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Ndinga-Oba

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first: 1984-09-24
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“Thus we also commemorate the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since that time, and in spite of the nuclear Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, not only has no Power that initiated that Treaty shown the slightest will to disarm under effective international control, but, on the contrary, the nuclear weapon has spread almost to the point of falling, with the agreement of certain major Powers, as we all know, even into the hands of South Africa, which is a direct heir to the Nazi tradition. Forty years ago it was virtually Inconceivable that soma 10 years later, beginning with the Bandung Conference, whose thirtieth anniversary we commemorated last April, there would emerge a new awareness leading to the policy of non-alignment.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“By prevention we would be better able to organize our security, not only by regular monitoring of the applications of science - whose development is becoming dangerously fast for the immediate perception of the ordinary man - but also by greater sharing of responsibility at the world level. Such participation could result in filling the undesirable gap that exists between the spirit of a charter made to promote harmony and unanimity - especially in the Security Council - and the dangerous reality that a minority of states, without a mandate, hold the fate of all nations in their hands, thereby distorting any approach to a system of collective security. The commemoration of the birth of the United Nations does not in any way lead us to forget that 40 years ago, at the time of the victory over fascism, the world entered the nuclear era.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“All the effort and commitment of all of us are needed to build the road to peace. This, for us, means both psychological and practical mobilization. The effects of the year 1986, which has been proclaimed the international Year of Peace, will depend in large part on the real choices mads by States big or small, weak or powerful, to promote the conditions necessary for our common survival. In this context, as the Secretary-General says in his report, "international co-operation, however complex and difficult to organize, is not a choice for the nations of the world, but a necessity". (A/40/1, p. 5) International co-operation encompasses both preventive dimensions and a constructive aspect.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“We are sharing this year with the rest of the world the beneficial effects of the celebration of International Youth Year. Youth must not only be involved in United Nations action to imbue it with generosity but must, above all, be conceived of and seen as the ultimate user of the products of the better world which the United Nations hopes to achieve. Finally, a better world is not possible without the full and effective participation of women, whose Decade was celebrated a few months ago in Nairobi by the adoption of future strategies of action to promote its aims. The success of that Conference, in spite of many differences of opinion, is surely a good augury and shows a promising awareness of the need for the equal development and peace which all of us are capable of achieving, free of any prejudice or discrimination.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“There can be no doubt that we condemn the gratuitous act of aggression against the territory of the Peoples Republic of Angola by the hand-pressed racist Power, an act which was the subject of Security Council resolution 571 (1985), adopted on 20 September this year. As a ward of the United Nations, Namibia, whose case has been on our agenda since the inception of the Organization, has the right to be freed, in keeping with the plan of action in Security Council resolution 435 (1978). with regard to the possibilities for establishing conditions of peace elsewhere in Africa, in the area or in countries which are most sorely tried, these remain entirely valid. To this end, a general attitude of non-interference would seem to us to be one of the essential factors, and should be encouraged.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“The demand for freedom and dignity emerging from that commemoration leaves no doubt as to our determination to eradicate the apartheid regime from African soil. The echoes throughout the world of the struggle being carried on there, in spite of the oppression by the minority in power and its continuing acts of aggression against neighboring countries, confirm this determination to destroy apartheid, rather than reform it, as those in Pretoria imagine they can do. This is also true of the liberation of the colonial territory of Namibia, which is still illegally occupied by South Africa.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Certain trains of thought focused on the year 1985 as a whole invite us to do this. He in Africa, in particular, in addition to the memory of the 25 years of resolution 1514 (XV), of 14 December 1960, which contains the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, are also thinking about the centenary of the Act of Berlin which in 1885 put our continent at the mercy of European imperialist ambitions, to be subjugated and exploited. In its final resolution, an international seminar held in Brazzaville this year to commemorate this unhappy one-hundredth anniversary of the balkanization of Africa, exhorted Africans to go beyond a narrow national outlook to catch a glimpse, beyond the frontiers of states, of the fundamental bases of unity and the rebirth of Africa.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“The special sympathy and attention which the international community and, especially, Central Africa and the organization of African Unity (OAU) have shown to my country by entrusting it with these missions of great significance for the promotion of peace and international co-operation are the fruit of the constant efforts of President Sassou-Nguesso to consolidate peace and to strengthen relationships of good-neighborliness in the region and throughout Africa. To the extent that past experience teaches us what we have been able to do as compared with what we ought to have achieved, let us try at least to be inspired by the theme of this fortieth anniversary of the United Nations, "United Nations for a better world", and organize our solidarity accordingly.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“The will to peace of the Peoples Republic of the Congo, which is fiercely defended by its people, its Government and its President, has led to the bestowal on my country of, inter alia, the presidency of the Economic Community of Central African States. It has also been entrusted with delicate missions of arbitration in the settlement of the question of Chad, which has been characterized by a fratricidal war with dire consequences for the people of Chad.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“In so doing we remain open to outside co-operation in the hope that our partners of yesterday, today and tomorrow will remain so not only in periods of relative prosperity but also, and above all, when temporary difficulties arise. The Peoples Republic of the Congo, a land of peace and harmony, is militantly in favor of establishing a climate of mutually advantageous understanding and co-operation in its relations with its economic partners, strengthening the links of friendship and brotherhood with our neighbors and subordinating national selfishness to the creation of an integrated economic region in central Africa on the basis of the understanding and solidarity cherished by our peoples.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“If creditors and debtors could at least, as loyal, equally responsible partners, study suitable means of making this debt supportable by viewing it on a long-tern basis that would maintain macro-economic and social balance in the debtor countries, and guarantee healthy condition of growth and stability, it would certainly be to everyone's benefit. That is why, in order to ensure the continuation of the development plan during an increasingly stagnant international situation, the Central Committee of the Congolese Workers Party, under the leadership of President Sassou-Nguesso, has decided to proceed with the adoption of a program of structural adjustment which will enable us to adapt the execution of essential, priority projects to the resources available.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Instead of a commitment in this direction, all that has been proposed thus far has been temporary assistance machinery or loans that generate indebtedness for most developing countries. To illustrate the numerous difficulties facing young nations in their determination and efforts towards development, I shall speak of the case of my own country. The People's Republic of the Congo has wide sustained effort to carry out its five-year economic and social development plan (1982-1986) in a world economic situation governed by the factors I have just mentioned, Now, there is no regular flow of financial resources nor any remunerative market for the raw materials we produce which constitute our only source of revenue. Hence* it is difficult to avoid indebtedness and the shackles of debt servicing.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“For some the United Nations should neither manage nor guarantee the general interests or the most legitimate aspirations of the international community, which is tantamount to returning to the doctrine of might makes right that prevailed generally in past centuries. Each day we see manifestations of this attitude in the economic field, where the protectionism of dominant Powers prevents any equitable redistribution of the planet's resources, above all when such protectionism is based on an unpredictable monetary system and arbitrary interest rates. If the supervisory role conferred upon the United Nations by the Charter had been fully recognized by Member States, much of the paralysis in the lives of nations would be reduced to the minimum.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“They must be put at the service of development and the total blossoming of mankind, instead of serving to alienate and destroy humanity through the arms race and subversion. It is the duty of the international community to support the efforts of the specialized agencies of the United Nations system, and in particular of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to draft general policies and programs favorable to setting up a new world information order and promoting the science and technology necessary to the solution of development problems in third-world countries. on these questions, relations between the countries of the North and the South would benefit were they to develop along the lines of a better knowledge of the world's resources and of progress for all mankind.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“My delegation believes that only global negotiations can correct the international economic situation and lead to the establishment of a new international economic order. By emphasizing in its conclusions the need to work out more equitable relations between the North and the South, the Eighth Conference of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Non-Aligned Countries, which was just held at Luanda, Angola, merely reflected the conviction of the developing countries in this regard. In this struggle for development and the establishment of relations of co-operation among peoples, science and information roust take pride of place as indispensable factors for the maintenance of peace and security.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Trampling upon international rules and conventions, the colonialist, imperialist, expansionist and racist Powers have built a veritable system of irregular, illegal and immoral practices. Armed acts of aggression, occupation of the territory of other States and military interventions remain the means by which they impose their authority and bring about the triumph of their selfish and hegemonic interests to the detriment of the self-determination of peoples. In the economic field, monetary disorder, galloping inflation, surging interest rates, unsustainable disequilibrium in balances of payments, growing indebtedness - all constitute the main features of our time, with increased deterioration in the terms of trade which are dangerously eroding expected revenues in developing countries.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“The persistence - and at times worsening - of some of the ills the United Nations was meant to cure, or at least prevent or contain, often places the United Nations at the center of difficulties heaped upon it not without malice by some States concerned above all with their own interests and opposed to co-operation advantageous to all and this in spite of their participation in drafting joint decisions. In this international situation of serious concern, there arc everywhere hotbeds of tension that are being maintained purposely in order to broaden spheres of influence by imposing foreign military bases on peaceful populations and ensuring protectorates in disguise.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Because of this reality, and although our Organization was conceived when taking into account the sum total of the lessons drawn from the most atrocious world war, the 40 years of the United Nations cannot be celebrated everywhere in the same serene atmosphere. War continues to be the lot of many nations; and the arms race does not spare even outer space. With regard to human rights and the right to self-determination of peoples, the odious system of apartheid continues to rage in South Africa, while unjustifiable obstacles are constantly raised in the path towards independence for Namibia, The peoples of Nicaragua, Western Sahara, Palestine and many other regions daily undergo the harmful effects of the policy of aggression, domination and division pursued by the imperialist Powers.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Today we count almost 30 million Africans caught in a crisis in which the vagaries of fate, such as drought and desertification, remain intractable in spite of the responsibilities of man and his systems. We continue to experience even today how difficult it is for the developed pact of the world to accept that underdevelopment is not in any way decreed by nature and that concerted and resolute action can overcome it. Multilateralism should not always imply - as is so often the case - solidarity that is perceived only in terms of trade. That necessarily leads to under-utilization of enormous intellectual, technological and other possibilities which could be allocated by the world today to the most fundamental human needs.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“This concept implies, indeed, the idea of multilateralism in its fullest and most dynamic form, in order to justify the collective responsibility we have assumed under the standards and principles of the Charter, whose purposes and objectives we are duty-bound to promote. It is an irony of fate that as we commemorate the fortieth anniversary the most obvious signs of a situation that is in many respects of great concern manifest themselves throughout the entire fabric of international relations, covering even our most predictable prospects with great uncertainty. Indeed, today famine, hunger and poverty are raging in numerous countries with greater intensity than ever.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Javier Perez de Cuellar, the interest and confidence that the People's Republic of the Congo has in the efforts he has undertaken in order to render more effective the functioning of the United Nations system and enable it fully to meet its responsibilities in the face of the serious problems threatening international peace and security. In his brilliant report on the work of the Organization, our Secretary-General placed particular emphasis en th-a idea of international authority by demonstrating the requirements for such authority in terms of international co-operation.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Furthermore, for the Congolese delegation his capacity as the representative of Spain identifies him with a part of Europe that has long been at the crossroads of civilization and has predisposed it to support the kind of international co-operation that is reflected in the co-operation existing between our two countries. Consequently it goes without saying that my delegation will give him its complete support throughout his term. My delegation wishes also to join the many speakers who have bestowed well-merited praise on his predecessor for the authority and effectiveness he displayed during his time as President of the Assembly at its thirty-ninth session. May I also renew to the Secretary-General, Mr.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“In retrospect, it might be considered that history in a spectacular movement towards orderly behavior by the actors on the world stage has finally succeeded in remodeling, to a very large extent, the map of the world as we see it today, reflected in this very place by the irreversible universalization of our Organization. Happily the balance-sheet of that development will be drawn up under the very competent and wise authority of Ambassador de Pinies. His unanimous choice for the presidency confirms, for us, the great merit and experienced qualities of a statesman and diplomat that he possesses. There can be no doubt that under his wise direction the fortieth session of the General Assembly will mark an important stage in the life of our Organization.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“He express our sympathy to the people of Mexico whose capital city was recently shaken by violent earthquakes. The 40 years experience of the United Nations Charter which has considerably enriched international life constitute for this century now coming to an end an important stage, a moment of historical importance, which we must be proud to honor. We should do so because the United Nations, with its good and bad points, has today become a disciplined adult in fairly good health. My country, whose rebirth in freedom and sovereignty dates from the moment when the General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, finds in these 40 years of the Charter and the 2 5 years of resolution 1514 (XV) of 1960 more than a happy coincidence.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“But we all know that mankind still needs the United Nations—provided, of course, its actions in practice produce the beneficial effects and the positive impact peoples need to live in peace”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“These various landmarks in the history of peoples should, among other things, lead the United Nations to ponder upon the future evolution of mankind, Such an approach to the international situation, including national concerns and actions for the benefit of mankind as a whole, should give food for thought to all those whose activities at the national and international levels are in flagrant contradiction with lofty statements of intent made in various places on questions of vital importance affecting mankind. We believe that it is necessary for attitudes, behaviour and actions everywhere in the world to be in keeping with the ideals of peace, freedom and prosperity without which the United Nations would be an institution without purpose. 68.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“This anniversary of the Organization will—perhaps as an accident of history—coincide with the one hundredth anniversary of the Balkanization of Africa by the 1885 Berlin Act and the thirtieth anniversary of the Asian African Conference, held at Bandung in 1955. The time has thus come for us Africans to take stock of what has been achieved by the OAU in its struggle for the total liberation of our continent, and for the rest of the world to assess the efforts that have been made in the search for the peace and wellbeing of peoples. 67.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“The policies and activities carried out in this connection in UNESCO, under the competent leadership of its Director-general, Mr. Amadou Mahtar M'Bow, enjoy the full support of my country. It’s regrettable indeed that lately UNESCO should have been subjected to intolerable pressures. The universality of UNESCO and the at times impassioned tone of its debates do not, in our view, run counter to its basic commitment to be fully at the service of mankind. It is that faith in mankind that prevents us from losing hope in institutions such as UNESCO or the United Nations itself. 66. On the eve of the commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, one cannot fail to recall the curious fate of man today: prey to disorders of all kinds and victim of his own works.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“The responsibility incurred by the generation of this last quarter century is all the more serious since it is borne by men who have the necessary means of improving the living conditions of all the inhabitants of the earth and who have rules of international conduct excluding the use of force as a means of settling disputes. 64. The essential function of the United Nations system is to ensure the realization of man's aspirations through these means and rules. Therefore, we should everywhere encourage those ideals that are likely to bring peoples closer together and ensure mutual understanding and the adoption of confidence-building measures. 65. The Congo's understanding of the establishment of a new information and communication order is based on this concept of an increasingly shrinking world, a world of solidarity.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“With the end to the policy of detente clearly shown by the concern in Europe over the strengthening of the destructive potential in that continent, we must fear the consequences for the entire world of a prolonged deterioration in the relations between the blocs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact. 61. The widespread distrust due to that state of tension characterized by the persistence and outbreak of localized conflicts is compounded by the trend to the proliferation of nuclear weapons, a trend supported by certain questionable theories on the possibility of a limited nuclear war. 62. In this area more than in others urgent action is required; and action means above all negotiation in order to bring about detente without waiting to reach an unlikely position of strength. 63.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“We urge them to end their hostilities, which in no way serve the immediate or long-term interests of their respective peoples. 58. A few moments ago, when we expressed the wish to see all resources of the spirit and of human knowledge placed at the service of ends other than death and destruction, we were obviously thinking mainly of the $800 billion which are spent every year to make weapons, fuel hotbeds of crisis and carry on the crazed arms race even in outer space. 59. Several years ago a great deal of hope was placed on the bilateral negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union. We encourage any effort that is likely to lead to complete disarmament under real and effective control. 60.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“As to the situation in the IndoChinese peninsula, my country unreservedly supports the desire for peace expressed so often by the Governments of Viet Nam, Laos and Kampuchea in order to end the state of belligerence which has been artificially maintained from outside. No one wants peace more than the Kampuchean people, who alone know the price that they have had to pay after the cruel tyranny of Pol Pot, whom some are actively seeking to return to power. 57. Finally, the Congolese delegation must mention the tragedy in the Persian Gulf, which day by day is making Iraq and Iran weaker. And yet, those two countries should derive from their history, their geography and their religion more reasons for unity and cooperation than for hatred and death.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“It is vital for everyone that the deep-rooted causes of those crises should be eliminated and that a climate of peace free from ail threat of intervention or economic coercion, a climate essential to respect for the it of peoples freely to determine their future and to dispose of their resources, should be established in the Caribbean as well as in the Central American sub region. 55. If that principle were respected, peace would find a place in the Korean peninsula also and we would no longer witness the sad and continued division of the people of Korea, for whose benefit a process aimed at the reunification of the two parts of the country must be undertaken, eliminating a very serious source of tension in that part of the world. 56.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“In like manner, we assure the heroic and constantly victimized people of Nicaragua of all our sympathy, and we continue to believe that it is scarcely in terms of East West rivalries that the problems of Central America can be explained. The struggle of the peoples of that region, like the struggle of the peoples of the Caribbean or of Latin America in general, is above all the result of the profoundly unjust economic and social conditions which some privileged persons supported from abroad have attempted to perpetuate to the detriment of the overwhelming majority of the population. 54.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“This applies to the Middle East, where the Congo reiterates its support for the Palestine Liberation Organization [FLO], which, we are certain, will overcome the passing difficulties which have arisen within it and will continue to defend the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. 52. Certain Western Powers which are allies of Israel thought they could impose a "final solution" on the Palestinian problem by awkwardly interfering in Lebanon. The more than negative results of that operation show the inanity of solutions based on force and the correctness of the negotiated solution which the international community has always advocated. 53.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“"The development of the revolutionary struggle on the spot is always complex, and the path to victory is tortuous", said President Denis SassouNguesso at the opening of the third regular congress of the Congolese Labour Party. The head of the Congolese State added: "That is why we believe that the major diplomatic activity observed in recent times at the level of the frontline countries is naturally part of the process of the long and complex struggle which the peoples of southern Africa have been waging against the white minority regime in power in Pretoria. We are deeply convinced that Africa will not betray the African cause." This identification of the Congolese position with the African cause justifies in many ways the active solidarity of the Congolese people with other peoples struggling in other regions of the world.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Not only has the electoral sham which it organized been largely boycotted by the Indian and Coloured communities, but the majority population has risen up, showing its determination to struggle regardless of the cost. The international community must step up its struggle against this regime, or history will one day reproach us for having tolerated it so long and so much. 48. The support which the People's Republic of the Congo lends to freedom fighters and to the frontline States is a constant factor in our foreign policy. Nevertheless, as is already stated in the Manifesto on Southern Africa, issued by the leaders of East and Central African States, meeting at Lusaka on 16 April 1969, we do not rule out negotiations as long as the enemy also recognizes that they are necessary. 49.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“It has already been rejected as a shameful scar by international public opinion. Reacting to its inevitable isolation, the Government of Pretoria has simply contented itself up to now by adapting apartheid to give it the kind of countenance which it can call presentable. After the suicidal policy of bantustanization, which denies the majority black population the right to citizenship in the country, the minority power is now trying to divide the South African people by asking Indian and Coloured groups to sanction white power. 47. The racist Government of Pretoria knows perfectly well that it will never reap the fruits of its criminal policy.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“1 for the Protection of the Natural Resources of Namibia, enacted on 27 September 1974 by the United Nations Council for Namibia, the legal authority for the territory. 44. The second motive is the policy of which the South African Government intends not only to consolidate within South Africa itself but also to expand to Namibia and then to the rest of the world. 45. The welcome which some Western Governments gave to the South African Prime Minister when memorial services were being held commemorating the struggles against Nazism confirms this acceptance of apartheid as a "respectable" doctrine by the Western Powers to which it owes its survival. 46. The policy of apartheid is merely another name for Nazism and fascism, and this is no longer new to us. It is a crime against humanity.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“The sole request that we would make therefore to the members of the Western contact group, if that group still exists, is to return to the spirit and letter of resolution 435 (1978) in order finally to give the Namibian people justice. 42. The refusal of South Africa and of certain Western Powers to conform to the demands of resolution 435 (1978) and of other relevant decisions of the United Nations in fact hides their unspeakable plans. 43. The first aims at the exploitation and frenzied plundering of the natural resources of Namibia, a lucrative activity which well-known transnational corporations do not intend to give up, and thus they are deliberately running counter to the provisions of Decree No.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Even today, South Africa and some of its allies continue to set up all kinds of obstacles to the implementation of the United Nations plan of action for the independence of Namibia, as contained in Security Council resolution 435 (1978), which can be the only valid basis allowing for the accession of Namibia to national sovereignty without any subjective preconditions. 40. Cuba and Angola are two sovereign States and therefore we can in no way sanction an operation which would subordinate the implementation of the provisions of resolution 435 (1978) to the annulment of a freely concluded agreement between the two States Members of the United Nations, for that would seriously affect the principle of non-interference in the affairs of other States. 41.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“There is a close relationship between peace, detente and the right of peoples to self-determination. In this respect, we consider the admission of Brunei Darussalam as the 159th Member of the United Nations as an event that will bring us closer to the attainment of one of our most cherished ideals, that of universality. While warmly welcoming the admission of this new State to the group of nations, we should like to assure its people and leaders of the readiness of the Congo to cooperate with them. 38. In contrast to that encouraging event, the situation in Namibia presents a very gloomy picture. For a long time now we have been waiting with ever-growing impatience for the coming of freedom for the people of that country. 39.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Along similar lines, we have been following the situation m Western Sahara, which continues to deteriorate, despite the appeal made to Morocco and to the Frente POLISARIO by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU at its nineteenth ordinary session, held at Addis Ababa from 6 to 12 June 1983. 36. In this regard, my delegation would like to express the hope that the treaty concluded on 13 August 1984 between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya will in no way prejudge the outcome and legitimate rights of the Saharan people. We should like to take this occasion to appeal to the brotherly countries of the Maghreb to make a positive contribution to finding a just solution to the crisis in Western Sahara, based on the norms and principles of international law. 37.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“From this rostrum we reaffirm the determination of the Congolese Government to do all in its power, with the valuable assistance of other Governments, and in particular those of central Africa, to ensure the success of the conference on Chad to be held at Brazzaville. 34. This is the place also to express the satisfaction of the Congolese Government at the announcement of the imminent withdrawal of the French and Libyan forces from Chad. That withdrawal of foreign forces is, in our view, a positive factor that may facilitate the process that will lead to reunion and reconciliation at Brazzaville. 35.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“It is within this context that we see the efforts of the Congolese Government to restore peace and harmony to Chad. In fact, my Government has for several months now proposed bringing together at Brazzaville all of our Chad brothers, who for too long have been divided by a fratricidal struggle. 32. We sincerely appreciate the readiness which the various parties to the conflict have demonstrated up to now regarding the principle of their return to the fold, and we urge them to avoid any behaviour which would have discussion depend on prerequisites of no crucial importance. 33.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“In thus expressing our faith in solidarity and international cooperation built on an equitable and just basis, we, the people of the Congo, proclaim our conviction that peace and the conditions for maintaining peace deserve the better part of our energies and our resources. 30. The foreign policy of the People's Republic of the Congo as laid down by the Congolese Labour Party, inspired and championed by the President, Denis SassouNguesso, bears ample witness to that. For my country has always had with all peace and freedom loving countries, regardless of socioeconomic distinctions, relations based on mutual respect and a policy of mutual advantage. We are also involved in establishing and continuing, on the regional level, peaceful and good neighbourly relations with other countries. 31.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“These concerns are well known and their implementation has been verified by all those who follow the internal and foreign policy of the People's Republic of the Congo, and particularly by those of our friends and brothers who have followed the work of the third regular Congress of our Party. 28. It can be noted that, rather than a fragmented approach to the problems of mankind, we prefer an approach which looks at man as a whole in his natural environment and in the world and which makes it possible to envisage and implement global policies aimed at ensuring harmonious relations among Governments and peoples, for without such relationships it would be impossible to establish peace and freedom throughout the world. 29.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“In the field of education, the democratization of the teaching system has resulted today in a 100 per cent enrolment rate, and now we require vigorous action in order to improve the quality of school education, to expand literacy programmes for adults and to integrate into national socioeconomic sectors high school and other students at the end of their training programmes. 26. Aware of the importance of these questions, we have established a climate of peace and harmony in the country favourable to ensuring the consolidation of unity and national construction. Thus, we shall be able to achieve the national solidarity and prosperity which our people need in order to enjoy the fruits of its labour and to profit from the resources of its country. 27.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“We wish to improve the living conditions of the people by rationally organizing a system, based on the interests of the people, to ensure mod self-sufficiency, which is an objective to be achieved by the year 2000, with, of course, the assistance of all those who, in the context of bilateral and multilateral cooperation, are ready to participate with us in building a free and prosperous nation in the Congo. 24. The aim of our social policy is to resolve the problem of unemployment by organizing a centralized and dynamic national economic system. 25.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“On the economic level, our programme aims at the mastery and rational utilization of natural resources for the benefit of the people, a reorganization of the national territory, which was disorganized by the colonial system and its follow-up, the unification of the national territory through the building of a road network which can help revitalize the rural areas and ensure the complementarity that is so badly needed between the economic activities in the urban areas and in the countryside.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)