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Na Champassak

THE RECORD WRITES THIS SPEAKER AS NA CHAMPASSAK

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60
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1968-09-24
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1973-09-24
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un-general-debate

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  1. “The Soviet Union is a great Power with vast resources and unlimited means of action. Through its contribution it can do much to assist either in bringing about international détente or in provoking widespread disorder and concern among all States, which is the case at present. Moreover, it has taken a leading part in guiding through several resolutions, of which it seems to me the most pertinent at the present time are unquestionably the resolution condemning the settlement of disputes or conflicts by force [resolution 2160 (XXI)] and that containing interference in the domestic affairs of States [resolution 2131 (XX)]. 12. The drama of Biafra continues to shake the conscience of mankind by the extent of its atrociousness and the hatred it is creating.”

    1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)

  2. “However, the most serious threat to the peace is in Europe, whose interests are vital to both East and West. It is in Europe that the spectre of the cold war can be revived; it is there that events can give rise to wider conflicts. However justified the motives for the Soviet Union’s intervention in Czechoslovakia may be, we address to that great country, on behalf of all countries devoted to peace, justice and international understanding, a final appeal not to take any irreparable step so that the deeply disturbed universal conscience may be reassured, and that those small countries which for their own protection have put their hopes in respect for the principles of the Charter by all Members of the United Nations may not come to believe that our Organization is completely ineffective.”

    1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)

  3. “The Paris talks are making little headway, but lead us to hope that reason may eventually prevail; they seem to show that at least one of the parties at least feels that aggression does not pay and that it is time to decide to deal with the problem by diplomatic discussion, the only reasonable way when there can be no military victory. Although in any event there will not be any miracle tomorrow, we are hopeful that those talks will lead — the sooner the better — to an honourable settlement cf the conflict. Stubbornness and intransigence lead nowhere, except to an increase in the death toll. 11. In the Middle East peace is still precarious. Difficulties are steadily increasing. Notwithstanding Security Council resolution 242 of November 1967, there are still alarming symptoms of incipient conflict.”

    1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)

  4. “And all because, disregarding the chorus of warning statements, we have persisted in following the same dangerous paths and in skirting the same precipices. The principles of the Charter are forgotten when Governments and peoples are driven by the forces of ambition, of ideology or of hatred. When denounced from this platform, sometimes by those very people who should speak about them the least, the clash of social systems and racism becomes mere pretext for rhetoric. 10. War is still raging in Viet-Nam; the martyred Viet-Namese people continues to count its dead and to add up its sufferings and misfortunes.”

    1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)

  5. “The results of the second United Nations Conference on Trade and Development held at New Delhi at the beginning of this year disappointed the immense hopes of peoples trying desperately not only to break the chains of poverty and bondage, but also to close the ever-widening gap between themselves and the rich and secure peoples. Nor did the Conference of Non-Nuclear Weapon States recently held at Geneva achieve the goals it had set itself. Five years after the signature of the partial nuclear test ban Treaty, the only major achievement to the credit of the United Nations is the recent approval of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [resolution 2373 (XXII)]. 9. Alas, these failures are the reflection of the chaos into which the world has fallen.”

    1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)

  6. “The United Nations itself, a bastion created for the protection of the small nations and an instrument for the safeguarding of world peace, remains powerless in the face of this bloodshed and human tragedy; in the words of our Prime Minister, Prince Souvanna Phouma, it has become “a weakness beset by malevolent forces” [1590th meeting, para, 88]. For year by year we witness with growing apprehension a steady reduction in the efficacy of the United Nations both as an expression of the hopes of mankind and as an instrument for international harmony and co-operation.”

    1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)

  7. “In South-East Asia, the increasingly violent war in Viet-Nam and Laos is daily becoming more bogged down in the tangle of negotiations to which no end can yet be seen. The humiliation suffered by the Arab people is far from being forgotten. Elsewhere in Africa, the tragedy of Biafra offers the distressing spectacle of a lamentable slaughter. And everywhere in the world the fall-out from a certain revolution continues to affect every continent, causing material destruction and mental confusion. The virus of revolutionary ferment is infecting the young, challenging the consumer society and society as a whole. The poison of violence is spreading. Helplessness, humiliation, confusion, bewilderment, those are the world’s feelings after these tragic events. 8.”

    1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)

  8. “What does this autumn season hold in store for us, this season in which we come as we do each year to compare views and to lay our case before the free tribunal of nations? 6. As you will recall, the summer of 1965 witnessed the outbreak of the Indian-Pakistan border dispute; in the summer of 1967, the world was shocked by the spectacle of the so-called “six-day war" in the Middle East; and last summer, the Czechoslovak crisis erupted, shattering the conscience of the peoples of the world. The United Nations intervened, often successfully, to check outbursts of frenzy, to extinguish or circumscribe flames of war, though unfortunately without solving the problems that are always ready to flare up at the least disturbance of the balance of power. 7.”

    1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)

  9. “Manescu, whose authority does honour to his country as well as to all the nations that are represented here. After a year in which we have witnessed a tumult of events, it is fitting that we pay him a well-earned tribute. 3. I should like to take this opportunity to welcome Swaziland, a new arrival to the community of nations. 4. Finally, I should like to congratulate the Secretary-General, U Thant, for the courage he has demonstrated whenever the faintest gleam of hope has enabled him to intervene to preserve the principles of the Charter. In so doing, he has rendered great service to the United Nations cause, and he fully deserves our grateful recognition. 5. Summer storms, with their turbulence and convulsions, are always laden with unforeseen events of unknown scope.”

    1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)

  10. “1. Mr. Vice-President, I should be grateful if you would convey to our President, along with our sincere congratulations, the best wishes of my country, Laos, for his recovery. The unanimity of his election bears eloquent witness to his abilities as a statesman and as a respected diplomatist. In saluting him, I salute Latin America, which can be rightfully proud of having produced over the centuries great statesmen, distinguished jurists, poets, writers and philosophers whose works are esteemed throughout the world. I am firmly convinced that he will place his ability, his energy and his objectivity at the disposal of the United Nations, and preside over our labours with tact and skill. 2. In that connexion, I would be remiss were I not to stress the difficult but praiseworthy role performed by his distinguished predecessor, Mr.”

    1968-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 23 (1968)