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Kreisky

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first: 1959-09-24
most recent: 1965-09-24
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“Self-control takes account of the principle of sovereignty: observation by other parties, of their need for security. The successful functioning of this system suggests that, under admittedly more complicated circumstances, a similar principle could indeed be applied. Since the end of the Second World War, a solution has been found to only two international problems without involving any loss of position or prestige. These were the Austrian State Treaty and the question of the partial banning of nuclear tests. The Austrian State Treaty served as an example to show that after a marathon series of meetings, at which the situation seemed to be deadlocked time and time again —the Deputy Foreign Ministers and the sub-committee set up by them held a total of 360 meetings —at long last a successful solution could be found.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“The question of control seems to me to be particularly important here, because at this first stage of negotiations this is the only way to overcome mistrust. Many believe that this problem is insoluble because it implies a major encroachment on the sovereignty of the States concerned. Nevertheless I am of the opinion that it is quite possible to combine the principles of sovereignty with the need for control. 125. At one time, when the cold war was very close to becoming a "hot" war, the four great Powers found in Austria a system which, despite the great tension between them, proved to be strikingly effective. This system, widely known as the "Four in a jeep", was actually based on a very simple principle, that of self- control under observation by other parties interested in this control.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“An agreement along the lines of the statements made by President Kennedy [1209th meeting] and Foreign Minister Gromyko [1208th meeting] that outer space should be kept free from weapons of mass destruction would certainly have a profound psychological effect on the peoples of the earth in their earnest desire for peace. In the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Austria has endeavoured to promote an acceptable solution to the questions which have not yet been settled, and I think I can state that these efforts have found a positive response. 124. But all this should not blind us to the fact that the biggest part of this task has yet to be done: the achievement of genuine and controlled disarmament.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“But for the first time the idea of peace among nations has acquired a genuine meaning in practical politics, and it is a strange paradox that the ability of the human mind to destroy utterly and completely vast regions of our planet has brought peace closer to us than ever before. The joy we feel is two-fold —firstly, because the great Powers have succeeded in agreeing once again, which, unfortunately, has seldom been the case up to the present; and, secondly, because they have succeeded in finding at least a partial solution to such an important problem. 123. A further step towards easing the tension between East and West might be possible in connexion with unsettled questions of outer space.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“I should like to mention, in particular, the United Nations Operation in the Congo, the role played by the world Organization in solving the problem of West Irian, and many other activities which I am unable to outline in greater detail within the context of this statement. 122. This session of the General Assembly —and this is something to which many of the speakers who preceded me have already drawn attention— is starting in auspicious circumstances. The partial nuclear test ban Treaty, concluded in Moscow on 25 July 1963, came as an immense relief to mankind; it also paved the way towards further solutions of the disarmament question, which has been a source of concern to all of us for many years. The idea of peace among nations is as old as the annals of history.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“Mr. President, I should like to congratulate you whole-heartedly, on behalf of the Austrian delegation, on your election as President of the eighteenth session of the General Assembly. We are all convinced that, with your wealth of experience in the United Nations, you will bring the proceedings of this session to a successful conclusion. 121. I should also like to avail myself of this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to the Secretary-General for his unflagging efforts in the cause of peace. The Secretary-General, U Thant, has succeeded, with great skill and circumspection, in steering the international Organization through difficult and challenging situations.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“The fact that the General Assembly at its fifteenth and sixteenth sessions adopted resolutions recommending a solution of the differences existing between Austria and Italy; the establishment of the Italian study committee; and finally the initiative taken by the Council of Europe: all these facts are viewed by the, Austrian Government as encouraging signs which prove that it has been possible to attract universal interest, in the South Tyrol problem. 186. If we succeed in finding a solution of the South Tyrol problem satisfactory to all concerned, we shall have created new and improved political and economic conditions for a quarter of a million people. But beyond that, Italy and Austria, in their determination not to deviate from peaceful and unbiased negotiations, will have acted in the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Over the past years the spirit of European co-operation has brought the peoples of Europe much closer together — and this is particularly true of those peoples which had been separated by century-old quarrels. The Austrian Government is convinced that this same spirit of European co-operation will also show its beneficial influence in the near future for those people who live on both sides of the Austro-Italian border. 185.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The General Assembly in its resolution 1497 (XV) has included provisions for, the case in which the negotiations do not lead to satisfactory results. I do hope, however, that it will not be necessary to have recourse to paragraph 2 of the operative part of that resolution. The Austrian Government acknowledges with satisfaction that sincere attempts arty being made on the Italian side, also, to arrive at a solution of the problem. However, the Austrian Government feels obliged to stress that only a comprehensive solution can be the basis of an enduring settlement. 184. The Austrian Government has no interest whatsoever in seeing the South Tyrol problem remain the object of further disputes between Austria and Italy. The Austrian Government is interested in a settlement which will make such disputes superfluous.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The Austrian Government trusts that it will be possible to resume the bilateral negotiations within the shortest possible time, and that by then the essential points will have been settled within the Italian study committee. The solution of all questions which might then still be open would-be attempted in negotiations on the substance of those questions. 182. The meeting in Venice has led to an improvement of the climate of the negotiations, a fact which the Austrian Government acknowledges with satisfaction. The Austrian Government trusts, however, that this development will also have its influence on the situation in the Province of Bozen and will lead to those alleviating consequences which the South Tyroleans desire. 183.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“In the negotiations which were held at Venice on 31 July 1962, it was agreed not to request the inclusion of the South Tyrol problem in the agenda of the seventeenth session of the General Assembly, in order to enable the Italian study committee to complete its task. The result of the committee's work is to be considered, after the Italian, Government has stated its position on these results, at a further meeting of the Foreign Ministers later this autumn. Furthermore, it was agreed that in the meantime both delegations would report to the Assembly, during the general debate at the seventeenth session, on how the South Tyrol resolutions had so far been implemented. 181.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Struye went to Vienna and to Rome on an information trip, and during his visit to Rome he also established direct contacts with the representatives of the Trentino-South Tyrol Region, 179. The Austrian Government, on its own initiative, has done everything to promote the favourable development which was taking shape, and it was only after no final result emerged in spring 1962 that the Austrian Government, on 8 March 1962, proposed to the Italian Government that bilateral negotiations be resumed, in pursuance of the resolutions of the General Assembly, This proposal was reiterated on 19 April 1962. On 13 June 1962, the Italian Government finally expressed its readiness for a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs in July of that year. 180.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“However, many questions, and among them the most important ones, still remain without solution. As far as I know, recommendations of the committee require the consent of the Italian Government in order to be implemented, and in so far as their Implementation necessitates legislative measuring, also the consent of the Italian Parliament. You will thus understand that the establishment of this committee is only a beginning — but surely a beginning which deserves our favourable comment. 178. Approximately at the same time, an encouraging development in the South Tyrol question took place Within the Council of Europe. The Political Committee of the Consultative Assembly decided to establish a Sub-Committee under the chairmanship of the President of the Belgian Senate, Mr. Paul Struye. In January 1962, Mr.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“This committee, finally established by Government decree of 1 September 1961, consists of seven South Tyrolean members, one Ladin and eleven Italian representatives. Originally the composition of the committee had been envisaged on the basis of parity. 177. Although fully aware that this step constituted an internal Italian measure, the Austrian Government has sincerely welcomed it, since it represents the first attempt by an Italian Government since the incorporation of the South Tyrol, into Italy, in 1919, to arrive at a solution of the problem in direct consultations with the elected representatives of the minority. The special committee embarked upon the substance of its task in the late autumn of last year. Since then it has been possible to arrive at a compromise in a number of questions.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Today I would like to spare you a description of the bilateral negotiations between Austria and Italy, conducted during 1961 in accordance with the mandate in General Assembly resolution 1497 (XV); and I shall therefore confine myself to informing you why we believe that in the past year a certain development in a favourable direction has emerged. 176. In the fall of 1961, the Italian Government, obviously under the impression, that a solution of the problem of the South Tyrolean minority had become more and more urgent, decided to appoint a special committee which was instructed to study the question, of South Tyrol and to submit the results of these studies to the Government.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Since it proved impossible to agree on this problem through diplomatic channels, the Austrian Government decided to submit the question to the General Assembly fifteenth session. 174. I would like to recall that already on 21 September 1959, I had announced in my speech before the General Assembly at the fourteenth session [800th meeting] that Austria would be compelled to take this step should it not be possible by other means to achieve satisfactory living conditions for a minority of 250,000 living closely together in a country of 50 million inhabitants, 175.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Between Austria and Italy a dispute over the implementation of the Paris agreement has arisen — the Austrian side being of the opinion that only the granting of autonomy Jo lie Province of Bozen, as proposed by the South Tyrol representatives in both houses of, the Italian Parliament, would do justice to the spirit and the letter of the Paris agreement. 172. This opinion seems to the Austrian Government c to be all the more appropriate since this autonomy should apply to a territory exactly circumscribed in the Paris agreement. The fact that special autonomy was also granted to other regions in Italy, such as Sicily', shows dearly that such a solution is in accordance with the principles of the Italian Constitution without impairing the integrity of the Italian State. 173.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“On 5 September 1946, the so-called Paris agreement was concluded between the Austrian and the Italian Governments, which was supposed to bring about a system of measures to assure to the German-speaking South Tyroleans "Complete equality of rights with the Italian-speaking inhabitants" of the Province of Bozen in order "to safeguard the ethnical character and the cultural and economic development of the German speaking element". This quotation from the Paris agreement was also inserted in the preamble of General Assembly resolution 1497 (XV). 171.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“This great interest shown in the South Tyrol question has been and is undoubtedly of enormous influence for a favourable development of the problem. In the debates in the Special Political Committee the Austrian delegation explained in every detail the historical background and all the problems of the South Tyrol question. 170. In 1919, as a result of the First World War, South Tyrol was separated from Tyrol, and even today this loss is felt very heavily in Austria.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The dispute over South Tyrol has not yet been settled, and the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly at the fifteenth session [resolution 1497 (XV)] and the sixteenth session [resolution 1661 (XVI)], in which the two parties were Called upon to resume the negotiations with a view to finding a solution for all differences relative to the implementation of the Paris, agreement of 5 September 1946, have not been fulfilled. 169. The Austrian Government, therefore, regards it as its duty to inform the General Assembly of the present status of this problem as it appears to it. This report seems all the more appropriate as in the Special Political Committee, forty speakers at the fifteenth session and thirty-four speakers at the sixteenth session took the floor on the subject.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Since the last session of the General Assembly, new possibilities of a development in the South Tyrol question seem to have emerged. The Austrian Federal Government has been endeavouring to avoid anything that could hamper a favourable development. It has, therefore, desisted from requesting the inclusion of the South Tyrol question in the agenda of this year's session. But I do not want to conceal the fact that this attitude has not found general approval in Austria at all. 168.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The large States have many other possibilities of throwing their weight into the balance of world politics. 165. It Is the obligation of all of us who hold by the principle of equality in the United Nations to do everything in our power to prevent the United Nations from becoming a field of manoeuvres for political propaganda, it is precisely the small States which must realize the significance of their responsibility in every vote, 166. I have already mentioned that the United Nations has a particular significance for the smaller countries. Thus Austria has been submitting during the past two years, in order to facilitate a solution, one of its most important problems — the South Tyrol question — to this forum. 167.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“As the representative of a country, which, while observing its strict neutrality, is desirous of participating in European integration, I wish to assure you on this occasions that the States which Wish to create a large common market in Europe, in which the countries of the European Economic Community as well as the countries of the European Free Trade Association would participate, are far from pursuing objectives based on power politics or military designs. 164. Occasionally we hear it said that the, United Nations finds itself in a crisis because the number of smaller States has become so great since San Francisco. It is my opinion that the principle of one State, one Member, one vote, must remain intact because it is a fundamentally democratic principle.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Again, the industrial” States must develop their production in such a way that their national income becomes ever greater and it thus becomes increasingly easier for them to make a corresponding part of this national income available to other peoples. 162. In this connexion, economic integration has a prominent part to play so far as Europe is concerned. In 1960, the Western European States alone absorbed as much as $12,000 million worth of the developing countries total exports of $19,000million. A larger consumer market is possible only through the economic integration of Western Europe. Such integration will strengthen "the economies of the European nations and also enable them to participate to a greater extent in the development programmes of other States. 163.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“160, We are convinced that the modern, rich, industrial States must make considerable efforts and that all those that are in a position to do so must make part of their national income available to those nations which today are experiencing great difficulty,, in satisfying the most urgent needs of their citizens. But a real and lasting rise in the standard of living can be achieved only if the relations between the industrial States and the developing countries are based to a greater extent on a genuine economic partnership. 161. The developing countries require rich markets where they can sell their commodities at prices acceptable to them.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“They are also called upon to pursue policies that will lead to an increase in the flow of development resources and to adopt measures which will stimulate the flow of private investment capital on mutually acceptable terms. 159. As early as 1960, the Economic Commission for Europe prepared a very commendable study on this problem and came to the conclusion that the estimated import requirements of the developing countries for 1980 would amount to approximately 860,000 million. When one considers that, in 1960, these countries sold a total of $19,000 million worth, of goods, the full magnitude of this problem becomes apparent.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“At its sixteenth session, the General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Development Decade [resolution 1710 (XVI)]. Member States are asked to intensify their efforts to mobilize and to sustain support for the measures required to accelerate progress towards economic growth in the developing countries, taking, as the objective a minimum annual rate of growth of aggregate national income of 5 per cent at the end of the Decade. By this resolution, Member States and members of the specialized agencies are called upon to pursue policies designed to enable the less developed countries sell their products at stable and remunerative prices and thus to finance increasingly their own economic development.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“But even more important is the fact that approximately 6,000 students from developing countries are studying in Austria, including 563 from the United Arab Republic and 733 from Iran alone. 156. Development: problems arouse particular interest in public and private circles in Austria. For example, in the summer of this year, a conference on such problems was held at Salzburg, in which eminent experts from thirty-four countries of Asia, Africa, America and Europe participated. I hope that the delegations will very soon be able to acquaint themselves with the interesting document that was prepared there. 157. If, therefore, Austria is honoured by being elected to the Economic and Social Council, it will carry out this task with devotion and respect for the purposes of that organ of the United Nations. 158.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The Austrian Federal Government has already expressed its great interest in the activities of the Economic and Social Council. We sincerely hope that all Member States will support our candidacy, and we wish to thank those who have already indicated their intention of doing so. 154. Austria is today engaged in becoming a welfare State which will embody its efforts to achieve both social security and individual freedom. In its social legislation it often tries to venture into new paths. 155. We are very familiar with the problems of economic development from our own bitter experience. We are engaged in making our country a modern industrial State. Many of our technicians are at work today in several States of Africa and Asia.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“We are all aware of the great importance of outer space research and we are very grateful to those States which have become the great explorers of our age in this field for the material sacrifices they have made and the energy they have expended. 152. The Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, Mr. Adlai Stevenson, was completely right when, speaking on this subject a few days ago [1125th meeting], he put the question in the following clear terms: "But what does it profit if a few men orbit the earth while below them millions are starving?" Recently at Detroit, I myself said in a lecture that fate will not look kindly upon us unless, at the same time as we set course for the stars, we also do everything possible to make life on Our planet worth living for all. 153.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“So far as the Special Fund and technical assistance are concerned, the Austrian Federal Government Will gladly fulfil its obligations particularly because it is fully aware of the beneficial activities of these two important fields of United Nations activity. 150. The United Nations conference on consular relations is scheduled to be held next year in Vienna, and I can assure you that the Austrian Federal Government and all the authorities concerned will do everything in their power to provide proper facilities for this conference. 151. I also want to express my thanks for the confidence displayed in my country by the election of the Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, Mr. Franz Matsch, as Chairman of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“But there can be such a Secretariat only if it is headed by a Secretary-General with unequivocal and clear- cut powers, who is not constantly obstructed in the execution of his duties. 148. The United Nations also requires the financial resources to enable it to carry out its important tasks. Although Austria is faced with substantial obligations arising out of various post-war treaties and because of the fact that our country was not spared the devastation of the war, the Federal Government, nevertheless, has not turned a deaf ear to the Acting Secretary-General's appeal and has accepted Austria's quota of United Nations bonds. 149.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Although we are still so grievously and deeply smitten at the loss of Dag Hammarskjold, we can consider ourselves fortunate that we have succeeded in finding a man who is not only the representative of one of the world's most ancient peoples of culture but who has also earned great respect and great admiration, even during the short time he has been in office, by the acuteness of his judgement, by his balanced personality and by his realistic attitude. 147. Austria is one of the smaller countries of the world and, like all the others, is therefore particularly interested to see the work of the United Nations crowned with success. Its work can be successful only if it has a Secretariat that operates effectively.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Mr. President, first of all permit me to extend to you the most heartfelt congratulations of the Austrian, delegation. We are, together with all the other delegations in this hall, most gratified that ai mad enjoying such a high reputation as a statesman and jurist, a man of such great wisdom and experience, is occupying the highest office in this Assembly at such an important session as the present one. 145. I should also like to avail myself of this opportunity to express my warmest thanks to the Acting Secretary-General for having taken the not inconsiderable trouble, during his fatiguing journey, to include a visit to the capital of my country. In Vienna he had the opportunity of engaging in valuable talks with the Federal President and members of the Federal Government. 146.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“175, Let me express the hope that the United Nations will bring this question closer to a solution which would affirm the right of the South Tyroleans to self-administration and self-government; it might thus contribute towards a renewed concord between the two neighbouring States.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Segni stated that the Austrian Government rejected an invitation to talks at the heads-of-government level. Allow me to say that the Austrian Chancellor, in his letter of 26 January 1960, agreed to such talks provided that they dealt with the question of autonomy for the province of Bozen. Clearly this was a most reasonable stipulation; yet Italy rejected it. 173. I believe that this might well demonstrate that it was not Austria which dramatized this issue. The, facts — and not any action that Austria might have taken — have contributed to this dramatization, 174. These facts are simply that the South Tyroleans, I a population of a quarter of a million people, have so far been denied the very rights which have been granted to much smaller populations elsewhere in the world.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“The Austrian delegation will therefore submit proposals designed to secure such autonomy to the Committee dealing with this question. 171. We live in an era in which the right to self-determination and to self-government has been accorded universal recognition. It has been solemnly reaffirmed by the admission of many new States into the United Nations. Should we expect the South Tyroleans to understand why they — and apparently only they — must forego the right to self-government? 172. For some years now we have patiently endeavoured to solve this problem in the course of bilateral negotiations which have finally ended in a deadlock. The Foreign Minister of Italy drew attention yesterday to correspondence he and his successor as Prime Minister, Mr. Tambroni, have conducted with Chancellor Baab. Mr.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“And, indeed, relations between Austria and Italy have been seriously impaired by the unsettled problem of the South Tyrol. It follows then that the General Assembly is the proper authority to deal with this question. 168. As the Charter indicates, the founders of the United Nations were guided by three basic purposes; to bring about world-wide co-operation, to prevent conflicts from breaking out, and to promote the principle of self-determination and self-government. 169. With these aims in view, the problem of South Tyrol could be speedily brought to a satisfactory solution if only the demand of the Austrian minority for autonomy, raised on 4 February 1958 by the freely elected South Tyrolean representatives in the Italian Parliament, were complied with. 170.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Permit me first to express my gratitude to the members of the General Committee who, in compliance with the Austrian request, have voted for the inclusion of this item on the agenda. 166. Originally it had not been my intention to deal I with the merits of this problem in the general debate. Yesterday, however, the Italian Foreign Minister, Mr. Segni, gave his views [876th meeting] on the problem of the South Tyrol — one which, I hardly need to say, is I of crucial importance to Austria. I feel, therefore, that I should make a few remarks on the substance of this problem. 167. Article 14 of the Charter of the United Nations specifically states that the General Assembly may recommend measures for the peaceful adjustment of any situation which it deems likely to impair friendly relations among nations.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“This would mean much more than any exposition of one’s own views — however thorough — which, after all, would convince only those who have been convinced in advance. 164. It appears, therefore, that a new attempt should be made to achieve at least preliminary results; to be quite, specific, nuclear test control is one of the most vital aspects of this vast and intricate problem, and here again it should be noted that agreement has been s reached on several points. I would therefore suggest that the United Nations and affiliated bodies pursue this subject with the utmost vigour. 165. I should now like to comment on the problem of the Austrian minority in Italy.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“It would be futile to ponder the Question whether the disarmament talks have been stalemated as a result of present political tensions or whether the break-down of disarmament negotiations has itself caused the situation to deteriorate, What we should consider, however, is the fact that a fair measure of agreement has been reached on matters of principle as well as of detail. 163. It is widely held that in order to overcome the present impasse, some measure of confidence should be established between the great Powers. Yet time and again such confidence has been destroyed by mere incidents which have wiped out the patient efforts of many years. We will escape this vicious circle only if we can gain some significant, tangible success by solving one of the outstanding problems.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“It is our view, therefore, that the organizational structure of the United Nations should not be subjected to an additional strain which could not but increase these difficulties. 161. It is hardly conceivable that many of the small nations could subscribe to a concept exposing the office of the Secretary-General to the risk of immobilization which, unfortunately, other organs of the United Nations have incurred in the past. The opposite should be our aim; we should assist the United Nations in solving the problems which confront it and we should support the Secretary-General, whose activity we have had occasion to observe with increasing admiration during the past weeks. 162. It is often held to be the cause of the present political impasse that the protracted disarmament negotiations have yielded few results.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“European economic integration, whatever its final shape, has been conceived to serve peace and nothing else. 159. In the wider international arena it is the United Nations, its specialized agencies, committees and funds winch provide the framework for the co-operation of all nations in all fields of human endeavour. Therefore, in spite of the great financial obligations assumed by Austria in the past years, we are determined substantially to increase our contribution to the Special Fund and to the Technical Assistance Programme. 160. To us, the small countries, the United Nations is not merely a clearing-house of political opinions. The difficulties which beset the world Organization are of the utmost concern to us.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“And there is a growing conviction among the democratic European nations — nearly 300 million people — that a programme of mutual co-operation, transcending frontiers, should be initiated with the aim of combining the spiritual and material resources of that part of the continent. I would ask you to consider that the concepts of social welfare and social justice originated in Europe and that it is in Europe that they have reached maturity. 158. At present the European nations have embarked upon a venture of economic integration. I should like to avail myself of this opportunity to state before this international forum that in so doing we do not propose to serve only our own ends; it is no less our purpose to contribute an increasing share of our national income to the economic development of other nations.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“The precipitate increase in the number of independent nations should be accompanied by a process of assimilation based on the principles of equality and mutual co-operation. The Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom has described this essential development in the following terms: "from dependence to independence to interdependence." 157. However, it is not only the political structure of Asia and Africa — and, incidentally, of Latin America — which have undergone a fundamental change. There has been a peaceful evolution in Europe the importance of which should not, I submit, be underestimated.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Consequently, the world Organization has come even closer to the realization of the principle of universality on which it is founded. 154. This development, which attests to the change of the political structure of Asia and Africa, has been a source of great satisfaction to all of us. It is the consummation of a development which began some time ago and which has already brought us new Member from among the Asian and African States without whose collaboration our Organization would be immeasurably poorer. 155. In this context, however, we must also take note of the regrettable fact that Germany is not yet a member of the United Nations and that the question of the representation of China has not been solved in a manner satisfactory to all Member States. 156.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“And President Eisenhower has now again given expression to the magnanimous spirit of his nation. He proposed that we join forces in order to carry out a great programme which, it should be stressed, envisages measures designed not only to fight hunger and epidemics but, in equal measure, to render a contribution towards the utilisation of the great intellectual resources of the new nations. There are no differences of opinion on this, the most fateful question of our era. On the contrary, the two great Powers are determined to contribute to its solution. 152. This has been, up to now, the outstanding result of the fifteenth Session of the General Assembly. 153. The recent turn of historic events has brought about a substantial increase in United Nations membership.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“The United Nations and, more specifically, the General Assembly, cannot consider it its task merely to register conflicting opinions. It must also provide an opportunity to establish the extent to which the various views might lend themselves to conciliation. 150. For example, at this session of the General Assembly the leaders of the two great Powers Mr. Eisenhower (868th meeting] and Mr. Khrushchev (869th meeting], have both subscribed to the view that the era of colonialism is at an end, and that the new nations which are now emerging into a new Phase of their history must be given aid and support by tangible evidence of international solidarity, 151. The United States has on previous occasions succoured many European nations which might have perished without such aid.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Although the experience of a colonial past may have induced resentment against the Western world among the emerging nations, it does not necessarily follow that they therefore must subscribe to the political aims of the East. And it is equally true that one’s dedication to the principles of Western thought need not be impaired if one does not always accept Western political practice. Clearly, one must no longer overlook the fact that the political problems besetting the world today cannot be exclusively seen in terms of oversimplified alternatives. There is no doubt that several fundamentally contradictory views have been advanced at this year’s General Assembly and not, as has often been held, only two. 149.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“It would be a most damaging self-delusion, however, if we were to attempt either to ignore or to minimize the basic contradictions which have so far been revealed in the debate. In the recent past, it was the process of polarization which overshadowed all other developments. However, there has been evidence for some time of another, simultaneous process, which, in a period of relative stability and peaceful progress, might soon occupy the centre of the political stage; it is the crystallization of several political and ideological centres which may well be destined to supplant the former clear-cut pattern of East versus West. Matters would then have progressed beyond the stage where we could simply regard those who do not always agree with us as belonging to the other camp. 148.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)