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first: 1982-09-24
most recent: 1983-09-24
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“In this respect, my Government requests that the Secretary-General be authorized to provide all the essential information concerning the Convention and, at the same time, to provide such assistance as is necessary to small developing countries in the development of their resources. 147. In small oceanic nations like Fiji, we place the greatest emphasis on the importance of the sea. It is for this reason that we were the first to ratify the Convention. We live with and by the sea. The sea constitutes one of our most vital resources. For many of us in the Pacific Islands, the development of the resources of our seas offers the only real hope for our economic well-being.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, opened for signature on 10 December 1982, represents a significant achievement in global negotiations and provides an example of what can be achieved if there is a political will to do so. 145. Now that the Convention has been adopted, its understanding and appreciation and, more importantly, its implementation should be underscored. It is as vital to the third world countries in the expansion of their national jurisdiction as it is to the industrialized nations in the exploration and exploitation of sea resources. We urge all Member States who have not ratified the Convention to do so and to work together towards its success. 146.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The inherent danger such schemes pose for the peoples of the Pacific who derive their livelihood from the sea is reflected in the adoption by all the Governments of the South Pacific Forum of a reaffirmation of their longstanding opposition to the dumping and storage of nuclear waste in the Pacific area. 144. The impasse in launching global negotiations and the consequent formulation of interim strategies for international economic negotiations is a matter of great concern for us all. But there has been considerable success in at least one area in the global negotiations, that of regulating international behaviour in the use of the oceans.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Further, in respect of a comprehensive test ban on nuclear weapons, Fiji associates itself fully with the other countries of the South Pacific in their opposition to, and condemnation of, the continued nuclear-weapon testing in our region by one of the major Powers. 143. Apart from the primary concern over the danger nuclear weapons and their use pose for the future of mankind, my Government is equally concerned with the effects of other aspects of nuclear weapons and energy on the environment generally. Proposals by some Pacific- rim countries for the dumping and storage of nuclear waste on coral atolls and the sea-bed of the Pacific Ocean is viewed with grave concern and a great deal of dismay and trepidation by my Government and its people.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The structure and scope of such a nuclear arms freeze, we believe, should embrace a comprehensive nuclear-weapons-test ban, the complete cessation of the manufacture of nuclear weapons, a ban on all further deployment of nuclear weapons, and the complete cessation of the production of fissionable material for weapons purposes. 141. My Government attaches great importance and urgency to the conclusion of a test-ban treaty. A comprehensive nuclear test ban within the overall objective of nuclear disarmament would contribute effectively towards controlling both horizontal and vertical proliferation. We therefore urge Member States, especially nuclear-weapon States, to respond positively to the proposal of a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty. 142.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In stressing the need for co-operation, especially among nuclear-weapon States, my Government looks to the ongoing strategic arms reduction talks in Geneva between the United States and the Soviet Union as the most important forum in which the two superpowers can show the political will to achieve disarmament by halting new developments and making substantial reductions in their nuclear weaponry. 140. Yet for many of us the road to a comprehensive programme of nuclear disarmament properly begins with a nuclear-weapon freeze. In our view, a freeze on nuclear arms would not only constitute an important first step in a disarmament process but would at the same time provide a favourable environment for negotiations such as START to be conducted in good faith and mutual trust.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Instead of producing a safer and more secure world, increased military spending has only created increased insecurity. 138. The question of international security is as much our concern as it is that of the super-Powers. In this age of nuclear weapons and nuclear-weapon capabilities, security is the sum total of co-operation among all nations. Nuclear-weapon States therefore cannot ignore the concern of others whose future and that of their peoples are closely intertwined with that of the nuclear- weapon States. 139.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“A further significant development is the willingness on the part of the Administering Authority to move to an act of self-determination in which the option of independence is included. These encouraging developments augur well for the political evolution of New Caledonia and are to be welcomed. 136. The international situation concerning disarmament efforts has not improved. Political tensions punctuated by military conflicts in almost all of the five continents continuously fuel an arms race and increase the risk of nuclear war. 137. Time has witnessed dramatic increases in the world resources devoted to military arms and research, justified, we are told, by the argument that such spending has the attainment of peace and security as its overall objective. This argument is fallacious.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“My delegation continues to believe that the United Nations plan for the independence of Namibia, endorsed in Security Council resolutions 385 (1976) and 435 (1978), constitutes the universally accepted basis for a peaceful settlement of the Namibian question. It is a matter of deep concern that extraneous issues, in particular the policy of linkage espoused by South Africa, continue to impede the implementation of the United Nations plan. 135. In the South Pacific, the leaders of the South Pacific Forum have kept the process of decolonization in New Caledonia under close review. The determination of the Administering Authority to introduce important reforms in that Territory is an important step forward.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The admission of Saint Christopher and Nevis to the United Nations at the opening of this session affirms yet again the solid achievement in that field. 132. I take this opportunity to congratulate Saint Christopher and Nevis on attaining its independence and to welcome it as a full Member of the United Nations. 133. There are, however, some territories still under colonial domination, and the United Nations decolonization efforts must continue. The biggest challenge in the field of decolonization before the United Nations today is in southern Africa, where the repugnant policy of apartheid continues unabated and where colonialism still persists. 134.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The insistence on gross domestic product as a factor in lending by international banking institutions means that Fiji and any other countries which are registering modest achievements in their development efforts must pay the same interest rates as the developed industrialized economies. Such a policy is absurd. The application of those rules to countries with narrow-based economies in the predicament I have referred to needs to be re-examined. 130. For island States to participate meaningfully and effectively in North-South or South-South co-operation, it is critical that problems peculiar to them be taken into account appropriately and urgently by the world community. 131. When we reflect upon some of the significant achievements of the United Nations, the success in the field of decolonization springs to mind.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In addition to these problems, many island States are fragmented and scattered over vast expanses of ocean. Their fragmentation, combined with smallness and remoteness, effectively hampers development. These factors are a strong disincentive to overseas investment. They limit the involvement of lending agencies, whose operations are not geared to economies the size of the island State in the first place. They increase the problem of transportation and the problem of aggregating exports to achieve economies in marketing. The Government is forced to provide services, often at extremely high cost, in such situations. 129. A factor contributing to the high cost of providing services has external causes in the high interest rates imposed by lending agencies.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“At the same time, it has brought into sharp focus the very peculiar problems facing small island States that need to be addressed urgently. 126. Island States have many unique developmental problems that appear paradoxical at first sight. The social indicators point to solid, positive achievements: higher life expectancy, higher school enrolment, declining fertility rates and better health services. These positive achievements tend to obscure the natural disadvantages that place a real burden on island States in developing their economies. 127. The disadvantages faced by small islands are many and include an open economy with a strong dependence on imported goods and services, small population, limited land size, a low level of economic opportunity, isolation from the major markets and proneness to natural disasters. 128.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“It is to be regretted that past efforts to solve the economic crisis through global negotiations have not made any significant headway. Amid this gloom, there is at least a glimmer of hope. Negotiations involving nearly half of the States Members of the Organization began last Thursday in Luxembourg on a successor to the second Lom6 Convention between the European Economic Community and African, Caribbean and Pacific States. The Convention is a model for economic relationships between developed and developing countries, and my delegation believes that an extension of the spirit of that Convention to the global economic scene can make a positive contribution to the North-South relationship. 125. The world economic crisis has affected the economies of small island States in my part of the region particularly harshly.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“I extend my Government's deep sympathy to the people and Government of Korea on this tragic loss. 123. Fiji shares the concern expressed from this rostrum at the world economic situation. Whilst it is true that there have been signs of recovery in some of the developed countries, the desperate situation in many developing countries finds no immediate hope of relief. It is clear that more needs to be done to ensure that the recovery will be vigorous and durable. More is yet required if the benefits of the recovery are to be transmitted to developing countries. But for this to happen requires some major changes in the international monetary system to make it more responsive to the needs of developing countries. To this end, we support the call for a conference of the Bretton Woods type to re-examine the world monetary system. 124.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Such interventions continue to violate the sovereignty of their victims. In both cases, the international community has taken an unequivocal stand and laid the basis for a peaceful political solution of these problems. Only through the unconditional withdrawal of foreign forces and the elimination of all forms of outside intervention can peace by attained. 121. The unresolved Korean question still constitutes a potentially dangerous situation in the region. We believe that peaceful reunification of Korea should be pursued by means of dialogue and negotiation between North and South Korea, without interference from any outside Power. 122. May I, at this juncture, express my delegation's strong condemnation of the brutal act of terrorism that resulted in the tragic death of several eminent South Korean leaders over the weekend.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“My Government acknowledges the sovereignty and territorial integrity of every State in this war-torn region, including Israel. At the same time, we support the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination and a homeland. To this end, my Government believes that the essential elements for a peaceful solution are already embraced in the various United Nations resolutions and peace plans. These elements provide sufficient basis for dialogue and can pave the way for a negotiated and durable solution which has defied us for decades. But for that to succeed, courage, imagination, understanding and flexibility are required for all sides. 120. Regrettably, peace has been absent for many years from parts of Asia. We fully share the international concern over foreign interventions in Afghanistan and Kampuchea.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“My country is far removed from the centers of conflict and is in a region that has thankfully enjoyed peace. However, despite the distance and the peace that we enjoy, we are not insensitive to the plight and sufferings of the victims of conflicts elsewhere in the world. Nor are we unmindful of our international responsibility for positive and tangible action in the quest for peace. Indeed, it was Fiji's commitment to peace that led us to our direct involvement in the United Nations efforts to bring peace and stability in Lebanon. It is regrettable that this past year has witnessed no progress at all towards a durable solution in Lebanon. 119. But the question of Lebanon is part of the overall problem of the Middle East.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The conflict in the Middle East, the continued armed interventions in the Asian region, the crisis in Central America and conflicts in various parts of Africa pose grave threats to international peace. The heightening of tensions between East and West, the stagnation of the North-South dialogue and the disarmament process and the prevalence of human rights violations and acts of terror provide further causes for alarm and insecurity. A11 these issues urgently need solutions, and my delegation hopes that at this session sincere and renewed efforts with be made to strengthen international co-operation and the Organization's various organs so that it can respond effectively to settle disputes and defuse the various crises which threaten world peace and security. 118.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“114. Mr. President, it gives me much pleasure to add my delegation's congratulations to the many you have already received on your election as President. We are confident that, with your well- known diplomatic skills and experience, the work of this session will be successfully concluded. 115. I should also like to pay tribute to your predecessor, Mr. Imre Hollai of Hungary, who presided over the thirty-seventh session with distinction. 116. The efforts of the Secretary General to make the United Nations a more effective instrument of peace are to be commended. His report on the work of the Organization merits serious consideration by us all. 117. This session of the General Assembly is convening against the backdrop of severe crises in international relations.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“My point is that the day is dawning when a new order of importance must be attached to us, our needs and our potentials, for in that process interdependence itself will be made more manifest and achieve a real meaning beyond today's fashionable rhetoric.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Huxley's Brave New World may not have anticipated a world in which islands come closer to center stage, but that world is not far off. For the first time in human history, small States are finding themselves expanded almost overnight as their jurisdiction encompasses millions of square miles of ocean. How to utilize that space, how to explore and exploit it to improve the lives of our people and, indeed, all mankind, poses a challenge that we cannot face alone. No longer will the development models of the 1930s and 1960s, based on large land masses, as inAfrica, Asia or Latin America, distract or delude us. I do not imply that islands will soon be the inheritors of untold wealth or that all our problems will be overcome.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“These are the harsh realities of their daily existence. We experience major disadvantages as we try to modernize, and find ourselves caught in vicious circles in our interaction with larger, more powerful countries. For example, it is not relevant to use per capita income as an index of our status. Its use inevitably denies us access to concessionary finance with which to advance our development. Those of us that make a little headway through our own efforts appear to be penalized for doing so. It is as if whenever we think we are making ends meet someone moves the ends. There is no point in preaching to us that we should pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps when , those who give that advice keep standing on our hands. Yet let us not abandon hope.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The issues before us at this session of the General Assembly reflect this diversity and call for much greater understanding than has been demonstrated in the past. I wish to conclude my statement by drawing to the attention of the international community the plight of the very small communities micro States, as they are called most of which are islands. I do not pretend to be a spokesman for them, but it is clear that their special needs are not being adequately addressed and that so far as the United Nations is concerned such countries, including my own, appear to be nobody's baby. The economic situation to which I referred earlier, which is so well known to representatives, bears particularly harshly on small, scattered communities. Their fragile economies are often tied to a single crop and they are susceptible to natural disasters.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“These and many other issues of international concern, on which previous speakers have addressed the Assembly so eloquently, have become the stumbling blocks in the efforts to achieve a peaceful and secure world. They have to be resolved, and this world body cannot abdicate this responsibility. Like others, my delegation knows only too well the magnitude of this responsibility. The task before the United Nations in ensuring peace and security in the world and in promoting development is not an easy one. We represent an organization in which diversity is the norm rather than the exception. However, many of the achievements that we as an organization have registered and hope to continue to register have been and remain possible only through a commonality of purpose, accommodation of differences and understanding.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Both these arrangements have provided considerable economic benefits to the developing countries concerned and are examples of the kind of schemes required under the North South economic dialogue. As a member of the Governing Council of UNDP, Fiji is concerned about the general decline in the resources available to UNDP. The numerous projects supported by UNDP in many developing countries and the increasing number of requests regularly made for such assistance amply demonstrate the significant role being played by UNDP. It is to be hoped that Member States, both donors and recipients, will make extra efforts to build up the resources of UNDP so that it can meet the demands on it.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“In a period when global arrangements Car trade liberalization have not made progress, my Government finds at least two limited arrangements of particular interest, the first being the Lome Convention between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Community, and the second the South Pacific Regional Trade and Co operation Agreement between the small island countries in the South Pacific and Australia and New Zealand. The Lome Convention also guarantees access to part of our vital sugar exports into the European Community. Under SPARTEC A, certain products from the island countries enjoy preferential access to Australian and New Zealand markets.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Fiji's expert base is Harrow, with sugar and tourism the two major foreign exchange earners, accounting for the major part of total foreign exchange receipts. The unpredictable and harsh impact of external developments has brought a number of small island economies face to face with precarious financial situations. Their efforts to develop and diversify their economies have been dealt severe blows by adverse world economic developments, such as the oil crisis, high rates of interest, protectionism and drying pools of multilateral and bilateral loans. The smallness of island economics and their high dependence on international trade leave these countries limited policy options for solving the problems of low income,, high unemployment and balance of payments deficits.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“In some cases, as a consequence of rising agricultural protection, countries which were once large importers have become large subsidized exporters. International commodity agreements are rendered useless by large scale dumping. A case in point is that of sugar. In 1981, for instance, the European Economic Community became the world's second largest exporter of sugar, after Cuba. Ironically, it is the developing countries, which cannot afford large scale competitive subsidization of major exports, that are forced to adjust In the present world economic climate the plight of the small island countries such as Fiji is a difficult one. They are vulnerable. Their economies are highly susceptible to external economic influences beyond their control.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Many developing countries which are already struggling with large debt repayments have had their problems exacerbated by high interest payments, adverse trends in the terms of trade and depressed export volumes. The conditions of weak demand and high unemployment in the industrialized countries have led to an increasing tendency towards protectionism. In particular, there has been an expanding commitment in developed countries to protect agriculture through high tariffs, variable import levies or variable export subsidies. As a result, there is hardly a major agricultural product in which developed countries compete with developing countries for which the world market is not undermined or distorted by subsidized exports or concessional sales from surplus stocks of developed countries.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Fiji, which participated actively in the negotiations, looks forward to signing the Final Act in Jamaica this year. The world economy is beset by severe problems. The industrialized countries are facing continuing recession and heavy unemployment. Enough interest rates have tended to decline recently, they have been at unprecedentedly high levels in the past two years. Commodity prices are at their lowest levels and the volume of international trade has virtually ceased to grow. Global interdependence is such that the prosperity of the developing countries is dependent on the performance of the industrialized countries. The recession in the industrialized countries, therefore, has a profound impact on the economies of the developing countries.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“But this cannot detract from the significance of the achievement, given the vastness, importance and complexity of the subject matter, the conflicting interests of States and the difficulty of working out an international regime for the sea bed beyond national jurisdiction capable of equitably balancing the interests of developed and developing countries. For Fiji and similar small island countries the Convention consolidates their inherent rights to the resources in their surrounding seas. It was therefore not surprising that the heads of Government of the South Pacific countries, at a recent meeting, unanimously welcomed the adoption of the Convention and urged all States to sign and ratify it. Indeed, my Prime Minister observed that it was an historic act and a milestone in international negotiations.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“In this connection the leaders of the countries of the South Pacific Forum find reassuring the determination of the French Government to introduce important reforms in that Territory Y these reforms are followed through, they should eventually lead to self determination and independence with the full participation of its indigenous population. We welcome this important development. After years of arduous negotiation, the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea adopted in April this year a comprehensive Convention dealing with all uses of the sea. It is a pity that, because of a few delegations, this important milestone in recent history could not be reached by consensus.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“As a member of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples over the past 12 years, Fiji has seen the decolonization process evolve further. Apart from Namibia, the African continent is liberated. But there are still other dependent Territories in other parts of the world. Some of these are in the Pacific, and we note with interest that this process of evolution is beginning to take place in Territories such as New Caledonia.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“One major Power continues its nuclear testing in the Pacific, in total disregard of the protests of the peoples and the Governments in the region. These tests, conducted by France on small atolls, pose great hazards to the marine environment in the region. No one can say with certainty what the effect of those tests may be in the future. Last August the heads of Governments of the South Pacific countries, who met in Rotorua, New Zealand, once again condemned those tests and urged their immediate cessation. They also expressed their opposition to the dumping of nuclear wastes in the Pacific. We hope that those calls will not go unheeded. Since its inception the Organization has played an important role in the field of decolonization.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The goal is no longer to establish deterrent forces, but rather, as one of the super Powers has stated recently from this rostrum, to achieve armed superiority and maintain it. We must pause to think of the logical consequences of such a course and where the super Powers are leading us all. There appears to be no limit to man's quest for self destruction. It is more urgent than ever that, as a first step, the international community agree to the total prohibition of nuclear weapon testing. Fiji supports this proposal, as well as efforts to conclude a comprehensive test ban treaty. In this regard, it urges the resumption of the trilateral talks. We in the South Pacific find ourselves a direct victim of the arms race.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“With respect to Kampuchea, the recent initiatives that have brought the resistance groups into a coalition provide a better basis for a negotiated and peaceful solution of the problem in that country. We hope that there will be a more positive response to this important development. The vexed question of the peaceful reunification of Korea remains with us. However, we regard the recent proposal by South Korea as an important step towards reconciliation. It is our hope that a unified Korea will soon become a reality. In the field of disarmament very little has been achieved. All we hear of are new initiatives or the breakdown of talks. The recent special session of the General Assembly on disarmament was no exception. If anything, the arms race has been escalated.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“No one can deny that UNIFIL has proved its usefulness, but for peace keeping forces to be effective it is essential that they have both a clear mandate and the co operation, respect and support of all Member States and, more particularly, of the immediate parties to the disputes. This, regrettably, has not always been the case in Lebanon. The situation in the Asian region has remained the same. Foreign armed intervention and occupation continue in Afghanistan and Kampuchea. In both cases the majority of United Nations Members have taken an unequivocal stand, to which we subscribe. This international concern will continue until the foreign forces are unconditionally withdrawn. Only then will the freedom of their people and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of those countries be restored.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“In the same spirit, Fiji decided to contribute troops to the multinational forces and observers last year in order to further the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel that led to the return of the Sinai. The cost of the contribution to UNIFIL has been particularly burdensome for a small country such as ours. For the past four years our ability to maintain our troops in Lebanon has been seriously undermined by the accumulated arrears of reimbursements, which amount to millions of dollars. It is our earnest hope that all Member States will meet their obligations and pay the assessed contributions promptly so that reimbursements at the agreed levels can be made to participants in UNIFIL without delay.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The problem of Lebanon is part of the overall problem of the Middle East J which has defied solution for more than three decades. In the mean time, new elements have been injected into the conflict and this has made peace in the area even more elusive. My delegation continues to support the principles set forth in Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) as a basis for peace in the region. It is also imperative that the aspirations of the Palestinian people to a homeland be realized, and that the rights of all States, including that of Israel, to live within recognized boundaries be acknowledged. My country has always advocated the peaceful resolution of all disputes through dialogue and negotiations. It was in this spirit that my Government agreed to contribute peace keeping forces to UNIFIL in 1978.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The present world political and economic situation, which I need not reiterate before the Assembly, and the inability of the United Nations to deal effectively with issues pertaining thereto, bear an unnerving resemblance to the events that ushered in the Second World War. While my country, Fiji, in the peaceful South Pacific Ocean, is thousands of miles away from the Middle East, our commitment to world peace led to our direct involvement in United Nations efforts to bring peace and stability to the area. Of particular concern to my Government has been the recent resurgence of war in the unfortunate country of Lebanon. The resultant massacres of Palestinian men, women and children is a matter to be deplored by all. My Government has already condemned all those that were directly or indirectly involved in the killings.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“He has highlighted not only the problems, but the structural weaknesses of the Organization in tackling those problems. In our view, the United Nations must, as a matter of urgency, address both dimensions if all of humanity is to have even a chance. In the Secretary General's report on the work of the Organization he alluded to the failure of the collective security system of the League of Nations. It will be recalled that concurrently with the failure of the League of Nations the world suffered an unprecedented economic depression which in many ways contributed to the upheaval of the Second World War. It has been noted that the only thing we learn from history is that we do not learn from history. How true that is.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“My delegation wishes to associate itself with the compliments paid to you, Mr. President, on your election to your high office, and we pledge to you our continued co operation. We would also like to acknowledge with satisfaction the outstanding leadership of your predecessor in office. I would like to place on record my Government's satisfaction with the excellent work being done by the Secretary General during his first year in office. We wish to assure him of our continued support. We extend to him our compliments and endorse his forthright and incisive views on the major issues confronting this planet and on the role of the United Nations in the efforts to resolve the problems that we share as a result of our inseparable humanity.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)