Question of Southern Rhodesia

A/RES/32/116[A]View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 92 Question of Southern Rhodesia, published in 1978.

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36 documents · 1963–1980

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1980	A/RES/34/192	Question of Southern Rhodesia	1,049	–
1979	A/RES/33/38[B]	Question of Southern Rhodesia	—	–
1979	A/RES/33/38A-B	Question of Southern Rhodesia resolutions	—	–
1979	A/RES/33/38[A]	Question of Southern Rhodesia	—	–
1978	A/RES/32/116[B]	Question of Southern Rhodesia	—	–

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16 subjects

Aggression Declarations Decolonization Detained Persons Human Rights Violations Humanitarian Assistance Immigration Information Dissemination Mercenaries Political Prisoners Political Violence Self-Determination of Peoples Southern Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia Question United Kingdom Zimbabwe

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A/RES/32/116 [A]

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Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Zimbabwe to self-determination, freedom and independence and the legitimacy of their struggle to secure by all means at their disposal the enjoyment of that right as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and in conformity with the objectives of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);

Reaffirms the principle that there should be no independence before majority rule in Zimbabwe and that any settlement relating to the future of the Territory must be worked out with the full participation of the people of Zimbabwe and in accordancc with their true aspirations;

Condemns the continued war of repression and the intensified oppressive measures against the people of Zimbabwe by the illegal racist minority régime;

Strongly condemns thc illegal racist minority régime for its continuing, brutal acts of aggression and threats against Mozambique, Zambia and Botswana;

Strongly condemns South Africa for its continued support of the illegal racist minority régime in contravention of the provisions of all the resolutions and decisions of the United Nations on the question of southern Rhodesia;

Calls upan the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. in the discharge of its primary responsibility as the administering Power, to take all effcctive measures to enable Zimbabwe to accede to independence in accordance with the aspirations of the majority of the population and not under any circumstances to accord to the illegal régime any of thc powers or attributes of sovereignty;

Firmly supports the people of Zimbabwe in their struggle to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination and independenoe by all means at their disposal;

Reaffirms the relevant provisions of the Maputo Declaration in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia and the Programme of Action for the Liberation of Zimbabwe and Namibia, in particular the provisions calling for assistance to those front-line States which are victims of repeated acts of aggression by the racist minority régime;71

Demands:

The termination forthwith of all repressive measures perpetrated by the illegal racist minority régime against the people of Zimbabwe, in particular the wanton killings and executions of Africans and their freedom fighters carried out by that régime, the brutality committed in the "operational area", the arbitrary closure of African areas, the eviction, transfer and res,ettlement of Africans and the creation of concentration camps;

Year, Supp/ement for October, November and December 1977 document S/12466.

' 71 A/32/109/Rev.l-S/12344/Rev.L annex V, paras. 21 and

39. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security

September 1977.

The unconditional and immediate release of all political prisoners, detainees and restrictees, the removal of all restrictions on political activity and the establishment of full democratic freedom and equality of political rights, as well as the restoration to the population of fundamental human rights;

The cessation of the influx of foreign immigrnnts into the Territory and the immediate withdrawal of all mercenaries therefrom;

The immediate cessation of all acts of aggres- (d) sion and threats against neighbouring African States;

Calls upan all States to take all necessary and cffective measures to prevent advertisement for, and rccruitment of, merccnaries for Southem Rhodesia;

Requests all States to give immediate and substantial material assistance to enable the Governmcnts of Mozambique and Botswana to strengthen their defence capability in order to safeguard effectively their sovercignty and territorial integrity;

Requests all States, directly and through their action in the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system of which they are members, as well as the non-govcrnmental organizations concerned and the various programmes within the Unitcd Nations system, to extend, in consultation and co-operation with the Organization of African Unity, to the people of Zimbabwe and their national liberation movement al! the moral, material, political and humanitarian assistance necessary in their struggle for the restoration of their inalienable rights;

Invites all Governments, the specialized agencies and other organizations within thc United Nations system, the United Nations bodies concerned and nongovcrnmental organizations having a special interest in the ficld of decolonization, as wcll as the Secretary- Gcneral, to take steps, as appropriate, to give widespread and continuous publicity through all the media at their disposal to information on the situation in Zimbabwe and on the relevant decisions and actions of the United Nations, with particular referencc to the application of sanctions against the illegal régime;

Requests the Government of the United Kingdom to continue to co-operate with the Special Com- 1:1ittee on the Situatic:m with regard to the Implementat1on of the Dec_Iarat10n on the Grnnting of Independencc to Colomal Countries and Peoples in the dischargc of the mandatc entrusted to the latter by the Gener~l Assembly. and to report thereon to the Special CoIT,1m1ttec and to the Assembly at its thirty-third sess1on;

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R~quests the _Special Committee to kecp the s1tuat10n m the Terr1tory under review as a matter of priority and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-third session.

64 Official Records o/ the General Assembly, Thirty-second 67 See Official Records o/ the General Assembly, Thirtysecond .Session, Fourth Committee, 27th meeting. text, see Official Records o/ the Security Council, Thirty-

70 See Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-second

Counci/, Thirty-second Year, Supplement for Ju/y, August and

text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Thirtysecond Year, Supplement for Ju/y, August and Septemba 1977.

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