text: the Council has committed itself to a course of action its members will co-operate in its effective implementation SO that threats to peace can be prevented or ended and the Council’s authority can be maintained. In the context of the Southern Rhodesian situation that hope often seems in vain. 7. For example, there is a frightening similarity between the way in which the Rhodesian situation is developing and the way in which the South African problem was allowed to develop. In the Rhodesian problem now, as in the South African situation a decade ago, there is the same correlation between the increasing boldness of the minority rCgitne in applying its racial policies and the failure of the interna- tional community to match its condemnations with ef- fective action. 8. The newspaper headlines tell us, on the ane hand, that the Smith r6gimc in Southern Rhodesia has taken the first steps towards establishing Bantustans or that the civil liberties of Africans in Southern Rhodesia-in Zimbabwe, that is-have been further curtailed on racial grounds, and on the other hand we are told that sanctions have been openly breached by the supply of Boeing jet airliners from a West German company, and, of course, that sanctions have been breached by the United States importation of $13 million worth of strategic commodities since the passing of the Byrd amendment. It is interesting to note in this connexion that the United States now plans to sell its stockpile of strategic metals, and accox,ding to aNew Yorlc Times report of I May, nickel, which 1s one of the metals imported from Southern Rhodesia, is one of the surplus metals to be sold. I need make no further comment on the discrepancy between this development and the reasons which were given originally for the import of strategic 
analysis: The text discusses the situation in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the actions of the Smith regime, as well as the reactions of the international community, particularly the United States. It highlights the failure of the international community to effectively address the situation, citing examples of breaches of sanctions and the supply of goods to Southern Rhodesia. The text also mentions the sale of strategic metals, including nickel, which is one of the metals imported from Southern Rhodesia. Given the focus on international relations, sanctions, and economic activities, it is likely that the category is related to global affairs.