United Nations Security Council Resolution 318

United Nations Security Council Resolution 318, adopted on July 28, 1972, after reaffirming previous resolutions on the topic, the Council approved the recommendations of the committee established in resolution 253. The Council then condemned all acts violating the provisions of the previous resolutions, called upon all states continuing to have economic and other relations with Southern Rhodesia to stop immediately and demanded that all member states scrupulously carry out their obligations under the previous resolutions. The Resolution then requested the Secretary-General provide all appropriate assistance to the committee established in resolution 253.

UN Security Council Resolution 318
Date	28 July 1972
Meeting no.	1,655
Code	S/RES/318 (Document)
Subject	Question concerning the situation in Southern Rhodesia
Voting summary	14 voted for None voted against 1 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China France United Kingdom United States Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Argentina Belgium Guinea India Italy Japan Panama Somalia Sudan Yugoslavia
Lists of resolutions

The resolution passed with 14 votes to none, with one abstention from the United States.

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 301 to 400 (1971–1976)
• Unilateral Declaration of Independence (Rhodesia)
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 314

References

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 318 at Wikisource