of what we, along with the African members and Indonesia, Panama, Peru and Yugoslavia, would have wished. But it was clear to the Committee that agreement on the African proposals could not be achieved. 44. However, as section IV indicates, a large number of proposals was forthcoming, and we do not see why some of them, on which there is no general ageement in the Committee, cannot be pursued in the Council. In paragraph 23 of the report the Soviet Union made comprehensive proposals which would deny South Africa and Portugal, as also the illegal r&ime of Zimbabwe, the export or import of many vital goods. We would have been quite prepared to support this proposal. The African counter-proposal that States should limit their purchases of certain goods from South Africa and Mozambique to the 1965 level is not only modest but eminently justified. 45. On paragraph 24, my delegation feels that while the African proposal is more suitable there is room for compromise between the African proposal and the United Kingdom proposal. We have not, however, been able to understand the United States proposal in this paragraph, for it seems to imply that while Governments can break the sanctions the nationals of the same Government would incur a penalty if they did not declare the “true point of origin” of goods imported from Southern Rhodesia. Apart from the distinction between the nationals and the Govern- ment in this respect, one of the difficulties of the Committee, as also of the Council, has been to determine the true point of origin. Or is it the intention that if the true point of origin were revealed, the penalties would not apply? I know that this can never be the intention, but the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international trade and economic sanctions, specifically in the context of the United Nations, and the proposals and counter-proposals related to South Africa, Portugal, and Zimbabwe. It seems to be focused on the economic implications of these sanctions and the potential impact on international trade.

**Category**
International trade