REPORT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL 16 June 1976 -15 June 1977 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS: THIRTY-SECOND SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 2 (A/32/2) UNITED NATIONS - REPORT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL 16 June 1976 -15 June 1977 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS: THIRTY-SECOND SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 2 (A/32i2) UNITED NATIONS New York, 1977 .----------- ............_..,,__...........iiiiii:""""=~_"""" -=~=>=== NOTE Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters com­ bined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. Documents of the Security Council (symbol SI . .. ) are normally published in quarterly Supplements of the Official Records of the Security Council. The date of the document indicates the supplement in which it appears or in which infor­ mation about it is given. The resolutions of the Security Council, numbered in accordance with a system adopted in 1964, are published in yearly volumes of Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council. The new system, which has been applied retro­ actively to resolutions adopted before 1 January 1965, became fully operative on that date. [Original: Chinese/English/French/Russian/Spanish] [29 November 1977] CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION ..................................................... 1 Part I Questions considered by tbe Security Council under its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security Chapter 1. QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE MIDDLE EAST ••••••••••.•••••••••••••• 2 A. The situation in the Middle East .. .. ... .. 2 B. The question of the exercise by the Palestinian people of its inalienable rights , " , , .. 7 C. The situation in the occupied Arab territories 8 2. QUESTIONS RELATING TO SOUTHERN AFRICA. •. •• •••• .• .• .• ••• . •• • ••• 10 A. Situation in South Africa: killings and violence by the apartheid regime in South Africa in Soweto and other areas , . .. 10 B. Reports and communications concerning the question of race conflict in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid of the Govern- ment of South Africa 12 C. Complaint by Zambia against South Africa . ........ 12 D. Complaint by Lesotho against South Africa. .... ......... 14 Eo The question of South Africa . ......... .. .. .. 16 F. The situation in Namibia 19 G. Question concerning the situation in Southern Rhodesia .. .. 23 H. Complaint of the Government of Botswana against the illegal regime in Southern Rhodesia concerning violations of its territorial sovereignty " 25 3. THE SITUATION IN CYPRUS ••••••••••••.•••••.•••••••••••••••••••• 28 A. Developments between 16 June and 31 December 1976 28 B. Developments between 1 January and 15 June 1977 . ......... .... 31 4. COMPLAINT BY GREECE AGAINST TuRKEy........................... 33 A. Communications to the Security Council and request for a meeting .. 33- B. Consideration by the Council at the 1949th, 1950th and 1953rd meet- ings (12, 13 and 25 August 1976) 33 5. COMPLAINT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF MAURITIUS, CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY, OF THE "ACT OF AGGRESSION" BY ISRAEL AGAINST THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA .. • ••..•• • ••• • . • • • •••• • •••. • • • • • 34 A. Communications to the Security Council and requests for -a meeting .. 34 B. Consideration at the 1939th to 1943rd meetings (9-14 July 1976) .. 35 6. COMPLAINT BY BENIN .•.....•.•.•..•..•••.•.•••..••••.• ;........ 37 A. Communications to the Security Council and request for a meeting. 37 B. Consideration at the 1986th and 1987t11 meetings (7 and 8 February 1977) 37 C. Establishment and time-table of the Special Mission. .... .. 38 D. Report of the Special Mission to the People's Republic of Benin .. .. 38 E. Subsequent communications to the Council 39 F. Consideration at the 2000th to 2005th meetings (6-14 April 1977) 39· ill CONTENTS (continrled) Chapter Page Part 11 Other matters considered by the Security Council 7. ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS •••••••..••..••.•.••.••••••••.••••.. 41 A. Application of Angola 41 B. Application of Seychelles 42 C. Application of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam 43 D. Application of Western Samoa ..............................• 44 8. RECOMMENDATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS ...•...••••.•••• ,..•••••.• •• . •• •• •. •• •• •• •• 44 Part III The l\'iilitary Std Committee 9. WORK OF THE MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE... ..•••••••••••••••••• 45 Part IV Matters brought to the attention of the ~ecurity Council but not discussed in the Council during the period covered 10. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING THE SITUATION IN WESTERN SAHARA. •• •• 46 11. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SUDAN AND THE LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA ••••••..••••.•.•••••.••••••••••• ',' ~ '" 46 12. COMMUNICATION FROM THE IVORY COAST.... •••.•••••••••••••••••• 47 13. COMMUNICATIONS FROM YEMEN AND ETHIOPIA...................... 47 14. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING MOZAMBIQUE. ....................... 47 15. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING REFUGEES FROM ANGOLA.............. 48 16. COMMUNICATION CONCERNING THE FIRST AFRO-ARAB SUMMIT CONFERENCE 48 17. COMMUNICATIONS FROM DEMOCRATIC YEMEN, IRAN AND OMAN......... 49 18. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING THE SITUATION IN TIMOR .••••••••••••• 49 19. REpORT ON THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ••••••••••• , 51 20. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING THE KOREAN QUESTION................ 51 21. COMMUNICATION FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES........ 51 22. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING THE STRENGTHENING OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ••••• •..••.••••••••••.••••••••.•••••.••••••••.••••••• 51 23. COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING THE TRANSLATION INTO RUSSIAN OF THE , PHRASE "FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMAJI.'Y" .••••••••••••.••••••••••• 52 APPENDICES I. Membership of the Security Council during the years 1976 and 1977 53 ll. Representatives and deputy, alternate and acting representatives accredited to the Security Council :.......................... 53 Ill. Presidents of the Security Council ..........................•.... 54 N. Meetings of the Security Council held during the period from 16 June 1976 to 15 June 1977 ..............•........•..........•..•...•••. 54 V. Resolutions adopted by the Security Council during the period from 16 June 1976 to 15 June 1977 59 VI. Meetings of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council during the period from 16 June 1976 to 15 June 197; .. ; .......•• ~ .•• ~ . ; ......•... 59 Vll. Representatives, Chairmen and Principal Secretaries of the Military Staff COlnmittee ....................•.......••.......•••••......•• 60 VID. List of matters of which the Security Council is seized 62 iv INTRODUCTION 1. The present reportl is submitted to the General 3. With respect to the membership of the Security Assembly by the Security Council in accordance with Council during the period covered, it will ce recalled Article 24, paragraph 3, and Article 15, paragraph 1, that the General Assembly, at the 40th plenary meet­ of the Charter. ing of its thirty-first session on 21 October 1976, 2. As in previous years, ,the report is not intended elected Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, as a substitute for the records of the Security Council, India, Mauritius and Venezuela as non-permanent mem­ which constitute ·the only comprehensive and author­ bers of the Security Council to fill the vacancies result­ itative account of its deliberations, but as a guide to ing from the expiration, on 31 December 1976, of the the activities of the Security Council during the period terms of office of Guyana, Italy, Japan, Sweden and covered. It should be noted, in this connexion, that the United Republic of Tanzania. once again the present report has been prepared in 4. The period covered in the present report is from accordance with the Council's decision in December 16 June 1976 to 15 June 1977. The Council held 85 1974 to make its report shorter and more concise, meetings during that period. without changing its basic struoture. 5. One member of the Council is not in a position 1 This is the thirty-second annual report of the Security to agree to the Russian language version of this report Council to the General Assembly. These reports are circulated as Supplement No. 2 to the Official Records of each regular for the reasons referred to in the first paragraph of session of the General Assembly. chapter 23 (para. 495) of this report. 1 M 'it ......" *¥S Part I QUESTIONS CONSIDERED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL UNDER ITS RES1"ONSIBILITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY Chapter 1 QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE MIDDLE EAST A. The situation in the Middle East "The situation in the Middle East: "Report of the Secretary-General on the United 1. THE UNITED NATIONS EMERGENCY FORCE Nations Emergency Force (S/12212)." (UNEF) 11. The President drew attention to a draft resolu­ (a) Extension of the mandate of UNEF until tion (S/12219) which had been drawn up during con­ 24 October 1977 sultations among the members of the Council, who (i) Report of the Secretary-General dated 18 Oc­ had agreed that statements on it should be made after tober 1976 the vote. Additionally, the President made the follow­ ing complementary statement (S/PV.1964) on behalf 6. As the mandate of the United Nations Emer­ of the Council regarding the draft resolution: "Under gency Force (UNEF) was due to expire on 24 Oc­ the provisions of operative paragraph 1, subpara­ tober 1976, the Secretary-General submitted a report graph (c), of this draft resolution, the Security Council on 18 October (S/12212) on the activities of the would request the Secretary-General to submit at the