Rhodesia, for their fate is our fate, and those who oppress them also oppress us. Let those who wish to compromise with these evils veto our draft resolution, and may God have mercy on their souls. 28. I should like to make a few brief comments on an editorial appearing in The New York Times of today, which I think bears some relevance to what the Council is now discussing. The heading of the editorial is “Priorities for Africans” and the editors of The New York Times are advising Africans to re-order their priorities correctly. We are being told that our opposition to racial and minority 4 regimes in southern Africa is a wrong priority, We should make it priority number ten, or perhaps give it llo priority at all. 29. I am not surprised that this type of advice comes from lllze New York Times. It comes from those who believe that Africans do not know how to order their own business,nor how to order their own priorities. We are being told that, instead of obsessing ourselves with opposition against white minorities in southern Africa, we should put as priority number one the question of the famine now ravaging some parts of Africa, and perhaps, as number one also, we should halt the killing of Africans by other Africans for ethnic and tribal reasons. I must say that The New York Times has recognized the fact that the white rulers of South Africa are not holy, for the newspaper says: “The white rulers of South Africa, Rhodesia, Angola and Mozambique deserve the world’s censure for repressing African majorities . . .“. I do not know whether I should repeat that for the benefit of the representatives of the United Kingdom and the United 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement about the political situation in southern Africa, specifically regarding the treatment of black majority populations by white minority governments. The speaker is advocating for the international community to take a stand against these regimes and is criticizing a New York Times editorial that suggests prioritizing other issues over racial and minority regime opposition.

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Humanitarian aid and relief, International trade