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“We shall continue an active struggle in this matter, and we are confident that they will find a just solution. 127. The just struggle which the peoples of Africa, supported by the progressive forces of the world, are waging for the full and complete elimination of the vestiges of colonialism, racism and apartheid has entered a final phase. The formation of a free Africa is taking place in conditions of acute confrontation between the forces of national liberation and progress and the forces of imperialism and reaction, which seek to impede this irreversible process and even to launch a counter-attack.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“In Asia, Africa and Latin America the peoples seek to be the masters of their own destinies; and when tyrannical and pro- imperialist regimes fall, as happened recently in Afghanistan, Kampuchea, Iran and Nicaragua, this is a victory for both the peoples who suffered from the oppression of such regimes and, ultimately, the cause of peace and progress of all mankind. 126. The United Nations must take into account the realities of today. We fully support the legitimate right of the People's Revolutionary Council of the People's Republic of Kampuchea to represent in the United Nations and in other international organizations the Kampuchean people, who rid themselves of the clique of barbarians that had exterminated 3 million Kampucheans to please alien interests.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“We categorically condemn expansionism in the policy of China and confirm our full support for the peoples of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the People's Republic of Kampuchea in their just struggle for the protection of their freedom and independence. The recent aggression of China against Viet Nam and its threats to take up arms again to teach Viet Nam "a second lesson"—all this constitutes a threat to peace and security in Asia and throughout the world. 125. Our time is one of profound social transformations in many countries of the world.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The only way to establish a just and lasting peace in the Middle East is through a comprehensive settlement with the participation of all parties concerned, including the PLO, a settlement which would make it possible for the lands conquered from the Arab countries in 1967 to be returned to them, for the Arab people of Palestine to exercise their right to self-determination and the creation of their own independent State, and for all the peoples and countries of this region to enjoy their guaranteed right to a secure existence and development. 124. The Byelorussian SSR wishes to express its solidarity with all peoples which have become the victims of imperialist pressures.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It is not a "settlement" but an imposed collusion aimed at barring the Arab people of Palestine from exercising their legitimate national rights and at consolidating the Israeli occupation of a part of the Arab lands, encouraging the aggressor and instigating Israel to new aggressive actions against the Arab peoples. Recent events in the Middle East indisputably confirm such a conclusion. 123.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“While confirming our well-known position on the question of Cyprus and on the need for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from the territory of South Korea, we should like to draw attention to the problem of the Middle East. The situation in that region as recently become more complicated and more dangerous as a result of the conclusion under the aegis of the United States of a separate Israeli-Egyptian treaty. Any attempts to present this treaty as a kind of "first step" in the cause of a settlement in the Middle East should not mislead anyone.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“However, there are difficulties standing in the way of progress in these negotiations, and these are difficulties of an artificial character. It goes without saying that it is not the erection of artificial obstacles in these negotiations but the attainment of mutually acceptable agreements on these questions that would constitute a substantial contribution to the limitation of the arms race. 121. The need, to work out and to conclude as soon as possible a world treaty on the non-use of force in inter-national relations continues to be exceedingly important. 122. The ensuring of lasting peace and the security of peoples presupposes the need to eliminate existing hotbeds of tension.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The proposal of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic entitled' 'Adoption of a declaration on international co-operation for disarmament" is very timely and topical. 120. We should note with satisfaction the progress made in the work of the Committee on Disarmament, in which the USSR and the United States have submitted a joint agreed proposal on the basic elements of a treaty on the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of radiological weapons. And all the necessary prerequisites exist for the successful completion of the negotiations between the USSR, the United States and the United Kingdom on the treaty on the complete and general prohibition of nuclear- weapons tests. The Soviet-American negotiations on the prohibition of chemical weapons are going on.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The socialist countries recently submitted in the Committee on Disarmament a proposal on the start of negotiations with regard to this problem, and the United Nations General Assembly should pronounce itself in favour of making this work more active. 119. The Byelorussian SSR is in favour of the conclusion, on the basis of the draft of the Soviet Union, of an international convention on the non-use of nuclear weapons against those States which have renounced the production and acquisition of nuclear weapons and do not have them on their territory, and is also in favour of reaching an agreement on the non-stationing of nuclear weapons on the territory of States where there are no such weapons at present.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“In this situation there is no more important task than to unite the efforts of all forces of peace, freedom and progress with a view to curbing the aggressors resolutely, curtailing the arms race, expanding and deepening international detente, supplementing political detente with military detente and ensuring the right of all peoples to free and independent development. 118. It is necessary to seek new effective solutions, including those within the framework of the United Nations, to stop the arms race, first of all the nuclear arms race, and to reverse it. In this connexion, the proposal of the Soviet Union on the cessation of the production of nuclear weapons and the gradual reduction of stockpiles of them until they have been completely liquidated is of special importance.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Reactionary circles are making attempts to put an end by force to the liberation struggle of the peoples and to interfere in the internal affairs of other States. Aggression has been committed against the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, provocations continue against the countries of South-East Asia and territorial claims are being made against other States. Israel's aggressive actions continue in the Middle East and the Western monopolistic circles continue to attempt to preserve, by various manoeuvres, the racist regimes in southern Africa. All of this constitutes a serious danger of war. 117.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“But among all these positive factors, it is impossible not to see something different: the most reactionary forces of imperialism, the manufacturers of armaments, the militarists, champions of the "cold war" and their hirelings and yes men are not slackening their criminal efforts against detente and disarmament and against the liberation struggle of the peoples of the world. They demand more and more billions in expenditures for military purposes and for the creation of ever more destructive and barbarous weapons and they are striving to deploy these weapons on the territory of other States. The States members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in the 30 years of its existence, have increased their military expenditure tenfold and are continuing to intensify the arms race.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“They are conducting this struggle, inter alia, in the United Nations and other international organizations, and in the non-aligned movement, whose Sixth Conference recently came to a successful close in Havana and made a weighty contribution to the strengthening of international peace and security, to the struggle against imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, racism and apartheid and to the consolidation of the political and economic independence of the liberated countries. 116.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“We, the Soviet people, sincerely rejoice that more and more peoples around the globe have thrown off the yoke of colonialism and oppression and are building a new life. They all have a profound interest in multiplying the fruits of their creative labours in conditions of peace and progress. We welcome the consolidation of the authority of these States in the world arena and their active struggle for the triumph of the ideals of peace and freedom, a struggle against colonialism, neo-colonialism, racism, imperialism and reaction.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Therefore, we must resolutely condemn the policy of hegemonism in all its forms and, on the basis of the principle of the sovereign equality of States and of the purposes and principles of the United Nations, declare, on behalf of the peoples of the United Nations, that never, under any circumstances, or for any reason whatever, shall any State or groups of States be allowed to make a bid for hegemony m international affairs or to seek a position of domination either in the world as a whole or in any of its regions. 114. The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR calls upon all States Members of the United Nations actively to support the draft resolution proposed by the Soviet Union in document A/34/243 on the inadmissibility of the policy of hegemonism in international relations. 115.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“At the current session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Soviet Union has proposed for consideration by the Assembly, a very topical and important item: "Inadmissibility of the policy of hegemonism in international relations''. The amount of grief and suffering which the policy of hegemonism has brought to mankind in the past is well known. We have seen the colonial empires, wars of aggression aimed at the conquest of the territory of other States, and numerous attempts at domination and the subjugation of one State or people to another, such a policy has always intensified international tension, has destabilized the international situation and has been a source of armed conflicts. But it is particularly dangerous today, given the availability and growth of the means of mass annihilation and destruction.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The same goal is sought by the decisions of the meeting of the Political Consultative Committee of the States parties to the Warsaw Treaty, held at Moscow on 23 November 1978, and of the Committee of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the States parties to the Warsaw Treaty, which met on 14 and 15 May 1979 in Budapest. We must also point out the very constructive initiatives and proposals of the socialist countries put forward at the Vienna talks on the reduction of armed forces and armaments in Central Europe; these open up real prospects for the achievement of an agreement based on strict observance of the principle of the undiminished security of any of the parties to the agreement. 113.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“As far as the States of the socialist community are concerned, they have shown goodwill and readiness, constantly and in concrete terms, to build a lasting edifice of peace together with other peoples and to do everything in their power to promote the development of international co-operation. This is demonstrated by the striking and meaningful statement made at this session by Comrade Andrei A. Gromyko, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the USSR, as well as by the statements of the heads of delegations of other fraternal socialist countries.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Of great importance to the cause of peace are the positive changes which have occurred in recent years in Europe, as reflected in the Final Act of the Helsinki Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe. But political detente must develop farther in the form of military detente. This end would be served by the conclusion by the States which participated in the Helsinki Conference of a treaty renouncing the first use of nuclear or conventional weapons against one another, as well as by the convening, at the political level, of a conference on strengthening confidence among States, lessening the threat of military confrontation, and reducing the concentration of armed forces and armaments in Europe. 112.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“A truly historic landmark in the development of detente and a considerable achievement in the struggle to curb the arms race and strengthen international peace and security was the signing of the Treaty between the USSR and the United States on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Weapons. In order to consolidate this achievement it is necessary that the Treaty be ratified without any artificial delays. The SALT Treaty, which provides for restraining the growth of the strategic potentials of the two great Powers, opens up the possibility of more radical steps aimed at real disarmament and the reduction of the danger of a new war. 111.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“We are firmly convinced that success in the liberation struggles of the peoples of the world, the struggle against social injustice, reaction and anything which prevents the peoples of the world from marching forward on the road of progress can only strengthen detente. 109. The Byelorussian people, like all the peoples of the Soviet State, with its many millions of inhabitants, is consistent in its support of the idea that the process of detente should become irreversible and that its benefits should be enjoyed by the peoples of the whole world. Together with all the States of the socialist community we shall continue firmly and purposefully to light for this goal. 110.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“As was stressed by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Comrade L.I. Brezhnev, the Soviet nation is doing everything in its power: " . . .to develop co-operation with the forces of peace, freedom and progress, to thwart the schemes of aggressive circles and to defend and deepen inter-national detente". 108. The foreign policies of the USSR and other States of the socialist community are imbued with a sincere concern for strengthening trust and co-operation among States with differing social systems. These policies are linked with the positive changes which have occurred in international life and which together constitute international detente.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The Lenin policy of peace, co-operation and friendship among peoples, which they have pursued unswervingly, reflects the essence of the socialist system and its genuinely democratic character. It is dictated by the interests of the broad masses of the workers and is in keeping with the aspirations of all the peoples of the world. 107. In putting into effect the programme of peace which was proclaimed at the Twenty-fourth Congress of our Leninist Party and developed at its Twenty-fifth Congress, the Soviet State, together with other countries of the socialist community, has achieved major foreign policy successes which have had a most profound and fruitful effect on the whole of contemporary international life.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The picture of the international situation is made up of the real policies of States and if, in analysing it, one identifies the most important and fundamental elements, the essence of the problem lies in whether any given State makes as the corner-stone of its foreign policy the task of strengthening international peace and security, or whether it prefers to aim for other goals which may not only fall short of the interests of peace, but may actually oppose them. 106. As everyone knows the States of the socialist community have made the corner-stone of their foreign policy the prevention of a new world war, the creation of conditions for national liberation and social progress in the world in an atmosphere of international peace and security.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The international situation in which the thirty- fourth session of the General Assembly is meeting and working is, in principle favourable to the cause of peace and progress, but it is marked at the same time by considerable complications. There is a good deal that is positive in it which coincides with the aspirations of the peoples, but we cannot fail to see also that contrary phenomena are still powerful. The world has not yet rid itself of the propaganda and threat of war, or of social injustice and hegemonistic ambitions.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“On behalf of the delegation of the Byelorussian SSRI wish to convey our sincere congratulations to the people, the Government and the Socialist Unity Party of the German Democratic Republic, and to that country's delegation to this session of the Assembly on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the foundation of their State. The celebration of this important anniversary and the ceremonial meeting in Berlin have been clear manifestations of the peace-loving aspirations of the countries of the socialist commonwealth and a striking demonstration of the advantages of the socialist social system. 105.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“By consistently pursuing and advocating this policy we are putting into practice one of the main slogans of the October Revolutions behest of the great Lenin: "Peace to the peoples".”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The contribution of each State to the strict observance and implementation of the provisions of the United Nations Charter is a real guarantee of the resolution of existing international problems and the opening up of new prospects for fruitful and mutually beneficial co-operation among countries. The role of the United Nations is to be enhanced not through the revision of the Charter but rather through its consistent observance. Together with the fraternal States of the socialist community, the Byelorussian SSR attaches paramount importance to the task of safeguarding peace and eliminating the danger of war, and will actively contribute to the progress of United Nations activities in this field.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“All this naturally gives rise to legitimate concern among the States Members of the United Nations and suggests the need for constructive measures to eliminate the above- mentioned and other deficiencies in the work of the United Nations Secretariat. 94. The United Nations, whose membership totals 150 States:, plays an ever more positive role in international affairs, in the consideration of the most important issues in die world and the key problems of international relations. Under conditions of international detente, the United Nations is conducting its activities in a more business-like atmosphere and with a higher degree of constructiveness and consistency.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“It is also known, however, that the efforts made in recent years to improve the programme planning and budgetary system of the United Nations have not yet reached the goals set and that the internal reserves and resources released as a result of the completion, reduction, reorganization, cancellation or elimination of overlapping in United Nations programmes, projects or activities, or as a result of any other changes in them, are being misused and are not being turned into savings, which in turn results in unreasonably high rates of increase in the Organization's expenditure. Insufficient attention is being paid to raising the labour efficiency of the staff, to improving the administrative methods of the United Nations Secretariat and even to implementing decisions already adopted.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“In our opinion, when considering this problem at all levels and in all bodies, one should proceed from the basis of the inadmissibility of excessive expenditure and the need for rational and economical use of the allocated resources, first and foremost in the interest of achieving the major objectives of the Organization as defined in the Charter—that is, the promotion of lasting peace and the consolidation of international detente, which must have specific material content. 93.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Favourable conditions have been created, and their scope is increasing, for continuous improvement of the people's well-being and full enjoyment of the entire range of rights and freedoms of the Soviet people. Ever widening and more active participation by the working people in the management of State and social affairs is the central direction of the political development of our country. 92. The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR, which is a supporter of and a participant in the statutary activities of the United Nations, wishes to stress the importance of effective administrative and budgetary activity in the Organization.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“At the same time the average earnings of industrial and office workers in the Byelorussian SSR will increase by 22 per cent, and those of collective farmers by 32 per cent. In the past 12 years over a million apartments have been built in the Republic, housing 9.5 million people. State allocations for free all-grade education, free medical Care, social welfare and so on have been growing every year. 91. The new Constitution of the Byelorussian SSR, adopted by the Supreme Soviet of the Republic on 14 April following a Republic-wide discussion, reflects the important social and economic changes that have taken place in the Byelorussian SSR during the years of Soviet rule.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Its main components are machine building, machine-tool construction, radio- electronics, chemistry and petrochemistry, instrument- making and other modern industries underlying scientific and technological progress. The industrial output of the Byelorussian SSR has increased more than 190-fold as compared to the pre-revolutionary level. In recent decades Byelorussia's economic potential has doubled every seven years. During the past 12 years its grain and milk production has doubled and its production of meat has increased by a factor of 2.6. In the current five-year period, 1976 to 1980, industrial output should increase by 45 per cent and grain production will amount to 1 ton per capita.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The enlightened policy of the Communist Party, the internationalist unity and fraternal assistance of the peoples of the USSR and the selfless labour of the people of the Republic have made it possible not only to make up for the material losses caused by the wars that were imposed upon us but also to transform in a short period of time a once backward country of semi- primitive enterprises and an almost ruined agriculture, a country of poverty, disease and illiteracy, into a socialist republic having a highly developed industry, a highly mechanized, intensive and collectively-managed agriculture, modern science and high standards of culture. The salient feature of the Byelorussia of today is its large-scale industry, which accounts for over 60 per cent of the Republic's gross national product.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The peoples of the socialist countries cherish their economic, political and social gains and their social order, which they won in fierce battles and built up with their strenuous labour. A case in point is the Byelorussian SSR, which will celebrate its sixtieth anniversary on 1 January 1979.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The States of the socialist community neither hunt for concessions in the developing countries nor covet control over their natural resources. In our view, the way to solve the problems of economic growth and social progress in the developing countries lies in the elaboration and implementation of a series of measures that would meet the requirements of the restructuring of international economic relations on a just and equitable basis, in reducing the burden of military expenditures and channelling the resources thus released to the objectives of development, with 10 per cent of that amount being allocated to increase assistance to developing countries. 90. History knows of no society that has been able to do or has done as much as socialism for the benefit of the working people.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“They rightly pointed out that the political and .economic factors related to the foreign policy and economies of the developed capitalist countries, which are afflicted by crises, inflation, unemployment and constant increases in the cost of living, give rise to the phenomena of destabilization and precariousness in the development of international economic relations and have most adverse effects on the situation in the developing countries. 89. As is well known, the socialist countries have nothing to do with the colonial plundering of African, Asian and Latin American countries, the neo-colonialist ways of exploiting them or the adverse impact of the economic factors of the capitalist economy on the developing countries.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“It is specifically the vestiges of the colonial past and the neo-colonialist activities of international monopolies with regard to relations between developed capitalist States and developing countries that are being used by the imperialist forces to encroach upon the sovereignty of young independent States, impose their will on those States and interfere in their internal affairs. The Foreign Ministers of those developing countries have given details of the scale this danger assumes and the scope of the economic, trade, scientific and technical problems the developing countries are facing.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The progress made in the main and most important area of United Nations activity aimed at strengthening peace and international security generates more favourable conditions for safeguarding the political and economic independence of the developing countries and restructuring international economic relations on a just and equitable basis. The socialist countries actively support the aspirations of the developing countries to eliminate discrimination and all kinds of artificial barriers in international trade and all manifestations of imperialist diktat, exploitation and inequality in international economic relations.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“According to the United Nations Charter, one of the purposes of the Organization is to achieve international co-operation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights. What is involved here is co-operation at the inter-State level through the conclusion and universal implementation of the relevant international instruments, with due respect for the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of States. The struggle for human rights cannot validly serve as a pretext for attempting to shield or exonerate racist or pro-Fascist regimes or to allow agents on the payroll of imperialist services engaged in subversion to go unpunished. 88.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“It recalled the tragedy suffered by the people of Palestine and emphasized the need for comprehensive and binding sanctions against the apartheid regime in Pretoria and the racist regime in Rhodesia. The non-participation of Western countries in the Conference and their negative approach to its decisions are clear evidence of their intention to hamper the elimination of racism and of their disregard for fundamental human rights. 86. It is necessary to intensify the struggle against mass and flagrant violation of human rights and freedoms, which, among other things, endanger the peace and security of the peoples: in other words, to Intensify the struggle against apartheid, racism, the violation of the rights of the Palestinian people on the occupied territories and the infringement of human rights in Chile, Nicaragua and South Korea, 87.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The imperialist forces should not be permitted to undertake, under a new disguise of far-fetched propaganda—as they have more than once in the past—activities tailored to the patterns of the colonial era against the peoples of southern Africa or any other dependent territories. 85. The General Assembly must make wide-ranging international efforts with a view to implementing the provisions of the Declaration and Programme of Action adopted last August by the World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination [A/33/262, sect. III]. The Conference stressed the danger of the growing ties between Israel and the racist regimes in southern Africa.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Our delegation advocates the implementation of the decision of the United Nations General Assembly concerning the withdrawal of foreign troops from South Korea [resolution 3390 B (XXX)/, thus creating the prerequisites for the independent peaceful reunification of Korea on a democratic basis, free from any outside interference. 84. It is imperative to seek the elimination of the racist und colonialist regimes in southern Africa, the prompt exercise by the peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia of their right to self-determination and genuine independence, the liquidation of the system of apartheid in the Republic of South Africa, and the cessation of military, political and economic interference by imperialist Powers in the affairs of independent African countries.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The United Nations decisions on Cyprus providing for the settlement of the problem on the basis of respect for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Cyprus and its policy of non-alignment, non-interference in its internal affairs and the strengthening of trust between the two communities should be fully implemented. The proposal of the Soviet Union to convene an international conference o, Cyprus under the auspices of the United Nations has lost none of its relevance at the present time. V 83.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR believes that it is neither through separate deals at the expense of the interests of the Arab peoples nor through capitulation to the aggressor, thus consolidating the spoils of the Israeli aggression, but through the implementation of the United Nations decisions on the Middle East and the Palestinian issue and through negotiations within the framework of the Geneva Peace Conference on the Middle East, under the co-chairmanship of the Soviet Union and the United States, with the full participation of all parties concerned, including the Palestine Liberation Organization, that a lasting and just solution in the Middle East can be achieved. 82.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“A just and lasting peace in the Middle East and be achieved only on the basis of the complete liberation of all Arab territories occupied by Israel in 1967, full said unambiguous respect for the legitimate rights of the Arab people of Palestine, including their right to create their own independent State and ensuring firm guarantees of the security of all countries in the region and their right to an independent existence and peaceful development. 81.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The Byelorussian SSR and all States of the socialist community are firmly convinced that the task of making sweeping advances in disarmament requires the preparation and early convening of the World Disarmament Conference, as the most representative and authoritative international forum, which could make the concern for the formulation and adoption of effective and mandatory decisions on disarmament a matter of first priority for the leaders of ail States at the highest level. 80. One of the main tasks before the present session is to take mom effective measures to eliminate as soon as possible the existing hotbeds of international tension and to prevent the emergence of new ones. This is true first and foremost of the Middle East.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“It is clear to all that the development of new, even mete destructive and barbaric types of weapons and the further build-up of military potential may lead mankind to the dangerous threshold of an armed confrontation. All this imposes a special responsibility upon Governments, statesmen and the United Nations, from which the peoples of the world expect not mere lip service to disarmament but the attainment of disarmament in real terms. 79.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“It is of great importance to conclude as soon as possible the current negotiations on such questions as the limitation of strategic offensive arms, the complete and general prohibition of nuclear-weapon tests, the prohibition of chemical weapons, the prohibition of new types and systems of weapons of mass destruction and the prohibition of the production, stockpiling, deployment and use of neutron weapons. It is necessary to take effective measures to prevent the further spread of nuclear weapons and to frustrate attempts to put into effect plans for the production of nuclear weapons in South Africa and Israel. 78. A most pressing problem of our time is that of curbing the arms race.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)