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“The initiative in this regard of the Contadora Group, supported at Lima by other Latin American countries, deserves to be taken into consideration and to be encouraged by the international community, in order to achieve a normalization of relations between the Central American States concerned, on the basis of mutual respect, national sovereignty and territorial integrity. With regard to the region of North-west Africa, I beg the attention of our Assembly to touch on a problem of paramount importance for my country. Allow me to recall briefly the genesis of the so-called question of Western Sahara and to clarify the situation as it stands today. As everyone knows, it was on the initiative of Morocco that the United Nations was first seized of this question, as well as the question of Ifni, in 1963.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“The Kingdom of Morocco condemns the external interventions, violations of sovereignty and State terrorism practiced by South Africa against Lesotho, Botswana, Mozambique and the People's Republic of Angola. The United Nations must apply the necessary sanctions under the appropriate provisions of the Charter. Similarly, we have constantly upheld the right of all countries freely to choose their political, economic and social systems, without external interference, whether in Afghanistan or in Kampuchea. The peoples of Central America are experiencing the difficulties of underdevelopment and facing the hazards of instability and foreign interference. The Kingdom of Morocco supports the efforts of the countries concerned to establish regional co-operation and eliminate any intervention in their internal affairs.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Our full solidarity goes also, as in the past, to the population of South Africa which If, suffering under the yoke of racial discrimination, set up as a system of government, and which suffers the most shameless exploitation. At a time when we are witnessing an unprecedented intensification of the struggle of international public opinion, our Organization should mobilize all the means at its disposal in order to eliminate the anachronistic system of apartheid and put an end to one of the gravest sources of instability in Africa. Instead of taking cognizance of the inevitable evolution towards respect for the dignity of the human person and for democratic values. South Africa has, unfortunately, chosen to plunge ahead by directing its war machine against peaceful neighboring States.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“South Africa has contrived to confuse the issue and create new obstacles to Namibia's independence, while intensifying its military effort and oppressing the population. The Kingdom of Morocco, which has consistently lent its unreserved support to the struggle of the fraternal Namibian people, believes that we must redouble our efforts, at a time when we are commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the partition of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, in order to achieve the total emancipation of the Namibian people, with respect for their country's territorial integrity.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“We are faced here with a real challenge to the conscience of mankind since, in spite of numerous resolutions of our Organization and incessant appeals from humanitarian associations, the South African authorities persist in their illegal occupation of Namibia, maintain and strengthen their policy of apartheid, in violation of the most elementary rights of the human person, and engage periodically in acts of armed aggression against neighboring States. The fraternal Namibian people still live under the terror of a colonial and racist regime, eight years after the adoption of Security Council resolution 435 (1978), providing for a peaceful and democratic settlement, including the organization of free elections under the auspices of the United Nations.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“We sincerely hope that for the sake of a common future inscribed in the facts of geography and history Iran will adopt a more flexible position and commit itself resolutely to the peace process. The situation in southern Africa lies at the center of the concerns of the international community as a whole. The irresponsible and short-sighted policy of the South African Government might bring about a real conflagration throughout the African continent and jeopardize international peace and security.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“We reaffirm our support for respect of the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of that country, and we shall continue to work in all international forums to ensure that it recovers its stability and security and becomes once again the symbol of coexistence among the different communities concerned. The region is being wracked by another fratricidal war between Iran and Iraq, setting two neighboring Moslem countries against each other and continuing in spite of many attempts at conciliation and mediation at the regional and global levels. Unfortunately, in spite of the hand held out many times by Iraq, Iran is showing great intransigence, frustrating the efforts made by the international community for the restoration of peaceful and good-neighborly relations between the two countries.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Lastly, the Arab leaders showed at the extraordinary Summit their keen sense of responsibility and their desire for peace by vigorously denouncing terrorism in all its forms and whatever its origins, while reiterating their dedication to the principles of law and justice in defense of the legitimate cause of the Palestinian people. In this context, the Kingdom of Morocco will continue its support for the struggle of that people, under the leadership of the PLO, its sole, legitimate representative, for the recovery of its territories and the establishment of an independent and sovereign State. My country, which has always maintained fraternal relations with the Lebanese people, is grievously affected by the tragic events befalling it, with the almost daily quota of innocent victims and destruction.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“The Casablanca Summit was thus able to reconfirm on that occasion its support of the Fez Peace Plan, the implementation of which would entail Israel's prior withdrawal from the Palestinian and Arab territories occupied since 1967, including the Holy City of Jerusalem. Within this framework, the Arab countries called upon the United Nations to assume an essential role in the initiation of the peace process, in particular by the convening of an international conference, with the participation of all the parties concerned, the great Powers and permanent members of the Security Council.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“The Arab world, meeting at the 1982 Fez Summit, showed a realistic and rational spirit and a sense of compromise by proposing a peace plan that has been well received by the international community as a whole. In the face of that conciliatory move for peace, what was Israel's response hut the multiplication of acts of repression and expulsion and the establishment of new settler colonies. In view of the escalation of violence. His Majesty King Hassan II as incumbent President of the Arab Summit, insisted on convening an extraordinary session of that body, in order to deal with the dangerous evolution of the situation.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Moreover, Israel has made State terrorism a preferred instrument of its policy of aggression, a fact attested to by the criminal attack just made on the fraternal people of Tunisia and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) headquarters, in violation of basic principles of international law. The responsibility of our Organization in the matter is primordial, since it was this Organization which decided at the outset on the creation of two States in Palestine. Nearly 40 years later, we note, however, that the Palestinian people is still denied its right to self-determination and to existence as an independent State, without the achievement of which it is not possible to arrive at a peaceful and lasting solution to the Middle Bast question as a whole.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“While we are calling on the developed countries to show firm political will in their solidarity and interdependence with the developing world, my country considers that by strengthening South-South co-operation the Group of 77 will signal to the international community our determination and common will to assume responsibility for our own destiny in the face of the challenges of the twenty-first century. In spite of all the Arab and international efforts and initiatives, the Palestinian people continue to undergo exile and foreign occupation, with all the suffering and privations entailed by that tragic situation. Israeli practices of collective oppression and the denial of fundamental rights of the Palestinian people are continuing, in total disregard of all the resolutions of both the General Assembly and the Security Council.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“It has taken on different forms: financial contributions to the plan of action of the Non-Aligned Movement to deal with the critical economic situation in Africa, grants to the Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel, loans for the financing of infrastructural work, donations of equipment and transport facilities, participation in mining projects, staff training, technical assistance, provision of medical and veterinary supplies, food aid consignments, fertilizer shipments and debt moratoriums.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“This co-operation, while aiming at collective autonomy, is in no way inspired by an authentic turning inward, and hence constitutes neither a prerequisite for nor an alternative to North-South dialog. The co-operation my country is engaging in with the countries of Africa at the bilateral and regional level is an outstanding manifestation of this spirit.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“For this reason the Kingdom of Morocco is convinced that the international community cannot incur the guilt of failing to assist this endangered continent, and declares that it is a basic duty to demonstrate solidarity towards the African countries in their struggle for survival, development and dignity. The South-South co-operation and its tremendous prospects are an illustration of the third world's commitment to assume its own destiny. We are convinced that, at a time when the outlines of a new structure in the world economy are being drawn, the establishment of a new international economic order cannot be brought about without significant progress in co-operation among developing countries.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“where the situation in Africa is concerned Morocco, as an African country, considers it essential that a special session of the United Nations General Assembly be convened to discuss the critical economic situation in Africa. Our Assembly did indeed adopt by consensus at its thirty-ninth session an important declaration recognizing that, despite its considerable economic potential, Africa remains not only the weakest in infrastructure and the least industrialized, but also the least developed continent on the planet. Africa has, indeed, two thirds of the developing land-locked countries and three quarters of the least developed countries, while four fifths of the countries in this region are currently suffering from drought and desertification.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Moreover, since the world has changed, a redefinition of the international monetary system and of the role of the International Monetary Fund are vitally and urgently needed. It is our firm hope that the fortieth session of the General Assembly will promote the convening in the near future of an international conference on money and finance, with world-wide participation, as proposed by the seventh non-aligned Summit, held in New Delhi in March 1983. The results of that Conference should form an integral part of the process of global negotiations, which themselves have been rightly described as a "major political objective" of the international community as a whole.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“The Kingdom of Morocco considers in this respect that the convening of an international conference on the African debt, the provisions of the Cartagena Consensus of June 1984 and the resolution on external debt recently adopted by the Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Countries in Luanda are complementary initiatives in that they afford an excellent basis for finding a frame of reference with a view to seeking a just and lasting solution to the problem of external indebtedness based on mutual agreement and the shared responsibility of debtors and creditors and on the essential link that exists between the external debt, development finance and the expansion of international trade.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Consequently we believe that the external debt has to a great extent ceased to be a banking and accounting phenomenon and become a problem that is essentially political and social and that the adjustment policies applied by many countries often lead to a vicious circle of impoverishment and instability.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“For the time being, however, three problems of crucial importance demand our attention. These are the external debt and the reform of the international monetary system, the critical economic situation in Africa and South-South co-operation in its regional and bilateral aspects. Indebtedness world-wide lies at the very heart of the great changes that are taking place and the external debt of the developing countries, by virtue of its new structure and the enormous cost of servicing it, now exceeds the ability of national economies to repay, is beyond the control of Government authorities and threatens the political and social stability of the debtor countries while at the same time endangering the international banking system and undermining the foundations of economic and social development policy.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“This fact alone should encourage the developed world, setting aside all national egoism, to recognize the need for a radical change in the institutional framework of international economic relations. Where obligations are concerned, however, Morocco asserts with all the strength at its command that our development is the primordial responsibility of our Governments, while remaining at the same time this Organization's priority objective and the main focus of international co-operation. In this context we sincerely hope that the fortieth session of this Assembly will see substantial progress in the finalization of the codes of conduct on the transfer of technology and on transnational corporations, in the implementation of the Integrated Program for Commodities and in the launching of global negotiations.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Whereas the countries of the South are suffering from an enormous technological handicap and witnessing the reappearance of the scourges of famine and epidemics that were thought to have vanished, the countries of the North, thanks to their technical, financial and human resources, are not only withstanding the crisis, but are even experiencing a certain upswing in economic activity. At the same time, the prospects for the International Development Strategy adopted by our Assembly after a great deal of effort are largely compromised. Faced with a situation that is likely to get worse, we have reached the conclusion that international assistance, necessary though it may be, can be neither equivalent to nor a replacement for the establishment of more just and equitable economic rules.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“The current disarray in the international economy, which is characterized by a decline in world production, increased unemployment, the deterioration of the terms of trade, the resurgence of protectionism, monetary instability and the chronic imbalance of payments, the explosive level of foreign indebtedness, the reverse transfer of resources and the decrease in real terms in international co-operation mean that the economic crisis has never given rise to so many disturbances in the world since the Second World War. This crisis is not uniform in its effects.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“If we are to resolve this contradiction we must make an effort to ensure the success of the forthcoming International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development, in particular by inviting all the countries direcULy concerned to participate actively in the preparatory work. The problem of development in today's world, the need ton transformation of the structures of the world economy and the demand for a new international economic order are problems which certainly exceed in complexity the original concerns of those who drafted the Charter of the United Nations.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“It must nevertheless be admitted, after seven years of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, that the progress achieved is far from being significant and that the Conference has become bogged down in procedural debates or sterile polemics. But the size of the stakes, involving the fate of mankind as a whole, makes it incumbent on us to persevere unremittingly in our efforts. As a member of the Geneva Conference, the Kingdom of Morocco will work, as it has in the past, inter alia, within the Group of 21, to promote concrete and constructive proposals designed to limit and freeze the ruinous arms race. More than $800 billion has been spent this year on armaments, at a time when the greatest part of the world's population is struggling with the endemic evil of underdevelopment.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“By virtue of our situation at the junction of Europe and Africa, we have maintained a constant interest in the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe in which the Mediterranean and its southern shores are one of the essential factors. The search for collective security based on co-operation risks being no more than a pious wish unless the international community succeeds in putting an end to the unbridled arms race and the accumulation by the major Powers of increasingly improved and sophisticated means of mass destruction. The first special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament raised many hopes through the Final Document and the important measures set out therein.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“It has also become a matter of urgency to develop the preventive function exercised by the Security Council and the Secretary-General, as an impartial third party, in defusing conflict situations in time by making use of all available procedures for the peaceful settlement of disputes, such as inquiry, mediation, good offices or the sending of observer missions. As a State bordering on the most important channel of maritime communications, the Strait of Gibraltar, which links the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, the Kingdom of Morocco has worked constantly within both the General Assembly and the Disarmament Commission in Geneva for the establishment of conditions conducive to peace and security in the Mediterranean.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Ideological considerations and the difficulties inherent in the decision-making machinery have very often prevented the Organization from performing with the desired efficiency its functions in the settlement of such conflicts, which are maintained and exacerbated by outside intervention, the recruitment and financing of mercenaries and the granting of transit facilities to them. The Kingdom of Morocco, in line with the recommendation of the non-aligned summit in New Delhi in March 1933, supports all efforts made within the United Nations towards the adoption of an international convention to prohibit such activities.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Throughout these past 40 years our Organization has made praiseworthy and often innovative efforts, such as the establishment of emergency forces, to attain its primary objective, namely, the maintenance of international peace and security. The planet has indeed been spared a global conflagration, which, in the age of weapons of mass destruction, would assume the proportions of true mass suicide, but the fact remains that local conflicts have abounded, especially in the underprivileged regions of the world, thus counteracting the efforts and sacrifices made by the peoples concerned for their economic development.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“To place its credibility and its viability on a sounder footing, our Organization must meet the challenges of the modern world by rationalizing its procedures and equipping itself with appropriate mechanisms. We cannot but admit that to date it has proved ineffective in providing an adequate solution to the questions of international security and disarmament, establishing a just and equitable new international order and, finally, the situations prevailing in the Middle East and in southern Africa. At the time when we are celebrating the fortieth anniversary of our-Organization we must all be mindful of the founding fathers' firm will to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war".”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“It is a unique and privileged forum for meetings and dialog among all States, which can discuss bilateral relations as well as major issues of general interest and thus seek to create a climate conducive to progress and peace. Despite these important achievements, our Organization has naturally experienced certain difficulties in adapting to the great upheavals which have taken place over the past 40 years - be it the access to national sovereignty of peoples representing almost two thirds of mankind and suffering from the consequences of colonialism and exploitation or the technological revolution and the perfection of nuclear weapons in the hands of a limited number of Powers.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Yet it has never been so close to its goal of universality, for it now comprises 3.59 States, whereas only some 50 of us were present at San Francisco when the Charter was adopted. This can be seen as the clearest proof of our Organization's significant contribution to the liberation of peoples from the yoke of colonialism and foreign occupation. The equal representation of all Members within our Assembly, regardless of size and power, and the constant protection of human rights without distinction as to color, race, religion or political opinion have made the United Nations a symbol of the democratization of international relations.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Javier Perez de Cuellar, for the untiring efforts he is making, with selflessness, courage and tenacity, to prevent tensions and conflicts in all parts of the world and to promote a peaceful outcome of the many crises that trouble international relations. We are profoundly shocked by the tragedy which has struck the great and friendly people of Mexico and deeply distressed and grieved by the sufferings now endured by so many families. From this rostrum, I offer my most sincere condolences to the Mexican people and assure it of our full solidarity and our will to work within the international community to bring it the necessary assistance and aid. Our Organization has been subjected to frequent and often exaggerated criticism of its effectiveness and its ability to face up to the increasingly complex problems of the modern world.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Our satisfaction is all the greater in that you represent a country with wLich the Kingdom of Morocco has for centuries maintained relations in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural life which have created deep affinities between our two peoples and afforded a model of fruitful and enriching dialog between two civilizations. We take this opportunity to pay a tribute to your predecessor, Mr. Paul Lusaka, who demonstrated a great sense of responsibility and readiness to be available at all times in the discharge of his duties. We wish, moreover, to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General of our Organization, Mr.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“The United Nations is celebrating this year its fortieth anniversary, strengthened by experience which has no precedent in international relations, although this is accompanied by some apprehension in the face of the need to adapt to a world in which changes are accelerating at an unprecedented rate. Under these circumstances, my country is pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over the destiny of our Assembly, since it is convinced that your great experience and your human qualities will prove an asset in ensuring the success of our work during this crucial session.”
1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)
“Great efforts and great sacrifices are still required, and the contribution of all, large and small, is essential if we genuinely want decisive change. 79. My delegation will, for its part, spare no effort in that direction, so that for all peoples of the world the United Nations Charter may have meaning and purpose,”
1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)
“This, in our view, is the principal course to be followed if we wish to attain the gods of harmonious and generalized development throughout the international community. 77. I should have liked to deal today with other important problems on our agenda, for example those concerning the sea-bed and the ocean floor, the environment, and outer space, but I shall leave that task to the members of my delegation who will be taking part in the work of the various Committees of the Assembly. 78. It has been suggested that the world has passed from an era of confrontation into one of negotiation and decisive change. Wisdom and realism dictate that we continue to see the international community as it is, not as we would like to see it.”
1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)
“Meanwhile-and here we have in mind the forthcoming conference in Lima the countries of the third world will have to get together and reach agreement first, so that they may make their voice heard and demand that their rights and interests be taken into consideration. It seems to as useful on this occasion to point to the example of the oil-producing countries whose solidarity won better terms for the sale of their products. It is certain that any move towards the conclusion of similar compromises in other fields will be likely to safeguard the interests of all. 76. In any case, it remains our hope that it will be recognized and agreed that the job of development is an urgent and general one incumbent on all countries, whatever their situation or level of development.”
1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)
“We do not at all forget that it is first and foremost the developing countries themselves that bear the principal responsibility for ensuring their own development. But what we want and ask is that the efforts undertaken by those countries should not, as is unfortunately often the case, be continuously limited or set at naught by restrictive measures taken by the industrialized countries. 74. On the eve of the third session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, which is to take place in Santiago, Chile, in April and May 1972 and on the eve of other similar conferences, we repeat our appeal that all development problems should be studied and approached with the sole objective of relating them to the targets of the Strategy. 75.”
1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)
“Unfortunately, the efforts in this common enterprise have not met with the encouragement and support hoped for on the part of the affluent countries. However, despite the disappointments and doubts caused by the revision of commitments, our Organization took the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary solemnly to adopt the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade [resolution 2626 (XXV)]. That Strategy, which has been called a charter for development, illustrates the awareness and resolve of the world community to achieve the objectives of the Second Decade. 73. My Government, which has fully subscribed to all the options of the Strategy, can only hope that this awareness and resolve will be given practical effect without delay, and that all the commitments will be honored.”
1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)
“My Government is profoundly convinced that without genuine general and complete disarmament and the consequent release of substantial resources and their transfer to development, this last field will always be beset by great problems. Without mentioning the recent monetary crisis and the extent of its unfortunate consequences, one need only glance at the international scene r.o note that the picture is far from reassuring: a great gap between industrialized and developing countries, exploding populations, deteriorating terms of trade, insufficiency and rigidity of financial, technical and scientific assistance. 72. It is true that our Organization has attempted to react against this acceleration of underdevelopment and to set targets for a program of economic and social progress.”
1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)
“The Government of His Majesty the King considers that to be the most appropriate way of speeding up the decolonization of the region and thereby enabling the local populations, and the Governments concerned, including the Spanish Government, at last to go beyond a largely outmoded phase of their common history. We believe this anachronism must be eliminated as soon as possible so as to open wider still the road to more intelligent and more extensive co-operation with Spain, a country with which Morocco already has many common traditions and interests. 71. Without an improvement in international relations and liberation from the increasing burden of armaments the world community cannot genuinely devote itself to economic and social development.”
1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)
“On the contrary, the repression is growing harsher and the refusal to engage in dialog with the African majority is total. Moreover, the Pretoria Government is unlawfully extending its nefarious policies to Namibia, in defiance of our Organization and its decisions on the subject. There again, the indulgence and understanding-indeed, the co-operation and military support-enjoyed by South Africa from many countries enable it to continue with ease a course of action we have so often unanimously condemned. 70. As for the Sahara under Spanish administration, I should like to recall that the General Assembly has repeatedly reaffirmed that the populations must be consulted by referendum as soon as possible so that they may freely decide their future.”
1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)
“In Rhodesia, the Zimbabwe people is still subject to the law of the racist minority, and even the economic sanctions imposed by the United Nations, frequently by-passed as they are, have proven discouragingly ineffective. There again, our Organization, and the United Kingdom in particular, will have to use energetic measures of the only kind that will be understood by the unlawful regime of Ian Smith, which is based on violence and the fait accompli. 69. We shall never tire of denouncing the discrimination and racial segregation practiced on our brothers in South Africa. No glimmer of hope has ever come from that part of our continent to suggest that there is even the beginning of any move to put an end to a policy unanimously rejected by the international community.”
1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)
“But in a reflex of self-preservation and survival, colonialism has pulled itself together, and is still fighting stubbornly to defend itself in its last bastions. Our brothers of Mozambique, Angola and so-called Portuguese Guinea, in particular, have been waging a heroic struggle for years, with success, of course, which arouses our admiration-but also with sacrifices and suffering, which will long be their lot unless the international community goes to their n xue. 67. Indeed, Portugal, which is pursuing a blind and costly policy, given the means available to that country, could nc>t so long continue to ignore the rights of the peoples it has enslaved if it did not enjoy the effective support of forces which in the name of defense are aiding the work of colonialism and continuous aggression in Africa. 68.”
1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)
“Some 10 years ago we thought that the colonial era was gone for ever and that the last vestiges of an epoch that did no honor to mankind were about to disappear, opening the way to cultural, technical and economic progress for hundreds of millions of human beings who had until then been excluded from the advancement of the world. 65. Valiant Africa had emerged triumphant from this ordeal in a spectacular mass movement towards freedom and independence, and there was a powerful thrust towards co-operation, harmonization and unity in every field, both regionally and in the continent as a whole. In particular, the Organization of African Unity was created and continues to be the vehicle of our hopes and our determination to attain the objectives and the ideals of Africa, which are also those of the United Nations. 66.”
1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)
“We urgently appeal to the suppliers of Israel to refrain from supporting an aggressor that continues illegally to occupy the territories of others by giving it the increased aid for which it constantly clamors and frequently obtains in the name of some alleged balance of forces that is largely favorable to it and which it in any case does not deserve so long as it has not returned the conquered regions. 63. The withdrawal of their military support from Israel would not only accord with the principles of peace and justice to which we all subscribe but would in the final analysis be more effective than all the diplomatic activity that has been carried on in vain for more than four years. 64.”
1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)
“Jarring's most recent proposals have gone unanswered, despite the clearly demonstrated goodwill of the Egyptian Arab Republic, which on that account enjoys the sympathy, consideration and esteem of the majority of States Members of the United Nations. 61. Instead, we have seen Israel strengthen its hold on the occupied territories by carrying cut transfers of population and setting up improved military works in all the sectors, and this while devoting the bulk of its resources, and of the ample external aid it receives, to the acquisition of ever more sophisticated and deadly weaponry. 62.”
1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)
“59. Finally, there are the Arab territories occupied since the aggression of June 1967 despite efforts made both through the United Nations and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Gunnar Jarring, and through initiatives taken directly by a number of Member States, jointly or separately; despite the offers and numerous formulas for peaceful arrangements that have been proposed, not once has Israel agreed even in principle to the evacuation of the occupied territories. Not once has Israel announced its acceptance of the rule of the non-acquisition of territories through military conquest. 60. Mr.”
1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)
“There can be no question of their accepting in any context whatsoever any solution that does not restore to the Arab city of Jerusalem the status it enjoyed before the aggression of 1967. 57. And then there is the people of Palestine, expelled several times from its land and its homes, wandering among refugee camps in indescribable misery, living on charity that is increasingly grudging and pushed into dangerous despair. When and how will so hateful an injustice be redressed? How and by what means will this people, plundered and thwarted, be able to return home and obtain just reparation from the harm done it for more than 20 years? 58. It is for the entire international community to answer. It is for the Security Council and the great Powers to assume their responsibilities, to adopt the necessary measures and see that they are applied.”
1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)