S.A. Sanctions Plan Recommended

Press, Volume C, Issue 29671, 15 November 1961, Page 11

S.A. Sanctions Plan Recommended

(* XfA-tW»M -CopyrtsM) NEW YORK. November 14. The United Nations Special Political Committee last night recommended the General Assembly to invoke diplomatic and economic sanctions against South Africa, and request the Security Council to consider expulsion of that State from the United Nations.

But both key recanmendsNona, in a 31-natloo, predomjnantly African-drafted reeoludoax failed to obtain the Vwotthtods majority that would make academic their later endoraement by the 103-metnber plenary Assembly. The committee voted by 47 to 33, with 22 abstentions, to draw the attention at the Security Council to article 6 of the Charter “for an early discussion of the continued membership of the Republic of South Africa in the united Nations." This article provides that a member which has "persistently violated the principles contained in the present Charter may be expelled from the organisation by the General Assembly upon the reeosnmendetion of the Security Council." The committee also recommended the Assembly to invoke diplomatic and economic sanctions against South

Africa, by which member Mraminsnts would break off diplomatic ratattop* with Pretoria. dose their porta to :3outh African ships, boycott South African goods and refrain from exporting to South Africa, and refuse lending and passage facilities to all South African aircraft This was approved by a vote of 48-30 in the commit-tee-far short of the twothirds majority needed in. the Assembly. The committee then went cm to approve the long resolution containing these provisions. The vote on this was 55-38, with 30 abstaintag.