25. 1 make no apology for referring to a concrete case, because cases-concrete cases-are what the sanctions Com- mittee’s work is all about. We have to understand how the business is carried out, and the case I have quoted provides a partial illustration of that. 26. And this brings me to the second consequence of the complexity of international commerce, something which also has a bearing on what has been called the “technicali- zation” of the sanctions Committee. Very briefly it is this: given the methods to which sanctions busters resort, if the Committee is to succeed in its task of detecting sanctions evasions and of assisting Governments which profess to support sanctions in their task of detecting evasions, the Committee cannot ignore the technicalities. There is indeed a lot of hard, down-to-earth technical work to be done. Despite the complexities, however, one thing which is clear is that as far as goods imported from Southern Rhodesia are concerned there is one place where an evasion of sanctions can be firmly and definitively established and that is at their port of final destination. The same principle is true of goods exported to Southern Rhodesia; it is in their country of origin that the investigations have to be made. 27. The representative of Somalia referred to the 143 cases of what he called violations as being only the tip of the iceberg. But though there are undoubtedly many more cases which go unreported and undetected, and even unsuspected, not even all the 143 cases are proved. This, incidentally, is why figures showing the number of times a country has been mentioned in a report are in themselves meaningless, They are only reports of suspected breaches. And the plain fact is that with few exceptions neither the Government of the importing or exporting country nor the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the complexities of international trade, specifically the enforcement of sanctions against Southern Rhodesia. The author is highlighting the technicalities involved in detecting sanctions evasions and the importance of understanding the methods used by "sanctions busters". The text does not seem to be related to economic development, natural resources, agriculture, forestry, fishing, health, education, employment, humanitarian aid, culture, or science and technology.

**Category**
International trade