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first: 1980-09-24
most recent: 1982-09-24
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“For Cameroon, the answer is clear. As Mr. Ahmadou Ahidjo said from this same rostrum more than 10 years ago: "The unity of man's destiny is today more concrete and more evident than ever before. For• the first time in history, mankind is consciously becoming a unified whole. For the first time, man has at his disposal the means of shaping his own destiny, allaying poverty and triumphing over violence. "Is it utopian to ask the United Nations, which, we repeat, embodies our hopes for a better world, to deploy all its resources so as to ensure that our era, which sees a universal civilization taking shape, is the beginning of a reign of genuine brotherhood in the world?..”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“It is therefore a matter of urgency that we return to what inspired the creation of the Organization and strongly support the wise proposal of the Secretary-General that a special series of Security Council meetings be convened at the highest level to seek ways and means to reimbue that essential organ with the effectiveness and authority it needs to discharge the special responsibilities conferred upon it by the Charter. 298. We are gratified that the Secretary-General has unambiguously raised the question of the very usefulness of the United Nations. What is involved is whether we, the Member States, are ready to let the Organization die a death similar to that of the League of Nations or whether we are determined to revitalize it by ensuring that our conduct accords with the principles and ideals of the Charter. 299.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“However, in our view this development has led the great Powers to feel disappointment-so much so that the Organization is largely left to one side in the settlement of the major problems affecting the fate of all peoples. We certainly recognize the particular responsibilities of those Powers in the conduct of world affairs. But, in a world in which the progress of science and technology has accentuated the interdependence of nations, we shall continue to reiterate that no State or group of States, however powerful can in and of itself solve mankind's problems. 297.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“In view of some of the painful, indeed intolerable, situations we have just mentioned, we feel we have largely lost sight of that commitment, which was freely entered into. The discrepancy between the ideals of the Charter to which Member States subscribed and the: actual conduct of those States is a fundamental cause of the crisis besetting the Organization, which, need it be reiterated, is no more than a mirror of our society. 296. The expansion of the United Nations with the emergence of young nations has enhanced its universalist vocation and that means that all Member States must reaffirm their loyalty to the Organization so that it can play its full role. This increased universalization, which the law of the majority has legitimized, must be the foundation of international legal order.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The United Nations was created to safeguard certain ideals and principles that would guarantee international peace and security and promote the progress and united development of Member States while respecting a code of conduct whose principles are clearly defined by the Charter. For that reason in the Charter the founding fathers of the Organization formally enjoined us to practise tolerance, to live in peace in a spirit of good-neighbourliness, to reject the use of force in the settlementof conflicts and to have recourse to international institutions to promote the economic and social progress of peoples. 295. A single generation separates us from the solemn proclamation of that commitment.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“So far as Cameroon is concerned, as has frequently been stated by its head of State, there can be no doubt that at this time the launching of global negotiations in the framework of the United Nations is the best way to promote among States the development of just and equitable economic relations. World economic turmoil can be alleviated only within a climate of co-operation, joint effort and dialogue between States and the peoples of all nations. This means that international relations must be organized democratically and it presupposes a real desire equitably to readjust relations between industrialized and third-world countries, in the context of world-wide solidarity. 294.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“It would be useless for us to continue to resort to self-interested measures such as restrictive policies exemplified by increased protectionism and some essentially monetarist choices. Indeed the world economy as a whole is taking a dangerous turn, and the aftermath may be socio-political problems that may threaten the very existence of young nations. 292. Responsibility for this state of affairs rests basically with the developed countries, not all of which, apparently, are yet convinced that solution of the current economic crisis requires an increasingly global approach rather than simple domestic readjustments that in the final analysis are merely temporarily palliatives. This approach deliberately disregards the true interdependence of all the actors on the world economic stage that has so often been demonstrated by experience. 293.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Indeed, the situation of the developing countries, and particularly the least developed, is extremely critical. Their current account deficits are growing because of the continuous deterioration in the terms of trade and rising interest rates, whereas increased recourse to capital markets and reserves to finance these deficits burdens their external debt further and reduces their development opportul1lities. 290. In the view of my delegation this crisis can be resolved only through implementation of measures on which there has been common agreement within the framework of the new international economic order. 291. We should be wrong if we did not begin to face this problem with a sense of solidarity.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Indeed, after eight years of intensive and thorny discussions the negotiations on the law of the sea led to the adoption last summer of a new Convention dealing with all aspects of this problem. How can one not regret the reluctance of some countries to associate themselves with that result? We urgently appeal to them to join in the general consensus. 288. The state of the world economy, which is dominated by recession, unemployment, widespread inflation and monetary instability, gives us another reason for deep concern because it affects all sectors of activity in an countries, particularly the counties of the third world, which indeed are the major victims, as is indicated in the reports of all specialized agencies, particularly the World Bank, as well as IMF. 289.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“This blockage cannot but have negative and destabilizing effects upon the fragile economies of the developing countries, because some of the essential objectives of the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade, such as increased official development aid or the mobilization of resources in favour of the least-developed countries, have not been achieved within the envisaged timetable. 287. The balance-sheet of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea demonstrates that with regained and increased solidarity and political will it is possible to attain results that safeguard the basic interests of all States and enhance the prestige of the Organization.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“28Sr The difficulties experienced by the United Nations in playing its decisive role in the safeguarding of international peace and security have also prevented I it from effectively fulfilling another part of its lofty' mission-:-to achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic and social character. In this regard the delay in the launching of the global negotiations envisaged in General Assembly resolution 34/138 is an obvious example. 286. Despite the major concessions that have been made by the Group of 77 and the political will that was evident in that Group throughout the consultations that took place during the thirty-sixth session, that resolution remains unimplemented because of the intransigence of some industrialized countries.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The same is true of Afghanistan, where the situation still threatens the peace and security of the whole of the region of South-West Asia. Here again, the withdrawal of foreign troops and total respect for the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-aligned status of that country are in our view of .fundamental-importance to the settlement of the question. 284. We are deeply troubled by the alarming development of these problems, which are of fundamental concern to the international community.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“First there is the question of Cyprus. In this regard we have on many occasions asked for the withdrawal of the foreign troops from that country as a basis for a settlement of this question, and we have reaffirmed the necessity to respect the territorial integrity, the unity and the non-alignment of that State. It is high time the resolutions adopted on that matter were implemented. 282. With regard to Kampuchea, again we must emphasize that the solution can only be a political one and it must not be interfered with from outside in any way. Therefore we wish to reaffirm that the Kampuchean people itself has the right to decide its own .future and its political, economic and social options. Everything should be done to promote the achievement of those objectives. 283.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“We condemn those acts, which create and maintain in southern Africa a climate of instability and dangerous tension. We reaffirm our solidarity with the Namibian people in their struggle to regain their independence and to enjoy all their rights under the aegis of SWAPO, their sole authentic representative. We also stand shoulder to shoulder with the front-line African States, which have willingly been making heavy sacrifices so that the liberty and dignity of the black man in southern Africa may triumph. 279. All of us are well aware of the many very clear and firm resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly and 'lf the Security Council on other important questions which have not yet been resolved and which give rise to instability, tension and con-fusion, all of which are disturbing the international climate. 280.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The same is true for the inhumane policy of apartheid, which has been unanimously condemned by the General Assembly as a crime against humanity and which has been recognized by the Security Council as being a threat to international peace and security Nevertheless, having been outlawed and banished from the international community, South Mrica continues to evade the sanctions provided for in Chapter VII of the Charter, and continues to strengthen its repressive machinery against the black majority, which is still denied the most elementary human rights. 279. The criminal obstinacy of the racist regime of Pretoria can be explained only by the powerful sup-port it has been enjoying even within the Organization, which it uses to carry out with impunity acts of aggression against neighbouring African States.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“While that resolution remains the basis for any peaceful solution to bring about authentic independence for Namibia, the delays and turnabouts to which South Africa has accustomed us raise §some doubts about the real willingness of the racist minority of Pretmia to release its grip on that international territory. 278.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Even though it IS a decolonization question, and even though it is so clearly defined that there can be no doubt about it, the question of Namibia which has been under examination since the first session of the AsseJ1lbly, in 1946, is still on the agenda 36 years later. 277. Nevertheless, it is important to recall that the patient and laborious efforts of the international community have finally made it possible to c()me up with a broad consensus, with which South Africa has associated itself, to bring about a solution of the problem within the framework of Security Council resolution 435 (1978).”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The Namibian crisis and the base policy of apartheid of the racist South Mrican regime constitute in Africa two examples of typical situations whose worsening over the period of three decades constitutes a humiliating defiance of the international community In spite of the various means set forth in the Charter for ending these anachronistic and universally condemned situations, South Africa has not yielded an inch 0 ground, in spite of the numerous statements and the pretences of negotiation repeatedly launched in order to give the impression that it is prepared to co-operate with the United Nations in settling these questions. 276.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The time has certainly come for the intensive efforts at present under way to end the long tragedy being played out in the Middle East to take into account these fundamental facts; otherwise international peace and security will remain threatened in that particularly sensitive region of the world, which could serve as the detonator for a world-wide catastrophe. 275.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“273. As we' have never ceased to state the solution of the Palestinian problem is the key to any just and lasting overall settlement of the question of the Middle East. This implies that Israel, which, like the other States in the region, has the right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries, must with draw from the Arab territories occupied since 1967 including Jerusalem, and must recognize the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people represented by the PLO, including the right to have an Arab Palestinian homeland. 274.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“That surely proves that the major Powers and their antagonistic military alliances fighting for domination of the world are not yet ready to join in a substantive dialogue that could lead us resolutely towards the general and complete disarmament advocated in numerous resolutions of the United Nations. 272. The question of the Middle East, which has been before us since 1947, has undergone more and more tragic developments, which have horrified and alarmed the international community, since the invasion of Lebanon on 6 June of this year. We vigorously condemn the hideous massacres of women children and old people in the Palestinian camps in west Beirut. It is deplorable that the resolutions and decisions adopted by the Security Council on the question of the Middle East, particularly with regard to Palestine, have remained a dead letter.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“In spite of long years of negotiation, of recommendations of the General Assembly, and vehement protest on the part of the public, the situation remains explosive because of the absence of the political will among the major Powers, all of which have increased their military expenditures and are continuing to manufacture the most sophisticated and increasingly deadly weapons. 271. At the second special session devoted to disarmament, which was held in June in New York, the Assembly did not even manage to adopt a consensus text as it did at the first special session on disarmament in 1978. The sole achievement of that session was the granting of a few disarmament fellowships.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Unfortunately the inclusion in the agenda of this session of numerous questions that have faced the world community for decades testifies to the growing weakening of our institution. Among them we must cite, above all, the questions of disarmament. It was a matter of concern for all States even before the establishment of the United Nations, and that concern has been revived by the acute psychosis aroused by the threat of a nuclear holocaust that looms over mankind. 270.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Regardless of what idea one might have of the role of the United Nations, it is the conviction of Cameroon, a former ward of the Organization, that the Organization must remain the single preferred instrument for maintaining international peace and security, the irreplaceable forum for international negotiations and the tribune of the conscience of mankind. 268. That is why we have constantly deplored the paralysis and the crumbling of the credibility of the United Nations as a place for the settlement of international disputes during this period of tension and confusion, when it should enjoy authority commensurate with the scope and the complexity of the burning issues of our time. 269.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“so that only their own point of view prevails. If they do not succeed, they do not hesitate to block the functioning of the Security Council by abusing the right of veto. Nevertheless this right was established in order to serve as an instrument to safeguard the priceless common good of peace and security in the world; it was not meant to be a shield against sanctions that the Organization can apply when there are flagrant violations of the principles of the Charter. 266. Moreover, we must feel alarmed at the serious financial difficulties, resulting from the parsimonious contributions of Member States, particularly the most wealthy, in the operations of the specialized agencies, which were established with the noble purpose of promoting the harmonious and unified development of our countries. 267.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Never indeed has the feeling of such a collapse been so keenly felt in the world. Without respect for the principles of the Charter, there could be no international society that would be peaceful, harmonious and balanced, yet they have been systematically flouted. Instead of those principles the threat or use of force is often resorted to in the settlement of disputes. The revival of the cold war, the hegemonistic rivalries of the major Powers and the self-centred attitude of Member States bring about a situation in which the United Nations is usually bypassed in the search for solutions to the problems which the world faces. 265. When it happens that countries turn to the United Nations, it is often for the reason of giving free rein to ideological confrontations for propaganda purposes, or as an alibi.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Kittani of Iraq, for the competence and patience without firmness-which he demonstrated as he carried out the lofty functions entrusted to him during the thirty-sixth session and the special sessions of the General Assembly held this year. Finally 1should like to express my admiration for the Secretary-General for the clarity, courage and competence with which he has been fulfilling for almost a year now the prestigious functions vested in him by the Organization. We find stunning proof of these qualities in his report on the work of the Organization and which raises the vital question for the international community-the future of the United Nations. 264. It cannot be disputed that the erosion of the authority of the Organization has for several years now been a source of major concern to the international community.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“My first words will be words of congratulation to Mr. Hollai on his unanimous election to the presidency of this thirty-seventh session of the General Assembly. It is a choice which does honour to his outstanding qualities as a person and an experienced diplomat and is also a tribute to his country, the People's Republic of Hungary, whose positive contribution to the work of the Organization is well known. It is a pleasure for me to assure him of my delegation's complete co-operation as he carries out the difficult but exalted task of guiding our work during this period of disarray, instability and violence in the affairs of the world. I take this opportunity also to pay a tribute to his outstanding predecessor in this post. Mr.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Because of its universal vocation the United Nations which is, above all, a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends provides the sole forum for conciliation and dialog in which States great and small, rich and poor, can, with mutual respect for their differences, work together for the common good of man. 364. That is why the United Republic of Cameroon, which firmly believes in the ideals of peace, justice and freedom, which are the primary conditions of all economic and social development and of the wellbeing of all peoples, reaffirms its faith in the Organization and its determination to make the most effective contribution it can to the attainment of these noble objectives.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“This means that the Organization must be granted ever increasing means, that its organs, structure and functioning must be constantly improved and revitalized, and that it must be able to rely on the firm, declared political will of its Members, especially those on which the Charter places special responsibilities in international relations. 362. It is urgently necessary, then, to give effect to our frequently expressed wish for a democratization of international relations to promote the creation of conditions that will ensure equal participation by all States in the functioning and decision-making process of United Nations organs. ' 363.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Furthermore, because of the uncertainty, tensions, instability and conflicts that characterize the situation in the third world, the need for security is leading those States also to allocate large sums to military expenditure. 360. My country hopes that the second special session of the Assembly devoted to disarmament, to be held in 1982, will revive the hopes that were raised by the 1978 special session and will help to create among Member States a hew willingness to begin to give effect to the recommendations of the General Assembly. 361. In this connection, we would like to see a strengthening of the role of the United Nations, whose, primary mission is to contribute to the safeguarding of international peace and security.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“The deterioration of detente by virtue of heightened EastWest rivalry in the last two years has halted, if not reversed, the efforts made previously to promote the process of general and complete disarmament under effective international control through the implementation of specific measures such as the reduction of military budgets, particularly those of the great Powers, and the allocation of the resources thus released to assistance to developing countries. In respect of strategic arms limitations, the indefinite postponement of the ratification of the SALT II treaty and of the consultations on the launching of negotiations on SALT III are very much a part of the hardening attitude shown by the general increase in defense budgets, the growth of which this year has reached a level rarely equaled in peace time. 359.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“My country's well-known dedication to the principles of good-neighborliness, the non-use of force in international relations and the peaceful settlement of disputes dictates its attitude in respect of this problem. 356. Our loyalty to these principles leads us to reiterate our appeal to the ^divided peoples of Cyprus and Korea with a view to the resumption and pursuit of a constructive dialog free from any foreign interference. 357. It is impossible to overemphasize the extent to which the proliferation and persistence of these regional conflicts, which further the ambitions of the superPowers, hinder economic and social cooperation, while fueling the arms race. 358.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Nevertheless, we hope that the mechanism of permanent consultation instituted on that occasion will make it possible to renew the dialog among all the parties concerned so as to give the people of Kampuchea a real opportunity to choose its own national institutions in freedom and sovereignty. 354. Such an opportunity should also be extended to the Afghan people, in keeping with the wishes frequently expressed by the international community. We are following with interest the efforts of the SecretaryGeneral and his Special Representative to identify the elements of a peaceful solution of this question, which is of the greatest concern to the international community because it so gravely jeopardizes detente and, indeed, concerns the very essence of the Charter. 355.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“SouthEast Asia and SouthWest Asia are cases in point. In Kampuchea the situation remains deadlocked in the face of the tangled nature of the problems, whether they concern the violation of the principles of the Charter or the tragic human dimension. No peaceful solution of this question can be envisaged without the participation of the superPowers, whose ambitions and rivalries are disturbing the peace and stability of that part of the world. That is why we deplore the missed opportunity of the International Conference on Kampuchea held recently in New York, which unfortunately took the form of a monologue owing to the absence of some of the main parties concerned.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“It is also to negotiation that the Governments of Iraq and Iran should have recourse to put an end to the armed conflict in which they have been involved for over a year, causing their peoples untold suffering and sacrifice. We earnestly hope that the leaders of the two countries will take account of the urgent appeal of the international community and respond favorably to the mediation efforts of the United Nations, the nonaligned countries and the Organization of the Islamic Conference to return to peace. This also means that the great Powers must show restraint and refrain from any interference in this conflict. Indeed, we know full well how regional disputes can get bogged down in increasing complexities as soon as the antagonistic ambitions of the great Powers and their hegemonistic rivalries are introduced. 353.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“This means, first of all, that Israel, which like the other States of the area has the right to live in peace within secure and internationally recognized boundaries, should withdraw from all Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, and recognize the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, represented by the PLO, including its right to a homeland in Arab Palestine. 351. The United Republic of Cameroon is convinced that it is high time for the voice of reason and realism to be heard by all the parties which are confronting each other in this region with increasingly impressive military arsenals. They must realize that violence is essentially predatory and futile and that the path to peace and prosperity is necessarily through negotiation and cooperation. 352.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Last June the Security Council emphasized the danger of such a state of affairs by unanimously adopting resolution 487 (1981), condemning the destruction of Iraq's nuclear installation by Israeli forces. 349. If the conflict raging in that extremely sensitive area is to be prevented from becoming a worldwide catastrophe, it is of the highest importance that we all abide by the principles of the Charter concerning the peaceful settlement of disputes and that all parties agree at last to apply the numerous General Assembly and Security Council resolutions. 350.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“In this connection we are pleased to welcome once again the dynamic solidarity recently expressed by the international community at the first International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa, held at Geneva. It goes without saying that the results of that meeting will help relieve the suffering of the 5 million men and women who are the victims of conflicts and calamities of all kinds. That conference is an appreciable first step in the mobilization of efforts to solve the disturbing problem of refugees. 348. The situation in the Middle East remains unstable and potentially explosive because of the persistence of the climate of hatred, tension and armed confrontation which has kept the countries of the area in turmoil for more than three decades.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“It is to be feared that if this situation which, moreover, is exacerbated by the world economic crisis were to persist, the independence of our States would be jeopardized. 346. For our part, we believe that it is of the greatest urgency to reverse this trend by a new approach to the problems of our continent based to a greater extent on the principles of noninterference in the internal affairs of States, respect for independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, relations of good-neighborliness, peace fill coexistence and mutual cooperation. Those principles, which are enshrined, inter alia, in the Charters of the United Nations and of the Organization of African Unity, guide the United Republic of Cameroon in its relations with other countries and in the search for solutions to the problems confronting Africa. 347.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Despite the oft expressed desire of the African Governments to devote themselves to economic and social development, as evidenced by the session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity held last year at Lagos on economic matters, we must realize th_: the political situation in our continent remains a matter of concern and constitutes an obstacle to the achievement of this fundamental objective. 345. As the stake in the EastWest rivalries* which take the form of destabilizing maneuvers and the multiplication and perpetuation of focal points of tension, Africa is thus despite itself drawn into a web of circumstances in which the objectives of development and economic cooperation are increasingly sacrificed to security needs.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“It is necessary to denounce this trend, the purpose of which is to divert the attention of the international community from the cruel reality of the situation.prevailing in the land of apartheid. Such attempts to undermine our efforts can but add to the sacrifices and suffering of the oppressed people of South Africa. 343. Our Organization, which has already condemned apartheid as a crime against humanity, has a duty to reaffirm and increase its support for the struggle being waged by the South African people in the name of human dignity. In this respect everything must be done to ensure that the measures hitherto adopted by the international community to combat apartheid and racial discrimination are effectively applied by all States. 344.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“The efforts of the international community aimed at the complete eradication of this scourge' are constantly thwarted by new measures of radicalization of the apartheid system, adopted and applied with complete impunity by South Africa with the connivance of powerful foreign interests. 341. For some time now we have seen certain Powers bound to South Africa by economic and geostrategic interests making an extremely dangerous assessment of the situation in southern Africa which tends to minimize the persistence of apartheid and racial discrimination. We should therefore not be astonished at the numerous attempts to rehabilitate South Africa internationally. 342.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We reiterate our solidarity with the front-line States and in particular the People's Republic of Angola, whose determination to secure the triumph of the noble cause of liberation of the African continent from the last bastion of colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination has not slackened following the repeated acts of aggression of the racist regime in Pretoria. 339. The fact that the attention of the international community is currently centered on Namibia should not cause us to forget that in South Africa itself more than 18 million blacks continue to be subjected to one of the most inhuman forms of oppression by a white racist minority which has established apartheid and racial discrimination as a system of government. 340.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“The Namibian problem, it must be recalled, is essentially a problem of decolonization which should be examined in relation to General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and the peaceful solution of which lies in the immediate implementation of resolution 435 (1978) of the Security Council. In that regard, while we welcome the recent declaration of the five members of the Western contact group reaffirming their determination to continue their efforts to reach a prompt and peaceful solution of the Namibian problem, we hope that these initiatives will not in any sense overshadow the role of the United Nations, the sole legal authority in Namibia, or deny the Namibian people its inalienable right to the free choice of its national institutions. 338.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“This perception of things, which should be denounced, is at the origin of the deadlock and confusion now existing in respect of the question of Namibia. The attempts at absorption made by South Africa are particularly significant. The Pretoria regime is making use of this highly abusive attempt in order to continue to oppose the implementation of the United Nations plan for Namibia, which it nevertheless did solemnly accept, and to multiply its aggressive acts against neighboring countries. 336. This attitude on the part of the racist regime is unfortunately being supported by some of those very Powers which worked to elaborate and adopt the aforementioned settlement plan and which under the Charter of the United Nations have special responsibilities for the maintenance of international peace and security. 337.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We believe that the draft convention as it now stands represents the best compromise possible, that is, a "package deal" that will equitably preserve the interests of all, rich and poor, and best protect the principle of the sea as the common heritage of mankind. 334. The present deterioration of the process of detente is having harmful consequences in Africa for the efforts to resolve the problems of Namibia, apartheid and racial discrimination. Now more than ever the essential features of these problems are basically distorted in the sense that the great Powers are relegating to the sidelines the noble ideas of liberty and dignity for which the peoples concerned are struggling, in favor of the hegemonistic rivalries or what is often now called the "strategic consensus". 335.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We hope that this will make it possible to get the NorthSouth dialog moving again. It would be regrettable if that meeting at such a high level were once again to dash the hopes of a: world in turmoil and uncertainty which feels an imperative need to strengthen solidarity and interdependence among nations as a necessary condition for its survival. 333. The same spirit should, next spring in New York, inspire all the delegations to the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, so as to make it possible for those negotiations, which have lasted for more than eight years, to lead at long last to the concluding of a general agreement.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“The launching of those negotiations, the principle of which was the subject of a consensus in resolution 34/138, continues to be thwarted by the unjustified foot dragging of a minority of industrialized countries which are thus showing their excessive devotion to the outmoded economic system in which we live. 331. The United Republic of Cameroon, for its part, reaffirms its support for. the proposal by the Group of 77 for a centralized system of negotiations open to participation by all States, aimed at taking major decisions in all spheres: raw materials, trade, energy, food, monetary affairs, finance and development. 332. We strongly hope that the important initiatives undertaken this year at Caracas and Ottawa will be pursued in a new spirit at the forthcoming meeting in Cancun.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“"Such a situation of stagnation or increasing poverty is absolutely unacceptable. It contains the seeds of widespread tension and unrest which constitute, in the final analysis, a threat to world peace and stability." [A/36/1, sect. VI] 329. In the opinion of my delegation, the adoption of the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade, despite its weaknesses and inadequacies, to which we have already had occasion to refer, could make an effective contribution to supporting the efforts of the developing countries, provided that its objectives are catalyzed by the success of the global negotiations. 330.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)