In certain cases, such as tbe lengthy history of South Africa, there is an inexhaustible store of quotations from eoma permanent members of the Council, even very recent quotations, in which they tried to explain that economic sanctions should not be imposed against South Africa because these would also harm the country's black majority. I know that our colleagues from the United States and the United Kingdom are very fsmiliar witb tbat position, because it is one they consistently maintained for many years; they continua to maintain it to some extant. when Borne economic sanction6 were imposed against Southern Rhodesia - not a third-world country or a poor country, but a wealthy developed country like the United States - the United States felt it had to violate tbam by continuing to import chromium from Southern Rhodesia. And the Security Council sitting in this EMS/6 SIPV.2939 27 (Mr. A&san de Quesada. Cu!& very Chamber sent no fleets; it adopted no condemnatory resolutions. It seemingly considered it natural that the representative of the United States should speak in this manner: (spoke in Engl&&) "The United States representative explained that the decisior? to resume imports of Southern Rhodesian chrome had been prompted by genuine considerations of United States national security and by its requirements of materials of strategic importance which could not be obtained cheaper anywhere else". (continued) Can you imagine, fellow representatives, if any State in the world were today to apply the 8ame logic to the oil for which we now have to pay at least double the price we were paying before this crisis? This ia not a strategic material for anyone; ~OPQ among the 10 representatives that have communicated with the Council under Article 50 has mentionefl it. But in the prehistoric document from which I 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the economic sanctions imposed on South Africa and Southern Rhodesia, and how certain countries, such as the United States, have justified their actions based on national security and strategic material requirements. The text also mentions the price of oil and the crisis. Given the focus on economic sanctions, national security, and international trade, I hypothesize that the text is most likely related to International Trade and Economic Development.

**Category**
International Trade, Economic Development