United Nations Security Council Resolution 327

United Nations Security Council Resolution 327, adopted on February 2, 1973, reaffirmed previous resolutions on the topic of Rhodesia and commended Zambia for its decision to immediately enforce sanctions. The United Nations plan to crush the Rhodesian government relied heavily on sanctions, Zambia had decided to enforce the sanctions when other nations chose not to despite the large impact the cessation of trade with Rhodesia would have on the Zambian economy. The Council decided to send the special mission established by resolution 326 to assess the needs of Zambia in maintaining alternate forms of communication and traffic, as most of it had flowed through Rhodesia in the past.

UN Security Council Resolution 327
Date	2 February 1973
Meeting no.	1,691
Code	S/RES/327 (Document)
Subject	Zambia's Decision to Impose Sanctions
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	Australia Austria Guinea India Indonesia Kenya Panama Peru Sudan Yugoslavia
Lists of resolutions

The resolution was approved with 14 votes in favour, while the Soviet Union abstained.

See also

• History of Rhodesia
• History of Zambia
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 301 to 400 (1971–1976)

References

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 327 at Wikisource