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García Robles

lines on the record: 182
first: 1964-09-24
most recent: 1976-09-24
sittings or episodes: 4
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“Lastly, as far as the nuclear Powers are concerned, we regret to note that, although eight months have already elapsed since the Treaty of Tlatelolco was opened for signature, the recommendation addressed to the Powers in General Assembly [resolution 1911 (XVHI)] has not yet been fully carried out. Nevertheless, we would like to think that, before we have concluded our consideration of agenda item 91, or, in any event, before the end of the twenty-second session of the Assembly, these Powers will have found it possible to affix their signatures to Additional Protocol II, which is addressed to them. We base this belief on our conviction that words should be matched with deeds.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“My Government, which believes that example is the best preacher, has just deposited, on 20 September last, its instrument of ratification, to which it annexed the following statement: "The Government of Mexico, in ratifying the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, expressly states that, for the purposes of article 28, paragraph 2, of the aforesaid Treaty, it waives in their entirety the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 of the said article, in order that the Treaty may enter into force, with respect to Mexico, at the time when the instrument of ratification is deposited." 82.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“It still remains for them, however, to see that the necessary steps are taken to enable the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, which is set up under the Treaty, to come into operation as soon as the Treaty has entered into force among eleven States, in accordance with the provisions of article 28, paragraph 2. We venture to hope that this will be within one year at the most. 81.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“The Latin American States are especially grateful to the Secretary-General for his help. Not only has he always extended, through the Chief of the Disarmament Affairs Division, all the invaluable technical assistance which was requested of him, but also in each of the introductions to his annual reports since the Preparatory Commission was set up, he has been good enough to include the stimulus of his encouraging comments on the Commission’s work. 80. So far as the Latin American States are concerned, the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, which is included on the agenda of the present session as item 91 and which has already been signed by twenty of the twenty-one States that approved it, is the best proof that they have faithfully carried out the most arduous part of their task.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“General Assembly [resolution 1911 (XVIII)] contains recommendations addressed to three separate parties: the States of Latin America, the nuclear Powers, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Put briefly, the purpose of these recommendations was threefold: to encourage the States of Latin America to initiate studies and take measures, as they deemed appropriate, in order to conclude a treaty designed to prohibit nuclear weapons in Latin America; to recommend the nuclear Powers, once such a treaty had been concluded, to "lend their full co-operation" for the effective realization of the peaceful aims of the resolution; and to request the Secretary-General to extend to the States of Latin America such technical facilities as they might require in order to ensure the success of their undertaking. 79.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“The prohibition, however, in article 1, is absolute and without reservations, whilst, under articles 17 and 18, the peaceful uses of atomic energy are, as could not be otherwise, subject to the condition that they do not entail violation or infringement of the unqualified prohibition of nuclear weapons. The control system to which I have already referred and the incorporation into the Treaty of an objective definition of what, for the purpose of the Treaty, shall be understood by the term ”nuclear weapon” constitute adequate and effective guarantees that the relevant provisions of the Treaty will not be violated either overtly or clandestinely and, in particular, that it will be impossible to test or manufacture nuclear weapons under the pretext of carrying out nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes. 78.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“Finally, I cannot but make specific mention, even in such a general review as this, of what is undoubtedly one of the chief merits of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, namely, that it has succeeded in reconciling the comprehensive and absolute prohibition — without exceptions or reservations of any kind — of nuclear weapons with the right of the Contracting Parties to the peaceful use of the atom for their own economic and social development, Both principles, the principle of the prohibition. of nuclear weapons and that of the peaceful uses of the atom, are embodied in the Treaty.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“In the first place, it is intended to verify not only “that devices, services and facilities intended for peaceful uses of nuclear energy are not used in the testing or manufacture of nuclear weapons”, but also to ensure that none of the activities prohibited in article 1 of the Treaty are carried out in the territory of the Contracting Parties with nuclear materials or weapons introduced from abroad, and that any explosions for peaceful purposes that may be carried out are compatible with article 18 of the Treaty. In the second place, the Treaty assigns important supervisory duties to the three principal organs — established under the Treaty — of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, namely, the General Conference, the Council and the Secretariat. 77.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“The Treaty of Tlatelolco is, therefore, the first to be concluded in respect of territories densely populated by man and covering almost the whole of one continent of the earth. 76. A third aspect which should also be stressed—as indeed it was by the Secretary-General in his message of 12 February 1967 to the Preparatory Commission and again in the Introduction to his Annual Report [A/6701/Add.1] — is that this is the first treaty to be concluded in the field of disarmament that establishes an effective system of control under a permanent supervisory organ. The system includes the full application of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, but it is much wider in scope.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“First of all, because of the privileged conditions which fortunately exist in Latin America, the Treaty of Tlatelolco has been able to go further than a nonproliferation treaty, in that it is designed permanently to prohibit nuclear weapons from Latin American territories, irrespective of the State exercising control over those weapons, thus ensuring that Latin America will be completely free of nuclear weapons for all time. 75. Secondly, while it is true that the Treaty was preceded by two other treaties which are somewhat similar in their objectives, namely, the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 and the Treaty on the Use of Outer Space, which was signed in January 1967, these latter relate respectively to areas covered by eternal snows, and to celestial bodies millions of miles removed from us.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“I had the signal honour of presiding over the Commission, which, in the course of four sessions between March 1965 and February 1967, successfully carried out the task entrusted to it, namely, to draft the test of what was to become the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America. 73. I do not believe that this is an appropriate forum for making a close analysis of the principal provisions of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, although in due course I shall attempt to do so in the First Committee. I should merely like to draw attention to a few aspects of this international instrument and model which I believe are of particular significance. 74.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“For the time being, I shall merely recall that, immediately after the closure of the eighteenth session of the General Assembly, the Mexican Foreign Ministry initiated active consultations with the foreign ministries of the other Latin American Republics with a view to determining what might be the most effective procedures for implementing the recommendations contained in General Assembly [resolution 1911 (XVIII)]. The outcome of those consultations was the Preliminary Meeting on the Denuclearization of Latin America, held in Mexico from 23 to 27 November 1964. That meeting saw the setting up of the Preparatory Commission for the Denuclearization of Latin America, which also had its headquarters in Mexico City.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“Of course, the Treaty of Tlatelolco — the first example of the unconditional prohibition of nuclear weapons in inhabited portions of the earth, which Latin America offers to the world as testimony of its desire for peace and its unequivocal repudiation of such weapons of mass destruction — was not concluded on the spur of the moment, and this is one of its principal merits. In fact, it was the outcome of steady and continuous joint efforts by the Latin American States, by which it was patiently discussed, drafted and approved. 72. It is not my intention to review those efforts in detail here; I shall have an opportunity later, in the First Committee, to refer to the most noteworthy milestones in their progress.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“"The success you have achieved in your work here will stand not only as a landmark but will be an encouraging example, and I trust also an important stimulant, for progress in other disarmament measures of world-wide as well as of regional significance. The importance of your work also goes beyond that of the field of nuclear disarmament; it contributes in a concrete way to the promotion of international peace and security. "The nations of Latin America can, with ample justification, take pride in what they have wrought by their own initiative and through their own efforts." 71.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“It takes its place together with the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963, and the Outer Space Treaty of January 1967 in establishing limits to the nuclear arms race. It provides the statute for the creation, for the first time in history, of a nuclear-free zone for an inhabited portion of the earth. "The provisions of the Treaty also mark a major step forward in the field of verification and control. Among the treaties I have mentioned, the one you have today approved is the first and only one that establishes an effective system of control, under a permanent and supervisory organ ...”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“It was no less a person than the Secretary-General of the United Nations who make a point of stressing the overwhelming importance of the Treaty — a truly Latin-American contribution to disarmament and peace. In his message to the Preparatory Commission that same 12 February, U Thant stated emphatically: "The signature of this Treaty on the 14th of this month will be an event of historical significance in the world-wide effort to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and to curb the nuclear arms race. "The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America marks an important milestone in the long and difficult search for disarmament.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“We are convinced that sooner or later we shall achieve that goal, for we can count upon the unreserved and enthusiastic support of all our peoples", [ibid., paras, 90 and 91.] 69. These words were to prove prophetic. In fact, only three years and a few months later, on 12 February 1967, the twenty-one member States of the Preparatory Commission for the Denuclearization of Latin America, meeting at the offices of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at Tlatelolco, unanimously adopted the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, which is already known by the name of that historic district of my country's capital. 70.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“I said at that time that the resolution was both a challenge and a testimony: "a challenge to the ability of the Latin American States to work together and to achieve unanimous results that reflect the intense desire for peace with which, we are sure, all their peoples without exception are imbued" [ibid., para. 78]; "a testimony that Latin America has now come of age and is able to assess correctly the real desires of its peoples" [ibid., para. 81]; and I added by way of conclusion: "We do not intend to act rashly or hastily. We shall follow the advice of the wise Latin adage and make haste slowly, but we shall make haste. "Today, with the historic resolution adopted by this Assembly, Latin America starts along the road to denuclearization.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“This is perhaps a further reason for singling out, as a means of warding off pessimism, an undertaking of transcendental importance, which it was the good fortune of Latin America to bring to a successful conclusion in February 1967, and which has already been referred to in complimentary terms by so many distinguished representatives in their statements. I shall speak of this undertaking now, in the second part of my statement. 67. On 27 November 1963, a few minutes after the General Assembly had adopted, without a single opposing vote, [resolution 1911 (XVIII)], entitled “Denuclearization of Latin America" [1265th meeting], I had occasion to come to this very rostrum to explain briefly the significance that Mexico attached to the decision which had just been adopted, and which I ventured to term historic. 68.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“For just as the national, who violates the law of his country in order to obtain an immediate advantage, breaks down that by which the advantages of himself and his posterity are for all future time assured, so the State which transgresses the laws of nature and of nations cuts away also the bulwarks which safeguard its own future peace". 66. As I implied at the outset, this year has witnessed, and continues to witness, international events and situations which offer precious little encouragement to those of us who consider that the United Nations Charter should be the ultimate criterion in relations between States.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“Suffice it to recall what was so rightly stated in this respect by Grotius as long as three centuries ago, in the Prolegomena to his Treaty on the Law of War and Peace: "For since, by his own admission, the national who in his own country obeys its laws is not foolish, even though, out of regard for that law he may be obliged to forego certain things advantageous for himself, so that nation is not foolish which does not press its own advantage to the point of disregarding the laws common to nations. The reason in either case is the same.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“We venture to hope that this requirement, though obviously difficult, will be safely realizable since a calm and objective analysis of the lessons of history demonstrates conclusively that such a course is in the long run the best way of defending the legitimate interests of all the peoples of the world, whether the States they belong to are large or small, weak or mighty.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“64. Of course, the codification of the obligations entailed by the principles of the Charter would serve little purpose if it resulted in the compilation of documents which, however high their quality, were of purely academic interest. My delegation believes that, if our Organization is to avoid the sad fate that befell its predecessor, the League of Nations, it is essential that each and every Member should scrupulously observe the principles of the Charter in its relations with other States, and that it should fulfil, with equal scrupulousness and in good faith, the obligations deriving from them. 65.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“The use of force shall be considered lawful, solely and exclusively: (1) When it is undertaken by or under the authority of a competent United Nations organ in accordance with the relevant provisions of the charter; (2) When it is undertaken in the exercise of the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence, recognized by Article 51 of the Charter, on the very clear understanding, as the proposal specifies in this respect, that this right "may be exercised only in confronting armed attack, without prejudice to the right of a State which is subject to subversive or terrorist acts supported by one or more other States, to take reasonable and appropriate measures to safeguard its institutions"; (3) When it is undertaken by a regional agency, with reference to which case the proposal, as in the previous instance, adds a highly important condition — that "the use of force by regional agencies, except in the case of self-defence, requires the express authorization of the Security Council, in accordance with Article 53 of the United Nations Charter".”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“The joint proposal, after enumerating all the various specific prohibitions which should be regarded as included under the general prohibition of the threat or use of force, proceeds to define the only three cases in which, in accordance with the United Nations Charter, the use of force is lawful, setting out the conditions that must be fulfilled in each case. 63.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“After adding that "such threat or use of force shall never be used as a means of settling international issues", it goes on to spell out a series of specific corollaries and obligations which derive automatically from the foregoing fundamental principle without limiting its generality. Since the complete text of the principles, corollaries and obligations can readily be consulted in the report which the Special Committee is to submit to the Assembly, I shall refrain from reading them out, although I consider it indispensable that they should be known to all delegations. I would merely mention here that they include the principle that: "In accordance with the United Nations Charter, no territorial acquisitions or special advantages obtained by force or by other means of coercion shall be recognized". 62.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“27], in sponsoring which it was joined by Argentina, Chile, Guatemala and Venezuela — that is to say, all the other Latin American States represented on the Committee — on the principle prohibiting the threat or use of force in international relations. I shall take the liberty of explaining the content of that proposal in some detail, both because of its intrinsic importance, and because the General Assembly will be called upon to consider it at its present session. 61. The draft, which is drawn up in the form of a declaration, begins by reaffirming the duty of every State to refrain in its international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“We are convinced that it is in times of crisis, when international events or situations may cause some of us to doubt the validity and immutability of the fundamental principles of the Charter, that it is most important to restate them and define them precisely. Accordingly, at the recent session in Geneva of the Special Committee on Principles 'of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperations among States, Mexico not only reaffirmed its unqualified support for the principle of nonintervention, as defined in General Assembly [resolution 2131 (XX)], but at the same time submitted to that Committee a joint proposal [A/6799, para.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“"We believe that Mexico has discharged a historical and political duty in condemning the use of force for the solution of international conflicts, and in once again repeating that war confers no rights and that to base law on the amoral use of physical violence would be tantamount to destroying the very foundations of what mankind has always understood by law. We refuse to recognize the alleged validity of so-called victories on the battlefield." 59. My delegation regrets that the efforts of the fifth emergency special session of the Assembly have proved fruitless. We are prepared to give our support to any attempt to resolve the conflict, as long as it complies with the basic principles enunciated by the President of Mexico in his annual report, to which I have just referred. 60.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“Both drafts were united in their condemnation of the use of force and in pointing out the need for Israel to return all the Arab lands which it has occupied since 5 June last. The fundamental difference, as we see it, between the two drafts lies in the fact that the Latin-American text specified that the withdrawal of Israel forces should form part of a programme leading to the establishment of a lasting peace. "The experience of recent years shows us that any proposal, if it is to be truly effective, must establish norms that would permit those peoples to live as good neighbours, fully respecting one another's sovereignty, territorial integrity and rights.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“"At the outbreak of the conflict in the Middle East, we expressed our hope that some means could be found of channelling action along paths leading to peace. "Subsequently, in the United Nations, the Latin American countries set up a negotiating group consisting of the representatives of Mexico, Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago. They submitted to the General Assembly a draft resolution which, although it obtained the largest number of votes of all the draft resolutions of a general nature that were submitted (57 votes out of a total of 120), did not obtain the two-thirds majority required by the United Nations Charter for adoption. It was closely followed by the draft formulated by Yugoslavia and a group of so-called 'non-aligned' countries.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“Mexico did its utmost to help to restore peace in the region in accordance with the principles of justice and international law as laid down in the Charter. The unselfish objectives we were pursuing and the principles which guided our actions have been summed up in the annual report presented by President Diaz Ordaz to the Congress of the Union of Mexican States on 1 September 1967, in which, inter alia, he stated: "In the turbulent world in which we live, we frequently have to face emergency situations. At times they endanger universal peace and cause moral and material demage difficult or impossible to repair in countries whose geographical remoteness from our own does not exclude them from the close fellow-feeling we have for all men everywhere.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“Today more than ever, therefore, it is essential that the Secretary-General — who is at the head of the only principal United Nations organ which for the time being seems in a position to take effective measures to remove the conflict from the battlefield and bring it to the conference table — should receive the loyal and sincere co-operation of all Members of our Organization SO that his work of reconciliation may finally bring forth the results which all men hope for. 57. The unstable situation that has existed in the Middle East for two decades as a legacy of what was originally called "The Palestine question" deteriorated in the spring of this year to the point where it broke out into armed conflict of grave proportions. 58.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“He concluded by recalling the Secretary-General's untiring and patient efforts, and declared that "although he has not yet achieved what we all desire, all men of goodwill are in debt to U Thant". 56. It is just over a year since those words were uttered before the General Assembly, but the time that has elapsed since, far from diminishing their validity, has increased — if that were possible — the extreme urgency of the exhortation contained in them.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“He repeated that Mexico is nevertheless ready to lend its moral support to any practical proposal that will enable the parties directly involved to begin negotiations as soon as possible to end this war, in which the principal victims are the Viet-Namese people, who have been shedding their blood year after year. The conflicting forces, interests and ideologies are such, he continued, that the co-operation which countries not involved in the conflict can offer, especially those without great material power, lies not so much in suggesting practical measures, as in solemnly exhorting the Powers with major responsibility to keep open all channels of communication that may lead to a peaceful settlement.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“In the first of the two parts of my speech, I should merely like to make a few general remarks about my country’s position on the questions of Viet-Nam and the Middle East, and with regard to one of the fundamental principles of the Charter. 55. In addressing this Assembly in the general debate at the twenty-first session [1418th meeting], the Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Mexico expressed our Government's deep concern over the war in Viet-Nam. He said that the war undoubtedly constituted the most serious threat to world peace since the Korean War in 1950. For reasons known to all, he went on, it would appear that the United Nations is not now in a position to take action to settle that conflict.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“I should also like to extend our congratulations to Ambassador Pazhwak, who with such distinction and ability has presided over, not only the twenty- first session, but also the two special sessions of the General Assembly which dealt with problems whose seriousness and importance it would be difficult to overstate. 53. The year 1967 will not be outstanding in the annals of the United Nations so far as concerns international peace and security, responsibility for the maintenance of which was placed upon the Organization, as its main task, by the Charter signed at San Francisco. 54. The truth of this statement is so self-evident that there is no need for me to try and substantiate it.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“51. I know of no better way to begin my statement, Mr. President, than to convey to you the very sincere congratulations of my delegation on the honourable and well-deserved appointment conferred upon you by the General Assembly. The exemplary manner in which you have been conducting our debates and the judicious words of your opening statement testify to the wisdom of that appointment. My delegation entirely agrees with the point which you made on that occasion, namely, that more than ever before, the present international situation calls for the intensification of efforts by small and medium-sized countries to foster regard for morality and respect for the rule of law in relations between States and between peoples. 52.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“In the Working Group of twenty-one members, my delegation has endeavoured, with persistence and without discouragement, to help to the best of its ability in the search for a solution that would be generally acceptable. 41. We are glad to note the apparent probability that such a solution will be found in the near future. We hope that this will come about, since a split would be so fraught with danger to the very existence of the United Nations as to be totally inconceivable, particularly on the threshold of the year 1965, which is the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations and when it will be imperative for all Member States to show, by deeds, that our decision to designate 1965 "International Co-operation Year" is not an empty one.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Lastly, although it may appear obvious, we do not think it superfluous to emphasize once more the paramount importance of prompt approval, by the Assembly, of the Conference's recommendation that it be established as an organ of the Assembly itself and that a permanent organ of the Conference — the Trade and Development Board — be set up. 39. I need hardly add that Mexico will continue to contribute, as it has in the past contributed, to this common effort in international co-operation, both by expediting the execution of its own development plans and by collaborating whole-heartedly in the work of all the competent bodies and organizations. 40. For reasons which I am sure we all deplore, the Organization has for some time been faced with serious problems deriving from the financing of the so-called "peace-keeping operations".”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“We believe that one of the greatest advantages stemming from the interest aroused by the work and conclusions of the Conference was a better understanding, in managerial circles in the industrialized countries, of the adverse conditions which act as so pernicious a brake on the progress of the developing countries—for example, the strangulation of their economies, due in large part to the present features of international trade. It therefore seems to us that it would be most desirable, with a view to spreading knowledge of these facts as widely as possible, for maximum publicity to be given to the Final Act of the Conference in the industrial countries. 38.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Of course, if the results of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development are to be reflected in benefits corresponding to the urgent needs of the developing countries, it will be necessary for the General Principles adopted by the Conference to become a permanent rule of conduct for all States, and for the recommendations to be faithfully implemented. We nevertheless trust that the industrialized countries will be persuaded, as the developing countries already are, of the urgent need for both the principles and the recommendations to take full effect in the immediate future. 37.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“With regard to the recommendations, special mention should be made of those for the stimulation of a dynamic and steady growth in the real export earnings of developing countries, both through international commodity arrangements and liberalization of commodity access to markets, and through the adoption of a programme of preferences in favour of developing countries, which would considerably increase their share of international trade in manufactured or semi-manufactured products. The recommendations indicating the reforms in national domestic structures that can best promote economic development should also be noted. 36.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Accordingly, all countries pledge themselves to pursue internal and external economic policies designed to accelerate economic growth throughout the world, and in particular to help promote, in developing countries, a rate of growth consistent with the need to bring about a substantial and steady increase in average income, in order to narrow the gap between the standard of living in developing countries and that in the developed countries." 35.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Adaptation of trading methods shall be consistent with this principle." General Principle Three says: "Every country has the sovereign right freely to trade with other countries, and freely to dispose of its natural resources in the interest of the economic development and well-being of its own people." Finally, General Principle Four runs as follows: "Economic development and social progress should be the common concern of the whole international community and should, by increasing economic prosperity and well-being, help strengthen peaceful relations and co-operation among nations.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“To illustrate the importance of those principles, I think it is worth recalling the texts of the first four of the fifteen principles adopted by the Conference. General Principle One states: "Economic relations between countries, including trade relations, shall be based on respect for the principle of sovereign equality of States, self-determination of peoples, and non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries," General Principle Two provides that: "There shall be no discrimination on the basis of differences in socio-economic systems.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“It has already acquired sufficient force to ensure that it will persist in the body originally known as the "group of seventy-five countries", and in the future it will certainly constitute a valuable means of defending the legitimate interests of all the developing countries. 33. Secondly, we should stress the recognition, by the Conference, that removal of the obstacles to an increase in the real income of the developing countries requires complete revision and a thorough transformation of the traditional systems under which international operations in the fields of trade, finance and assistance have been carried out. Guided by this conviction, the Conference adopted a series of General Principles and many practical recommendations. 34.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“In the first place — although this was an incidental effect of the lengthy preparatory work for the Conference — it seems to us that mention should be made of the joint relationship which gradually but spontaneously took shape between the developing countries with a view to their exerting, through co-ordinated action, more effective influence in the matter of formulating and implementing a new policy of international economic co-operation. This joint relationship was officially expressed in the Joint Declaration of the Developing Countries, which appears as an annex to General Assembly resolution 1897 (XVIII) of 11 November 1963.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“in order to provide, by means of international co-operation, appropriate solutions to the problems of world trade in the interest of all peoples and particularly to the urgent trade and development problems of the developing countries". 31. I shall venture to mention some of what my delegation regards as the most outstanding results of this Conference, which we hope is destined to mark the beginning of a new advance, of deep and historic significance, towards reducing the shattering inequality that exists between the industrialized and the developing countries. 32.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“28. With unflagging hope, therefore, and despite the meagreness of the results achieved at the most recent meetings, Mexico will continue to collaborate wholeheartedly in the work of the Committee on Disarmament, since we are convinced that to accept defeat in this field would be tantamount to accepting the possibility of universal extermination. 29. I should like to say a few words about the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, which was undoubtedly the most important event of recent years in the field of international trade relations. 30. As we know, the Conference met at Geneva for almost three months, from 23 March to 15 June 1964, with 120 States participating. It was convened, in the words of its Final Act, "...”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)