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“Such a meeting can give important impetus to the negotiations in the United Nations. 139. Resolution 34/138 establishing the global negotiations relating to international economic cooperation for development, specified five main subjects: commodities, energy, trade, development, money and finance. In all of these fields we must recognize the common interests of industrialized and developing countries. We shall establish a new international economic order not by destroying the existing one but by developing it further. We must preserve free world trade as the driving force behind growth and development. We must solve the world's energy problems and thus safeguard the basis of economic growth and development. We must ensure a stable world monetary system and safeguard the effectiveness of the competent institutions.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“It was also agreed that the aid extended to the least developed countries must be stepped up considerably. This consensus is a good starting point for the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries to be held in 1981. 138. The special session was not, however, able to complete the preparations for the global negotiations. It is precisely in view of the difficult world economic situation that my Government considers such negotiations important and urgently necessary. At the present session, therefore, a consensus must be attained on the procedure and the agenda for the negotiations so that they can start in January 1981 as planned. The Brandt Commission has presented an important document on North South issues.' We advocate a North South summit meeting, as recommended by the Brandt Commission.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“136. Without development of the third world there can be no lasting and secure peace. Nor is peace in the world possible if the gap between the rich and the poor countries grows larger, if hunger and want in the developing countries spread further. What we need is accelerated economic development in the third world and the recovery of sustained growth in the industrial countries. Cooperation in the development effort is an indispensable part of a world order based on partnership. 137. The eleventh special session of the General Assembly that has just ended and at which I presented my Government's views unfortunately met only some of our expectations. Admittedly, agreement was reached on the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has rendered an outstanding service in this field. 135. We must increase further the humanitarian assistance for refugees and make it more effective. But we must also face up to the political task of counteracting the causes of their flight and expulsion. We must work together to avert new refugee flows. We must elaborate rules governing the conduct of States. We must prevent racially and ideologically undesired minorities from being forcibly expelled by their Governments or compelled to flee as a result of unbearable living conditions. This, too, is part today of a comprehensive and active policy for safeguarding peace. I therefore suggest that this session of the General Assembly include in its agenda a new and urgent item entitled "International cooperation to avert new refugee flows".”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Anyone who has visited a refugee camp is aware of the abject misery suffered by these millions. 133. I refer to the mass exodus from Indochina, Afghanistan and Ethiopia, which has greatly aggravated the refugee problem. In Somalia 30 per cent of the population are refugees, according to government estimates. The development of that country threatens to collapse under this tremendous burden. In the border region between Thailand and Cambodia, refugee problems have led to an acute clanger of war. These examples indicate that the refugee problem has become a threat to peace in many parts of the third world and a threat to the political stability and economic development of the countries receiving the refugees. 134. So far the United Nations has concentrated on the humanitarian task of mitigating the consequences of flight and expulsion.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The conflict must not now be carried even beyond Cambodia's borders. The people of my country are shocked by the terrible fate of the Cambodian people. My Government and the private relief organizations in my country will continue to render humanitarian assistance as best they can. I appeal to all responsible: open up all channels necessary to allow assistance to reach the starving people in all parts of Cambodia. 131. We must tackle the problem of the world's refugees at its roots. It constitutes a growing challenge to our conscience, an increasing disregard for basic human rights and a growing threat to good neighbourly relations between States and to the international order as a whole. 132. Today, all over the world, people are fleeing their home countries and seeking refuge in camps. Their number is estimated at about 15 million.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“It urged that the people of Afghanistan be enabled to determine their own form of government and choose their economic, political and social systems free from outside intervention, subversion, coercion or constraint of any kind whatsoever. This resolution must now finally be implemented. 128. We welcome the endeavours of the Islamic and other third world States to find a political solution to the Afghanistan problem. 129. It is also necessary to find a political solution to the crisis in Cambodia. Here, too, the United Nations has categorically called for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops. Here, too, it has demanded that the people of Cambodia be enabled to choose their own government by the democratic process—without outside intervention, subversion or coercion. 130.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“This shows that negotiated solutions to even the most difficult subjects are possible. 126. In Namibia a solution will only be possible, in our view, if based on the United Nations plan for Namibia. Attempts to achieve an internal settlement would have no chance of bringing peace and freedom to the country; Zimbabwe has confirmed that. Security Council resolution 435 (1978) must now be implemented without delay. 127. At the sixth emergency special session of the General Assembly, held from 10 to 14 January this year, the international community condemned by an overwhelming majority the armed intervention in Afghanistan and called for the immediate, unconditional and total withdrawal of the foreign troops.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany views with grave concern the armed confrontation which has flared up in the past few days between Iraq and Iran. We appeal to those involved not to add yet another conflict to those already existing in the Middle East, but rather to settle matters at the negotiating table. And we appeal to all States to exercise the greatest restraint so as to prevent the conflict from spreading. The United Nations must shoulder its responsibility for peace. 124. In Africa, the year 1980 has brought crucial progress towards eliminating the remnants of colonialism. 125. The people of Zimbabwe have exercised their right to self-determination through free elections under international supervision, and have obtained their independence.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“That applies to settlements in the occupied territories, and it applies especially to Jerusalem, of whose importance for the three major religions we are particularly aware. 121. A necessary step on the road to comprehensive peace is the renunciation of force or the threat of use of force by all the parties concerned. This is the only way to create in the area the climate of confidence that is indispensable to a settlement. 122. Our intention to give a new impetus to the Euro Arab dialogue by adding a political dimension to it, and the continuing willingness of the Europeans to participate in international guarantees, indicate our determination to take our share of the responsibility for peace. 123.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Thorn, who is currently presiding over the European Community, has explained the position of the nine member States on all aspects of the Middle East conflict. Together with our European partners, we shall do everything in our power to bring about a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East. The Palestinian people must be enabled to exercise fully its right to self-determination. That right must be implemented, just as much as the right to existence and security of all States in the region, including Israel. 120. We are convinced that the Middle East problem can only be solved if all the parties concerned forgo exclusive territorial demands. There must be no "all or nothing" attitude. On none of the issues should one side confront the other with a fait accompli.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The more all its members associate themselves with the aim of true non-alignment, the greater will be their contribution to stability in the world. 116. The conflicts in the third world must also be resolved through negotiations. 117. The agenda for this session of the General Assembly includes four major crisis areas: the Middle East, southern Africa, Afghanistan and Cambodia. To these must be added the Iraqi Iranian conflict, a source of great concern. 118. In the Middle East, new obstacles have been piled up on the road to a comprehensive peace settlement. The positions of the parties concerned have hardened and tension has again built up to a dangerous level. 119. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, Mr.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“This is also the essence of the principle of the indivisibility of detente. 113. The signatory States to the Helsinki Final Act expressly declared their intention not only to base their relations with one another on the principles embodied in the Final Act, which include the renunciation of force and respect for equality of rights and for the right of nations to self-determination, but also to conduct their relations with other States in the spirit of those principles. 114. Accordingly, the Federal Republic of Germany and France, in their joint declaration of 5 February 1980, described as unacceptable the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan and stated clearly that detente would not be able to withstand another blow of that kind. 115. The nonaligned movement is becoming an increasingly important force in international politics.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“In response to a suggestion for which we were responsible, the General Assembly last year appointed a working group to study the possibility of confidence-building measures in various regions and throughout the world. 111. One crucial task of our active policy for safeguarding peace is to frustrate all hegemonic aspirations. This must apply worldwide. Hegemonic policies and resultant military intervention destroy the right of nations to self-determination. The East West confrontation must not be transferred to the third world. 112. In an interdependent world, one of the foundations of which is respect for the right to self-determination, interventionism is not a matter which concerns only those who intervene and their victims; it is a challenge to the entire community of nations.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We pursue that objective in Europe and we pursue it worldwide. 108. Success in arms control negotiations is dependent upon openness and sufficient information about military capabilities in the world. For that reason, we should like to see all nations disclose their military expenditures. In that connexion, the United Nations has worked out a matrix designed to make military budgets comparable. The Federal Republic of Germany, other Western States and third world countries have reported on their military expenditures on the basis of that matrix and given an example of its practical application. 109. It is now necessary to encourage all countries to disclose their military expenditures according to that system. 110. Just as in Europe, so also on a global scale confidence-building measures are necessary.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“I am also glad that the President of the United States has stated his intention to seek ratification of the SALT II agreement at the earliest possible date. 106. The second review session of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to be held at Madrid, should decide on the establishment of a European conference on disarmament with the clear mandate to agree on confidence-building measures for the whole of Europe, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Urals. Confidence is indivisible, also, in geographic terms. The achievement of concrete results at the Vienna Talks on Mutual Reduction of Forces, Armaments and Associated Measures in central Europe can also help to stabilize the situation in all of Europe. 107. Verifiable arms limitation and disarmament are among the primary objectives of German foreign policy.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Since it is our serious intention to achieve equilibrium at the lowest possible level of armaments, the Western defence alliance put before the Warsaw Pact countries, in December 1979, a comprehensive package of arms control and disarmament proposals. 104. The Western defence alliance also linked its decision to modernize its nuclear systems to the offer of negotiations on limiting the medium range land based missiles of the two sides. It is now a question of getting those negotiations under way as quickly as possible. 105. I am glad that the United States Secretary of State and the Soviet Minister for Foreign Affairs will be discussing here in New York tomorrow the commencement of the preparatory talks on this subject.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“My country and its allies are striving to achieve equilibrium at the lowest possible level of armaments. 101. The defence efforts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] are determined exclusively by its own security requirements. The Federal Republic of Germany is not seeking superiority, nor are the other European members of the Western defence alliance, the United States of America or Canada. 102. We are disturbed by the superiority in conventional weapons of the Warsaw Pact countries in central Europe, and we are particularly concerned about the rapid build-up of the Soviet Union's new SS20 medium range nuclear missiles, which are not trained solely on Western Europe. That arms build-up goes beyond the Soviet Union's own security needs. That is a fact which nobody can deny. 103.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Considering the importance which the Madrid Conference holds for the future, we hope that all participating States will, by their policies, make it possible to achieve progress. 100. Disarmament is the great task of the 1980s. We must not be discouraged, despite all the disappointments and setbacks. We know that detente and cooperation between East and West can be lasting only if they are founded on military equilibrium. Seeking a position of superiority only serves to create instability and, hence, insecurity. Disarmament cannot, therefore, mean the preservation of superiority, but rather must mean a stronger commitment to disarm on the part of those in a position of superiority. In the field of armament and disarmament, all States must be judged solely by what they actually do.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“At the Second review session of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, soon to be held at Madrid, we shall discuss the implementation of all parts of the Final Act of Helsinki in all its parts, in a sincere and realistic manner, but we shall also talk about what remains to be done. We want to achieve even progress in all fields. The Conference should be neither a tribunal nor a forum for empty rhetoric. 98. In the economic field we advocate an East West conference on energy, and in the field of human relations we urge the solution of humanitarian problems, the fostering of contacts .between people in the East and West and a wider exchange of information. 99.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Ten years ago the Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Soviet Union laid the foundation for the development of fruitful mutual relations. Chancellor Schmidt and I went to Moscow on 30 June and 1 July 1980; that visit was an expression of our will to maintain direct contacts in difficult times and to do everything to keep the way clear for a policy which we regard as long term. We consider the signal given by our visit, after months of stagnation, for the commencement of talks on medium range weapons to be an incentive to continue our efforts. 96. We shall also maintain our efforts to develop cooperation with the Polish People's Republic and the other Eastern European countries. 97. Furthermore, we attach great importance to the multilateral process of detente in Europe.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The Treaty on the Basis of Relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic" has established the conditions for cooperation which take account of the responsibility of Germans for peace and pave the way for improvements in the humanitarian sphere for all Germans. We are guided by the goals of this Treaty in our efforts to develop further, wherever possible, our cooperation with the German Democratic Republic. 93. Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and the Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic, Erich Honecker, have both expressed the view that never again should war originate on German soil. 94. We want to play our part in keeping the situation in and around Berlin stable and peaceful. Berlin is the barometer of detente in Europe. 95.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“My country, firmly embedded in the European Community and the North Atlantic defence alliance, has from the outset been among the chief protagonists of detente in Europe. Acting on the basis of shared convictions of freedom and human dignity, these two communities have long been champions of freedom, stability, security and peace in the world. We firmly abide by the policy of detente and cooperation—aware that we share responsibility for peace and that the Germans who have to live in two separate States would be especially affected by a relapse into the cold war. 91. The basic tenet of our policy continues to be to work for a state of peace in Europe in which the German nation will recover its unity in free self-determination. We know that history is on our side. 92.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“This policy, on a basis of equality, is of vital importance not only for peace between East and West but also for peace and peaceful economic development in the world as a whole. A policy for safeguarding peace is inconceivable without a general determination for detente and cooperation. Such determination cannot do away with the fundamental conflict inherent in contrasting values and political systems. But it can help to prevent avoidable conflicts and to keep unavoidable conflicts under control by means of diplomacy. It can also build bridges to span the gulf and promote cooperation for mutual benefit. Seen in this way, detente and cooperation constitute a realistic and long-term policy for peace. 90.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Has the third world struggled for its independence, only to lose it in the face of new challenges? Is economic advancement in parts of the third world grinding to a halt? Will poverty be with us for ever? 87. In view of these challenges it remains our historic task to establish a world of equal partners based on the right of nations to self-determination and on respect for the inalienable rights of the individual. 88. The fundamental task is to secure—through an active policy for safeguarding peace—the political conditions for mankind's resumption of steady progress. 89. What is required in the first place is to continue undiminished efforts to reduce tensions and foster cooperation between East and West.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“But now, on the threshold of the 1980s, it has become increasingly clear that the path towards this goal is paved with obstacles: the designs of power politics are threatening detente; there is the threat of a new arms race; unresolved conflicts weigh heavily on the third world and the quest for power creates new sources of crisis; and in the mid-1970s the world economy experienced its first grave setback since the war. Oil price explosions are having devastating effects on the industrialized countries and are plunging many oil importing third world countries into a development crisis. 86. Is this the end of the endeavours for a world community of equal States initiated in 1945, with the foundation of the United Nations, and reaffirmed so impressively in 1960?”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“In 1966 the General Assembly adopted the two International Covenants on Human Rights and, by specifically defining those rights, imbued them with a force which, despite all resistance, has begun to leave its impression on the lives of nations all over the globe. 84. And, finally, as the 1960s drew to a close, the climate of cold war between East and West gave way to a newly emerging detente. To many it seemed that the time had already come for the States of the world acting as equal partners to concentrate on the great task of our age: the development of the third world. 85.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“By proclaiming the First United Nations Development Decade, the United Nations launched a great effort to cope with that task as well. 82. At the beginning of the 1960s mankind was resolutely setting out for new horizons, and the rate of progress did indeed increase. The process of decolonization has almost been completed. The number of Members of the United Nations has increased from 100 in 1960 to 154 this year. A number of developing countries became new industrial countries or threshold countries. The per capita income of the third world rose at an annual rate of 3 per cent. And though this average rate may conceal the disparities between individual developing countries, it was an unprecedented growth which only few had thought attainable at the beginning of the 1960s. 83.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“I am also very pleased to be able to welcome Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as a new Member State of the world Organization. 81. This first regular session of the General Assembly in the 1980s is dominated by anxious questions about the future of our world. We commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1514 (XV) which contains the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. But the recollection of that Declaration also calls to mind the contrast between then and now. In 1960, newly independent African States became Members of the United Nations. At the same time, the economic development of the third world emerged as a task for the community of nations as a whole.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Mr. President, first of all I should like to congratulate you most sincerely on your election to the highest office in the United Nations and to commend you on your impressive inaugural address. Your election is for us a token of recognition of six years' constructive work as the Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations. We also feel that it can be seen as a recognition of the active participation of the Federal Republic of Germany in the world Organization. This participation is of great value to our policy, which is directed towards peace. 79. I should like to express our thanks to your predecessor, Ambassador Salim, one of the great representatives of the African continent. 80.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“I hope that this session of the General Assembly will adopt it. 147. The future of the world has its beginning in man's consciousness, a consciousness that is today imbued with belief in the inalienable rights of the individual and the right of nations to self-determination. The will of the individual and the will of nations to assert those rights are the prime movers of our time. It is not possible to halt them, not even by force. In this certainty, the aim must be to work with determination and by peaceful means for the world-wide assertion of human rights and the right of self-determination. 148. All men must be enabled to live in peace, free from fear, free from hunger, and free from want.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Although many misgivings are still expressed about the establishment of a United Nations court of human rights, I am convinced that in the long run it will be generally realized that such a court would be meant solely to safeguard human rights and would not be directed against any country. 145. International terrorism is a challenge to us all. Only by joint action shall we be able to overcome it. 146. Effective measures against the taking of hostages are among the indispensable instruments for the protection of human rights. It was this consideration that prompted me three years ago to propose to the Assembly a convention against the taking of hostages. That proposal met with support from the General Assembly. We are now all gratified that the Ad Hoc Committee appointed to elaborate a convention has completed its draft.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Human rights have still not been realized world-wide—neither the civil and political rights nor the social, economic and cultural rights. 143. In the United Nations we have created procedures and institutions with the help of which we can actively promote the realization of human rights. These procedures are still weak. None the less, combined with the moral pressure of world opinion, they have already induced many countries to bring about improvements. 144. We must strengthen and develop the institutions of the United Nations for the protection of human rights.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Finally, only a strategy that links growth and social justice can prevent development from slipping into social unrest and internal chaos. 141. One acute problem is the alarming increase in the number of executions in the world, many of them with a political background. The death penalty should be limited and ultimately abolished, as it was in my own country over 30 years ago, after the bitter experience of history. The next session of the General Assembly should debate the death penalty as a matter of priority. 142. Thirty years ago the General Assembly proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the common standard of achievement for all nations. That standard, more than any other, indicates how distant our goal remains.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Such a strategy requires in most developing countries the development of an efficient agriculture. A rapidly growing agriculture will in this process, owing to the demand for fertilizer, agricultural machinery and mass-produced consumer goods, become at the same time a driving force of industrialization. 139. Instead of industrial enclaves there must be industrialization that forms an integral part of the economy of each of the developing countries concerned and at the same time helps those countries to improve their export capability on a broad basis. 140. Only the development of agriculture can avert the threatening food crisis in the third-world countries and free them from the need to import food. This is the only way in which the unemployment problem can be kept within tolerable limits.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“All this requires painful adjustment processes, and we are aware of that. 137. Adjustments will also have to be made by the countries of the third world. New development strategies are necessary so that the masses of the poor can be brought into the development process. In the developing countries, too, it is necessary to prevent a division of the economy and society into a modern, prospering sector and a traditionally stagnating sector. It is a question of creating development strategies designed to achieve growth not merely through capital-intensive investment, but also, and to a far greater extent than hitherto, by mobilizing human labour. The task is to give the millions of underemployed and unemployed the ability and the chance to use their energies for productive employment and self-fulfilment. 138.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It must give all States and enterprises access to the raw material deposits on the ocean floor and, at the same time, establish legal security without which the necessary long-term and large- scale investment will not be possible. 136. However essential it may be that the industrial and the developing countries establish on their joint responsibility the global economic conditions for faster development and stable growth, we must all remain aware that this does not in any way diminish the importance of national economic and development policies. The industrial countries must bring inflation under control. They must conserve energy. They must economize on all raw materials and prevent waste. And they must master the structural change ensuing from the world economy and technological progress.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“In order to promote such investment, two conditions will have to be fulfilled: the developing countries must have the assurance that such investment will dovetail organically with their development and that it will not be associated with any attempts to gain political influence. The investors, on the other hand, need legal security. 135. Of major significance is the need to secure a fair balance of interests in the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea which will permit us to exploit the great economic possibilities of the oceans for development and growth. This concerns the utilization of two thirds of the earth's surface. A settlement giving fair consideration to all interests is above all necessary for sea-bed mining.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It is committed to the aim of restructuring the traditional patterns of trade within which the developing countries primarily supply commodities and the industrial countries supply manufactures, 133. Accelerated development requires an increase in the transfer of capital. In the case of developing countries with low incomes, it will above all be necessary to increase official aid. The Federal Republic of Germany will in the three years ahead increase the growth rate of its aid twice as fast as that of the national budget. 134. The main concern of middle-income developing countries is the transfer of private capital. These countries already meet well over two thirds of their external financial requirements from private sources. Direct private investment features prominently in private capital transfers.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The Federal Republic of Germany will increase its assistance to that end. We attach great importance to the United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy scheduled for 1981. 131. In order to accelerate development, the exports of the developing countries must be increased. The industrial countries will therefore have to resist the pressure of protectionist forces and keep their markets open for increasing exports, especially of manufactures, from the developing countries. This also applies to the Communist industrial countries. Up to now these countries have absorbed less than 3 percent of the exports of the third world, while the industrial democracies account for nearly 75 per cent. 132. The Federal Republic of Germany advocates better access to markets.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“But to achieve this, the industrial and the developing countries will jointly have to define which policy each side should pursue in order to reach this goal. 129. A key issue is energy. The United States Secretary of State has rightly emphasized this. The challenge confronting us all is how to lead the world smoothly from the age of oil into an era of renewable sources of energy. This can only be achieved through the closest possible co-operation in a spirit of common responsibility. The Federal Republic of Germany, therefore, supports the idea of a world-wide, long-term energy dialogue. 130. The oil-importing developing countries, whose oil requirements grow much more rapidly than those of the industrial countries, have the biggest problems. They must devote all their efforts to the development of their own sources of energy.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It is, however, evident that the two sides have so far not really taken full advantage of the opportunity afforded by the North-South dialogue. The developing countries have proposed a global dialogue in the United Nations. 126. We shall do everything in our power to ensure that this dialogue is structured in such a way that concrete results can be achieved within the foreseeable future. 127. All concerned must negotiate in a new spirit and at long last recognize that in the North-South dialogue it is not a case of one side gaining and the other losing. 128. Our common aim is to make accelerated progress in the developing countries and stable growth in the industrial countries possible again.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Confidence-building measures could also make for greater stability in other regions and make it easier to predict military and political conduct. We have, therefore, together with other countries, submitted a working paper entitled "Elements of a comprehensive programme of disarmament," which is designed to generate incentives for such measures. We hope that this session of the General Assembly will achieve further progress on the basis of that resolution. 124. This year three major conferences have taken place in the context of the North-South dialogue: the fifth session of UNCTAD, the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, and the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development . These conferences have brought progress and opened up new areas for the continuing negotiations. 125.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“In the context of the third round of SALT, there will also have to be negotiations on strategic medium- range ballistic missiles in Europe. Arms control and disarmament presuppose mutual trust. In Europe, the Final Act of Helsinki envisages confidence-building measures. One of the main tasks of the follow-up conference to be held in Madrid in 1980 must be to consolidate and further develop such measures. This is another reason why the Federal Republic of Germany considers that that conference should take place at the political level. 122. We support the initiative of France for a conference on disarmament throughout Europe, which in the initial phase would concentrate on the conclusion of agreements to strengthen confidence. 123.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Their purpose is to establish an approximate parity of ground forces on both sides in central Europe. 120. The participants in the negotiations in Vienna should now consider what agreements will be possible in the foreseeable future on the basis of reliable data. The agreement reached as a result of the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] likewise derives from the concept of parity. The Federal Republic of Germany welcomes that agreement and hopes that it will soon enter into force. It is a major contribution to stability. It is, moreover, an important prerequisite for progress in other areas of arms control and disarmament. It is also of major significance for the progress of detente. 121.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“In a world in which hegemonic aspirations remain unchecked, every country must inevitably be at pains to maintain its security. The Western Alliance is resolved to do so, but it is doing no more than is necessary for the defence of its members. The Federal Republic of Germany is not a nuclear-weapon State, nor does it want to be. Nobody should underestimate the security interests of others. 119. It is therefore essential for the safeguarding of world peace that nations should seek security, not in military supremacy, but in balance. Supremacy creates insecurity. Together with our partners in the Western defence alliance, we want to achieve such a balance, a balance at a lower level of armaments. That is the object of the Vienna negotiations on mutual and balanced force reductions in Europe.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“But, here again, it is necessary—over and above the humanitarian aid—to get to the root of the problem. The freedom to leave one's own country is a human right; but it is equally a human right to be allowed to stay in one's native country. 117. Starvation and distress still prevail in many parts of the globe, but the nations of the world are expending resources in excess of $400 billion a year for military purposes. The community of nations is called upon to make every effort to stop the armament spiral. The arms build-up is a threat to peace, it hampers development and it impairs the ability to provide development aid. 118. The Federal Republic of Germany welcomes the fact that, with the resolutions adopted at the tenth special session of the General Assembly in 1978, the United Nations has intensified its efforts to achieve disarmament.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The parties to the conflict must make it possible for that help to reach the people in all parts of Cambodia. No more time should be lost, since it is literally a question of a nation's survival. 116. The misery of the refugees from Viet Nam poses yet another humanitarian challenge. Hundreds of thousands of desperate people have left their homeland. "Boat people" has become a new, horrifying phrase in the international vocabulary. The Federal Republic of Germany is doing all it can to help the Vietnamese refugees. Although we are a densely populated country, we are offering many of them a new home. We also support the programmes introduced by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the benefit of the refugees in South-East Asia.”
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“The sooner the Republic of South Africa decides to take the necessary steps for the total elimination of all racial barriers the sooner will it be possible to enable people of all colours to live together in peace. 114. The situation in lndo-China is a threat to peace and stability in South East Asia; it can become a threat to world peace. 115. In Cambodia, peace can be restored only on the basis of that country's independence. That nation, which has undergone such a terrible test, needs a Government which expresses its will and which is recognized by all countries in the region. Neither the murderous Pol Pot regime nor the Heng Samrin regime installed by foreign forces meets this requirement. But the starving people of Cambodia cannot wait until a political solution has been found. They need help at once.”
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“In southern Africa, only the removal of the remnants of colonialism and apartheid can bring peace to Namibia, Zimbabwe and the Republic of South Africa. 111. In Namibia and Zimbabwe, a new approach is being made to the problem of ensuring a peaceful transition to independence. We are actively involved in the Namibia initiative of the five Western States. 112. We welcome the new British initiatives to find a solution to the Zimbabwe problem with the agreement of all concerned; and we hope that the efforts of all participants in the London negotiations will at long last give the people of Zimbabwe the peace they long for. 113. These efforts should not be disrupted by any side.”
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