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“Those comments on some of the problems that are before the United Nations for consideration and in respect of which intense activity has been undertaken to find the best solutions prove the constant support of my country for the principles and purposes set out in the fundamental Charter which we signed in San Francisco, California, in 1945. What is more, they are proof of our desire for its correct application without political interpretations that may distort it and that may entail serious threats for international peace and security and for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of States Members. We most sincerely hope that the purposes of the Organization at this thirty-second regular session of the General Assembly will be fully met.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“Moreover, and as a temporary measure both Koreas, North and South, might be admitted to the United Nations in accordance with the principle of universality enshrined in the very Charter of our Organization. 58. The delegation of Guatemala has spoken on repeated occasions in this Assembly, and we do so now, to condemn the practices of apartheid and other discriminatory policies which keep southern Africa in a perpetually explosive situation. We trust, furthermore, that the problems of Rhodesia and Namibia may be resolved by the peaceful means available under international law, so as to guarantee the human rights of the broad masses of the populations which are now held in thraldom in those territories. 59.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“With the example of the Panama Canal, we would like to think that the international community is living in an era auspicious for negotiating solutions; and it is on this that we base our hope that, by means of dialogue and understanding, tensions may be alleviated and a solution found for the serious problems of the Middle East, leading to a peace based on the coexistence and brotherhood of man, as well as the reconciliation of the interests of all the peoples of the region. 57. The problem of the reunification of Korea still awaits solution. It too must be settled by peaceful means. My delegation therefore considers that it would be desirable for both South Korea and North Korea to resume the dialogue, at present suspended, so as to achieve a lasting peace on the Korean peninsula and, if possible, arrive at a non-aggression pact.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“We trust that it is in this same spirit of understanding and equity that the other side will negotiate so as to prevent situations of tension which might arise when a nation finds that its hopes for justice for its legitimate claims are dashed. We also hope that this negotiating process, now being conducted in a friendly climate will not be disturbed by undue pressures from countries alien to the dispute which, far from contributing to the solution of the problem, may render it more acute and complex. 56.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“The recent example of the agreement between the United States of America and Panama regarding the Panama Canal, a problem which seemed to be extremely difficult to solve, reaffirms our conviction that there is no dispute between States, however involved, which cannot be settled by peaceful means. 54. This leads us to the optimistic hope that the three problems-those of Belize, the Islas Malvinas and Gibraltar-will soon be solved by means of dialogue and recognition of the validity of those claims. 55. In so far as Guatemala is concerned, my Government wishes to place on record before this august Assembly that we are most willing to continue the negotiating process with the United Kingdom for the purpose of reaching an early settlement to the protracted controversy over Belize.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“These negotiations have become more intensive in recent years with a view to finding a conciliatory formula which will at the same time satisfy Guatemala's vital interests and rights and those of the population of Belize which is now under the colonial responsibility of the British Government. 52. In the negotiations which have been held between both Governments very significant advances have been attained, and although some divergences subsist between the parties, we trust that in the near future negotiations will lead to a just, honourable and satisfactory settlement for all. 53.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“As years went by, the population of the Territory of Belize grew, with people coming from different places, and they have swelled the ranks of the resident Guatemalan families. My Government recognizes that the interests and legitimate aspirations of that local population which has developed in Belize must be respected and taken duly into account in any settlement of the dispute which is agreed to between Guatemala and the United Kingdom. 51. Within this political context and in accordance with the fundamental purposes of the United Nations, my Government has been negotiating with the United Kingdom.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“48. Belize is not an isolated case. It is one of the vestiges of British occupation of Central American lands during the last century when the prospect of building an inter-oceanic Canal over that territory led the Imperial Power to annex major parts of the territories of the States of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, which were later returned to their rightful owners through the pressure of international circumstances. 49. At that same time, in 1859, the British occupation of Belize, exceeding the agreed-upon frontiers, extended southward over lands which until then had been under Guatemala's effective sovereignty and occupation. It is from these new occupations and setting of new frontiers that there arose the territorial dispute to which the two Governments are still parties today. 50.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“45. When Guatemala entered the United Nations more than three decades ago, our Government had pending a solution at the international level of its claim over the Guatemalan territory of Belize. In the world Organization we placed our hope for a just and equitable arrangement. 46. For more than a century in vain we have made this claim to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland over that territory occupied by that great Power, and my Government expressed its clear and definite reservation on this on entering the Organization. 47. On many opportunities throughout those 32 years which have elapsed, the Government of my country stated before this forum the historical background and the basis of the just claims of the people of Guatemala over a territory which legitimately belongs to it and of which we were deprived by force.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“The example of the Panama Canal reaffirms our conviction that, with good faith and a spirit of mutual sacrifice among the parties to a dispute, conciliatory formulas can be found which will guarantee relations of peace and, accordingly, relations of friendship and co-operation among peoples. We express the hope that the agreements signed will be approved by the respective constitutional mechanisms of both nations. 44. By means of fruitful negotiations we have practically eliminated the acute problem of the Panama Canal. But on the American continent there still subsist the colonial enclaves of Belize in Guatemala and of the Islas Malvinas in the Argentine Republic which, like the case of Gibraltar in Spain, are painful vestiges of British usurpations in territories extracted from sovereign States at times of boundless imperial expansion.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“The delegation of Guatemala expresses its pleasure and reiterates its solidarity with the people of Panama because of the agreements recently signed with the United States of America on the inter-oceanic Canal which meet the desire of that sister nation to obtain more favourable status over 1 the important means of communication which is part of its ' national territory We congratulate both contracting parties for the understanding and conciliatory manner in which, by means of dialogue, they have succeeded in resolving a question that was debated at length and was of world interest, and is particularly of continental interest. 43.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“We must nevertheless recognize the success of the United Nations in avoiding the possible conflagrations which have loomed ominously over international peaceful coexistence. We should not be discouraged because that success has not included some cases which, regrettably, are still critical, and we must keep our faith that, with goodwill and a shared spirit of sacrifice, just and satisfactory solutions will be arrived at. 42.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“Guatemala, which has actively participated in the United Nations since its foundation, will continue to play its part to the full so that the world Organization may attain the objectives and purposes it has set itself since its inception, and will continue to maintain respect for the principles which led to its establishment. 40. Nevertheless, my Government is concerned because among some of the Members of this world Organization, which is made up of peace-loving States, there still exist, 32 years after its foundation, acute situations of conflict which maintain virulent hotbeds of tension in various regions of the planet and threaten the stability of peace in a world that is increasingly interdependent as regards both good and bad fortune 41.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“We reiterate our support for United Nations principles, particularly those which are vital for the harmonious existence of nations, such as sovereignty, territorial integrity, non-intervention, compliance in good faith with international obligations, the promotion of international social justice and international co-operation for development. 38. Throughout its history my country has kept alive its faith in the pacific settlement of disputes among nations. We have proved this in our bilateral relations, and we have defended this principle at the international level. 39.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“Since the earthquake which afflicted my country on 4 February 1976 my Government has made a major effort to accelerate the process of national reconstruction without setting aside the execution of projects developed within an organic development plan, acting in conformity with the motto proclaimed by the President of Guatemala, General Kjell Eugenio Laugerud, as the goal of his administration: To rebuild without ceasing to produce . 36. The international community has been assisting my Government in its arduous task of reconstruction in the devastated areas, and we take the opportunity to reiterate our gratitude in this world forum for that generous co-operation. 37.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“The delegations of Guatemala expresses its most sincere hope that at the forthcoming sessions of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea Governments will do their utmost to arrive at an international treaty that will finally achieve the global regulation of a subject so vital to the future of mankind. 33. The Government of Guatemala has been striving to establish the mechanisms necessary to accelerate the process of integral development for our people in an atmosphere of peace and with total respect for human rights, within the context of freedom and the complete exercise of democracy. 34. My Government is aware that raising the standard of living of the people of Guatemala depends mainly on our own efforts, but we also recognize that international co-operation is most important within a world development strategy. 35.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“The Guatemalan delegation recognizes that the Members of the United Nations are co-operating effectively by intensifying the economic and social development of developing countries in many ways. One of its most important instruments is UNDP, and my Government considers its resources should be increased, particularly by the industrial countries, so that UNDP can execute indispensable projects in the poorer nations. 31. As regards the United Nations Conferences on the Law of the Sea, the Government of Guatemala regrets that the negotiations held so far have been so slow, making it impossible to overcome the obstacles that prevent the signing of an international instrument reflecting the established aims. 32.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“It is the unavoidable duty of every State to co-operate to achieve stability in the export prices of the developing countries in relation to import prices, so as to ensure just and equitable terms of trade so that prices will be remunerative for the producer and acceptable to the consumer, with a view to a balanced expansion of the world economy. 29. We must make it clear that international co-operation for development is a shared objective and the common duty of all States, which must all c. operate with the efforts of the developing countries to accelerate their economic and social well-being, with strict respect for the legal equality of States and without conditions that undermine their sovereignty. 30.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“The Fund is a scheme in which both industrial countries and the developing countries would participate with specific and far-reaching objectives that would lead to a general improvement in rural activity throughout the world. 27. My delegation considers that, in order to attain development targets, basic conditions must be created that would promote development at all levels, including conditions designed to establish a balance in international trade. To this end the developed countries must apply, improve and expand the system of generalized non-reciprocal and non-discriminatory tariff preferences for the developing countries. 28.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“Now the industrial nations must realize the urgent need for them to increase substantially their contributions to development and to achieve structural changes in the international system. This is the true meaning of the interdependence of nations and one of the cardinal points of world peace. 26. In the context of international co-operation for development, the delegation of Guatemala considers it appropriate to express its support for the establishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, which represents an important effort of the international community to increase food production throughout the world.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“What is novel is the plan to add to these arrangements international financing to support and promote agreements on trade. 23. It is regrettable that the Conference was unable to take any specific decision on this very important item, not even on questions of principle. Yet we must not waver in our hope that negotiations on the common fund will continue, because for the developing countries this fund is still a key element in the urgently needed reform of the world economy. 24. My delegation looks forward with optimism to the holding of the United Nations Conference on Technical Co-operation among Developing Countries to be held in the spring of next year, since it will constitute a useful forum for the developing countries to share their knowledge and experience. 25.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“The delegation of Guatemala considers it fitting to refer to the failure of the United Nations Negotiating Conference on a Common Fund under the Integrated Programme for Commodities, held this year, because we, as a developing country, had set great hopes on those efforts. The Conference was one of those landmarks in international relations which sometimes do not arouse the attention they deserve, even though this was the first conference convened by the United Nations specifically to negotiate a new instrument which could become a vital part of the new international economic order. 22. The common fund is no great novelty in terms of structural change since it is intended only to assist in the establishment and better operation of international agreements on commodities.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“The elimination of the scourges which cause such insufficiency must be achieved on a world-wide scale and as a genuine crusade demanding intensive and accelerated common action. 20. The United Nations can have no programme more noble or more promising than the promotion of development, since we live in a world which is forever in movement, with intercommunication made possible by the impressive advance of technology and science, and it is therefore impossible to remain indifferent to the backwardness of innumerable nations, which also leads to situations which are a danger to all. Development beyond and above frontiers and ideologies is a goal that must be achieved as early as possible in order to bring about a more balanced and harmonious world, in which conditions of well-being are within everyone's reach. 21.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“With respect to international co-operation, which is one of the most relevant activities of the United Nations, the delegation of Guatemala wishes to express its concern, because the goals and targets set for the United Nations Second Development Decade have in practice not been fully implemented, that is to say, it has not been possible to consolidate a generous policy of co-operation as the only way to achieve universal stability. 19. International, co-operation becomes more essential every day and coexistence in a community of peoples seeking to strengthen peace in the mere absence of conflict is very difficult, because the desired security can be jeopardized as long as two thirds of the peoples of the world still live in conditions of dire insufficiency.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“It is the conviction of my Government that the Commissioner, because of his technical competence, would be the proper person to (ill the existing gap which some private associations, whose conclusions are frequently formulated through generalizations or unproven accusations, are seeking to fill more through enthusiasm than equanimity. 17. In conclusion, I wish to state that the delegation of Guatemala will sponsor a proposal to establish the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 18.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“That Convention has been submitted for the approval and prompt ratification of our domestic institutions. 14. The Government of Guatemala has at all times considered that the most effective way of ensuring the protection of human rights is through international conventions, both world-wide and regional. Unilateral actions or pressures, however worthy their motives, can always be considered as forms of intervention which are prohibited in relations among States. 15. For more than 25 years, the Government of Guatemala has been in favour of establishing an office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, with responsibility for ensuring that the necessary procedures are followed in order to secure and guarantee respect for those rights. 16.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“these are two different manifestations of the same disease which afflicts mankind, namely, violence. 11. The Government of Guatemala actively participated in the action undertaken by the United Nations which led to the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was signed in Paris in 1948, as well as in the International Covenants which supplement it. 12. Those cardinal principles were incorporated in the Constitution of Guatemala, in its broad protection of individual guarantees and social rights, and are part of our internal legal system. 13. My Government also signed the American Convention on Human Rights, known as the Pact of San Jose, which we helped to frame and which establishes effective agencies for the protection of the observance of those rights at the regional level.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“We must also protect man against the brutal acts of terrorism, which are a threat to the personal integrity and freedom of innocent persons-whether citizens or government officials and diplomatic representatives-who are the victims of indirect action intended to achieve a political objective. Violence and lack of respect for human rights are the result of an interaction of abnormal social forces of which the consequences as well as the deep roots must be combated. 10. The action of the international community must be strongly directed toward preventing and eradicating violence from wherever u comes and whatever its ostensible motivation. Just as individuals must be protected from the excesses of governments, they also must be guaranteed security against the crimes of terrorism.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“The fact that we are here as representatives of the human race is reason enough for this forum to express the unanimous aspiration that the life, integrity and dignity of man should not suffer the abuses of governments or the blind and cruel attacks of terrorism. As representatives of governments, our unanimous aspiration must be translated into action designed to strengthen and develop the legal instruments and institutions required in order to prevent and repress violations of human rights and to guarantee the effective exercise of those rights. 9. The security of the individual must be safeguarded against the excesses of State power. We must ensure the essential conditions of well-being for a dignified and useful life.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“Therefore, on behalf of the delegation which I head, I reaffirm our complete support for his endeavours and initiatives. 5. I shall now refer to some of the items which my delegation considers to be far-reaching and which will be considered at this session. 6. It has become evident in this Assembly that in our debates we attach priority interest to the item of international protection of human rights, which since the signing of the Charter at San Francisco has constituted one of the fundamental purposes of the United Nations. 7. That concern is natural and understandable at a time when, in spite of incredible advances in science and technology, mankind is being harassed by a growing and ruthless wave of violence and by changing forms of civil and international struggle in which the human being is practically defenceless. 8.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“My delegation extends to the delegations of the two new Members of our Organization, the socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of Djibouti, its cordial welcome to this world body and offers them its co-operation in all undertakings that will contribute to the achievement of the purposes that we share in this universal forum. 4. It is 2 great satisfaction for the delegation of Guatemala to express appreciation for the work done by the Secretary-General of the Organization, Mr. Kurt Waldheim, whom I had the honour to receive in my country a few months ago, and to-congratulate him on his tireless efforts on behalf of the maintenance of world peace and the strengthening of the mission which has been entrusted to the United Nations.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“1. Mr. President, the delegation of Guatemala is pleased to congratulate you on your election as President of this session of the General Assembly and we are certain that your outstanding qualities and diplomatic skills, your experience and thorough knowledge of international problems, as well as your devotion to the ideals of the United Nations, will be decisive factors for the orderly proceedings of our debates and for maintaining the delicate balance of conciliation in the resolutions that will be adopted at this thirty-second session. 2. The delegation of Guatemala is also pleased to express its appreciation to Mr. Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe for the excellent work that he did in guiding the thirty-first session of the General Assembly. 3.”
1977-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 32 (1977)
“There is but one law and it applies to everyone, because any kind of opportunistic interpretation which grants rights to some while they are denied to others, offends our sense of equity and justice. Guatemala believes that the Charter and the resolutions to which we have voluntarily adhered should be interpreted as a whole and in a spirit of total equality. These are the conditions for good faith in the fulfillment of obligations entered into and are the means to guarantee the application of international law and justice which are the very foundations of stable and lasting peace.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Guatemala, together with 50 other nations, has been a Member of the Organization since its foundation and has taken part in all the sessions of the General Assembly and in the international conferences it has convened. We have made our contribution to different bodies, and distinguished Guatemalans have held important posts. In 1968, the General Assembly elected a Guatemalan, Emilio Arenales Catalan, as its President. Our participation in the work of the United Nations has been in keeping with the principles and purposes of the Charter, which should be interpreted fully and not partially, completely and not in a fragmented fashion, even-handedly and not tendentiously.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“We belong to the Organization on equal terms, and this applies both to those nations which for several generations have enjoyed full international representation and to nations which have recently entered the international scene. We are a free association established for the purpose of achieving the peace and justice to which we aspire through law through law which teaches us that there is only one justice, which admits of no nuances. What is just for one must be just for others. What is unjust for one is unjust for all. This is something to ponder on, to determine and to agree on our responsibility as independent, sovereign States, if we wish to strengthen the legal principles which are essential to an organized international community. 102. On 24 October next we shall be celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“These situations of force which keep a stranglehold on the national territories of States can only be settled peacefully and permanently through the legal means provided for under international law. This is the path chosen by the people and Government of Guatemala, which we hope will lead to a settlement of its century-old claim against the United Kingdom in regard to the territory of Belize, on a basis of justice and equity, so as to avoid the friction resulting from the indignation of a people in the light of a stubborn refusal to recognize its lawful rights over its territorial integrity and the indivisibility of its sovereignty. 101. We are an Organization of sovereign States which have declared their acceptance of the purposes and principles of the Charter.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The self determination of peoples is a cardinal principle of the United Nations which has been applied to deliver subject nations from the state of bondage in which they were held b the colonial Powers. However, this principle can never be applied, in accordance with United Nations law itself. in the case of territories which are an integral part of a Slate and which have been forcibly occupied by another State, which has settled them with outsiders who have subjugated or supplanted the indigenous population, because this would lead to an encouragement of dismemberment of territories which belong to one nation but have been usurped by another. 100.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Despite the failure of the effort* made so far, the parties to the dispute have not slackened their efforts to find a negotiated mIuimw. Talks have continued until recently, as our Organization has been officially informed, between Guatemala and the United Kingdom with the participation of representatives of the people of Belize. My Government continues to trust that these negotiations will lead finally to a just and equitable solution which will reconcile the interests involved and put .in end to the dispute, thus avoiding the engendering of hostility stemming from the resentment caused by unilateral solutions those which are imposed by force, 99.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“for in the negotiations over the last 18 years the formulas for resolving the dispute have been aimed at reconciling the rights claimed by Guatemala with the interest of the people of Belize. In this spirit, in 1957, the representatives of the United People's Party of Belize held talks with representatives of the Government of Guatemala to discuss the possibility of a federative association with the latter. Hit these efforts were frustrated by the action of the United Kingdom Government, which do not view with favor the prospect of Belize's ceasing to be one of its possessions. In 1963 negotiations, were resumed with the United Kingdom through the good offices of the United States and later the case was submitted for mediation lo that CJovernmeni, Unfortunately, however, no formula acceptable to the parties was found. 98.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The Central American States themselves are making major efforts to achieve that kind of integration through a gradual and progressive process in which our people* have placed all their hopes of achieving the full development of the region and of overcoming the nationalistic quarrels which still create ill will among sister nations. 96, Guatemala is not indifferent to the fact that the local population of Belize has been growing because of migrations front different sources and because of other demographic factors and that the present population density is five inhabitant's per square kilometer. 97. Guatemala is mindful of the interests of these people, who have been acquiring an identity of their own.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“In order to break this deadlock., the Government of Guatemala and the United Kingdom embarked on a phase of negotiations which began in 195? and which with some interruptions, has continued up to the present day. These negotiations have been exploring various formulas for a settlement which, apart from the territorial dispute itself, take careful account of a very important element namely, the people of Belize whose interests warrant our total respect and whose friendship and co-operation we deem indispensable to the process of integration of two territories which constitute a single geographic entity. The mutual gravitation of both population groups, and their complementary interests indicate that be only viable path for their future development lies through economic and political integration.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Honduras and Nicaragua, considering that the sister Republic of Guatemala has during the present session of the General Assembly declared that it reserves its sovereign rights over Belize Territory, and considering that this is a problem which directly affects the geographical unity of Central America, wish lo record their support of the reservation made by the Guatemalan delegation." 94. The Government of my country has repeatedly attempted to seek a judicial solution to the dispute over Belize. hut its arbitration proposals were rejected by the United Kingdom in 1980 and in 1937 and l be idea of taking the case to the International fours of Justice came to nothing because the parties failed u* agree on the procedure to he followed. 95.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“hence, of Central America and that action designed to recover that Territory was of concern to all Slates signing that Declaration; the Declaration of Panama of 1962; and more recently the Declaration of Guayana. Venezuela, signed in December 1^74 by that country and the six Central American Governments, fn this very Assembly of the United Nations, at the seventh session. Mr. Urquia of HI Salvador made the following slate-merit at (he meeting held on 10 December "Paragraph 3 of the report of the Fourth Committee [Ai22cJ6\ refers to a reservation made by the representative of Guatemala in regard to Belize Territory. On behalf of the delegation of my country and of three other Central American delegations, I take the liberty or making the following statement concerning thai reservation. The delegations of Costa Rica, HI Salvador.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The justice of Guatemala's claim has won the support of the States of Latin America, as embodied in many declarations and resolutions, including those approved by the Second, Third and Fourth Meetings of Consultation of the Foreign Ministers, of the American Republics and in other organs and committee* of the Organization of American States |CA<!.V]. 93. The sister Republics of Central America have also expressed their solidarity with Guatemala in important regional documents, including the Declaration of Antigua, signed in August 1955. in which they proclaimed their rejection of the survival of colonialism in America and made it clear that the Territory of Belize was an integral part of Guatemala and.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“an expansionist adventure or as a curious form of neocolonialism something which is repugnant to the democratic spirit of the Guatemalan people we feel obliged to make it absolutely clear and explicit that Guatemala remains unwavering in its demand that the United Kingdom desist from its illegal occupation of the Guatemalan Territory of Belize, and that my Government reiterates its conviction that this dispute can be resolved only by the legal and diplomatic means provided for under international law a view which we hope is shared by the Government of the United Kingdom, with whose representative;, my Government has been negotiating for more than 12 years, in am attempt to find a formula for a settlement. 92.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“condemns any attempt to disrupt the national unity or territorial integrity of a country as being contrary to the principles of the Charter and to the foundations of law and peaceful coexistence".3 90. My delegation felt it necessary to summarize on this occasion the roots of its continuing dispute with the United Kingdom over the territory of Belize and the reasons why we come to this world forum every year to reiterate the still outstanding claim which is an affront to the dignity of all Guatemalans. <>l. Since a considerable number of new Slates have joined our Organization and many of them are unaware of the grounds for our claim, and since this Assembly has witnessed some demagogic attempts here to present our case as.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The delegations of Afghanistan, Iran and Jordan, among others, also expressed their agreement with the position taken by Guatemala in the discussion of the final text of resolution 1514 (XV), and on that occasion Mr. Rahnema of Iran emphatically reaffirmed the contents of paragraph 6 of the Declaration quoted earlier. At the same time, he quite rightly added that the Balkanization of countries is a stratagem of neocolonialism which applies, for the purposes of domination, the well-known maxim of "divide and conquer". 89. In this regard, the Latin American diplomat Mr. Leopoldo Benites, later to become President of the General Assembly, stated: "My delegation . . .”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“At the memorable meeting on 14 December 1960, Mr. Palar of Indonesia explained that his delegation was one of the sponsors of paragraph 6 and that he considered that the situation of the Territory which the Guatemalan delegation had in mind has been taken into consideration in our paragraph 6.' At that time, Indonesia was submitting its claim to West Irian, which it rightly considered an integral part of its own territory and which it subsequently recovered. 1 would remind the Assembly, too, that the enclave of Goa was brought under the sovereignty of India, which considered Goa to be an integral part of its own territory with the implicit acquiescence of the United Nations. 88.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“In so doing, we placed unequivocally on record that the resolution, in accordance with the provision of paragraph 6 of the Declaration, was not applicable to the long-standing dispute over Belize, since it categorically states that "Any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and the territorial integrity of a country is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations." 86. The existence of similar situations in other parts of the world was the reason why the 43 sponsors of the draft resolution considered it indispensable through that paragraph to safeguard the cardinal principle of territorial integrity, in order to protect countries against any attempt at dismemberment or secession which might invoke the inapplicable principle of self-determination. 87.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The records of our sessions and the votes of Guatemala in favor of all efforts to accelerate this process of decolonization bear witness to our support and, significantly, it was to the representative of Guatemala that the honor fell to be elected to the presidency of the Trusteeship Council in 1958. 85. Guatemala was one of the 89 countries which voted in favor of the historic resolution 1514 (XV), the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to . Colonial Countries and Peoples.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)