which it was unable to perform its task. There is a more serious aspect to the problem. In point of fact, the sad and unsatisfactory results of the Committee’s work not only do not counteract the continuing violation of sanctions but, on the contrary, actually result in the concealment and encouragement of the violators and enable them to con- tinue their harmful practice of violating the Security Council’s resolutions on sanctions. Thus, there are two sides to the same coin. 70. The survival and continued existence of the foreign minority’s racist regime in the African country of Zimbabwe, which has an African population of 5 million, is above all a direct consequence of the policy of connivance with and protection of that regime on the part of certain Western countries, particularly the “godfather” of that regime, the United Kingdom. It is the United Kingdom which bears the prime responsibility for the emergence and continuing existence of the racist regime in South Africa. Everyone knows that it is the United Kingdom which has repeatedly protected and defended the Southern Rhodesian regime in the Security Council by its veto. In recent years alone, the United Kingdom has used its veto three times-in 1970, 1971 and 1972~in voting on just resolutions defending the rights of the Zimbabwe people and has thus prevented the Council from adopting the effective decisions necessary to support that people and counteract the racists who oppress it. It has thus embarked on a course of direct support of the racist regime in Southern Rhodesia. The United Kingdom representatives, as before, recommend the typical British “calm and cautious” approach to the solution of this problem. However, the pernicious effects of this so-called calm approach are known to all. As the result of such an approach, the Zimbabwe people has already 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a political statement or diplomatic document, focusing on the issue of sanctions, racism, and the responsibility of certain Western countries, particularly the United Kingdom, in perpetuating the racist regime in Zimbabwe (formerly known as Southern Rhodesia). The text does not mention specific economic, environmental, or scientific issues, but rather emphasizes the political and human rights implications of the situation.

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