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first: 1986-09-24
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“For the Central African Republic this political will must be expressed by giving the United Nations a greater role in managing international co-operation within the framework of efforts to bring about the new international order,”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“After all, the Charter that brings us all together begins with the solemn commitment of the peoples of the United Nations to establish the necessary conditions for the advent of peace. It is thus up to the Member States that represent those peoples to contribute, in action and through sustained and consistent political will, to the emergence of new international relations marked by justice and equity. They certainly have the political will to do so; that is evident from the many dialogues - which have often been difficult, incidentally - that have taken place in dealing with many issues of great importance involving the question of security and international economic co-operation.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“This does not exclude the possibility that in the meantime they may, together or separately, request admission to membership in the United nations, in whose system they already participate. In Central America, the cause of peace has finally triumphed in the form of the Agreement recently arrived at among the five States of the region on the procedures to be followed to bring about a stable and lasting peace in that part of the world. My delegation welcomes this, and trusts that the international community will make its contribution to promote a positive outcome. Above and beyond these major challenges, the basic characteristic of this century remains the desire of the peoples for peace.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“The principle of freedom must also be observed in the case of Afghanistan so that its people may begin the procedure of democratisation, which they so ardently desire. The right to decide their own destiny in all freedom must be recognized. Accordingly, foreign troops must be withdrawn from Democratic Kampuchea and from Afghanistan. The situation in the Korean peninsula is still a matter of concern, in view of the threat to peace in the region. In this connection, my delegation believes that the principle of peaceful reunification must be observed and that at the same time direct dialogue, without outside interference, should be resumed between the two parties.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“Given the breach of peace in that region, only a bold initiative along the lines of Security Council resolution 598 (1987) can provide a just and lasting solution to the conflict. My delegation, which greatly appreciates Iraq's constant willingness to seek such a solution, which can be seen from its acceptance of that resolution, calls upon the other party to abide by it. We also call upon other States to refrain from any action that could worsen the situation. The use of occupation as a means of crushing the soul of a people is contrary to the principle of freedom held dear by the United Nations. That is why Democratic Kampuchea must at last be enabled to exercise all the attributes of its sovereignty in accordance with United Nations principles.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“It cannot be repeated often enough that the situation in the Middle East requires that account be taken of the interests of the Palestinian people, and particularly of their right to a homeland, so that a settlement may be arrived at that would put an end to the sufferings that have been imposed upon them. My delegation, while confirming the right of the State of Israel to existence, would again state that it is only through the convening of an international conference on the Middle East, involving all the interested parties, including the Palestine Liberation Organization, that a real contribution can be made to the search for a settlement. The fratricidal war between Iran and Iraq has caused tremendous loss of life and there is a clear danger of the situation becoming internationalised.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“The Central African Republic believes that such a settlement should make it possible to re-establish the territorial integrity of Chad, which is essential for the legal Government of the Republic of Chad to continue the work of national reconstruction in which it has been engaged. We thus appeal to the interested parties not only strictly to comply with the Lusaka recommendations, but also, as they have undertaken to do, to co-operate sincerely in those efforts. Other members of the international community should be involved in them if they truly hold dear peace and the rule of law, so that peace can at last return to that area.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“The international community must continue to mobilize its efforts to that end. While the resolve with which Chad, a neighbouring fraternal country, has endeavoured to defend its sovereignty - in other words, its right to survive — has been commensurate with the threat facing it, my delegation still believes in the virtues of a negotiated solution to the Chad-Libyan border dispute, and we welcome the action taken by the Ad Hoc Committee of the Organization of African Unity on this question, which indeed represents an effort to seek a definitive settlement of the dispute.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“It is failure to respect those principles that leads to continuing hotbeds of tension throughout the world. The African land of Namibia must become independent without any preconditions whatsoever under the leadership of its authentic representative, the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). The Security Council must shoulder its responsibilities and demonstrate political will to ensure the implementation of its plan for that Territory. In their daily struggle to build a new society, the majority of the South African people must participate in the management of the affairs in their country. To that end, it is essential to dismantle the abhorrent system of apartheid. That is a precondition for the restoration of peace in South Africa and, hence in southern Africa as a whole.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“The agreement concluded between the United States and the Soviet Union on reducing medium-range missiles can, above and beyond the principle that it establishes, be regarded as opening up the path towards that easing of tension. This is something that my delegation welcomes. We ardently hope that at the third special session of the United Nations on Disarmament the international community can establish the outlines of the strategy to bring about disarmament. However, while the strengthening of relations of trust between States has to be ensured through effective disarmament, a balance requires respect for the principle of the right of peoples to self-determination, as also the principles of the equal sovereignty of States and non-interference in their internal affairs.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“This trend has become an end in itself, even though the Powers already have the means to destroy the entire human race. The arms race is thus a real threat to international peace and security and is certainly an obstacle to development, because major resources are devoted to it when they could have been used for development. This point was made recently at the Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development which, incidentally, emphasized the close interdependence between disarmament, development and security. Therefore, everything must be done to ensure the achievement of general and complete disarmament. But the primary condition remains the easing of tension in relations between the Powers that have committed themselves to the arms race, and here I mean primarily the two super-Powers.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“This remarkable and exemplary action reminds us of the action taken by the Federal Republic of Germany, to which the Central African Republic extended its thanks when it cancelled our debts earlier. But, as was emphasized by the Secretary-General in his report to the forty-first session, we face a human problem and a human solution must be found to it so that beyond new individual attitudes there may be a concerted approach at the intergovernmental level. The search for solutions to the serious economic problems of the day is possible only if there is an atmosphere of trust in relations between States. But the lack of trust, the division of the world and fear result in the spiralling arras race, involving the use of enormous resources for purposes that go well beyond the requirements of national security.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“While General André Kolingba, President of the Republic and Head of State, restated to the partners of the Central African Republic at the round table in Geneva the intention of the Government to honour all obligations entered into by the Central African Republic regarding its creditors, he added: "It is, however, clear that our resolve is limited by our resources, which in turn depend on the authorities you represent." This is why the Central African Republic wishes to join those who, since the Quebec Summit, both elsewhere and in this Hall, have paid well-deserved tributes to Canada, which has decided to cancel not only the debts of the French-speaking countries of Africa but also, at the forthcoming meeting in Vancouver, those of the Commonwealth countries.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“Our situation can never improve unless there is a real solution to the question of the foreign debt of African countries. This is essential to the recovery of the African economy, which is itself vital to the health of the world economy. In any event, one thing is clear: the foreign debt of African States is now well beyond the ability of their economies to repay. The sustained attention given by the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to this problem and the fact that one of its sessions will be especially devoted to it bear witness to this.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“On a broader scale and on the same lines, African countries have long since become aware that real progress in development requires that their peoples be assured at least a minimum, above all, of food. Therefore agriculture is still our top priority, but the development of agriculture involves vast efforts in the spheres of education, training, health and an adequate mobilizing infrastructure, It is therefore essential that the African countries have access to credit and, ideally benefit from a major transfer of financial resources for this purpose. It goes without saying that in the search for the means to promote agriculture the stabilization of the prices of commodities, the basis of our economy, and an increase in those prices are of paramount importance.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“State, himself participated, was not only part of the framework for strengthening the economic and financial recovery that has since been undertaken, but also an opportunity to reassure the immensity of the work done. The interest demonstrated by various friendly countries and some financial institutions give ground for our Government to be cautiously optimistic and we hope that there will be greater participation in the economic take-off of our country. I should like to extend my Government's thanks to the current and future partners of the Central African Republic, which, fully respecting the principle of the sovereign equality of States and reciprocity, have provided and will provide assistance towards our development.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“However, the Government's work cannot be strengthened, broadened and developed unless there is a propitious international environment. The fall in world prices of commodities, including coffee, cotton and wood, which are the bases of the Central African Republic's economy, will simply cancel out the work done by our Government if a concrete and resolute International dimension is not provided as well. An improvement in the world commodity prices combined with an increase in aid and the granting of loans on favourable terms should make it possible for the Central African Republic to see its work crowned with success. The round table on the Central African Republic held last June in Geneva, at which General André Kolingba, President of the Republic and Head of.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“The assessment that is to be made will enable us to see how far we have gone in applying that Programme, for whose implementation we are all responsible, for, after all, we made a solemn commitment to ensure this. The Central African Republic, while it was establishing the bases for the new Central African society, whose Constitution describes the outlines of our system, has for the last six years been undertaking an extensive, thorough going reform at the social and economic level. The action taken has involved tremendous sacrifices on the part of the Central African people and, although to varying degrees, it has been possible to attain the development objectives sought by the Government, primarily food self-sufficiency.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“In this century of extraordinary scientific progress and unprecedented accumulation of wealth in the northern hemisphere there are still countries desperately seeking the means of survival. Yet we note that despite that harsh reality it is still difficult to arrive at a consensus on what solution should be provided. Africa's economic situation was described without any window dressing by the African States themselves at the recent special session of the United Nations on the critical economic situation in Africa just a year ago. A United Nations Programme of Action for the Economic Recovery and Development of Africa 1986-1990 was then adopted.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“The United Nations would like to be accepted to a greater extent as playing the principal role in the search for this new world order to which all States legitimately aspire. In this context the work of bodies such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is decisive. This aspect of the Organization's work, while it has been properly identified only very recently, has nevertheless led to a short increase of confidence in the United Nations on the part of third world countries, in particular African countries, whose overall situation worsens routinely from one session to another.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“Accordingly, the changes the world is undergoing today make the revitalization of the United Nations imperative since its credibility depends on an effective and vigilant system that can promote good management of international co-operation.. Political will and deep-reaching structural reforms adapted to the current context of international relations could indeed enable the United Nations to emerge from the crisis and fulfil its mission as set forth in the Charter. For some time now the United Nations system has found a new vitality in resolutely committing itself to organizing multilateral aid for development and, above all/ providing a framework for major negotiations on the future of international economic co-operation.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“a promising basis for broadened multilateral co-operation and increased effectiveness of the United Nations" (A/42/1, p.2), must not conceal the fact that our system is still in a state of crisis. It is a crisis because of the chasm between the aspirations of most peoples for a new world order and the ability of the system to make a real contribution towards solving the problems that arise from those aspirations. It is a crisis as regards collective security, specifically as regards the maintenance of collective peace and security, for the structures of the United Nations are not always able to operate in accordance with the Charter, for obvious reasons.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“To the Secretary-General of our Organization I confirm the support of the Central African Government for his steady efforts to ensure a greater role for the United Nations in the search for peace, security and international co-operation. Lastly, on behalf of my delegation, I should like to congratulate Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed on his appointment as Under-Secretary-General for Political and General Assembly Affairs. It is two years now since our critical, rigorous and perceptive analysis of the 40 years of existence of the United Nations, The hope born of the "new pragmatism" which was cited by the Secretary-General in his report on the work of the Organization, and which offers "...”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“It is a great honour for me to extend to Mr. Florin of the German Democratic Republic, on behalf of His Excellency, General Andre Kolingba, President of the Republic, Head of State and founding President of the Central African Democratic Assembly, the warm congratulations of the delegation of the Central African Republic on his election to the presidency of the (General Assembly at its forty-second session. His personal qualities, his ability, and his great experience will ensure the success of the session. I also take this opportunity to extend to his predecessor, Mr. Huraayun Rasneed Choudhury, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, the thanks of my delegation for the very able manner in which he discharged his duties.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“For that purpose there is only one forum, the United Nations, and only one method, multilateral co-operation organized by the United Nations to that end, which must be constantly maintained, cultivated and strengthened. This approach will undoubtedly allow us to take vigorous action to create a climate of trust conducive to the realization of the ideals of freedom and democracy, equality and justice, tolerance and peace.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“Periods of crisis are more likely than periods of relative calm to give rise to changes in institutions or human attitudes; they are also more likely - and this is the danger - to give rise to an often egocentric interpretation of the values enshrined in the Charter, the scope of which might thus be weakened. They are also likely to bring about a unilateral approach, which endangers the advent of a peaceful world. A real determination is required, a collective effort and genuine solidarity, from the members of the international community, to ensure a resolute defense of these values whenever, wherever and in whatever circumstances they are challenged.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“If translated into action, the solemn commitment made at the special session by many States of the northern hemisphere and some international organizations to support in various ways the economic recovery program for African countries would mean that we could not only firmly establish this solidarity but prepare fertile soil in which could germinate this new kind of North-South co-operation and for which the Central African Republic hopes so sincerely and at the center of which the United Nations would again play its full multilateralist role.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“It is the whole economy that governs relations between the two entities at that level that is being challenged, and a comprehensive solution must be found. This means that a genuine dialog must be started so that eventually we can restructure international economic relations on the basis this time of fairness and justice. Economic solidarity, it is true, can only supplement internal efforts. That is why my country, with the people's support, is making a resolute, intensive effort to reform the national economy. We welcome the fact that this is recognized by the international community, as are the recovery efforts by other African States.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“It is in this context that we should place the recent special session on the critical economic situation in Africa, held in New York, because for the first time the United Nations made a special effort to deal with the economic situation of one continent. Disaster was indeed knocking at the door then. The Program of Action adopted at that session to support Africa's economic recovery is undoubtedly an expression of a new awareness and solidarity. It was a specific manifestation of multilateralism, that is, of a common responsibility; an appeal for common efforts to understand and resolve questions relating to development. The widespread economic crisis, which spares no country, highlights complementarity, the close interdependence of the North and the South.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“If this approach is shared by all the members of the international community, there is no doubt that through multilateralism we shall have made some progress towards democratization of international political relations, which will facilitate progress towards the advent of a new international economic order. The continuing worsening of the economic situation of the third worLd countries in general and the African countries in particular owing to the combined effects of the debt burden, persistent inflation and the drop in commodity prices has undoubtedly helped to spur a search for new approaches to allow the United Nations once again to play its proper role in the organization of multilateral co-operation.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“My country understands this and is now, under the guidance of President Kolingba, trying to establish the structures of a new democracy, based on the political reality in my country, the implementation of which will enable the people of the Central African Republic better to express their aspirations in keeping with these values. The fact that the Central African Republic has subscribed to the various legal instruments guaranteeing the rights of the individual - in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol -clearly shows my Government's dedication to the protection of man and to the values inherent in man, the denial of which cannot be permitted.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“Similarly, the effort s that we are making to encourage this peaceful reunification and thus enable the Korean people, which has been divided for so long, to be reunited could in the meantime act on the principle of the admission, whether or not simultaneous, of the two Koreas to the United Nations. The values of freedom and democracy, equality and justice and tolerance, observance of which could have determined the settlement of all the questions that we have just mentioned and which do determine the balance of international peace and security, must, if they are to be better supported at the multilateral level, be profoundly integrated in the juridical and political systems of each of our States, because, we can then claim for them beyond national borders the respect accorded to them nationally.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“Accordingly, my delegation supports the eight-point approach formulated by the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea, which has the advantage of proposing, in keeping with United Nations principles, a final solution to this question. The inviolability of the right of peoples to self-determination and its corollary, the equality of States, which is the basis of the universalist mission of the United Nations, must also prevail in the case of the Korean peninsula, where the Central African Republic hopes that the legitimate aspirations of the Korean people to reunification will be speedily attained. That means that the two parties, on the basis of the Joint Statement of 4 July 1972, must use peaceful means, and engage in direct, open dialog, without any outside interference.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“The Central African Republic sincerely hopes that Iraq's constant of willingness to find a just, negotiated political solution in keeping with the United Nations Charter will find an appropriate response in the region so that the carnage that engulfs the two countries may end once and for all. Similarly, we should seek to ensure implementation of the United Nations resolutions on Democratic Kampuchea. The Kampuchean people must be allowed, without any outside interference, freely to choose its future, recover its full sovereignty and build a neutral, non-aligned State. That is the unanimous will constantly reaffirmed by the international community, which at each session reiterates its conviction that the Kampuchean question must be resolved by peaceful means.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“In the Middle East, even more than elsewhere, there must be multilateral support for the efforts and initiatives of the united Nations, including those related to the convening of an international conference to restore to the Palestinian people, united behind the Palestine Liberation Organization (PIO), its national rights. It must exercise those rights in an independent State within secure and recognized boundaries*, this must be the case also for the other States of the region. Still on the Middle East, Iran and Iraq must heed the voice of reason and put an end to a fratricidal war which has gone on too long and is of deep concern to the international community owing to the enormous loss of life that it has caused.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“Therefore, faithful in its commitment to the principles of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), and particularly to that of the inviolability of borders, the Central African Republic calls for compliance with those principles in the case of Chad, whose territorial integrity must be restored. The Palestinian people too is entitled to a homeland. The failure to settle the question of Palestine, which is at the core of the Middle East situation, is the main reason for the daily violence in that deeply troubled part of the world.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“With regard to Chad, a country which is both a neighbor and a friend, the Central African Republic wishes to pay a well deserved tribute to the Government led by President Hissein Habre for the remarkable, patient and tenacious efforts it has made to reconcile all Chadians. My country sincerely hopes those efforts will be successful; the results already speak for themselves. We believe that only peace and union can enable the people of that long-suffering country to participate in the enormous task of national reconstruction being undertaken by the Government of Chad.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“In support of this cause, the front-line States are paying a heavy price ir destabilization, interference and blackmail. As the representative of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAFO) said at the recent fourteenth special session of the General Assembly, that special session must be the last on the question of Namibia. The Security Council can no longer desist from implementing its own decisions, thus further postponing the decolonization of that African land and encouraging South Africa's continuous and persistent defiance of the authority of the United Nations. Namibia must regain its freedom and accede forthwith to national sovereignty, without any preconditions.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“Apartheid divides human beings, separates them off and pens them up according to the color of their skin. Apartheid is undoubtedly the great moral challenge of our time, we therefore welcome such decisions as those taken at the Paris World Conference on Sanctions against Racist South Africa, and the new anti-South Africa stand taken by the countries of the European Economic Community, Canada and the Nordic States, to compel it to show more wisdom and political realism. Apartheid must be abolished, and all the people of South Africa, without distinction, must build a new society. Legality and right are on our side in the case of Namibia, which South Africa continues to occupy illegally, and whose people have for too long been held hostage.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“The right to self-determination and independence, the right of every people to regain or to fight to regain its homeland, the right of every people to be master of its own destiny cannot be honored and exercised in one place, while it is trampled on and stolen in another, as though some peoples had no freedom other than to choose between annihilation and submission. My country, the Central African Republic, feels impelled to reaffirm here its conviction that freedom and the right of self-determination are unique, universal and inviolable. That is why freedom, equality and justice must be established in South Africa, where we see the persistence of the iniquitous system of apartheid, based on the false premise of racial superiority, which denies the status of human being to the majority of its population, who are deemed to be non-persons.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“Thus in the general interests of international peace and security the full exercise by the Security Council of its mandatory powers, binding on all Members, is a fundamental condition for strengthening the authority of the United Nations and enhancing confidence in the Organization, we must also strive all together in good faith to ensure that the values enshrined in the Charter prevail, including the most basic value of freedom. Freedom is indivisible and universal. It cannot, at one time, mobilize all peoples without distinction when it is threatened in one continent*, on other continents, while at another time, the international community is divided, freedom is given conflicting interpretations or subjected to haphazard or self-interested approaches that impede its advent and its full realization.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“The fact that international peace and security are everyone's concern means that the Security Council must not become a mere recording studio where roles are. Played out, where debate follows debate, where vetoes proliferate and where decisions are on rare occasions adopted but are seldom implemented. In the view of the Central African Republic this is a deviation from, a dereliction of the heavy responsibilities of the Security Council, the primary depositary of our hopes for the advent of the world envisaged in the Charter.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“The machinery envisaged by the Charter must be made to work*, above all, the principal body of the United Nations, the Security Council, must take action. The Security Council is the custodian of the common interest and bears the weighty responsibility of maintaining international peace and security, it must demonstrate good faith whenever peace is threatened or breached. The essential role of the permanent members - in particular the most powerful of them -requires the calm dialog necessary for the defense of that common interest. Consequently the weighted vote of the permanent members of the Security Council implies that they must not take an exclusive view of the world, far less engage in ideological confrontations which can only hinder the settlement of disputes.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“The state of the world is not what the Charter envisaged because the basic and essential principal of the equality of peoples and their right to self-determination is not everywhere respected; I refer in particular to Africa, the Middle Bast and Asia. The state of the world is not as envisaged by the Charter because poverty, disease and illiteracy continue to be the lot of the majority of peoples. This state of the world, characterized by a marked recrudescence of selfish policies, one result of which is the serious crisis of the united Nations, demands of us a collective increase in political resolve directed to strengthening multilateralism as the best form of co-operation, capable of providing real solutions to all our problems. First and foremost we must have real co-operation for real peace in this International Year of Peace.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“And yet, since last year the state of the world has not been that hoped for by those who attended the San Francisco Conference, for they imagined the world practicing tolerance, living in peace in a spirit of good-neighborliness, joining forces to maintain international peace and security, ensuring that armed force would not be used, and promoting the economic and social progress of all peoples. Instead of that world of peace and solidarity, we are living in a world marked by a spirit of domination, by expansionism and by the quest for or desire to preserve zones of influence which often give rise to conflicts and tension played out in the countries of the third world.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“Last year's celebration of the fortieth anniversary of our Organization provided us with an opportunity to evaluate its achievements. In particular, that anniversary provided the international community with the opportunity to restate its faith and reaffirm its commitment to the United Nations ideals of peace and security, democracy and tolerance, equality and justice. The general conclusion was that, in spite of the United Nations' limited achievements, its existence is necessary as an irreplaceable instrument for the maintenance of international peace and security, as well as co-operation in an increasingly complex but increasingly interdependent world. Thus in the final analysis it was recognized that the United Nations plays a preponderant role in the organization and implementation of multilateral co-operation.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“My delegation greatly valued the skill, wisdom and competence with which your predecessor, Ambassador Jaime de Pinies, discharged the mission entrusted to him at the last session. Lastly, to Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar, the United Nations Secretary-General, I should like once again to express the gratitude of the Central African Republic for his profound sense of responsibility and for his unflagging determination to see the cause of the United Nations triumph. That cause, for which we gather here in this Hall to present an image of a peaceful world, is a cause that we share. Its defense, despite all the problems of our era and the often pronounced opposition to our interests, is also something in which we share, and it calls for constant devotion and faith.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)
“On behalf of His Excellency President Andre Kolingba, Head of State and Government of the Republic, who wishes us every success in our work, I should like to extend to you, Sir, my delegation's sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the forty-first regular session of the General Assembly of our Organization. Your election is a tribute rightly paid your country, Bangladesh, a member like my own of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, whose militant commitment to peace and international co-operation are well known. Your experience and mastery of international affairs make you more than qualified to conduct our discussions in this difficult period for the United Nations. I am sure of that, and I should like to assure you of my delegation's full co-operation.”
1986-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 41 (1986)