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1. “Our Government was the first to pass a law establishing sanctions for those responsible for hijacking ships or aircraft. Our position is set forth in that law. We have not modified it nor do we intend to do so. 28. We reject any attempt at pressure or boycotting through multilateral agreements and we would repeat that we are prepared to discuss the question of bilateral agreements to' resolve this problem with those countries which are prepared to take exactly the same action that we have taken as regards the hijacking of ships and planes and as regards other violations of laws and norms which govern international traffic and this on a strictly reciprocal basis. 29. In connexion with this problem and to dispel certain tendentious interpretations, I will read the statement made on 28 September last by the Foreign Minister of Cuba, Dr.”

   1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)

2. “At the time it was felt that we were a small country with very few planes and ships. But today an attempt is being made to mobilize the international community, for the effects of these crimes are precisely turning against those who promoted them before in such an irresponsible and criminal way. 26. But the facts are there, eloquent and unassailable. No country has seized so many ships and planes in acts of piracy as the United States. No other country has provided a reception, protection and encouragement for those responsible for these misdeeds as the United States has done. 27. Cuba, for its part, has rigorously applied a policy of immediately allowing these ships and crews to continue to their destinations and we have never encouraged such activities.”

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3. “Since 1959 dozens of planes and hundreds of ships have been taken from our country and directed to the United States using violence leading on many occasions to the death of crew members and innocent passengers. Many of those planes and ships never came back to our country. They were literally stolen by the imperialists or their henchmen, and the end result, because of the bounty taken, has been tantamount to an act of piracy. The people responsible were never punished and even appeared on television and in the United States Congress where the legislators today who are complaining about such acts held them up as heroes. No international body raised a voice in protest. This Organization did nothing in the face of the reiterated denunciations of our delegation.”

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4. “Such a prospect is hardly satisfactory for millions of men and women who live in poverty and who are prepared to fight for a more dignified existence. 25. A number of delegations have expressed their concern over the hijacking of civilian aircraft. Cuba's position was very clearly set forth in the statement made by the delegation of Cuba in the general debate last year [1705th meeting] and in Cuba's Act 1226 promulgated by the Revolutionary Government to deal with this new form of crime. Allow me to say once again that Cuba has suffered more than any other country from the effects of these criminal activities which were invented, organized and promoted by the imperialist Government of the United States and its lackeys on this continent in an attempt to place our revolution in jeopardy.”

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5. “23. In the circumstances, therefore, it is impossible to expect that the Second Development Decade will achieve more than the first unless there is a radical change in international trade relations and in the generally prevailing ideas about foreign financing and its conditions. 24. Furthermore, Cuba has said that the projected growth rate corresponds not even remotely to the plight of the developing countries. An annual per capita growth rate of between 3.5 per cent and 4.5 per cent in those countries means that the average annual income of the inhabitants of the countries of the third world would be approximately equivalent to 10 per cent of the average income of people in the developed capitalist countries and 5 per cent of the per capita income of the citizens of the United States.”

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6. “We shall be considering that item in detail when it is taken up in the appropriate Committee, but we should now like to state a few important considerations which on more than one occasion have already been put forward by representatives of Cuba. The general picture outlined in various United Nations documents suggests that the effects of underdevelopment have been only slightly lessened. It is necessary to emphasize that development demands as its primary requisite profound structural changes in countries which wish to develop. That in turn inevitably requires revolutionary changes in the structure of power and social relations before injustice and inequality can be eliminated. Without such changes it would be illusory to imagine that the people can be mobilized or that the masses can make the sacrifices needed to develop the country.”

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7. “Cuba will once again request that the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China be restored in this Organization and that the usurper Chiang Kaishek clique be expelled. 21. The work of our Organization would be more effective if more States which could make an important contribution to international relations could participate. That is true of the German Democratic Republic. Discrimination against that independent State is unjust and harmful to the international community for it deprives it of the cooperation of a peaceful country which has achieved a high degree of economic development. 22. As we begin the Second United Nations Development Decade the problem of promoting economic and social progress in the countries of the third world has become more pressing.”

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8. “American military occupation since 1898, and pressure which has been brought to bear by all the resources of its empire to absorb it in the metropolitan country, has not been able to undermine the desire for independence of that sister people. Cuba would call on those who are opposed to colonialism to express their solidarity with the heroic struggle of the Puerto Rican people for national independence. 20. Now when many delegations are concerned with strengthening the effectiveness of the Organization the question of its universality acquires fresh importance. However, there still remains a problem which has been hampering our activities for more than 20 years the representation of China. Our position is very well known and I need now only confirm it.”

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9. “The right to self-determination is a universal one; it is an inalienable prerogative the exercise of which must be guaranteed for all peoples in all regions of the world. Therefore, my delegation once again would denounce the inertia of this Organization regarding the case of Puerto Rico. Five years ago my country called for consideration of the subject in the Special Committee on decolonization. But the Special Committee has not yet been able to consider it due to the stubborn opposition of the United States the administering Power. Puerto Rico is, has been, and will always be a Latin American nation.”

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10. “Young African nations, working hard to bring about progress, justice and independence, must cope with the growing threats of the forces of colonialism and racism which, disregarding all the resolutions adopted by this Assembly and the Security Council, wish to keep Africa in slavery and serfdom. The Lusaka Conference once again demonstrated that there is unity among all nonaligned countries defending the rights of the African peoples. It called on this Organization to adopt effective measures to put an end to colonialism and racial oppression and it condemned the military support which South Africa has been receiving from Western Powers. My delegation will cooperate with whatever efforts are made here to support the just fight of the peoples of Angola, Mozambique, Guinea (Bissau), Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. 19.”

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11. “The conflict created by imperialist aggression in the Middle East continues unresolved. Cuba reaffirms its support of the Arab peoples and once again calls for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from all occupied territories in the United Arab Republic, Syria and Jordan. Once again we express our solidarity with the Palestinian people in their heroic struggle to exercise their legitimate rights. 17. We express once again our feelings of grief over the death of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, the great leader of the Egyptian people and hero of the Arab nation. His passing is a particularly severe blow for it has occurred at a time when the imperialists are threatening fresh aggression against the Arab people while Nixon is engaged in sabre-rattling around the Mediterranean. 18.”

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12. “This problem has been considered by the General Assembly for many years. It is high time that it was resolved in the only way consistent with the principles of the Charter. The immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops from South Korea must be called for and the so-called United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea must be dissolved. Once and for all an end must be put to United Nations interference in the internal affairs of the Korean people. The peaceful and independent unification of Korea is a matter for the Korean people alone. Using the United Nations as an instrument in the antiKorean policies of the Government in Washington is a gross violation of the principles of the Charter and seriously impairs the prestige of this Organization. 16.”

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13. “It is indeed scandalous that in this Assembly the lawful seat of the Government of Cambodia has been usurped by spokesmen of a puppet regime created by the Central Intelligence Agency, propped up by foreign bayonets and guilty of the crime of genocide against its own people. This Assembly must heed the call of the people of the third world, expressed at the Lusaka Conference, and must expel the Lon Nol clique and restore the rightful place of the legitimate government which together with its armed branch, the National United Front of Cambodia, has liberated a large part of the territory and represents the right of the people to an independent and peaceful life. 15. In the Far East the tensions provoked by the aggressive policies of American imperialism against the Popular Democratic Republic of Korea continue.”

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14. “Its conduct earned it the admiration of the whole world, particularly of the independent Asian and African nations. At the third conference of nonaligned countries the opinion of the third world on the situation in Cambodia was set forth with utmost clarity. After a lengthy debate in which 40 countries participated, 21 unequivocally stated that the only legitimate representative of Cambodia at the conference was the Royal Government of the National Union presided over by Prince Sihanouk. Only seven delegations defended the spurious representation of Lon Nol and 12 abstained. The figures could not be more eloquent.”

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15. “This move met with failure in the past when imperialism undertook the so called "special war". Starting the whole thing once again today shows that the criminal strategy of the Pentagon has run out of ideas. The present course can lead only to an even greater defeat for imperialism. The Yankee slogan of "Asians against Asians" is one which the people of the region will turn into "Asia against American imperialism and their traitors and mercenaries". The Conference of the peoples of Indo-China made an historic commitment and expressed its unanimous determination to fight until it has completely done away with American intervention. 14. A particular cause for indignation is aggression against Cambodia. The neutral Cambodia of Prince Sihanouk defended its independence and sovereignty in exemplary fashion in difficult circumstances.”

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16. “Obviously such a government will not include the traitors Thieu, Ky and Khiem. This Government would pursue an independent foreign policy, one of friendship and respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia. 13. The present American Administration with low profile demagoguery has promised peace while expanding the war. Imperialist aggression has extended to the kingdom of Cambodia in the plot against Prince Samdec Norodom Sihanouk and there is now greater use of Yankee and Saigon troops against Laos. An imperialist move is now afoot to use Asians against Asians or and this amounts to the same thing to organize the military riffraff of their lackeys to defend the interests of their imperialist masters against the patriotic forces of the people.”

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17. “The Provisional Revolutionary Government of South VietNam submitted to the Paris Conference on 17 September last an important proposal designed to resolve the VietNamese problem and to bring about progress in talks. The Government of the United States must put an end to its so-called policy of Viet Namization of the war and must formally declare that it will withdraw all its troops and all those of its allies before 30 June 1971. It is also proposed that a provisional coalition government be set up consisting of members of the present Provisional Revolutionary Government, members of the Saigon Administration who genuinely want peace, independence and neutrality, and persons of various political and religious persuasions including those who reside abroad for political reasons.”

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18. “The resolution which was adopted on Indo-China is an unequivocal warning to American imperialism that the peoples of the third world are standing by the VietNamese and other people of Indo-China in their heroic struggle against aggression and in support of their full enjoyment of independence and self-determination, and they demand an immediate and unconditional end to American aggression. 11. But this solidarity is not shared solely by those who have experienced the harsh realities of colonialism. In Western metropolitan countries and in particular in the United States itself people have been expressing their determined support for heroic Indo-China. 12.”

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19. “The Conference of NonAligned Countries held last month in Lusaka was a clear indication of the sweeping movement of sympathy and solidarity with the VietNamese people. Participation by the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South VietNam in the person of Foreign Minister Comrade Nguyen Thi Bin is a great stride forward in the movement of nonaligned countries who in this way have demonstrated their unswerving commitment to the struggle of the people of the world against imperialism and colonialism. The ovation given by the participants to Mrs. Bin was the longest and loudest of the entire Conference.”

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20. “Cuba once again expresses complete solidarity with the people of VietNam and the Government of the Democratic Republic of VietNam, which has just commemorated the twenty-fifth anniversary of its heroic and exemplary existence, with the Revolutionary Provisional Government of South VietNam and the popular armed forces for the liberation of South VietNam, which in their just and courageous struggle have shown all oppressed peoples the way to complete emancipation. International solidarity with the cause of the VietNamese people has become ever stronger with the passing of each day. This bears witness to universal repudiation of the innumerable crimes by American imperialism and its overseers in Saigon.”

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21. “American imperialism, after a long and cruel war in which almost all the resources of its criminal arsenal have been used, not only has been unsuccessful in taking away the freedom and independence of the people of VietNam but also has suffered at their hands, one of the greatest military and political defeats in its history. Its infamous cause in VietNam having been irretrievably lost, the only way out now for the United States is immediately, completely and unconditionally to withdraw its troops, equipment and military personnel and its allies and lackeys must do the same. It has no other alternative unless it wishes to continue to accumulate defeats on the battlefield and dishonor and repudiation throughout the world. 10.”

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22. “Cuba has unswervingly maintained that peace is an indivisible and universal value and can be guaranteed only when it is enjoyed by everyone without exception. So it is that the successful efforts to bring about peace in today's world depend both on the fight against imperialist aggression and on militant solidarity with any people facing imperialist aggression, weapons in hand. Stopping the aggressor and cutting off its claws wherever he may be trying to use them is the best way of guaranteeing the security of those who may fall victim tomorrow. 8. The peoples of Indo-China, the Middle East and Africa are therefore in the vanguard of efforts to achieve peace and universal security. 9. The situation in Indo-China seems about to be resolved.”

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23. “However, as a result of factors that have nothing to do with the Charter, and which may be summed up as the failure of certain imperialist Powers, and particularly the United States, to comply with its purposes and principles, the United Nations has been unable fully to carry out its lofty mission of guaranteeing international peace and security. 6. An item that has remained on our agenda since the last session as a result of an initiative of the delegation of the Soviet Union the strengthening of international security has unquestionably helped to bring that preoccupation into focus. Cuba shares the concern expressed by that delegation and by other socialist countries in the draft declaration that has in this connexion been submitted to the First Committee for consideration [A/C.I./L.513]. 7.”

    1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)

24. “Those desires remain valid 25 years later. 4. The fight against imperialist aggression, the fight to do away completely with colonialism and neocolonialism, to ensure that all the peoples of the world may enjoy their sacred right to self-determination and independence, to create conditions in which backward nations can develop economically and socially and overcome the barriers between them and the achievements of science and technology these continue to be the most important tasks before us, and they have prompted most of mankind to join together in a common front. 5.”

    1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)

25. “1. Mr. President, I should first like to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the twenty-fifth session of the General Assembly and to assure you of our complete cooperation in the discharge of your functions. 2. This Assembly meets a quarter of a century after the Charter was signed and the United Nations created. This occasion prompts us to take stock of the results achieved, to assess the effectiveness and utility of the Organization and to analyze the means and action required to help it achieve the aspirations and ideals for which it was created. 3. This Organization was created to promote a new international order based on respect for the equal rights of all States large and small, and on the age-old determination of the peoples of the world to live in peace, to establish international cooperation and to develop.”

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26. “As long as there is no solution in favour of the peoples to the antagonism between them and their exploiters, as long as there is no reciprocity in the solution of international conflicts, and as long as the Powers continue to discuss from positions of force, it will be illusory to expect genuine peace which will be of benefit to all without exception and without discrimination.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

27. “Peace is talked about by the colonialists who forcibly maintain veritable systems of slavery in Africa; by neo-colonialists who work for the monopolies in Asia, Africa and Latin America; by the Powers that maintain military bases in foreign territories; by those that have moved their guns and bombers to Viet-Nam, and by those that have committed aggressions against Cuba and blockaded and provoked it. But the false redeemers will no longer be able to hide behind hypocritical policies or behind prolific principles inscribed in the documents of the international organizations. 61.”

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28. “Reference is made to peace by those who need peace in order to devote their efforts to creative purposes, and also by those who constantly disturb the peace in order to maintain their privileges. We hear about peace from countries which are victims of aggression and from aggressor countries, particularly the latter, since what they seek from the peoples is calm and tranquillity so that these will not rebel against injustice; but they do not seek a harmony based on equality and mutual respect. 60.”

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29. “The failure of reforming experiments and the growing aggressiveness of the imperialist forces is teaching the peoples how to discover their enemies, even when they are disguised in the apparel of saviours. 58. Nor have the peoples any more illusions about the fertility of the international organizations, whose incapacity to solve the vital problems of mankind runs parallel with an exaggerated production of useless documents and of exuberant rhetoric. Political freedom, economic independence and an end to exploitation will not be won either by promises or by debates in deliberative bodies manipulated by the aggressors and by those who benefit from exploitation. 59. At this session of the General Assembly the subject of peace is possibly the one that has been mentioned most from this rostrum. We all speak of peace.”

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30. “The struggle of the Arab peoples, and particularly that of the Palestinian people, against the interference of United States imperialism is a key link in the movement towards the emancipation of the third world and enjoys the sympathy and support of all progressive forces. 56. Another problem which has not yet been resolved after two decades is that of the representation of China in this Organization. As in the past, my delegation requests the restoration of the legitimate rights of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations and the expulsion of those who usurp its seat. 57. The increasingly intense antagonism between the under-developed peoples and imperialism has been a characteristic of the past years of international life.”

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31. “Despite the time that has elapsed, however, the Committee has not succeeded even in beginning to consider the substance of that request, owing to the stubborn opposition of the United States delegation. ‘The Yankee refusal to discuss this matter constitutes the best proof that Puerto Rico is a classical example of colonial oppression and denial of the right of peoples to self-determination. 54. The crisis in the Middle East continues to be a cause of concern to the international community; and this Organization has been incapable of restoring peace and guaranteeing the rights of the Arab States that were attacked in 1967. 55.”

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32. “Cuba reaffirms its complete support for the struggle of the African peoples for full national independence, and declares its militant solidarity with the liberation movements in Guinea (Bissau), Angola and Mozambique and with the oppressed African peoples in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. 53. Another typical case of the anti-colonial farce being staged in the United Nations, another indication that this Organization cannot possibly act as an instrument for the liberation of oppressed peoples, is that of Puerto Rico. Since 1965 the representatives of all the patriotic forces in Puerto Rico and our own delegation have demanded that the Committee should consider the case.”

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33. “The problems of Africa have taken up the attention of the Assembly in recent years. Numerous resolutions have been adopted with the aim of defending the independence and freedom of its peoples. However, the forces of colonialism and racism refuse to abandon the positions they have gained as a result of past exploitation and infamy. Recent events in Rhodesia and Namibia have caused mounting indignation in public opinion, which demands decisive action against the minorities of fascist settlers who in the mid-twentieth century are trying to maintain the most odious practices of slavery. 52.”

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34. “In the second place there is the shameful fact that for almost two decades the United States Government has been using this Organization as a tool for its aggressive and colonialist policies against the Korean people. 50. This is why, for most of the States represented here, it is an urgent task to change the policy which the General Assembly has thus far followed with respect to Korea. There is only one possible alternative: to decide upon the immediate withdrawal of all United States troops and troops of other States that are now trampling upon Korean sovereignty, to dissolve the so-called United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea, and to put an end once and for all to United Nations interference in the internal affairs of the Korean people. 51.”

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35. “Nevertheless, pressures exercised by the United States delegation prevented this Assembly at its twenty-third session from adopting proper resolutions with regard to the so-called Korean problem. They are more necessary this year than ever, in view of the increasing frenzy of the Yankees in their acts of warlike provocation. 49. A just solution of this problem is, moreover, of the utmost importance for all States desirous of preserving their independence and sovereignty. In connexion with this question, two matters arise which affect the cardinal principles of our Organization. In the first place there is the right of the Korean people to self-determination and independence, its inalienable right to resolve, by itself and without any type of external interference whatsoever, all its problems, including the reunification of the country.”

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36. “United States troops continue to occupy the southern part of Korea and to keep its population in colonial subjection under the usurped banner of the United Nations. 47. During the last year the patriotic movement in South Korea against Yankee domination has gained strength. Hundreds of workers, farmers, students, teachers and intellectuals have fallen victim to the repressive fury of the puppet regime for the sole crime of endeavouring to unify their country. The Washington Government is constantly increasing its war potential and supplying every type of military equipment to the Seoul clique as part of its preparations for a new war of aggression. 48.”

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37. “Ho Chi Minh died before he could see his country reunited and free of foreign soldiers; but he will be reborn very shortly in the glorious victory of his people and will live eternally in every battle, sacrifice and victory of the peoples of the third world in their fight for independence, and will remain for ever in the memory of all oppressed peoples as a symbol of purity, abnegation and nobility. 46. In another part of the world, the Far East, the warlike activities of imperialism continue also. In recent months this has been expressed particularly through the increase in the number of acts of armed provocation and hostility against the territory of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.”

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38. “We consider it a duty to pay from this rostrum a heartfelt tribute to President Ho Chi Minh, the great leader of the nation of Viet-Nam in its long fight for independence. For half a century Ho Chi Minh has fought for the freedom of his country. He led it to the victory over the Japanese occupation which culminated in the establishment, 24 years ago, of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam: and later he fought against the French colonial occupation. He also led his country during its heroic resistance to United States aggression, which is now close to total rout.”

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39. “The immediate withdrawal of the aggressive troops and a guarantee of the independence and freedom of Viet-Nam are a vital interest for all States which, like that heroic people of South-East Asia, wish to be masters of their destinies. 44. No one doubts that the people of Viet-Nam will continue their struggle until complete victory is achieved and that every day they will be able to count on greater and more militant solidarity among all the peoples of the world. Our own people, through the Revolutionary Government, wishes to renew its complete solidarity with them in the battle they are waging against the aggressors and to reiterate its complete identification with the just stand taken by the Government of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Viet-Nam. 45.”

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40. “These diplomatic ploys are obviously in line with the purpose of denying the people of Viet-Nam its independence and freedom. That is why the peace talks in Paris cannot make progress, as the representatives of the people of Viet-Nam have stated. 43. The global 10-point solution presented by the National Liberation Front and later adopted by the Provisional Revolutionary Government is the only political way out guaranteeing the fundamental national rights of the people of South Viet-Nam. The people of Viet-Nam has an undeniable right to self-determination and to live in independence. Yankee imperialism has no right to intervene in problems that fall exclusively within the competence of that people.”

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41. “In his appeal of 20 July 1969 President Ho Chi Minh stated that: “The people of Viet-Nam demands the withdrawal of all United States troops: not the withdrawal of 25,000, 250,000 or 500,000 men, but total and unconditional withdrawal. As long as United States troops and the puppet administration remain in South Viet-Nam, genuinely free and democratic general elections will be absolutely impossible.” 42. That is the only honourable attitude, the only one supported by all peoples. The Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Viet-Nam has denounced the attempts of the United States at the Paris talks to distort the truth by every means and to conceal its aggressive actions and the treachery of the puppet administration in Saigon.”

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42. “Despite the denunciations of the two Governments of Viet-Nam, the United States has also persisted in its demand that the people which is the victim of aggression should lay down its arms and submit to the treacherous puppet administration, opposing the establishment of a provisional coalition government. 41. Clearly, to set conditions for the withdrawal of the Yankee troops is to demand a reward for aggression. The 35,000 men which the United States has allegedly withdrawn are insignificant in comparison with the more than half a million United States soldiers in South Viet-Nam; and to demand that the puppet administration of Saigon should be the one to organize fraudulent elections in the presence of United States troops is unacceptable from every point of view.”

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43. “Both the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Viet-Nam and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam have clearly stated that what the Washington Government is trying to do is to prolong the United States military occupation and cling firmly to the corrupt puppet administration in Saigon, in an attempt to continue its domination of South Viet-Nam and perpetuate the division of the country. 40. The imperialist manoeuvres cannot conceal their criminal basis. References to a “mutual withdrawal of troops” are an attempt to place the aggressor and the victim on a footing of equality and deny the right of the people of Viet-Nam to defend its country and its dignity.”

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44. “Assailed by the solidarity of the whole world with the people of Viet-Nam, a solidarity which has even been expressed in the United States itself, the Washington Government has found itself compelled to declare the suspension of the criminal bombardment of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam, though in actual fact it continues to violate that country’s sovereignty, since the United States Air Force still attacks many areas between the seventeenth and the nineteenth parallels, as the Government of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam has just charged. At the same time, imperialism has manoeuvred under cover of a feigned peaceful intent while all the time its aggression continues. 39. The partial withdrawal of troops described by the Head of the United States Government in this General Assembly as a peace initiative is a complete farce.”

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45. “The establishment of the Provisional Revolutionary Government, recognized by a large number of States and by all the peoples of the world as the sole authentic representative of the people of South Viet-Nam, is a far-reaching step towards the complete liberation of the country and reflects full support and patriotic union of all social levels and sectors for resistance against the aggressors. 38.”

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46. “The Peruvian oligarchy and the imperialist press have already begun to vilify the Peruvian Government, to raise obstacles and to exert pressure, It is natural that this should happen; and, as the Government of Peru moves forward on a patriotic and revolutionary road, the net will tighten round it and the lackey Governments of the continent will begin to echo the imperialist policy. 37. The bankruptcy of United States policy, which in the Western hemisphere already presents the imperialists with these alarming symptoms, has become even deeper in South-East Asia. During this year the armed forces of the National Liberation Front of South Viet-Nam have achieved some important military victories which demonstrate the spirit of constant offensive of that heroic people.”

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47. “In the long run it had been useful in that our new society’s achievements are set off against its gloomy background in an ever brighter light, and the eyes of the peoples are thus opened to their real road towards the destiny to which they aspire. 36. Within the context of backwardness, poverty and exploitation of Latin America into which the Alliance for Progress has been inserted, important events are taking place in our sister country Peru, where the new Government has adopted some measures which we welcome, in that they are aimed at developing the economy and raising the country from its prostration. Logically, the first measure adopted was against an imperialist company, an oil company with a long history of exploitation. Next came a radical law on agrarian reform.”

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48. “Political instability and social insecurity are inseparable parts of the Latin American drama. At best the economy of Latin America remains static with a growing demographic burden; and in most countries it is deteriorating. Rates of illiteracy are still high; and poverty, disease and unemployment are certainly not hallucinations in the minds of those peoples, but rather heart-breaking tragedies. 35. The magical formula of the Alliance for Progress, heralded as the panacea for all the ills of Latin America, has become a resounding failure. It was claimed to be the imperialistic counterpart of the Cuban revolution, so that the governing classes of Latin America, in the imperialist service, could retain their power without the threat of radical changes.”

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49. “The present sugar crop, which for the first time in history will reach 10 million tons, will demonstrate the organizational progress, the technical advance, and the masses’ ability to achieve great feats even in the most adverse circumstances. The impetus given to agriculture will begin from 1970 to be reflected in continuous growth in the production of food-stuffs for domestic consumption and in the expansion of our export capacity. The imperialist blockade will go down in history as a futile example of arrogance and impotence. 34. What results can the puppet Governments of imperialism in Latin America present to their peoples and to the world? In the last 10 years the social, economic and political crisis of that continent has become more acute.”

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50. “The difficulties have tempered the character of the Cuban people and have strengthened its will to resist and to overcome, aware that on its labours will depend the future of its country and that its efforts will be decisive in winning a better tomorrow. 33. On this the threshold of the Second Development Decade, Cuba has resolved basic social problems in education, public health and human relations for once and for all, It has rapidly developed its merchant marine and fishing fleet; laid the bases of its technological and industrial development; recovered all its wealth for its people and eliminated unemployment; it will shortly harvest the fruits of these years of work.”

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