Pamphlet supporting HR 1287 to renew compliance with the U.N. sanctions against Rhodesia. Contents: New Realities in Southern Africa Demand Renewed Sanctions Against Rhodesia • 1. During the last year, a dramatic shift in the power relations in Southern Africa has demonstrated that majority rule will soon come to Rhodesia • 2. The purpose of sanctions against Rhodesia is to avoid the human suffering and bloodshed of war by imposing economic isolation on a regime what has systemically violated the fundamental human rights of 95% of its population • 3. If there is to be a peaceful settlement in Rhodesia, sanctions can supply the continued pressure on the Rhodesian Front regime that will...
Pamphlet supporting HR 1287 to renew compliance with the U.N. sanctions against Rhodesia. Contents: New Realities in Southern Africa Demand Renewed Sanctions Against Rhodesia • 1. During the last year, a dramatic shift in the power relations in Southern Africa has demonstrated that majority rule will soon come to Rhodesia • 2. The purpose of sanctions against Rhodesia is to avoid the human suffering and bloodshed of war by imposing economic isolation on a regime what has systemically violated the fundamental human rights of 95% of its population • 3. If there is to be a peaceful settlement in Rhodesia, sanctions can supply the continued pressure on the Rhodesian Front regime that will be needed • 4. Sanctions can now be an especially effective non-violence tool in achieving a settlement in Rhodesia, which is facing a seriously deteriorating economy and increasingly hostile borders. • 5. Rhodesian imports have not been crucial to our defense or our economy, and they can be replaced by supplies which are now in our national stockpile or can be obtained from other foreign suppliers. • 6. Reimposition of sanctions will not have a substantial effect on the prices of stainless steel or threaten jobs in the American steel industry. • 7. Our economic relations with the states of Africa outside the white regimes require us to support majority rule in Rhodesia as a measure of prudent self-interest.
