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“In view of these and other facts connected with the militarization of Israel’s economy, the increasing instability of the Middle Eastern situation should be viewed both in relation to the presence of Israel in our region and in the light of the component parts of its policy of preparation for a war of aggression. This situation concerns no doubt not only the Arab peoples in the Middle East but also the world at large. And it is, therefore, the responsibility of the United Nations to tackle the problem thus created, as the security of the Middle East is daily becoming more intimately related to the question of general security in the world. 28.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“This aggressive and hostile attitude of Israel and its policy of expansion by military means have kept the Arab countries in a state of fear and turned the whole region of the Middle East into an area of perpetual instability. Israel’s policy of encouraging and financing Jewish immigration beyond the economic absorptive capacity of the country has amply demonstrated the expansionist intentions of Israel towards neighbouring Arab countries. Moreover, the ever-rising expenditure on armaments, and the training of men and women in increasing numbers for military service are part of Israel's preparation for aggression against its neighbours. 27.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Israel has been for the last twelve years a factor disturbing the peace in the region of the Middle East, and a cause for obstructing its normal development and progress; and the presence of one million Arab refugees has served as an annual reminder to the General Assembly of a much bigger problem, the Palestine problem. 26. Every year the report of the Secretary-General contains a chapter on the Palestine question dealing with acts of aggression committed by Israel against neighbouring Arab States. Thus every year the Security Council has to intervene a number of times in order to stop Israel’s military violations of the General Armistice Agreements of 1949.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“This proposal is a challenge both to the United Nations as an Organization, and to all Powers seeking to promote peace and justice. The Algerian Government has repeatedly responded to the appeals of the United Nations for negotiations; but France refused to heed the recommendations of the Assembly. Let the United Nations assume now its role of peacemaker and promoter of freedom and justice. The proposal is practical, and its implementation will undoubtedly cover questions situated in both areas of war and peace. This is not only a challenge to the United Nations, but also an opportunity which has been offered at a time when the whole world, and particularly the less-developed countries, is seeking ways and means to strengthen this Organization 25. I should like now to turn to the Palestine question.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Since when, we may ask, have war and torture been the ideals of a civilized society? 23. The time has come for the General Assembly to find a just and democratic solution for the Algerian question, a solution more realistic than previous recommendations. Negotiations have failed because of France's determination to suppress by force the right of Algerians to self-determination. It now falls to the United Nations to work out a plan for the implementation of the principles of self-determination in Algeria. The Algerian Government, guided by its genuine desire to end the war and by the principles of the Charter, and according to law and justice, has suggested a solution by means of a plebiscite to be carried out under the supervision and control of the United Nations. 24.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“It is rather disturbing to know that those same NATO Powers, which come here to preach peace and justice, extend their material and political assistance to France to enable it to disturb the peace and to continue this war of extermination. 21. How futile and atrocious it is to continue on the road of error, especially at a time when the peace of the world is threatened. We believe that, unless action is taken rapidly to terminate the Algerian war to the satisfaction of the Algerian people's aspirations, the area affected by the war may be extended and the struggle will become more international. 22. General de Gaulle has disillusioned world public opinion, because France's war in Algeria is absolutely devoid of any idealism. On the contrary, the French action in Algeria is an exaltation of war and destruction.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“It might be appropriate to draw attention here to the fact that the Algerian war emphasizes the dependence of France on NATO in general and the United States in particular. Having concentrated in Algeria an army of nearly three-quarters of a million men, and having both material and diplomatic support from the countries of NATO, France is trying desperately to wipe out the Algerian national liberation movement by sheer force. These endeavours are doomed to failure, as the Free Republic of Algeria was born in the fire of battle, and the Algerian army, which is a people's army, is daily striking severe blows against the French forces.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“In view of this attitude, it is to be asked how much weight should be placed on the participation of France in the United Nations and its actions therein. This attitude no doubt reflects the policy pursued by France in the international field, and particularly vis-à-vis small nations. 20. It is time that the General Assembly took a more positive stand with regard to Algeria. We have all rejoiced to have among us fifteen new African Member States, and the question has been on everybody's lips: Why not Algeria? There is another aspect to the question. We believe that peace in Algeria is an essential preliminary to the relations of the Arab States with France, and to a large extent with the West.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“The nature of the position of General de Gaulle and the political forces which brought him to power, as well as the kind of power equilibrium in France itself, led us to doubt the intentions behind his declared Algerian policy. Subsequent events confirmed our doubts; contacts and meetings have shown beyond any doubt that General de Gaulle did not mean what he said regarding self-determination for Algeria. He wanted nothing less than surrender. He went further to reveal the true character of his policy when he recently denounced the United Nations audits Charter. He declared in advance that any resolution of the General Assembly on Algeria would have no effect on his policy, and he cynically referred to this Organization as the "so-called" United Nations.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“In other words, while the General Assembly has been endeavouring to bring about a settlement through negotiations, the French Government has obstinately refused to yield either to the appeals of world public opinion, represented by this Organization, or to the requirements of the present world situation. 19. On 16 September 1959, President de Gaulle spoke of self-determination for Algeria. His reputation as the only man in France able to make peace in Algeria secured his international prestige and led a majority of the Members of the United Nations to renew the appeal for negotiations as the most appropriate means for the implementation of the right of self-determination.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Thus the United Nations has before it once again the task of tackling this great tragedy. It is hardly necessary to explain either the unjust character of this war or its far-reaching effects on the state of tension in the world. It is equally unnecessary to recall here the accepted principle of the Charter regarding the right of the Algerian people to self-determination, a right which has been endorsed by the General Assembly and recognized even by France. Despite all these facts, and the recognition of this right by wide segments of public opinion in France itself and in the world at large, the war is being continued by France with increasing force and determination.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“We strongly support the right of Indonesia in West Irian and we believe that occupation of that Territory by the Netherlands forces is disturbing the peace and endangering security in South East Asia. We shall have, on the separation by France of Mauritania from Morocco, the opportunity to expose the nature of the colonial game played there by France in order to keep that Moroccan territory under its domination. Regarding the remaining problems, which fall in the midst of our region and which constitute a danger to its peace and security, I should like to deal with them in some detail. I should also like to refer to the Congo question. 18. I turn now to the question of Algeria. The Algerian war of liberation will soon enter its seventh year, and the destruction in men and materials has grown ever greater and wider.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“These problems include the denial of membership in the United Nations to the People's Republic of China; the continued occupation of West Irian by the Netherlands; the attempt at the separation of Mauritania from Morocco by France; the war in Algeria; the fighting in Oman; the Palestine question; and the question of the Congo (Leopoldville). 17. I do not intend to deal with all these problems in detail. We have already expressed our opinion on the problem of the People's Republic of China's right to membership in the United Nations, and pointed out the unwise policy of preventing that country from occupying her legitimate place in the United Nations.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“As the Secretary-General states in the Introduction to his Annual Report: "Who can deny that today the countries of Asia or the countries of Africa, acting in a common spirit, represent powerful elements in the international community, in their ways as important as any of the big Powers, although lacking in their military and economic potential?" [A/4390/Add.1, p, 8.] 15. Although the eyes of the world are turned with anxiety to the deliberations at this session of the General Assembly because of the alarming international trends which have developed in recent months, especially between the big Powers, nevertheless world public opinion expects from this session that it will not forget other problems which are contributing to the increase of tension in the world. 16.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“However true the picture of the division of power in the world at the present time, the fact remains that the development of the two blocs has not reached the point of collision, as there still exists space separating them, which could be occupied by other Powers. The time has come for the non-committed nations, and others which have recently attained independence, to hasten to occupy this space and to bridge the gap which separates East and West. We have in mind those States which follow the policy of positive neutrality and other nations of Asia, Africa and Latin America.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Thus, we come to this fifteenth session of the General Assembly with a sense that it will be a crucial session, that the United Nations will be facing a crisis of confidence, and that it will be the supreme duty of those nations which believe in the necessity of averting a catastrophe to human civilization to act rapidly and effectively to save the United Nations, to enable it to create the basis for understanding between the Powers, and to make of it, in the words of the Charter, "a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of ... common ends". 14. The fifteen years of the life of the United Nations have witnessed a greater split between East and West, and the gathering of power into two contending and hostile blocs, negotiating from positions of strength.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“12, Nevertheless, we believe that in a period of increasing danger of war it is incumbent upon Member States to rally to the support of the United Nations in order to prevent further deterioration of the international situation, to make of the United Nations an effective instrument for arresting the evil forces of war and a centre for the peaceful settlement of international differences and disputes. 13, People everywhere were greatly disturbed by the way the Summit Conference which was to be held in Paris in May 1960, and the Ten-Nation Committee on Disarmament failed to achieve the objectives for which they were organized.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“While the United Nations was evolving as a concept and an institution, and while a new international order was in the process of being created, some Powers were motivated in their international relations by considerations which were in certain ways inconsistent with the objectives of the United Nations Charter and the basic premises upon which the new world order was to be built, thus hindering the proper evolution of this Organization and aggravating certain problems of the world.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“The world has also recognized the necessity of maintaining a machinery for the co-ordination of the interests of nations, and the peaceful settlement of their differences. This, the United Nations was, in the words of the Secretary-General in the Introduction to his Annual Report on the Work of the Organization, "an organic creation of the political situation facing our generation" [A/4390/Add.1, p. 9]. 11. The responsibilities of the United Nations have grown considerably since the world's political problems have become more numerous and complicated; the task of promoting a new international order have embraced a greater number of questions pertaining to peoples at different levels of development.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Neither is there any justification for ignoring the role which the United Nations can play in paving the way for the settlement of the issues which divide the world, or for resorting to the use of force to that end. 10. It has become obvious in recent years that the problems we have been gathering here to discuss emanate from a number of contradictions, both conceptual and institutional. In the course of the last fifteen years the political and economic aspirations of the non-free nations have risen to high levels, and active movements for political emancipation have spread to all subjugated peoples. The whole world, with the exception of certain circles and vested interests, have become more aware of-the-need for recognizing this revolution and its historical impact upon its present and future destiny.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Yet not only has the last decade and a half witnessed an increase in tension, the prevalence of the cold war and occasional armed conflict, but also a great increase in the possibilities of the destruction of human civilization by general war. This situation derives from the contradictions inherent in a world which refuses to admit the growing forces of a revolution covering most phases of the material and cultural life of society, both in its national and international aspects. There is, moreover, no justification for ignoring the revolution of peoples everywhere against outdated systems of relationships between nations inherited from the past.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“National and international efforts within and outside this Organization have failed to solve a number of the major issues dividing the world. Nevertheless, the hopes of most members of the international community for the settlement of these issues remain centred in this Organization. Experience has shown that in spite of all criticism of the United Nations and its weaknesses, its presence is imperative and its support by all nations is a major historical necessity. 9. The great and chief objective of nations uniting in the United Nations and binding themselves by the Charter is the preservation of their identity and personality in a relationship conducive to the promotion of peace, justice and progress.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“The new and small States join the United Nations because of their confidence in the ability of the Organization to settle international problems and to assist them in overcoming their difficulties and also to find their proper place in the international community of free and equal nations. It will, therefore, be a sad disappointment to those nations when they come here to find some Powers impeding the efforts of the United Nations to bring about a new world order in which the small countries will find security, the means for development and progress and the achievement of complete independence in a world of equal and sovereign States. 8. The General Assembly meets again in an atmosphere of a divided world. Tension has been increasing since the end of the Second World War.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“The perpetuation of colonial subjugation is, moreover, a flagrant denial of the concept of "one world", and an anachronism which obstructs the proper evolution of the international community towards its goals of peace and progress. 7. The rapid increase in the membership of the United Nations should not only be considered as a result of the attainment of independence by new States and nations, but also as an expression of a genuine desire on their part to join hands with other nations. It is also an expression of their genuine desire to strengthen the Organization so as to enable it to play its historical role in promoting international understanding and co-operation and to widen the area of peace and justice.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“At this critical moment in world history, with international tensions mounting, the liberation of colonial and semi-colonial countries and peoples will greatly contribute to the removal of certain fundamental causes of conflict and contradiction in international society. National and individual freedom, which has been and will remain one of the pillars of modern civilization, and the moving force for progress in modern society, cannot be denied to any people or nation at a time when the unity and interdependence of all countries and peoples of the world is becoming a necessity for the survival of human civilization.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“will remain an important cause of conflict in the international community and a basic factor in generating trouble and discord among the nations of the world. 5. It is, therefore, a matter of the highest importance for this assembly of nations in its quest for peace and justice in the world, to act immediately and collectively to remove this fundamental cause of conflict and to save the millions who still suffer the degradation of subjugation — a situation which, in recent history, has been one of the major causes of tension in the world. 6. Thus the declaration of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union regarding the termination of colonialism and the immediate grant of independence to colonial countries and peoples [A/4502 and Corr.1] is of the highest significance.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“The significance of this event and its many implications cannot escape the attention of those who are conscious of the trends of the modern evolution of nations — a process which in recent decades has been growing in momentum as a result of the general awakening of peoples everywhere in the world. 4. The attainment of political independence by subjugated peoples, reflecting the basic aspirations of all those nations deprived of their national freedom, is an inevitable step to be followed by others in the course of the progress of human society towards higher levels of social and political existence. The existence of non-independent nations in the world today, and the efforts to perpetuate such a state by the use of force have been and.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“My I extend to the President our wholehearted and sincere felicitations on his election to his high office. We are confident that at the present critical moment of history, when the eyes and the ears of the world are turned to the United Nations, his experience, wisdom and impartiality will be of valuable service to us in our deliberations. 3. Peoples all over the world have rejoiced at the admission to membership of the United Nations of sixteen countries which have recently attained independence-fifteen from the African continent, and the Republic of Cyprus.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“It is our fervent hope and desire that these visits and the subsequent projected steps will culminate in positive agreements covering the major outstanding problems among the great Powers, In the forefront of these problems we place the major question of our time — disarmament. Preceding speakers, including the representatives of the three "nuclear Powers”, have voiced the universal recognition that the present armaments race cannot continue much longer without dire consequences affecting the very foundations of our Civilization. The choice before us is quite clear — effective disarmament or eventual collective destruction. Faced with these two alternatives, we have no doubt that man’s ingenuity will meet the challenge to his civilization and survival.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“During the past few weeks the world has witnessed the first sign of a possible major break in the cold war, which has dominated the international scene ever since the end of the Second World War. The world-wide impact of the visit of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Mr. Khrushchev, to the United States and the forthcoming return visit of the President of the United States, Mr. Eisenhower, to the Soviet Union is a clear indication that the peoples of the world will not and cannot bear the heavy burdens of the cold war any longer. 49. This historic turn in international events is especially heartening to the advocates and followers of the policy of peace and positive neutrality.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“But the Special Fund and the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance in their present form fall far short of meeting the requirements of the economic development of less-developed countries and the acute scarcity of necessary capital for their development. 47. The political implications of bilateral assistance not only breed suspicion and resistance in the recipient countries, but also create international anxieties bound up with the cold war. The vision of world development and the eradication of poverty, starvation, ignorance and disease can only be effectively achieved if ouch international assistance is channelled through the United Nations. 48.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“It can therefore be said that, unless the United Nations takes more substantial action in helping the less-developed countries in their economic and social reconstruction, competition among the advanced countries to assist the less-developed ones will become a new ground for friction and will thus increase the tension in the world. If the United Nations were to tie made the main vehicle for capital assistance to less- developed countries, the stigma of charily and the. anxiety over political interference would be removed from foreign assistance. 46. It is encouraging to observe that the advanced nations have in some measure come to use the channels of this Organization for assistance to less-developed countries. The reaction to the Special Fund is a case in point.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“This historical gap, while causing anxiety to the new nations, has, however, been serving as an incentive for the adoption of certain modern economic methods and techniques and for paving the way to some collaboration with the advanced countries. In most cases the main problem facing the less-developed countries stems from a shortage of capital and a lack of sufficient technical knowledge and experience. The conversion of the economies of the less-developed countries, if not supported by national resources or potentialities and outside assistance, may lead to a certain amount of instability in the exercise of their newly-won freedom. Such instability is neither in the interest of the peoples themselves nor in the interest of the international community, especially at a time when international relations are dominated by power politics. 45.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“This trend reflects the general desire for a higher living standard and a realization of the fact that political independence is nothing but the superstructure of economic independence. 43. The economies of the newly independent and less-developed countries, on the other hand, are to a large extent, and in an unequal manner, related to those of the advanced countries. 44. It is hardly necessary to emphasize the fact that in the world today there is a historical gap between the advanced and the less-developed countries — a gap which leaves many possibilities of exploitation of the latter by the former.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“It has often been said that the emergence into statehood of so many countries in Asia and Africa has been one of the most stirring developments of our time. It is our view that the United Nations can and should play an important and constructive role in this world-wide movement for national liberation and independence. 42. To the newly independent nations, however, political freedom is but the beginning; it can only constitute a. partial fulfilment of the national aspirations of formerly subject peoples. All these countries and a large number of other less-developed countries have come to realize that their economic and social reconstruction is a prerequisite for a proper exercise of genuine political independence.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“Three years ago the General Assembly terminated the Trusteeship Agreement concerning Togoland under British administration [resolution 1044 (XI)], which attained the objectives of the International Trusteeship System through its union with the young nation of Ghana. In all these momentous developments, Iraq has tried to play an active and constructive role. We have done so solely because of our abiding interest in the welfare of dependent peoples and our firm belief in the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. 41. These principles, which recognize the right of every people to self-determination, have been and still are a source of inspiration and hope sustaining the subject peoples of the world in their continuing struggle for freedom.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“Of all the activities of the United Nations, there is perhaps none more significant than the part played by this world Organization in guiding dependent peoples towards independence and full self-government. In this noble task of nation-building, the United Nations has achieved its most striking and lasting success. 40. Three Trust Territories in Africa will attain independence in 1960, while the people of a fourth Trust Territory, namely, the Cameroons under United Kingdom administration, will be given an opportunity, early next year, to decide their own future in accordance with Article 76 b of the Charter.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“Members of the United Nations are entitled to know the realities of the situation, and the reasons for this exceptional status of "protection" which the United Kingdom is perpetuating in these territories. 37. We believe it imperative that the United Nations should initiate an inquiry into the existing conflict between the people of these territories and the United Kingdom, as well as into the legal bases for its presence there. Protectorates are mere relics of a colonial system which no longer exists, even in the vocabulary of present-day imperialism. In the era of the United Nations, the continuation of the protectorate system is nothing but an anomaly. 38. The situation in southern Arabia stands in glaring contrast with the recent developments in West Africa and the part played there by the United Nations. 39.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“We do not wish to elaborate on this tragic aspect of the situation in Oman and southern Arabia. We feel, however, that it is high time that the United Nations paid some attention to events taking place in that part of the. world, and inquired as to the status and the activities of the United Kingdom the rein. The perpetuation of colonial domination can in no way be justified by past occupation. Great Britain occupied these territories in the period of imperialist expansion, and continues to do so under the name of "protection". Is it not the duty of the United Nations to inquire as to the reasons for this situation, especially at a time when the United Nations has made wide strides in the march towards the liberation of subject peoples?”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“It is our fervent hope that this approach, which the Assembly had recommended in 1957 [resolution 1184 (XII)] and this conciliatory attitude will be reciprocated by France and find a favourable echo in the United Nations. 35. Now I come to the third question, that of Oman and southern Arabia, which has not received adequate attention. In this part of the world, tragic events take place every day; people are being killed by modern armies and weapons. The United Kingdom has been carrying out regular military operations in Oman and the southern Yemen territories in order to perpetuate its dominance and to prevent the Arab people in these territories from making their voice heard in the world. The international community has been kept in ignorance of the facts of this colonial oppression. 36.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“A cease-fire in Algeria can only be brought about through direct agreement between the two parties. The provisional government of Algeria issued yesterday, in response to President de Gaulle's recent proposals, a declaration which has long been awaited by the international community. In this statement the representatives of the Algerian people have again given proof of their high sense of responsibility, good faith, wisdom and maturity. The Algerian Government stated its readiness to enter into "pourparlers" with the French Government to discuss the political and military conditions of a cease-fire and the conditions and guarantees of the application of self-determination.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“Just as the Ottomans and others left Algeria, France must also leave Algerian territory. 32. No one can deny that Algeria is a separate entity possessing all the prerequisites of an independent national State. The fact that France had conquered and occupied Algeria for a period of time does not detract from its unmistakable personality and does not obliterate its separate status from France. 33. Many Member States here represented were at one time or another deprived of their sovereignty and occupied by a foreign Power against their will, such as Algeria has been, but these countries have won their independence, as Algeria most assuredly will, and became members of this great Organization. Algeria in due time will undoubtedly join our ranks, for the whole world is aware of the justice of the cause of the heroic Algerian people. 34.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“Without such safeguards the exercise of the right of self-determination loses its meaning and is completely nullified. 30. It is clear, therefore, that the international community recognizes and applauds the right of self-determination, which the heroic and long-suffering people of Algeria gained with great sacrifices. But the international community cannot accept the onerous conditions and reservations introduced by President de Gaulle regarding the time and the manner of exercising the right of self-determination. Let it be remembered that it is the Algerian people who have the right to determine their destiny, and not France. 31. President de Gaulle has likened the position of France in Algeria with that of the Ottoman Empire and other conquerors who had come before it.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“President de Gaulle's recognition of Algeria's right to self-determination would have been truly laudable, indeed worthy of the highest traditions of the French Revolution, and more indicative of a fundamental change of heart, were it not hedged with reservations and conditions which detract from its substance. 29. Self-determination is not a novel concept in our time, it is indeed a fundamental and acknowledged principle in international relations with well-defined characteristics and clear implications. When self-determination is adopted as a basis for a solution of such an international problem, as indeed it is the only valid basis, it should be applied according to a generally accepted procedure, with all the safeguards which ensure the process through which subject peoples may determine their destiny.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“Any attempt in this direction would be an outrageous violation of the rights of the Arab people of Palestine and is therefore doomed to failure. 28. Under the impact of the heroic national revolution of Algeria and the influence of world public opinion which has endorsed Algeria's right to freedom and independence, the President of France, General de Gaulle, has recognized what is already a fact, namely, Algeria's distinct personality and its right to self-determination. Thus, the myth of Algeria being part of France is now shattered by its own exponents.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“It is natural, therefore, that the United Nations should view the fate of these refugees with a full sense of responsibility, and that the Secretary-General should recommend the continuation of UNRWA. 27. We believe that the maintenance of the Agency's services is the minimum due to the Palestine refugees. This, however, should not be used as a means to deprive the Palestinian Arabs of their right of choice, already endorsed by this Assembly, to return to their homes. This right to choose is based on the most elementary principles of law and justice. We earnestly believe that references in the Secretary-General's annual report [A/4132] to the economic development in the Middle East should in no way be taken as an attempt to resettle these refugees against their will in lands other than their own.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“One of the most tragic consequences of the creation of Israel was the uprooting of one million Arabs from their homeland in Palestine. 26. The conditions surrounding the refugee problem, which brought the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East [UNRWA] into being, are still with us and therefore the continuation of this Agency is an inescapable international responsibility. It will be remembered that the problem of the Arab refugees was the direct outcome of the partition of Palestine. The United Nations is responsible for the continuation of UNRWA because it has failed to enforce its decision concerning the right of the refugees to return to their homes.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“The regional and international tension generated through the presence of Israel could be related to the facts of the cold war in general and to the endeavours of the imperialist Powers to perpetuate their political, economic and military privileges in the Middle East region in particular. 24. These two aspects of the existence of Israel have been repeatedly confirmed by the numerous economic and military relationships established between certain Powers and Israel, by the various acts of aggression perpetrated by Israel and by the indifference or acquiescence of certain Powers in the defiance fay Israel of the decisions of the United Nations. This clearly shows that the creation of Israel and its maintenance by certain Powers falls within the general framework of imperialism in its present phase. 25.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“Moreover, the existence of a state of war since 1948: the provisions of the 1388 Constantinople Convention; the inherent right of self-preservation and the recurrent acts of aggression, of which the 1956 attack was the most flagrant example, fully justify the stand taken by the United Arab Republic in relation to this question. 23. Israel has been and remains the Trojan horse of imperialism. Experience has shown that for more than ten years the existence of Israel, an alien body within the territories of the Arab nation, has been the breeding ground for conflict and aggression, not in the region alone, but also far beyond its boundaries.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)
“The creation of Israel, which has since been considered by many States and peoples as one of the most tragic injustices ever committed in modern history, has been the major factor in disturbing the peace and obstructing the development of the Middle East. The existence of Israel was rendered more dangerous to the stability of our region by the fact that it has constantly been used by the colonial forces as a pretext for maintaining their position, and as a bridge-head for intervention in and aggression against the Arab countries, as clearly demonstrated by the tripartite aggression against Egypt in 1956. 22. The question of passage through the Suez Canal cannot be considered in isolation from the Palestine problem.”
1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)