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first: 1983-09-24
most recent: 1984-09-24
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“With the continuation and, we hope, the final conclusion of negotiations on membership of the communities, we wish to contribute to the task of building a Europe, an entity which will have meaning only if the political ideas which gave it birth prevail over immediate economic problems. 237. Our policy is also intended to strengthen relations with the countries closest to us historically and geographically. To begin with our African neighbours, I wish to state that we view with great satisfaction the process of rapprochement in the Maghreb, which in essence was' resumed with the meeting in February between King Hassan of Morocco and President Bendjedid of Algeria. If this movement progresses in a climate of sincerity and fraternity, there will be highly favourable prospects for strengthening peace and development in northern Africa.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“This is logical, since Spain, for reasons of geography and history, has special interests and aspirations which are a source of both distinction and enrichment. 235. The Spanish Government wishes to co-operate fully in reducing tension and international conflicts, while not upsetting the delicate balance on which relations between blocs are often based. Therefore, it maintains a stand of firm co-operation within the alliance to which Spain belongs. At the same time, in accordance with an electoral programme supported by the broad majority of our people, it has started a thorough study of the possible forms its contribution to the West's defence could take. That contribution could take various forms, and that question will be decided in due course by the Spanish people. 236. We also reaffirm the European basis of our foreign policy.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In this respect we think that our country is particularly well qualified, given both its intermediate level of economic development and its special political and cultural ties with broad regions of the developing world. The Government to which I belong intends to increase progressively its bilateral and multilateral development assistance and is preparing new legislation on international co-operation. 233. Within this framework of peace, freedom and progress, we wish to set forth the specific aims of Spain's foreign policy. 234. My Government has unequivocally reaffirmed Spain's membership in the Western world, but this does not rule out our seeking a broad margin of autonomy which would prevent our automatic alignment with interests which may not coincide with our own.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“However, if the signs of economic recovery are confirmed and if political determination, which today is conspicuous by its absence, does emerge, the next few months may provide favourable opportunities for countries of the North and South to find flexible and pragmatic ways of establishing a true dialogue and, more specifically, of setting in motion the process of global negotiations in a United Nations framework. 232. Spain supports the creation of a more just international order. Just as we wish to become a factor for detente in East-West relations, we intend our foreign policy to favour the restructuring of North-South relations.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“For more than two thirds of mankind, stagnation, unemployment and poverty are not passing phenomena; rather they stem from the very structure of international economic relations. Furthermore, the least developed countries have suffered dramatic effects from the world economic crisis. 229. Recently the Brandt Commission, in its second report, has added its voice to the many publicizing the need for structural changes in North-South relations. 230. It is true that there are many powerful reasons for pessimism, since up to now—and the sixth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was the latest example of this—discussions of the question have not borne any substantial fruit, while the imbalance between rich and poor countries continues to worsen and the urgent need for change becomes daily more obvious. 231.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“This is undoubtedly one of the most hateful systems of massive violation of human rights and a threat to peace and stability in southern Africa. 226. We are aware that only a fairer and more balanced economic and social order can guarantee peace. 227. After the two severe recessions of the past 10 years the world economy remains at a low level of activity and unemployment has become an economic scourge and the source of personal frustration for millions and millions of people. The contraction of the world market, neo- protectionist measures and high rates of interest in certain countries have hampered the recovery of the economies of both developed and developing nations. 228.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We cannot accept the argument that a given level of economic and social development must be attained before torture or arbitrary arrest can be dispensed with. Conversely, there is little point in having theoretical enjoyment of public freedoms when poverty and ignorance prevent not merely the full exercise of such rights but even the satisfaction of the most fundamental human needs. 224. Spain, which next year will become a member of the Commission on Human Rights, intends to co-operate in the hope that the Commission may become an increasingly effective body, performing a task to which we attach special importance at a time when we need to reduce international tension. 225. In this connection, I should like to reiterate my country's constant concern at the persistence of the apartheid regime.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Spain does not share the selective criteria which this Organization often uses to condemn violations of human rights. However, we cannot hide the fact that the people and Government of Spain are particularly disturbed by those situations which have produced enormous numbers of deaths and disappearances and of people sent into exile or imprisoned for their political ideals in countries to which we are closely bound by ties of history, culture and blood. 223. I would like to emphasize that as far as we are concerned civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights form an inseparable whole and that it is necessary to protect both individuals and peoples against violation of any of these rights.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Furthermore, Spain, which is already a party to the main international conventions on human rights, hopes shortly to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and we have gone a long way with the procedures for accepting article 41 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and also for acceding to the Optional Protocol to that Covenant. 221. Our domestic policy is accompanied by a determined and punctilious foreign policy, since we believe that it is clearly established in the United Nations that the systematic violations of human rights are not covered by Article 2, paragraph 7, of the Charter and that, accordingly, intervention in this field cannot be regarded as interference in the internal affairs of another State. 222.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Spain considers that detente is not enough to attain lasting peace, nor are the efforts to limit and control weapons. We must realize that we have to seek out the deep roots of the conflicts which have been bedevilling international society, because only if we have a fairer and freer world can we have a safer world. 219. Hence the capital importance which the Spanish Government attaches to the defence of human rights and the establishment of effective machinery to guarantee their protection. My country has made the defence of that principle a cardinal point in our own society, and we are continuing to refine the high standards set in this respect in our Constitution. 220.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Similarly, we have been following with renewed hope the preparatory work for the European disarmament conference. We trust that at that conference it will be possible to make decisive progress towards the reduction of tension in Europe. 217. These concerns, doubtless shared by nearly all of us, are the reflection of the growing and legitimate anxiety of our citizens, who are opposed to living on the brink of the abyss. As I had occasion to say at the Madrid meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, the least we can offer in the short term to the young people who are yearning for peace and developing a new, world-wide patriotism is the prospect of non- confrontation, in which visible and practical steps can be taken to avoid the causes of conflicts and reduce the means of destruction. 218.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We are therefore determined to redouble our efforts and to work imaginatively in all forums dealing with the question of the reduction of conventional and nuclear arsenals. We are convinced that it is possible to reach a balance at a lower level of armaments without thereby endangering the legitimate security interests of each State. 215. We wish also to reiterate the need for a total nuclear test-ban treaty, which would undoubtedly be an effective obstacle to the quantitative and qualitative development of nuclear weapons. 216. On the other hand, Spain has been following with particular attention the negotiations on intermediate- range nuclear forces and the strategic arms reduction talks. Our interest is inevitable, since our country is situated in the continent with the greatest stockpiles of nuclear weapons.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Hence we have been making stalwart efforts in recent months, within the framework of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, to keep open the channels for dialogue and to keep alive the possibility of compromise. 213. A few days ago the countries which signed the Final Act of Helsinki in 1975took an important step in this direction at Madrid. Despite the very serious problems, the 35 States which signed the Concluding Document of the Madrid meeting after three years of hope and hard effort have shown our determination to keep alight the ideals of peace, security and co-operation which we all share and all need, whatever differences may separate us. 214. Spain has always taken a sincere interest in any proposal to control and reduce the present level of armaments, which is dangerously high and outrageously expensive.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The utterly despicable shooting down of a South Korean civil aircraft by the Soviet Union has made clear the fragility of the armed peace on which today's international relations are based and has shown clearly how close we are to the point of no return. However, we cannot allow ourselves to lose hope; rather, we must do everything we can to revive the process of detente. 211. In recent years the East-West conflict has been reduced to its strictly military aspects, with risks of undue simplification and over dependence on technological imperatives. 212. My country considers it urgent to restore priority to political factors, which are the factors that can restore common sense in international relations.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Spain wishes to take part in the task of attaining a more secure and just international order—two objectives that deserve our full support but which are not always easily compatible. The first compels us to give continuous support to the cause of detente and disarmament. The second allies us with efforts for a new international economic order and a better world which respects human rights and duly appreciates the quality of our lives and environment. Only thus can we make an effective contribution to peace. 210. In recent years, in this very forum, many voices have been raised to condemn the grave climate of tension on the international scene. This year it cannot be denied that the situation is even worse.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The Spanish Socialist Government, constituted after the elections in October 1982, has set as one of its fundamental objectives the development of a foreign policy in keeping with the new structure of Spanish society and the renewed faith in Spanish democracy. So far as foreign policy is concerned, the new Government's programme is in keeping with the objectives of the United Nations. By defending the purposes and principles of the United Nations we wish to contribute to the consolidation of the democratic values in our country and, at the same time, to the task of promoting faith in the ideals which inspired the Charter—a faith which has not been lost but which must be translated into concrete actions in a world plagued by tensions. 209.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“To the Secretary-General, an outstanding son of a sister State, Peru, I am pleased to repeat our sentiments of affection for him and of confidence in and satisfaction for the outstanding task he has been performing through some particularly difficult times as head of the Secretariat. 207. To the youngest Member of the United Nations, Saint Christopher and Nevis—to which we are linked by an intimate historic event, an expedition of the Spanish Crown under Admiral Christopher Columbus, who, coming from the old continent, set foot there for the first time in 1493—we extend our warm welcome and wish it a prosperous life as an independent State. 208.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“204. First of all, I should like to express our sincerest congratulations to Mr. Jorge Illueca on his election and my delegation's great satisfaction at seeing a distinguished representative of the beloved sister nation of Panama occupying the presidency of this session of the Assembly. His well-known gifts as a statesman and his profound experience and knowledge of the United Nations lead us to entertain great hopes for a fruitful outcome of our work. In extending the full co-operation of the Spanish delegation to him, I can assure him that this year our co-operation will be extended with particular pleasure. 205. I should also like to extend our congratulations and thanks to the outgoing President, Mr. Hollai, for the great dedication and skill with which he led the work of the last session of the Assembly. 206.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)