Speciaf Supplement No. 2. tion of chrome and other minerals. Furthermore, last month Rhodesia was able to show the world that it has been able to purchase American-made jet liners in spite af the sanctions. 13. Document S/l 0920 and Corr.1 contains a number of recommendations, suggestions and proposals by the sane. tions Committee. The recommendations and suggestions that have been agreed to by all delegations are, in the view of my delegation, only palliatives. I have already given three methods by which the illegal regime escapes sanctions-that is, through secret trading, the American Government’s open trading and the open-door policy adopted by the South African and Portuguese Governments. Our palliatives will not be able to counter those three elements, and, what is more germane, they will not even restrain or prevent South Africa and Portugal from defying this Council. That is the basic question at the heart of resolution 320 (1972). We shall therefore find ourselves in a situation of built-in failure. 14. In plain language, the agreed recommendations and suggestions would be nothing but stop-gap measures de- signed to boost African morale and to exert a little more pressure on the rdgime. It will serve no purpose of tllis Council, of the international community and, above all, of the people of Rhodesia to have hopes raised that at last something really effective is being mounted, because that is far from the truth. We could foresee, at the end of this discussion by the Council, having a resolution that emom. passes the recommendations and suggestions that have been agreed upon by all members of the Council. That could be the very minimum we could expect from the Council. But, as I have just stressed, it could be an exercise in futility. because failure is built into that course of action. Hence, 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the international community's efforts to address the situation in Rhodesia, specifically the effectiveness of sanctions and the Council's recommendations. It highlights the issue of secret trading, American Government's open trading, and the open-door policy of South African and Portuguese Governments, which undermine the sanctions. The text also mentions the purchase of American-made jet liners by Rhodesia, indicating the involvement of international trade and commerce.

**Category**
International trade