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first: 1977-09-24
most recent: 1984-09-24
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“To the extent that these two international bodies consider aggression to have been committed against them by South Africa, an adequate retort is called for. None the less, and in all honesty, it must be agreed that in spite of the legitimacy, the firmness and the scope of such positions, they have remained a dead letter as far as the overwhelming majority of the Members of the United Nations are concerned. 169. And so it seems to us unjust and a bitter irony that because of the selfish interests of some and the passivity or unjustified indifference of others, the heroic Angolan people are being left almost alone to bear the high cost of solidarity with the Namibian people, reflected in the loss of more than 10,000 lives, thousands of mutilated and handicapped, and hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their homes.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We should also recall that the Seventh Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries in its Political Declaration strongly condemned the continued military ( pupation of part of Angolan territory by the South African racist troops in violation of the national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of the People's Republic of Angola. The Conference considered the occupation of Angolan territory as an act of aggression against the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, demanded the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of South African troops from Angolan territory and decided to increase support for and solidarity with the people and Government of Angola in order to consolidate Angola's national independence, and safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“167. Those plans are thus both serious and dangerous, and all this is largely due to the fact that the Angolan people, their Party and their Government have shown firm and unconditional solidarity with SWAPO and ANC in their struggle for national independence. 168. It is appropriate to recall here that the General Assembly, in its resolution 36/121 A of 10 December 1981, declared that the illegal occupation of Namibia by South Africa continues to constitute an act of aggression against the Namibian people and against the United Nations, which has direct responsibility for the Territory until independence .”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Faced with the escalation of the acts of aggression by the racist and fascist Pretoria regime against the People's Republic of Angola, the Angolan Government has alerted the competent international bodies to the seriousness of the situation and the unpredictable consequences. It is becoming clear to the Angolan Government that such acts of aggression constitute an integral part of collusion or a plot between certain Western Powers and the South African regime, closely associated with the puppet UNIT A bandits, aimed at the destabilization of the Angolan revolutionary process and the overthrow of the legitimate Government of the People's Republic of Angola. This would lead to the establishment of a neo- colonial regime in Angola, the annihilation of SWAPO and, consequently, the inevitable destruction of the Namibian independence process.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The disturbing dimension of the escalation of South African acts of aggression has become even more clear through the attack on the village of Cangamba in the province of Moxico, 500 kilometres from the frontier with Namibia. Between 2 and 8 August, six battalions, made up of UNIT A bands of South African commandos and of mercenaries, supported by heavy artillery, carried out several attacks against Cangamba, which is an important crossroads. None the less, the heroic resistance of our armed forces inflicted a crushing defeat on the enemy forces, who left behind 1,100 dead and much South African and NATO equipment. 165. Following this defeat the Pretoria regime launched an air attack against the village of Cangamba, using a squadron of Mirage fighters and Canberra bombers, and completely destroyed the village. 166.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Everybody knows also that the racist and fascist Pretoria regime, encouraged by the militarist, warlike policy of the present United States Administration, put into operation a mysterious plan entitled Operation Proteus , which resulted in a new invasion and the occupation since 23 August 1981 of a considerable area of the province of Cunene. 163. To this day, reconnaissance flights, aerial bombardments, helicopter troop operations, land bombardments and attacks, mining operations and acts of sabotage against the Angolan economic infrastructure are gradually increasing. A certain number of villages are today either in ruins or are mere remnants of what they were in the past. 164.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The complicity of certain Western countries and Israel with the South African regime in these areas, as well as the investments and economic assistance with which those countries provide South Africa, cannot help but encourage the Pretoria regime in its stubbornness and in its role of the policeman of imperialism. 162. Everybody here knows that South African aggression against the People's Republic of Angola goes back to August 1975. Everybody knows too that South African troops invaded Angola several weeks before the proclamation of independence, which was scheduled for 11 November 1975.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The persistent efforts of the apartheid regime to increase its military potential and even to acquire an arsenal of nuclear weapons is one further proof of its sinister projects, which are designed to perpetuate colonialism in South Africa and deprive the overwhelming majority of the South African people of their freedom and their political, economic and social rights, so as to keep them subjected to the white minority; to maintain the illegal occupation of Namibia and to destabilize the front-line countries, employing for that purpose armed puppets.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Given this alarming situation, which clearly threatens the future of the peoples, and given the growing tragedy of the millions of human beings still deprived of their freedom and the right to choose their own destiny and without any means of resisting servitude, humiliation, tyranny, poverty, famine, ignorance and disease, it is imperative that at this session the General Assembly dedicate itself to the search for effective solutions to the problems afflicting mankind. 160. We feel that the situation in southern Africa deserves the very special attention of this session of the General Assembly, in that we are witnessing a dangerous escalation of aggression by the racist, fascist Pretoria regime against the front-line countries, and especially against the People's Republic of Angola. 161.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“158. All these things, but especially the unbridled arms race and the threat of a nuclear war, involve huge expenditures, thus accelerating inflation, causing large budget deficits and further reducing the already decreasing volume of economic assistance to the underdeveloped countries. This has greatly contributed to the present economic crisis, which can be solved only by taking effective measures to establish the new international economic order advocated several years ago by the Movement of Non- Aligned Countries. 159.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We repeat the question: how long will the peoples and Governments that cherish peace and justice have to wait before the existing United Nations bodies—which are adequate to the task—truly shoulder their responsibilities and firmly take the most effective measures, which they do indeed have at their disposal, against those who violate the fundamental principles of the Charter of the United Nations; against those who carry on colonial wars and foment all sorts of acts of aggression, direct or indirect, the victims being States that take independent, progressive positions; against those who engage in the economic plunder of underdeveloped countries and who persist in preventing the gradual reduction of the gap which exists between the rich or developed countries and the poor or underdeveloped countries; against those who deliberately hinder the serious efforts of the socialist countries and the progressive, democratic forces to achieve detente, general and complete disarmament, and a comprehensive prohibition of the manufacture and use of weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons; against those who stimulate the arms race, thus ensuring fabulous profits for their military industries and leading to faster increases in military budgets and expenditures; against those who engage in an ever-increasing number of gigantic military manoeuvres which are intended to intimidate certain peoples or States, or even to carry out acts of aggression against them; against those who do not respect relevant resolutions or decisions of the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Non-Aligned Movement and the OAU; against those who undermine the authority of the Secretary-General and his efforts to carry out his great responsibilities by failing to provide him with all the means of which he has need; and against those who threaten international peace and security through military intervention and illegal occupation of territories, through interference in the internal affairs of other States and through a lack of respect for the principles of non-use of force and the settlement of disputes by means of negotiations?”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“On several occasions, from this very rostrum, we have made no secret of the deep concern of the Government of the People's Republic of Angola over the impotence or resignation of competent international bodies or their abdication of their responsibility to face up to the proliferation of hotbeds of tension, which are kindled, directly or indirectly, by the imperialist Powers. 157. No one here can be unaware of the causes of and the agents responsible for this grim international picture.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“At the beginning of their statements, the speakers —almost invariably—stress that the General Assembly session is taking place at a very critical moment, for the international situation has badly deteriorated, to the point of seriously threatening the survival of mankind. 155. But it is undeniable that there is an ever-widening gap between fine words or good intentions and action. All of us merely repeat ourselves annually, thus putting to the test the tolerance, or resistance, of our auditors and the credibility of those who speak before this Assembly. 156.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We should like also to reiterate our keen appreciation of the devotion of the Secretary-General to the fundamental principles of the United Nations and of his important contribution to the search for just solutions commensurate with the serious problems confronting the international community. 152. The delegation of the People's Republic of Angola would like at this point to congratulate Saint Christopher and Nevis on its admission to membership of the United Nations. 153. Each year, when a new session of the General Assembly is convened, we all come here to reaffirm our commitment to the noble purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and to reiterate our devotion to the cause of freedom, peace, justice, democracy, solidarity, development and co-operation. 154.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“149 . It is a particular pleasure for me to express to you, Sir, on behalf of the Government of the People's Republic of Angola, our warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly. Your election is a high tribute to your country, Panama, but it is also a reflection of your acknowledged remarkable diplomatic skill. We wish you the greatest success in carrying out your great responsibilities. 150. Allow us to take this opportunity to convey to Mr. Imre Hollai our great appreciation for the far-sighted and dignified way in which he carried out his mandate from the very beginning of the thirty-seventh session. 151.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“This has seriously affected the economic and social development we had planned, but if we are to attain that paramount goal the undeclared war against us must be brought to an end. We need peace, and we dare to hope that that peace so fervently desired by the Angolan people will be attained in the coming year. 227. The struggle continues. Victory is certain.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Next month the Angolan people will celebrate the seventh anniversary of the proclamation of the People's Republic of Angola, under the dynamic and visionary leadership of Comrade Jose Eduardo dos Santos, President of the MPLA-Labour Party and President of the Republic. Important results have already been achieved in consolidating the Angolan revolutionary process, in setting up the structures of the party, in strengthening national unity and defence and in laying the foundations for a socialist society in the People's Republic of Angola. 226. Unfortunately, however, the Angolan Government has had to devote most of its human and material resources to the defence of its national sovereignty and territorial integrity, because of the continuous acts of aggression by the racist and Fascist regime of Pretoria.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“While it is true that a Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa has already been adopted by the OAU-and the People's Republic of Angola, which has suffered and continues to suffer the misdeeds of mercenaries, is proud of the important contribution it made to that Convention-it is imperative, none the less, for the General Assembly to adopt as soon as possible an international convention prohibiting the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries and the provision of transit facilities to them. Indeed, we hope that the Ad Hoc Committee on the Drafting of an International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, established under general Assembly resolution 35/48, will fulfil its mandate and that such a convention with finally be adopted. 225.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“No one is unaware of the fact that the Security Council and General Assembly as well as the OAU have already adopted several resolutions on mercenarism, condemning the activities of mercenaries, their recruitment and their use for the purpose of destabilizing actions in underdeveloped countries, particularly on the African continent.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“We support their efforts to overcome the consequences of the criminal economic boycott imposed by American imperialism, in flagrant violation of human rights, and we denounce the aggression and the threats against the Cuban people. We welcome also the revolutionary process of the peoples of Nicaragua and Grenada and their determination to face the serious threats that hang over them. We also reaffirm our active solidarity with the Puerto Rican people and denounce the imperialist manoeuvres which, by means of despicable political and economic pressures, have prevented the inclusion of the question of Puerto Rico in the agenda. 224.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“With regard to developments in the situation in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, in the People's Republic of Kampuchea, in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and in the Republic of Cyprus, we reaffirm our active solidarity with those peoples in their respective causes and our support for the positions of their Governments in the quest for just and appropriate solutions. 222. With regard to Latin America, we reaffirm our militant solidarity with the Salvadorian people and with its legitimate representatives, the Revolutionary Democratic Front and the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front in their just struggles against the present regime in El Salvador, and we heartily welcome the victories they have already won. 223. We wish to reaffirm our solidarity with the Cuban people in their revolution.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The Indonesian Government, however, shows no sign of willingness to respect United Nations decisions. It is therefore imperative that States Members of the United Nations, in particular those which are members of the non-aligned movement, do not endorse the brutal annexation of East Timor to Indonesia, a country which does not even respect our resolutions. 220. Bearing in mind that the Government of Portugal seems to wish to resume its responsibilities as the former administering Power in order to bring the tragedy of the people of East Timor to the attention of the international community, we wish to express encouragement for the request of the Government of Portugal aimed at satisfying the legitimate aspirations of the people of the Democratic Republic of East Timor. 221.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Ever since the thirtieth session of the general Assembly the Organization has been expressing deep concern over the situation obtaining in East Timor as a result of the intervention of Indonesian armed forces and has been requesting the Indonesian Government to withdraw without delay its forces from the Territory in order to enable the people of East Timor freely to exercise their right to self-determination and independence, as provided in general Assembly resolution 3485 (XXX). Security Council resolutions 384 (1975) and 389 (1976) once again call on the Indonesian Government to withdraw its forces from the Territory forthwith. Resolution 36/50, adopted at the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly, reaffirms the same principles and makes the same requests.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The Indonesian troops, and thus the Indonesian Government, are today carrying out an appalling genocide, through physical liquidation, cultural repression, deportation, and repopulation with thousands of Javanese citizens. But there are the beginnings of resistance in the Indonesian army against participating in operations aimed at eliminating the patriots of East Timor. This is proved by the recent refusal to act of two battalions, which are today isolated on one of the islands of the country. 218. It only needed Portugal to shirk its responsibilities towards the people of East Timor by not proceeding to the transfer of power to the FRETILIN leaders for Indonesia to invade and militarily occupy part of East Timor and the outskirts of the capital, where its military contingents had established themselves. 219.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The inability of the Indonesian army to stamp out the armed liberation struggle of the people of East Timor clearly shows that people's rejection of integrate into or annexation by Indonesia of its homeland. The 35,000 Indonesian soldiers present there, recourse to helicopter-borne forces to try to destroy the fighting forces of FRETILIN, which control 70 per cent of the national territory, the terror and famine imposed on the people of East Timor -will all fail to thwart the nationalist feelings of that people or its resolve to fight. Yet more than 200,000 persons have been massacred by the troops of a self-styled non-aligned country which never fought against the former administering Power, Portugal, during the colonial period. 217.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“We reaffirm our unswerving solidarity with the Palestinian people and the PLO as they carry on their struggle to recover their usurped homeland and to establish an independent State there. 215. After seven years of Indonesian military occupation, the people of East Timor, under the leadership of its vanguard organization and legitimate representative, the Frente Revolucionaria de Timor Leste Independente, continues its heroic resistance, in spite of the lack of solidarity on the part of some countries of the non-aligned movement. Those countries should identify themselves with the struggle of the people of East Timor, out of respect for the fundamental principles of non-alignment. 216.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“We are deeply moved by the bloody events in Lebanon. The brutal armed invasion carried out by the racist and fascist Tel Aviv regime, with the full and shameful connivance of the United States Administration and the inadmissible passivity of certain Arab States; the genocide of Palestinians and Lebanese in west Beirut; and the massacre, the carnage, at Sabra and Shatila: these can never be forgotten, and call for our strongest condemnation and an appropriate response in due course. 214. We are firmly convinced that the Palestinian people and its sole legitimate representative, the PLO, will resume the fight after having, by their heroic resistance during the fierce battles of those 73 historic days, won the respect andadmiration of all those who stand with the peoples struggling for their independence.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“With regard to the temporary difficulties now being experienced by the OAU, we consider that any problems that might affect us should be discussed by us alone, within our continental organization, and without any interference from outside Africa, as has been noted. The fact that the thirty-eighth ordinary session of the Council of Ministers of the OAU, held at Addis Ababa in February 1982, and the nineteenth session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU, at Tripoli, held in August 1982, were obstructed is a part of the strategy of American imperialism and some of its allies aimed at subjugating or paralysing international bodies which play an active role in the struggle for the political and economic independence of peoples. We are absolutely convinced that this momentary crisis will soon be overcome. 213.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“All States Members of the United Nations should firmly condemn these actions and should stand in active solidarity with the ANC and the front-line States. 21L With regard to Western Sahara, we reiterate our unflinching solidarity with the heroic Sahraoui people, which, under the leadership of its sole authentic representative, the POLISARIO Front, is victoriously pursuing its armed struggle against Moroccan occupation to recover full independence and territorial integrity. We welcome the admission of the Sahraoui Arab Democratic Republic to the OAU, and we reiterate our conviction that there trust be direct negotiations between the two conflicting parties in the search for a political solution. 212.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“210. Everyone knows that in South Africa the internal situation is progressively deteriorating as the conflicts within the hideous regime and the ruling party grow worse, and the valiant fighters of the African National Congress [ANC] steadfastly and heroically carry out political and military; their efforts are recognized even by the Pretoria regime, and this has led to an escalation of threats and aggression, as well as an increasing use of mercenary forces and bandit groups-trained, financed, organized and commanded by South Africa-against the People's Republic of Mozambique. It has also led to acts of aggression perpetrated against the Republics of Zimbabwe and Zambia 2nd the Kingdom of Lesotho.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“I should like once again to remind the Assembly of the proposal made at the thirty-first session by the Angolan Government for consideration by the general Assembly, that an international fund for the national reconstruction of Angola be established, amounting to approximately $300 million. It is sad to note that so just a proposal has not received the least attention from this world body, despite the fact that in its resolution 475 (1980) the Security Council requested Member States urgently to extend all necessary assistance to the People's Republic of Angola and the other front-line States, and called for 'the payment by South Africa of full and adequate compensation to the People's Republic of Angola for the damage to life ard property resulting from these acts of aggression. May we renew our hopes that this bitter cry will be heard?”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“A similar position was taken during the Third Conference of Heads of State of the People's Republic of Angola, the Republic of Cape Verde, the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, the People's Republic of Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, which was held in the capital of Cape Verde on 21 and 22 September 1982. 208. May I be allowed to remind the Assembly of the enormous sacrifices which the heroic people of Angola has already made and the extremely high price it is paying in thousands of lost human lives and material damage amounting to more than $7.5 billion. 209.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“In this context, they expressed their complete support for the Angolan position on the question, which is clearly defined in the joint declaration of the Governments of the People's Republic of Angola and of the Republic of Cuba, of 4 February 1982. Accordingly, they rejected any attempt to make the People's Republic of Angola responsible for any delay in the prompt conclusion of the negotiations on the independence of Namibia. They strongly condemned the aggression and invasion of Angola by South African forces and demanded that the Pretoria regime cease all acts of aggression and withdraw its troops from Angola. 207.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“noted with indignation that a new element has been introduced by the United States of America in seeking to link the negotiations for the independence of Namibia to the withdrawal of Cuban forces from Angora. In this respect, the Summit emphasized without any ambiguity the importance of separating the decolonization process of Namibia from the stationing of Cuban forces in Angola. The insistence on maintaining this linkage is contrary to the spirit and the letter of [Security Council] resolution 435 (1978) and can only hamper the negotiating process. Furthermore, this insistence constitutes interference in Angola's internal affairs.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“It is ill-intentioned in that the American Administration has started a manoeuvre to attribute to the People's Republic of Angola responsibility for the delay of, or even for preventing, a swift and adequate solution of the process of independence for Namibia owing to the position of the Government of Angola regarding linkage and the withdrawal of the Cuban internationalist forces. In point of fact, this manoeuvre constitutes an escape hatch for those who are or will be the ones really responsible for such a situation. 206. Thus, since the position of the Government of Angola is a legitimate one the heads of State and Government of the front-line States meeting at Lusaka on 4 September 1982: ...”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Furthermore, in the course of these last three months, American representatives in the contact group have been making a very special effort to spread optimism about the results already achieved in the negotiations that have been going on in New York since the month of June. In fact that is a false and ill-intentioned optimism. It is false, because the electoral system has not yet been defined, the final composition of the United Nations forces has not yet been decided, and the cease-fire between SWAPO and the Pretoria regime, which will constitute the essential point of departure for the implementation of the United Nations plan, in accordance with Security Council resolution 435 (1978), seem to us to be far from being anticipated or applied.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Thirdly, in that same joint declaration we stated that when the Governments of Angola and Cuba so decide, the withdrawal of Cuban forces stationed on Angolan territory will be carried out by a sovereign decision of the Government of the People's Republic of Angola when there is no further possibility of aggression or armed invasion and, in that connection, the Government of Cuba reiterated that it will unreservedly respect any decision taken by the sovereign Government of the People's Republic of Angola concerning the withdrawal of those forces. Once again we solemnly reaffirm before the Assembly what our intentions are. 205.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Nevertheless, those two programmes had to be suspended at a certain point because of the growing number and scope of South African armed aggression against the provinces of Cunene and Huila. It should be emphasized that the Angolan and Cuban Governments spontaneously took the initiative to implement those programmes. Ho Government -including that of the United States of America- and no international organization dared to propose or demand that we do so. How is one then to understand the sickly insistence of the United States Administration on this subject and its inability to realize that such an attitude is a gross and inadmissible interference in the internal affairs of an independent and sovereign country? 204.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Thus we believe that the following positions of principle must be borne in mind. 202. First, the joint Angolan-Cuban declaration states solemnly and unambiguously that the intention is gradually to withdraw the Cuban internationalist forces stationed on Angolan territory. 203. Secondly, on 23 April 1976, a month after expelling the South African troops, the Angolan and Cuban Governments agreed on a programme progressively to reduce those forces and, in less than a year, the Cuban military contingent was reduced by more than one third. Towards the middle of 1979 the two Governments once again decided to implement another programme for the gradual reduction of the Cuban forces.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Nevertheless, it is surprising but significant that a certain number of those who express their concern about the presence of the Cuban internationalist forces in the People's Republic of Angola show no such concern in respect of the illegal occupation for more than a year of a part of the territory of Angola by the racist and Fascist South African troops. What moral can be drawn from that? 200. And yet, in the course of these last nine months, the South African army has carried out 580 reconnaissance flights, 18 air bombardments, 96 landings of troops from helicopters and several sabotage and reprisal actions against the civilian population. The Angolan armed forces have suffered 31 dead, 65 wounded and 38 missing, while the enemy forces have suffered 39 dead. Seven South African aircraft and three helicopters have been shot down. 201.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“198. It is therefore fitting to recall that, at the end of the month of August 1981, at a lunch offered to the foreign press accredited in South Africa, and at the very moment when a large-scale aggression was being perpetrated against the People's Republic of Angola, the South African Prime Minister declared that the Cubans represent no threat to South Africa and that South Africa does not regard the withdrawal of the Cubans from Angola as a prior condition to the peaceful solution of the Namibian question. 199.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“In view of the deadlock in the negotiations on the first phase, because of the electoral system proposed by the contact group, and since the presence of Cuban forces in the People's Republic of Angola has become the subject of a slanderous and hostile campaign by the United States Administration which is shamelessly seeking at all costs to link that presence to the process of the independence of Namibia-directly, or through the racist South African regime, which has become its sounding board-as an additional means of preventing the implementation of the resolutions which the United Nations has already adopted, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of Angola and of the Republic of Cuba, on behalf of their respective Governments, prepared and signed a joint declaration on 4 February 1982, with which all the Members of this international body are fully familiar.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“This has always been firmly rejected by the Government of Angola, in view of the absurdity of such a linkage which, in fact, ill conceals the obsession or paranoia of the United States Administration about the stationing of the Cuban internationalist forces in the People's Republic of Angola. 197.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Nations impartiality raised by the Pretoria regime; thirdly, implementation, starting in April, of the United Nations plan in accordance with Security Council resolution 435 (1978), containing four fundamental aspects: a cease-fire; the gradual reduction of South African troops to 1,500 men; stationing of United Nations troops in Namibia; and free and fair elections. 196. Since the first meetings with the contact group -and quite outside its framework and mission-the United States delegation has asked for bilateral contacts with the Angolan authorities and has begun to try to link the presence of the Cuban internationalist forces in the People's Republic of Angola to the negotiating process for the independence of Namibia.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“As we nil know, the contact group submitted to SWAPO, the frontline States and to Nigeria in October 1981 a plan of action that includes three phases; first, the adoption by the end of January of 1982 of the so-called constitutional principles by the concerned and interested parties, principles which are to be included in the future, constitution, of Namibia; secondly, approval by the end of March by the Security Council of the composition and size of the United Nations troop contingent, and resolution of the question of the United.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Directly confronted with threats, aggression and armed invasion by the racist and terrorist Pretoria regime since 1975, the People's Republic of Angola expects from the international community a decisive commitment in line with the requirements of our time,, so that the problem of Namibia may be finally settled and so that the people of Angola may, for its part, be able to expel the racist invaders, to respond to future aggression and to ensure the defence of its national Sovereignty and territorial integrity. 195. What is the situation today?”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“For some 20 years many relevant resolutions have been adopted by the United Nations, the OAU and the non-aligned movement, recognizing, on the one hand, the right of the Namibian people to self-determination and independence and, on the other hand, denouncing or firmly condemning the illegal occupation of Namibia by the criminal South African regime. 194.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“There is no denying that in the present situation detente, general and complete disarmament, the nuclear threat and the arms race are the major concerns of countries that love peace and justice. In this respect, may we recall that the position of Angola has been clearly defined once again during the second special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament, so we need not repeat it here. 192. Since the People's Republic of Angola is a geopolitical component of the African continent, it is legitimate for the Government of Angola to give primary attention to African problems, in particular to those of southern Africa, in view of the grave implications for the region and for the world. 193.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“World problems which seriously affect peace, security, development, freedom and independence require considerable efforts from the international community as a whole and a global response that has due regard forth fact that each people has the right freely to choose its own political, economic, social and cultural system, without intimidation or pressures; that it is the right of every people to be in charge of its own national riches and to exploit them for its own benefit; that it is the right of every people to reject any form of subordination to and dependence on any source, and any interference or pressure, political, economic or military. 191.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“We see it this way because of the firm conviction of the Government of the People's Republic of Angola that no country that was socialist, progressive or loved peace and justice has taken or will take initiatives to promote hotbeds of tension, to unleash a nuclear war or use other weapons of mass destruction, because the survival of mankind, international peace and security, the independence of peoples and peaceful coexistence are for them a primary principle and objective. 190.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)