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1978-09-24
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  1. “The second fact is that the role of the Arab deterrent forces has to be reassessed and redefined. This fact, which emerges from the events taking place in Lebanon is what prompted the President of the Lebanese Republic to go to Damascus and the capitals of the Arab States directly concerned. We all hope that his visit will culminate in a conference of Foreign Ministers, to be convened m .Lebanon next Sunday, that will seek to find a satisfactory solution. 191. Such a solution has been the subject of a number of dramatic speeches made from this rostrum and in other important bodies.”

    1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)

  2. “Is it not strange, indeed, that the war of Israel against peaceful Lebanon, in all its forms, should have inflicted greater losses, in terms of both casualties and material destruction, than the sum total of the losses of all the Arab countries that participated in all the Palestine wars? 189. While the Security Council, in its resolutions 425 (1978) and 426(1978) of March 1978, made a valiant effort to assist Lebanon by dispatching peace forces which have made great sacrifices, the international community has been unable to help the country extend its authority over .its entire territory or to defend its internationally recognized boundaries. Quite the contrary, we find Israel, as well as other parties still utilizing the Lebanese arena to implement its diversified political and military strategies. 190.”

    1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)

  3. “The Cabinet also expressed "its special concern that these accords may be conducive to the settlement of the Palestinians outside their own land". 187. In. his message to the diplomatic corps on 1 January 1978, the President of Lebanon had already warned against any attempt to settle the Palestinians in Lebanon. Again, in his address of 23 September 1978, he drew attention to ". . . the difference, in approach and attitude, between the adverse effects of the armed Palestinian presence in our territory and our total commitment to the just cause of the Palestinian people and its right to return to its own land and to self-determination". [see A/33/266-S/12863, annex.]. 188.”

    1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)

  4. “Simple arithmetic shows clearly that what has been invested in Lebanon on terrorism and destruction far exceeds the financial capacity of the Lebanese. Furthermore, that price would have been exorbitant for whatever they, were fighting for, if it were true that the Lebanese were indeed fighting one another. 186. At this juncture, from this lofty rostrum, I should like to state the position of Lebanon on the recent peace accords. On 20 September 1978 the Lebanese Cabinet "expressed deep concern at the unifications that these accords may have on Arab solidarity, as well as their disregard of the. legitimate rights of the Palestinian people-the right to their own land, their homeland, and their future".”

    1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)

  5. “A cursory look at our recent successive and interdependent crises is sufficient to show that violence always erupted whenever the Middle East was going to war or preparing for peace-peace to which the road-was often paved with war or pseudo-wars. Our free and open system of government and our pluralistic society have provided a pretext as well as an opportunity for starting conflicts, wars and revolutions which have torn our society asunder and caused our Government to disintegrate. That has been occurring ever since the United Nations adopted its resolutions partitioning Palestine in 1947, and through successive wars up to the October War of 1973, not to speak of all that has been and still is happening in the course of peace negotiations, when Lebanon has again been the victim. 185.”

    1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)

  6. “This fact has been stated very often by many of us and was again reiterated by the President of Lebanon in his most recent message to the Lebanese people. circulated here as an official document [ibid.] and on file in the Secretariat. 184. Evidence of this fact is quite abundant and comes from many sources and appears in many forms. However, I shall content myself with saying that the geographical position of Lebanon at the cross-roads of the world has made it the object of international ambitions and an arena for international conflicts - sometimes through pacts and alliances, and sometimes despite them.”

    1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)

  7. “I am echoing that appeal at this high rostrum from which the President of the Lebanese Republic would have wanted to address you, as have other Heads of State, because we in Lebanon believe, with President Sarkis, that the international community was responsible for our wars. Having canted its conflicts into our land, it now owes us a commensurate debt of peace. So let those who are without tin cast their stone at Lebanon. 183. May I how clarify some of the realities of the Lebanese question as it concerns us today. The first fact is that the war in Lebanon has been both Arab and international. Peace in Lebanon, therefore, should be achieved through Arab action and with international guarantees.”

    1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)

  8. “Today, from across heaps of ruins, the voice of my country is trying to be heard above the noise of bullets, cannons and rockets, trying to say, oh behalf Of the widowed and the Orphaned, the wounded, the disfigured and the homeless: "Enough. Enough of bloodshed and tears; enough of destruction and anguish; enough of ruins and wars." . 181. Such was the passionate appeal which the President of Lebanon made on 23 September 1978 [see A/33/266-S/12863, annex), the second anniversary of his assumption of that most onerous office in that most complex, yet most ancient and beautiful republic. 182.”

    1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)

  9. “This year in fact we are celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Lebanon played a big role in the drafting of that Declaration. We will not forget that role and, similarly, we cannot imagine that the international Organization will forget that role or, indeed, forget us. 180. These are not words emanating from a bleeding country which feels alone among the tormented, for the agenda of this session of the General Assembly is full of issues that reflect tragedies that have been, and continue to be, experienced throughout the world ever since the inception of this Organization. Indeed, some of these tragedies continue to haunt us year after year as we continue to seek a just solution for them, and yet meet only with illusions.”

    1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)

  10. “Now the nations which you represent are, in this session as in previous sessions, testifying for Lebanon in return for Lebanon's testimony to mankind. One after the other your voices have rung out loud and clear speaking in the name of the. ties that bind us together, demanding that we have peace, security, freedom and stability. 178. Yet Lebanon has been not only a country from which people emigrate, but also a haven for strangers seeking knowledge, freedom and beauty. The Roman philosopher, Pliny the Younger, once said of Lebanon: "O Stranger, remember that the country you now visit is the country beloved by the gods." We do not believe that the gods have forsaken our country or ever will. , 179. Our faith in the land and in man remains unshakable, as does our faith in God and our faith in human rights.”

    1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)

  11. “The election of Julio Cesar Turbay, the son of a modest Lebanese immigrant, as President of your Republic serves to indicate two important facts: first, that the free democratic spirit which characterizes your Government, and which is enviable, is the only means of building strong, impregnable and stable societies; secondly, that Lebanon, the tormented Lebanon that seeks peace from the nations of the earth, is the same country that has given to many of those nations, indeed to all nations, not only great men but also a great number of modest, steadfast and diligent builders who contributed to great achievements and who, generation after generation have participated in the building of civilization everywhere. 177.”

    1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)

  12. “176. Mr. President, as we come to the conclusion of our general debate today I am pleased to follow the example of my colleagues by congratulating you on your election to the presidency, though I may digress from the conventional phrases which you may have heard too often, to say something about your country, Colombia, which is so dear to us. In fact, there is much that we share.”

    1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)