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first: 1962-09-24
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“My delegation believes that all the developing countries which are Members of the United Nations should strive to persuade the more powerful States to abandon their nuclear armaments programmes under fully established and guaranteed agreements, to sign the nuclear test ban Treaty and to advance gradually towards complete demilitarization. In that way the United Nations will attain to its full effect as an instrument for the progress and advancement of the developing peoples. 137. I would conclude by appealing most sincerely to all the countries which took part in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to combine, even more closely, in our noble struggle for peace and for the simultaneous progress of all peoples of the world.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“In that way the United Nations would be able to devote priority attention to problems of greater importance and world-wide scope, such as human rights, disarmament, economic and trade relations between countries or groups of countries, systems of assistance, multilateral agreements of all types, etc., while the regional organizations would be left to deal primarily with matters of relatively less importance — a process whereby, incidentally, world peace would be strengthened. In this connexion Costa Rica, together with the other nations of the Western Hemisphere, is exerting itself to improve the inter-American system, and places great hope in the special conference which is to be held for that purpose at Rio de Janeiro in March 1965. 136.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Costa Rica is convinced that, once peace among the great Powers has been achieved and controlled disarmament initiated in all countries, the United Nations will be basically transformed into a forum for the discussion of questions of international justice, one of which — the question of trade — requires urgent solution. 135. We must substantially strengthen the regional agencies. The Organization of American States and the Organization of African Unity are better equipped to deal with their own problems than countries which are not members of them. Other regional bodies should likewise be established and strengthened.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“All innovations — and many are needed — for the adoption of new principles in international trade must aim at the most rapid and substantial improvement in the living conditions of the peoples of continents which, because they were the scene of colonial activities, are now a prey to the fell effects of poverty and need. Anything else would be dangerous, deceptive and, far from solving the problems which today divide the world into the minority group of the privileged and the vast mass of the underprivileged, would aggravate them. 134.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“All this means that we must act quickly. 133. During the past weeks, the Latin American countries have observed with growing concern events and attitudes that might lead to undesirable splits among the less developed countries which, at the Geneva Conference, had presented to the world the moving spectacle of unflinching solidarity. Only if they remain united will the nations of Asia, Africa and Latin America be able to look forward to the application of more equitable procedures in international trade. We cannot expect fair prices for our primary products, or an expansion of our new industries, so long as there is an enormous gap between the living standards of workers in the developing regions and those of workers in the economically advanced countries.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Furthermore, we have to establish the other organs contemplated at Geneva: the Trade and Development Board, its appropriate committees and working groups, and the secretariat. In addition, we have to solve questions which at Geneva were left pending, such as the organization of markets for primary commodities, preferential tariffs for the industrial products of the developing countries, maritime transport questions, a system guaranteeing private investment against political risks, and several other matters of paramount importance in connexion with the establishment of a new code of international trade in furtherance of the development of peoples. It will be the task of the Trade and Development Board, once it is constituted, to implement the recommendations of the Conference, when these have been ratified by the General Assembly.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, held for this purpose at Geneva from March to June of this year which is now closing, drafted a Final Act and drew up a series of recommendations which should be adopted during the current session of the General Assembly. Costa Rica trusts that what was agreed to by all States Members of the United Nations at Geneva will now be ratified as a matter of priority. 132. I would recall that the preparation of the Conference on Trade and Development required more than one year of work and discussion. The planned procedure called for a second United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to be held early in 1966. For this we have barely a year in which to make preparations, which may be as arduous and difficult as they were in the case of the first Conference.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“The less developed nations of the world made great efforts for the translation into fact of the idea of holding a United Nations Conference on Trade and, Development. They hoped from it, and continue to hope from its outcome, results that will help to rescue them from the economic and social backwardness into which they had been plunged by a combination of adverse circumstances, ranging from colonial exploitation to geo-atmospheric factors beyond their control. The less privileged nations wish to progress as they should — that is, through their agreements and principles in the field of international trade, with a harnessing of their full productive capacity, and not on the basis of exclusive protectionism or of aid from the developed countries.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Costa Rica believes that the arguments which are invoked to the detriment of human rights, in the name of State sovereignty, are anachronistic. The defence of the rights of peoples and individuals, which the United Nations has accepted as one of its fundamental objectives, cannot be exercised unless Member States recognize and apply that concept. My country believes that at this session of the General Assembly a decisive step must be taken to complete the Covenants and finalize measures for implementing them. Although we realize that the Covenants deserve careful consideration, this does not mean that we can contemplate, with equanimity, undue prolongation of their study. 131.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“We hope that both instruments will be discussed and adopted without delay. 130. For many years the United Nations has been working on two Convenants on Human Rights, which have not yet taken final form or been put into effect. We must move forward rapidly and resolutely, by means of these Convenants, towards the fullest implementation of the Universal Declaration adopted in Paris in 1948 — and not solely for humanitarian reasons. The implementation of the provisions of the Declaration of Human Rights represents a basic factor of human progress; conversely, failure to implement them impedes development. The United Nations recognized and proclaimed that fact in 1962, in adopting the programme for the Development Decade. Thus, to oppose the complete implementation of human rights is tantamount to delaying the progress of the world's peoples.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Furthermore, on the basis of justice and of affection for our mother country, we feel sure that the decision on Gibraltar adopted by the Committee of Twenty-four has opened the way to a solution, bringing justice to Spain and honour to the United Kingdom, of a long-standing and painful dispute between these two great countries which are our friends. 129. In the field of human rights, my country, which has always endeavoured to promote and comply with the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, has further intensified its efforts since it had the honour to be elected a member of the Commission on Human Rights. In that Commission, our efforts have centred on the draft convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination and on the draft declaration on the elimination of all forms of religious intolerance.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Malawi, Malta and Zambia represent the most recent proof of the positive and beneficient action of the United Nations in the peaceful struggle against the domination of one people by another. We are convinced that the voices and attitudes of their lawful representatives will be united with those of the spokesmen of other States in favour of world-wide justice and understanding. 128. I would not, wish to conclude this part of my contribution to the general debate without express mg my country's satisfaction at the resolution adopted by the Committee of Twenty-four on the question of the Malvinas Islands. Costa Rica will welcome with all its heart the return of that territory to the nation of Argentina and consequently to the continent, of the Americas, to which it belongs because of the dictates of history and geography.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“In support of the affirmation that Costa Rica has contributed enthusiastically to international harmony, I would briefly recall our participation in the missions which have been and are dealing with the questions of Viet-Nam and Oman, bur activity in the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa, and Costa Rica's attitude and contributions to the Organization's efforts to effect the complete decolonization of all territories and countries. In this connexion I wish to welcome, on behalf of my people and my Government, the new sovereign nations that joined us, on the first day of this month, as States Members of our Organization.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“My delegation and my country believe that it is our duty, at the present time, respectfully but firmly to state this consideration in this Assembly. We are sure that in so doing we are interpreting the feelings of many other nations which, like our own, view with growing concern agreements or conventions which condemn us to immobility when the world expects this Organization to make constant progress toward the relative perfection that can be expected from human labour and effort. 127.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“But if, during those periods of paralysis, it is not possible to reach decisions based on understanding and mutual concessions; if we fail to take advantage of the calm they provide in order to consider problems serenely, with an open mind, and if the desire for prestige prevails over respect for obligations under the Charter and over the will to build a better and fairer world, then those periods of inaction will be prolonged, and millions of men and women who look to the United Nations as the greatest promoter of co-operation and peace will lose their confidence in the Organization. 126. With a view to preventing this, the great Powers must realize that we, the less powerful nations, are here not in order to be mute, passive witnesses of their quarrels but in order to share their responsibilities in seeking effective agreements.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“For the raison d'etre of the United Nations is that, despite the complexity of certain questions which cause disagreement among the Powers, the Organization, as an instrument for peace and progress, continues to represent the only hope for the world. Peace and progress are not achieved on the basis of compromises which neutralize the action of all of us who meet here on the instructions of our respective Governments. Compromises based on inaction can, for short periods, serve the cause of international co-operation, provided that remedies for delicate situations are sought.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“It urges that the fantastic sums spent on the production of arms and the maintenance of armies be devoted to projects and investments for development and social progress. We therefore attach exceptional importance, as a first step, to the signature of the partial test ban Treaty and to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. 125. Costa Rica shares the anxiety which international discord and tension create in men of goodwill in regard to the future of the United Nations. To the best of our ability, we shall in the future co-operate, as we have co-operated so far, to the end that the problems giving rise to these tensions may be set on peaceful lines towards effective solutions.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“After a short period of relative calm, following the signature of the nuclear test ban Treaty, we are again exposed to the risk of contamination of the atmosphere and to the possibility of a war that would annihilate mankind. For small countries like Costa Rica, which has pursued its disarmament policy to the unusual extreme of eliminating the army as a permanent institution, the Chinese atomic explosion constitutes a serious warning which we less-developed States Members of the Organization should not underestimate. Costa Rica desires and hopes for the adoption of measures designed to prohibit nuclear tests and to secure a treaty of general disarmament under United Nations control.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“I should like to stress in particular the beneficial effect of resolution 1049 (XXXVII) adopted unanimously by the Economic and Social Council at Geneva during its 1964 summer session, and the constructive initiative which the staff of the United Nations Secretariat took in the form of personal participation in this collective effort. All these manifestations of international solidarity have lessened the sufferings of our people, and have earned its gratitude. 124. The atomic explosion which took place in continental China in October 1964 once more brings all countries represented here face to face with the threat stemming from nuclear weapons.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Before making my contribution to the general debate, I should like to express the deep gratitude of the people and Government of CostaRica to U Thant and his assistants for having established the Fund for emergency assistance for Costa Rica and for having set in motion technical assistance programmes of the Organization and its specialized agencies in connexion with the serious consequences suffered by our economy and the life of our country as a result of continued volcanic eruptions and floods. The creation of the Fund would not have been possible without the generous voluntary contributions made by the States Members of the Organization.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“122. Mr. President, on behalf of the people and Government of Costa Rica I am happy to extend to you our warmest congratulations on the well-deserved honour with which the General Assembly has invested you in recognition of your distinguished record in the United Nations. Through you we likewise pay tribute to Ghana, that young and vigorous African nation which in so short a time has won so distinguished a place in the United Nations family. 123.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“We have already gained legal equality for 111 States; let us now seek to achieve social equality through an equitable system of world trade which will enable the workers of the poor countries to achieve a standard of living comparable to that prevailing in the wealthy countries.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“In the atmosphere of peace in which this eighteenth session of the General Assembly is being held, however, let us take up the task of winning social justice for the great majority of the States assembled here. The prices of commodities on the world market are fixed in an inequitable manner by the wealthy countries that buy them, and the prices of manufactured goods are fixed, in just as inequitable a manner, by the wealthy countries that sell them. Until international justice exists, there will be no peace and no equality in the United Nations. Beginning with this Assembly, we, the poor countries of the world, must join, above and beyond all blocs, in a struggle for justice in international trade. While hunger exists, there can be no peace; while exploitation exists, there can be no harmony.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“The various international and hemispheric agrarian reform programmes will prove ineffectual if land —the essential factor for their implementation— is lacking. I hope that our views on this matter will be understood and shared by a majority of Member States and that the initiative we have taken will lead to United Nations action on behalf of a programme of international assistance designed to meet this vital need. 13. My country feels that in its eighteen years of existence the United Nations has carried out its task of safeguarding peace and of securing justice for the peoples that wished to be free. We have been successful in gaining political independence for a great many States, although there are peoples still awaiting their liberation.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“In the national and international programmes and studies aimed at bringing about an improvement in agricultural production through urgently needed economic and social reforms, one element is lacking which is essential to the success of agrarian reform programmes: provision for making funds available to Governments for the purpose of acquiring land so that it may be more equitably distributed and more effectively utilized. The special conditions and legal systems prevailing in many of the economically less developed countries require the Governments of those countries to pay compensation for land expropriated for those purposes. The draft resolution announced by the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations is aimed at finding a solution to these problems, which many countries with limited resources cannot solve by themselves.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“In a memorandum which my delegation has submitted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations [A/5481 and Add.1 and Add.1/ Corr.1] in preparation for a draft resolution which we plan to introduce in the course of this session for consideration by the General Assembly, my delegation puts forward certain ideas and proposals which I shall not weary you by repeating here, I simply wish to reiterate my Government's desire to see the United Nations remedy a deficiency which is so obvious that it requires no lengthy comment.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“For the developing countries, almost all of which are primarily agricultural, the rationalization of agriculture is essential to economic expansion and a balanced economy. A no less important aspect of agrarian reform is the social one, which has been not only recognized but strongly emphasized by the United Nations, by regional organizations and by so eminent a personage as Pope John XXIII, in his encyclical Mater et Magistra.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“We are honoured to be represented in the Special Committee on apartheid and among its officers, and we have worked for the adoption of recommendations which will enable the United Nations to intensify its struggle against the policy of racial segregation pursued by the Government of South Africa. I should like to mention that the various measures taken by my country in support of the United Nations policy on apartheid have included the closing of our consular missions. We vigorously endorse and support the reports of the Special Committee, which serve to keep world public opinion informed about a cruel reality. 12. In conclusion, I should like to refer to an initiative taken by my delegation with a view to promoting agrarian reform programmes along democratic lines.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“I have already said that we must all try to advance the cause of peace. When we remember the difficulties that had to be overcome in order to obtain the Treaty banning nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, in outer space, and under water, it is easy to see what an effort will be required to bring about a treaty on general and complete disarmament, on which, in the final analysis, the future of all of us depends. 11. Costa Rica is determined to carry out those United Nations recommendations which are in keeping with the principles of the Organization.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“Hence, while national Governments pursue domestic policies aimed at eliminating potential causes of national disintegration by formulating and carrying out programmes of social justice, the great Powers must henceforth, if they are to ensure lasting peace in the world, give greater attention to what might be referred to as international social justice, i.e., work for the gradual but steady disappearance of the gulf which today separates the rich and poor nations. 10. Increasingly close mutual understanding and co-operation, both inside and outside the United Nations, among the underprivileged countries, i.e., the countries of Latin America, Asia and Africa, can contribute to a solution of their common material, cultural and moral problems. In that way, too, we of the poor nations will also be making a useful contribution to peace.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“I should emphasize at this point that a spirit of international solidarity must prevail over traditional national and group interests at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to be held in the spring of 1964 and, generally speaking, in all efforts to secure a more equitable distribution of wealth and prosperity among nations. While social inequality within a given national community always gives rise to upheaval which threatens the nation's life and its economic and political stability, the division of our world into groups of rich and poor nations tends to retard progress and, by creating a constant threat of war, to prevent the establishment of genuine and lasting peace.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“It is in the light of these considerations that we can grasp the full meaning of the work accomplished by the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, which has done so much to promote decolonization, the Special Committee on the Policies of apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa, the Social Commission, the Committee on Housing, Building and Planning, the Commission on International Commodity Trade, the Commission on Human Rights, the Special Fund, the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance and other bodies whose efforts and objectives have earned our delegation's full support. 9.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“We ask only that our urgent demands should be heard and satisfied on the basis of international co-operation. This will not only advance the cause of progress but also lay a solid foundation for peace —the goal towards which all of us, strong and weak alike, must direct every effort. 8.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“However, there are also small countries with limited resources, and even territories still denied the right of self-determination, which, in spite of their spiritual and cultural traditions, cannot advance peacefully along the road of progress because their way is blocked by the ambitions and lack of understanding displayed by communities which, though highly developed from the technical and scientific point of view, show little respect for the right of other communities to decide their own future. Nazi Germany provided us, less than two decades ago, with a tragic example of this strange combination of technical progress and ethical and political backwardness. Our sense of dignity as free peoples forbids us to permit others to lay down hard and fast rules to guide us on the road of progress.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“In view of the limited time available, I shall confine myself to a few brief remarks concerning those items on the agenda of the present session which are of vital importance to the nations possessing only limited means of advancement and progress. The nations in what until recently the experts were wont to describe coldly as an "under-developed state” —a term whose slighting tone the substitute expression, "developing countries", is intended to soften— are of the opinion that development and under-development are not solely a matter of technical and material progress. There are, to be sure, countries and regions which are under-developed in a technical and material sense.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“Even if a majority of Member States feel that circumstances are not propitious for the convening of a general conference, there are certain minimum reforms which are urgently needed. We should, however, avoid any action that might restrict the participation in the principal United Nations organs of the group which always acted in a spirit of fairness when it represented a majority. My country is certain that, far from permitting its role in the United Nations to be curtailed, Latin America will affirm its participation in the Organization's activities, adding new chapters to the history of the Latin American countries in the United Nations and of the battles which they have fought and will continue to fight in defence of their ideals and interests. 7.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“The act of justice which we have sought to perform by welcoming among us the nations which have with our aid thrown off the yoke of dependence and servitude has remained limited in scope and will ultimately be transformed into an act of flagrant injustice if we do not admit these nations to the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and other United Nations organs. Accordingly, Costa Rica once again calls for amendment of the Charter and for the early convening of a general conference for the purpose of modernizing that document on an equitable basis, so that it reflects not only the needs of the present-day world but also the fact that the world of the immediate future will be even more varied and complex than that in which we now live. 6.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“If it does not adapt to the demands of a world which is in a state of constant vertiginous change, it will end by becoming a decrepit anachronism. 5. The world of today Is not that of the fifty-one sovereign States which met at San Francisco in 1945, inspired by the lofty ideal of abolishing war as a means of settling international disputes and of promoting the welfare of individuals and nations. As a result of the application of the principles embodied in the Charter, our great world community now embraces 111 nations. As yet, however, neither the anatomy nor the physiology of the organs of the United Nations reflects this astonishing and salutary change.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“Revision of the United Nations Charter is essential if the Organization is to be made more effective. The new nations whose independence and whose presence among us we older Members of the United Nations have greeted with such sincere pleasure in recent years cannot enter into the full exercise of their sovereign rights until they are on a footing of complete equality with other Member States. If we have welcomed their representatives to this General Assembly, why should we deny or limit their access to organs in which questions are raised and issues discussed which so directly and vitally concern their peoples? The United Nations is and must continue to be a living organism which keeps pace with the times.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“On a number of important occasions, however, action by the United Nations has served to prevent crises of the kind which in other times, and indeed in very recent times, have plunged countries and whole regions into grave difficulties. The United Nations has brought the triumph of reason over confusion, thus preventing or greatly mitigating much misery and pain. It has proved to be the only organization capable of reducing to a minimum the suffering which, alternating with a sense of satisfaction in being alive and in fulfilling our obligations, characterizes human existence. 4. If it is to improve its structure and achieve its aims more rapidly, or at all events come closer to achieving them, the United Nations must undergo basic changes which can be accomplished only through certain amendments of its constitutional instrument.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“My delegation, my country and I personally wish to reaffirm our faith in the United Nations as an instrument for peaceful progress towards a better world as well as our intention of co-operating with this Organization in the effort to achieve as rapidly and as fully as possible the noble aims which it has set itself. The existence of the United Nations has not, of course, banished from the world the threats and dangers which can at any moment spring from emotion, misunderstanding, and various group and national interests; peoples and individuals cannot yet develop in a permanent atmosphere of mutual understanding.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“The honour and satisfaction thus conferred upon you will belong not only to our sister nation, Venezuela, but to all those Latin American peoples which are inspired by democratic ideals and governed in accordance with democratic principles. 2. I wish to pay a tribute to U Thant, the Secretary- General of our Organization. In the eyes of our peoples, his vigilance and skill have contributed decisively to the creation of the improved international atmosphere to which I have just referred. We wish, therefore, to declare our support of this man who has faithfully carried on the efforts begun by that other great figure who sacrificed his life in the cause of peace: Dag Hammarskjöld. 3.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“Mr. President, your selection for the task of presiding over the eighteenth regular session of the General Assembly is a well-deserved tribute not only to your personal qualities as a diplomat, which have been amply demonstrated within these walls, but also to the great country which you represent. My Government and I myself are certain that, under your guidance, this session will live up to the requirements of the contemporary world; although unforeseeable and disquieting things may lie ahead of us, the prospects for mankind are unquestionably more hopeful today than they have been at the opening of past sessions.”
1963-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 18 (1963)
“Costa Rica trusts that this wise and constructive thought may guide the work of the seventeenth session of the General Assembly, so that effective progress may be achieved in the noble and vital task of preserving world peace.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Nevertheless, we think that we should continue our efforts to find areas of agreement which will enable man, free from the threat of war, to release all his energies and capacities and to devote them to building a free and prosperous world with wider frontiers. To that end we feel that it is imperative to work steadfastly within the framework of the United Nations, with special respect for the ideas of others. In this connexion I should like to stress the following words of U Thant in his speech on "Education for Peace" given at Carleton University, Ottawa, in May 1962: "We need to try and understand each other's point of view. We also need to realize that it is no longer true to say that there are two sides to every question; in fact, there are many sides".”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“This obligation is not being fulfilled satisfactorily, and never will be until we provide the United Nations with the strength and the appropriate means to give full support to the peoples in their struggle for betterment and in their age-long efforts to secure freedom. 152. The struggle for the peace and prosperity of the nations obliges all of us who are Members of the United Nations to do our utmost to find solutions for the fundamental problems at the root of the present tension and fear in the world. We are aware of the magnitude of the obstacles which must be overcome if we are to reach the desired goal.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The democratic revolution, which has scarcely begun in Latin America, needs the understanding and good will of all who profess the democratic creed, but it also requires from its leaders in every country the moral stand taken by the Mexicans and Bolivians — to quote these two examples once again — in order to prevent our destinies being handed over to the cold game of foreign policy of the imperialist Powers. 151. The small countries, and the powerful ones as well, are under an obligation to history and to the peoples to guarantee the integrity of human rights as a prerequisite for peace.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“There are political forces bent on discrediting and destroying representative democracy, denying the freedom and dignity of their citizens, on the pretext of carrying out a profound economic and social transformation in our continent. 149. It is lamentable, too, that, forgetting the history of freedom, which is part and parcel of the man of America, this freedom and his entire destiny should be jeopardized by extra-continental ties. 150.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“This is the stage through which we are going today in Latin America, which is seeking freedom as it has done always in its revolutionary movements. 148. The American Revolution was a magnificent encouragement to our States in the dawn of independence. In the present century, to quote two cases, the Mexican and Bolivian revolutions have pointed the way to social progress within a democratic framework guaranteeing human dignity and freedom, which are an essential part of our political tradition and one that we can never relinquish. Unfortunately these illustrious examples of our democratic revolution have been betrayed in some cases.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“We should be inclined to accept the argument that in the political and economic fields there are various formulas and ways of achieving the objectives of freedom, justice and well-being which are the essence and the raison d'être of the United Nations. We agree that all nations cannot advance towards the achievement of these objectives at the same rate. What we cannot accept, without contradicting our democratic position and the principles and standards of the United Nations, is that the methods and instruments should be the supremacy of brute force and the supposed infallibility of the ideologies. 147. The less developed countries are developing fast and are trying to advance rapidly in order to break the fetters of social injustice, eagerly seeking the political institutions best suited to their traditions and history.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)