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Article: 'Unprovoked and unwarranted attack' on Botswana condemned by Security Council.
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- UN Chronicle
- Article date:
- June 1, 1985
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'Unprovoked and unwarranted attack' on Botswana condemned by Security Council
The Security Council has strongly condemned "the unprovoked and unwarranted military attack" by South Africa on 14 June 1985 on Gaborone, Botswana's capital, characterizing it as "an act of aggression" against Botswana and "a gross violation" of its territorial integrity and national sovereignty.
The 15-member Council also condemned "all acts of aggression, provocation and harassment, including murder, blackmail, kidnapping and destruction of property" committed by South Africa against Botswana. It acted unanimously in adopting resolution 568 (1985) on 21 June.
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