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“We other nations, we small Powers, are infinitely grateful to it for that, and we give full credit to its salutary moderating action. Why can that action not be exerted with equal success in the numerous “hot spots” on the globe — for example along the demilitarized zone between the two Viet-Nams, and along the line separating the Federal Republic of Germany from Czechoslovakia, where the troops of the NATO countries and of the Warsaw Pact countries confront each other, in order to forestall the major incident that seems to be forecast by the discussions on Articles 106 and 107 of the Charter and the unequivocal statements being issued by the Atlantic Powers? 31.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“The Organization, with its specialized agencies and with the neutrality made presumptive by its near-universality, is still the ideal meeting place where the great Powers could, without losing face, sit down at the conference table and debate the conditions for re-establishing that armed coexistence which is, in spite of everything, better than local confrontations that may lead to widespread war with, on the horizon, the deadly threat of the atomic mushroom. 29. Our Organization played its part well a few years ago — with the necessary agreement of the great Powers, of course—during the unfortunate Suez affair: it deployed its blue-helmeted men between adversaries poised for war, and helped to preserve the status quo. Did it not accomplish that same mission with equal felicity in Korea, Cyprus and the Congo? 30.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“A more realistic view of international life reveals to us that the United Nations, although it has many shortcomings, has acted and can again act when circumstances permit — in particular agreement, lassitude or uneasiness among the great nations as a salutary buffer against the unleashing of power politics, safeguarding that peace which is so necessary to meet the growing needs of the unfortunate people of the third world and to fulfil their legitimate desires for economic and social progress. 28.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“These serious crises, that can at any moment lead to widespread conflicts ending in mankind’s collective suicide, the many other problems that are still pending, such as the persistent and shameful policy of apartheid, the powder-kegs of Korea and the Middle East, the aggressive policy of Red China, the fruitless fight of the peoples of South West Africa and the peoples under Portuguese domination for their right to life and freedom — do all these crises justify those pessimists who believe that the United Nations is just like the former League of Nations, fit at best to be interred in "the purple shroud in which the dead gods sleep”? 27.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“The consequences of the Prague action were nevertheless disastrous: the stiffening of NATO, the resumption of the cold war, condemnation of the act by many European communist parties; and — a noteworthy fact — it was an additional proof of the deep antithesis between the political philosophy of the capitalist and socialist systems, which thinkers of goodwill had been hoping would grow towards each other and meet half way. 25. In the final analysis, unfortunate Czechoslovakia, left to its own resources, can only fight a delaying action. Sooner or later, and sooner rather than later, it will have to kneel and submit to the harsh law of the stronger. 26.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“However, it was all to no avail; the monolithic integrity of communist doctrine as conceived by Stalin had to be upheld; deviationism and the infiltration of a certain Western-style liberalism had to be repelled and the strategic outposts guarding the approaches to “Holy Russia" maintained. 23. The Soviet Union could cite many extenuating circumstances: the operation was nearly bloodless; the team of Czechoslovak leaders — the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the Party Chief — were not removed from office; talks were under way on complete or partial withdrawal from Czechoslovak territory. 24.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“That act of international banditry should serve as a lesson to the economically weak nations in the light of basic and immutable historical laws, and should help them to regain their senses. I believe that the same holds true for the very future of the United Nations, for the hopes for peace and for the economic and social advancement of the peoples of the world; since for several years the permanent members of the Security Council have themselves been the systematic violators of the fundamental principles of the San Francisco Charter—the legal equality of States, the self-determination of peoples, and non-intervention.” 22.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“The inconceivable deployment of military forces by one of the super-Powers, accompanied by its four Warsaw Pact allies, against a loyal member of its own bloc that is guilty only of an attempt to liberalize its régime, has brought forth completely unfavourable reactions in every political sphere — apart from a few exceptions that need no explanation. 21. Would it not be appropriate to recall in this connexion the Haitian Chief of State’s vigorous condemnation of the violation of the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of a small country? Dr. François Duvalier stated: “The brutal occupation of Czechoslovakia by Soviet Russia and its allies arouses my profound indignation and that of the Haitian people, which is so proud of its independence and its sovereignty.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“We take the additional liberty of expressing the hope that the Nigerian Government will be magnanimous in victory, that the Commission of Observers appointed to follow the army’s progress will be able to report on its moderation, and that Biafra’s contribution, made in complete freedom and with full security for its inhabitants, will be an enriching experience, both cultural and economic, for that Government. 19. Recent events in Czechoslovakia, to quote U Thant’s very strong words, “have poisoned the atmosphere throughout the world". 20.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“Without wishing to interfere, even verbally, in the domestic affairs of a sovereign people, and with a profound obeisance to the praiseworthy efforts of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie that have drawn the attention of international public opinion to the martyrdom of an innocent people, we feel from our own experience of the inadequacy of the regional organizations’ resources that, if the confrontation threatens to continue any longer, the United Nations must, to fulfil its universal mission set forth in Articles 11, 12 and 35 of the Charter, take up this question that is so vital for the future of the African continent. 18.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“Although no doubt such a resolution would be a means of moral pressure, would it not emphasize once more the impotence of our Organization in face of the firm stand of the great and medium Powers? 15. As for the worse than tragic situation of Biafra, which is reported to be shaping into real genocide, I must confess that it touches a chord of deep sympathy among us Haitians. 16. We cannot refrain from expressing our sympathy for the Biafrans who die by thousands every day for the sake of their people and for the preservation of their culture, and whose ancestors, the fierce Ibos, played an important part in our glorious epic of 1804. 17.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“Should we pass a specific United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for a halt in the aerial bombardment of North Viet-Nam, as has been suggested by U Thant, and require in exchange — we trust in a spirit of impartiality — an end to the infiltration of North Viet-Namese forces south of the demilitarized zone? Such an initiative, inspired by a keen sense of responsibility and by a truly praiseworthy impulse of generosity, would deserve encouragement even if it were no more than a pious hope fated to join in the archival dust the many resolutions that for over fifteen years have been adopted in condemnation of the still flourishing policy of apartheid.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“Does it not outrage the most basic principles of international morality, and is it not to ensure the primacy of the imperialist Powers, that an unpardonable war is being waged in Viet-Nam in which both sides are using the apocalyptic methods of destruction invented by modern science, a war that continues without truce or respite, piling up irreparable destruction and devastation and destroying more and more human life, without heed to the appeals for peace made by the greatest international and spiritual leaders, while around the negotiating table at Paris the same arguments are tirelessly repeated, the two adversaries being highly encouraged by the fact that the talks have not been broken off? 14.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“12. Is it not because of our failure to suppress barely-concealed desires that, twenty-three years after the signing of the San Francisco Treaty, in which the peoples of the globe embodied the aims, standards and guiding principles of a new world in the United Nations Charter, outlawed the use of force, and enshrined the right of the weak nations to exist and advance along the paths of civilization — is it not because of that failure twenty-three years ago that now, more acutely than ever, we are facing the problem of indivisible peace, of that world peace so difficult to safeguard, whether it be in Africa, in South-East Asia, in Europe or in the Middle East? 13.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“Those dominant themes suffice to clarify the great factors of today: the waging of an undeclared war in Viet-Nam; the military occupation of Czechoslovakia that may bring the member countries of NATO and of the Warsaw Pact into confrontation; the fratricidal war of extermination between the Biafrans and the Federal Government of Nigeria; the chronic crisis in the Middle East; the refusal to sign or to ratify the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; not to mention the frightful spectre of Maoist China, whose gigantic shadow is cast threateningly over its closest neighbours; and, to descend to a more mundane level but one that is none the less vital for the population of the third world, the 40 per cent reduction in assistance aid to under-developed countries made by the American Congress: doubtless due to national needs, including the construction of an anti-missile system.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“Thus obstinate disregard of the existing needs for international collaboration; complete lack of understanding; sovereign contempt for small civilizations and, if need be, their extinction; frantic pursuit of power politics; division of the world, whether overt or tacit — let us not quibble over that — into zones of influence that are veritable private preserves; specious justification for the most blatant infractions of the rights of the weak — all those appear to be the main themes of international policy, a simple expression of the needs and interests of the great Powers, and unfortunately sometimes even of satisfaction of the burning desire for prestige. 11.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“Technical and financial assistance must be provided with the sincerest political altruism, and must be aimed at enabling developing groups to achieve their economic and social advancement through their own efforts.” 10.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“the splendid recommendations made by the greatest shepherd of this last quarter of the twentieth century, John XXIII, in Gaudium et spes, Mater et magistra, Pacem in terris; I have not waited to respond to the demands of justice and humanity to share out all the earth’s resources for the benefit of mankind; I did not delay to satisfy the demands of that human solidarity and Christian brotherhood that ought to govern relations among political groups, in order that economically-developed States which are in duty bound to assist developing countries shall not seek therein only their political advantage in a desire to dominate.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“Will man be the slave of the things his own genius has created? Will he never rid himself of selfishness and direct human life towards a greater generosity to all those who need it and to those who await useful and desirable help? But “the selfishness of the wealthy nations is more deadly than warfare”. 9. Later, the Haitian Chief of State declared: “I did not wait for...”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“After stressing the deep reality of the Haitian civilization and of all small civilizations, he declared: “If those whom we call upon to trade with us, to collaborate and to co-operate with us, do not heed that call, then even though they pose as benefactors they will have been nothing but the murderers of our soul, nothing but unpardonable criminals. They will have lacked, to co-ordinate their desire to lend aid and their assistance, that great generosity of heart and mind that imperatively commands mankind’s respect.... Thus we unhesitatingly adhere to the truth of this statement, and make it our own: ‘The selfishness of the wealthy nations is more deadly than warfare.’ ” 8. We became aware of the deep tragic cause of inequality when we began to pay heed to the world, to listen to the appeals and also to the answers.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“Such international co-operation, based on the equality of States in law, reciprocal respect for their major interests, non-intervention by one State or group of States, on whatever pretext, in the affairs of another State in accordance with paragraph 7 of Article 2 of the United Nations Charter, together with the need for all forms of assistance to developing countries — that is the condition sine qua non for economic and social progress, for peace, and for the maintenance of cordial and friendly relations among peoples. 7. Allow me to quote here the noble words that the Haitian Chief of State addressed to the world conscience through his people.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“François Duvalier, President for Life of the Republic of Haiti, that surpassing statesman, eminent ethnologist and internationally-famous sociologist, stigmatized in perhaps harsh but certainly objective terms the selfish behaviour of the affluent nations in face of the need for international co-operation, which alone can assist under-developed peoples by freeing them from the scourges of poverty, disease and ignorance, to rise from their degradation as civilization’s outcasts to a general well-being, a better prospect of life and culture. 6.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“A fertile country with promising natural resources, famous for its rich plains and for its shady and picturesque valleys, a country, unfortunately adjoining formidable South Africa and dangerous Portuguese Mozambique, we trust that it can escape the as yet unexpressed cupidity of its powerful neighbours and, by a swift advance towards civilization, set an inspiring example to our brothers who, a stone’s throw from its borders, suffer the horrors of the iniquitous policy of apartheid and groan under the harsh yoke of colonialism. 5. In his historic message of 22 September 1968, addressed to the Haitian people on the anniversary of his election to the highest State office, Dr.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“It would be highly remiss of me to neglect to pay tribute to the outgoing President of the General Assembly, His Excellency Mr.Corneliu Manescu, who with truly remarkable tact has succeeded in reconciling differences, in bringing together opposing views and, without ruffling special interests and sensitive feelings, in serving with a rare elegance the cause of our Organization. 4. 1 take equal pleasure in welcoming, on behalf of the negro people of Haiti, the arrival in the great United Nations family of a small nation of the African continent, the Kingdom of Swaziland.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“It not only honours your noble country Guatemala, in which the Mayan civilization, one of the oldest and most original in the world, is still flourishing, but also reassures all small countries, which are encouraged at this moment by the triumph of the vir bonus, the worthy man whose peers have for once set aside all thoughts of power and have chosen him to lead the work of our Assembly towards its’ proper goal. At the outset of that work, Mr. President, I beg you to accept our sincere wishes for success and for the fruitfulness of your stewardship. 3.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“1.Mr. President, allow me to extend to you, both on behalf of the Government of Haiti and on behalf of the delegation I have the honour of heading, our warmest congratulations on your unanimous election to the Presidency of the United Nations General Assembly that has met here for its twenty-third session. 2. It can be said that your unanimous election is a tribute to your outstanding qualities as a veteran diplomat and to your constant zeal as a public servant and an unflagging defender of the ideals and noble aims of our Organization.”
1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)
“The nations, fully aware of this constant peril, should be able, through fruitful retrospection, to repel the baleful shadows cast by the lust for power and sterile selfishness, which are so contrary to the spirit of conciliation and the brotherhood of man. Let this imaginary picture, always present in our minds, revitalize the purposes and principles of the United Nations and lead to a more stable peace and a more truly human solidarity under the protective shield of international co-operation!”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Through their representatives here the peoples have expressed, despite or perhaps even because of adverse circumstances, their faith in the Organization's destiny and their unreserved adherence to its noble purposes and principles. 62. Ever since our work began this Hall seems to have been echoing with the aspirations of communities of all races and languages for peace, security and universal well-being and the frankness of the speeches and statements made here seem only to have testified to the worldwide anxiety. 63. If this temple were to fall, the whole of mankind would soon be doomed to burial beneath its ruins, from which would emerge, with multitudinous cries of suffering and agony, the broken, mutilated and disfigured bodies of the last survivors. 64.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“It must mean the desire for mutual aid, so that peoples can develop simultaneously in a symbiosis of civilized values; it must mean putting into practice the doctrine that every people has the right to utilize the resources of its land and the aim must be daily to strengthen the universal community of interests. It is in this spirit that co-operation must be given. It can then become the ideal opportunity for straightforward give-and-take, the expression of active solidarity among men in their united movement towards the establishment of peace on the basis of genuine peaceful coexistence. That is the way, and the only way, in which the human solution to the problem of under-development must be sought." 61. As in all previous years, the opening of the new session of the General Assembly has aroused the hopes of the world.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“If development lags and if the present forms of aid and assistance are demonstrably inadequate, if the reluctance of former metropolitan countries to participate is holding back co-operation and if the feelings of inequality of the under-developed countries, which have reconciled themselves to losing everything except their honour, have aroused prejudice in the minds of the "haves" because of the mediocrity of the results and the wastage of primary products, it none the less remains true that co-operation must be the consequence of a free and judicious choice and must be designed to achieve the common aim of mutual enrichment. 60. I shall quote Michel Dembele, who said; "Co-operation must be an act of interdependence of peoples and there must be an ethic underlying it.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Co-operation must not be a cheap means of exerting pressure on the Governments of countries that receive it, or used to serve economic, political, even military interests. I repeat, we do not want the charity or patronizing philanthropy of the wealthy.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Even so, we shall go on knocking at every door, without false pride, in the hope that perhaps at the eleventh hour the walls of Jericho will fall. But if the selfishness of those who hide behind idle political pretexts makes it impossible for them to stretch out a hand to us, then we shall win our own economic Independence, just as in 1804 we won our national independence; for we have already started to find the solution to our general problems by ourselves and with our own resources. 59. There we have sufficient reason, along with the under-developed countries, to condemn the lack of co-operation on the part of the industrialized countries, which ought to think in world terms and inaugurate an era of worldwide relations with the third world.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Now that this sad event is over, the Government will courageously resume the task of equipping the country, by mobilizing, as before, the efforts of the nation, if the leading Powers of the western economy and the Alliance for Progress, from which Haiti is the only American country to have derived no benefit, steadily refuse to give us any form of cooperation for our development. 57. With our own money and our own technical resources we have constructed the international Francois Duvalier Airport. Our pride has broken down our isolation. We are also building the hydro-electric dam at Peligre, on which we have already spent $32 million; thousands of acres of arable land will be irrigated, transforming the Province of Artibonite into a land of milk and honey. 58.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Roads were put out of commission and communication was rendered impossible by the flooding rivers. It would be a safe estimate to put the number of dead at 5,000 and the casualties at one million, as was the case with Hurricane Flora. 55. It is my pleasure, on behalf of the Government of Haiti, to thank the United States of America, which, as usual, came to the immediate aid of the people concerned. I should like also to pay a tribute to U Thant, who expressed his sympathy with the Government of Haiti and at the same time offered United Nations assistance. We should like him to realize the deep gratitude of the Government and people of Haiti for the aid so generously offered, which will mitigate the distress of the people of Haiti. 56.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Nevertheless travellers arriving from Tiburon Peninsula in the south-west of the country estimated that about one thousand people had been killed and that 80 per cent of the houses in the coastal town of Jacmel had been destroyed. The paper noted that the capital, Port-au-Prince, which had been protected from earlier hurricanes by the high mountains, had this time suffered heavy damage. A United Nations spokesman in Haiti estimated the capital damage at $45 million. 54. Further, according to reports reaching Port-au-Prince the hurricane raged particularly over the southern part of the country, almost completely destroying the towns of Grand-Goave, Petit-Goave, Leogane and Jacmel, together with the surrounding countryside and striking with special ferocity near Miragoane and Bainet.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Nevertheless, we have faced up to them and we will continue to do so with the same energy and the same courage as we have shown in response to the hard blows we have received in the past." 52. The Government of Haiti continues to face up to all its economic difficulties, accentuated by the policy of reducing financial aid on the part of the wealthy countries and by the fall in prices of our principal export commodities in foreign markets and aggravated by no fewer than three hurricanes in two years. 53. The last of these, Hurricane Inez, caused a national catastrophe as it passed over Haiti. The great American daily, The New York Times, wrote that the consequences of the disaster in impoverished Haiti were still unknown, for there were no reports on the matter.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“I refer to the agreement of 15 August 1966, reestablishing friendly relations between the Government of Haiti and the Holy See and once again illustrating, by the high-level exchange of Heads of Mission, the earnest desire of the President of the Republic of Haiti and of His Holiness Pope Paul VI, to promote an increasingly harmonious climate of understanding, promote the propagation of the Christian faith, increase the numbers of the country's clergy and bring about the spiritual progress of the people of Haiti. 51. On the economic plane we realize — to repeat what President Duvalier said: "We shall never be able, in one lifetime, however long it may last, to solve all problems.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“The organization of a national seminar on nutrition at Port-au-Prince, followed by the establishment of a national committee to combat malnutrition, the institution of compulsory old age insurance —all these are valuable innovations which have not failed to attract the attention of the civilized world and which constitute a demonstration of the courage, force and determination of our people to overcome the trials and tribulations life entails, especially for a Government which must assume all responsibilities and give bread and peace to the whole nation in dignity. 50. Concerned as it is with these temporal matters, my Government has not neglected spiritual matters.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“In order to avoid that disequilibrium which is too often only to the advantage of a dominant minority, because of the nature and effects of under-employment in the under-developed economies, the Government of Haiti has enacted labour legislation, including the Francois Duvalier Labour Code, inspired by equity, impartiality and justice; that code has served as a model for the ancillary institutions it has engendered. 48. The programme of planned workers' education, which comprises vocational training and the rural handicrafts project — a priority project which is part of the over-all development programme for rural areas and is implemented on a community basis- aims at accelerating economic and social development through the progressive education of the workers, who are called upon to play a distinct and ever more important role. 49.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“A policy designed to free our people from the fetters of degradation, poverty, ignorance and destitution has made it necessary to co-ordinate a series of institutions and programmes which will progressively strengthen social security. 46. Co-operation between labour and mangement has always been threatened by disputes and, all over the world, attempts are made to settle them, turn and turn about, by the opposing methods of neo-colonialism and the dictatorship of the proletariat, often at the cost of disrupting the entire system of production. 47.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Sustained by the living forces of the nation, forces which must be mobilized if we are to survive at all, Haitian democracy is no sham democracy based on a so-called balance of the great powers of the State, or on a sham respect for the will of the people when that will is for the most part flouted by strongly organized groups with sordid interests carefully camouflaged under the trappings of democracy; Haitian democracy is determined to ensure that the Haitian people rise towards the light, towards material, social and spiritual well-being. 44. In the field of labour, which is a vital factor in the creation of well-being, the Republic of Haiti, under the wise leadership of one who is a humanist through and through, President Francois Duvalier, can boast of many accomplishments. 45.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“The Republic of Haiti, led as it is by a man inspired by revolutionary ideas and aware of his historic mission for the benefit of his people and his race, has — even if the results may look poor when judged by the standards of developed economies — set out on the road to economic and social advancement. 43.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“I think — and I should like to emphasize this — that everyone has been able to see that our efforts have yielded returns — efforts which, when they do not involve subjection, depersonalization and the overthrow of the basic principles of sovereignty and integrity, give a nation the measure of its vitality and, mobilizing its energies, arm it for harder battles. 41. The spiritual leader of the Haitian Nation said: "If the moving history of Haiti teaches us anything, it is that the people of Haiti can win freedom only through struggle and effort... If our nation is left alone in its fight against poverty and degradation, it will not be the first time in our history that we have found ourselves in that situation, which has become the rule rather than the exception." 42.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“President Duvalier, addressing the Haitian Nation on 16 September 1966, when the budget for 1966-1967 was submitted to the Legislature, said these words: "This is the time to take bearings on the general economic and financial situation which unquestionably results from general political activities. The financial year about to end on 30 September 1966 will once again prove to have been a test year, in other words, a year during which the national effort has taken the form of a dynamic social, moral economic policy designed to ensure the stability of the State." 40.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“The Economic and Social Act of Rio de Janeiro, signed on 30 November 1965, lays down that; "The economic integration of the developing countries of the hemisphere should be one of the basic objectives of the inter-American system," and that "international trade is a determining factor of economic and social development of the countries of the hemisphere and should evolve in the direction of providing developing countries, especially, with a system of fair prices, increasing earnings and free access to world markets." 38. The Republic of Haiti, located in the Caribbean, a region in which it is desirable that States should adopt a form of regional integration, is making every effort to this end, side by side with its partners in Asia, Africa and America. 39.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Latin America has given evidence to the world of its noble intentions by proposing a denuclearization treaty (A/6328 and Corr.1) —a proposal of profoundly humanist import, when we consider what mankind's enemy, man himself, is designing — and by setting up a Central American Common Market ensuring the regional economic integration of its members, who are pledged to adopt uniform tariffs and by creating, through the Montevideo .treaty signed in February 1960, the Latin American Free Trade Association, which is a genuine Latin American Common Market. 37.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“The Latin American countries, faced with the same age-old evils of under-development as the communities of Asia and Africa, evils involving the same problems of population explosion, a high infant mortality rate, undernourishment, illiteracy, underemployment, absurdly low per capita income, technical and economic under-development — those countries, separated, moreover, from America by the accident of geography, are becoming increasingly aware of their destiny and demanding better conditions of life, more in accordance with their contribution to the cause of peace, and a more equitable share in the wealth of civilization. 36.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“In view of the slowness of this great campaign of international solidarity, it must be recognized that the promises of the International Development Decade are a dead letter and that the third world cannot but turn its eyes towards inaccessible horizons which only accentuate the distance between the far-off peaks and the low levels of their own infrastructures. 35.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“They are alarmed above all to find that not only is it proving difficult to get the economies of the developing countries started on the road to progress, but also that in contrast to the desired result the gap between the national incomes of those countries and the national incomes of the industrialized countries is steadily widening. Moreover, after several years of an extremely favourable economic situation, the industrialized countries with a free economic system are in no position to boast of having appreciably increased their aid to the third world. On the contrary they seem to be marking time in that respect and nothing indicates that things will soon get better. 34.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Philippe de Seynes, Under-Secretary for Economic and Social Affairs, speaking before the Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva last March, drew a striking picture of the attitude of the industrialized countries faced with the development problems of the third world: "We are bound to note that there was no increase in movements of capital towards the developing countries during a period of exceptionally rapid growth, so we cannot avoid being anxious about what will happen if we enter on a prolonged period of less rapid growth." 33. This disquiet is shared by the majority of world leaders and international experts, who for more than a year have been trying to communicate it to the authorities of the wealthy countries.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)