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“The voice of wisdom of Africa, the voice of maturity of the leaders of the region, has always spoken out in favour of the brother peoples, with the same history, culture and primary concern for development in order to avoid the confrontations which must inevitably lead to a loss of our sovereignty through the actions of those who wish to internationalize this dispute by dramatizing it in order subsequently to play the part of arbiters. 65. That is why my country, the Republic of Mali, wishes this General Assembly of the United Nations, while supporting the historic decision taken in Monrovia, because it is based on the principle of the right of people to self-determination, to continue to place its trust in the African process which has already proved that it can succeed as long as the Powers outside Africa keep out of the dispute. 66.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Colonized by Spain in the past, the population of that north western zone of our continent cannot be denied this principle, which allowed the brother people of Morocco, of Mauritania and of Algeria to recover their own dignity and freedom. 63. Speaking of this crisis which besets an area very close to the heart of my country leads me to state the principle of self-determination and to say again that this right is not being enjoyed. The OAU clearly defined the new mission entrusted to the new Ad Hoc Committee of Heads of State on Western Sahara which, in order to improve the climate in the region, must properly define the modalities required for a final settlement on just and acceptable lines agreed to by all the interested and concerned parties, and I stress the word "all". 64.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The principle of the self-determination of peoples, so clearly stated in the well-known charter of decolonization, namely resolution 1514 (XV), the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, adopted on 14 December 1960 by our Assembly, cannot be ignored by the independent and new States of Africa, who appreciate its weight since they judiciously used it when they themselves recently achieved their own independence. 62. It is for these reasons that at its sixteenth ordinary session the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU, held in Monrovia in July, with political courage and maturity which warrants emphasis here, upheld clearly this principle of self-determination as the key to the fratricidal and distressing conflict in the Western Sahara.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“This is the moment at which to pay a well-earned and solemn tribute to the brave peoples of the front-line States who, with courage, calmness and determination, are fulfilling their sacred duty together with the peoples of Namibia, Zimbabwe and Azania. 60. It is also timely to repeat the pressing appeal made recently by the Head of State of Mali, General Moussa Traore, during our national holiday and addressed to certain Western Powers who were invited: "... once and for all to hear the anguished appeal of Africa and decide to serve the cause of justice and all mankind by helping the international community to force perfidious, arrogant but unfortunately tolerated South Africa to obey the rules". 61.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“In Azania the black majority of that African country is still being deprived of its elementary rights to dignity in its own land of Africa. Certain Western Powers, which are so prone to seek out respect for human rights throughout the world, assist and even encourage the apartheid regime to continue in its role of denying the very principle of people's right to self-determination. 58. My country has constantly struggled for just causes. Therefore, from this rostrum we wish to reaffirm our unshakable support for these martyred brothers, with whom the people of Mali identify. We are ready to give all material, military, diplomatic and political assistance to speed the inevitable process of their liberation. 59.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The valiant people of Namibia under the leadership of its sole representative, because it is its authentic representative, SWAPO will continue their struggle for liberation and will defeat all the manoeuvres which seek to stifle its heroic struggle in the maze of a so-called internal settlement. The outcome of the struggle is known because it is a natural battle to insist upon a natural recognition of the right that belongs to the Namibian people, namely that of self-determination. The struggle of the Patriotic Front has finally led to the present negotiations in London, which have not been successful because the Ian Smith clique and its sorry puppets have resorted to sordid electoral manoeuvres and have refused to accept the prior condition of respect for a people's right to self-determination. 57.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“But we are forced to note that disregard of this sacred principle of the right of peoples to self-determination is the true cause, if not the only cause, of tensions and wars that continue to contaminate international relations. 55. In this world of upheaval and suffering Africa is still the continent in which that principle is ignored by those who do not wish to learn the lessons of history. The persistence of anachronistic colonialism in Namibia and in Zimbabwe, the tolerance shown to the contemptible system of apartheid in Azania, are the result of the refusal of the white minority in southern Africa to respect this cardinal principle of our Organization, namely the right to self-determination. 56.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“This has happened purely and simply because some of our partners who are now present in this hall of peace violate with impunity the principles of our Organization, principles according to which the rights of our peoples to self- determination and to a decent existence are still the most flouted. 54. The right of peoples to self-determination is not only a principle set forth in the United Nations Charter; it has become the prime moving force and a general and constantly reaffirmed principle. There can be no doubt that it is a typical example of one of the imperative principles of general law. It is a norm accepted and recognized by the international community as a whole.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Human rights are so indivisible and interdependent that the authors of the Charter have assigned to our Organization the primary task of achieving "international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character". In other words, 34 years ago all was foreseen, all was said and reiterated about the need to put an end to all forms of domination. 53. Taking together all we have done since the last session of our General Assembly, we are forced to note that many are the problems which still concern us and that there are still many to be solved.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It is that simple reality that led those who lived through the Second World War to proclaim in the Charter of our Organization their "faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small". Human rights, which cannot be dissociated from the rights of nations and peoples, are at the basis of an essential principle set forth in many provisions of our Charter and taken up in numerous resolutions of our Organization, namely, the principle of the right of peoples to self-determination. 52. Justice, without which there can be no peace, lies first in the recognition of the right of each people to decide for themselves, but justice, the sole guarantor of true peace, also involves the recognition of economic, social and cultural rights.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“That is the only way to establish an era of true peace, and when our Charter was drafted 34 years ago its authors were aware of that, for the Preamble firmly states that the peoples of the United Nations are determined "to promote social progress and better standards of life". There can be no doubt that peace through justice is more fruitful than peace through law—a very unprofitable mission which finally exhausted the defunct League of Nations, 51. Peace is the work of justice. Peace and justice are one. But what is justice? First and foremost justice is respect for the inalienable rights recognized as belonging to all human beings.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The yearly meetings of the members of the inter-national community which the sessions of the General Assembly have become show without doubt the noble ambition to open the road to a collective search for ways and means to maintain and strengthen international peace and security, the primary concern of the United Nations. 49. However, peace and security cannot be strengthened when millions upon millions of human beings are still suffering brutalizing; misery, daily humiliation, unpunished racial discrimination, anachronistic colonial exploitation and unacceptable foreign domination. The United Nations must redouble its efforts not only to settle conflicts but also to adopt applicable and urgent measures to encourage the economic and social development of all peoples. 50.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“As a member of the Special Committee on decolonization since its inception, my country is happy at the accession of Saint Lucia to international sovereignty and we express our happiness at seeing that new State join us here. This event is another step towards the implementation of the historic Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and brings us closer to that universality to which our Organization is tending. In offering a cordial and warm welcome to the delegation of Saint Lucia, my delegation wishes to assure it of our complete readiness to co-operate with it in a friendly and dynamic way. 48.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“A worthy representative of Latin America, he did honour to his continent and to his country, Colombia, and made a valuable contribution to the achievement of the noble ideals of our Organization. 46. I am also happy to express once again our gratification at the positive way in which our indefatigable Secretary-General, Mr. Kurt Waldheim, has carried out his own delicate and complex mission. We are convinced that, being able to count on the constant and effective support of his competent advisers, he will continue to persevere in his efforts to safeguard the gains made by and the prestige of our Organization and the achievement of its noble objectives. 47.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“These qualifications are highlighted by your youth, your dynamism and your affability, which were noted and acknowledged by the representatives of member States of the Organization of African Unity [OA U] when it unanimously proposed you as a candidate to assume the heavy duties of your very responsible post. I am extremely happy, laying aside all protocol formalities, to congratulate you on behalf of my delegation. We are deeply convinced that you will carry out your high duties with the ability, effectiveness, respect and careful attention which have always been the hallmarks of your personality. 45. I have pleasure also in reiterating our appreciation of the great qualifications and vast experience of your predecessor, Mr. Indalecio Lievano, which he displayed during the course of the last session.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“This year, tradition has led us to Africa—to East Africa—and more specifically to the United Republic of Tanzania, a country friendly towards my own and one whose wise policies Eire well known to all of us, serving a stable and strong nation. Apart from the honour done your people and the continent of Africa, Mr. President, the General Assembly's warm-hearted election of you to guide the work of the thirty-fourth session is without doubt a reflection of your perfect knowledge of international affairs and your own great qualifications as an enlightened diplomat, which have allowed you to preside successfully over the work 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 for almost eight years.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“My opening words must be addressed to the valiant people of Angola, whose great sufferings on this sad occasion we share. I refer to the untimely death of President Agostinho Neto, who was struck down at the helm. Agostinho Neto uncontestably belongs to the line of great men of noble ideals who devoted their lives to the defence of the interests of their peoples and who, because of their thinking and their actions, have shaped history. He was a man of culture, a poet and a humanist, and his loss was painfully felt by all the people of Mali, who admired him and who were planning to welcome him happily during the official visit he was to make to Mali next November. Bowing again in reverence to his memory, we remain convinced that his Party, the MPLA, will continue to work towards the goal to which he dedicated his efforts. 44.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“This noble objective must remain our aim and to achieve it there is still time to build in the place of this "great disorder" the new order of peace, which must of necessity be based on two pillars: an order of security and an order of justice. Let us proceed carefully, Gentlemen, although we are in a hurry.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The first results obtained were very modest, but they must not be underestimated, and our Organization should pursue untiringly its efforts to achieve new progress oh the road to general and complete disarmament in order to save mankind from the spectre of war and preserve it from general destruction. 208. In so doing our Assembly will be fulfilling the hopes of the peoples of the United Nations who, after the Second World War, undertook the commitment through the United Nations Charter. "... to save succeeding generations front the scourge of war, which twice in out lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind.. 209.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“still live in absolute poverty"20 and that this fact will for decades to come remain a gigantic problem. 204. Moreover there is no lack of means. Colossal sums are swallowed up daily in developing, manufacturing, perfecting and stocking more and more sophisticated and more and more murderous weapons because of the will to dominate and exploit which, unfortunately, has overcome the noble ideals of peace and justice in our common Charter. 205. The absurdity and danger of this disgusting waste increasingly shock the public conscience. 206. That is why, reflecting the anguished voices raised, the non-aligned countries took the initiative in the convening this year of. the tenth special session of the Assembly, which considered this worrying problem of the mad arms race. 207.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“As to the substantive rules of the new international order ..o be established, they must be based essentially on justice and equity because what is unacceptable is the law of the strongest; what is unacceptable is the excessive advantages that some States still have while others stagnate in disadvantageous situations. 203. It is unacceptable that, in order to live in opulence and waste, some countries take advantage of the poverty and growing indebtedness of the majority of peoples. It is unacceptable that the poor should not receive their proper share of the fruits of growth. It is unacceptable that, as the World Bank has just said so courageously in the conclusion of its annual report on development throughout the world "about 800 million people...”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The responsibility falls particularly on the so-called developed countries, which persistently reject a proper interpretation of the mandate of the so-called Committee of the Whole, or the Committee Established under General Assembly Resolution 32/174, or which threatened to block the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea by unilaterally enacting national legislation concerning the exploitation of the sea-bed in the international zone. Such attitudes, inspired by national selfishness, are contrary to the letter and spirit of General Assembly resolutions 2574 (XXIV) and 2749 (XXV). 202.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The dualism of the world is not only a new scandal but also a serious threat because of the crisis of the North, which is growing weaker in the face of a considerable increase in the power of the South. 200. In terms of the drafting of the new international order, a year ago we established a world institutional framework to promote dialogue on the development of this order and to promote its establishment. 201. Unfortunately, that last-chance dialogue is at a standstill today.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Recently, in June, the Ministers of the countries members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development acknowledged for the first time the need for interdependence and the importance of the concept of the mutual interests of the industrialized and the developing countries. 198. It is a fact that this implacable law of interdependence, which today characterizes the international community, commits us to make a more appropriate reply to the legitimate aspirations of our world, which is facing one of the greatest challenges of mankind. That is what n at stake here—the very survival of two-thirds of the human race. 199. It is within our ability to act in such a way that a profound and thorough change can be made in international economic relations without delay.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Their profound guiding philosophy remains that the world economic order should be based on a system at the centre of which is a minority of opulent countries and on the periphery is the majority of dependent countries providing raw materials. However, the serious crisis which has been troubling the world economy in the 1970s has shown how vain that doctrine is. The many attempts at various levels to neutralize this crisis have proved in vain. 196. Should we be pessimistic? It seems that we can discern some changes in attitudes, in sensitivity and even in the positions adopted. 197.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Worse, throughout the world food has become a source of profit, an instrument for economic and political control, and a means of assuring effective domination of some over the rest of the world, particularly over the "damned of the earth". So the "green revolution" has aggravated the inequalities between the rich exploiters and the enslaved poor. 193. In order to meet the imperative needs of development, African countries are more and more becoming indebted to the privileged countries. 194. So that is "how the other half of the world is dying". That is the disturbing picture we have of the world economic and social situation. 195. In that situation, the reactions of the industrialized countries are disquieting.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The 20 African countries which are among the least advanced of the world recorded in the 1970s an annual average growth of only 0.6 per capita of their gross internal product, while the annual average for all the developing countries was 2.7 per cent. 191. Along the same line of thought, the aims defined by the World Food Conference, held in Rome in 1974 and the 1977 Programme of Action to Eradicate Hunger and Malnutrition contained in the Manila Communiqué of the World Food Councili9 have remained pious hopes. Food production, despite the praiseworthy efforts of the African countries, scarcely attained the annual rate of population growth. It has been established, unfortunately, that that trend will be difficult to reverse as long as the transfer of resources to the agriculture of those countries continues to decline. 192.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Those who have recourse to such restrictions imposed on the developing countries even forget that they may go against the aim they have in mind because they jeopardize a much higher rate of exports. 189. Furthermore, those protectionist .practices that are being observed in the economic policies of some industrialized countries give a disquieting dimension to the deterioration in the terms of trade and further stress the iniquity of the rules of international commerce. 190. In that general context, the African countries are becoming increasingly a sounding-board for those evils which affect the world economy.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“What is more, four-fifths of those credits for so-called public assistance contribute to the operation of the economic machinery of the donors in the form of wages and salaries of the famous cohorts of experts and technical assistants of all kinds and the orders to the enterprises of the industrialized countries. 187. The second terrifying aspect of the general economic situation lies in the devastating effects of the present crisis on the world economy, which is so severely affecting the economies of the developing countries. 188. The slowing down-of general economic activity has meant a curbing of international trade and has intensified protectionism against developing countries.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Moreover, to be comprehensive, it should be stated that, according to the sources of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, whose Development Assistance Committee has just published its annual report, the total of $65 billion for 1977 includes only $21 billion for public assistance, of which an alarmingly increasing place is occupied by financing at very heavy interest out of a concern, as we know for sheer profit and a regression in the percentage of the gross national product which has not only not reached the target of 0.7, but has dropped from 0.33 per cent in 1976 to 0.31 per cent in 1977. 186.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Indeed, as the Second United Nations Development Decade is coming to a close, the precariousness of their economic and social circumstances and the problem of their survival are acute. 184. While 2,500 people are dying every day-I repeat "every day"-the resources made available to the developing countries by the 17 richest countries in the world have gone from $59 billion in 1976 to $65 billion only in 1977—an insignificant increase—less than the rise in the cost of living. 185.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“That is how the people and Government of Mali conceive the possible creation and function of an inter- African force. 181. The peace and security to which mankind aspires are more than ever conditional upon the happiness and prosperity of all. 182. It is becoming clearer each day to everyone that the world cannot find real peace, and that even the richest countries or the richest strata of the so-called developed societies cannot find a secure future, as long as the huge imbalances between nations have not been overcome. 183. At the end of this year 1978 the two-thirds of mankind living in anguish are still wondering what the new year holds for them. Quite clearly, they are not really expecting an improvement in their already tragic situation.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“That is why on that very important question, President Moussa Traore, the Head of State of Mali, was at pains to clarify Mali's position at the fifteenth ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU, held at Khartoum in July, by saying, among other things: "If tomorrow it were a matter of setting up a continental force to intensify our struggles for economic and political independence, Mali would be among the first in line in Africa. But that force could only be African, conceived by Africans to guarantee the freedom and security of Africans. An inter-African force would be an impregnable buttress against any foreign aggressor deemed to be such by the Africans. Its vocation would not be to entrench internal unrest or to serve as a protective umbrella for the maintenance of colonial privileges." 180.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“That is why my country will spare no effort and will support any action—provided it is African action-to promote a proper solution to that conflict between brothers that would take into account the legitimate aspirations of the Saharan people and the no less legitimate stability of the States of the region. 178. Concerning other inter-African conflicts, people have sought to make us believe that they could be resolved by setting up a so-called inter-African force. Vigilance permitted us immediately to realize that such a force, if not established by the OAU within the framework of the liberation of Africa, might become a convenient instrument for enslavement. 179.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“We invite the United Nations to espouse and respect the concerns of the Organization of African Unity [OAUJ, which hopes that the administering Power may complete its undertaking of decolonization, observing the cardinal principles of the OAU Charter, which are: territorial integrity, respect for the frontiers left by the colonialism and non-interference in the affairs of the Comorians. 176. In the north-west of the continent the conflict of Western Sahara is of concern on more than one count to the people and Government of Mali. Not only is that conflict being waged on our frontiers but it also sets at odds fraternal neighbour States with which Mali has the best of relations. 177.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“From this podium, we appeal earnestly to those States to show greater understanding because our peoples cannot stand these serious attacks on their dignity very much longer. Furthermore, it is the duty of every one to abide by the purposes and principles of the Charter and the noble ideals enshrined therein. Human rights here, as elsewhere, must receive the same solicitude. 174. The rest of Africa also has been very rudely put to the test as a result of the colonial phenomenon. Africa has been shaken by attempts at recolonization and destabilization. 175. Thus the Comoros have seen unrest with the intervention of mercenaries, those sworn enemies of the continent, the worst of whom have even been put at the head of that afflicted brother State.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Whether it is a matter of Namibia, Zimbabwe or South Africa it is quite clear that these racist white minority regimes could not have stayed in power—let alone arrogantly pursued their policy of oppression, exploitation and racial segregation—had they not benefited from the complacence, the support and the complicity of certain Member States of our Organization which, none the less, seek the friendship and the co-operation of the African peoples. 172. Recently serious revelations had been made on the violations by European transnational corporations of the economic sanctions instituted by our Organization against the rebel regime of Salisbury. These facts, which are established, show the international responsibility of certain States, and not those among the least, for the persistence of the crises in southern Africa. 173.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“application of this resolution, throughout the length and breadth of my country democratic people's organization and organizations of young people, women and workers organized large-scale demonstrations designed to make public opinion as fully aware as possible of the realities of apartheid and to show their solidarity with their oppressed brothers in South Africa and so to contribute in their own way to isolating the racist regime even more. 171.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The conclusions of the recent World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, held in Geneva in August last (see A/33/262], amply showed the need to step up the struggle to eliminate racism, racial discrimination and apartheid. 169. It is in this same perspective that the peace-loving and justice-loving world celebrated the International Anti- Apartheid Year in accordance with General Assembly resolution 32/105 B. 170. In.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“These military expeditions without a doubt are serious offences against the sovereignty of those States and dangerously jeopardize international peace and security in the region. 166. In South Africa the dignity and freedom of 20 million blacks continue to be flouted by the unacceptable system of apartheid. Our Organization has repeatedly denounced and condemned this odious policy which has been declared a crime against humanity. In spite of everything, far from improving the situation continues to worsen. Thousands of South African patriots in the ANC and PAC are still huddled in the white racist prisons. The exploitation and repression have attained unimaginable proportions. 167. Faced with this tragedy the international community has reacted by taking measures designed to remove this scourge. 168.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Here it is another racist minority regime, the illegal regime of Ian Smith, which is opposed to any solution likely to lead to the application of simple democratic rule of the majority in that Territory. 163. We now see clearly that the so-called "internal settlement" has settled absolutely nothing at all, since it took no account of the real representatives of the sons of Zimbabwe in the Patriotic Front, which is and remains the only valid spokesman for any process of settlement of the Rhodesian question. 164. To these peaceful solutions put forward by the valiant freedom fighters Smith and his puppets reply by increasingly ferocious repression and give themselves over in their arrogance to criminal acts of open aggression against the independent neighbour States of Botswana, Mozambique and Zambia. 165.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Africa dares to hope that those who believed in the sincerity and serious-minded approach of the racist regime of South Africa will have heeded all the lessons to be learned from their sharp setback and will admit that it is high time for the international community to assume its responsibilities by making every effort totally to isolate a regime which has voluntarily put itself in the dock. In this respect my delegation associates itself with any measure of total and complete embargo against South Africa and harbours the hope that that decision will be vigorously observed by all Member States, including the five Western Powers that sponsored the plan rejected by Pretoria. 162. In Zimbabwe the situation is no different.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“This reaction, this turnabout, came as no surprise to my country in so far as we were and have been long aware that the racist regime of Pretoria would do everything possible to bring to naught any attempt to make Namibia a really free and sovereign State. Indeed, to survive, the racist minority South African regime needs to surround itself with a buffer zone of puppet States. Hence any solution which would not make of Namibia another bantustan could never be acceptable to the South African racists. 159. For the Namibian people, with SWAPO at its head, and for the African peoples, this masquerade shows that there is only one choice: armed struggle. 160. My delegation dares to believe that the time devoted to the Western plan will not have been spent in vain. 161.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The sending to Namibia of the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General "and the publication of the report on his mission concerning the best way of carrying out the mandate entrusted to him by the Security Council brought a glimmer of hope, which has unfortunately just been snuffed out with the unilateral decision- of the proponents of apartheid to carry out so-called elections, which would, lead the Namibian people to only nominal independence, whereas the Western plan provided for democratic elections under the auspices of the United Nations, the democratic outcome of which, of course, must worry the illegal regime of Pretoria. 158.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“After the successive victories of the nationalist forces, which have forced the South African enemy to come to the negotiating table, the heroic people of Namibia, under the clear-sighted direction and guidance of the South West Africa People's Organization [SWAPOJ, its sole authentic representative, has agreed to the proposal for a peaceful settlement of the Namibian question, put forward by the five Western Powers members of the Security Council, which, in its resolution 431(1978), took the first steps towards the full implementation of the proposals of this settlement plan. 157.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“For many years our Organization has been devoting an important part of its time to the search for proper solutions to the explosive situations that persist in that part of cur continent, where people are still suffering from colonial domination in these final years of the twentieth century. 155. Concerning Namibia, our Assembly held its ninth special session this year. This session had to deal with recent developments in the situation. 156.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Respect for these requirements would make possible the peaceful reunification of the country on the basis of three principles of reunification stipulated in the North- South joint communiqué of July 1972. 151. There can be no doubt that as the result of such a measure we should see seated in our world Organization the true representatives of a people whose experience would surely be valuable. 152. In this world of torment and anguish the African continent remains, unfortunately the most afflicted, a victim of violence and of attempts at destabilization, with areas of outdated tensions and internal conflicts. 153. In its southern part, Africa is still suffering from colonialism and is still struggling against a system which is repugnant to human conscience—I mean the hideous system of apartheid. 154.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“The Korean question, which has for too long been on the agenda of the various sessions of our Assembly, must be finally settled in accordance with the resolution 3390 B (XXX) of the United Nations General Assembly, which, it should be remembered, has from the beginning been the guarantor of the integrity of Korea. My country continues to think that, as that resolution sets forth, the real solution is based on strict respect for the following imperatives: first, the withdrawal of all foreign troops stationed in South Korea under the fallacious cover of the United Nations; secondly, the dissolution of the so-called "United Nations Command". 150.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“My country feels that any solution of the crisis in Cyprus must be based on the safeguarding of the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and non-alignment policy of that State. 147. To achieve this, intercommunal talks are the best means of getting out of the impasse. Hence an appeal should be addressed to both communities to restart those talks, with the assistance and under the auspices of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 148. The Asian subcontinent can have only a precarious peace as long as Korea has not been properly reunified. 149.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)
“Of course, it goes without saying that only a comprehensive settlement associating in the peace process all of the interested parties, and particularly the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole authentic representative of the Palestinian people, can resolve the crisis. 144. In this context, our country feels that the Lebanese question cannot be isolated from the Middle East situation in general, because of the struggle between the various factions at odds and because of the support they are receiving from abroad. Thus, detente in Lebanon has to come through an improvement in the Middle East situation as a whole. 145. Asia continues to be unsettled. In western Asia there is still a persistent arena of tension in Cyprus, where the situation is still of concern because there it has reached an impasse. 146.”
1978-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 33 (1978)