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first: 1972-09-24
most recent: 1975-09-24
sittings or episodes: 3
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“We assert that if this Organization were destroyed or even rendered ineffective, all States would very soon feel the want of it, and would immediately have to gather! together something from the wreckage of self-interest. The mere existence of this international forum has so great a bearing on the character of the contemporary world that it would be an act of the greatest folly not to maintain and strengthen its usefulness. 114. Our duty is to the future. We live in a most difficult yet exciting era. The world has recognized the irrelevance of the old system, and the demand for a new one has become unanimous. The challenge has been issued and Barbados is confident that for the sake of peoples everywhere this Organization will meet its responsibility with courage, dedication and decisive action.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“We have been critical of the failure to achieve the stated goals of the First and Second United Nations Development Decades and have depicted a very bleak economic picture for developing countries, and particularly the least developed of these. But we do not ignore the steady efforts of the numerous agencies of this Organization to push back the frontiers of ignorance and disease. Even where their successes have been only partial, they have been able to make some inroads upon the many difficult problems facing the human family. 113. My delegation cannot join in the fashionable denunciation of the Organization by those who wish to see it fail because their national interests would be better served or so they think by its demise.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Already there are signs that some States are acting unilaterally in some areas for the exploitation of the resources of the sea. Such action will not bring about a proper and rational use of the sea and its resources. An early conclusion of an international convention on the matter is essential. 111. Three decades have gone by since this Organization came into being, and for that period much can be recorded to its credit. The Organization is pledged to secure and promote international dialog as a substitute for a third world war, We have so far avoided that, although we have experienced grievous failure in achieving total world peace. 112.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Barbados has long maintained that one aspect of establishing a new economic arrangement between the developed and developing countries is the creation of a new legal order for the sea. The urgency of this matter is no longer a moot point, and it is a great disappointment to the Government of Barbados that after many years of study of the issues involved, followed by three sessions of a world Conference convened by this Assembly, there cannot be concluded a new Convention on the Law of the Sea, which would have gone a long way towards stabilizing world peace and security. 110. We do not overlook the fact that some degree of consensus has emerged and indeed would hope for more during the next session scheduled for next March; but once again we urge most vigorously that conclusion of a convention be expedited.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“From that forum this Assembly has received some valuable insights into the real problems of the developing world and it remains only for States which were lavish in their sympathy to match that gesture by positive action. 108. My delegation once again wishes to emphasize that the poverty of the developing nations and the economic malaise of the richer ones have a certain organic unity. It would be pointless, therefore, to seek for solutions which are partial and time-serving. Nor will it help the developing nations if action is delayed by yet more analyses of problems and yet more identification of criteria. The richer countries can no longer hope to maneuver between cynical indifference and sentimental rhetoric. 109.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“At the same time, it must be the responsibility of all States to urge upon nationalist elements in the various countries of Africa how inimical to their success disunity is. 107. More than enough has been written and spoken about the establishment of a new international economic order. My delegation has had its point of view succinctly put by our distinguished Prime Minister, Mr. Errol Barrow, before the seventh special session recently concluded. That session was noted for its atmosphere of compromise and evident willingness of both developed and developing countries to agree on practical programs of action for the creation of the new order.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“106. Those hopes have been disappointed largely because the Government of the Republic of South Africa was illogically preaching detente abroad while practicing detention at home. The patent insincerity of its position has given the Smith regime an opportunity to promote and exploit differences which have sprung up between the nationalist leaderships. It is the duty of this Assembly to reassert in this new development its determination to hound these racist, regimes out of international society. It is also its duty to warn them solemnly that divisions in the nationalist camps, though regrettable, will neither postpone the overthrow of these detested regimes nor deflect world opinion from its support of African liberation.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“It would be a somewhat senseless pursuit to wreck the world just to see who finally owns the wreckage. 105. The deteriorating situation in southern Africa still gives cause for grave concern. My Government fully supported all the initiatives recently made by the distinguished heads of State of Zambia, the United Republic of Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique and others in seeking a peaceful solution to this problem. Within that context my Government gave sympathetic goodwill to their dialog with the Republic of South Africa while at no time retreating from its declared opposition to racist regimes wherever found. It did seem that there was a slender chance of finding a solution which fully met the known aspirations of the African populations in Rhodesia and Namibia and at the same time permitted multiracialism to flourish among those peoples.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“But the basic fallacy which this and similar solemn declarations of political intent obscure is that it implies the possibility of achieving imaginative ends by the mere demonstration of the will. Actually imagination and will, or, to put it another way, decency and power, are in conflict. They pull in opposite directions and cannot, without the most disastrous consequences, be harnessed together. If the development of power is judged in terms of decency the judgment must necessarily be false and it has always been the fate of European political arrangements to attempt this impossible feat. But it is obviously better for States to live in peace than in pieces. One could wish, however, that these States would exercise the same restraint when their interests clash among peoples in Asia, Africa and Latin America.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“My delegation feels, however, that the pursuit of peace in the Middle East, valuable as it is, should certainly include a solution which ignores neither the elemental interest of the Palestinian people nor the right of the Israeli nation to survival. We would therefore appeal to all States to continue to be restrained in their approach to this problem and to show goodwill to all those on either side of the dispute who are still searching for peaceful and equitable solutions. 104. In like manner, my delegation takes welcome note of the recently published Helsinki Declaration. European States, in our view, have not in this century been exactly guardians of world peace, and this recent expression of their solidarity deserves the polite attention of an embattled world.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“My delegation welcomes the limited non-belligerency arrangements recently concluded between Israel and Egypt, My Government has always pleaded in this forum for a cessation of the Middle East struggle, not only because of its obvious dangers to that region and to world peace, but also because of our concern that the continuation of hostilities would impoverish the peoples of that area and so prevent their enjoyment of a normal prosperity. We have always acted and spoken with restraint because we felt that if we could not help a search for peace then at least we should not hinder it. 103. The Governments of the United States, Egypt and Israel deserve the congratulations of all people of goodwill for the persistence and courage with which they have handled a problem of such monumental difficulty.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Similarly, Member States should seek to strengthen this Organization by their encouragement of other nations, not yet members, to join it. It is therefore wrong for some of us to thwart the admission of sovereign States because they may be ideologically committed to one or other of the great Powers. It is also wrong to inhibit countries from becoming independent States by implied and even overt threats of dismemberment. My delegation looks forward to the independence and sovereignty of the people of Belize, and we would urge upon their neighbors not to put obstacles in their way but to trust to the good sense of the Belizeans to make their own contribution to the peace and stability of Central America, 102.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“their neuroses and who now find that the developing world is dragging them, kicking and screaming, out of the eighteenth century. 100. I wish to stress that it is not only the principle of equality that my delegation upholds and defends. We also take our stand on the principle of the universality of this Organization. It is not only that Member States, of whatever size, have an undoubted right to be heard in this Assembly; it is also proper that members of this Assembly should not be partial in their judgments of one another. If any Member State, of whatever size, breaches the Charter or any other instrument, or ignores the weighty judgments of this Organization, such a State should certainly be heard in its own defense, but at the same time there should be an impartial reaction to each case. 101.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Our citizens freely elected their own Parliament as they have done for three centuries and the doctrine that some of our citizens should enjoy privileges over other citizens merely because they pay more taxes or because they bear greater burdens in the development of the society is not only unknown but would be held to be outrageous. Since our foreign policy is a reflection of our domestic arrangements, it is not possible for us to connive at what appears to be an attempt to undermine the democratic structure of this Assembly. Those who wish to deny our equality with them must first surrender the veto, or at any rate place it at the disposal of the Assembly. Small countries will not surrender either their equality or their rights to those Powers whose conception of world peace is conditioned by.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Moreover, in the years before the admission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations, the delegations of all the small nations were ambushed, cosseted, flattered and cajoled into committing themselves to one side of the argument or the other, and told how important their countries were. Now that those turbulent times are happily over, and third- world countries are speaking and voting for themselves in the defense of their own vital interests, we are now hearing that their voting rights should be modified and that their persistence in their own defense may lead to the ineffectiveness and eventual dissolution of the Organization. 99. My delegation rejects both the argument and the cynicism on which it is based. In my own country, everyone is equal under the law.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“It is now being seriously contended that some countries are worth more than others and that the numerical reality of the developing world must somehow be chiseled down to reflect the economic and military significance of the large Powers. It is interesting to note that this doctrine never existed in the period of the so-called cold war. During that unhappy period, those on both sides of the barrier threw their nets far and wide to bring new Members in to support their respective views and countries were caught in their nets like so many surprised, gasping fish. Even today, the two Viet Nams and the two Koreas are still hooked on the bait which dangles on the end of the veto. 98.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The presence in this Assembly of Mozambique and the former Portuguese Atlantic Territories of Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe and, indeed, the imminent admission of Papua New Guinea remind us that more than half the States now represented in this Assembly have emerged from colonialism, and are poor and developing. This clearly reflects the faith which all nations, large or small, developed or developing, rich or poor, have in this Organization as the proper forum for co-ordinating global efforts at solutions to international problems. But another equally important reminder to us is the intrinsic value of equal representation in this Assembly. In recent months, and even years, a rather specious doctrine has been enunciated in great-Power circles in respect of the membership of this Organization.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“We would urge the leaders of those factions to compose their differences in the interests of national unity so that the great Powers may no longer fight their wars by surrogate or "to the last African". 96. It has recently become very fashionable for some Powers to test each other's nerves outside their frontiers, at the expense of tropical nations whose slender resources are thus destroyed in quarrels which are none of their making. Peace is still indivisible, and those of us who might strive to prevent another world war do not accept that the best alter-native to that disaster is to be silent when great Powers use the peoples of Africa and Asia to test the efficacy of their weapons. The problems of the developing world cannot be solved by its extinction, and this Organization must rule that option out at once and for all time. 97.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“I must also place on record our appreciation of the outstanding and tireless efforts of the Secretary- General, especially during the last year, in the furtherance of international peace and security. 95. My delegation welcomes to this thirtieth session the representatives of those three States that have 196 been recently admitted to membership. Their admission marks yet another triumph for the Organization in accelerating the decolonization process in the fulfillment of the fundamental principle of the inalienable right of all peoples to self-determination. We note, however, with some anxiety that in Angola rival liberation movements are still snarling at and scuffling with each other in the dust of the Portuguese empire.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“You follow in office the distinguished Minister for Foreign Affairs of Algeria, whose great services to this Organization are already bearing fruit. It was his devotion to the vital interests of the developing countries, his clear-headed grasp of the issues which affect their well-being, and his firm defense of the peoples of southern Africa, not yet free, that have sharpened the commitment of all delegations to honor the principles of the United Nations by defeating the policies of racist regimes everywhere. Mr, Bouteflika has earned the gratitude of the still silent millions in Africa and elsewhere whose accredited Leaders cannot yet speak for them in this Assembly. 94.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“2. Mr. President, my delegation is pleased to add to the many congratulations you have already received on your election to the presidency of this the thirtieth session of the General Assembly. Your country has always been numbered among the firm upholders of the principles upon which this Organization was founded, and many of your distinguished countrymen have served it with altruism, loyalty and great distinction. You yourself, Mr. President, have unreservedly placed your considerable diplomatic skill and your unrivaled knowledge of public affairs at our disposal on many occasions, and the continual effort which the Organization makes to promote world peace owes much to the quiet but helpful influence of yourself and your famous country. 93.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Developing countries must exercise sovereignty and control over the marine resources within their national jurisdictions, while at the same time accepting responsibility for ensuring that the traditional interests of the community of nations in the areas of their sea are respected and protected. It is to be hoped that whenever the new regime that will govern the use of the sea is finally elaborated there will be an effective expression of political and economic justice on the sea -justice which, regrettably, we cannot say now exists on land. 164. The Government and people of Barbados believe that we are here to bend our several efforts to the improvement of the human condition. If by our words and our deeds we fail to justify that belief, I must then ask, why are we here?”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“The demand for a new order of international economic justice has been nowhere louder than at the United Nations Conference recently convened in Caracas to work out a new regime for the control of the resources of the sea, My country put forward the view that the formulation of the principles of any regime governing the use of the sea may well depend on the willingness of the developed maritime countries to accept the fact that the rules of the traditional freedoms of the sea as at present interpreted by them have to give way to a new and revised order based on political and economic justice.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“In today's realities, oil-exporting countries can play a crucial role in making such transfers possible. Looked at in the longer term, what is doubtless needed is a restructuring of the productive capacity of the world as distinct from the mere redistribution of its incomes. That, as we see it, is the essence of the new economic order called for by the sixth special session. The elements of the new order are already perceived. The courage for its implementation is yet to be demonstrated. 163.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“But let us not forget that development -not mere survival- remains the essential path to peace and justice. And let us not be fooled into believing that the improvement in the living standards of the vast majority of the world's peoples will necessarily be achieved by stop-gap measures, any more than it will be achieved by an exclusive concern with the survival of those on the brink of total disaster. Countries like mine, which previously received little by way of development assistance, can no longer view with equanimity either the absence of such assistance or its painfully slow rate of disbursement. 162. It has long been recognized that an essential ingredient of international co-operation for the achievement of a more equitable world order is the transfer of resources from the developed to the developing nations.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“The elements for the mechanism of relief were agreed in the Special Pro-gramme contained in the Program of Action adopted at the sixth special session of the Assembly. The dimensions of the problem and the magnitude of assistance needed have been outlined by the Secretary- General. But once again performance unhappily falls below requirements and expectations. And, if we must be frank, it falls below the collective ability of those able to assist. The world is treated to the spectacle of posturing by all but a few of the donor countries, while those in need remain uncertain of the fulfillment of the aims of the Special Program and of the magnitude of the assistance they will receive, and are doubtful whether such assistance as is eventually rendered will reach them in time. 161.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“The most affected among the developing countries can hardly afford to buy food any longer. For the rest, the disequilibrium of crippling external payments prevents the expansion in productive capacity that is a prerequisite to growth and improved living standards. In this period of international economic crisis the future prospects of the majority of the world's peoples will depend on how poor countries like Barbados, with fragile economies, are able to manage the immediate problem. The case for immediate emergency relief to the most affected countries of the world is beyond dispute. The problem is survival today, or we may not reach the challenges of tomorrow. 160. The international community has in fact ad-dressed itself to that problem.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“So let us not forget that the crisis in energy* is but the latest in a series of crises or setbacks that have characterized the international economy in recent times. 158. We all know that the widening gap between rich and poor countries predated the energy crisis. We all know that the phenomenon of international inflation -the export of inflation from the rich to the poor countries -predated the energy crisis. We all know that the specter of global food shortages predated the energy crisis. We all know, too, that foiling levels of development assistance predated the energy crisis. All this is known. 159. But the phenomenon of vastly increased prices for the world's main source of energy has aggravated these trends. For oil-importing developing countries the prospects are bleak indeed.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“Thirty years ago the Charter of the United Nations committed the international community to the creation of conditions of stability and well-being and to ensuring a minimum standard of living consistent with human dignity through economic and social progress. The launching of the First and Second Development Decades marked attempts to give substance to this pledge and to adopt policies of international co-operation to achieve the agreed purpose. It was true then, and remains tine today, that the scale of such co-operation should match the magnitude of the problem. 157. That the record of achievement of the stated goals has been less than satisfactory is a common-place. That there is a probability of abandonment of the goals is now a common fear.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“Throughout the countries of the developing world there is a common denominator: life is poor in quality, poor in prospect. And yet it is not by divine inevitability that the rich grow richer and the poor grow poorer. 155. As we approach the mid-point of the Second United Nations Development Decade, we might understandably extrapolate from our accumulated experience in international co-operation for development and ask whether that experience justifies faith in a future of fruitful action in this sphere. Unless we would proceed blindly in today's world of crises, inflation, disequilibrium and deepening poverty, we cannot escape the responsibility of examination and analysis of the factors underlying the frustration of our agreed goals and objectives. 156.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“My country also deplores the damage done to the political independence and territorial integrity of Cyprus during the past few months. Here is ,a case of a small, defenseless country ripped apart at the will of more powerful countries and made the battle-ground upon which the latter choose to settle their differences. This most recent experience is indeed a sad commentary on the achievements of this body since the Second. World War, for it again reminds us that our system of international peace-keeping is at best selective, at worst ineffective. 154. Another area of major concern must of necessity be the economic injustice suffered by the majority of States and peoples. At no time in the history of this Organization has the world economic outlook been as gloomy as it is today.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“We would applaud the tireless and concerted efforts which brought about disengagement in the region after last October's conflagration, but we feel it the moral responsibility of the same Powers to bring all parties to the long-standing conflict to the conference table, to have the problems of frontiers worked out and to have the problem of the wandering and buffeted Palestinians resolved -in short, not only to effect disengagement, but also to create a lasting and effective basis for peace in that part of the world. It would then be possible to ensure that the human and material resources now devoted to the waging of war in that l ea could be better deployed to the general fulfillment of all the legitimate goals of humanity within the Middle East. 153.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“There are few international problems which so clearly bring home to the small countries of the world how negligent the so-called great Powers have been. It was these Powers that sponsored the creation of the State of Israel. But their pursuit of shifting and contradictory policies and their use of the area as a stamping-ground have been largely to blame for the sorry and wasteful belligerence that has prevailed in the region since 1948 and the tragedy that has overtaken millions of Arab refugees. 152.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“But while we display eagerness for every people to enjoy its inalienable right to political freedom and would share in their joy of newly gained independence, we must reflect whether the attainment of sovereignty is not threatened by the political and economic instability of today's world. Barbados is pleased to note the continuation of the very positive steps which some countries have taken during the past year further to resolve their differences. The widening and deepening of detente between the superPowers will no doubt save humanity from the ravages of another major war, and the poorer and weaker countries must applaud all efforts to strengthen peace and security in the world. 151. But it is with regret that we observe that no lasting settlement has yet been found for the conflict in the Middle East.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“It would be difficult to justify in any human terms the oppression meted out to the African populations of Namibia and Rhodesia and the abominable repudiation of human values practiced under the system of apartheid in South Africa. 149. My Government has time and again emphasized its abhorrence of the malevolent system of apartheid and will continue to condemn the South African Government for its criminal imposition of this system on the peoples of southern Africa, for its refusal to hand over Namibia to its legitimate rulers and for its support of Rhodesia's illegal Government -all in defiance of the United Nations and its Charter. 150.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“But the admission of any new Member State reminds us that Belize, a member of our Caribbean community, has yet to achieve its independence, not because the metropolitan Power has refused to surrender its control, but because it fears possible assaults upon its territorial integrity. We believe it to be the responsibility not only of States like mine that share a common destiny with Belize but also of this forum to be continually seized of the problem and to work towards a solution that will help to ensure the ultimate goal of independence for that Territory. 148. We regret to note, too, that in southern Africa the indigenous peoples are yet struggling to attain the human status which the Members of this Organization are committed to guarantee to all peoples of this world.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“We must welcome, too, the fact that the Portuguese people have found a new leadership persuaded to end the vicious wars which that country has waged in Africa for over a decade. The presence of a delegation from Guinea-Bissau in this Assembly is a welcome indication that the Portuguese Government accepts the inalienable right of a people to govern itself. We look forward to being able by the next session to welcome delegations from the other Territories which, until recently, formed part of the Portuguese empire. 147. The universality of membership of this Organization will provide the possibility of greater contentment and, it may be hoped, easier dispersal of the suspicions and frustrations of its Member States.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“We are indeed happy to share with Grenada the stirring challenges that face this body. 144. As one of the first States to recognize the sovereignty of the people of Bangladesh, we take particular satisfaction, too, in welcoming a delegation from the People's Republic of Bangladesh and would reiterate to them our sympathy concerning the recent natural disasters which so cruelly struck this new nation. Our condolences also go to the Government and people of Honduras on the suffering which that sister Latin American State now experiences after the grave tragedy which befell it on the eve of this Assembly session. 145. These calamities must serve as forcible reminders of the obvious responsibility this Organization must seek to discharge in providing assistance in cases of natural disaster. 146.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“Leopoldo Benites, whose wise and efficient guidance of our deliberations during the twenty-eighth regular session and the sixth special session of the General Assembly not only earned him the respect of the international community but also brought credit to his country and all of Latin America. 142. I should also like, on behalf of my delegation, to pay due tribute to the Secretary-General, Mr. Kurt Waldheim, for the untiring efforts he continues to devote to the service of the United Nations. 143. Today we greet three new Members of this Organization. My delegation has great pleasure in being able on this occasion to extend a cordial welcome, to our sister Caribbean State of Grenada, which has long-established links with the English-speaking States of the Caribbean, links which are the result of a common historical experience.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“Mr. President, I am happy to join those who preceded me in paying tribute to you on your election to the presidency of this, the twenty-ninth session of the General Assembly, We recall with satisfaction the initiative taken by the President of Algeria which led to the convening of the sixth special session of the General Assembly to deal with a matter of immediate concern to all nations. At this time when our preoccupation must be the need to forge a new international economic order, we can think of no better tribute to you and your Country than that the honor of presiding over the deliberations of this session should be bestowed upon so illustrious a representative. 141. I wish also to place on record our deep appreciation of your predecessor, Mr.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“Even while the Organization is preoccupied with adopting measures to arrest the wave of disrespect for human life, which has reached alarming proportions, greater efforts must be expanded to overcome the frustrations of the many peoples of this world and bring into reality their desire for a better life. 131. All States Members of this Organization must assist in this regard.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“For not only are these resources being contaminated and polluted, but they are already being exploited and utilized to increase the wealth of those nations which by their manipulations pauperize the rest of the world. 129. The immediate need to regulate the use of and preserve and protect the marine resources makes it urgent that arrangements be concluded for the international conference on the law of the sea. 130. Today more than ever there is need for the United Nations to act with determination to meet the ideals of peace, justice and progress enshrined in its Charter.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“They must take note of the different levels of development, but they are not entitled to categorize some poor countries as well off merely because their pride and industry inhibits them from passing around their begging bowls. 128. While the poor nations struggle to find some redress to the prevailing economic imbalances, the resources of the sea and the immense wealth that lies in the ocean bed and the subsoil thereof have presented some glimmer of hope. In June this year, Barbados, with other Caribbean countries, while stressing that the resources of the sea, sea-bed and subsoil of the maritime areas within their jurisdiction and adjacent to their coasts can help to improve the living standards of our peoples and accelerate progress in our countries, recognized the need to preserve and protect these resources.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“Old habits die hard and the cynical substitution of "spheres of affluence" for "spheres of influence" is but the new method of controlling the world without the vulgar necessity of having to govern it. 126. A very casual glance at the conditions laid down by the European Economic Community for association with it, or even for selling anything to its members, will indicate that this venture may well become a conspiracy in restraint of world trade. 127. It will be the duty of this Organization and its agencies to search out and, if not prevented, find solutions to the problems of international economic development. The agencies must develop proper insights into the question of poverty in the under-developed world.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“Not long ago we heard many pious resolutions about the allocation of 1 per cent of their gross domestic product to raise the rest of us above the poverty line. A few countries equal to the number of people who could stand in a telephone booth have honorably tried to meet this obligation. A few others were lavish in promise of aid and have fulfilled their promises by tying their assistance to such burdensome restrictions that recipient countries either have refused the help or have impoverished themselves further by accepting it. 125. It is no accident of history that the world's major trading and financial powers are precisely those which once held great empires or extended their military and economic influence beyond their patrimonial seas.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“They manipulate the world's currencies always to their own convenience and would have us believe that the world's future depends on what artificial values they choose to bestow upon the bits of metal or paper which they use to siphon off the profits of the world's trade into their own countries. They scurry to one another's capitals to decide how the world should be run, and, inevitably, their decisions decree that the peasant in Africa or Asia or Latin America must pay more for goods and services produced in a few countries, but must sell, if he can, what he produces at prices which drive him further below the poverty line. 124. As if that were not enough, the richer nations have devised yet another means of pauperizing the rest of the world.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“At the third session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, held in Chile earlier this year, while the rich nations were prepared to discuss freely how hungry nations were to be fed, or how the primary commodities of poor countries were to bring good prices in the markets of the few, those same nations were not prepared to make the decent political commitments which would help developing countries. They had no sooner left Santiago than they set about stiffening the terms of trade by all those artifices which are designed further to impoverish the already poor countries.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“This threat of terrorism and anarchy has always been with us and in our haste to utter a rightful condemnation of the new gangsterism we must show the same sense of urgency in rooting out the detestable racist regimes which exist in any part of Africa or elsewhere. 123. There is a necessary connexion between the ills we condemn and the economic injustice yet another form of terrorism which is suffered by the majority of States. Hundreds of millions of human beings in Asia, in Africa and in Latin America still live-if that is the word for it-in great but still unfulfilled expectations of a fairer share of the world's trade.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“When States can commit acts of aggression against whole peoples in the name of a counterfeit philosophy of racism, and can do this in full defiance of world opinion, it should not astonish anyone that wicked all depraved individuals should plan and encompass the murder of others and even boast about it, while some States, whose agents they may be, nurse their guilty secrets in complacency. My delegation therefore calls once again upon this Assembly to condemn and outlaw all forms of assault upon human life and dignity, whether the aggressors are homeless and misguided robots, or whether they happen to be, for the time being, entrenched in the control or possession of States.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“Barbados, with a tradition of respect for law and order, will support any action taken to stamp out this malignant growth and to erase this terrible blot on the conscience of mankind. 122. But terrorism, like peace, is indivisible. We must not suppose that there is greater immorality in blowing up an aircraft with innocent passengers than there is in the mindless brutalities which are heaped upon whole populations in southern Africa and sometimes elsewhere. In some countries the mere possession of a white skin confers unbridled license to inflict upon darker skins the most bestial assaults, of which the taking of life is perhaps the least unbearable.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)