42. But precisely because of the gloomy picture portrayed here, of which we all are very well aware, and because of the fact that the imposed sanctions have not yet brought the racist regime of Ian Smith to an end, we must not allow any relaxation in all the efforts to assure the effectiveness of the sanctions; we must not allow a feeling of indifference or resignation to take over. We must thus continue to lend full political support to the people of Zimbabwe, as has already been done in so many resolutions of the General Assembly, of the Security Council and of the Committee of Twenty-Four.3 By doing so, we give heart to the people of Zimbabwe to continue their struggle against oppression and colonialist rule. We must exert all-out efforts in the sanctions Committee and in the Security Council with a view to improving the effectiveness of sanctions and their strict application to finding new measures that may prove to be useful in this respect and to rendering the violators’ job more difficult. We must pursue these efforts firmly until the present Southern Rhodesian regime comes to an end. Recent information to the effect that the foreign currency reserves situation in Rhodesia is seriously deter- iorating despite all illegal trade is an encouraging sign showing that the effects of our sanctions policy, incomplete as they are, are still proving to be at least partially effective. 43. A further step in this direction is now before US: it is incorporated in the report of the Committee, on which I Should like now to comment brizfy. 44. The Yugoslav delegation has supported, from the very beginning, all the proposals contained in the document submitted by the delegations of Guinea, Kenya and the Sudan, which has been accepted as a basis for the 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be discussing a political situation, specifically the sanctions imposed on Ian Smith's regime in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the efforts to make them more effective. The text mentions the economic effects of the sanctions, but the primary focus is on the political and diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the regime.

**Category**
International trade, Humanitarian aid and relief