S/PV.1067 Security Council

.At 20 duit th~ request of thirty-two African States, the SeèuÎ'ity Council i8 considering the question 'of Southern Rhodesia.On 5 August 1963,themembersofth~ C6oocil received the request bf the delegations'qf Gllana, Guinea, Moroccoandthe United Arab Republic [S/5382] that the Security Council .consider .the .situation in afrlc~ins!lue tiqnde gations la de Rhod~sie South~rnRhodesia. 21,' At that timewe studied thatlettercarefully and, as most of the members of the SecwrityCouncil no doubt know, wehad reservations,despite the oontentions set forthin the 6xplanatory memorandum, on whether the situation in Southern Rhodesiar'èquired 21. lettre membres aucun des 24. The representative of Ghanaandthe other African delegations•. intheir presentations to the 8ec\lrity Council. argued that the transfer of certain powers .to the So\lthern RhodesianGoverl1mentinaccordance with the.. llgreements reached at the Victoria Falls Conference .for the dissolution ôf the Central African Federation•• 'inparticular the transfer of an air force and an army•. constituted an action which could endanger interniotional peace and security. And todaywe have. baard similarviews' expressed. with force and el()quence. bythe representative of Morocco. 25. Let ~e thanexpress the considered views of my deleglltionon th~ issues thathavebeen raised and.the ari!lDlentl;' advanced. 2G.!ri. thefi~stplace.Ithinkitis necessary to emphasizethepôintmade by therepresentativeofthè United Kingc:k>mthat.s.trictlyspeaking. whatis taking place al3a.result of the Victoria Falls Agreementis the r~­ version .•to the Government ·of Southern Rhodesia of cel'taîn powers whichit exercised for manY yearl:l be'" fore 1953. powers whichin that yearwere transferred totheFederation and which. with thé dissolution of theFedel'ati()n.~Qwrevertto SouthernRbodeSia.ThiS r~version ()fpowe~s.is ,intim,ately. involveq. withtlle 10Ilg_es"tab11$l1edcon$titut1oIlal. l'?lationship between t~Vni.ted I{i~gdom .andSoutherIll'tbodesl11.onwl1icbllil b/lsèd.Qfc!lurse•. sucbpowers a$the. UnitedKing(,lQm stillexercises.incSCpthel'n Rh9desia. . 27.I.tbinkthe.l'e isarelllted factor whieh we.must Clq'efully.consider in deCiding'whether totàke action QntJ1iI:l'9.l.l,es~iQn~ . Tl1e.,.A,fl'iCandelegati()ns . h/lve . sqgge$t~dt~t<è:ertainpl'()vi~ialls.o~ tl1e agreem,enton th,ediss()ll.l,tioJ}.()fthéFecleJ;'atioll Wmcl1 wel'.el'eaclle(t wi~C()IlSidel'l!bleÇJjf.fiCl,llty.atVictoria •Fglls l;lh,qulg. bellullitiedfal' .the.regl:lpn.s I:Ila.ve.c()vered ellI'lier. 28. Sir Patrick Dean,the UnitedKingdomrepresentative. made some significant andsome reassuringpoints in bis statement to the Council yesterday. He pointed out that reversion of the armed forces in no way ohanged the degree of control exercised by the United Kingdom Government over those forces. In other words, their deployment and their use either outside or inside the territory of Southern Rhodesia was not, in fact, changed·by their reversion to.the Government of Southern Rhodesia. 28. sir fait surants. armées ces En de déploiement soit 29. Thus, we concludethat,whatevermaybetheviews of members about the disposition of armed forces, there has in factbeen no deterioration inthe situation in Southern Rhodesia resulting from the actionagreed upon at the Victoria Falls Conference such as would require Security Council action in accordance withits responsibilities under the Charter. We were itll'ther reassured l;1y the statement ofthe representative ofthe United Kingdom that bis Gov:ernment has always retained. and will continue to retain until such time as there is a change in the constitutional relationsbip between the United Kingdom and Southern Rhodesia, ultimate responsibility for all external relations and aotions of Southern Rhodesia. 29. l'opinion forces décidées détérioration qui à termes outre, affirmer et ment Uni de de 30. We are confident that the United Kingdom will exercise its full authority to assure thattheseforces. whéther nominally pertaining totheFederation as they are now or pertaining to the Govermnent of Southern Rhodesia. will not pose a threat to the security of Southern Rhodesia's neighbours in Africa orthe peace and security of thatcontinent. Withregard to the maintenance of internalsecurity. wbichis. of course. the responsibility of the Southern Rhodesian Government, we understandfrom the representative ofthe United Kingdom tl'lat these forces "are no less available for these purposes under existing arrangements than they will be when they revert to Southern Rhodesiancontrol" [1066th.meeting, para. 25]. 30. fera· ces la au tuent la de la Gouvernement du n'étaient des repasseront [1066ème 31 sentant certaine.s accession sous inacceptables pays. que ra.tion.·au .Gouvernement modifiait ou La •souveraineté ni 31. . The United Kingdom representative in bis statement to the CowlCil also gave us certainreassurances on the possibilityof SouthernRhodesiabecominginde.,. pendent under.the present terms of francbiseor under oonditions not acceptablf? to the majority of the people of that country. First of aH. he stated categorically that the l'ev:ersionof the former Federation powers to.· the· Southern Rhodesian Govern:rnent did not in any Waychangethe statusorthe constitutionalrelationship of Southern Rhodesia totheUnited Kingdoin. Thus, Southérn ..Rhodesia will· be neither more .nor less sovereign than. ft is today· anditsrelationship with the United Kingdom willreIllainunchanged. Heassured 32. These are, ln the view of m'Y delegatioll., thé central issues in the question we ar.e examiriing. Other contentious issues hàve beenraised, such as the precisestatus of Southern Rhodesia in respect to Article 73 of the Charter.and the question ofGeneral Assembly resolutions. Whilethey concern the over-àll question of Southern Rhodesia~they donottouchonthe situation there which win ènsue following the implementationof the Victoria Falls Agreement; Without passing judgement oir' these questions or others which ·have been raised.. l .think that the debate so far has 'revealed three significant points. 33•. First, that· the projected developments resulting from the-Victoria Falls Conference and the dissolution of the, Federation,.specifically the reversio~ofpowers to..the Southern RhodesianGovernment,andinparticulaI' the disposition of the armed forces. will not produc~ deterioration in the existing factual situation, in Souther]J.. Rhodesia. ,Secondly. that. such transfer of powers ÏIl no way affects thecurrentstatus.of Southern Rhodesia pl" theconstitutionalrelationshipbetween the United KiIlgd()Il} and Southern Rhodesia. Thirdly. that the United Kingdom Government isnot contemplating . independence for SO\lthern Rhodesia without amendnieIlt ta .the ,Co]J..stitution which would.significantly broaden the franchise. 34. None. of. the,~oreg()ing considerations should be construed. to h!l.ve 'altered.the oft-reiterated views of t~e United<States on internaI conditions ,in Southern Rhodesia. On ,22 June 1962.again on 260ctober 1962, an<i m()st recently on 25March 1963.. American spokesmen, expressed identical, hopes for .the. people of South~:rnRhodesia.TheUnited States desires pro~ gressive Uperalizationof the franchise iri', Southern Rhodj;lsia, to permit the emergence of !l. government which .derivesits just powers fr9m the consent of aH of the peoples it. g()verns. The United St~t!3S desires an end tO.l'acial discrimination inSoutl;lern Rhodesia, as. itqoeselsewhere inthe.world.And the United States' wants full and free self-determination for Southern Rhodesia to lead ta tranquillity between its peoples at 'l1omeandpeaêêful and mutually beneficial rElla~io~S with its. neighbotlrs.- . 35. Wf,3have repeatedly expressed our'concern with the'Wlsatisfactorysituation prevailing in .'. Southern Rhodesia;as weIl as our concern for the pOssible impact ofthe situationthroughout the Mricancontinant. We have repeatedlystressed· the needforincreased efforts ...to.stimulate what the representative 'of the United'Kingdom in· another forumhas l'eferredtoas 36. We have taken the view that the United Kingdom has special responsibilities with regard to Southern Rhodesia and the United Kingdomhas againreasserted Us ultimate international responsibility for thatterritory. We have in the past urged,' and we continue to urge, the United Kingdom to use its special influence towards the rapid broadening of the franchise and the rapid elimination of racial discrimination. We believe the United Kingdom is now embarked on this course, a course entirely consistent with its record in other te:rritories, which has already been acknowledged by previous speakers, and a course which, if pursued urgently with the co-operation of all parties,willproduce the solution sought not only by the members of the Council, but first and foremost by the peoples of Southern Rhodesia. 37. For an the foregoing reasons, my delegationconsiders that the Council should take no action on this item at this time. The meeting rose at 5.45 p.m. ~1~':;I~tER~~AR~~~:~~~~~~~~~~~T~~ABEUNIE: 9 ·Sh. Adly Pasha. Cairo. AL NAHDA EL ARABIA BOOKSHOP 32 Ab~.el.KhalekSarwart St•• Cairo. ASIA/ASIE BURMA/BIRMANIE: CURATOR, GOVT~' BOOK DEPOT, Rangoon. 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