UNITED NATIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENT FROM BRITISH DELEGATE LORD CARADON (SOF) ON RHODESIA

Record ID: 337216

  • Title: UNITED NATIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENT FROM BRITISH DELEGATE LORD CARADON (SOF) ON RHODESIA
  • Date: 1st May 1965
  • Summary: 1. GV EXT. U.N. BUILDING 0.10 2. MV LORD CARADON SPEAKING (SOF) 2.37 TRANSCRIPT: SEQ.2: LORD CARADON SAID:- SOF BEGINS "FIRST LET ME SAY THAT I FULLY RESPECT THE SENSE OF ANXIETY WITH WHICH THE DISTINGUISHED FOREIGN MINISTERS OF ALGERIA AND SENEGAL HAVE SPOKEN. THE SITUATION IN SOUTHERN RHODESIA IS INDEED FULL OF POTENTIAL DIFFICULTIES. MY GO
  • Embargoed: 16th May 1965 13:00
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  • Location: UNITED NATIONS
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA298Y98KHYOJEYHWV3OL0S9GXS
  • Story Text: THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) UNTIL NEXT WEEK AFTER HEARING A STATEMENT BY THE BRITISH DELEGATE, LORD CARADON - FORMERLY SIR HUGH FOOT - ON THE RHODESIAN SITUATION. THE COUNCIL TOOK UP THE QUESTION OF RHODESIA AT THE INSTANCE OF 35 AFRICAN MEMBER-STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

    LORD CARADON ASKED THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO TAKE NO ACTION THAT WOULD MAKE MORE DIFFICULT THE EXPECTED NEGOTIATION BETWEEN HIS GOVERNMENT AND THAT OF RHODESIA. THE BRITISH DELEGATE, WHO RESIGNED HIS POSITION IN OCTOBER 1962 BECAUSE HE DISAGREED WITH THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON RHODESIA, MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE WHOLE-HEARTEDLY SUPPORTED THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE AND ACTIONS.
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