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“If those' countries are to develop some of their industries, they must find markets for their products. But access of those products to the markets of the developed countries is hampered by a protectionism running counter to the laws of free trade and by the unilateral setting of exorbitant freight rates. In 1978 the industrialized countries imported from developing countries manufactured and semi-manufactured products to the value of only $32 billion, as against $125 billion in the opposite direction, that is, a cover rate of 390 per cent. This is a regrettable situation, since, industrialization in the form of processing before export of some of their raw materials would provide the developing countries with relatively stable export earnings. 81.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Furthermore, attainment of the objectives of the stabilization agreements is hampered by the lack of adequate funds for the operation of the machinery provided for that purpose: buffer stocks and stocks established by producer countries to ensure fulfillment of their export quotes. The Common Hind for Commodities will make it possible to remedy this situation, if its reliability is guaranteed. 79. The idea of setting up this kind of machinery bears witness to the need for more co-operation among all countries in order to solve the problems inherent in the imbalance of trade in general, and in the commodity trade, in particular. 80. Apart from trade, the development of the poor countries is meeting with obstacles in the industrialization sphere.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“In addition, how can one offer the developing countries the argument that the market forces must be given free play, when those who put forward that argument refuse to apply it whenever their products are threatened by competition from products originating in other developed countries? Is that not a tacit admission that a free market is one in which right is right? That amounts to recognizing both the need to correct the short-comings of the market and the legitimacy of the desire of developing countries for a policy ensuring remunerative prices for their commodities. 78.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Generally, from the consumer's point of view, they are conceived not as a means of ensuring effective price stabilization but as an instrument to maintain free market conditions, in accordance with the wishes of those who think that commodity prices should result from market forces. To be sure, this market is effectively free of any State intervention. But can one say that it is a free market when the means to market these products are more or less out of the hands of the developing countries, when, at the pre-marketing stage the economic decisions are not taken by those countries; in brief, when the market is dominated by the importers, distributors, processors and a whole gamut of middlemen from the developed countries whose activity is often exclusively financial, and only very distantly connected with the product concerned.. 77.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“The so-called price stabilization agreements seek to avoid excessive price fluctuations that would jeopardize the long-term interests of producers and consumers, and to stabilize and increase export earnings for the producer countries. However, where they exist, these agreements promote the first aim better than the second. Furthermore, difficulties arise when it comes to determining the minimum and maximum prices to be fixed, which provide the benchmark for the application of the stabilizing action, as can be seen in the International Cocoa Agreement. 76. These difficulties are due to the way the stabilization agreements are conceived.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Some coal basins in Europe, following the continued fall in oil prices from 1960 to 1972, are a case in point. 73. As we see, excessive price fluctuations and the deterioration of the terms of trade are the cause of economic waste for all countries, whether developed or developing, and this demonstrates a major fact of our times, the growing interdependence between national economies. 74. The solutions which haw so far been put forward to solve these two problems have not been entirely satisfactory. The compensatory financing machinery—STABEX, a tool of IMF—is aimed, as its name suggests, at compensating for the nominal losses in export earnings from commodities, but unfortunately, it does not compensate fully. Furthermore, it does not cover the loss in the purchasing power of export earnings due to inflation. 75.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Commodity price fluctuations and deterioration of the terms of trade have, for the developing countries, severe financial consequences which jeopardize their ability to save, invest and therefore to develop, but the two phenomena also have consequences for the developed countries. 71. Indeed commodities from developing countries as a general rule are processed in the developed countries before being consumed. A drop in commodity prices discourages producers, makes them reduce their output and finally creates supply difficulties at the industrial level in the processing countries, not to mention the unemployment which might result. 72. Some developed countries producing raw materials or synthetic goods also suffer from the deterioration of the terms of trade. Differences in cost structures often bring activity to a partial or total halt.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Hie efforts to bridge this gap are frustrated by the short-term instability of commodities markets which manifests itself in severe annual price fluctuations. The trend is usually downward and therefore export earnings drop. This has had an adverse long-term effect on markets. Between 1950 and 1970, the price ratio for primary products sold by the developing countries and manufactured products sold by the developing countries went down by 35 per cent. In 1981 a ton of cocoa, coffee or cotton to take only these examples in the best possible circumstances only buys half of the capital goods, particularly agricultural capital goods, that could be bought 20 years ago. 70.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Today in the developing countries 1.8 billion people live in poverty, and it appears that 800 million will find themselves in a state of absolute poverty in 1990 unless we are careful. Now in these countries two out of three people die of hunger Seventy per cent of the children suffer from malnutrition, a billion people are condemned to illiteracy, three quarters of the population of the earth have only one fifth of the word's income. In the developed countries, on the other hand, one quarter of the people possess four fifths of that income; a human being will rarely suffer from hunger and will receive an education to a level at least equal to that of secondary education, and the majority have a life expectancy of SO years at least. 69.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“That means that peace must reign between these countries and within each country, and in order to do this they should resort to permanent dialog to settle their disputes, whether internal or against one another. This means the practice of a true policy of non-alignment towards the great Powers. 67. What the developing countries need are not imported ideologies but technology and resources for their economic, social and cultural development. What they .want is not to be the pawns in this political rivalry between the great Powers, but to see that rivalry become strictly financial, economic and technical. What they would like is the establishment, for their benefit as well as that of the developed countries, of international cooperation to resolve a fundamental problem of today, namely development. 68.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“It has caused the displacement of people who look for shelter in other countries, in particular in neighboring States. Whatever action is undertaken, bilaterally or multilaterally, to assist them, will be only a partial solution to a phenomenon which has political, social and economic consequences. The situation creates a danger of confrontation between the great Powers. It also hampers the development Of that third world country. It constitutes an extremely dangerous precedent for the progress and security of a large number of developing countries. 66. To prevent such situations, there is only one reliable method: the neutrality of the developing countries towards the two blocs.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Recalling the principle of respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all States and the right of peoples to self-determination and, in particular, to decide their own form of government and to choose their own economic, political and social system without intervention, subversion, coercion or constraint from outside in whatever form, the General Assembly requested the immediate withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan [resolution ES-6/2 ]. It renewed this request last year at the thirty-fifth session [resolution 35-37], but for almost two years now Afghanistan has been occupied by foreign troops, obviously against the will of the Afghan people. 65. The situation prevailing in that country is disturbing for more than one reason.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We venture to hope that this initiative will be welcomed by all parties concerned and by the Powers involved, and that it will give new impetus to efforts already undertaken to bring about a comprehensive peaceful solution to the conflict. 64. Almost two years ago the United Nations proclaimed its indignation and condemned the invasion of Afghanistan by foreign forces which, as in similar situations, reminded us sadly of coups de force in the past and re-established the climate of the cold war which, we believed, had gone for ever.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“The Palestinian problem is at the core of the Middle East conflict. As long as the Palestinians do not exercise their right to self-determination and the consequent creation of their own State, this region will continue to be the theater of ever-renewed crises, sporadic fighting, repeated attacks, assassinations and violence, to which Ms distressing tragedy has Accustomed us. We have grown used to this almost permanent state of war. We have grown used to a sword of Damocles hanging over international peace and security. 63. The major obstacle to the exercise of the Palestinians of the right of peoples to self-determination seems to be the absence of mutual and simultaneous recognition of their existence and that of the State of Israel. We Welcome the approach made in that direction by Saudi Arabia.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“It seems to us that the United Nations should confine itself to taking note of the agreement which was reached this year in the OAU at the Assembly of Heads of State and Government and in the Implementation Committee on Western Sahara, and to invite the pan-African organization to pursue its efforts. The parties concerned should co-operate honestly in implementing the self-determination process. We urge the African countries in particular to facilitate, as is their duty, the very delicate and complicated task of the Implementation Committee. 62. Respect for the right of peoples to self-determination should be admitted in other situations of conflict as well. The United Nations in 1947 recognized that the Palestinians had that right, and since 1947 the Palestinians have been deprived of it.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“To our mind, what we should do, now that the principle of self-determination of the people of Western Sahara has been acknowledged by all parties concerned, now that the organization of a referendum has been agreed upon during which the United Nations is required to give its assistance, now that practical ways to implement this have been defined, and a progressive relaxing of tension in the region is taking place, is to avoid debates and decision which would revive passions, provoke an escalation of fighting and frustrate the efforts of the OAU to bring about a peaceful solution to the problem. 61.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We appeal to them resolutely to embark in this direction, because their long-term interests are at stake, and so as to avoid the problem of apartheid degenerating into armed conflict and opening up the way to foreign interference in Africa. 59. We want Africa to be really neutral, to be free from foreign interference in its affairs. We are convinced that, left to themselves, Africans can resolve their differences. The Ivory Coast therefore welcomed the progress achieved by the Organization of African Unity [OAU] in the quest for a peaceful solution to the problem of Western Sahara. 60.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“It is obvious that the solution to the problem is to be found only in the participation, on an equal footing, of all the inhabitants of South Africa in determining their future. 57. Some, considering the measures adopted thus far as insufficient to eliminate apartheid, and becoming impatient, advocate a recourse to war to achieve this; an understandable attitude, but one which should not exclude the use of other means. 58. We think? indeed, that it is possible to prevail upon the Government of South Africa peacefully to bring about the changes that are desirable in that country. We can never over-emphasize the special responsibility incumbent upon the Powers which have economic relations with that country.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“The longer the scourge of apartheid goes on, the greater the danger of confrontation between the white minority and the majority of the South African community. Each day that goes by brings us closer to war and its consequences destruction of human lives and property, foreign interventions and the risks of the conflict's being extended. 56. It is clear that the so-called "homelands" or bantustanization policy of the Government of South Africa is not capable of preventing such gloomy prospects, lacking as it does popular support and disapproved of as it is by the international community. This could not be otherwise with regard to a policy that allows the minority to enjoy exclusive control of the country's principal resources and confines the majority of the population in one seventh of its territory on less productive land.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Unfortunately, there is another problem that constitutes a treat to peace and security in southern Africa: apartheid, that odious system based on the segregation of human beings according to race, that ensures the reign of the minority over the majority and that deprives that majority of human rights and fundamental freedoms, debasing them solely because they are not white. 54. The strikes that have been called in South Africa and the acts of violence that have taken place in that country in recent years are ample proof that the majority is awakening and rejecting its present status. 55. Like clouds preceding a storm, rancors, hatreds, feelings of frustration and revolt, are piling up.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“They are in duty bound to succeed, for if that plan is not implemented, the ensuing disappointment will be commensurate with the immense hope that they have aroused throughout the world, and particularly in Africa. 52. It is with satisfaction, therefore, that we who have trusted in them from the outset and have supported their plan, note that following their meeting in New York on 24 September, they reaffirmed "their determination to pursue their efforts" to "assure without further delay a peaceful solution to the problem of Namibia". 53.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“To avoid the risk of being accused of attempting to sanction South Africa's delaying tactics, of laxity and, consequently, of complicity, the five members of the contact group must unequivocally reaffirm their determination to do everything in their power to implement resolution 435 (1978), which does no more than reproduce the plan they themselves worked out in answer to the legitimate aspirations of the Namibian people to freedom and human dignity. In drawing up that plan, they assumed a commitment to the international community to ensure that Namibia accede to independence in a peaceful manner. They have the means to achieve this.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“It is time for the killings and tortures in Namibia to stop, as well as the massacres of innocent populations in the States that are neighbors of South Africa, particularly in Angola, by the South African Government and the bombings which it carries out, sowing death and desolation in peaceful villages, as well as that country's repeated violations of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of those States contrary to the dearly held principles of the United Nations and condemned by the international community. 51.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We regret that some States are not yet members, although they have become members of the specialized agencies, and we invite them to join us. 49. The Ivory Coast hopes that in the near future the United Nations will be welcoming a member, the independent State of Namibia. We reaffirm our support for Security Council resolution 415 (1978), which provides for Namibia's accession to independence and self-determination through the organization of free elections undo: United Nations supervision. 50. The implementation of that resolution has been too long in coming. Any further delay would be intolerable and would have heavy consequences for peace and security in that region.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“I am happy to extend to you, on behalf of my delegation and in a personal capacity, our heartfelt congratulations, assuring you again of my high and very friendly esteem. 46. As you begin your important task, I should like to express to your predecessor, Mr. von Wechmar, our high appreciation for the brilliant manner in which he dis-charged his duties. 47. I should also like to express once again to the Secretary-General our deep gratitude for the exemplary devotion with which he carries out his important responsibilities. 48. Over the years, the United Nations has ceaselessly reaffirmed its universality. Since it is the framework par excellence for co-operation and reconciliation between human communities, we are highly appreciative of that fact. We therefore welcome the entry of Vanuatu and Belize to the United Nations.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“44. Speaking as I am after the passing of the Egyptian head of State, allow me first to associate myself with the homage that has been paid to his memory. The tragic death of President Anwar El Sadat is a cruel loss, not only for his country, but for the United Nations and for all who are working to achieve peace and love between peoples, to which aim he dedicated himself with unshakeable faith and exceptional courage. To the sorely bereaved delegation of Egypt and, through it, to the fraternal people of Egypt, I address our heartfelt condolences and sincere compassion. 45. Sir, in electing you to the presidency of its thirty- sixth session, the General Assembly has acquired the experience, competence and effectiveness of a seasoned diplomat that you have always shown, both in the service of your country and in the United Nations.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Before this common aspiration for the happiness of men, of all men without exception, man's hostility towards man would begin to be blunted, force would be replaced by dialogue and the world would come to know genuine peace.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The division of the world into two political and military blocs has not made it possible for the United Nations so far to come anywhere near assuming its responsibilities with respect to the maintenance of international peace and security. But it could be different if Member States, accepting themselves as they are, had a just, equitable and realistic understanding of the growing interdependence of their economies. 209. The Organization could then be the framework for fraternal and active solidarity in which Member States could take joint action to ensure that millions of people do not die of hunger, that 70 per cent of the children of the third world no longer suffer from malnutrition, that a billion human beings are no longer doomed to illiteracy and that the riches of the earth can be equitably distributed among the nations. 210.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We are bound, therefore, to welcome the project to establish a branch of the World Bank designed to finance the energy development of the poor countries, whose author is Mr. Robert McNamara, President of the Bank. We trust that the project, which comes at the right time to strengthen the hopes that we have placed in the United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy, will soon see the light of day. 207. We urge the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly to adopt decisions to set in motion global negotiations within the framework of the North-South dialogue. We also appeal to the developing countries, and in particular to the richer ones, to display their genuine solidarity by organizing among themselves a system of co-operation in order to deal with the world economic crisis. 208.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“It has been shown that without a massive and generalized mobilization of all energy resources, there will be an energy shortage within 20 years. Energy consumption in the third world countries will triple by the year 2000 and will represent 37 per cent of world consumption, compared with 25 per cent at present. 205. The investments required in order to ensure fulfilment of energy requirements by the year 2000 are enormous. They are estimated at $10,000 billion. More than half that amount relates to the nuclear power industry, the principal replacement source of energy in the industrialized countries. However, it is essentially in the developing countries that the problems of investment with respect to energy arise most acutely. 206.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“There again, it is the developed countries which bear the responsibility for the reforms. It is for them to put an end to the present monetary disorder. The reform of the monetary system should make it possible to establish a link between the creation of new liquidities and the granting of supplementary resources to the developing countries so as to bring about a large-scale transfer of the financial resources necessary for their development. 203. We are therefore pleased at the decision taken during the annual meeting of IMF and the World Bank, which has just been held, to authorize the developing countries to receive larger loans than those that have been granted to them in terms of their quotas. 204. Any discussion of a present economic crisis must include a reference to the problems of the world energy supply.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“It has been demonstrated that the number of unemployed in the third world would be reduced by 6 million by 1986 without halting the expansion of employment in the developed countries if the latter would progressively end restrictions on the import of manufactures from the South. The argument according to which a broadening of the developed countries' markets for such imports would lead to increasing unemployment in those countries is therefore groundless. On the contrary, it is protectionism which constitutes a threat to employment in the developed countries. 202. The establishment of a new economic order also calls for reform of the international monetary system. The latter must take the form of replacing the floating exchange rates, which generate insecurity, by fixed or stabilized parities.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“A new international economic order implies also that manufactured goods produced in factories, sold to the developing countries by the developed countries should not be restricted or denied access to the markets of the latter. The industrialization of the developing countries would gain as a result, and achievement of the goal of the Lima Declaration of 29 July 1980, which provides for their share of world industrial production to be increased from 7 to 25 per cent by the year 2000, would be facilitated. 201. It would be mutually beneficial for the developed as well as the developing countries if the Tokyo Round agreements concluded in 1979, which are designed to lower customs duties and to eliminate non-tariff barriers to trade, could be implemented.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The spirit of speculation of the wealthy countries is therefore at the root of the rise in petroleum prices which is engendering inflation throughout the world, excessive indebtedness, increased deficit in the balance of payments, and increased wretchedness in the developing countries. lt leads to the death of freedom and encourages subversion and foreign interference and intervention in those countries. In short, it leads to their destabilization. 199. As has been stated by President Houphouet-Boigny, "Poverty resulting from speculation on other raw materials may well in the long run create a situation that is dangerous both for those who are the victims of those evil practices and for those who engage in them, a situation that is bound to be exploited by those who try to fish in troubled waters." 200.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We wish the establishment of the Common Fund to mark the beginning of the disappearance of the spirit of speculation that prevails in exchanges between developed and developing countries, and the beginning of the process that will lead to the stabilization of the prices of raw materials, the principal element of the new international economic order. 197. It is indeed paradoxical that the developed countries should be asking for the stabilization of petroleum prices when they do not agree to the stabilization of the prices of commodities such as cocoa and coffee. Need we recall that it was in order to avoid the speculation to which petroleum fell victim that the exporting countries established a common front? 198.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Certainly, all the wishes of the developing countries have not been fulfilled. In particular it is clear that, compared to the $6 billion initially contemplated for an attempt, with some chance of success, to stabilize the prices of the 18 commodities of the Integrated Programme, the $750 million finally agreed on is not very much. But the agreement that made it possible to establish a Common Fund seems to symbolize the rich countries' realization of the need to stabilize the export incomes of the poor countries. 195. We hope that the conditions for the operation of the Fund will rapidly be formulated—in particular as far as concerns the entry into force of the agreement that established it, the constitution of its two windows and the conclusion of agreements on commodities. 196.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The World Food Conference that was convened in 1974 following the food crisis of 1972 and 1973 considered that within 10 years it might be possible to ensure that no child would go to bed with an empty stomach and that no family would have fears about food for the morrow. Today it appears that, if considerable efforts are not made during the next 20 years, there will still be 400 million malnourished persons in the year 2000. 193. And yet the development efforts of the developing countries are being held back by the decrease in their export revenues that results from the constant deterioration in the terms of trade. That is why the Ivory Coast is gratified by the felicitous results of the negotiations on the creation of a Common Fund under the Integrated Programme for Commodities of UNCTAD. 194.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“It is clear from the positions I have just outlined that peace is a fundamental goal of my country's foreign policy. Hence the economic crisis through which the world is now passing cannot but be a source of profound disquiet for my country because it contains the germs of conflict and so threatens international peace and security. As a result of unjust economic relations and of an economic system instituted by and for the developed countries, nearly 1 billion human beings in the developing countries are undernourished, and many millions of them are dying from hunger. 192.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Only neutrality of that kind can protect them from subversion, interference and foreign intervention. It would save the developing countries from allowing themselves to be drawn into the rivalries between the two blocs, having to spend millions of dollars for the purchase of weapons and the creation and training of powerful armies and thus sacrificing their development. The only worthwhile kind of competition between the great Powers in these countries is competition which relates strictly to the economic, social, technical and technological fields. 190. Our policy of being open to the world, without any exclusions, which was affirmed at the Congress of the Democratic Party of the Ivory Coast, just held at Abidjan, is based upon those considerations. 191.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The two blocs will be able to achieve peace through detente and disarmament only if they give up trying to convert each other and to impose upon the world their ideologies and their truths, and if each recognizes the right of the other to exist and to be different. In order to assure peace and international security, detente must be global and not limited to the great Powers. 188. The Ivory Coast believes that those States that are not parties to a bloc can contribute positively to the strengthening of peace and international security -if they practise a genuine policy of neutrality. Such a policy implies peace within each of those States, peace between those States, and recourse to dialogue to settle any potential disputes between them. 189.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Disarmament is not possible under such conditions. It is therefore not surprising that the measures adopted so far in this field have not resulted in any significant reduction in armaments, and that they have all been aimed at stabilizing the nuclear balance and consolidating the strategic status quo on the basis of parity. We would reiterate the appeal to the great Powers made by President Felix Houphouet- Boigny, when he said: "Men have adopted the regimes of their choice. They did not create the world. Let them beware of destroying what they have not created, that is to say the world and mankind with it." 187.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Nor are there any scruples about invading a State directly or through an allied Power, regional or otherwise, in order to impose some faction or regime upon it. And unquestionably that is neo-colonialism and imperialism. 184. Thus detente is seen as the absence of any direct confrontation between the great Powers, particularly the two super-Powers, but not as the disappearance of the fundamental antagonisms between East and West, which will come about only through the elimination of one of the competing conceptions of a just order that the two blocs represent. 185. In fact, the great Powers wish to achieve peace not through detente but through the old and dangerous principle of a balance of forces, which inevitably leads to mistrust and an arms race and has begotten all the wars that mankind has known. 186.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We cannot hide our indignation at the violations of such sacred principles of the United Nations Charter as respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-interference in internal affairs, nor our anguish at the resultant threats to international peace and security. 183. Those violations and their consequences, which inevitably bring to mind the sorry period of the cold war, have demonstrated that detente is desired and sought only between the great Powers, and that the developing countries are but pawns and victims of the merciless struggle that pits the two blocs against each other. The great Powers confront each other through proxy States or proxy rival factions within States.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“It is profoundly convinced that an over-all just and lasting settlement of the conflict is possible if all the parties agree to seek it through negotiation—that is to say, by means of dialogue. We shall not cease to affirm that that presupposes at the outset refusal by the parties to delude themselves as to the realities of the region. There can be no solution of the conflict without the withdrawal of Israel from occupied Arab territories and without its recognition of the national rights of the Palestinian people, in particular its right to an independent homeland. Nor can there be any solution unless the Palestinians recognize Israel's right to exist. That is the price of peace in that region. 182.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We renew our appeal to the parties to the conflicts in the African continent to settle their conflicts by resorting to peaceful means, to brotherly dialogue, free from any foreign interference. 180. Because of its persistence and its gravity, and because of the destruction and sorrow it causes, the conflict in the Middle East continues to be a source of profound concern. Our position in this respect remains unchanged. We continue to believe that only recourse to dialogue can provide a global, fair and lasting settlement of the conflict. After 30 years of war that have inflicted untold suffering on the peoples of the region, sown death and desolation and caused so much ruin, we could only welcome the attempts at a peaceful settlement of the conflict. 181. The Ivory Coast is pleased with the results already obtained along those lines.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The Ivory Coast is deeply concerned also by other conflicts on the African continent, those in the Horn of Africa, in Chad and Western Sahara. It cannot conceal its bitterness at the fact that interventions by OAU have so far not made it possible to make any progress in the settlement of those conflicts. It deplores foreign interference in the Horn of Africa. The situation prevailing in that region strengthens us in our conviction that the only way to protect Africa against such interference is through a policy of neutrality based, as we have so frequently stated from this rostrum, on peace within each African country; peace between African countries; and peace between African countries and the rest of the world.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We exhort the five Western Powers to continue to work for a peaceful solution of this problem, in spite of the difficulties which prevent the implementation of the United Nations plan. 178. The Ivory Coast wishes to reaffirm its position with respect to the policy of apartheid, now that the Government of South Africa has taken an initiative in creating a consultative body composed of representatives of the various communities of the country, but excluding the black community. My country considers that it is only through dialogue between all the communities without any exception that it will be possible to promote their harmonious coexistence. That coexistence cannot be conceived of except in an acceptance of fundamental freedoms and equality of rights for all citizens of South Africa, without any consideration of race. 179.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The occupation of Namibian territory, apartheid and racial discrimination thus constitute threats to peace and security in Africa and are promoting foreign interference. With every passing day this danger increases. It is indeed high time to put an end to this situation. 177. The Government of the Ivory Coast urgently appeals to the South African Government to facilitate the implementation of the United Nations plan for the settlement of the Namibian question. An internal settlement of this question, of which the establishment of a council of ministers seems to be the beginning, appears quite clearly to be doomed to failure, as was the case with Southern Rhodesia. Only the organization of free and democratic elections, as provided for in the United Nations plan, can lead to a lasting settlement of the conflict and bring peace to Namibia.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The Ivory Coast hopes that the Republic of South Africa will soon draw the necessary lessons from the settlement of the question of Southern Rhodesia, because the situation prevailing in southern Africa is a source of profound concern to us. 175. The war continues to claim victims in Namibia and in the neighbouring States. Violence continues to grow in South Africa itself. Blind, merciless and bloody repression strikes down school children who in their turn dare to denounce openly the inhuman and odious system of apartheid and racial discrimination. Those who endure this system and South African occupation are quite naturally ready to enter into a pact with the devil himself to escape their situation and to satisfy their legitimate aspirations for freedom and human dignity. 176.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Kurt Waldheim, for his tireless dedication to the objectives of the United Nations. 173. The Ivory Coast is pleased with the progress achieved since the last session of the General Assembly in the sphere of decolonization. The access to independence of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was preceded by that of the Republic of Zimbabwe and the Republic of Vanuatu. It is with great joy that I hail the admission of Zimbabwe and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations. I should like to assure their delegations of all our sympathy and our earnest desire to maintain the best possible relations with them. We are particularly gratified at the process by which the transfer of power to the majority has been carried out and at the reconciliation which has taken place between the racial communities within Zimbabwe. 174.”
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