Question of Southern Rhodesia

A/RES/1760(XVII)No PDF available

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1963.

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36 documents · 1963–1980

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6 topics

Civil and Political Rights Constitutions Elections Right to Vote Southern Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia Question

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Reaffirms its resolution 1747 (XVI);

Considers that the attempt to impose the Constitution of 6 December 1961, which has been rejected and is being vehemently opposed by most of the political parties and the vast majority of the people of Southern Rhodesia, and to hold elections under it will aggravate the existing explosive situation in that Territory;

Requests the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take the necessary measures to secure :

The immediate implementation of resolutions 1747 (XVI) and 1755 (XVII);

( b) The immediate suspension of the enforcement of the Constitution of 6 December 1961 and cancellation of the general elections scheduled to take place shortly under that Constitution;

( c) The immediate convening of a constitutional conference, in accordance with resolution 1747 (XVI), to formulate a new constitution for Southern Rhodesia;

( d) The immediate extension to the whole population, without discrimination, of the full and uncondi- General AHembly-Seventeenth Session tional exercise of their basic political rights,

m particular the right to vote, and the establishment of equality among all inhabitants of the Territory;

Requests the Acting Secretary-General to lend his good offices to promote conciliation among the various sections of the population of Southern Rhodesia by initiating prompt discussions with the United Kingdom Government and other parties concerned, with a view to achieving the objectives set out in this and all the other resolutions of the General Assembly on the question of Southern Rhodesia, and to report to the Assembly at its present session as well as to the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples ;2

Decides to keep the item entitled "Question of Southern Rhodesia" on the agenda of its seventeenth session.

31 October 1962.

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