Question of Southern Rhodesia

UN General Assembly, Question of Southern Rhodesia, A/RES/2769, UN General Assembly, 22 November 1971, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1971/en/7031 [accessed 09 December 2024]
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XXVI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
2769. Question of Southern Rhodesia

The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Southern Rhodesia, Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 and all other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council on the question of Southern Rhodesia, Having noted the statement made in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 9 November 1971, by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, announcing his Government's decision to hold the talks that are currently under way in Salisbury with the illegal racist minority régime,

1. Reaffirms the principle that there should be no independence before majority rule in Southern Rhodesia;

2. Affirms that any settlement relating to the future of that Territory must be worked out with the fullest participation of all nationalist leaders representing the majority of the people of Zimbabwe and must be endorsed freely by the people;

3. Decides to keep the situation in the Territory under review.

1991st plenary meeting,
22 November 1971.
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