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“Similarly, the efforts of the five Western countries, the major trading partners of South Africa, to effect a negotiated settlement must not compromise the genuine aspirations of the people of Namibia, led by their authentic representatives, the South West Africa People's Organization. The white tribes of South Africa must be given no succour for perpetual illegal dominion. 97. Apartheid has been roundly and universally condemned. While moral suasion is a legitimate tool of pressure for desirable change, it is apposite to assert that the cardinal underpinning of apartheid is economic. Racism is a derivative of that essential condition. Like slavery before it, apartheid will be effectively terminated when it becomes unsustainable as a form of economic organization. 98.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“But its elimination is not a necessary condition for the reconquest of freedom and independence by the peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia. In relation to the former, the conjuncture of the declining economic base of a shrinking white minority and the pressures of the freedom fighters, led by the Patriotic Front, has made the present Conference in London possible. Let us hope that this particular opportunity for a negotiated settlement will be effectively utilized for ensuring the full transfer of genuine power to the majority of the people of that country. In this way, further bloodshed, in a war where the victory of the Patriotic Front is inevitable, can be avoided. 96.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The Fascist regime in Pretoria has, since its ignominious defeat in Angola, effected tactical shifts in its over-all objective of economic and strategic supremacy in southern Africa. The pace of bantustanization has been accelerated, starting with the Transkei in 1976. The so-called internal settlements in Namibia and Zimbabwe have been promoted as part of a grand South African design for an edifice of puppet States behind which a white redoubt can be kept intact. 94. The cardinal objective of apartheid is the protection of settler interests in South Africa—interests which are buttressed internationally by class links. 95. The liquidation of apartheid would substantially assist the forces of liberation throughout southern Africa.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“For such action is, in essence, an attempt to preserve a status quo, which is inconsistent with the aspirations of the majority of the world's peoples. 91. Dramatic examples of the dilemma we face as a result of our failure to transcend the constraints to which I have alluded are the continued division of the Korean people, despite their quest for reunification without outside interference, and the apparent stalemate which besets the people of the small non-aligned State of Cyprus in their desire to be united and to rid their country of foreign occupation. 92. The situation in southern Africa is no less reflective of the conflicts which have so far inhibited collective international efforts for just and equitable change. 93.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Any commitment to disarmament in today's world is meaningless if it rests at the threshold of arms limitation. For the ramparts that are built on such assumptions are not founded on the satisfaction of human wants at the elemental level. Such a situation results in an armed peace which, in the pursuit of national survival, could encompass the destruction of the entire human race. 90. Similarly, the global application of detente is a prerequisite for its universal acceptance. It is necessary to ensure that detente in its operational parameters should not be limited to the European theatre. Thus we must insist that, if and when it is invoked outside Europe, it is not interpreted to mean either the observance of so-called spheres of influence, or privately negotiated codes of behaviours.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The real question before us is how to build on these growth points and to maximize the potential, nay the inevitability, of a global approach which, in taking account of our separate national interests, serves the wider purpose of the international community. 89. The field of disarmament reflects the dichotomies which we face as we seek to grapple with the more complex model of international organization which the present realities portend. If we integrate into the concept of security the profound changes in attitudes to resource utilization, political pluralism, and technology itself, are some of us not still imprisoned by a perception of security which does not go beyond the building of isolated fortresses within national societies?”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“More recently it was reflected in the report of the Secretary-General of our Organization, Mr. Kurt Waldheim, who has so consistently served the cause of peace. In his report to us this year, the Secretary- General said, inter alia: "The international scene has never been more complex nor the old concepts of power so diffused" 87. If we were to disaggregate the elements of power today, we will find that the power to destroy humanity is not necessarily coincidental with the power to ensure justice and equality. The elements of power are no longer located in any one national entity or a small group of national entities. Indeed, there are new centres of power—financial, economic and moral. 88.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“These complexities which the international community presently confronts include the persistence of imperialism with its structures of dependency and supportive networks, among which numbered the mass media, the spiralling of nuclear arms technology, which buttresses the immediate post-war bipolar division, and the new patterns of ideological behaviour. 85. Yet somehow there seems to be, beneath the turbulence, positive elements for change which provide the basis for new forms of co-operation which can take into account the desirability of peaceful coexistence. 86. In more recent times, there has been growing acknowledgement of the diffusion of power within the global society. Two years ago this was recognized at the meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers in London.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“In large measure, the desire of the post-colonial States for the maintenance and consolidation of their independence, for the elimination of imperialism and colonialism, for the establishment of equitable international economic relations and for the creation of conditions for a secure peace found expression in the policy of non-alignment. 84. But while these two great revolutions have been global in their range and in the transformations which they have effected, the present legacy of the international system is one of profound cleavages and discontinuities.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It has made possible the concept of a planetary community. And, above all, the articulation of the legitimate aspirations and objectives of that second revolution brought into focus the selectivity of affluence reflected in the divide between the rich North and the South where the poor live in the shadow of reality. 82. These revolutions registered advances towards the democratization of the world order and exerted influence on the international system, a system in which this universal actor, the United Nations, properly utilized, could play a leadership and catalytic role. 83.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“No one can contest that the two most profound revolutions of this century have been that of October 1917, in the Soviet Union and the post-colonial revolution, the vibrancy of which reverberates throughout the international milieu. 80. The first not only offered an alternative strategy for the internal development of societies, but also promulgated an entirely new system of values with which the then dominant form of international organization had to contend. The most striking result of this challenge was the cold war. But its reality, albeit in a different form, continues today. 81. The second revolution involves the majority of the Members of this Organization. It continues to enrich the international community through the insights and experiences of diverse peoples. It has advanced universality based on sovereign equality.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“But it may be as well that the roots of such feelings lie in the nature of the international system and the manner in which its actors, both national and non-national, comport themselves in pursuit of often contradictory objectives. 77. Yet not all the voices which have been heard from this podium have conveyed a mood of groping, of un-certainty. We need to ponder carefully the reasons for these differentiated responses. 78. In Guyana's view, out of this general debate must emerge the identification of the constraints on international co-operation and of the obstacles to the development of greater international understanding. If this were done, and if there were a measure of broad consensus, this thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly could represent a true turning-point in human affairs. 79.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The persistence of old problems and the thrust of new ones seem to call into question the collective capacity of the international community to articulate solutions and to implement them. Indeed, many of the declarations, resolutions and programmes of action reflective of our joint experience and wisdom have languished unimplemented. 75. Within this chamber there has been struck on occasion a note expressive of uncertainty and of the lack of a sense of direction. Some have even conveyed the feeling that the moorings of the international ship of state have been cut and that it is adrift in uncharted seas. 76. It may be that reflections of such moods are responses characteristic of the end of a time-rhythm—the decade, the millennium.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Houari Bourne- diene, the President of the People's Republic of Algeria, and Mr. Agostinho Neto, the President of the People's Republic of Angola. Their memory will be cherished wherever men speak of peace, justice and political and economic emancipation. 72. Looking forward to the year ahead of us, it is with especial pleasure that Guyana welcomes the admission to our Organization of the sister Commonwealth Caribbean territory of Saint Lucia, with which we share a common history of colonialism and exploitation and with which we work closely together in the councils of the Caribbean community. 73. As in the past, this general debate is providing the occasion for a searching analysis of the condition of man at a particular moment in time. Clearly, old problems remain, and new situations requiring international attention have arisen. 74.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“If I may be allowed to strike a somewhat more personal note, it will be to recall with the greatest satisfaction the years which you and I shared, working in tandem in this Organization. These recollections, Mr. President, serve to reinforce Guyana's conviction that, under your guidance and with your counsel, the business of this thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly will be efficiently discharged. 70. It is appropriate at this stage, Mr. President, that I should place on record Guyana's appreciation of the serenity with which your predecessor, Mr. Indalecio Lievano of Colombia, conducted the work of the last session, and of the success which attended his efforts. 71. As we look back over the past year, we must recall with particular sadness the loss of two distinguished leaders of the developing world, Mr.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Mr. President, to extend to you congratulations upon your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly is for me no mere fulfilment of a tradition. The bonds of great fraternal solidarity between our two countries and the shared aspirations of our two peoples are the sources of the pride and pleasure Guyana feels at your assumption of this high office. Further, Mr. President, your election is in recognition of your unswerving commitment to the principles and purposes of the Charter of this Organization, of your rich experience and your considerable talents and consummate skills, but above all, of your broad vision as a humanist striving for a world in which exploitation is no more and in which alt can grow to their full stature.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The test, therefore, of a universal commitment to human rights is our capacity to maintain and expand global consensus and to continue the process of the enrichment of the condition of man in terms of the full development of the human personality.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Inherent in imperialism and its manifestations, these structures buttress an international order based on unequal relations, which in perpetuating patterns of dependency, imposes conditions of underdevelopment, with its concomitants of persistent poverty, hunger and disease, and harms and maims and diminishes at every moment the life-chances of a majority of the world's peoples. 211. It is in Guyana's view a contradiction that the spiralling war-system which consumes a major share of the world resources—resources which should serve the purposes of life—threatens the most fundamental right of all: the right to life. This culture of violence, involving the harnessing of advanced technology to the development of instruments of mass destruction has spawned practices, including the use of mercenaries, which assault the fabric of human rights.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Thus, the World Food Conference held in Rome some four years ago solemnly proclaimed in its Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition: "Every man, woman and child has the inalienable right to be free from hunger and malnutrition in order to develop fully and maintain their physical and mental faculties. 209. From another perspective UNESCO has emphasized the importance of cultural rights as an essential factor for liberation and development. The exercise of those rights underpins programmes of national and collective self- reliance which aim at integrated development utilizing to the full indigenous resources. 210. Implicit in that approach to human rights is the conviction that the maintenance of structures which thwart life itself constitutes their denial.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Among the significant contributions to that Declaration was the tradition which articulated the importance of the political and civil rights of the individual. The Charter, for its part, insisted on a wider conception of human rights, by, inter alia, providing for the adoption of positive measures for the abolition of poverty and unemployment "to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom". 208. The Universal Declaration and the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights have provided us with textual imperatives. Indeed, through the pooling of experience in the specialized agencies and special conferences, our perceptions have been enriched, and new and important rights have been identified and formulated.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Guyana feels that the pursuit of such action would inhibit the processes of consultation and the search for understandings upon which a successful outcome of the final negotiations of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea depends. We should neither foreclose by unilateral action nor render more difficult by the pursuit of narrow national interests the achievement of an all-encompassing agreement on the remaining issues regarding the law of the sea. 206. All the issues I have raised, and others which are on our agenda, are relevant to the fundamental question of human rights, viewed synergistically. 207. It was essentially this broad vision which informed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, whose thirtieth anniversary we celebrate this year.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“In reaffirming its support for the people of Belize the international community must continue to explore ways in which it can render practical assistance to enable the people of Belize, in the exercise of their legitimate rights, to advance rapidly towards early and secure independence with their territory intact. The people of Belize are assured of Guyana's unremitting support in their just struggle. 205. Likewise, Guyana has actively participated in the efforts to achieve a settled order of the oceans. We have done so since the early days of the international sea-bed Committee. It is therefore with deep concern that we note that unilateral action on deep sea-bed mining is contemplated in certain quarters.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Guyana, for its part, will continue to provide every possible means of assistance until victory is finally won. 203. In Latin America we witnessed the successful conclusion of negotiations in relation to the Panama Canal. These developments should promote new dimensions in hemispheric relations. 204. However, in relation to Belize we must maintain our concern and our vigilance. It is a situation in which the people of that Territory are denied their inalienable right to self-determination and independence, and their territorial integrity is threatened.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“If this effort is thwarted by South Africa there will be no alternative to mandatory sanctions under Chapter VII of the Charter. Meanwhile, SWAPO, the legitimate representative of the people of Namibia, and the United Nations Council for Namibia must continue to receive our full and unstinted support. 201. In Zimbabwe, the Smiths, white and black, cling desperately to diminishing power. Their internal settlement plan, hastily put together, is virtually in tatters. Pressure for liberation by the forces of the Patriotic Front mounts daily, while the prospects for a negotiated settlement are increasingly uncertain. 202. Now, more than ever, the international community needs to intensify its assistance to the liberation movements in southern Africa, so that justice and freedom may prevail in that troubled region.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Earlier this year we met in the ninth special session to consider the situation in Namibia and agreed on concrete steps for the termination of the illegal occupation by South Africa of that international Territory. Meanwhile, efforts by the Western countries to bring about a negotiated settlement continued. South Africa's attitude to all these efforts has been characteristically deceptive and defiant. 199. Reviewing the long record of South Africa's refusal to implement decisions of this Organization one wonders how much longer the United Nations-the Security Council in particular-can desist from adopting the necessary measures to induce its compliance. 200. The recent Security Council meetings on Namibia represent the latest attempt to advance the cause of freedom and independence for Namibia.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The deteriorating situation in southern Africa confirms its gravity as a threat to international peace and security. 196. Central to the problem of southern Africa lies that bastion of institutionalized racism, South Africa itself. The apartheid regime continues viciously to repress the people of South Africa, denying them their most basic rights-in particular, their fundamental and decisive right to freedom. 197. The determination of that regime to survive must be countered by correlative action individually and collectively by all members of the international community. The rhetoric of condemnation is not enough. We must complete the isolation of South Africa and apply the necessary pressures in support of the majority of the people of that territory, who so valiantly struggle to end their oppression. 198.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“We hold the view that the principles set out in the 1972 North-South joint communiqué of 4 July 1972, as well as the programme enunciated by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea towards that end, form an adequate basis for an acceptable solution to the problem of Korea. 195. In southern Africa racism remains the dominant ethic. In the face of intensified organized violence the oppressed peoples have sharpened their militancy and strengthened their capacity to regain their freedom. But the racists in Pretoria and Salisbury have extended their brutality and aggression beyond the frontiers of the countries they at present usurp. They have stepped up their intimidation of and aggression against neighbouring independent States.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The present stalemate quite clearly serves the interests of aggression and occupation. We therefore feel that the urgency of a solution of the Cyprus problem requires fresh initiatives for the implementation of the relevant United Nations resolutions. In this regard, we are of the opinion that the Security Council should consider adopting an appropriate response in the light of the lack of progress towards the solution of the question. 194. Korea still remains artificially divided in spite of the long-expressed wishes of the Korean people for reunification. This situation constitutes a potential threat to peace in the area. Guyana continues to support the stand of the Korean people in their efforts for the independent and peaceful reunification of their country free from outside interference.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The absence of a common favourable reaction among the parties raises doubts in our minds about the potential of these developments to usher in the era of peace which the international community so anxiously seeks. 193. As we heard so clearly this morning in the address by the President of Cyprus [22nd meeting}, the threat that the continuing, unresolved situation in that country poses to regional stability, and the difficulties of making meaningful progress towards a solution, are underlined by the Secretary-General in his report on the work of the Organization. It is a matter for regret that resolution 3212 (XXIX), unanimously accepted by this Assembly in 1974, remains unimplemented, for that resolution continues to provide the only valid framework for a just solution.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“In keeping with Security Council resolutions 242(1967) and 338(1973), as well as other relevant United Nations resolutions, Guyana has consistently maintained that a solution should be based on the following three principles: Israeli withdrawal from all Arab lands occupied since 5 June 1967; the restoration of the national rights of all the Palestinian people, including their right to a homeland; and the right of all States in the area to live within mutually recognized boundaries. Any initiative that stands aside from those principles cannot hope to succeed. On the other hand, any initiative informed by them cannot fail to attract the support of the international community. 192. Guyana has noted the lack of harmony in responses by parties to the conflict to recent developments.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“New dimensions of tension have been added to persisting situations of crisis, notably in southern Africa and the Middle East, and a particularly disturbing phenomenon has been the open recruitment and spreading use of mercenaries, as in the deplorable situation in Nicaragua. 190. The search for a settlement of the Middle East situation and the Palestinian question has been long and arduous. Nevertheless, the principles for a comprehensive settlement leading to a just and lasting peace in the area have been clearly enunciated. 191.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“We reiterate our conviction that the establishment of the new order will benefit both the developing countries and the developed countries—the market economy no less than the centrally planned economies. 188. At the midpoint of this debate we have heard proposals by several delegations bearing on the establishment of the new order. Guyana stands ready to examine all these proposals on their merit. But there are other priority tasks. Since we met last year certain trends have emerged that should give us cause for deep reflection. 189. The limited results of the tenth special session on disarmament fell far short of the expectations of the vast majority of the world's peoples. There were dangerous portents of the rekindling of the embers of the cold war.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The results of the recent Conference of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Non-Aligned Countries held in Belgrade and the United Nations Conference on Technical Co-operation among Developing Countries, held in Buenos Aires, attest to this reality. 186. In this connexion, my own country, Guyana, as a co-ordinator of the trade, transport and industry sector of the non-aligned Action Programme for Economic Cooperation [Aj33/206, annex II], has sought to promote an effective programme of co-operation among the developing countries in these areas. We remain fully committed to the pursuit of this objective as an integral part of the wider effort to build a new structure of international economic relations. 187. In the global order that we seek the developed countries, socialist and non-socialist, must assume their full role.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“While this approach embodies a commendable humanitarian purpose, it nevertheless, either by design or effect, leaves essentially intact the existing exploitative order which derives from imperialism, the true cause of underdevelopment. 184. International economic co-operation is in a state of deep crisis. Unless confidence in its future can be sustained by meaningful responses, even those who are now the beneficiaries of the present exploitative order may find their present privileged positions no longer secure. 185. It is significant that, while the North-South dialogue languishes, advances are being made by the developing countries in promoting economic and technical cooperation among themselves.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Beyond this, the limited arrangements so far agreed upon in the multilateral trade negotiations, the declining level of official development assistance and the postures which have frustrated the work of the Committee Established under General Assembly Resolution 32/174, also known as the Committee of the Whole clearly demonstrate a lack of political will on the part of some developed countries to accept the desirability of fundamental change in the present international economic order. 183. Indeed, there is a resistance to structural change in the whole international system. In keeping with this position, some developed countries have sought to emphasize the "basic needs" approach to the problem of underdevelopment.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“181. Similarly, on the question of debt relief, it is true that the Third (Ministerial) part of the ninth special session of the Trade and Development Board, held in March this year in Geneva, adopted a number of useful guidelines for dealing with specific aspects of the problem [see A/33/15]. Relief has been accorded by some developed countries to the least developed countries, but further measures need to be adopted to include the most seriously affected and other developing countries. 182.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“During the four years that have elapsed since the promulgation of the principles and the Programme of Action for the establishment of that order, which has such direct relevance to the attainment of full human rights by the majority of mankind, there has been only faltering and uneven progress—and this despite the extensive discussions which have taken place at a large number of international conferences on its various aspects. 180. As is well known, two negotiating conferences held during 1977 failed to establish the common fund under the Integrated Programme for Commodities adopted at the fourth session of UNCTAD, the verbal commitment of developed countries to such a fund notwithstanding. It is vitally important, therefore, that the forthcoming conference scheduled to take place in November this year should produce positive results.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The extent of our success at this and succeeding Assembly consultations in creating a situation of peace will be measured against the bench-mark of our individual and collective capacity to acknowledge the need for fundamental change and to institute the systematic reordering dieted by that necessity. Nowhere is the need for harmonization of action more clearly demonstrated than in the area of international economic co-operation. 178. In this field, new perspectives of the meaning of justice and equity have been articulated in the blueprint for the New International Economic Order solemnly proclaimed during the sixth special session of this Assembly [resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI)]. The implementation of that blueprint must continue to be a primary focus of our concern. 179.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“As we ponder the reasons for limited success in fully realizing a universally accepted regime of justice and equity, the conclusion is inescapable that, while justice remains the overriding consideration, its achievement has been frustrated by those who have invested in the maintenance of the status quo, clinging to a belief in the virtue of stability for its own sake. 176. The real conflict lies between those of us who call for restructuring and fundamental change and others who insist on the absolute validity of arrangements and institutions which, even though embodying important elements of justice, leave out of their consideration those wider aspects on which human growth, development and fulfilment depend. In an inequitable world, change is of the essence in the search for justice. 177.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“there are many situations in which military power and political influence are far more significant factors than the principles of justice and the rights of all nations as expressed in the Charter." [Ibid.] 174. In this respect the views of non-aligned countries consistently articulated over the years and expressed most recently at the Conference of Ministers for Foreign Affairs, held in Belgrade in July of this year, have manifested their enduring validity. Indeed, it has been the special vocation of the non-aligned countries to initiate those ideas and elaborate those programmes which have so greatly facilitated the search of the wider international community for global consensus in accordance with the Charter. 175.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The attainment of such a regime of peace is premised on the promotion of the principle of self-determination, nationally and individually, and on the expansion of the parameters for increasing international economic and political co-operation. At the heart of the search for that secure peace lies international action which has as its central concern the rights of man. 173. The Secretary-General has observed in his report on the work of the Organization: "The United Nations was intended, among other things, to be the guarantor of justice and peace for all nations, and most especially for defenceless or small countries which would otherwise have no recourse in a world dominated exclusively by power politics." [See A/33/1, sect. II.] Mr. Waldheim, who has served us with such distinction, went on to "say: "...”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“It is the creation of an international order which' advances growth, development and the fulfilment of all the peoples of the planetary community. Such an order must be firmly rooted in equity and justice. 171. This Organization has never abandoned its quest for that order. However, as each new Member State has brought to our deliberations insight and perspectives which derive from its history and national experience, perceptions of the meaning of justice and equity have been deepened and enriched. It is this constellation of perceptions which now informs the appropriate and necessary measures for the attainment of that objective. 172. The key essentials of international organization are outlined in our Charter. Foremost among them is the creation of conditions which will facilitate the construction of a secure peace.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“May I take this opportunity to acknowledge how greatly we are in the debt of Ambassador Lazar Mojsov of non-aligned Yugoslavia, who" so ably and graciously presided over our activities, not only during the last regular session of the General Assembly, but also at the three special sessions at which we sought to resolve major issues. 169. The surge of particular issues which now press upon the international agenda and the keen attention they attract make manifest the increasing universalization of concern and reflect a new perception of the nature of interdependence. 170. The main objective of international organization remains the same as that determined upon the defeat of fascism and nazism and the establishment of the United Nations.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Self-determination remains a primordial and abiding concern. But there are other fundamental issues on which desirable change is no less urgent. 167. The persistence of underdevelopment over large areas of the globe serves as a sharp reminder of the magnitude and scope of the tasks which confront us. As we- seek to grapple with these problems and to bend our collective will to their solution, Guyana feels particularly pleased that Ambassador Lievano, a distinguished son of Latin America, an eminent scholar and statesman, has been chosen to superintend our deliberations and guide our consultations. 168.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“165. The history of the United Nations is a mixture of success and disappointment. The arrangements now necessary for accommodating representatives of States in this chamber are a testimony to an undeniable area of achievement. It is success in advancing the processes of political self-determination which has brought us nearer to universal membership, fn this context Guyana is happy to welcome Solomon Islands into our midst. 166. But, in the area of self-determination, much still remains to be done. The need to eradicate the cancer of apartheid, to defeat the arrogant resistance of the racists in Zimbabwe and Namibia, to restore the national rights of the Palestinians and the people of Western Sahara and East Timor, and to secure the independence of Belize cries out for effective action by the international community.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)