Question of Southern Rhodesia1

UN General Assembly, Question of Southern Rhodesia1, A/RES/2877, UN General Assembly, 20 December 1971, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1971/en/9960 [accessed 13 September 2024]
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XXVI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
2877. Question of Southern Rhodesia

The General Assembly, Having heard the statement by the representative of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland[1] concerning the "proposals for a settlement" agreed upon between that Government and the racist minority régime in Salisbury.[2] Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and its resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, containing the programme of action for the full implementation of the Declaration, Recalling further all previous resolutions concerning the question of Southern Rhodesia adopted by the General Assembly and the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Recalling also its resolution 2769 (XXVI) of 22 November 1971, in particular paragraphs 1 and 2 thereof, Gravely concerned at the "proposals for a settlement" which, if implemented, will entrench the rule of the racist minority régime in Southern Rhodesia and will perpetuate the enslavement of the African people of Zimbabwe, Deeply conscious that the "proposals for a settlement" were agreed upon without the participation of the representatives of the African people of Zimbabwe,

1. Rejects the "proposals for a settlement" agreed upon by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the racist minority régime in Salisbury as constituting a flagrant violation of the inalienable right of the African people of Zimbabwe to self-determination and independence as provided for in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);

2. Reaffirms that no settlement which does not conform strictly to the principle of "no independence before majority rule" on the basis of one man, one vote, will be acceptable;

3. Invites the Security Council, when examining the question of Southern Rhodesia, to consider taking appropriate measures, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, in order to enable the people of Zimbabwe to exercise freely and without further delay their inalienable right to self-determination and independence;

4. Welcomes the decision by the Security Council on 2 December 1971[3] to invite Mr. Joshua Nkomo and the Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole, the respective leaders of the Zimbabwe African People's Union and the Zimbabwe African National Union, to appear before the Council to express their views concerning the future status of the Territory, and calls upon the Government of the United Kingdom, as the administering Power, to comply with that decision;

5. Calls upon all States to adhere strictly to the relevant provisions of the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council on the question of Southern Rhodesia, and in particular to observe the resolutions of the Council imposing sanctions against the racist minority régime.

2028th plenary meeting,
20 December 1971.
[1] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-sixth Session, Fourth Committee, 1956th meeting. [2] See Official Records of the Security Council, Twenty-sixth Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1971, document S/10405. [3] Ibid., Twenty-sixth Year, 1604th meeting.
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