the fact that he had other obligations, he asked me to make the following statement. 93. The Soviet delegation associates itself with the state- ments of the representatives of African and other countries which are members of the Security Council who expressed dissatisfaction at the latest instance of obstruction by the United Kingdom, with United States support, of the adoption of a resolution on Rhodesia. The delegation of the United Kingdom used an unjust veto against the adoption of this draft resolution. The United Kingdom has once again shown the world whose side it is on, who it is protecting, and whose advantage it is working for. By its vote against this draft resolution, the United Kingdom delegation has yet again shown that the United Kingdom callously and cynically ignores the national interests of the Zimbabwe people, which is groaning under the heel of bloody racism. It is protecting the racist Smith regime which oppresses and exploits that people. 94. This latest veto by the United Kingdom is yet another unjust veto on its part. It is the United Kingdom’s fifth veto in the Security Council on the question of Southern Rhodesia. 95. What prevented the United Kingdom delegation from voting in favour of this draft resolution proposed by African and other countries? Let us make no bones about it, the draft was more than modest. It provided for further curtailment of the possibilities of the racist r&me in Southern Rhodesia of transporting its goods to other camtries. This draft resolution, which did not even directly proclaim sanctions against South Africa and Portugal, called timPlY for curtailment of purchases of goods from those 10 countries, in order to prevent them from reselling Southern Rhodesian goods. 96. The adoption of such measures would not have contradicted the oral statements by the United Kingdom 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a statement made by the Soviet delegation in the United Nations Security Council, criticizing the United Kingdom's veto of a draft resolution regarding Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). The main issue is not about a specific economic or environmental concern, but rather about the political situation and human rights in Rhodesia, with the Soviet delegation accusing the UK of supporting a racist regime and ignoring the national interests of the Zimbabwean people.

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