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VELAYATI

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first: 1982-09-24
most recent: 1995-09-24
sittings or episodes: 13
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“We have deeply-felt ties with this holy land and we in our turn will not let political players manipulate the destiny of this sacrosanct centre of the Islamic world. Any Islamic Government that gives in to compromises with the Zionist regime will be responsible before the Islamic Ummah. A vote by any Islamic Government in favour of the Zionist non-entity's remaining in the United Nations will be totally unacceptable. I wish to remind third- world countries that the establishment of relations with the usurper regime in Palestine will only consolidate bases for United States imperialism in their countries and will not be of any benefit in the long run. And, finally, I should warn other nations that giving support to the perverted Israeli regime only strengthens the foundations of racism and destroys human values. 235.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Is it not an unforgettable disgrace to give in to pressures exerted by the United States, by zionism and by reactionary regimes and to send Palestinian combatants into exile in far-off places in Asia and Africa and then jubilantly raise one's fingers in the sign of victory? 234. What victory? We warn those elements that are busy making deals on Palestine, the holy land of our divine prophets, that the Islamic Ummah will not remain silent any longer and that the Palestinian people will not allow those elements to auction their destiny. The soil of this holy land is mixed with the blood of our ancestors and other Muslims of the world who fought long, bloody wars for their integrity in the history of Islam.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“We must warn the Islamic Governments that if we do not move quickly, tomorrow will be too late. The Israeli cancer is spreading fast in the body of the Islamic world but our campaign against the Zionist regime does not go beyond talks, slogans and political compromises. The Palestinian people are prepared to start a vigorous, unwavering struggle against Israel and to revive the heroic resistance they showed against the Zionist enemy at Karama. Is it not shameful that thousands of Palestinian combatants in Lebanon, despite sufficient supplies of arms and ammunition, despite their strategic positions and despite their resolute determination, were ordered to stop fighting and to retreat in the face of the Zionist invaders?”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“As the revolutionary centre of the Islamic world and as a nation that has historically made the greatest contribution to the elevation of Islamic civilization and the advancement of Islamic causes, the Islamic Republic of Iran declares its extreme detestation of the abominable invitation by the Organization of the Islamic Conference to the Egyptian regime to re-join that organization without demanding that it first dissociate itself from the Camp David accords. It is especially regrettable that the Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, selected by the Islamic Conference, is a person who persuaded and pushed the previous Egyptian ruler towards signing the ignoble Camp David accords and is at the present time the main instigator of many humiliating measures of compromise with Zionism. 233.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Lebanon has been under Zionist occupation for more than two years. Today Palestine, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are looking to Lebanon with hopeful anticipation. All this is happening around us, and we, irresolute as a mesmerized group, are waiting for the outcome of events that are out of our control. I declare here, loud and clear, that the regime in Egypt which hoists the Zionist flag in its capital is the shame of the Islamic world; I declare that the Government in Morocco which plays host to Zionists is a traitor to Islam; I declare that the mercenary regime in Jordan, which has recently re-established relations with the notorious Egyptian regime, is an enemy of Islam. 232.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“What is happening to the Arab and Islamic world today? Why are they abandoning the cause of Palestine and going back on their commitments to the oppressed Palestinian people? I declare to the whole Islamic Ummah, from this international rostrum today, that in some Islamic countries the superpowers and their local stooges and protégés are foolishly playing with the destiny of the Islamic nations. 231. Palestine is still occupied, and holy Al-Quds is not under our control. The illegal Israeli regime destroys and demolishes the houses of Muslims in Al- Khalil, Nablus and Ramallah with bulldozers sent as gifts from the United States, and is busy building kibbutzim in their places. Their Arab residents are exiled; the number of innocent refugees increases daily, and Zionist thugs continue to usurp their lands.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“The cause of defeats in the 1948, 1956 and 1967 wars did not lie in the Israeli strength; those defeats were due mainly to the treacherous acts committed by certain nominally Islamic Governments. The infamous Camp David accords must be cited as the most scandalous of those acts. The Egyptian regime played the role of a vanguard in that adventure, and several dependent regimes supported it from behind the scenes. These supporters are doing their best today to bring Egypt out of isolation. Do they need to be reminded that the Egyptian regime, as a result of its complicity in the Camp David conspiracy and because of its treason in humiliating the Egyptian people, was dishonourably removed as a disgrace from the landscape of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the League of Arab States?”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“The sorry fact that certain third-world countries have recently decided to establish relations with the usurper regime in Palestine should be considered as the most direct consequence of this notorious action by the previous Egyptian administration. I am convinced, however, that the righteous and dedicated Muslim people of Egypt will, at a propitious moment, not only nullify this illegitimate recognition of the usurper regime occupying Palestine but will also undoubtedly declare all the consequences of this recognition void. 230. An investigation of the tragic history of Palestine in the present century shows that the most effective factor in the consolidation of the usurper rule of Zionism in this holy land was the presence of certain dependent and submissive ruling figures in the region.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“For the first time, part of the occupied lands was liberated by force. It will not be long before southern Lebanon will be free from the aggressors' presence. 228. Instead of adding a few more resolutions to the record of the regime occupying Palestine, let us put an end to the presence of its representatives in this world Assembly, a presence which, in itself, should be considered an insult to each and every member of the delegations that value the concepts of freedom and justice. 229. Regrettably, what has helped blot out the hideousness of an Israeli presence in this world Assembly is the policy adopted by the previous ruler in Egypt that climaxed in the signing of the treasonable Camp David accords and brought shame and humiliation to the Islamic nations.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“While the Lebanese people heroically resisted the continuous, savage attacks of the Zionist regime, while Lebanese men, women and children spent their days and nights under the constant downpour of Zionist bombs and bullets, certain Islamic rulers, despite their immense financial, military and human resources, were busy delivering slogans and fiery speeches while in practice they abandoned neither their display of reverence for the aggressors nor their continuous offers of compromise. 227. Had this process continued for a while longer, the Zionist aggressors would have subjugated the Lebanese land completely and permanently; but the aware and dedicated people of Lebanon heroically rose against the occupying forces and their supporters, forced a retreat on the aggressors and added a golden page of epic resistance to contemporary history.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Prolonged discussions, successive conferences and even the vociferous forms of objection and criticism offered for the apparent discharge of responsibility and the diversion of attention from the fundamental issue, namely, the necessity of a practical and decisive confrontation with zionism, are empty gestures from which zionism would benefit the most. 226. The experience in Lebanon has already under-lined this lesson most clearly.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Does the experience of the fruitless conduct of talks, negotiations and verbal attacks against Zionism in international forums for many, many long years, which were not matched by action, point to any other conclusion? 224. Thus I would request that in our review of the question of Palestine at the present session of the Assembly we concentrate on the investigation of our own past record, and in this request I am especially addressing the delegations from the Islamic countries and others who, regardless of their political doctrines, have decided to defend truth and justice. 225.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Allow me to begin our investigation of the international situation, as usual, with the great human tragedy of contemporary history. The question of Palestine has become an old wound in the body of humanity and particularly in the body of the Islamic Ummah, but in the course of the past year it has become more painful because of the behaviour of certain opportunistic and compromising elements. 223. Verbal protests would be in order if we presumed that the nature and the actions of imperialism and Zionism were separate categories and the latter could be modified and corrected by criticism or well-intended counsel. But we all know for certain that their only logic is the logic of force and their performance is always guided by this satanic logic.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Today, practically all the oppressed and tyrannized people of the world, and particularly their fighting vanguards who have risen to fight back, rarely think of immediate victory as their motivation for action, and this hopeful development is an indication of the rapid growth in the consciousness of the oppressed of all continents. 221. It is hoped that we may in this Assembly turn ourselves into defenders of truth and justice and perform this noble duty patiently through ceaseless efforts. The path before us is quite clear, and we shall, in all cases and vis-a-vis all questions raised in this Assembly, follow the renowned Islamic dictum: "Always an enemy of the oppressor and always a friend to the oppressed." 222.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“The thirty-eighth session of the Assembly was also faced with a variety of important problems, and although there was no lack of honest and sincere attempts to solve those problems, the obstruction and opposition of the imperial-minded Powers of the world prevented the desired achievements from being reached. In spite of this, there is no room for despair; we believe that sincere human action will certainly bear fruit in the long run. After all, our life, if devoid of continuous struggle for the establishment of justice throughout the earth and without tolerance of hardship and sacrifice to attain this sublime objective, would be completely meaningless. I stress the continuity of the struggle in order that those who usurp the rights of nations will not make the mistake of relaxing for a moment.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“"The Unbelievers spend their wealth To hinder (men) from the path Of God, and so will they Continue to spend; but In the end they will have (Only) regrets and sighs; At length they will be overcome; And the Unbelievers will be Gathered together to Hell;" 219. I wish, Sir, to offer my congratulations on your election as the President of the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly. I also wish you success in the administration of the Assembly's work, which contains many important and crucial issues. It also gives me pleasure to witness the admission of an Islamic country, Brunei Darussalam, to the United Nations. 220.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“In spite of the fact that the efforts of the United Nations for the implementation of the fundamental principles of the Charter have so far not met with much success and although the Organization, despite considerable action, has not been able to achieve on the international scene the aims and objectives it was meant to achieve, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran sincerely hopes that the General Assembly will liberate the United Nations from the claws of the oppressive big Powers and help it to realize its sacred objectives of peace, security, prosperity and the happiness of mankind. And may the peace of God be upon his true servants.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“However, the achievements of the Non-Aligned Movement in finding solutions to certain world problems, and the sense of responsibility that the majority of its member States feel for its future, hold promise that the Movement will play a great, effective, historic role in the formation of future world policies.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In the present conditions of crisis and tensions in our world, and as long as the United Nations is crippled by the obstructions of the oppressive Powers and is not able to take practical, effective steps for the solution of numerous problems in the world, the all-important role of the Non-Aligned Movement in the relaxation of international tensions cannot be overemphasized. Nevertheless, the success of the Non-Aligned Movement is dependent on its ability to purge its ranks categorically of those stooges of the super-Powers that make a superficial claim to being non- aligned but in reality only serve the interests of world imperialism, thus guaranteeing its proper growth and direction.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The Government and the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran, inspired by the divine teachings of Islam, believe that all human beings are equal, and we absolutely reject the logic of racial discrimination through which the super-Powers intend to humiliate the rest of humanity. We believe, therefore, that our only hope lies in the collective movement of the oppressed nations of the world in the direction of ending the hegemony of the super-Powers. In this respect, we believe that the further strengthening of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, together with our insistent emphasis on the principle of non-alignment, will greatly facilitate the liberation of the oppressed from the yoke of super-Powers.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Does all this have any basis except in racialism, arrogance and ignorance? Did Hitler stand for anything different? Unfortunately this sort of "neo-logic" is not used exclusively by the super-Powers but has also spread to their clients and cronies; a glimpse at communiques and political statements issued by the Baathist regime of Iraq, the Zionist regime occupying Palestine and the reactionary regime of South Africa proves that their mentality is infested with concepts of racial superiority and ethnic arrogance. That is why the socialist Government of France believes that the peoples of Iran and Iraq should be sacrificed at the altar of "French interests".”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Since the end of the Second World War, the world has not enjoyed one single day free from local wars, cold war, tensions and serious dangers to peace. The super-Powers, in a ludicrous effort to justify their aggressions, constantly talk about "threats to their vital interests"—as if they had some sort of natural rights in all the countries of the world, as if the rest of the world were their own backyard. Is this anything but a feeling of racial superiority? Does this not reveal their evil mentality of viewing all nations of the world as being in need of their ignorant over lordship? Every day we hear about American and French interests in the Persian Gulf, Soviet interests in Afghanistan or in Asia and Africa, and the United States Satan's interests all over the globe.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We are also of the opinion that limited and partial solutions, such as negotiations within the framework of the specialized agencies—manipulated as they are by the United States Satan—and resort to bilateralism as against multilateralism in financial relations only serve to preserve the present state of domination and control and further institutionalize the current crisis. The Islamic Republic of Iran rejects the present international order, in which our world is divided into the two poles of East and West. We believe that the balance of terror governing the world today, on which the present transient peace is based, will not guarantee the true peace, security and prosperity of the people of the world. The existing power blocs and military alignments have all brought our world to the precipice of war and annihilation.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“It has often been repeated that global negotiations —if conducted in a serious and consistent manner, of course—can be considered to be the first step towards the alleviation of the current international economic crisis and the introduction of structural changes in the prevailing system. We believe that the negotiations will not get us anywhere before the oppressive domination of the super-Powers over the countries of the third world is annihilated and their stooges in these countries are overthrown.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Control of such institutions as IMF and the World Bank by the United States Satan and its advanced allies is a traditional channel of exerting pressure on the third world and impeding the realization of their demands. The conduct of the Governments of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development— especially the United States—in the course of the sixth session of the United Nations Conference or Trade and Development, held at Belgrade, was a true reflection of the aforementioned intentions, attitudes and methods. The resultant impasse at the Conference and its failure to adopt any positive and effective measures on all the disputed issues was nothing but the logical outcome of the intransigence and self-serving attitudes of these countries.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In fact they are structural problems arising from the existing unjust world capitalist system and the historic dominance of the privileged minority over the deprived majority. As the Assembly is well aware, the oppressors oppose any and all reforms in the prevailing world economic system; they adamantly resist even the minimum legitimate demands of the oppressed countries. Adopting a negative attitude towards the serious beginning of negotiations for the establishment of the new international economic order and evading participation in global negotiations are among the destructive policies of the oppressors in general, and United States imperialism in particular—notwithstanding their rhetoric about understanding and co-operation.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The current monetary and financial crisis, further exacerbated by the specific policies of the United States Satan and its industrial allies, along with their imposition of various restrictions intended to impede the third world's access to concessional financial resources, international capital markets and technology, have all worked to worsen the current economic crisis and disrupt the process of development of the developing countries. A huge, rapid increase in the volume of the foreign debts of those countries, not to mention their consequent internal socio-political-economic hardships, is merely a manifestation of such a grave world economic crisis. It should be added, however, that contrary to the claims of the oppressors and dominators, the current difficulties in the world economic system are not cyclical at all.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“At this juncture I deem it necessary to deal briefly with the world economic situation. The adoption of defensive protectionist measures have led to the continued decline in the volume of world trade. The simultaneous drastic decline in the prices of basic commodities and the rapid increase in the prices of the industrial exports of the developed countries have caused a further deterioration in the terms of trade.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“At present, more than at any time in the past, international peace and security require that the Indian Ocean zone should remain free from the super-Powers' arms race and not be infested by nuclear weapons. Last year the proposal on non-first use of nuclear weapons produced a glimmer of hope in the anxious hearts of mankind, and it was optimistically expected that other States would support the proposal and instead of talks and speeches take a practical step in the direction of relaxing existing tensions. Unfortunately, however, the actions of the super-Powers show that their claims on non-first use, the reduction and control of arms expenditure or the limitation of the number of submarine-launched ballistic missiles was nothing but an empty political gesture designed for their own publicity purposes.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The Soviet Union declares that if those missiles are deployed by the West it will have to strengthen its own missile system, while the United States Satan justifies its opposition to the convening of the Conference on the Indian Ocean because of the Soviet military presence in Afghanistan. The convening of the Conference on the Indian Ocean, set for 1983, has once again been postponed. We welcome the pleasant change in the positions of those countries which initially opposed the convening of that Conference but have come to appreciate the urgency of the matter and are already working for the preparation of a resolution on this matter to be submitted to the General Assembly. We hope that other Member States will join them.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“What has so far come out of the bilateral Soviet-American negotiations on the limitation of medium-range missiles and strategic arms, the outcome of which may decide the fate of some four billion people on our planet? Today, the implementation phase of the decision to deploy more than 500 missiles and nuclear warheads in Europe, including Pershing II and cruise missiles, has already begun. That part of the world has already been turned into a powder keg, and it would take only a simple mistake, a small miscalculation or a little spark to set the whole of the European continent aflame and to sacrifice the European peoples on the satanic altar of the superpowers and drag the other parts of the world into the fire started by them. Each super-Power tries to justify its illogical position by the incorrect attitude of the other.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“I now turn to the grave question of the arms race. The second special session of the General Assembly on disarmament faced failure as a result of the super-Powers' obstruction and lack of co-operation. The special session instructed the Committee on Disarmament to prepare a comprehensive programme acceptable to all members and to present it at the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly. Has that Committee succeeded in its mission, or must the people of the world continue to live in anxiety, terror and horror caused by the domineering ambitions of the super-Powers, while those Powers continue their deceitful, useless negotiations?”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We declare our full support for these liberation movements against American imperialism, and we believe that the decisions of the Contadora Group may serve as a suitable basis for the solution of problems in Latin America and the cessation of external intervention and aggression. We sincerely believe it is time that all the peoples of the world who have risen up to win back their legitimate rights drummed into the heads of all aggressors and transgressors in the world the fact that no nation needs their godforsaken suzerainty or Moody paternalism. It is also time that any nation which has been torn apart through the super-Powers' international conspiracies did everything in its power to reunite and to revive its cultural and national unity. The struggle of the people of the Korean peninsula is an example par excellence in this respect.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The situation in Latin America is not much healthier than that in Africa or the Middle East, because of the satanic policies of gringo imperialism. The unobstructed brazen intervention of Big Satan in the internal affairs of the countries of this region, especially in Nicaragua and El Salvador, not only has violated the principles of the Charter of the United Nations in a most shameless manner but also is threatening the peace and security of the world we live in. The Islamic Republic of Iran, while condemning these international colonial policies, praises all combative forces on the Latin American political scene which have courageously risen up to fight Big Satan, the source of all evil on earth, and to get rid of all its Latin American lackeys.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The Islamic Republic of Iran, while extending its full support to the oppressed people of Namibia, demands the immediate withdrawal of the occupying forces of the racist South African Government and urges all revolutionary countries of Africa and all progressive movements, and above all the South West Africa People's Organization, the true representative of the oppressed Namibian people, to continue their heroic, legitimate struggle. We strongly condemn the colonialist governments which support the aggressive racist Pretoria regime in the face of United Nations resolutions and the principles of its Charter, and we express our firm support for the efforts and struggles of anti-colonialist, anti-racist African countries, especially Angola, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Of course, desperate attempts of this sort are further proof of the enemy's weakness. They show that the enemy is collapsing and that Saddam has no place among his own people and that in the very near future he will be defeated. 118. I shall now continue my statement. It is necessary that the United Nations, having diagnosed the racist disease that is threatening the body of the world community like cancer, and having regard to its obligations and commitments regarding the safeguarding of undeniable human rights and respect for the rights of self- determination and national sovereignty of nations, should take effective measures to eradicate racial discrimination and Zionist racism from the face of the earth and carry out its historic mission of honouring its principles concerning peace, security and human rights.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“local time yesterday, four points were attacked by Iraqi missiles in Andimeshk and Dezful with the following casualties and damage: in Dezful, 31 people martyred and 130 injured, with 95 residential areas totally destroyed and 230 partly destroyed, including 60 shops destroyed; in Andimeshk, 23 people martyred and 120 injured, with 60 residential areas totally destroyed and 120 partly destroyed." We are sure, of course, that the United Nations and other international institutions, because of the manipulations of the oppressor super-Powers, cannot do much, and we do not expect much. We have just given this information so that members of the Assembly may have a clearer picture of what is going on and understand why we feel that the only way to respond to this ruthless enemy is on the field of battle.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Those two evil forces, Zionism and racism, obey the law of the jungle in international relations, and their design is to invade other free nations of the world once they have consolidated their evil rule over the lands they have already occupied and their peoples. I have just been handed a note providing information on another Iraqi missile attack against two cities in Iran—Andimeshk and Dezful. It is interesting that two days ago our delegation to the United Nations foresaw such a missile attack and informed the Secretary-General of the United Nations accordingly. But, unfortunately, as usual no steps were taken against attacks on residential areas of our cities. I shall now read out the details: "At 2.24 p.m.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The people of the Middle East and Western Asia whole-heartedly sympathize with their African brothers and sisters because, apart from common experience and a common history of anti-colonialist struggle, both peoples have in the last four decades become the victims of savage, racist regimes supported by the United States Satan. The South African racist regime has been aptly called the Israel of Africa. Racism and Zionism share the same background and the same purpose. They both believe in the violation of the rights of other nations. They both advocate violent usurpation of other peoples' lands. They both have no respect for world public opinion or for the Charter and resolutions of the United Nations, and they both mean to upset the norms of international relations.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We declare our whole-hearted support for their struggle. We believe that the military occupation of Western Sahara must come to an end in accordance with the resolutions approved at the nineteenth session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, held at Addis Ababa from 6 to 12 June 1983, and the resolutions adopted by the United Nations. It is time that dependent regimes in Africa understood that serving imperialist interests and moving along crooked paths led by the super-Powers will not help them in the least.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The socialist Government of France not only has violated all international conventions but has not even respected those resolutions of the Security Council that bear its own worthless signature. The Islamic Republic of Iran, while treasuring the rich culture, literature and valuable liberal traditions of the French people, with whom we have maintained time- honoured relations, strongly and unequivocally condemns the present Government of France for its violation of other nations' rights, and we demand the immediate withdrawal of all oppressive forces from Chad, while we are certain that the people of Chad will not tolerate the presence of oppressive troops on their soil. For years the Muslim people of Western Sahara, led by the POLISARIO Front have been fighting for their independence and national sovereignty.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In that continent a raw wave of neo colonialism has struck the long-oppressed African people, and the tragic memories of the nineteenth century's colonial scramble are revived. We strongly condemn the delivery of war equipment to Chad by France and the United States, the sole objective of which is to continue colonial domination and to plunder the natural resources of the African people. The so-called socialist Government of France is nowadays becoming an especially dangerous element in the world. Faced with the bankruptcy of its economic policies, it has embarked on a policy of global military adventure and support of aggressive Governments and despots.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The so-called socialist Government of France does not seem to have realized that the world has changed and the age of gunboat diplomacy has long passed. If the Government of France does not awaken to the realities of the twentieth century and if any aggressive Government dares approach us in the Persian Gulf, we shall, as a first step, turn it into a big graveyard for the aggressors. And let us not forget that Iran, and especially Islamic Iran, has been the land of men and women who, through their scientific achievements and military genius, have often played a vital role in the destiny of humanity. Unfortunately, these violations and acts of aggression are being committed by the oppressive Powers throughout the world, and in particular in the third world. Let us look at Africa.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We also announce to the world that any misguided adventure detrimental to the vital interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran will immediately result in the complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the stoppage of the flow of oil from that region. It should be absolutely clear that those supplying the aggressor with sophisticated weapons will be held responsible for such a development and will have to bear the consequences. In this respect, we address ourselves especially to the Government of France, which has, with a great deal of ignorance and effrontery, embarked on such a hazardous pursuit. We warn the so-called socialist Government of France, which is more than a century behind the times and at present is ridiculously imitating the nineteenth-century colonialists, of the consequences of its actions.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We are certain that our conduct so far has already displayed our ability to fulfil this responsibility, and we want the world community to know that our successful, legitimate defence of our country and the suppression of the aggressor will certainly result in peace, security and tranquillity for all countries of the region, a lasting peace which could consolidate closer friendly relations among all on the basis of mutual respect. But we declare loudly and clearly that we shall no longer tolerate the passage of vessels loaded with war munitions sent by the world's merchants of death for the Iraqi regime through the Strait of Hormuz towards certain ports in the southern part of the Persian Gulf and that in future we shall be enforcing our authority in this vital respect less leniently than before.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Here, we warn those Powers which constantly fuel the Iraqi war machine and simultaneously broadcast rumours of lack of security in the Persian Gulf, in order to prepare the ground for their own military presence in a region in whose troubled waters none will be able to fish. We assure the world community that as long as we can safeguard our own economic interests in the Persian Gulf we will guarantee the safe passage of vessels according to international laws and regulations.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In both cases, our forewarnings were realized, but on both bloody occasions the United Nations did not turn a hair. How long can this unjust and inhuman treatment continue? In spite of all this, we want the Assembly to know that no matter how far the Iraqi regime goes in its crimes against our people, one thing will not change, and that is the sworn resolution of our united Muslim people to win back its stolen rights and to punish the war criminals. The intensification of Baathist crimes against our people and the continuation of aggression have rendered all peace proposals unlikely and unacceptable. However, we shall not compromise one iota of our legitimate rights. And we should add here that those who obstruct the realization of our legitimate demands will bear the responsibility of prolonging this war.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Unfortunately, the little Baathist successors of Hitler have this bitter sense of humour, and their hypocrisy knows no bounds. We live in an absolutely unfair world. Twice in the past few months we informed the United Nations that the Iraqi regime was intending to launch missile attacks against cities and residential areas, a few days prior to the occurrence of these atrocities. This, of course, does not imply any gift of prophecy on our part. We know from bitter experience that each time the Baathist cowards lose on the battlefield, they resort to this sort of remote- control mass murder with their long-range Russian- and French-made missiles. Security Council documents dated 5 May 1983 and 4 August 1983," respectively, bear witness to the validity of our statement.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Let us imagine that towards the end of the Second World War, when the days of Nazi aggression were numbered and the Allied armies were liberating one European city after another, the war-stricken people of Europe, whose nearest and dearest were murdered by Hitler's invading armies, were suddenly to hear Hitler in a press conference on the wireless declaring his deep love for peace and security and condemning the Allied forces' aggression in the occupied territories and unable to understand why the Allies were not ready to sit at the negotiating table with him and solve all problems in an amicable atmosphere. How would the victims of his brutality feel? Hitler does not seem to have had this bitter sense of humour or to have been hypocritical enough to do this.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“But would it be possible to ensure the interests of the States in the region for an extended period of time? Who could guarantee that the aggressive regime of Iraq will not tomorrow issue another communiqué, similar to military communiqué No. 1106, dated 2 March 1982, in which its assault on oil wells and their destruction will be lauded as another great military victory, once again endangering the interests of the Persian Gulf States?”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)