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“When at sessions of the General Assembly, UNCTAD, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and other international organizations the developing countries put forward ways of solving the fundamental problems of their development, they meet with the understanding and necessary support of the States of the socialist community, which constantly affirm in international relations the principles of equality and mutual benefit. This has been fully and cogently stressed in the statement by the Soviet Government on the restructuring of international economic relations. 139. It is the opinion of the delegation of the Byelorussian SSR that on the whole the United Nations has real opportunities to solve the problems confronting it.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The high rates of growth of productive forces, the growing efficiency of public production, the constant rise in the people's living standards, demonstrate the tremendous creative possibilities and potential of the socialist system. 137. The Byelorussian SSR has achieved impressive successes in economic and social development. During the period of the last five-year plan alone, from 1971 to 1975, the national income of the Republic increased 47 per cent and the industrial output 64 per cent. 138. In expanding their participation in international economic, scientific and technological co-operation the socialist countries are striving for the removal of discrimination and other artificial obstacles in international trade, the elimination of all manifestations of inequality, "diktat" and exploitation in international economic relations.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“They are also advocates of their own and international monopolies, which are continuing to derive enormous profits from the young independent States and to exploit those peoples who are still languishing under the yoke of colonialism, neo-colonialism and racism. At the same time, everyone knows that in their own countries the most urgent social problems are still awaiting solution, that many elementary human rights are flouted, that corruption and bribery are rampant, and that moral degeneration is eating away at the bourgeois society. 136. The socialist States, which have united their efforts in order to bring about accelerated social and economic progress and the equalization of the level of development of the countries members of the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance, are the most dynamic force in the world.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The Soviet people are fighting actively for respect for human rights throughout the world; they resolutely oppose interference in the internal affairs of other countries and, naturally, they will not permit anyone to interfere in their affairs. 135. As we know, there are still people to be found in the West who are fond of mischief-making, of looking for Violations of human rights where none exist. They are inclined not to notice the most flagrant mass violations of human rights in Chile, in the occupied Arab territories, in Southern Rhodesia, Namibia and the Republic of South Africa. They are not averse to justifying the piratical actions of the Israeli military against Uganda and the sinister alliance of the South African racists and the Zionists.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The spiritual values and moral health of the people are protected from every kind of anti-social infringement or misinformation. The interests and rights of citizens in our society are carefully protected by State and governmental bodies, in whose activities the working people participate on a Urge scale, as well as by public organizations which the people themselves have created. 134. Our people have been raised in the spirit of proletarian internationalism, and they express their whole-hearted solidarity with the struggle of die African peoples against racism and apartheid. They demand the cessation of the atrocities of the Fascist junta in Chile and the immediate release of that ardent champion of freedom, Luis Corvaldn and other Chilean democrats.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“They have every reason to pride themselves on the degree of the freely guaranteed rights of their peoples. In a socialist society, the working people have rid themselves for ever of exploitation and oppression, crises and unemployment, social and national inequality, and illiteracy and the absence of social prospects. They have wide opportunities of access to the treasures of national and world science and culture, to all the achievement; of the human genius. Everywhere, people are aware of the constant care on the part of society and the State for their health, well-being and secure old age. Under socialism, people live in conditions of genuine freedom and democracy; they are sure of the present and of the future; they work with enthusiasm to create a communist society and their living standards are constantly rising.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“All the achievements in the field of decolonization are a triumph of the joint actions of socialism and all anti-imperialist forces, among which the non-aligned countries occupy an important place. It is pointed out in the decisions of the Fifth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries that they regard as their most important duty that of struggling against imperialism, colonialism, neocolonialism, racism, apartheid and Zionism. The Conference welcomed progress in detente and urged that the process of detente should be extended to all parts of the world. 133. The socialist States consider that progress towards independence and social progress is closely linked with the implementation of fundamental human rights.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Alarmed by this, and maneuvering in an alliance with racists and local reactionaries, imperialist circles of the West have undertaken active measures to preserve their crumbling positions there and the interests of the international monopolies. By means of very clever tricks and maneuvers, they have attempted to dampen the flame of the liberation struggle and to split the ranks of the African peoples and distract their attention from the solution of urgent tasks. No one should allow himself to be duped by the attempts of certain Western Powers to pose as ardent champions of the elimination of colonialism and racism now that the final collapse of colonialism and racism has already been determined. 132.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“However, the task of totally eliminating all hotbeds of colonialism and racism and the imperialist practice of encroaching upon the independence of peoples is something which still awaits solution. The outstanding victory of the Angolan people over the forces of international reaction, colonialism and racism has played an important part in intensifying international efforts in the struggle against colonial and racist regimes in southern Africa. We are confident that the People's Republic of Angola will take its place in the United Nations. 131. In spite of mass repression and brutal tenor, the national liberation struggle of the peoples of Zimbabwe, Namibia and the Republic of South Africa has entered a decisive phase.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“129: We are witnessing a favorable process of development of relations between the Soviet Union, other socialist States and the countries of Asia as well as between the countries of that region. The United Nations should promote consolidation of security in Asia on the basis of such principles as renunciation of the use of force, respect for sovereignty and the inviolability of frontiers, non¬interference in internal affairs, and development of economic and other types of co-operation in conditions of full equality and mutual benefit. 130. Anti-imperialist forces and the United Nations are entitled to regard as one of their achievements the collapse of the system of colonial oppression.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“We resolutely support the application of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for admission to the United Nations, and we express the hope that no new fabricated obstacles, which have nothing whatsoever to do with the question of admission to membership in the United Nations, will be created. 128. Favorable conditions are now being created for the intensification of the struggle for the withdrawal of foreign troops from South Korea and for an independent, peaceful reunification of Korea, that is, the implementation of General Assembly resolution 3390 B (XXX). There are, further, growing demands for the elimination of foreign military bases in the Indian Ocean and on the whole Asian continent.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Recently, many favorable changes have occurred in Asia. The victories of the peoples of Viet Nam, Laos and Kampuchea have substantially improved the situation in South-East Asia and strengthened the cause of peace and security in this region. 127. The Vietnamese people have realized their cherished dream of the reunification of their State and have proclaimed the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR warmly congratulates the fraternal Vietnamese people on this achievement and wishes them the speediest possible healing of the wounds of war and success in their building of a socialist society.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“We should take reasonable account of the interests and rights of both communities in Cyprus and observe unconditionally respect for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Cyprus and prevent any attempts to impose on the Cypriots decisions which are alien to them. 125. It is the bounden duty of the United Nations to force those who have engendered conflict or who have an interest in fanning the flames of conflict to respect the will of the peace-loving peoples of the world and to observe strictly the United Nations Charter. 126: Many States quite rightly consider that the proper way of preventing new conflicts is to ensure security on the basis of joint actions by countries in various regions, including Asia, the largest continent, where over half of mankind lives.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“There is also growing understanding that such a just and durable settlement in the Middle East can be ensured by the Geneva Peace Conference of the Middle East with the participation of all parties concerned, including representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization. 123. With regard to the tragedy which the Lebanese people is suffering as a result of the intrigues of imperialism and Zionism, foreign interference in Lebanon must be halted, and the conflict must be solved by peaceful means by the Lebanese themselves, on the basis of respect for the territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of Lebanon. 124. In Cyprus, what is necessary is the implementation of the relevant decisions of the Security Council and resolutions of the General Assembly.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“It may be noted with satisfaction that a positive approach is prevailing in the United Nations as to ways and means of eliminating existing hotbeds of military conflicts. 122: In the Middle East, there is a need for the full withdrawal of Israeli troops from all Arab territories occupied in 1967; the implementation of the inalienable rights of the Arab people of Palestine, including their right to self-determination and the creation of their own State; the ensuring of the right to independent existence and security of all States which are direct parties to the conflict; the granting to them of appropriate international guarantees; and the cessation of the state of war between the various Arab countries and Israel.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“In order to make progress towards disarmament, the joint action of all peace-loving forces is essential in order to expose and isolate the opponents of disarmament and to create conditions that would preclude the possibility of a new world war. In this respect, we take a very favorable view of the World Conference for the cessation of the arms race and for disarmament and detente, which was held from' 23 to 26 September last at Helsinki. Of great importance is the campaign for the collection of signatures for the new Stockholm appeal of the World Peace Council for the cessation of the arms race and for disarmament. More than 6.5 million people have signed it in the Byelorussian SSR—that is, practically the whole adult population of the Republic. 121.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Certain nuclear Powers are sabotaging the decision of the United Nations on the desirability of preparing for and convening a world disarmament conference. Such a situation makes it particularly imperative to implement the most important measures outlined in the memorandum of the Soviet Union on matters pertaining to the ending of the arms race and to disarmament [see AI31/232J. This document provides for realistic ways for States to agree upon the reduction and elimination of weapons of mass destruction, conventional weapons and armed forces, the reduction of military expenditures and the establishment of zones of peace. The memorandum proposes effective ways and means of conducting negotiations in order to achieve radical movement in the solution of disarmament problems. 120.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The implementation of the decisions of the General Assembly with regard to the need to produce agreements providing for a general and complete cessation of nuclear weapon testing, the elimination of chemical means of warfare, and the prohibition of the development of new types and system sf weapons of mass destruction has been unjustifiably delayed. 119. The resolution [3093 (XXVIII)] on the reduction of the military budgets of States permanent members of the Security Council and other States with a major economic and military potential, and the utilization of part of the funds thus saved to provide assistance to developing countries is a resolution which has not yet been carried out. The military expenditures of a number of Western countries continue to grow; the business of trading in the instruments of death is prospering.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“We welcome the completion of a draft convention, agreed on in the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament, on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques, and we shall seek its adoption at this session of the General Assembly [A/31/27, annex I, para. 5]. 118. Unfortunately, however, as has already been pointed out by many speakers in the general debate, progress in the field of disarmament is clearly inadequate. Soma States, including two nuclear Powers, are still not parties to the existing treaties and conventions which limit or prevent the arms race.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“In struggling for peace and international security, the countries of the socialist community have a clear-cut objective: not only the outlawing of war, but also the elimination of the very possibility of the outbreak of war, and the elimination, on the basis of international agreements, of the material means of waging war. 117. To the credit of the United Nations there are a number of international treaties and conventions, as well as resolutions, which taken together contribute to curbing the pace of the arms race, particularly the nuclear arms race, and to confining it to certain spheres. They also contain a broad program of further measures in the field of disarmament.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“But, naturally, we in no way wish to detract from the importance of co-operation in economics, science and technology, culture and information, and in the development of personal contacts and in the implementation of measures of confidence." The Soviet Union, as is well known, has proposed the convening of pan-European congresses or inter-State conferences on the questions of the protection of the human environment, the development of transport and energy, in other words, problems affecting the interests of all European States. 116. The Byelorussian people, a people which knows only too well the terrible cost of war, and which values above all the benefits of peace, has a vital interest in the full and consistent implementation of all provisions of the Final Act of the pan-European Conference.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The Soviet Union and other socialist States are strictly observing the letter and spirit of all provisions of the Final Act; they have put forward proposals designed to implement the understandings reached at Helsinki. Comrade Brezhnev, in his interview on French television on 5 October 1976, in which he sol forth the Soviet Union's position of principle on important international problems, said, inter alia, in connexion with the Final Act: "As far as the Soviet Union is concerned, we respect and are carrying out in full the understandings reached at Helsinki. I repeat: in full. The important thing in these agreements is everything connected with the strengthening of security and peace.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“long-term prospects for the realistic and responsible conduct of inter-State affairs, particularly in Europe, and, from the standpoint of possibilities, to a great extent for the solution of problems of an international character. The Final Act prompts States to reduce international tensions, to cease military conflicts in those areas of the world where they still exist, and to develop and deepen mutually advantageous and equitable co-operation in all spheres. 114. Unfortunately, there are certain people in the West who are trying to evade the principles elaborated and the understandings reached at the pars-European Conference. Attempts have been made to interpret arbitrarily various provisions of this document which was worked out collectively, to distort their purport and to undermine the general orientation of that Final Act. 115.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The conclusion of the treaty on the non-use of force, and its strict observance, would further the solution on a new basis of many important problems on which negotiations are under way, the fulfillment of the cherished dream of humanity to banish war from man's life, and the realization of the desire of all peoples, in the words of the United Nations Charter, "to live together in peace with one another as good neighbors". 113. The Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe has laid an excellent foundation for ensuring peace on the continent-a continent which has given birth to two world wars. This document, which was worked out collectively and has consolidated achievements in the improvement of the political climate, outlined the.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The clear-cut articles of the draft treaty take into account existing multilateral and bilateral agreements, the present state of relations among States and the aspiration of the peoples of the world to make renunciation of the use of force an immutable law of international life. 112. The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR urges other delegations actively to join in die work of defining specific steps to lead to the implementation of these proposals in the interests of the peace and security of the peoples of the world.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The source of this initiative is to be found in the first foreign policy act of the land of Soviets, namely, the Decree of Peace. This initiative reflects the deeply humane nature of the foreign policy pursued by the Soviet State for almost 60 years now. 111. The draft treaty submitted by the Soviet Union as an annex to its proposal stipulates that its participants, including the nuclear Powers, will undertake to refrain from the use or threat of force involving any types of weapon and to refrain from assisting, encouraging or inducing others to use or threaten force.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Important proposals have been made here on specific forms of comprehensive co-operation among States. These proposals are valuable and realistic because they are based on the profound substance and objective of detente, namely, precluding the use or threat of force in disputes and conflicts between States, averting the threat of a new world war and organizing mutually advantageous co-operation between various countries, with strict observance of the principles of non-interference in one another's internal affairs and respect for independence and sovereignty. 110. Of primary importance is the proposal of the Soviet Union for the conclusion of a world treaty on the non-use of force in international relations [see A/31 243].”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“While noting the usually constructive character of the general debate now under way, we cannot fail to see that the positions of a number of delegations do not indicate any clear approach to the basic problems of strengthening international peace and co-operation and the questions of disarmament which the General Assembly must take up. In a number of cases, under the cover of general phraseology and declarations, attempts are in fact being made to justify aggressors, colonialists and racists, to avoid the settlement of urgent tasks, to substitute certain questions of secondary importance and to whitewash their negative approach to the fundamental problems. 109. The interests of all people require that we do everything possible to deepen international detente and extend it to all parts of the world.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“It is a policy of peace and international co-operation, freedom and independence of peoples, which reflects the noble ideals of the most advanced and just social system. 107. It is gratifying that in the course of the general debate the majority of delegations have based their statements on attitudes which are in keeping with the needs, of the times and the United Nations Charter. We hope that this will allow us to adopt constructive decisions and recommendations on a broad range of questions which are being considered at this session as well as to indicate fruitful ways and means of working within the framework of the United Nations in the future. 108.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“As Comrade Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, has pointed out: "In upholding the principles of peaceful coexistence, we are fighting for what is dearest of all to billions of people on earth: for the right to life itself, to save mankind from the danger of annihilation in the flames of war. At the same time, and by so doing, we are fighting to ensure favorable international conditions for the promotion of the cause of the social progress of all countries and peoples." 106. The foreign policy of the USSR and other States of the socialist community is in keeping with the interests of all peoples. It has never aimed and does not aim at seeking any unilateral advantages or the establishment of political or any other kind of domination over other peoples or countries.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“They have taken initiatives and made constant efforts to strengthen peace and international security and disarmament up to and including general and complete disarmament, to eliminate existing hotbeds of war, to deepen and give substance to international detente, consistently to implement the principles of the peaceful coexistence of States with different social systems, and of the non-use of force in international relations, to eliminate colonialism and racism and their consequences and to organize equitable and mutually beneficial economic, scientific, technological and cultural co-operation among all States. 105.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The decisions of the Twenty-fifth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and of the congresses of the fraternal parties of the other countries in the socialist community and the document entitled "For peace, security, cooperation and social progress in Europe", adopted by the Conference of the Communist and Workers' Parties of Europe show that the socialist States and Communists are In the vanguard of those fighting for peace, freedom, equality, brotherhood and the happiness of all peoples.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The great interest in the United Nations shown in the new and important proposals of the Soviet Union put forward here by Comrade A. A. Gromyko [7th meeting], member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the USSR, is only natural. The concrete actions and measures provided for in those proposals are based on the program of further struggle for peace and international co-operation and for the freedom and independence of the peoples approved at the Twenty-fifth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 466 104.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Like a sort of political barometer, the general debate reflects the beneficial changes which have occurred recently in international life. The clouds bearing the threat of a new world war have become noticeably less dense. The peoples of the world are increasingly enjoying the benefits of the Leninist principles of the peaceful coexistence of States with different social systems, which are being put into effect, as well as the benefits of international detente. The favorable changes in the world are a result of the purposeful and persistent peaceful foreign policies of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and of the Soviet State, of other countries of the socialist community and of all the progressive forces of our time. 103.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The delegation of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic congratulates Mr. Amerasinghe upon his election and wishes him success in his responsible work. 100. We should also like to congratulate the Republic of Seychelles on its admission to the United Nations and to wish its people success in the building of a new life. 101. The course of this debate and the contents of the previous general political debates in the General Assembly of the United Nations have .made it possible for us to draw the conclusion that the noble principles of peace, international security, freedom and independence, equality and co-operation of the peoples proclaimed by the Great October Socialist Revolution are receiving ever broader support every year. 102.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“For 30 years now humanity has been spared a world war. That is a tremendous achievement on the part of the peace-loving forces whose importance is becoming ever greater in the minds of people. In the favorable conditions provided by the reconstruction of international relations on the basis of the principles of peaceful coexistence of States with different social systems and by international detente, the United Nations can and must contribute by its decisions to the strengthening of peace and international security; to the extension of the process of detente to all parts of the world; to giving real content to political detente and supplementing it by military detente; to the attainment of agreement on questions of disarmament; to the elimination of existing hotbeds of tension and conflict and of the remnants of colonialism and its consequences; and to the consolidation of cooperation among all States on the basis of respect for sovereignty and nonintervention in internal affairs, for the purposes of the economic, social and spiritual progress of the peoples of the world.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“For 30 years now the States Members of the United Nations have been developing multilateral cooperation in accordance with the Charter, which embodies the generally recognized democratic principles of international law, which have stood the test of time. Certain shortcomings in the work of the United Nations can be explained primarily by the fact that certain States have violated, and continue to violate, its Charter, and not by the fact that the Charter is bad. For these reasons, the Byelorussian SSR resolutely opposes all attempts to revise the Charter, whatever form they take. It is not on the revision of the Charter but on the solution of the problems facing the United Nations by means of unswerving observance of the Charter that the efforts of the United Nations must be concentrated. 92.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The international meeting of women which was held in August this year in the capital of Byelorussia, the Hero City of Minsk, was dedicated to the problems of the participation of women in the struggle against fascism and for lasting and just peace on earth. Its decisions are designed to allow for a new contribution by women of all countries of the world to the struggle for a just and lasting peace on earth. 91. In the three decades of its existence, the United Nations has proved its viability and usefulness, primarily in the implementation of its chief function, the maintenance of international peace and security.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The socialist States are providing comprehensive assistance not because they have funds to spare which cannot be used at home, not because they want to invest their funds in other countries to exploit their natural resources and to earn profits, but because the cause of the liberation of peoples and the consolidation of the independence of young developing States is dear to socialist countries. 89. The year 1975 is International Women's Year, which, by the decision of the United Nations, is being celebrated under the motto of "Equality, Development and Peace". In the Byelorussian SSR, as in other socialist countries, women enjoy equal rights with men in all spheres of life. 90. Soviet women are taking an active part in arrangements within the framework of the International Women's Year.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The peoples of the young independent States of Africa, Asia and Latin America in the course of building a new life can rely on lie friendly political, economic and moral support of the Soviet Union and other socialist countries. The provision of assistance and support to the peoples of those countries is an integral part of the socialist foreign policies. At the same time, we should like to emphasize that the source of this assistance is our national wealth created at the cost of hard work on the part of our people and the conquest of the major difficulties caused by the ordeal of the war. 88.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“We well understand the aspiration of the peoples of developing countries to escape from the clutches of economic backwardness, to put an end to their economic dependence upon developed capitalist countries, to solve the problem of accelerated development and to rid themselves of poverty in their countries. Together with these countries, the socialist States are struggling to free international economic relations from those injustices and colonialist systems which have been implanted in them and which are being cultivated by the forces of imperialism. It was on the basis of this position that the Byelorussian SSR took its stand at the seventh special session of the General Assembly. 87.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Unfortunately, the remnants of the shameful colonial system and such of its manifestations as racism and apartheid in southern Africa continue to poison the international climate. However, the peoples of the world are determined to make the positive changes which are occurring in the world irreversible and once and for all to eliminate racism, apartheid and the remains of colonialism. 86. Although colonial empires have collapsed under the pressure of the national liberation movements, capitalist monopolies and transnational companies continue to remain the principal obstacle to the attainment of economic independence by the liberated countries.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“For socialist countries, the struggle for peace, for detente and disarmament is inseparably linked with the struggle for social progress and national independence. This year will mark the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations, on the initiative of the Soviet Union, of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. During the ensuing period the forces of national liberation have won decisive successes in the elimination of the colonial system of imperialism. 84. The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR congratulates the new Members of the United Nations the People's Republic of Mozambique, the Republic of Cape Verde, the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe on their newly won national independence and State sovereignty. 85.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“We would like to express the hope that the States Members of the United Nations will view the new initiatives of the Soviet Union with sympathy and that the General Assembly will approve them. 82. Disarmament concerns all countries without exception. Genuine peace means a world without weapons. Developing countries have a vital interest in disarmament because it would release considerable amounts of money to carry out urgent tasks of economic and social development. The peoples of capitalist countries, too, have an interest in disarmament because if they wish to overcome their serious economic difficulties to any degree, that is possible only if an end is put to the arms race. 83.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The proposal of the Soviet Union on the "conclusion of a treaty on the complete and general prohibition of nuclear weapon tests" is also under consideration at this session [see All0241]. The conclusion of such a treaty would further develop the provisions of the Moscow Treaty of 1963, and the 1974 Treaty between the USSR and the United States on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests [AI9698, annex /]. 80. The prohibition of the creation of new types of weapons of mass destruction and the general prohibition of nuclear-weapon testing would contribute to the strengthening of trust between peoples and to a further improvement of the international climate, and would promote the achievement of the lofty purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. 81.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The level of the development of modern science and technology is such that there is a serious danger of creating even more terrible weapons than nuclear weapons. It is time to erect a firm barrier to the creation of such weapons by means of producing and concluding an agreement providing for the renunciation by States of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new weapons systems. There is no doubt that any assistance to other States or international organizations in creating these weapons must be precluded. The conclusion of such an agreement would open up new and additional opportunities for the economic, scientific and technological cooperation of States. 79.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Our task today is to achieve the full implementation of the provisions of these decisions, at the same time exposing the opponents of disarmament and overcoming their resistance, and to obtain the participation of all countries in multilateral treaties on the limitation of the arms race and to make further progress along the road to general and complete disarmament. 78. The Soviet Government and the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, L. I. Brezhnev, this year personally took an important initiative, that of concluding an agreement on the prohibition of the development and the manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and of new systems of such weapons.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“On the initiative of the Soviet Union, with the active support of the States of the socialist community and other peace-loving countries, the General Assembly has adopted resolutions on the need to convene a world disarmament conference [resolution 2833 (XXVI)]; on the non-use of force in international relations and the permanent prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons [resolution 2936 (XXVII)]; on the reduction of military budgets of permanent members of the Security Council [resolution 3254 (XXIX)]; and on the drafting of a convention on the prohibition of action to influence the environment and climate for military purposes {resolution 3264 (XXIX)].”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Our experience has confirmed that that approach is the correct one, an approach which has made it possible to conclude treaties and agreements, open to all countries, that have prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water and the proliferation of these weapons or their emplacement on the seabed and ocean floor, in outer space or on celestial bodies; an agreement providing for the elimination of bacteriological weapons; and also the conclusion of the SovietAmerican agreements on the prevention of nuclear war and the limitation of strategic armaments. 76. We can assert confidently that, were it not for these international agreements on disarmament, the situation today would be much worse. 77.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The primary and ultimate objective of all peace-loving peoples is to achieve agreement on general and complete disarmament. But, as we know, so far not everyone is ready to do that. And one delegation, posing demagogically as a supporter of disarmament, is in practice opposing all disarmament measures. So what are we to do: fold our arms and wait passively? Not at all. We consider that we should find a solution to the disarmament problem by taking every opportunity to limit the arms race.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)