U.S.A.: U.N.: SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR ARMS BAN ON SOUTH AFRICA.

Record ID: 1098179

  • Title: U.S.A.: U.N.: SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR ARMS BAN ON SOUTH AFRICA.
  • Date: 5th December 1963
  • Summary: 1. GV. EXT...U.N. BUILDING (2 SHOTS). 0.09 2. STV. INT...DELEGATES. 0.14 3. CU DEAN (U.K.) SOF BEGINS: "IT IS THE POSITION OF MY GOVERNMENT......" S.O.F. ENDS: ".... ...OF EQUIPMENT PROPER TO THESE PURPOSES." 0.50 4. STV DELEGATES. 0.54 5. CU FEDORENKO (U.S.S.R.) SOF (TRANSLATOR) STARTS AT 36FT: "THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GROUP OF EXPERTS......." SOF ENDS: "........ IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA." 1.30 6. STV DELEGATES. 1.40 7. STV STEVENSON (U.S.A.). 1.41 8. CU STEVENSON SOF BEGINS: "THE UNITED STATES WILL CARRY OUT........." SOF ENDS: "........ MILITARY EXPLOSIVES." 2.37 TRANSCRIPT: SEQ. 3: DEAN: "IT IS THE POSITION OF MY GOVERNMENT THAT NO ARMS SHOULD BE EXPORTED TO SOUTH AFRICA WHICH WOULD ENABLE THE POLICY OF APARTHEID TO BE ENFORCED. RESOLUTION S/5386 WAS, HOWEVER, FRAMED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO CEASE THE PROVISION OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT OF ANY TYPE TO SOUTH AFRICA. IT REMAINS THE VIEW OF MY DELEGATION THAT WE MUST BEAR IN MIND THE RIGHTS OF SOUTH AFRICA TO SELF-DEFENCE UNDER ARTICLE 51 OF THE CHARTER. AND WE MUST RESERVE OUR POSITION IN THE LIGHT OF THE REQUIREMENTS...IN THE SUPPLY OF EQUIPMENT PROPER OF THESE PURPOSES." SEQ. 5: FEDORENKO: "THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GROUP OF EXPERTS FOR STUDY OF METHODS OF SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF APARTHEID IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC...AND THE CONSIDERATION OF THE QUESTION OF WHAT ROLE COULD BE PLANED BY THE UNITED NATIONS IN ACHIEVING THAT END FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW MAY BE UTILISED FOR DIVERTING ATTENTION FROM THE PRINCIPLE ISSUE. AND IN THE NEED FORTHWITH TO LIQUIDATE APARTHEID IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA." SEQ. 8: STEVENSON: "THE UNITED STATES WILL CARRY OUT THE POLICY OF RESTRICTION ON ARMS AND EQUIPMENT TO SOUTH AFRICA CONTAINED IN THIS RESOLUTION AS COROLLARY OF THE POLICY WHICH WE ANNOUNCED IN AUGUST, AND WE WILL DO SO EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH A RESOLUTION. WE WILL ACT UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH OF THE RESOLUTION AND, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR OWN LAW, ON THE BASIS OF MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT WHOSE PRIMARY USES ARE CONNECTED WITH MANUFACTURE AND MAINTENANCE OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION. THUS WE WILL NO LONGER, FOR EXAMPLE, SELL OR PROVIDE SOUTH AFRICA EQUIPMENT SUCH AS ARTILLERY AND AMMUNITION LATHES, SHELL TEMPERS, AND RIFLE-WORKING MACHINES, MILITARY-TYPE JIGS, HYDRAULIC PRESSURES EQUIPPED TO MANUFACTURE ARMS IN ARTILLERY, TESTING MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MILITARY EXPLOSIVES." "WITHOUT OBJECTION ALL THOSE IN FAVOUR OF THE DRAFT RESOLUTION WILL SO SIGNIFY BY RAISING THEIR HANDS -- ONE HAND...THE RESULT OF THE VOTE IS UNANIMITY." Shotlist incomplete on original Initials JT/N/JF/GH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 19th December 1963 12:00
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  • Location: UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTER NEW YORK, U.S.A.
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