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217, adopted unanimously on November 20, 1965, determined that the situation resulting from the

Unilateral Declaration of Independence A unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) is a formal process leading to the establishment of a new state by a subnational entity which declares itself independent and sovereign without a formal agreement with the state which it is secedi ...

was extremely grave and that the Government of the

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should put an end to it as it constitutes a threat to international peace and security. The Council also called upon nations not to recognize what it deemed "this illegal authority" or entertain diplomatic relations with it. It also asked all states to refrain from economic relations with

Rhodesia Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...

. The resolution was adopted by ten votes to one;

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abstained. The interception of

Joanna V MV ''Joanna V'' (previously ''Arietta Venezelos'') was a Greece, Greek oil tanker which in 1966 the Royal Navy threatened to intercept on the International waters, High Seas when it was heading towards Beira, Mozambique, Beira, from which an oil pi ...

was an action of the

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Beira Patrol The Beira Patrol was a blockade of oil shipments to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) through Beira, Mozambique, resulting from United Nations trade sanctions on Rhodesia. Background Rhodesia's government unilaterally declared the former colony's ind ...

carried out in accordance to this resolution on 4 April. However this action proved ineffective and

United Nations Security Council Resolution 221 United Nations Security Council Resolution 221, adopted on April 9, 1966, after recalling previous resolutions on the topic (including the provision for an oil embargo), the Council was gravely concerned that Southern Rhodesia might receive a larg ...

was then adopted on 9 April to grant more powers to the Beira Patrol.

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
{{UNSCR 1965 0217 0217 1965 in Rhodesia November 1965 events

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