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first: 1963-09-24
most recent: 1965-09-24
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“In conclusion, my delegation expresses its fervent hopes for the success of this Assembly, in the deep conviction that this will redound to the benefit of the peoples throughout the world who have placed their hopes in our Organization.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“In addition to these measures, my Government has forged ahead with all its public works programmes, principally those relating to new roads, electrification programmes, schools, housing, hospitals and many other works; it has given a vigorous impetus to national education and has done its best to solve our other social and economic problems in order to lay the foundations for the country's future development. 112. We know that we have powerful enemies, we know that perennial malcontents are conspiring in the shadows to prevent us from progressing; we know that international subversion is lying in wait to destroy us and to demolish the foundations of democracy and individual freedom. But we have faith in the future, we have faith in our principles and we have faith in the United Nations as a basis for peaceful coexistence. 113.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“My Government has achieved its objectives: it has pacified the country and restored its economy, and a National Constituent Assembly has already issued the new Constitution, which was promulgated on 15 September 1965 and is one of the most progressive as far as the protection of human rights and other social guarantees are concerned. In accordance with the decisions of the Assembly, general elections will be held shortly, so that the constitutional régime may enter into full force.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Guatemala, the vast majority of whose people are Catholic, echoes the appeal of His Holiness, which reflects Christ's doctrine of universal love for all men. 111. I should like to refer briefly to the process of political and institutional reorganization which is now being carried out in my country. It is common knowledge that the present Government of Guatemala was established in order to put an end to anarchy, demagogy and political opportunism, to restore administrative morality and to eliminate communist subversion, which at the present time represents a serious threat to all Latin American countries.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“It is a source of satisfaction, however, that thanks to the efforts of the Security Council and the Secretary-General a cease-fire has been achieved in the armed conflict between India and Pakistan, two friends of Guatemala, and we cherish the hope that this conflict may be resolved by peaceful means. We hope that the Viet-Nam problem, which has already claimed so many human lives, will be solved in the same way. We note with satisfaction that the colonized peoples are rapidly attaining independence and we are pleased that new countries are joining our Organization, which is thus fulfilling its universal mission. Lastly, we eagerly welcome the holy Father’s decision to address all the peoples of the world from this rostrum in an appeal for universal peace.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“We also deplore the continued existence of the problem of divided peoples and the fact that, despite all that has been said on all occasions concerning the self-determination of peoples, these countries have never been given an opportunity to organize themselves but have been maintained in a state which is contrary to their wishes and their destinies. We regret that local wars are destroying world peace and that communism, using international subversion, which is a new form of intervention, is attacking peaceful and democratic nations,, disrupting their development.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The draft Charter of the Central American Community has already been submitted and will be considered at the next regular Conference of Central American Foreign Ministers. The draft Charter, like the draft principles, envisages the establishment of supranational organs, capable of continuing the integration process. 110. As I have already said, Guatemala is deeply concerned about the serious problems confronting our Organization. We lament the fact that the disarmament problem remains unsolved.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“At the end of 1963, in faithful interpretation of that mandate, I submitted to the Central. American Foreign Ministers the draft principles for the Central American community, to which I referred in my statement to the nineteenth session of the General Assembly [1301st meeting, paras. 11-25]. As I said in that statement, the draft was considered by a special commission, which made very few amendments and prepared a report which was to be taken up by the Conference of Central American Foreign Ministers. 109. The first Special Conference of Central American Foreign Ministers, in resolution XIII, requested the Executive Council to draw up a draft Convention on the Central American Community, taking into account the draft principles submitted by my country.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“106. I must state clearly and categorically that as far as the Government of Guatemala is concerned the reorganization of the Organization of Central American States and the progress achieved in the implementation of the various integration programmes are only steps in the process designed to restore the unity of Central America as soon as possible. 107. The Government of Guatemala considers that this objective is a historical imperative and a mandate from the people of Central America, who ever since the unhappy day when the Federal Republic of Central America was dissolved have expressed their firm and unshakable determination to reconstruct it. For the people of Central America, the return to their former unity has ceased to be a mere dream; it has become their most noble and most urgent task. 108.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“In accordance with this new fundamental instrument and the decisions of the above-mentioned Conference of Foreign Ministers, the Organization of Central American States possesses the following organs for the attainment of its objectives: the Conference of Heads of State, the supreme organ; the Conference of Foreign Ministers, the principal organ; the Executive Council, a permanent organ composed of the Central American Foreign Ministers or their special representatives; the Legislative Council, composed of three representatives of each of the legislative authorities of the Member States; the Central American Court of Justice, composed of the Presidents of the judicial authorities of those States; the Central American Economic Council, composed of their respective Ministers of Economic Affairs; the Cultural and Educational Council, composed of the Central American Ministers of Education; the Defence Council, composed of the Ministers of Defence or equivalent officials, according to the rank and functions assigned to them in the various Member States, and other subsidiary organs.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“On 30 March 1965 the new Charter of the Organization of Central American States came into force and on that occasion there took place the First Special Conference of Central American Foreign Ministers, which took all the steps necessary for the functioning of our Organization at the present stage. 105.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“With regard to the efforts directed towards the political unification of Central America, in the statement which I have the honour to make at the 1301st meeting of this Assembly, in 1964,1 described in broad outline the successes achieved in the Central American integration process, some of the projects that were being carried out in connexion with that process and the plans that were being prepared with a view to achieving the reorganization of Central America in the near future. 104. I am very glad to be able to inform you today that the Central American Republics have taken new and positive steps in the momentous task of reconstructing their former national entity.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Guatemala is therefore thinking of joining the great Latin American economic integration movement, provided that the instruments establishing the common market are flexible enough to permit effective and opportune participation for the benefit of our peoples and the American community as a whole. In compliance with Central American treaties, however, Guatemala will take the final decision jointly with the other Central American countries, so that we may act as a single group. 103.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“This important plan states at various points that the less-developed countries, among which we must include Guatemala, will need more time to attain their goals and to free their trade with the other Latin American countries, and that it may be possible to grant them priority in connexion with foreign investments and financial assistance, electricity supply, improvement of communications, technical assistance and certain other matters. These proposals, which will, we feel sure, be accepted by all the countries concerned as the plan crystallizes, demonstrate the great American spirit with which the authors are imbued and proves their great ability to understand the economic problems afflicting our peoples. 102.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“We welcome the proposed establishment of a Latin American common market, because we have seen that It is clearly understood that the less-developed countries of America require special treatment, since many aspects of their agriculture, industry, mining and in general all their economic activities must be strengthened before they can form part of the same market with other economies which are more advanced and more integrated at the domestic level.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“For these reasons, we are convinced that the expansion of consumer markets is essential to promote the development of our countries at a faster rate than is possible with the inadequate markets provided by our respective countries. It is nevertheless our duty to point out that our achievements are the fruit of many years of preparation, during which we made little progress at first, despite our natural impatience; as we advanced, however, we saw the road extend until we reached the point we have now attained. We are still unsatisfied; of course, we still have a long way to go, but everyday we move forward with greater enthusiasm and conviction. For these reasons, Guatemala congratulates the other countries of the continent on their firm determination to solve the problem of our economic and social behaviour in unity. 101.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“With regard to the establishment of a Latin-American common market, my Government welcomed with great sympathy the proposals made by distinguished economists at the suggestion of the President of Chile. Our sympathy arises from the fact that we have been the most enthusiastic advocates of the programmes for the economic integration of Central America, which we have been carrying out since the beginning of the last decade. We have seen the progress made by our economies as the Central American common market came into being. We have shown the benefit to be derived from the establishment of regional bodies that take positive action such as the Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica, the Instituto Centroamericano de Investigación y Tecnología Industrial, the Camara Centroamericana de Compensación and others.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“I can state that Guatemala will consequently welcome investments from the sister nations of America, knowing that we are all interested in developing our countries fully so that everyday we may become more capable of giving our peoples a better life by eradicating disease, poverty and ignorance, in accordance with the noble principles set forth in the Charter of the United Nations. 99. For that reason, Guatemala hopes that the Governments of capital-exporting countries will guide their investors so that they may adopt attitudes in keeping with the principles I have mentioned and with the desire for balanced progress with which all our countries are imbued. 100.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“An important section of the statement to Which I have referred indicates that Governments will give special encouragement to joint ventures, in which foreign capital is associated with domestic capital, and establishes the principle that foreign investors should, during a reasonable period of time, give Central American investors the option to subscribe to and buy capital stock. It also stresses the fact that in order to diversify Central American exports to other countries and regions it will be necessary to encourage investments to be used for the production of exportable goods manufactured with domestic raw materials. 98.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Moreover, we have concluded that foreign investment is necessary in those fields where the complex technology required, the excessive amount of investment involved or the market requirements and conditions have prevented the establishment of domestic enterprises, with the result that the country’s resources benefit no one. We consider that these ideas are applicable to all the sister countries of America. 96. In our opinion, foreign investors should cooperate in forming a vigorous class of entrepreneurs in the country in which they invest, by enabling nations to participate so that they may acquire the technical knowledge needed to make them more capable and more useful to their country. 97.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Guatemala, together with the other Central American Governments, recently issued a statement setting forth the basic principles which will constitute the general rule governing foreign investment; in view of their importance I think I should outline those principles briefly before the Assembly. It is generally agreed that foreign investment is needed to accelerate economic development, since domestic savings are not yet sufficient for that purpose. Particular stress should be laid, however, on the fact that foreign investors, while having the same right to obtain reasonable profits, should also co-operate in developing the recipient country by investing in those sectors which have not been exploited, or have been inadequately exploited, by the nationals of our countries.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Anything concerned with the intensification of our trade, the diversification of production and industrialization, foreign and private capital investment and the reduction of restrictions in inter-American trade should be done on the basis of a comprehensive view and a unified pattern; otherwise we shall never achieve unity and economic factors might be viewed in the light of so many different technical factors that the results achieved might in some cases be contradictory and mutually restrictive in their effect. 94. Special consideration should be given to the question of foreign investment. My Government has made a careful analysis of the implications of foreign investment in Guatemala. 95.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Nevertheless, when we consider the position of that system and the methods which will enable us to adapt it to the circumstances and requirements of the world of today, we find that we have to revise many of our conventional ideas about international coexistence and cooperation, the development of which makes re-adaptation to specific forms, standards and procedures necessary in order to respond to the new possibilities offered by present-day relations between peoples. 93. Since one of the basic objectives of continental solidarity is the co-ordination of our economies in a spirit of unity, we must draw up economic development programmes on a continental scale and establish bodies which will be able to plan our economic development. This is the responsibility, not of one country or of one area, but of the whole American continent.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The efforts which my country is making to promote development, which in 1964 led to an increase of 9.9 per cent in the gross national product — a high figure compared with the country's growth in previous years — must be supported by a price policy and fair treatment for the Commodities Which we export, so that the balance-of-payments problems of the developing countries will not be aggravated as a result of export barriers. The existence of such barriers must not discourage us in our legitimate desire for economic development. 92. The profound changes that have taken place in the world as a result of great scientific advances and remarkable technological progress have forced the inter-American system to carry out a process of adjustment and accommodation.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“In the economic sphere, Guatemala hopes that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, as an organ of the General Assembly will help through its permanent body, the Trade and Development Board, to further the efforts of the less-developed countries to improve their economies and will help them to solve the problems they encounter in placing their primary commodities on the world market. We attach special importance to the Committee on Commodities since despite Guatemala's efforts to promote its own development and despite the growth of its industrial sector, which in 1964 was one of the economic sectors with the highest growth rate, namely 6.5 per cent, it is still a country which derives the foreign exchange it needs to finance its development from exporting agricultural commodities such as coffee. 91.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Lastly, as proof of its respect for the norms of international law and its faith in the use of the peaceful means which civilization imposes on States for the settlement of their disputes, Guatemala is happy to announce that a solution is being sought, through the good offices of a friendly State, to its long-standing dispute With the United Kingdom over the territory of Belize. Guatemala's unchanging attitude of respect for the peaceful settlement of conflicts, which is the very foundation of the legal structure of the United Nations, makes it optimistic that the justness of its cause will bring about a settlement in which its rights will be recognized. 90.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Within the American regional system it has always fully supported, and will continue to support, the aims of that system; it has demonstrated its steadfast solidarity when common objectives, whether political or economic, have been pursued, and it has always been vigilant and active in safeguarding its principles and its way of life, which are now threatened more than ever by wily hidden forces which would destroy the most precious of human values. 89. Guatemala has thus firmly repudiated totalitarian systems and has adopted strong measures to halt the provocation and aggression of communism, reaffirming the American system of law and the democratic aspirations of its peoples.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The success of those efforts should spur us onto redouble our own efforts to promote the peace of the world which is so greatly threatened today. 88. Within its modest position in the United Nations, Guatemala has always been ready to support, with determination and enthusiasm, all just and appropriate measures for the solution of the great problems afflicting mankind; it has followed, as an invariable rule of conduct, a clear and definite policy of absolute respect for international commitments and it has always been in the vanguard of the fight for the freedom and independence of oppressed peoples.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Only hope in our Organization, a profound belief that the human spirit can rise above its passions and egotism and that man must no longer be the enemy of man, as also respect for the principles and norms of international law, will enable us to find the proper solution to each of the problems Which arise and thus achieve the international peace and security which we so much need and which is the sign and the summation of our world Organization. 87. It cannot be denied that in its twenty years of existence the United Nations has endeavoured to maintain an international legal order; it has established the principle of the legal equality of States and on many occasions it has found a just and proper settlement for conflicts which threatened the maintenance of international peace, security and justice.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“My country's delegation to this session of the United Nations reaffirms before this General Assembly Guatemala's unshakable faith in respect for the principles enshrined in the San Francisco Charter which gave birth to the United Nations, its belief in the equality of the rights of nations large and small, and its firm conviction that our great world Organization will help to solve the various problems that may arise, whether they are economic, social, cultural or of any other type. 86. It is certain that the world is going through one of its worst periods of crisis, that local wars are being waged between various countries and that the threat of a third world war, which would bring our civilization and perhaps even mankind itself to an end, still hangs over us like a horrible nightmare.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“84. On behalf of the Government of Guatemala and the delegation which I have the honour to lead, it gives me great pleasure to express to you. Sir, our most hearty congratulations on your election to the office of President of the General Assembly of the United Nations for this session. This most appropriate choice not only is a recognition of your ability and great merits but is also a tribute to your great country, which for many reasons has earned our admiration. Italy is, as it were, heir to the glories of Rome and to the Latin genius which created the universal standards of law. At this time of tribulation for the world, we need to draw our inspiration from that spirit of justice epitomized in the words of one of its most eminent jurists, who defined justice as the constant will to give to each his own. 85.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Not being able to do so, however, I wish it to be placed on record that Guatemala is firmly planted among the free and democratic countries and follows a clear-cut and definite policy of absolute respect for international commitments. We are sympathetic to the countries which seek to free themselves from the yoke of colonialism, firm in our determination to fight for international peace and security, faithful to the principles of the United Nations Charter, champions of the right of weak countries to a better fate, and hopeful that universal justice and harmony will triumph.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Of course, in using the word "honest", we must mention the essential fact that any disarmament agreement between the great Powers must involve proper open inspection. 36. My delegation is thus doing its duty in setting forth its ideas, its points of view, its proposals and its hopes regarding some of the major problems facing the world today, particularly those that are closely linked with my country's policies or life or which are of such vital importance that they affect all mankind. It is not a sign of indifference if I do not refer to the other items that will be dealt with at this session, or which are of concern to many friendly countries.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“That is why, being aware of their international responsibilities, all countries have the right to discuss disarmament and to point out the tragic consequences for mankind if drastic steps are not taken rapidly and courageously to halt the arms race and to find an effective way of liquidating the most powerful nuclear weapons which threaten to destroy the world. When the time for mass destruction comes, there will be no distinction between powerful and small countries, between armed and defenceless countries. That is why the latter countries are precisely the ones which must urge the great Powers to reach a radical and honest general agreement on disarmament for the protection of mankind.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“It may appear strange that unarmed, peace-loving countries, loyal to the purposes and principles of the United Nations, should meet together at the highest international level, the General Assembly of the United Nations, in order to discuss disarmament. However, to think along those lines would mean that we were ignoring those very same purposes and principles of the United Nations, whereas the peoples constituting the United Nations, in solemnly proclaiming the Charter at San Francisco, reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, and in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Unfortunately, when speaking of divided countries, we must also mention that other great European country which is divided by a wall of shame, separating the free world of Western Germany, vigorous, economically strong, respectful of human rights, from another world, surrounded by barbed wire, tanks and other instruments of war, ready to crush with bloody brutality any attempt at rebellion, of which we had a sufficiently eloquent example in martyred Hungary. The two Germanies are separated by a gap of centuries: in one there is progress, health and energy; in the other, terror, misery and people ready to escape from such a hard life as soon as the way is open. 35.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Secondly, the Peking regime today, after a show of almost uncontrollable force, hopes to win a seat of honour which will give it international representation and complete authority, even though this system of government would have nothing but contempt for those countries which devote their economic resources, their sweat, energy and courage to the pursuit of peace through work and freedom, instead of to the pursuit of violence. 34.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“First, it has not escaped the world's notice that the Peking regime, by its acts of aggression in South Korea in 1950, in Laos in 1953, in Tibet in 1959, in India in 1959 and 1962 and recently, once again, in Laos and South Viet-Nam, in defiance of the principles of the United Nations Charter, has clearly shown that it is not the most suitable one to oust the Republic of China, which, since the 1945 Conference at which this Organization was founded, has been representing a section of mankind that is imbued with noble purposes and a love of peace and progress. 33.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“The free peoples of the world have opposed the move to deprive the Chinese people of the position they now hold in the United Nations, and this opposition, besides being based on rules of law (be it natural, positive, or international), is also based on hard facts. The Guatemalan delegation would now like briefly to outline those facts in this Assembly. 32.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“But as regards the Chinese drama, there has been no congress, no assembly, no encouraging geographical parallel on which to pin our hopes, there is no legal permit enabling parts of different sections of a single people to communicate with each other. 31. Once again, at this nineteenth regular session of the General Assembly, we are faced with the unfounded claims of the Peking regime, which wishes either to have dual representation or to deprive the Republic of China of the rights which it has acquired over a long period of time and history, thus ending its representation and replacing it by another delegation whose presence here might be justified by some principle or other but not that of legitimacy.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“And so the world is faced with yet another danger, which the United Nations has to meet with determination and courage. In the meantime, the United Nations must continue to boycott the country in question and to offer the Republic of China its firm and outright support, since the island of Formosa is a bulwark of liberty and of respect for basic human rights, a bastion that the free world must defend and protect. 30. By showing indifference to the tragic problems of Korea, Viet-Nam, Germany and China, we could find ourselves in a real crisis. In spite of the gravity of these problems, hopes for a rapid and satisfactory solution to the first three have not vanished altogether. These have been discussed and claims and concessions have been made.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“My delegation wishes now to endorse the Joint Declaration of the seventy-seven developing nations, which state that international co-operation in the fields of trade and development "must serve as a decisive instrument for ending the division of the world into areas of affluence and intolerable poverty". As the Declaration says, this task is the outstanding challenge of our times, and the injustice and neglect of centuries need to be redressed. 29. Recently, an atomic bomb was exploded by a country which, owing to its aggressive policy, is not a Member of the United Nations. Its policies are incompatible with the principles of this Organization, particularly with the first and most basic of those principles, namely, the maintenance of international peace and security. The echoes of this explosion have aroused fear throughout the world.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“We consider it of great importance to create continuing international machinery for examining and solving problems of world trade and economic development and we therefore feel that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development must be established as an organ of the General Assembly, and that a trade and development board and a permanent secretariat within the United Nations should be set up, as has been recommended. In general, we consider that the recommendations of the Conference need to be studied very attentively at this session of the General Assembly, which now bears the heavy responsibility of taking final decisions on the matter.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“It is encouraging to think that 120 States should have held a discussion and reached conclusions of far-reaching consequence for the life and development of society; it is gratifying, too, that so many countries, differing from each other in their political, social and economic structures and in their stages of development, should have arrived at a meeting of minds and should be well on the way towards achieving genuine progress in the unfortunate under-developed areas of this world of ours, all this thanks to the efforts of our Organization. 28.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was, of course, unable to fulfil these splendid ideals; nor could it be expected to adopt any convention incorporating new concepts of international trade, thus breaking with an age-old, selfish tradition. However, the great importance attached to the Conference, in view of the change of thinking that has been observed, is largely due to the solidarity and receptivity shown by the seventy-seven developing nations. They gave a very clear picture of the enormous handicap under which they labour in their trade with the economically developed countries, a handicap that will become increasingly greater if an immediate solution is not sought; and while they have realized the gravity of the problem, they are not in complete agreement as regards the remedy.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“That act of faith was certainly prepared for at the preliminary meetings of the Latin American countries: at the meeting of experts at Brasilia, and at the meeting at Alta Gracia, where the Ad Hoc Committee on Latin American Co-ordination met. 26. At those meetings truly revolutionary conclusions were reached with regard to the modern concept of international trade, and solutions were formulated which, if they could be carried out, would close the enormous gap between the poor and the powerful countries, not through the generosity of the latter, but for the sake of justice and even in the self-interest of a world that is seeking balance and self-adjustment. 27.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“As far as the developing nations are concerned, the most important event of the year was undoubtedly the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, which met at Geneva for more than three months. The Latin American countries placed great hopes in that Conference and spent some time preparing the views they would be putting before the Conference. It was a magnificent example of solidarity, of a marriage of views, and of the possibilities of facing our joint problems with courage. The Secretary-General of the Conference, Mr. Ravil Prebisch, had already expressed the idea that the Conference should be imbued with a mystique, that it constituted "an act of faith in the possibility of persuading, of making these ideas sink in where they should sink in, and in the possibility of provoking constructive reactions".”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Its resources are the same; the only market for its products is the Central American market; its development plans will be successful only if they are carried out in conjunction with those of the neighbouring Guatemalan region; and its only hope of progress and true liberty lies in putting an end to colonialism in any form and in linking its destiny with that of Guatemala, and ultimately Central America, with its bright prospects. 24. We still hope, as we have always hoped, that this long-standing and grievous dispute may be settled under international law by the means intended to govern the relations between civilized countries, but we decline any responsibility for the results if, in settling the question of Belize, my country's rights are disregarded. 25.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“However these machinations of the United Kingdom, which are designed to release it from its financial commitments in Belize and at the same time make a mockery of my country's rights to that part of our territory, will not succeed. Whether the colonial Power likes it or not, Belize is part of the historical, geographical and economic reality of Guatemala, and its future is inextricably linked to that of the rest of the isthmus.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“The British mercilessly exploited the territory's abundant resources and now that the economy is ruined and there is little possibility of rehabilitation, which makes the colonial budget burdensome to maintain, the British are seeking to shirk their responsibilities and give Belize semi-independent status which would place it in an even poorer and more difficult situation than its present one, miserable enough as it is. The local inhabitants, conditioned by long years of British indoctrination and deceived by the promise of a better future, are docilely playing into the hands of the British in their latest game. 23.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)