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first: 1974-09-24
most recent: 1989-09-24
sittings or episodes: 13
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“Gromyko outlined last week before the Assembly not only confirm the Soviet Union's readiness for serious negotiations, but also contain an urgent call for the holding of such negotiations. Those proposals are fully supported by the German Democratic Republic. We are similarly convinced of the necessity and usefulness of political dialogue, particularly in times of tension and danger. 116. Political dialogue can create confidence and in that way produce results to the extent that the parties mutually respect each other's legitimate security interests. Mere declarations of willingness to negotiate cannot calm the international situation. The desire for peace and willingness to disarm can be measured by concrete deeds. What is essential in this context is the will to take practical steps for the prevention of nuclear war. 117.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Consequently, it is a programme of material and political guarantees of peace. 114. The prevention of a nuclear inferno remains the key issue. The key itself is the renunciation of attempts to achieve military superiority, and this presupposes an immediate end to the deployment of new United States missiles on European soil and the dismantling of the systems already installed. That would make the countermeasures taken by the socialist countries superfluous; the way would be opened for the resumption of negotiations on ridding Europe of intermediate-range nuclear forces as well as operational tactical nuclear weapons. 115. The recent Soviet proposals which Mr. Andrei A.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“With the Political Declaration of the States Parties to the Warsaw Treaty, adopted at Prague on 5 January 1983, the joint statement of leading representatives of those States, issued in Moscow on 28 June 1983," and the Declaration of the member States of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, issued in June of this year, the socialist countries have presented a comprehensive programme for the restoration of a healthier international atmosphere. That programme respects equality and equal security, as well as the legitimate security interests of all parties, and is therefore a realistic basis for concerted action. It combines political steps, which are suited to create the necessary climate of confidence, with proposals for arms limitation and disarmament, which would restrict the material potential for military confrontation.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“That is why any attack against the accords of the anti-Hitler coalition or the post-war order in Europe, that is, at the status quo, must be met with resolve, since any such attack is an attempt to revise the existing balance of forces, which has been the guarantor of peace. 111. We want the provisions of the Helsinki Final Act to be strictly observed; their signature by the authorized representatives of the States participating in the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe about 10 years ago was a reaffirmation of the existing post-war order in Europe. 112. With the same firmness, the German Democratic Republic speaks out against the cancellation of provisions which, in conformity with Allied post-war agreements, imposed arms restrictions on some countries. 113.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Anyone of sincere heart and goodwill who seeks feasible means to secure peace will always find the German Democratic Republic a reliable, constructive partner, whatever the ideological or political camp to which he or she owes allegiance." Should not all of those who are vested with responsibility let themselves be guided by such a principle? 109. The history of two world wars tells us that we must fight the threat of war before the weapons speak. War must be checked before it breaks out. 110. Arms build-up, territorial claims and chauvinism have always gone hand in hand when wars of aggression were being prepared. That is why we come out strongly against all revanchist and neo-Fascist tendencies wherever they appear, wherever they are tolerated or even encouraged.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“The dangerous evolution of the international situation can and must be checked. What is essential is the joint and determined action of all those interested in peace. As regards the position of the German Democratic Republic in this matter, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and Chairman of the Council of State of the German Democratic Republic, Erich Honecker, stated when he recently met with representatives of the peace movement: "In order to avoid a nuclear catastrophe we will join forces with all who are aware that there is no reasonable alternative to peaceful coexistence between States having different social systems.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“When all States act in conformity with those principles, force and aggression can be removed from international affairs and conflicts between States resolved peacefully. 107. As a representative of the German Democratic Republic, which on 7 October will celebrate the thirty-fifth anniversary of its foundation and which, like the United Nations, emerged as a result of the victory of the anti-Hitler coalition in the Second World War, I reaffirm on this occasion its commitment to the noble purposes of the United Nations. As it has done so far, the German Democratic Republic will employ and facilitate all possibilities to pursue international dialogue at this assembly of States and to contribute to effective steps in the effort to achieve a secure peace, arms limitation and disarmament. 108.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“The accumulation of ever more destructive types of weapons can and must be halted, and international developments must return to a state of tranquillity and predictability. 104. Firm action to achieve this aim is expected from the United Nations, which undertook in its Charter to do everything "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war". 105. We share the view expressed by the Secretary- General that all States are obligated to co-operate when peace is in jeopardy. We also subscribe to his perception that the Charter of the United Nations is irreplaceable. Its principles are as valid as ever; they are and will remain mandatory norms of international life. 106.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“The deployment of first-strike nuclear weapons poisons the atmosphere for negotiations on the basic issues of international affairs, disarmament and arms limitation. The danger of war has increased, and it is accompanied by immeasurable political damage, because confidence cannot possibly grow in the shadow of nuclear missiles that are aimed at the Soviet Union and the other socialist States. A heavy strain is thus put on peaceful international co-operation, which was, in particular in the 1970s, so hopefully advanced and of real benefit to East and West. 103. On the eve of the fortieth anniversary of victory in the anti-Fascist struggle for liberation, the peoples are hoping, first and foremost, that a nuclear catastrophe can be averted and peace in the world again be placed on a more secure foundation.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“It was bound to be clear to everyone that the socialist States could not tolerate that. For then part, they had to take adequate countermeasures in order to preserve the foundation on which peace rests in the nuclear age. 101. It is primarily due to this strategic military equilibrium that Europe can now, for the first time in this century, look back to almost 40 years of peace. The history of the United Nations and preceding events show that attempts at military superiority, world-wide domination and diktat are bound to result in war. Anybody who negates this experience assumes a heavy responsibility and proves to be opposed to detente and peaceful coexistence. 102. The repeated warnings of the socialist States have unfortunately proved to be justified.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“The peoples have not forgotten that this fateful decision was taken in Washington at the same time when, here in New York, the General Assembly, in the Final Document of its Tenth Special Session, which was devoted to disarmament, expressed hopes for peace and a cessation of the arms race. From this rostrum, the socialist States—and definitely not they alone—cautioned against the ominous consequences of the arms build-up. They left no doubt that the stationing of United States intermediate-range missiles on Western European soil would inevitably change the situation in the world and entail a new round of the arms race, for that move was, in fact, the initial step towards a destruction of the approximate military balance existing between the Soviet Union and the United States, between the Warsaw Treaty Organization and NATO.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“As recent developments show, the arms build-up is intended to extend even into outer space. Terms like "star wars" can give us only a vague idea of the threats to which mankind and the planet earth are exposed. 99. This situation has come about neither suddenly nor unnoticed. It is the dire result of imperialist politics seeking military superiority and domination regardless of the cost. Nuclear war and nuclear blackmail are part and parcel of those politics. 100. There was a straight line from the arms build-up decision taken by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] in 1978 to the deployment of new nuclear first-strike weapons in Western Europe.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you warmly on your election to your responsible office. I am pleased to greet you as the representative of an African country with which the German Democratic Republic maintains friendly relations. 95. I wish you, Mr. President, and the Secretary- General success in your activities. 96. The President of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly, Mr. Illueca, deserves our gratitude for his work. 97. The German Democratic Republic congratulates Brunei Darussalam on its admission to membership of the United Nations. 98. I must note with concern that a change for a healthier state of world affairs is not in sight. On the contrary, the danger of nuclear holocaust is greater than ever before. The arms race is assuming dimensions which exceed all previously known extremes.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“For the future of mankind it is essential for the peoples to cope with the many challenges now facing them. These include the mastery of the scientific and technological revolution, the elimination of want and misery, the eradication of hunger and disease, the protection and sensible management of the environment, multiplication of the world's riches for the peoples' benefit and the realization of the right to work and to a life worthy of a human being. All these problems can be solved. Mankind has the experience, the knowledge, and the strength to do so. What it needs is peace.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Moreover, such a step would create the atmosphere needed for the earliest possible convocation of global negotiations on key economic problems, in accordance with the relevant decisions which the General Assembly has adopted by consents., 146. Equal rights, respect for sovereignty, non-discrimination, mutual benefit and non-interference in internal affairs are the principles that guide the German Democratic Republic, in accordance with the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, in its relations with the developing countries. Last year my country provided extensive assistance to developing countries and national liberation movements. Indeed, it has continuously carried on its support and even increased it despite the fact that the world economic situation has become much more complicated. 147.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“A mere tenth of the amount currently going into armament world-wide would suffice to eradicate illiteracy and wage a successful war against illness, hunger and food shortages. The situation could be remedied by the sum representing the 10 per cent reduction in the annual arms budgets of the permanent members of the Security Council recommended by the Soviet Union. 145. At the current session measures should be agreed upon against the imposition of trade restrictions, blockades and other internationally illegal sanctions. This could help to re-establish confidence in international economic relations and to normalize international trade.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The current international economic and financial crisis is essentially due to the policy of an all-out arms drive. How can a State be proud of having spent some $222 billion on its armament in 1982? How can a State propose to spend over $367 billion on arms programmes in 1986 when, at the same time, tens of millions are jobless in the capitalist industrial States and when according to an FAO report 120 million people in the world are threatened with death from starvation? According to UNICEF data, every day more than 40,000 children die of hunger and disease. Is it not preposterous that, as the Secretary-General noted, at present as much money is spent on military purposes in 18 days as is spent in a whole year on all government assistance to developing countries? 144.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“This goes both for the current endeavours to find a political solution concerning the situation around Afghanistan and for the constructive decisions taken at the Summit Conference of the States of Indochina last February. 142. The German Democratic Republic supports the foreign policy activities of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea designed to preserve peace on the Korean peninsula and the struggle to ensure the withdrawal of the United States troops from South Korea and for the peaceful, democratic unification of Korea without outside interference. 143. We note with great concern that more and more financial and material resources are being channelled into war preparations and are thus withheld from economic and social development.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The German Democratic Republic supports the proposal, reaffirmed by the recent International Conference on the Question of Palestine, that the Middle East question be settled within the framework of an international conference with the participation of all interested sides, including the PLO. It demands Israel's immediate withdrawal from all Arab territories occupied since 1967. The German Democratic Republic strongly condemns the imperialist policy of force against Lebanon as well as the preparations for aggression against Syria, accompanied by a campaign against the PLO and other patriotic Arab forces. 141. We follow with sympathy the efforts being made by the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and the People's Republic of Kampuchea to ensure their sovereignty and security.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“It is imperatively necessary to implement the decisions adopted at the Paris Conference on Namibia and to enhance the responsibility of the United Nations for the settlement of the question of Namibia on the basis of Security Council resolution 435 (1978). 139. It is urgently necessary to settle the Middle East conflict, the most lengthy and dangerous conflict of all. This requires that the Palestinian people be enabled to exercise its inalienable rights, moulding its right to establish an independent State of its own. The decisions of the Security Council and the General Assembly point the way. 140.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The German Democratic Republic reaffirms its solidarity with the peoples of that region. It supports such approaches to a political settlement of the crisis in the area as are embodied, for example, in the activities and initiatives of the States of the Contadora Group. 137. As for the conflict in the South Atlantic, the German Democratic Republic understands the growing concern of the Latin American States and peoples and advocates a settlement on the basis of the Charter of the United Nations and the Political Declaration of the Seventh Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held at New Delhi 138. The German Democratic Republic emphatically demands that the Namibian people, led by the South West Africa People's Organization, be granted independence without further delay.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In Europe, almost 40 years after the defeat of Hitlerite fascism, those agreements of the anti-Hitler coalition, which have guaranteed the peaceful development of this continent and are also a basic element of the Helsinki Final Act,' were recently negated once again at Vienna in a statement by a Washington politician. 135. I want to put it as clearly as possible: it is not by accident that such attacks on the European post-war order are made by those forces which seek to begin the deployment of their missiles on European soil in the near future. 136. In Central America a crusade has been launched against social progress. Nicaragua has to defend itself against massive attacks on her sovereignty and independence; the people of El Salvador has to resort to the use of arms to fight for its rights.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We think it will be necessary in the future also that agreements such as the system of European East-West treaties and the Quadripartite Agreement on Berlin, which have proved useful and beneficial and have generated confidence in international relations, be carefully guarded. 132. Any careless handling, let alone any non-observance, of these obligations, any insistence on unrealistic conceptions, would not only affect bilateral relations but also aggravate international tensions and, in the end, even erode peace on our continent. 133. The States Members of the United Nations note with concern how, in the wake of the arms build-up policy, international conflicts are expanding, sparing no region of our globe. 134.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“With its policy of seeking dialogue and promoting co-operation, the German Democratic Republic has played no small part in preventing the spirit of cold war from entirely arresting the momentum of detente. By engaging in normal, mutually beneficial co-operation at the bilateral level in the political, economic and cultural fields, the German Democratic Republic endeavours to help reduce international tensions. 131. Conscious of its particular responsibility for international peace and security that arises from both its history and its geopolitical situation, the German Democratic Republic conducts relations with the Federal Republic of Germany on the basis of the generally recognized norms of international law and the mutual obligations agreed with that country.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We should like to stress the significance of the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, which has proved to be a reliable basis for maintaining the demilitarized and denuclearised status of the South Pole region. 129. A few weeks ago the Madrid follow-up meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe came to an end. Its results open up prospects of a fresh impetus for detente and peaceful coexistence. This can happen, however, only if all the areas of the Conference's process equally guide States in their dealings with one another. The experience of Helsinki, Belgrade and Madrid tells us that results can be achieved only in a spirit of harmony. This also remains the prerequisite for implementing the Madrid agreements. 130.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The German Democratic Republic at once endorsed the Swedish proposal for the establishment of a zone free of battlefield nuclear weapons on both sides of the dividing line between the Warsaw Treaty and NATO areas and has offered to make its entire territory available for inclusion in such a zone, provided that this zone is constituted in accordance with the principle of equality and equal security. Although that offer has met with a negative response from the Western countries so far, the proposal remains topical. 127. We also welcome all efforts aimed at establishing the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace. If peace and security in that region are to be strengthened, the conference intended to be held for this purpose must not be postponed still further. 128.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“It also supports an agreement on the prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons, an end to the qualitative arms race and, in particular, a ban on the production of neutron weapons. 124. Together with its allies, the German Democratic Republic advocates a ban on stationing weapons of any kind in outer space and on the use of force in outer space and from outer space against the earth. The German Democratic Republic supports the pertinent proposal submitted by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 125. The work undertaken with a view to concluding a world treaty on the non-use of force in international relations and to preparing an international convention on the prohibition and destruction of chemical weapons should be pursued at a quicker pace. 126. The creation of nuclear-weapon-free zones is a matter of great importance.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“That is what we understand by negotiating "in good faith", also in the difficult area of arms limitation and disarmament. 123. The German Democratic Republic is for pledges by all nuclear-weapon States to forgo the first use of nuclear weapons. The Soviet Union's unilateral undertaking to that effect must now be matched by moves of the other nuclear-weapon Powers. The German Democratic Republic advocates an immediate freeze on all nuclear-weapon stockpiles and the non-deployment of new nuclear weapons either in Europe or elsewhere. It favours a moratorium on all nuclear-weapon tests, binding on all countries or—if that cannot be achieved at once—only on the Soviet Union and the United States.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“It is an active supporter of the world Organization's efforts to settle international conflicts peacefully and in the peoples' interests and to develop international economic relations that are beneficial to all States. 122. At its thirty-eighth session, the General Assembly has the important task of contributing towards saving humanity from the danger of nuclear war, towards the speediest possible cessation of the arms race and towards the transition to disarmament. This presupposes that all have the political will and are prepared to scale down political and military confrontation, that no attempts are made to obtain security for oneself at the expense of the legitimate security interests of others, that there is an awareness of what is realistically feasible and that mutual agreements are strictly observed.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Like the United Nations, the German Democratic Republic emerged from the anti-fascist liberation struggle of the peoples. That moulded and continues to mould its consistent and reliable policy at home and abroad. Hence, it has been submitting proposals to ban neo-fascist developments and to outlaw fascist regimes in the world. Thus, the German Democratic Republic has stood and stands for the elimination of the danger of nuclear war, in particular of the non-first-use of nuclear weapons, and for the prohibition of the nuclear neutron weapon and of chemical weapons. 121. The German Democratic Republic has always stood at the side of the peoples struggling for independence and self-determination and against aggression, oppression, racism and apartheid.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“What is really diabolical is the laying of the blame for the aggravation of the international situation on the Soviet Union and the intention to furnish "fresh proof" that it embodies the "focus of evil" in the world. Acting in that way gambles recklessly with the destiny of mankind. 119. The State that I represent here lives up to its people's profound commitment to make every effort to ensure that never again will a war emanate from German soil. Guided by this bequest of the 50 million dead of the last world war and of the fighters against Nazi barbarism, the Communist parties on German soil have urged all European working class parties, trade unions and youth organizations—indeed all people on the continent desiring a peaceful life—to engage in joint action to safeguard peace. 120.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Whatever the purpose of the aircraft provocation in the Far East, it is a fact that it was with reference to and reportedly "under the impression" of this event that the United States Senate approved the requested record military budget. There has even been a demand by Senators to break off the disarmament negotiations with the Soviet Union. People ask themselves with concern: how can it be that disarmament, in which all peoples are interested for the sake of their survival, should be made an element of a policy of sanctions and blackmail? The pattern and the circumstances of that provocation are certainly not new. World public opinion remembers only too well the pretexts fabricated to launch the First World War and the Second World War, as well as numerous conflicts in the post-war era. 118.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We highly value the responsible efforts of India, and notably those of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to ensure the continuation and encouragement of political dialogue, also and especially in the face of the present- day tense international situation. 116. It is encouraging as well that more and more people, regardless of political and ideological differences, are insisting on their right to peace as the elementary human right. We are confident that the forces of peace and reason will prevail over the forces of war, and those who are playing with fire and resorting to dangerous provocations against the Soviet Union and other socialist States, thereby seeking to plunge the world into another serious crisis, cannot change this certainty. 117.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In this situation, the recent statement by Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, is an urgent appeal to all those who bear political responsibility to let realism, reason and restraint prevail for the sake of humanity's survival. 114. It is the mandate of the United Nations to make every effort to save humankind from the scourge of war. That obligation, formulated in 1945, has never been more relevant than today. Meeting it requires vigorous action now. 115. The results of the Seventh Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries are evidence of the will of those countries to devote their energies to the attainment of these fundamental objectives.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Success at the Geneva talks, which are now in their decisive phase, would be important for global peace and security. This requires, however, that both sides contribute their share. Thus far, only the Soviet Union has shown, by its unilateral moves, that it seeks results at Geneva which would strengthen peace. Looking at the other side, one cannot but gain the impression that it needs those negotiations only as an alibi for its resolve to deploy its missiles in Western Europe in any event and as quickly as possible. 113.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“This holds true for all problems, but most specifically for the overriding concern of preventing a nuclear world war. 111. In the Prague Declaration and the Moscow joint statement of the leaders of socialist countries, the Warsaw Treaty States have set out a realistic solution based on the principle of equality and equal security. That principle also underlies the Soviet Union's proposals to negotiate with the United States at Geneva an agreed parity of nuclear potentials in Europe, with regard both to delivery vehicles and to warheads. Provided that the United States forgoes the deployment of new missiles in Europe, the Soviet Union would be ready to reduce the number of its missiles stationed in the European part of its territory to the level of the British and French missiles and to scrap its missiles covered by the reduction. 112.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“These are elements of a strategy aimed at military superiority, as a result of which the world is already cursed with multiple overkill capacity. Let me be quite clear: super armament and confrontation, poisoning the international climate and fomenting regional conflicts in all parts of the world constitute a blueprint for direct and all-out preparation for war, a war which in our time would be a nuclear one from the very outset and would engulf the entire world. 110. The socialist States do not want to join in that course and they certainly will not do so. They are making every effort to make reason and good will prevail again in relations among nations. They are and remain prepared to seek a peaceful synthesis of the legitimate interests of all sides through patient negotiations.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In this effort our people shares what are no doubt the hopes and aspirations of all peoples no matter in which geographical region they live. 108. The planned stationing of new United States medium-range nuclear weapons in Western Europe runs directly counter to the common desire for lasting security. Most of those weapons are to be deployed in our immediate neighbourhood, on territory where a host of nuclear weapons is already deployed, more densely than anywhere else in the world. Those new American missiles will not afford more security; on the contrary, they will add considerably to the danger of nuclear war. Obviously their only purpose is to provide those who possess them with a first-strike capability enabling them to "decapitate" the Soviet Union in a surprise attack. 109.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Those who stage-managed that unprecedented act are overtly aiming to generate anti-Soviet hysteria and hence to disrupt the political dialogue which has been maintained with so much difficulty and which is so vital, particularly at the present time. That is a course of abandoning reason and good will and of turning towards political and military provocation and aggression. 107. The people of the German Democratic Republic lives at the dividing line between the world's two largest military alliances, those of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Treaty. It knows from its own painful historical experience what war means and is therefore committed to making maximum efforts to prevent the outbreak of another war.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Today, as the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and Chairman of the Council of State of the German Democratic Republic, Erich Honecker, put it, "the world situation is such that the danger of nuclear war overshadows the life of all nations, threatening an inferno which would amount to self-annihilation of the human race". 106. The course of confrontation results in a systematic poisoning of the international climate. How unscrupulously the Soviet Union has recently been provoked yet again is shown by the refusal of the United States authorities to make proper arrangements for the safe participation of the head of the Soviet delegation, Andrei Gromyko, in the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“102. Mr. President, first I should like to offer you cordial congratulations on your election to your responsible office and to wish you and the Secretary-General success in your work. 103. Our sincere thanks go to the President of the thirty-seventh session, Mr. Imre Hollai, for the work he accomplished. 104. The German Democratic Republic congratulates Saint Christopher and Nevis on its admission to the United Nations. 105. The period since the start of the last session of the General Assembly has seen a dangerous exacerbation of the international situation.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“To opt for the policy of peaceful coexistence is to make a choice for life, for progress and for a peaceful future for man. This policy corresponds to the interests of the people of the German Democratic Republic and they will not deviate from that course. The German Democratic Republic will unswervingly continue the building of a socialist society and make every effort within the framework of the community of socialist States to advance the cause of peace, detente and international co-operation.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“But warmongering and hatred against other peoples or races have already reappeared and are once more poisoning the international atmosphere. In fact, as a result of the politics of threats and resort to force, they find ever new breeding ground. If, as the Charter requires, such Fascist and neo-Fascist activities imperiling world peace are to be brought to an end, as they must be in the interest of peace, effective action by both the Organization and its Member States individually is imperative. 78. So it is evident that the present international situation must worry the peoples. The danger of a thermonuclear war which is facing mankind lends ever greater urgency to the task of implementing the Soviet proposal to call a special series of meetings of the Security Council at the highest level. 79. All States will have to make a choice.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The German Democratic Republic reiterates once again from this rostrum that it feels strongly about the need to solve the question of Cyprus in accordance with the Charter and the pertinent United Nations resolutions aimed at maintaining the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-alignment of Cyprus. Indispensable prerequisites for such a settle¬ment are the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Cyprus and the cessation of all kinds of interference in the island country's internal affairs. A representa¬tive conference on Cyprus under United Nations auspices could, no doubt, help pave the way to a life in peace for the people of Cyprus. 77. A world in which peoples can live together in peace needs the fostering and propagation of the great humanist ideas of international understanding.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The German Democratic Republic supports the efforts and constructive proposals by Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico, made with a view to normalizing the atmo¬sphere in Central America and the Caribbean, and believe that they can lead to a more stable peace and enhanced security. 73. As regards the conflict in the South Atlantic, the German Democratic Republic favors a settlement based on the Charter of the United Nations and the resolution adopted at the Ministerial Meeting of the Co-coordinating Bureau of Non-Aligned Countries in Havana in June 1982. 76.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The German Democratic Republic also supports the proposals put forward by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for the solution of the Korean question, including the demand for the withdrawal of the United States troops from South Korea. 74. In the Caribbean and in Central America, on¬slaughts by imperialist forces on the freedom and independence of the peoples of that region are on the increase. In particular, a vote in the United States Senate of 11 August 1982, which is designed to open up possibilities for the use of military force against socialist Cuba, a member of the non-aligned movement, has resulted in a dangerous deterioration of the situa¬tion in the region and endangers world peace.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The convening of a conference on the Indian Ocean must not be delayed any further if peace and security in that region are to be strengthened. 72. In South-East Asia every attempt is being made to call in question the right of the Kampuchean people; to determine their own political status and to choose their own road to development. The methods employed range from direct intervention and economic and political pressure to the setting up of a so-called coali¬tion Government ' outside the country. This contrasts with the constructive proposals which the States of Indo-China have made for strengthening peace and co-operation in South-East Asia and which have our full approval. 73.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“In the interests of humanity and peace, its roots must be tom out completely, so that it will disappear for ever. This calls imperatively for the immediate cessation of any kind of support-political, economic or military- extended to the South African regime by some Western countries and transnational corporations. 70. States in the region of the Indian Ocean have been making great efforts to achieve the establishment of a zone of peace in that region. The German Democratic Republic is committed to a policy of promoting those efforts. 71. On the other hand, the expanding imperialist military presence, the greed for bases and the im¬perialist war against the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan are making ^he situation still worse.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“At the same time, it is necessary-and the majority of States in the Organization will watch carefully- that effective steps be taken against all attempts to despoil the Nairobian people of their independence and their right to self-determination by means of neo-colonialist maneuvers. The German Democratic Republic is committed to a policy of steadfast solidarity with the South West Africa People's Organization and the Namibian people. As regards the People's Republic of Angola, which is the target of persistent acts of aggression by South Africa, my country is maintaining close links with it in accordance with a treaty of friendship and co-operation. 69. Inside South Africa, the regime is intensifying its terrorism against the majority of the population Cannot be reformed.”
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“Its support is for the Palestinian people who, under the leadership of the PLO, are fighting so courageously for self-determination and the establishment of a sovereign State of their own. 67. The latest pertinent proposals of the Soviet Union point out the path towards a lasting solution of the Middle East conflict. They accord with the points considered by the Arab States at the Twelfth Arab Summit Conference in Fez to constitute the elements for a comprehensive settlement of the conflict. 68. The time has long been ripe for compelling South Africa to end its illegal occupation of Namibia and to cease its aggression against Angola. AH relevant decisions of the United Nations, in particular Security Council resolution 435 (1978), must be complied with.”
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