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first: 1978-09-24
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“It would, in any case, be very wise of them to act thus because, as President Moussa Traore has frequently said, when a people is denied its right to speak, it seizes that right, and it resorts to violence to do so. 129. Mali and the rest of Africa ask the international community, the United Nations, the non-aligned movement, the League of Arab States and the Islamic Conference to trust them to resolve this delicate question of Western Sahara. 130. My country is motivated only by the desire to put an end to the spiral of violence which would internationalize the conflict.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU, after having debated this matter many times, set up, at its seventeenth ordinary session, an Ad Hoc Committee to which it gave the imperative mandate of assisting it in finding a peaceful settlement of that crisis. 128. The Ad Hoc Committee has heard all parties concerned or interested in the question of Western Sahara in the context of on-the-spot visits at the highest level and by listening with patience and interest to all the spokesmen who have come forward. That Committee, which has just met again at Freetown, has adopted a number of recommendations which, being precise and realistic, should secure the unqualified adherence of all parties to the conflict.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The fires they have started in the oil installations at Sasol- burg will continue to light the long and difficult struggle that they will have to wage to recover their dignity in their own homeland and to save humanity from that cancer which saps it. 124. It would be work for peace to isolate South Africa and impose on it the provisions of Chapter VII of the Charter. 125. It is also in order to speak of peace that we now turn to one of the most sensitive areas in Africa, Western Sahara in the north-west of our continent. 126. As is well known, the United Nations continues to be seized of the question of Western Sahara, a decolonization problem. However, in its wisdom and in keeping with the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Charter, the Organization has allowed, as a first resort, the OAU to search for an appropriate solution. 127.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“South Africa not only will never reverse the course of the liberation struggle of the Namibian people but will never realize its dream of maintaining in slavery the population of Azania under the heinous system of apartheid. 122. The chameleonic characteristics of the leaders of Pretoria whenever international pressure makes itself felt and whenever internal resistance deals them fatal blows do not in any way change the true nature of apartheid. That hideous policy continues to be the apotheosis of racism and hatred, of hatred of the black. 123. Men who love peace and justice are not duped by this. They redouble their efforts in order to awaken man's con-science to this new scourge which threatens our civilization.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The illegal and racist regime of South Africa has no option but to engage in dialogue with the sole authentic representative of the Namibian people, the South West Africa People's Organization [SWAPO], its fighting flank which embodies its hopes and has shown it the road to national liberation. 119. SWAPO has taken up arms in order to liberate its homeland. Negotiations are with those who fight. 120. It is in that context that we urge the Secretary- General, the five Western Powers and the international community to make use of all available resources so that the Namibian people may exercise its sacred right to self- determination. 121.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“On the initiative of the late President Neto, the settlement plan of the United Nations provides for the creation of demilitarized zones between Namibia and its neighbours, which would permit the initiation of talks on the future accession to independence of the international Territory of Namibia. But Pretoria has responded to this initiative of peace with bad faith and acts of war. The delaying tactics it uses are designed to gain respites so that it may satisfy its hegemonistic ambition. 117. Actually, while South Africa pretends to pursue dialogue with the Secretary-General and the representatives of the five Western Powers, it continues to attack the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Angola. 118.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The plan for a peaceful settlement of the Namibian crisis adopted by the United Nations which the Secretary- General is endeavouring to implement with his usual tenacity and the proposals made along the same lines by the five Western Powers are at an impasse. The racist and illegal administration of South Africa, unable to rise above the level of violence, hatred and duplicity, continues to use all kinds of excuses to delay matters, in the absurd hope of imposing "its peace" on the heroic people of Namibia, resorting at the same time to the use of arms, organizing masquerades of popular consultations, with constant evasions and interminable requests for clarification after receipt of every letter sent by the Secretary-General. 116.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We have resolutely chosen to hasten such a future and support with all our strength both those peoples that achieve their independence and those that continue to fight, devoting all their energies to the affirmation and the exercise of their national rights. For want of obtaining them by persuasion, they are wresting those rights by force of arms. 114. It is because the doors to negotiation on its future have remained closed after a long wait and much bloodshed that the valiant people of Namibia, after other heroic peoples, has undertaken the stubborn struggle for national liberation. 115.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The accession to membership in the international Organization of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 16 September last is a two-fold symbol— of the irreversibility of the phenomenon of decolonization and of the political maturity of peoples which are still dependent, regardless of the size of their population or the geographical configuration of their territory. 113. The United Nations moves year after year towards the universality which it upholds because it is that universality which is its strength and which determines its future. I was going to say because it is our strength and determines our future.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“This December we shall celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the historic resolution 1514 (XV), which subsequently came to constitute the basic charter of decolonization, thanks to which oppressed peoples obtained their inalienable right to self-determination, a universal and eternal right. It was on the basis of that principle that the General Assembly 20 years ago consecrated the international sovereignty of 18 young States, among them my own, the Republic of Mali. Subsequently, the international community became prouder and richer with the accession to independence of 53 new States.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The present world situation is characterized by severe tensions, among them the phenomenon of decolonization, local conflicts and the unbridled arms race, all of which are causes of instability and threats to peace. 111. Only the strict application of the excellent principles inscribed in golden letters in the Charter of the United Nations can prevent the advent of the direst of consequences. Among those principles we note especially the right of every people to control its fate. There is no force in the world which can destroy forever the will of peoples to decide their own destiny. 112.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“That community should step up its efforts with regard both to its emergency assistance, rendered even more indispensable by the recent low levels and uneven distribution of rainfall and to its actions in the medium and the long term aimed at ensuring self-sufficiency in food based on the complete control of the surface and subterranean waters. 109. The head of State of Mali, President Moussa Traore, in his capacity as current President of the Summit Conference of that group of countries which is coherent in the geographical, economic and ecological senses, will once again in the coming days issue an anguished appeal to the international conscience. 110. Because of its anachronistic nature the present inter-national system, which is intrinsically un-egalitarian, must inevitably lead to trouble.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“"Absolute poverty" is the expression used by the World Bank to refer to the condition of 800 million human beings on our planet, among whom are included the populations of most of the African States south of the Sahara and particularly States members of the Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel, an organization which comprises the eight countries of the Sahel which since 1973 have been severely hit by the scourge of drought and desertification. 108. One of the most tragic consequences of that climatic hazard is the chronic grain deficit besetting that region, which is thus converted into a famine area that requires the care of the international community.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“As a result the extreme interpretation of the notion of consensus introduced into the economic sphere the power to block action, which the Charter conferred on some Member States in other fields. Thus, that lack of flexibility has led to the deferment of this crucial question, which has once again been held in abeyance. 106. Not having dared to act, we run the risk of allowing the infernal spiral of inflation, recession and unemployment to continue. We risk seeing the most terrible threat to peace emerge on the horizon, the threat of millions of people mounting an assault on an economic system which for them is synonymous with frustration, poverty and absolute destitution. 107.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The recognition by everyone of the serious and disturbing deterioration of the world economic situation and the need to correct it immediately has led to the preparation 10 Sec Official Records of the General Assembly, Eleventh Special Session, Plenary Meetings, 13th meeting, of the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade, the text of which will, we hope, be formally adopted at this session. Nevertheless, the absence of unanimous and firm political will prevented the Assembly, at the eleventh special session, from reaching the anticipated positive results regarding the procedure, which has become unavoidable, for beginning negotiations towards a new international economic order. 105.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Just as it was termed special, so the measures which the Assembly was to adopt at that session in order to bring order to and revive the world economy should likewise have been exceptional, because the challenge which it was to meet concerned our common fate. The encouraging statements of some speakers about the need to establish a new balance in international economic relations and the meritorious efforts made by others to initiate global negotiations next year on vital questions for the maintenance of international peace and security have only yielded watered-down results and this will have the effect of overcrowding the already impressive agenda of this session of the General Assembly. 104.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“On 3 September last, in the general debate of the eleventh special session of the General Assembly, we stated from this rostrum that the crisis which is shaking our planet to its deepest foundations illustrates once again the common destiny of nations and peoples, the great hopes of which we are bound to translate into concrete realities. Unfortunately, one of those hopes is about to fade away. 102. The eleventh special session of the General Assembly, convened amidst turmoil in the world economy in order to deal with one of the most difficult, albeit most important, questions of our time, has closed without attaining any profound perception of the future or even succeeding in meeting the legitimate hopes of millions of people who once again live in fear of the future. 103.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Sir, your distinguished predecessor transmitted to us the following message: ". . . our world is now at a critical crossroads and that we must choose between the road which will lead mankind to its own fatal destruction and the road towards mutual understanding, peaceful coexistence, progress and prosperity." 100. Indeed, the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly is opening in a world in crisis, which has been brought about by distrust in the relations among States and the serious deterioration in the international economic situation. 101.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Salim Ahmed Salim, President of the thirty-fourth session, for his wisdom, competence and skill which left a special imprint on the work of an exceptionally busy inter-sessional period. It also gives me pleasure to recall that it was only logical that, as an African and as Chairman of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, it should have been he who welcomed into our midst the heroic Republic of Zimbabwe, that republic to which the people of Mali once again renews its militant support. 98. We also take this occasion to convey to the Secretary- General and to the competent team which surrounds him our appreciation for their invaluable service in the cause of peace and understanding among peoples and nations. 99.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The people and Government of Mali welcome your unanimous election for two reasons: first, because your country, the Federal Republic of Germany, my country's friend, was the first to establish diplomatic relations with the young Republic of Mali; secondly, because the bonds that have been forged over 20 years have increased and strengthened, thereby offering a notable example of international co-operation. The remarkable manner in which you have been conducting our debates augurs for the success of our work. In conveying to you our best wishes for success, we assure you of the full and sincere co-operation of the delegation of Mali. 97. Permit me also to congratulate once again Mr.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“But you went on to say that we are capable of solving all the problems facing us and of concern to us all as long as we approach them with the firm determination, the true political will, to resolve them. 95. Such a keen perception of international problems and such lofty thinking in setting them in their proper context and finding universally valid solutions to them further demonstrate your outstanding human and political qualities. 96.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“After the signing of the Charter of the United Nations mankind thought the nightmare of the scourge of war had been for ever laid to rest. A new world was open to mankind; universal and permanent peace was at hand. The weapons of war were to be cast aside and the spirit of tolerance and brotherhood was to reign; mankind was to unite to make everybody content with his way of life, his destiny. 93. But the scourge of war did not disappear and the dream came to naught. 94. You, Mr. President, on assuming the heavy but ennobling burden of the presidency of the Assembly, emphasized that the thirty-fifth session is taking place at a time when the world is entering upon a difficult decade.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We are assuredly at a cross-roads. "If one panics, one will not dare to advance and will instead retreat. If, on the contrary, one continues to advance, all of a sudden one will discover something new: a new- state of the world", a political, economic, social and cultural world that is more just and more equitable. There is still time "to make haste slowly" to save man and mankind through true justice, the only guarantor of peace.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“There is where the most difficult task to be accomplished lies, because there are many who enjoy privileges that they wish to retain within the framework of their present anachronistic orientation. But on the other hand, they cannot blind themselves to the changes made necessary by the deadlocks and inevitable contradictions. 111. It is up to the authorities of the developed countries to convince themselves and their peoples that they must adapt to the new state of the world, that they cannot return to the previous situation of exploitation of foreign resources and that the era of a general prosperity that was most unequally shared is definitely over. 112. They must try to adjust to a world that is bound to arrive and not wish to stick to a world that is on its way out. Therein lies the key to all that can and should be done.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“If they have not yet finally understood that an economic organization on a collective basis, even if it disturbs and upsets selfish interests, would be a global system that would be more advantageous for all, they have at least become aware that a world monetary and economic system must be established. This calls for an agreement on the part of the principal partners, an agreement that is difficult to achieve because of their great number and the extent of national self-interest. 110. The true problem, the true debate—and it is in this Assembly that it is most appropriate that we discuss it—lies in knowing whether the necessary political conditions exist in the developed countries to allow this new strategy for development to take root and grow.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“A second, very fruitful idea is to study the fact that the life of human society largely depends on factors other than economic ones. There does not exist any human action without its spiritual dimension. 108. These are realities that increasingly lead to a certain conduct that is seen above all in the developing countries—to fall back on their own resources and to organize the collective power of the poor countries in negotiations with the rich ones. 109. It is, however, true that among the wealthy nations a certain slow awareness is growing of the need to overcome these economic phenomena. The most concrete expressions of this took place at the meetings of the Guadeloupe Summit, held from 4 to 6 January 1979, and of the Tokyo Economic Summit, held on 28 and 29 June 1979.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“But in the course of these talks they will have to realize that they will be assuming a tremendous responsibility if they continue to limit themselves to empty promises. More and more, political action for change is prompting the cry for a more rational management of the world economy. 107. In that regard, some new ideas are receiving greater attention. First of all, under-development is no longer taken to mean slow development, that is, as a phase in a process of expansion from which the countries of the third world will one day emerge. Under-development is indeed a result of development, a distortion resulting from the relations between the dominant States and the dependent States, Under-development is the result of the exchange relationship in raw materials and the consequence of the exploitation of our resources.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The Republic of Mali considers that we should still trust in measures of concerting our efforts rather than resorting to the strategy of confrontation. We must seek to progress through peaceful negotiations. Doubtless the way will be difficult because these negotiations would have to take place among more than 150 sovereign States that are unequal throughout the range of economic and social activities. The task may appear to be a Utopian one, but it is still within the grasp of mankind. 106. The North-South dialogue already taking place will have at least allowed contacts and helpful clarifications to be made, particularly since it has shown the lack of political will on the part of the developed countries.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It will be noted that the debts owed for this reason by the developing countries exceed $300 billion whereas expenditures on armaments exceed $1 billion a day while official development assistance is 20 times less than that. 104. Such is the state of the world, an unhappy world, unhappy because it does not know where it is going and because it imagines that if it did know, it would find that it may be heading towards a catastrophe. That was a prophecy made by one of the great Powers, certainly a prophecy of doom hanging over us because it means that the problems of economic and social balance have not been solved. The needy and the wealthy have to get together to seek ways of overcoming the economic and social phenomena. 105.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“After the last 10 years and session after session of UNCTAD and various meetings within the framework of the North-South dialogue, we are now convinced that most of the proposals concerning structural changes in the international system, as well as those put forward with a view to the taking of urgent measures on pressing problems, have unfortunately not been the subject of any agreement. 103. What is a more significant phenomenon is the fact that stagnation, if not regression, is taking place in official development assistance. In a word, the financial flow, including bank loans, to the third world in 1978 represented some $77 billion as compared to $65 billion in 1977. It will be noted that, because of inflation, the financial flow has hardly varied from one year to the next at 1978 prices.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“To be selfish or unaware in the face of such a situation is an insult not only to morality, but also and above all to the common interest of all of us. 101. Now what do we see? On 1 May 1974, at the impetus of the developing countries, our General Assembly, at its sixth special session, proclaimed in its resolution 3201 (S-VI) the urgent need to set up a "new international economic order", that is to change the institutions and laws which govern the world economy, to reorganize monetary, scientific, technical and material exchanges and the distribution of the power of the rich countries, and to create a more democratic world— in sum, to decolonize the world economy which, during the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, was dominated by Western Europe and its offshoots. 102.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The citizens of the developed countries should know that beef cattle in a so-called developed country are better protected and better fed than peasants in Asia or Africa. 98. For how much longer must millions die in order that thousands shall live? 99. In the face of this situation, which it is difficult to describe, it is no longer enough to profess the correct sentiments as a sop to one's conscience. 100. It is just as dangerous to regard this situation as a matter for academic speeches, a sterile ritual at seminars and international conferences, and a repetitive litany of statements, reports and studies made in order to gain time while hunger and injustice increase. It is intolerable and explosive that three quarters of the world's population should represent less than one fifth of the general economic weight.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“These statistics are global and impersonal. Their very size helps to make them abstract, removing any elementary emotional content. 96. However, behind the figures we should look for reality: the extreme poverty of most of them; a large proportion of illiterates; a runaway population growth with a meagre economy; malnutrition and mediocre infrastructures; a third of the children dying before the age of five; and denial of the right to education, hygiene and employment, and of every vestige of dignity. In short, they drag out their existence in shame, exploitation and degradation. 97. This is especially revolting reality, even if it exists far from the eyes of an overfed world which wastes and destroys its surplus food.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Poverty is also a danger to the balance of the world. 94. The reality of this poverty can be seen on all the street corners of the proletarian nations and the figures which sum up this tragic condition of the majority of mankind are so huge that they even lose all meaning. Some of these figures are really discouraging: according to the World Bank, 800 million people in the world live beneath what is termed the "line of absolute poverty"; more than 800 million human beings are illiterate; 400 million suffer from serious diseases; 500 million, or more than three quarters, suffer from chronic or permanent malnutrition; and 50 million—I repeat, 50 million— die of hunger each year, while elsewhere, in countries which get much of their riches from third- world resources, people sometimes die from overeating. 95.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“That is why the Republic of Mali, fully concerned with development, the only guarantee of stability in our States, reiterates its political and legal commitment never to attack any State, even less a neighbouring one, and to give full fraternal assistance to any State in our region which may be the victim of an attack. 91. The right of peoples to self-determination, disarmament and detente are not the sole components of international peace and security. 92. We have already said that peace is also and perhaps above all economic and social justice. There is no doubt in anyone's mind that peace depends largely on the solutions we find together for the serious imbalances which characterize the world economy. 93. Poverty is not only a scandal which the third- world peoples reveal to wealthy tourists.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It is in order to remain faithful to these cardinal principles of the non-aligned movement that my country often preaches prudence regarding regional or sub regional military projects or even defence pacts between countries that, while belonging to the same geographical area certainly, are often linked bilaterally to Powers outside Africa. We must always bear in mind that any military bloc with links, however tenuous, with Powers outside Africa can only lead to the creation of a new bloc, without taking into account the fact that a defence pact, whatever precautions are taken, is always perceived as machinery for warfare against one State or group of States. 90.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“My country, the Republic of Mali, true to its policy of dynamic and intransigent non-alignment, continues and will continue to make its modest contribution to this necessary relaxation of tension in international relations. As soon as it recovered its sovereignty, the Republic of Mali demanded the evacuation of all foreign military bases on its soil, and since, aware of its national and international responsibilities, my country has signed and will sign no bilateral or multilateral agreement which does not give it a completely free hand in defence matters. 89.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Therefore we are following with interest the efforts under way within the SALT negotiations, even if progress is slow and uncertain. 87. It is essential for us to continue to work together openly in order to make headway along the difficult road to general and complete disarmament, to the dismantling of all military bases forcibly stationed in third- world countries and to the stopping and reversing of the arms race. It is only that type of co-operation that can lead to the creation of a more secure world where peace would depend less on weapons and would no longer be founded on the outmoded theory of a balance of terror and mutual destruction. 88.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“To be sure, while events in Africa, in the Middle East and even in South-East Asia do create situations of confrontation, it has been possible to prevent them from setting off a world confrontation. Nevertheless, let us remember that for the first time since its appearance, mankind has found the means of self-destruction. 85. The causes of tension, namely, the mad arms race, especially with the intensive production of nuclear weapons and the maintenance and even reinforcement of military alliances, bases and presences, remain matters of concern. Nuclear proliferation carries with it the seeds of a possible world war. The Republic of Mali, one of the founder members of the non-aligned movement, is pleased with the results, albeit modest, obtained since the tenth special session of our General Assembly, which was devoted to disarmament. 86.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“He added, it is true, that "... there are local conflicts, repression, troubles, but the idea of 'the next war' has somewhat evaporated". This may perhaps be the best description of the present stage of international affairs; while one part of the planet, that occupied by the so- called developed nations, enjoys the benefits of detente, the other half of the world, where "the wretched of the earth" are dying, still suffers from tensions which are cunningly maintained to ensure the continued well- being of about a quarter of the population of the world. 84. To be sure, the present world political system is not automatically being drawn into a major conflict.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Yet we still nourish the hope that the lucidity, courage and age-old wisdom which characterize those peoples and which allowed them to emerge victorious from even greater trials, will help them to solve the problems that have been created by untimely foreign interference in their affairs—which seeks to prevent them from freely achieving economic, social and cultural development. 83. After this review of the international realities, it is inevitable that we note that all these areas of tension and of war are strictly confined to the third world. A leader of one of the great Powers even declared recently and with justification that "we live in a world without major conflicts; we live in a world where we are constantly concerned over matters of security; but we no longer fear that war is just around the corner".”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The worthy people of Asia have by force of arms wrested their right to self-determination from colonialism and then from imperialism, and have all acceded to international sovereignty. 81. We in Mali had thought that the peoples which had for more than 30 years made enormous sacrifices would have turned their victories over the forces of domination and "puppetry" into an unprecedented effort to reconstruct one of the most promising areas of the globe. 82. But recent events have led us to doubt, and almost to pessimism.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“If the principle of self-determination of peoples were to be recognized in the case of the valiant people of Korea who for 30 years have struggled for the legitimate reunification of their occupied country under peaceful circumstances, that nation, having become a democratic and unitary State, would take its rightful place in this Organization and make a fine contribution to our work. United by its history, its geography, its civilization, its genius and the profound aspirations of its peoples, Korea must be reunified in accordance with the pertinent provisions of the agreement contained in the joint communique of North and South Korea dated 4 July 1972, and of the important General Assembly resolution 3390 B (XXX). 80.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“As a member of the contact group set up by the non-aligned movement, the Republic of Mali, after much discussion, is convinced that only the renewal of the talks between the Greek and Turkish communities, under the auspices of the Secretary-General and with the assistance of an even more limited contact group that could be set up by the present session of the General Assembly, can possibly lay the groundwork for the implementation of the 10 points contained in the agreement of 19 May 1979 and allow the people of Cyprus to exercise their right to self-determination so as to safeguard independence, their sovereignty, their territorial integrity and their national unity. 79.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Those doubts regarding the true will of Israel to live in peace with its neighbours were reinforced by the unspeakable actions committed by the Israeli forces which, with full impunity and with the complicity of the international news media, worked themselves into a rage against the peaceful population of troubled Lebanon, whose southern portion—despite the unfortunately only symbolic presence of United Nations forces—is now no more than a province of Israel, which blithely continues its expansionist and annexationist policies. 76. The other areas of tension warrant the same type of analysis: the crisis of Cyprus, the conflict of Korea and the dismemberment of South-East Asia. 77. The problem of Cyprus comes up each year before our Assembly, which has been dealing with it since the distressing events of 15 July 1974. 78.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Fourthly, Jerusalem must be given a status more in keeping with the religious past of that Holy City, and that, too, is a basic condition for peace. 73. Fifthly, Arab unity, which alone can guarantee that peace will be true and comprehensive, must be maintained. 74. For these reasons Mali, which at the appropriate moment expressed its doubts regarding Israel's good faith in negotiating a true peace treaty, once more— specifically in July in Monrovia and in September in Havana—freely took the part of those who have indefatigably supported the PLO in its struggle to ensure that the Palestinian people succeed in their efforts to achieve self-determination. 75.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Secondly, the PLO, being recognized as the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people by the summit conferences of the Arab countries and the OAU, being a full-fledged member of the non- aligned movement, enjoying a privileged status at the United Nations and in the specialized agencies, being represented in more than 100 countries of the international community, and making its voice heard constantly in the public opinion of Europe and even America, must imperatively be closely associated in the search for any true peace in the Middle East. 71. Thirdly, the total and unconditional evacuation of the Arab territories occupied by force in the course of the 1967 Israeli aggression is, in our view, a prerequisite for any true peace agreement. 72.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“In that regard, Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), which were adopted in circumstances of a balance of power that is well known, would be enhanced as a useful source for a true peace agreement by being supplemented in accordance with General Assembly resolution 3236 (XXIX), which recognizes the national rights of the people of Palestine. 70.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The Republic of Mali is deeply attached to the search for solutions to conflicts by peaceful means and will never reject any initiative for peace. At the same time, we believe that any peace process must take into account the following facts that are germane to the conflict. 69. First, the inalienable right of the people of Palestine to self-determination, including their right to national independence and the creation of a sovereign State, must be unambiguously accepted by all parties signatories to a peace agreement.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Outside of Africa there are hotbeds of war and sources of tension also deriving from the same disregard of the right of peoples to self-determination. 67. The crisis in the Middle East and the question of Palestine, which is still its epicentre, continue to beset us because the leaders of Israel in their arrogant intransigence refuse to recognize the right to self-determination of the brave Palestinian people. 68. Many of the aspects of the Middle East conflict have been linked to that refusal to accept that principle, respect for which would have prevented the occupation by force of Arab territories and allowed Jerusalem to achieve a status more in keeping with the glorious religious past of that historic city.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)