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Moe

THE RECORD WRITES THIS SPEAKER AS MOE

lines on the record: 60
first: 1972-09-24
most recent: 1975-09-24
sittings or episodes: 3
sources: un-general-debate

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“The political assassin is rarely a liberator and if there are countries and States which can make excuses for the seizure of aircraft and the infliction of needless terror upon innocent travelers by air, or can rationalize the cowardly slaughter of the diplomatic personnel of States, then those countries and States neither serve their own best interests nor strengthen their claim to be part of the civilized world. If terrorism is not struck down, then this Assembly will soon cease to be the voice of decency among the nations. No country will then be immune and those countries which even now will not condemn the terrorist will soon find themselves at his mercy because the nihilist will not distinguish between ideologies when the knife and the bomb quiver in his grasp. 121.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“Even while we wrestle with these difficulties, we meet under the shadow of a greater menace. Recent events in an international sports arena, in airports and aircraft and elsewhere have brought into focus the need to answer resolutely and swiftly those who commit cowardly and murderous acts of terrorism. My delegation condemns without equivocation the resort to murder as a political weapon and my Government would under no circumstances shelter or protect organizations or persons known to be or proved to be in sympathy with others who are so engaged.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“My delegation therefore believes that all States should first contribute to the peace of their own immediate regions by pursuing peaceful policies with sir neighbors. Within our own hemisphere, for instance, we would wish to see new initiatives taken to end the isolation of the Republic of Cuba on the basis of mutual respect and tolerance, and we, would also wish to see our sister Caribbean State Belize achieve its independence with the positive goodwill of, and without demur from, its immediate neighbors. Outside our own region my delegation will strive with others to encourage the pacific settlement of disputes and we therefore in this session of the Assembly, as in previous ones, call upon the contestants in the Middle East to go to the conference table no matter what its shape or size and bring their tragic conflict to an end. 120.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“Great causes need to be thoroughly understood before they can be decently espoused, and it is always a better service to world peace if great and sensitive issues are debated with restraint and objectivity. 119. There is a widely held belief among nations that the maintenance of world peace is the special responsibility of the great Powers. It has a limited truth only because the great Powers have greater means at their disposal to breach the peace with impunity. But the maintenance of world peace is the responsibility of all States and it could well be that a genuine policy of non-alignment might encourage the great Powers to be more circumspect in the application of their selfish policies.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“But we are certain that these halting but welcome successes have come from the conference table and not from the battlefield. Where there has been persistence in dialog and patience in discussion, something good has emerged. That is why this Assembly must continue to exhort all parties to a dispute, in all the tension-filled areas of the globe, to use the proven techniques of conciliation and negotiation. 118. We must also soften our rhetoric in our debates when we discuss areas of conflict and tension. If the truth must be told, we have not always helped a situation by taking sides in it when we should have been encouraging those in dispute to resolve their differences in accordance with the principles of the Charter.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“We hope that these dialogs will continue until mutual interests are distilled, and that other States will not cumber them with gratuitous, selfish and wrongheaded advice. It would be as well if the two VietNams or what is left of each of them could talk to each other to discover whose war they are waging, and whether the great Powers whose proxies they are would permit them to bring it to an end, or whether the great Powers would transfer it to their respective soils. My delegation also hopes that the Simla Agreement of 3 July 1972 reached between India and Pakistan will hold firm and lead to an enduring peace among the peoples of those two great Asian States. 117. We have enough realism to known that these accords do not suggest that final solutions to these problems have been reached.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“The great Powers have negotiated with one other and have defined their common interests without, according to the communiques, sacrificing the vital interests of other States. Any accord, however tenuous, which exists among the nuclear Powers must be complemented by a greater willingness on their part to understand that world peace needs a more solid foundation than they seem disposed at the moment to give it. Not to blow the world up shows commendable restraint on their part, but my delegation feels that the purely negative virtue of self-preservation ought to give way to the more positive one of wanting peace for its own sake. 116. It is in this context that we note with satisfaction the attempts being made by the two Korean States and the two Germanys to talk with each other.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“We hope that this Organization will not repeat the craven blunder which for 20 spiteful years excluded from our family the largest single section of humanity, whose claim to be in full control of its own affairs was always beyond dispute. It is better to count heads than to break them, and for this reason my delegation looks forward to welcoming Bangladesh to this Organization in the very near future. As we bring more sovereign States into the United Nations we provide greater contentment for and,, hopefully, easier dispersal of, their suspicions and frustrations. 115. Barbados is pleased to note the very positive steps which some countries have taken in the past year to resolve their differences with others.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“He has already given proof that he possesses those qualities of mind and spirit which will be of inestimable value in dealing with the immense problems confronting our Organization. Barbados pledges him its unstilted support as he strives to uphold the principles of the Charter and to implement directives of this Organization and its related agencies. 114. At this time of the year the delegations here assembled sometimes enjoy the privilege of welcoming those new States admitted into the family of nations. My delegation very much regrets that it is not able on this occasion to welcome a delegation from Bangladesh. Barbados was one of the first two countries in the world certainly the first in the Western Hemisphere to recognize the sovereignty of the people of Bangladesh.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“Mr.President, I should like first of all to congratulate you warmly on your election as President of this, the twenty-seventh session, of the General Assembly, which is an indication of the high esteem in which you and your country are held. Your country's great contribution to international affairs and your own untiring efforts in promoting goodwill among nations have both been fittingly rewarded by this Assembly. 112. The deep appreciation of my delegation is also extended to your predecessor, Mr. Adam Malik, for the admirable manner in which he guided the deliberations of this Assembly during its twenty-sixth session. 113. To the Secretary-General my delegation also wishes to offer congratulations on his appointment to a most exacting job.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)