OIL BAN SOUGHT
U.N. Resolution On S. Africa (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) NEW YORK, Nov. 14. The United Nations General Assembly overrode United States opposition yesterday and called for a world-wide embargo on oil shipments to South Africa. The ban on oil was part of a broad resolution calling for the independence of the territory of South-West Africa, a former League of Nations mandate, and condemning South Africa for ignoring previous United Nations resolutions on the subject. The vote was 84-6, with 17 abstaining. Voting against the proposal were the United States. Britain, France, Spain, Portugal and South Africa. Australia and New Zealand abstained. The Assembly declared further that any attempt to annex South-West Africa, or any part of it, would be considered an act of aggression
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30289, 15 November 1963, Page 16
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126OIL BAN SOUGHT Press, Volume CII, Issue 30289, 15 November 1963, Page 16
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