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“We are convinced that, thanks to the wisdom of the President of the Assembly, his eminent statesmanlike qualities which made him a natural and unanimous choice for the presidency of the thirtieth session, on which we warmly congratulate him, and the always valuable support and assistance of the Secretary-General, he will be able as the successor to my friend and brother Abdelaziz Bouteflika, of whom Africa has every reason to be daily more proud to channel our energies so that our work will have successful results as regards progress, peace and understanding among peoples.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The achievements of that historic session have just been consolidated by the very considerable results of the seventh special session, thus contributing to an acceleration of the process of building a new system of international relations which lays down the principles which should guide the conduct of all our States. In such an approach, applying the technology mastered by some to the primary commodities produced essentially by others would establish among the nations of the two camps a complementarity which is the essential basis for the very delicate balance which our world is attempting to achieve. 175. Those are a few considerations which, on behalf of the President of the Central Committee of the Congolese Labor Party, comrade Marien Ngouabi, it is the duty of our delegation to submit to this Assembly at its thirtieth session. 176.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The alms-giving policy practiced by the industrialized countries must give way to mutually advantageous co-operation where everyone has something to give and something to get. 173. The sixth special session of the General Assembly, after having broken the ice of caution and immobility, enabled our Organization to take decisions which promise an end to the relationships of dependence and domination which hitherto have governed international trade and the establishment of new cooperation on the basis of dialog, not confrontation, while respecting cultural diversity and the specific decisions taken by our various nations. 174.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“We therefore wish to state once again that it is only when these two questions of disarmament and the revision of the Charter have been tackled with courage that a decisive step will have been taken towards the indispensable democratization of international relations. Then, it will be possible for the economic problems, the discussion of which in various places daily throws more light on the selfishness of the haves in the face of the poverty of the "have-nots , to be examined in a new light. In the meantime, we call on the industrialized countries to understand that the unequal economic relationships governing the world are objectively a genuine threat to international peace and security.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“This incident, it will be recalled, marked the increasingly pathological solitude of a great Power, a Power worthy of respect, the United States of America, to whom none the less the heroic people of Viet Nam, in its noble desire to turn one of the gloomiest pages of contemporary history, is holding out the hand of friendship. 171. Our country, which always supported the heroic war of resistance and national liberation which the Vietnamese people waged so successfully against the foreign invaders, is more than ever convinced that the friendly people of Viet Nam will triumph over all the maneuvers which we are now witnessing. 172.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The right of veto, for example, which has become an instrument of oppression of third world' countries wielded by the Western Powers, might go. A striking illustration of the anachronistic and unfair use of the right of veto has been given by the shameful conduct of the Government of the United States, which blocked the well-deserved admission to membership in the United Nations of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of South Viet Nam. 170. The American double veto gave grist to the mill of the detractors of our Organization who consider that the Security Council is a sound-proof chamber, an organ walled up in the Escorial, haunted ceaselessly by phantoms of unreality.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“We cannot talk of disarmament without thinking immediately of the Charter of the United Nations because they both throw into relief the intolerable inequalities within the international community, where some can decide for all and others are reduced to expressing an opinion which is hardly ever taken into account in the settlement of problems of concern to us all. 168. Decisions relating to crucial questions which determine the life of the Organization and the future of mankind continue to be the privilege of a minority of Member States. We therefore reassert vigorously that the Charter, which of course at one time did correspond to a political map of the world, today needs to be revised in order to be brought into line with the new realities. 169.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“International detente and non-intervention in the affairs of States should, in the view of our delegation, be prerequisites for serious discussions on disarmament. 166. We repeat that the oppressed and exploited countries, which are today still exposed to all kinds of intervention and aggression, have the right and duty to defend themselves. However, the People's Republic of the Congo is ready to take part in a world disarmament conference, if it is ever convened, under the auspices of the United Nations in the hope that a dialog marked by candor can be established on a problem which becomes of graver concern with each succeeding day. 167.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“We believe that, after the Second World War and the cold war which followed, the detente which is gradually being brought about in Europe is an important step on the road to peace. We therefore believe that the results of the Helsinki Conference, however modest they may be, are none the less an encouraging landmark. 164. But Europe, the place where the two world conflagrations which almost destroyed the world broke out, would be wrong to believe that it can be secure while the third world is insecure. That is why it is in our common interest that Europe, which has known the horrors of war, should refrain from sparking conflagrations or fueling them as it is doing throughout the world, particularly in southern Africa. 165.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“On the question of Namibia, we believe that the United Nations should do its duty because, while it is true that the African States are more closely concerned than others by this problem, there is no denying that morally and legally speaking the question of Namibia is primarily a problem between our whole Organization and South Africa. The United Nations possesses, in its own texts, provisions which make it possible for it objectively to resolve its problem with South Africa, and all it needs to do is to apply these provisions. 163. We are pleased with the efforts of European nations to narrow differences even further and to establish better understanding among their peoples.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“An independent Africa, which began to believe at one time in all good faith that every avenue likely to lead to a settlement of the situations in Rhodesia and South Africa should be explored without exception, finally woke up to the fact that only through armed struggle could it put an end to the reign of injustice and anachronism. The People's Republic of the Congo can only express its gratification at the increased support being given by OAU to the liberation movements of Zimbabwe and South Africa. 161. Once again we vigorously demand the unconditional transfer of power to the majority of the people of Zimbabwe. 162.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The racist and minority regimes of southern Africa have learned nothing from the masterly history lesson just given to the Portuguese Fascist regime of Salazar and Caetano. Ian Smith persists in rebellion and Vorster is bogged down in apartheid both policies without a future and inexorably doomed. 159. The capitalist West alone bears responsibility for a situation which, in an escalation of violence, may lead to a confrontation between racial communities in spite of the good will demonstrated a thousand times by the Africans through their reluctance to respond to blind, abominable and mindless racism by another Fascism just as reprehensible. 160.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“And as was quite recently confirmed by the political leaders of MPLA, all whites, particularly the Portuguese in Angola, who are ready to accept the new situation have no reason to leave and should indeed remain in the country to make their contribution to its reconstruction which is so indispensable. 157. We therefore wish to issue an urgent appeal from the General Assembly to the world to leave it to the Angolans themselves to settle their own problems and to bring their country to independence in respect for its territorial integrity. We condemn out of hand any attempt at secession and state that an independent Angola will itself alone examine special cases, such as that of Cabinda. 158. The situation in Rhodesia and South Africa has shown no sign of progress.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The people of the Congo firmly support the fraternal people of Angola, particularly the brave freedom fighters of the MPLA who are the only true architects of national independence. We call upon the backward colonialists, the racists snugly entrenched in their egoism and the rapacious imperialists to understand that the time of the"Angola of papa" has gone for ever. 156. The fact remains, however, that all men of good will, of whatever race, have a place in Africa, as was stated here from this very rostrum just a few days ago [2370th meeting] by Field Marshal ldi Amin Dada, President of the Republic of Uganda, current Chairman of OAU.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Although we all agree in recognizing that one month before the accession of this country to independence the situation there remains one of concern, we for our part still wish to denounce those among us in this Organization, the alarmists, who cry "fire". The war raging today in Angola is one more hotbed kindled by imperialism in order to make sure that the State which will emerge will be run by men in its pay and in the service of its interests, which, as the Assembly is well aware, it is doing everything in its power to perpetuate everywhere. 155. The people of Angola paid a heavy price for their liberation and wishes only for independence in dignity and national harmony, an independence which it intends to enjoy to the full because it will not have been something granted.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The wild dreams of Salazarand Caetano met with the fate history always reserves for retrogressive and criminal enterprises. 152. After Guinea-Bissau, three other fraternal countries Mozambique, Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe have just achieved sovereignty. We warmly welcome them as States Members of the United Nations. This is also an opportunity for us to hail the memory of the illustrious freedom-fighters who fell on the field of honor in the struggle for independence. 153. But the international community must now become imbued with a sense of its new duty, that of helping these young States to staunch the wounds of an unjust war imposed upon them and which did so much damage to their economies. 154. Now I turn to Angola.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“So in this case we vigorously condemn the Zionist, hegemonistic, expansionist and arrogant policy of Israel, but not the Jewish people, which is no different from the other peoples of the world. 150. The first half of our century was one in which twice in the space of 20 years, the selfishness, ambition and folly of men nearly destroyed the world, while the second half will undeniably be marked by the development and success of the liberation struggles, particularly in Africa. We can only express our satisfaction at seeing the political map of the world showing day by day profound positive changes leading towards the fulfillment of the legitimate aspirations of the oppressed peoples. 151. The liberation war of the peoples of Africa, as the Assembly is aware, freed the Portuguese people itself from the worst fascism of our day.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The people of Palestine are entitled to a country as indeed the Arab countries, which we so firmly support, have the right to recover their territories illegally occupied by Israel since 1967. 149. In our view, the occupation of Arab territories is no more than a consequence of the spoliation of the Palestinian people, and we have every reason, therefore, to believe that any settlement to the conflict which fails to take account of the rights of the Palestinians will be precarious. We also wish to state here that it would not be good politics to ignore the existence of the Jewish people established in Israel. In the Congo, as I have said, we condemn regimes and their policies, but not peoples.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“I hope that the Korean people will understand this as an expression of the determined support of the Congolese people. 148. The People's Republic of the Congo similarly supports the Palestinian people in their relentless liberation struggle against imperialism and Zionism. The Palestinian cause is just, and in the Congo we are totally committed to it. This is a commitment which should be shared by all those who, here or elsewhere, speak of peace, justice and liberty. A people has been cruelly torn from its land and today finds itself pain-fully compelled to impress itself upon the conscience of the world, sometimes by acts forced upon it by the deafness of the capitalist West.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Unfortunately, there are still States which, in spite of the political and crushing military defeats sustained in various places, continue to swim against the current of history and today wish to prevent the Vietnamese people from working here among us for the strengthening and consolidation of international peace and security, which are, and remain, the primary objectives of our Organization. There is no doubt that, here again, the adepts of the policy of anachronism will suffer new defeats. 147. We remain similarly convinced that the just struggle of the Korean people for the peaceful reunification of their country, free from all foreign interference particularly after the withdrawal of the American troops stationed there under the banner of the United Nations will triumph.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“This choice places us among the supporters of all just causes, the triumph of which is nothing but a matter of time now, as recently demonstrated by the smashing victories of the heroic Vietnamese and Cambodian peoples over imperialism victories which are a great spur to those who are still fighting. 145. After five years of absence, during which the puppets of the Lon No clique had never represented Kampuchea except in their imaginations, the people of Kampuchea has just resumed its usurped seat. The important speech made on behalf of-that people by Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Chairman of the United National Front of Kampuchea [2376th meeting], constitutes an important contribution to the work of this session. 146.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Today, most countries co-operate with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the People's Republic of China, and no one has been asked, as far as we know, to become Red although becoming Red is the indispensable choice of tomorrow; it is the only choice which electively and genuinely places power in the hands ot the people. The Congo, for its part, has in all freedom and conscience chosen to become Red, under the leadership of the Congolese Labor Party and its President, Commander Marien Ngouabi. This choice explains, as was solemnly reaffirmed by our President, two months ago in Kampala, that all our positions have been dictated exclusively by the fundamental principles of our policy, the background to which is proletarian internationalism and the anti-imperialist, anti-colonialist and anti-neo-colonialist struggle.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“We should no longer allow ourselves to be taken in by specious, harmful assertions designed simply to mislead us and to keep us in ignorance so that we may the better be exploited. For us, there is no such thing as an evil people. There are imperialist, Fascist, colonialist, racist and exploiting regimes; and it is these regimes, of which there are still so many today, that we must fight. 144. Only yesterday we were told that we must not go to Moscow or to Peking because there was a monster in those places called communism.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“That is why we say that whenever a country comes freely to address this Assembly, it makes its modest contribution to the search for solution to the ills which gnaw at the vitals of mankind. 142. And so it is entirely without pretension that we should like to remind you that the peoples of the third world that is, the peoples of Asia, Latin America and Africa are mature and comprehensively reject exploitation and neo-colonialism in any form. Therefore, we, the countries of the third world, must look inwards and ponder the fundamental interests of the vast masses we represent. We must, on the basis of our own analyses, gain a clear insight into the problems of the world if we want to find solutions for them. 143.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“In the People's Republic of the Congo, we have every confidence in the United Nations, and it is precisely because we have placed in it not only our confidence but also our hope that we feel in duty bound, whenever it seems necessary to us, to say, even forcefully, what we believe or know to be just. 141. I would only remind you of the positions which we have taken here on, for example, the restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China and the admission of the German Democratic Republic as a full-fledged State Member of our Organization. At the time, we were called as were a very small number of fraternal countries of the third world dreamers, trouble-makers and even political illiterates. Today, history, which has always been the only reliable judge of truth, has vindicated us.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“139. The general debate, which is drawing to a close, will be highly illuminating for our Organization. The analyses made by many heads of delegation on the international situation, and the proposals which eminent personalities have put forward on how to settle certain problems of concern to our Organization contain, in our view, interesting elements. The delegation of the People's Republic of the Congo wishes to speak now not with any claim that it is contributing anything new to our common deliberations; we come here, rather, to make clear or to reaffirm some of our positions on topical issues at a particularly dangerous time in our history, when a certain element of confusion has been willfully sown among us with the idea of encouraging the peoples of the world to doubt themselves. 140.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“I am thus reaching the conclusion of my statement. I know I have only repeated topics that so many outstanding speakers have enlarged on here, some with rarely equaled eloquence. But in so doing it has been my wish, with deep humility, and on behalf of President Marien N'Gouabi, to make this modest contribution of the People's Republic of the Congo to the work of the twenty-ninth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“That can be done only if we are courageous and impartial enough to make a resolute attempt to modify its structure one which certainly responded to the needs of one era but does not correspond with those of today. 57. An undertaking of this nature is indispensable if we wish to speak seriously of disarmament, if we wish such destructive calamities as drought no longer to be used by some countries for propaganda purposes, and if we wish to put an end to the interference of great Powers in the political lives of small States, so that countries such as Cyprus can reach their own national concord according to the wishes of their inhabitants, so that peoples such as the heroic people of Chile, with whom we stand in full solidarity, may no longer be massacred for merely wishing to live for and by themselves. 58.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“For the time being, what is important is that discussions have begun on new terms that are full of promise for all the peoples of the earth. 56. The People's Republic of the Congo has participated and will continue to participate in the work of that important Conference, on the basis of proposals made jointly by the member States of the Organization of African Unity [OAU]. Here, once again, it is up to the wealthy countries to renounce those privileges that help to accentuate the structural dependence of under-developed countries on the industrialized countries. That is the only way our work can be successful. For the attainment of that aim we need more than the material and financial means which are, of course, necessary for the Organization to function well we need to infuse greater authority into that Organization.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“The spiraling inflation that is putting the world in a panic must therefore be more seriously and more objectively studied. 55. In view of its constant concern with the search for justice and peace in international relations, my country viewed with pleasure the convening of the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, the Second Session of which took place recently at Caracas. The international community has thereby shown its recognition of the absolute necessity of making a fundamental change in international maritime law. Despite the attitudes of bygone times, we wish to express our hope of seeing these negotiations lead to a convention that will promote international cooperation on a basis of equal rights for States, of justice and of peace in this important field.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“Leaving aside such activities as doomed to failure, let us set our sights towards the quest for effective remedies to the grave crisis gripping the world, first by abandoning our selfish, wasteful ways and then by inaugurating an era of justice and peace in international relations for, as several speakers have emphasized, the inflation that is eating away at the world like a cancer is a phenomenon generated by the industrialized countries, the brunt of which has been borne by the third world, countries in their capacity both of seller* of raw under-priced materials and of buyers of the manufactured products of the wealthy countries. The energy crisis is an easy alibi all too frequently used by some developed countries as an excuse for raising the export prices of their merchandise.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“The seizure by the oil-exporting countries of the controls of the pricing mechanisms for their raw materials opens great vistas of hope for other third-world producers of raw materials. Our working masses are always ready to produce, but we cannot produce at any price. We must sell our raw materials at prices which make it possible to raise the standard of living of our workers and to meet the needs of our countries. That is why we can no longer let ourselves be abused by the campaign of hatred that has led the wealthy countries to establish "holy alliances" dedicated to exorcising the Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries [OPEC] and to dividing the ranks of the third world. 54.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“Today, there are certain principles that no one can uproot and that are the normal corollary of the independence and sovereignty of States: first, the permanent sovereignty of States over their natural resources, with, as a consequence, control by them of the mechanisms that enable the countries producing raw materials to establish the prices of their produce, and also the right of each country, if necessary,, to resort to nationalization and, secondly, the legitimacy of the struggle that the developing countries are compelled to wage against multinational companies, whose often disastrously harmful activities are well known to all. 53. My country has already had an opportunity to indicate its solidarity with raw-material producing countries. Their struggle is the struggle of all of us.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“Today, through the joint efforts of all Members of our Organization, the international community possesses two documents of historic importance: the Declaration and the Program of Action on the Establishment of a New Economic Order [resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and3202 (S-VI)], which indicate specific guidelines for new international economic relations and invite the Organization, in a spirit of much-needed solidarity, to contribute to the Special Fund established by the Program of Action, for the least favored Members. Thus we are at a crossroads. Are our efforts to bog down in sterile confrontation, or shall we rather, all of us, by demonstrating courage and daring, cross the bridge and take the path that leads to progress for all with fraternal cooperation among all peoples? 52.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“We ourselves are convinced that dialog on a strictly equal footing is the most appropriate democratic means by which to uproot the ancient system and replace it by a new order that could give a vigorous impetus to fruitful cooperation among all peoples. 51. One of the primary tasks during the Second United Nations Development Decade it to open the eyes of the wasteful consumer societies of the West to the meaning of the phenomenon of underdevelopment. For, in fact, the basic causes of this scourge are to be found in the industrialized societies that are contributing to the economic backwardness of the developing countries.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“This special session was an opportunity for the third world countries to reject the logic of the system of the division of labor which forced poor nations to supply raw materials at low prices, while the prices for capital goods were maintained at high levels. 50. Many international forums have heard and condemned the disproportionate profits achieved by exploiting the peripheral regions. It is no longer possible merely to take note of the fact that one third of the population of the world holds seven eighths of the world's income, whereas third world countries, re-presenting two thirds of mankind, must be satisfied with one eighth of that income. Despite the tragedy of this situation, the third world did not wish to choose confrontation as a means of dealing with the dramatic consequences of this system.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“It is true that we cannot expect everything to change immediately, but these rearguard actions cannot make any less valid the lessons learned by the international community from the sixth special session, during which the third world, seeing its very survival threatened, was able to become fully aware of the fact that the fundamental reasons for its backwardness were not something it was predestined to put up with, but, rather, that its underdevelopment was organized and maintained by international imperialism which uses the poverty of the third world as a method of increasing its progress and wealth.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“The sixth special session of the General Assembly, convened, as I said earlier, upon the initiative of the great leader of Algeria, President Boumediene, made it possible as regards raw materials and development to discern a new policy and to commit the international community to changing the asymmetrical features of international economic relations today.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“XIII]. 48. Need I stress the fact that my delegation heard with great interest this report. Its conviction, objectivity and thoughtfulness are a very important factor in our work. Unfortunately, as regards economic problems which the Organization must confront, some statements made from this rostrum dispel this optimistic vision. As we are going through irreversible changes it is rather disappointing to see that some great Powers still hope to practice the policy of the big stick and of invective. The development of proletarian nations is the greatest problem confronting our generation. 49.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“History teaches us that treaties prepared by colonizers were imposed upon our peoples through traditional chiefs to whom the terms of the treaties were not even explained. 46. Simple logic and rules which have always governed societies would have required that permission be asked to come to a country, and not to leave it. Moreover, this is the method which has been imposed upon us by investors in our economic relations with them when they demand adequate guarantees that they will be allowed to repatriate their capital. Here we are touching upon one of the problems which will predominate during this session. 47. In the introduction to his report on the work of the Organization, the Secretary-General said that he had witnessed some signs "of a new determination to face up to the enormous challenges of a global society" [A/96011Add.I, sect.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“The General Assembly, by rejecting the credentials of this delegation [resolution 3206 (XXIX)), once again demonstrated its indignation at the criminal policy of apartheid. My delegation is pleased that a decision has been taken to stop the talks between the Secretary-General and the Government of Pretoria on Namibia, talks which the racists in South Africa were exploiting for propaganda purposes. 45. Finally, while on the subject of colonization, I should like to indicate another absurd subtlety in this criminal enterprise which would wish to have us accept the principle of the referendum. I don't know, and I should like to know, whether within this Hall there is a representative of a former colony who could tell me that the inhabitants of his country have been consulted by a referendum and, by so doing, had accepted foreign occupation.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“The march of the Portuguese colonies towards independence must not make us lose sight of Namibia, Azania, the Comoro Islands, Djibouti, and all other territories under colonial domination aspiring to independence and sovereignty. 44. We think that the United Kingdom should accept its role and assume its responsibilities in Zimbabwe. Also, the NATO Powers, which are supporting the racist regime of South Africa now extending its policy of apartheid in Namibia, must make the white colonists understand that it is in their own interests to return forthwith to the path of reason. The Africans can take pride in the fact that they have thwarted the most recent maneuvers of the Government of Pretoria which attempted to include puppets in a delegation which itself only represents a condemned policy.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“Africa itself must do everything to thwart the maneuvers of the outdated colonists who are attempting to place in jeopardy the victories achieved in the struggle for liberation in Mozambique and Angola, where they are creating and encouraging divisions within liberation movements. This is a well-known method designed to delay independence in Angola, and to plunge the country into a civil war which would serve as a pretext for the neo-colonialists who do not wish to renounce their dream of conquest in Africa. All of this neo-colonialist agitation occurs against the background of the well-known wealth found in Angola. This is wealth which imperialism contemptuously wishes to continue to exploit to the detriment of the interests of the Angolan people. 43.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“May the representatives of Guinea-Bissau accept the congratulations of the people of the Congo which, on behalf of President Marien N'Gouabi, I have the pleasant duty of extending to them from this rostrum. 41. I should also like, on behalf of my delegation, to congratulate the representatives of Grenada and Bangladesh upon their admission as Members of the United Nations. 42. To return to Africa, Mozambique, which has just banished from memory an irrevocably condemned past, is merely a few months away from attaining inter-national sovereignty. The United Nations must ensure that the Lusaka agreements are properly implemented.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“This solidarity means that the new leaders in Lisbon will better understand the aspirations of the peoples of Africa who demand the unconditional and immediate independence of Angola and other territories under Portuguese domination. 40. Amilcar Cabral, one of the most valiant and incorruptible sons of Africa, wrote with his own blood one of the most beautiful pages of its history . A point of no return has been reached in the process of liberating Territories which remain under the colonial yoke. We must pay our respects to the memory of Amilcar Cabral and give thanks for the lessons he has taught us all. And particularly, we must pay our respects to his country which we are pleased and proud to welcome to the Organization.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“The Government of the People's Republic of the Congo believes that the United Nations has the duty of guaranteeing the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Cyprus. 39. In Africa the struggle for liberation is spreading and has achieved decisive victories. The heroic struggle of the peoples of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea- Bissau, which is a part of the war being waged by all oppressed peoples of the world, has made a decisive contribution as Comrade Marien N'Gouabi, President of the People's Republic of the Congo said, a little more than a month ago at the Summit Conference of the Central and Eastern African States at Brazzaville to liberating the Portuguese people from the Fascist yoke under which they had lived for more than half a century.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“I, for my part, would merely invite the international community to be increasingly wary of allowing Israel and those who support it from distorting the nature of this problem by presenting it as a conflict between the Arabs and the Jews, whereas the substance of the question was, and still is, the right of the uprooted and despoiled people of Palestine to return to their country. We are pleased that an item permitting us to consider the tragedy of the martyred Palestinian people has been included in. our agenda. 38. In the eastern Mediterranean the same international firebrands have sown war, mourning and misery in the island of Cyprus. We cannot remain indifferent to the crisis which has afflicted that country, a member of the movement of non-aligned countries.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“The Organization can no longer be shackled by a consensus which serves as a pretext to prevent the realization of the deep hopes of the Korean people. 37. Nearer to here, in the Middle East, the same aggressors are attempting to subjugate peoples whose fighting tradition goes back for thousands of years. Everything has already been said about the Middle East, and the vain pretensions of the Zionist State have been revealed in this forum by outstanding speakers from all corners of the world.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“While we welcome the decision reached during the twenty-eighth session of the General Assembly to dissolve the famous United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea, the consensus reached in the General Assembly on 28 November 19732 serves the Seoul regime as yet another pretext to nullify the praiseworthy efforts of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to bring about the peaceful and independent reunification of their torn country. But that vigilant people, overwhelmed by a series of acts of treason by the Government of Seoul, and despite an extremely ferocious machinery of repression, is increasingly insistent that all foreign troops be ejected, as an obstacle to peaceful reunification, free of all foreign interference, of the two parts of that beautiful country.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“Today the National United Front of Kampuchea controls virtually nine tenths of the country. What is the Organization waiting for, before assuming the historic responsibility incumbent upon it by expelling from the international community the traitors to the Khmer nation, and restoring the rights of the only legitimate Government of Cambodia, that of Prince Norodom Sihanouk? 36. It is also urgent to put an end to the imperialist aggression in Korea.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)