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Santa Cruz

THE RECORD WRITES THIS SPEAKER AS SANTA CRUZ

lines on the record: 105
first: 1949-09-24
most recent: 1952-09-24
sittings or episodes: 3
sources: un-general-debate

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“The Assembly had to contrast those successes in the political field, and the partial solution of the Berlin conflict, with new and extremely serious situations which proved that in other respects the spirit of San Francisco had been disregarded and even deliberately violated. 81. Part of the territory of China was occupied by military forces engaged in a movement of expansion which ran counter to all the principles of the United Nations. Part of that nation, comprising millions of human beings, would therefore remain isolated from any idea of international co-operation. The leaders of that movement, the invaders, were boasting at that very moment of putting into action a policy of defiance and hatred. Upon reading the statements of Mao Tze-tung, one was conscious of a great defeat of the principles of the Charter.”
1949-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 4 (1949)
“Santa Cruz stated that the new countries of Asia were proving to the world that in history, which determined universal destinies, more than one continent counted, and that the countries of Asia were capable of influencing the structure of the world of the future. As the Secretary-General’s report stated, those same principles, applied by the United Nations, had won for the United Nations a great victory, namely, peace in the Middle East. 79. He went on to speak of the Kashmir dispute and the ideas expressed at the beginning of the debate by the representative of India (222nd meeting), and said that the reiterated assurances that India was determined .to find a peaceful solution were important guarantees for those who hoped that nothing would separate nations which were to share a noble and historic destiny. 80.”
1949-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 4 (1949)
“Such international feeling was evident in the stages which had led to the formation of the Council of Europe — a step taken by the western European countries to pool their resources, coordinate their plans and achieve their goal of political unity. That was a striking event of modern times. After repeated efforts towards unification in the course of its history, Europe was seeking unity on a democratic basis, respecting forms of government and ideological and religious tendencies. That was one of the finest experiments in the history of the West and an invaluable lesson for the rest of the world. 78. Referring to the execution of the agreements to the New Delhi Conference, Mr.”
1949-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 4 (1949)
“With due regard for the sovereignty of nations and for the free self-determination of peoples, a feeling of international responsibility for the safeguarding of world peace and security had been fostered. Moreover, a causal connexion between the progressive improvement of the standards of living of human beings and the gradual elimination of the deep-rooted causes of conflict had been explicitly recognized. 77. If the Assembly analyzed the world situation, keeping in mind such principles, it would have to admit that those fundamental ideas which inspired the United Nations were making headway among the nations against great difficulties.”
1949-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 4 (1949)
“Mr. SANTA CRUZ began by saying that the greatest concern of the General Assembly was to see whether the United Nations still enjoyed the faith and confidence of all the nations. Referring to the Secretary-General’s annual report, he said that it could be gathered from that document that the life of the Organization had not reached the pace foreseen in San Francisco, and that its results did not fulfil the hopes born on that occasion, although the year which had passed since the preceding session of the General Assembly had been, in the words of the Secretary-General, on the whole, a year of progress towards a more peaceful world. 76. What San Francisco had promised the world was a change of outlook, a change which originated in the sorrow and suffering of millions of human beings.”
1949-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 4 (1949)