United Nations Security Council Resolution 277

United Nations Security Council Resolution 277, adopted on March 18, 1970, concerned the state of Southern Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe. The Council reaffirmed its previous resolutions and noted with grave concern that efforts thus far to bring the rebellion to the end had failed, some countries (Portugal and South Africa mentioned specifically) had not been obeying the Council's resolutions and that the situation in Southern Rhodesia continued to deteriorate as a result of the regime's new measures.

UN Security Council Resolution 277
Date	March 18 1970
Meeting no.	1,535
Code	S/RES/277 (Document)
Subject	Question concerning the situation in Southern Rhodesia
Voting summary	14 voted for None voted against 1 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China France United Kingdom United States Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Burundi Colombia Finland Nepal Nicaragua Poland Sierra Leone Spain Syria Zambia
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The Council also reaffirmed the United Kingdom's responsibility over the territory and demanded the immediate withdrawal of South African armed personnel from Southern Rhodesia. The Council finished by deciding that all member states shall immediately sever all diplomatic, consular, trade, military and other relations and terminate any representation that they maintained in the territory, immediately interrupt any existing means of transportation to and from Southern Rhodesia and that international and regional organizations suspend the illegal regime's membership.

The resolution was adopted near unanimously, while Spain abstained.

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201 to 300 (1965–1971)
• Unilateral Declaration of Independence (Rhodesia)

References

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 277 at Wikisource