In 1974, the United Nations strongly considered a proposal to expel South Africa from the organisation due to Apartheid. The proposal received 10 votes in the Security Council, but France, the US, and the UK voted against the proposal which killed it dead. No other proposal for South Africa's expulsion was attempted afterwards despite increasing sanctions from the world and condemnation from the UN.
So what if somehow South Africa did end up expelled, either in 1974 or during the 1980s? How would this affect the later days of the Apartheid regime and the sanctions against it? Would things come down quicker or would it strengthen the resolve of the regime and result in a more grisly end to Apartheid?
And I'm especially curious if this would set a precedent and lead toward more nations being expelled from the UN (IIRC Taiwan's expulsion was handled differently than South Africa or most other hypothetical expulsions would have been). For instance, some have proposed that North Korea be expelled from the organisation, although clearly they'd have to piss China off a lot more than they already have. Same goes with Israel, just replace "China" with "US". Other nations that might be expelled would be Rwanda (assuming the genocide is worse and longer lasting), Serbia (IIRC they were "suspended" rather than expelled OTL), Ethiopia (Derg era), Sudan (over Darfur), Burma (probably during Ne Win's regime assuming it gets even worse) and Iraq (any time after Desert Storm). This would certainly have some drawbacks in international diplomacy with these nations, which would make this a risky precedent to set (as seen in how expelling South Africa might affect the later days of Apartheid). Even in this case, I think only the "worst of the worst" would ever be in any position to be expelled, so many oppressive regimes
Thoughts?