A/RES/2383(XXIII) GA

58 General A11embl7-Twenty-third SeHion 2383 (XXIIl). Question of Southern Rhodeeia and calls upon the United Kingdom to entcr im- mediately into consultations with the representatives of The General Assembly, po!itical parties favouring majority rule; Having considered the question of Southern Rho- 7. Condemns the policies of the Governrnents of dcsia, South Africa and Portugal and all other Governments Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 Decem- which continue to have political, econom.ic, financia! her 1960, ali its previous resolutions and those of the and other relations with Southern Rhodesia and which Security Council concerning the question of Southern render direct or indirect economic, military and other Rhodesia, assistance to the illegal racist minority régime, thus enabling it to sustain itself; Recalling further that the Security Council deter- mined, in its resolutions 232 (1966) of 16 December 8. Calls upon ali States to bring to an end the 1966 and 253 ( 1968) of 29 May 1968, that the situa- activities of financia!, economic and other interests tion in Southern Rhodesia constituted a threat to inter- operated by their nationals in Southern Rhodesia; national peace and security, 9. Draws the aJtention of the Security Counoil to Deeply concerned over the dangerous situation in the urgent necessity of applying the following measures Southern Rhodesia, which has been further aggravated envisaged under Chapter VII of the Charter of the by the executions and acts of suppression carr.ied United Nations: out by the illegal racist régime against the African (a) The scope of the sanctions should be widened people and by the presence of South African forces in further to include ali the measures laid down in Ar- the Territory, ticle 41 of t·e Charter with respect to the illegal racist Deeply concerned at the serious threat constituted régime in Southern Rhodesia ; by the South A frican armed forces in Southern Rho- · ( b) Sanctions should be imposed on South Africa desia. to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of in- and Portugal, the Governments of which have blatantly dependent African States in the area, refused to carry out the mandatory decisions of the Bearing in mind the primary responsibility of the Security Council; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 10. Condemns the illegal intervention of South as the administering Power, to put an end to the African forces in Southern Rhodesia and calls upon illegal régime in Southern Rhodesia and to transfer the United Kingdom, as the administering Power, to effective power, based on free elections by universal ensure the immediate expulsion of ali South African adult suffrage and on majority rule, to the people of armed forces, including the police, from Southern Rho- Zimbabwe, desia and to prevent ali armed assistance to the racist N oting that the sanctions applied by t~e Security minority régime ; Council have not so far produced the des1red results, 11. Condemns in the strongest terms the detention, l. Reafferms the inalienable right of the people of imprisonment and assassination of African nationalists Zimbabwe to freedom and independence and the legiti- in Southern Rhodesia ; macy of their struggle to attain that right in confo~m- 12. Calls upon the administering Power to ensure ity with the provisions of General Assembly resolution the immediate release of ali African nationalists who 1514 (XV); are in prison and in detention and to prevent further 2. Affirms the responsibility of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as the ad- ministering Power, for the continuing deterioration of the situation, and its conviction that the only effective way of quelling the rebellion in Southern Rhodesia is through the use of force by the administering Power; 3. Conde-mns the failure and the refusal of the Gov- ernment of the United Kingdom, as the administering Power, to take effective measures to bring down the illegal racist minority régime in Southern Rhodesia and to transfer power, based on free elections by universal adult suffrage and on majority rule, to the people of Zimbabwe; 4. Afferms its conviction that the sanctions so far adopted will not put an end to the illegal racist minority régime unless they are comprehensive, mandatory, strictly supervised by force and complied with, in par- ticular by South Africa and Portugal ; 5. Calls upon the Government of the United King- dom to use force in arder to put an immediate end to the illegal régime in Southern Rhodesia and, in this regard, notes with appreciation the offers of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to make their territories and air space ·avai!able for this purpose; 6. Considers that any independence without major- ity rule in Southern Rhodesia is contrary to the pro- visions of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) assassination of African nationalists in Southern Rho- desia; 13. Calls upon the United Kingdom, in view of the armed conflict prevailini in the Territory and the in- human treatment of prisoners, to ensure the applica- tion to that situation of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of 12 August 1949 ;1 14. Urges ali States, as a matter of urgency, to render ali moral ancl máterial assistance to the national liberation movements of Zimbabwe, either directly or through the Organization of African Unity; 15. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to keep the situation in the Territory under rhiew, and invites the Secretary-General .to report to the Special Committee on the extent of the implementation by Member States of the resolutions of the United Nations concerning the Territory; 16. Calls upon the administering Power to report to the Special Committee on its actions in the imple- mentation of the present resolution. 1710th plenary meeting, 7 November 1968. 1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75 (19S0), No. 972.

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