text: Security Council decide that all States should, in accord- ance with Article 41 of the Charter, institute the complete ; interruption of radio, telephone, telegraphic, postal and all other means of communication with Southern Rhodesia. 66. However, as a result of the position adopted by certain members of the Committee, neither these effective meas- ures nor the African proposals have been included in the Committee’s recommendations to the Council. 67. In this respect, the USSR delegation would like to point out, as it did in the Committee itself, that the recommendations and proposals contained in this report cannot be considered satisfactory, since they do not Fully correspond to the mandate given to the Committee by the Council. The scope of sanctions against Southern Rhodesia has not been extended; the report does not contain any recommendations for sanctions against South Africa and Portugal, as was envisaged in the mandate given to the Committee by the Council. Attention has already been drawn to this fact by a number of previous speakers. 68. What is the reason for this failure to comply with the Security Council’s decisions and who is responsible for it? The main factor is that the positive proposals submitted by African States and supported by the Soviet Union and a number of other States in the Committee, while in complete accordance with the mandate conferred on it, encountered resistance and opposition on the part of the representatives of certain Western countries. As a result, the work of the Committee was not only considerably ham- pered but was, in fact, paralysed; it was deliberately given a technical rather than a political and economic bias. The positive proposals of the African States and the Soviet Union were not adopted. 69. However, it is not merely a matter of difficulties in the Committee’s work in these complicated conditions under 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing a political situation involving the United Nations Security Council, Southern Rhodesia, and other countries. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a high-level international discussion. The text mentions sanctions, communication interruption, and the failure to comply with Security Council decisions, which implies a focus on international relations and diplomacy.