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Carias Castillo

THE RECORD WRITES THIS SPEAKER AS CARIAS CASTILLO

lines on the record: 75
first: 1965-09-24
most recent: 1970-09-24
sittings or episodes: 3
sources: un-general-debate

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“I have said once before in this august forum that at this point in time it is no longer conceivable that semi-sovereign States should continue to exist under protectorates; but an undeniable reality shows us, to the sorrow of mankind, that States do exist which under the influence of their totalitarian doctrines endeavour to impose their interests and to destroy the self-determination of peoples by force of arms and a reign of vandalism and terror. 151. I have recalled my past statements because Honduras, whose respect for international legal standards is traditional and whose sincere belief in Central Americanism has been constantly reiterated at the cost of many sacrifices, was — I say this with indignation and sadness — recently the victim of a treacherous and cruel aggression.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“Nevertheless, one continent proudly proclaimed its respect for law as a standard for international coexistence: the new world discovered by Christopher Colombus, whose destinies were forged by Valle, Bolivar, Washington, San Martin and so many other paladins of freedom and justice. Yet the honour of America, the continent of hope and peace, has also been sullied by the frustrated ambitions of a bellicose country desirous of conquering territories and lacking the most elementary sense of legality. 150.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“Nixon, President of the United States of America, as expressed recently in this Assembly: “The test of the structure of peace is that it ensure for the people of each nation the integrity of their borders, their right to develop in peace and safety and their right to determine their own destiny without outside interference.“ [1755th meeting, para. 47.] 149. It is painful to recognize that since the end of the Second World War, supposedly the war to end all wars, the world has not lived a single day in complete peace, and violence has relentlessly assailed Europe, Asia and Africa. The rights of nations and men have been trampled underfoot in the four corners of the earth.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“Odious racial differences typified by the policy of apartheid continue to be a source of shame for our world, but despite the strong repugnance expressed by most nations, there unfortunately seems to be no prospect of the early disappearance of this policy. 147. In the Middle East conflict our position remains unalterable: we support United Nations decisions making for a stable peace in that region, whereby the States involved would abandon any attitude of permanent belligerency and at the same time withdraw all military forces which have occupied by force territories that do not belong to them. The Charter of the Organization of American States, that of the United Nations, and the rules of international law establish the principle that conquest gives no rights. 148. It is fitting to recall here the thoughts of Mr. Richard M.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“Direct negotiations initiated between our country and the United States of America appear more encouraging since that country, in a fine gesture of continental brotherhood, accepted Mexican claims to the territory of El Chamizal. This attitude leads us to hope that the example will be repeated, all the more easily this time, for the benefit of our own country, America and the world. 145. Once again Honduras expresses its solidarity with the Republic of Argentina in its just claim to the Islas Malvinas. It likewise supports Spanish claims for the implementation of General Assembly resolution 2429 (XXIII) regarding the Territory of Gibraltar. 146.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“In it mankind places its hopes for peace and justice; and on the basis of those universal principles, principles that we ourselves created with the firm intention of acquiring for them a positive legal character, we today demand acceleration of the decolonization process. 144. Three years ago we submitted to the General Assembly a statement regarding our rights over the Santanilla or Swan Islands, a territory which has legitimately belonged to us since the discovery of America. The question of sovereignty over the Santanilla Islands, and our recovery of that sovereignty, has a profound effect on public opinion in my country and has created a national awareness of the need to reach a favourable solution.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“Nine years have already elapsed since the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted at its fifteenth session, with the ostensible purpose of speeding up de-colonization, resolution 1514 (XV), which states that “the peoples of the world ardently desire the end of colonialism in all its manifestations”, proclaims “the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations“, and declares that any “attempt aimed at ... 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”. 143. We all know that, based on the principles and purposes of the Charter signed at San Francisco, a new international law has come into being.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“May I also be allowed to pay a just tribute to the active and constant labours of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, U Thant? 141. Colonialism, despite the efforts of this Organization, has not yet disappeared from the face of the earth. In various forms desperate efforts are still being made in this world by Powers which, although they have largely risen above feudal systems as internal legal regimes and the law of the strongest as the only means for international coexistence, have not succeeded in adapting their political systems to the historical epoch in which we live, in which the less fortunate peoples of the world constantly advocate, with greater awareness, the strict application of the universal principles of law. 142.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“140. Moreover, the unjust differences which exist between the developed countries and those striving to emerge from under-development become deeper every day. Solutions have been proposed to narrow the vast gap separating the wealthy nations from those which have been called the third world; but twentieth-century man maintains his utilitarian and selfish attitude, his attempt to postpone what all countries desire: a more stable and balanced world resulting from better and greater opportunities for happiness and well-being. In this connexion may I be permitted to pay a tribute to the great work and praiseworthy efforts of the United Nations, particularly through the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development?”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“In beginning this statement I cannot hide that I am not as optimistic as in past years, since in the melancholy history of the United Nations few sessions have been heralded by so many and such ominous portents for the peace of the world. It is undeniable that mankind has always been in a state of crisis. Nevertheless, it is no less true that the crisis we face today is the most general and most serious that we have ever encountered. 139. Some years ago the dominant political and economic ideologies were virtually polarized in two great Powers. More or less peaceful coexistence had been maintained because of the well-grounded fear of bringing about mutual destruction on such a scale as to amount to collective suicide. Today one of those ideologies has become divided, creating a greater danger with the emergence of a third great Power.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“136. Madam President, at this twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, I venture on behalf of the delegation of Honduras to convey to you my warmest and most sincere congratulations on the honour conferred on you both as an illustrious lady and as a worthy representative of your country Liberia, a prominent member of the African community. 137. In wishing you every success in the delicate functions entrusted to you, I recall with deep emotion the name of your illustrious predecessor, Mr. Emilio Arenales, who quite literally gave his life in the service of this Organization. 138.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“We reaffirm our faith and our optimism in the lofty mission entrusted to the United Nations and we are justified in hoping that, following a path of high endeavour and with a shining sense of history, we may attend our rendezvous with destiny in a manner more in keeping with the dignity and prosperity of ail the peoples of the world and with a more palpable ascendancy of the eternal values of the spirit. For, side by side with the rationalization of social and political sciences and the obvious transformation of popular thinking and requirements, we are witnessing today the fantastic advances of applied science which can bring the dearest aspirations of mankind to swift and certain fruition.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“His Holiness has brought us a message of light and hope and his words, spoken with the humility of the supreme priest of Christianity and representing the thought of more than 500 million Catholics, are significant for the modern world because they are identified with the principles of all the other religions in the search for the permanent path to peace and in a fervent appeal to the human conscience over and above the ephemeral struggles for power. 18. Now that the voice of the Pontiff has been heard in this aula magna, as he called it, the United Nations has grown to unexpected stature because all religious creeds have a great part to play in the universal work of this Organization. 19.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“In the course of this twentieth session of the General Assembly the pages of the history of the United Nations have acquired solemnity with the presence of the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, His Holiness Pope Paul VI, who, as the outstanding representative of Christianity, has seen fit to lend his support to the cause of peace and human solidarity at this time when men all over the world need to have faith and hope. He made it clear that the work of the United Nations also embraces the human aspiration towards loftier aims, so that the dignity and coexistence of the different parts of the world become the permanent concern of all Member States. 17.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“I should be failing in an elementary duty if I did not express my personal admiration and the gratitude of my Government for the quiet and fruitful work carried on by the Secretary-General, U Thant, who, with inexhaustible patience and profound wisdom, has spared no efforts to ensure that tolerance and human dignity may prevail in every corner of the globe. 15. We also wish to convey our cordial greetings to the new and vigorous group of nations which have recently achieved independence. It is our fervent hope that, inspired by the conviction that order, justice and cultural and material progress are the basic pillars of society, they will be constant sources of pride to us veterans who have witnessed or participated in their ardent struggles v or the attainment of independence. 16.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“When our sister country of the American hemisphere, the Dominican Republic, fell victim to misfortune, hovered on the brink of complete anarchy and thus became a fertile field for those forces which are bent on the destruction of the inter-American system, Honduras, in strict fulfilment of its international obligations, did not hesitate for one moment in supporting unreservedly the peace-keeping operations undertaken by the Organization of American States. With the pride of a Hispano-American, I can state that the OAS, a regional organization of the United Nations, has once again given proof of its effectiveness and its firm determination to preserve the inter-American system and to strengthen it more and more each day. 14.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“My delegation has viewed with sympathy the draft resolution submitted by the sister republic of Costa Rica (A/5963) aimed at the defence of human rights through measures that will ensure respect for human dignity and the protection which the law and political and social systems must provide for the different sectors of the community, regardless of their ideology, race or creed. 12. As a small country, Honduras, by its traditions and its convictions, has been an ardent champion of the rule of law in its international relations. We fully realize that our sovereignty as an independent State cannot subsist except on the basis of respect for international law. Once again, therefore, my delegation reiterates its strongest support for the world Organization and its regional bodies. 13.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“My country, aware of the importance of economic development, needs technical, assistance and close cooperation with the United Nations specialized agencies. As we are an integral part of the Organization of Central American States, which we have supported and to which we have contributed, in the establishment of a common market, we know that we are called upon to assume a position where respect and equity among States forming such an organization must be the rule that gives the necessary balance for permanent, united and indestructible development. 11.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“As a result of these painful events, the majority of Member States have expressed their concern and their desire for a cessation of hostilities. My delegation associates itself with this desire and with the moves which are being made to achieve a permanent solution of the dispute between India and Pakistan, in accordance with the procedures indicated in international law and the principles of the United Nations Charter. 9. Inspired by sincere feelings of solidarity towards our mother country, and for the sake of the just cause defended by Spain, my delegation considers, most respectfully, that the United Kingdom, which has given so many examples of its genius in the history of peoples, should undertake bilateral conversations with Spain, another nation of genius, in order to find a solution to the problem of Gibraltar. 10.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Thanks, however, to the vision and humanitarian feelings of brilliant statesmen, the United Nations was created and, as I said before, it continues to be the hope and spiritual refuge of modern man. If, twenty years ago, the Charter of San Francisco had not been signed, it is very probable that at this stage only the smoking vestiges of our civilization would remain. It has been shown time and time again that the path towards peace is steep, thorny and strewn with terrible obstacles, but it is worth while for men from all countries to persist in travelling along it bravely without premature feelings of defeat. 8. The twentieth session of the General Assembly has opened under the shadow of a struggle between two countries linked by long-standing historical traditions.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Although people are more enlightened in their ideals and attitudes, now, as throughout history, armed conflicts, both national and international, spring from one basic cause — intolerance: religious intolerance, ideological intolerance, racial intolerance, in short, intolerance of the rights of others. 6. So long as the legal personality of the human being is conditioned by the colour of his skin, or his religious beliefs, there will always be the danger of armed conflicts. So long as States seek to subjugate others by force, violating their territory and destroying their traditions on the basis of anachronistic pretexts, there will always be war. 7.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“If we cast a rapid glance over the world of today, we cannot but be astonished at the violent contrasts it offers us. It is a scene of light and darkness. On the one hand, we can assert that man has broken the chains that bound him to the earth. Today he has before him, within his very grasp, nothing less than unlimited and tempestuous space. Never before have we been able to repeat so appositely the words of the poet: "The stars are yours”. And yet the whole world, in every latitude and longitude, continues to suffer, from the cruel scourge of the most terrible and most rebellious of all the horsemen of the Apocalypse - war.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Here we are living in the presence of history and much will depend on the individual conduct of every Member State if the United Nations is to stand before the world as an effective, magnanimous and stern instrument at the service of suffering humanity. Since we have overcome the problem which so alarmingly obstructed the progress of the nineteenth session and since the dedication and capacity for work of my illustrious colleagues is proverbial, I have no hesitation in repeating my optimistic view that the results to be achieved during this regular session will be fruitful. For no matter how profound may be the crises we shall have to face, they will all have to be temporary and to yield to the capacity for survival which, together with constructive endeavour, is the noblest achievement of mankind. 5.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“In becoming participants in this Organization, they will contribute to and strengthen the principles of the United Nations which represent the genuine international philosophy of this century. 3. May I in this brief statement introduce a fleeting personal note. For more than eight years I have been absent from the deliberations of the United Nations, after it had been the brilliant centre of all my activities and hopes during many historic years. And now that this twentieth session of the General Assembly is beginning, I experience once again that stern and unflagging optimism which lies at the root of our attitude towards this supreme world Organization. 4. We continue to believe that this Organization is the ultimate synthesis of all the fears and all the aspirations of mankind.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“1. Mr. President, the delegation of Honduras associates itself with the general feeling of this Assembly in expressing to you its sincere congratulations on your election, which is a tribute to your unquestionable personal qualities and to one of the outstanding figures in international public life. These good wishes are extended to your country, whose great historical achievements have made an inestimable contribution to human culture and to which the peoples of Latin America are closely bound by the traditional ties of the spirit. 2. My delegation also wishes to join in congratulating the new Members of the United Nations — the Maldive Islands, Singapore and the Gambia.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)