ncn,l §:!!954, n~'d ibid.. Twl!nty·founh Year, Supplemf'nl
lpru May and .dine 1969, d,cx:umen! S/92.52 and Add.l.

the illegal ugime in Southern Rhodesia in violation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;
7. Demands the immediate withdrawal of South African police and anned personnel from !:he Territory
of Southern Rhodesia;
8. Call.r upon Member States to take more stringent measures in order to prevent any circumvention by their nationals, organizations, companies and other institutions of their nationality, of the decisions taken by the Security Council in resolutions 232 ( \966) and 25 3 ( 1968), all provilio111 1-,f which shall fully remain in force;
9. Decide$, in accordance with Article 41 oi the Charter and in furthering the objective of ending the rebellion, that Member States shall:
(a) Immediately sever all diplomatic, consular, trade, military and other relations that they may have with the illegal regime in Southern Rhodesia, and terminate any representation that they may maintain in the Territory;
(b) Immediately interrupt any existing means of transportation to and from Southern Rhodesia;
10. Requests the Government of the United Kingdom, as the administering Power, to rescind or withdraw any existing agreements on the basis of which foreign consular, trade and other representation may at present be maintained in or with Southern Rhodesia;
11. Requests Member States to take all possible further action under Article 41 of the Charter to deal with the situation in Southern Rhodesia, not excluding any of the measures provided in that Article;
12. Calls upo(l Member States to take appropriate action to suspend any membership or assoc1ate membership that the illegal r~gime of Southern Rhodesia has in the specialized agencies of the United Nations;
13. Urges member States of any international or regional organizations to suspend the membership of the illegal regime of Southern Rhodesia from their
respective organizations and to refuse any request for
membership from that regime;
14. Urges Member States to increase moral and material assistance to the people of Southern Rhodesia in their legitimate struggle to achieve freedom and independence;
15. Requests the specialized agencies and other international or~anizations concerned, in consultation with the Orgamzation of African Unity, to give aid and auiatance to refugee~ from Southern Rhodesia and those who are suffering from oppression by the illegal r~glmc of Southern RhOdesia;

18. Urge3, having regard to the principle stated in Article 2 of the Charter, States not Memben of the United Nations to act in accA)rdance with the provisions r,f the present resolution;
i 9. CallJ upon Member States !o report to the Secretary-General by 1 June 1970 on the measures t:tken to implement the present resolution;
20. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council on the progress of the implementation of the present resolutiOn, the first report to be submitted no later than 1 July 1970;
21. Decides that the Committee of the Security Council ~stablisbed in pursuance of resolution 2.53 ( 1968), in accordance with ruk 28 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Cour.cil, shall be entrusted with the responsibility of:
(a) Examining such reports on the implementation of the present resolution as will be submitted by the Secretary-General;
(b) Seeking from Member States such further in-
formation regarding the effective implementation of the provisions laid down in the present resolution as it may consider necessary for the proper discharge of its duty to report to the Security Council;
(c) Studying ways and means by which Member States could carry out more effectively the decisions of the Security Council regarding sanctions against the illegal regime of Southern Rhodesia and making recommendations to the Council;
22. Requesu the United Kingdom, as the administering Power, to continue to give maximum assistance to the Committee and to provide the Committee with any information it may receive in order that the measures envisaged in the present resolution as well as resolutions 232 (1966) and 253 (1968) may be rendered fully effective;
23. Calls upon Member States, as well as the specialized agencies, to supply such information as may be soutdtt by the Committee in pursuance of the present resofution;
24. Decides to maintain this item on its agenda for further action as appropriate in the light of developments.
Adopttd at tht 1535th mett· ing by 14 votes to none, with one abstention (Spain).
Decision

16. RtquestJ Member States, the United Nations
the speciali1..ed aaencies and other international organi:
zations in the United Nations system to make an urgent effort to increase their a.uistance to Zambia n~ a matter of priority with a view to helplnJ it solve Much 11pecial cconom1c problems as it may be confronted with arising from the carrying out of the
deci11iona of the Security Council on this question;

17. Calls upon Member States, in particular those

with primary res{'onsibility under the Charter for the

maintenance of assist effectively

mternational peace and In the implementation of

thseecmueraitsy~retos

called for by the present resolution;

At its Council,

1556th meeting, on 10 following the adoption of

Novem'her its agenda,

p1r9o7c0e~dtehde

with the discussion of the item entitled:

"Question concerning the situation in Southern Rhodesia:

"(a) Letter dated 6 November 1970 from the Permanent Representatives of Burundi, Nepat, Sierra Leone, Syria and Zambia to the

United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council ( S/9975/Rev.1 ) ;u

18 Ibid., Twenty·flfth Year, Supplement for Octobtr, Novtm· btr and Dectmbtr /970.

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