GENEXAL S/7781. 1967 ENGLISH ORIGIFAL
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Disk?, GENEXAL s/7781. 21 February 1967 ENGLISH ORIGIFAL: ENGLISH/FREBCH, SPANISH REPORT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERALIIS PURSUANCEOF RESOLUTION 232 (1966) ADOPTED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL AT ITS 13lCOTH MEETING Ol!T 16 DECEMBER1966 I 1. On 16 December 1966, the Security Council, acting in accordance with Articles 39 and 4-l of the United Nations Charter, determined that the present situation in Southern Rhodesia constitutes a threat to international peace and security, It called on States to take a number of measures which were laid down in operative paragraphs 2 and 5 of resolution 232 (1966), which read as follows: "2. _Decides that all States Members of the United Nations shall prevent: "(a) the import into their territories of asbestos, iron ore, chrome pig-iron, sugar, tobacco, copper, meat and meat products and hides, skins and leather originating in Southern Rhodesia and exported therefrom after the date of this resolution; "(b) any activities by their nationals or in their territories which promote or are calculated to promote the export of these commodities from Southern Rhodesia and any dealings by their nationals or in their territories in any of these commodities originating in Southern Rhodesia and exported therefrom after the date of this resolution, including in particular any transfer of funds to Southern Rhodesia for the purposes of such activities ox dealings; "(c) shipment in vessels or aircraft of their registration of any of these commodities originating in Southern Rhodesia and exported therefrom after the date of this resolution; "(cl) any act ivities by their nationals or in their territories which promote or are calculated to promote the sale or shipment to Southern Rhodesia of arms, ammunition of all types, military aircraft, military vehicles, and equipment and materials for the manufacture and maintenance of arms and ammunition in Southern Rhodesia; "(e) any ac t' 1~1'2; ies by their nationals or in their territories which promote or are calculated to promote the supply to Southern Rhodesia of all other aircraft and motor vehicles and of equipment and materials for 67-03602 / . s/77@- English Page 2 the manufacture, assembly, or maintenance of aircraft and motor vehicles in Southern Rhodesia: the shipment in vessels and aircraft of their registration of any such goods destined for Southern Rhodesia: and any activities by their nationals or in their territories which promote or are calculated to promote the manufacture or assembly of aircraft or motor vehicles in Southern Rhodesia; "(f) participation in their territories or territories under their administration or in land or air transport facilities or by their nationals or vessels of their registration in the supply of oil or oil products to Southern Rhodesia; notwithstanding any contracts entered into or licences granted before the date of this resolution;' "5. Calls upon all States not to render financial or other economic aid to the illegal racist rggime in Southern Rhodesia." 2. In ol?erative paragraph 3 it reminded Member States that the failure or refusal by any of them to implement the resolution would constitute a violation of Article 25 of the Charter. In operative paragraph 6 it called upon the States Members of the United Nations to carry out this decision of the Security Council in accordance with Article 25 of the Charter. In operative -paragraph 7 it urged,, 'having regard to the principles stated in Article 2 of the Charter, States not Members of the United Nations to act in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of the resolution. 3. In operative paragraph 8 it called upon States Members of the United Nations or of the specialized agencies to report to the Secretary-General the measures they had taken in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of the resolution. 4. In operative paragraph 9 it requested the Secretary-General to report to the Council on the progress of the implementation of the resolution, the first report to be submitted not later than 1 March 1967. II 5. By a note dated 17 December 1966, the Secretary-General transmitted the text of the resolution to States Members of the United Nations or of the specialized agencies and drew their particular attention to the fact that the Security Council had acted in accordance with Articles 39 and 41 of the United Nations Charter and had reminded Member States that the failure or refusal by any of them to / . i. S/7781 English Page 3 implement this resolution would constitute a violation of Article 25 of the Charter. He drew attention to the provisions of operative paragraphs 7, 8 and 9 of the resolution and requested information, as early as possible, on the measures taken by the Governments in accordance with the provisions of the resolution. 6. In a further note dated 13 January 1.967 addressed to States Members of the United Nations or of the specialized agencies, the Secretary-General added that he would appreciate receiving a detailed account of the action taken by the Governments in the implementation of the operative Faragraphs 2 and 5 of the resolution I as well as such other measures they may have t&ken in accordance with the spiri.t and general intent of the resolution. The Secretary-General transmitted with the note a questionnaire on imports and exports of the commodities listed in opkrative paragraph 2 of the resolution in order to facilitate the supply of uniform data by States and to enable the Secretary-General to provide the Security Council from time to time with analyses of the progress of the implementation of the resolution with regard to trade in those commodities.- 1/ III 7. The Secretary- G.eneral has the honour to report to the Security Council that up to 21 February 1967, he has received replies to his notes referred to above from seventy-two States Members of the United Nations or of the specialized agencies. The substantive parts of these replies are reproduced in annex 2 of this report. 8. It will be seen that a great majority of the States which have replied have reported that they have taken measures which they coilsider necessary in order to comply with the provisions of the Security Council resolution. Several States have reported that they have had no trade or other relations with Southern Rhodesia and would refrain from such relations. Most of the other States have reported the measures they have taken and indicated that they had initiated or were initiating legislative action necessary to ensure full compliance with the resolution. 1’0 One State Member of the United Nations, MalaTfi, has reported that it has taken various measures called for under the Security Council resolution but was I-/ The text of the note of 13 January 1967 is reproduced in annex 1. / . I s/7781 English Page 4 UIlable,, because of certain sp'ccial Prob1ems3 to prohibit altogether the import v of sugar, meat and meat products from Southern Rhodesia at the present time." 10. Gne State member of the specialized applcies, Switzerland, has reported that while it could not, for reasons of principle as a neutral State, submit to the mandatory sanctions of the United Nations, it had decided to strengthen the restrictions on imports from Southern Rhodesia, and to continue certain other measures it had already talcen, so that Southern Rhodesian trade was given no opportunity to avoid the United Nations sanctions policy through Swiss territory. 11. Finally, one State Member of the United Mations, Portugal, in its communication, did not report any measures taken or contemplated by it in compliance with the resolution, but raised a number of points which are referred to in section VI below. 12. The Secretary-General notes that a substantial number of States have not yet reported in pursuance of operative paragraph 8 of Security Council resolution 2‘32 (1966) calling upon States Members of the United Nations or of the specialized agencies to report to the Secretary-General the measures each has taken in accordance with the provisions of operative paragraph 2 of the resolution, These include certain States which have significant trade with Southern Rhodesia. lj. The Secretary-General notes further that while several States have undertaken to provide the trade statistics requested in his note of 13 January 1967, full information on the effect of implementation of Security Council resolution 232 on the trade of Southern Rhodesia is not at present available and may not be available for some time. It is his intention to utilize the data hitherto provided by States Members of the United Nations and of the specialized agencies as a basis for estimating the effect of these measures. The document to this effect will be submitted to the Council later. 14. The Secretaw-General expresses the hoDe._ that all States Members of the United Nations or of the specialized agencies will submit information on the measures taken in accordance with the provisions of the resolution, or, in the case Of those States lrhich have replied to the two notes, information on further measures they have taken, if any, ?/ See section V below. / . s/7781 English Page 5 15. I\ileanwhile, the Secretary-General has thought it advisable to provide the Council with certain data on the trade of Southern Rhodesia in 1365 and 1966. These data, which are set out in an addendum to this report, show the direction of past trade in commodities listed in the resolution and the value of the trade of Southern Rhodesia with each trading partner, They serve to give some indication of the likely effect of the measures reported so far by States and . of the importance of further measures by each of the States with respect to the various commodities.