AHG/Res. 25 (II)
4. Requests the United Kingdom Government, the administering power having
sole responsibility for the present situation:
a) To suspend the 1961 Constitution of Southern Rhodesia forthwith and to
take all necessary steps including the use of armed force to resume the
administration of the territory;
b) To release the leader of the nationalist movements Joshua NKOMO,
SITHOLE and other political prisoners;
c) To hold a constitutional conference with the participation of the
representatives of the entire population of Southern Rhodesia with a view
to adopting a new Constitution guaranteeing universal adult suffrage (one
man, one vote), free elections and independence;
5. Calls upon all governments and all international Organizations to withhold
recognition of a European minority government in the event of a unilateral
declaration of independence, and to apply all necessary sanctions;
6. Resolves in the event of failure on the part of the United Kingdom to take the
measures set forth in operative paragraph 2 (a):
a) To reconsider all political, economic, diplomatic and financial relations
between African countries and the Untied Kingdom Government in the
event of this Government’s granting or tolerating Southern Rhodesian
independence under a minority government;
b) To use all possible means including force to oppose a unilateral
declaration of independence;
c) To give immediate assistance to the people of Zimbabwe with a view to
establishing a majority government in the country;
7. Empowers the African Group at the United Nations to ensure that the
request sent to the United Nations and the Security Council receives due
consideration.