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first: 1975-09-24
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“First and foremost, there has been the North-South dialogue in Paris, or the Conference on International Economic Co-operation, which, had it not been for the ingenuity of the co-chairmen, would have failed because of the differences on the problem of the establishment of a common fund for commodities and the problem of public debt in the third world. Although we recognize that that Conference has some merit, the fact remains that we have no illusions about the results, for we still see no sign of a genuine thaw. 87.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Even before the world crisis the developing countries were finding it difficult to keep up with the implacable needs of development, and now their situation has worsened as a result both of the decrease in their resources and of the reduced flow of the foreign capital necessary for them to maintain their growth rate. According to recent estimates by the World Bank, there has been a zero growth rate, since 1975, in the per capita income in the least developed among the developing countries. 85. The various conferences held for the purpose of setting up the structures of the new international economic order have yielded very meagre results indeed. 86.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“More than two years after the sixth special session and one year after the seventh special session, which established the bases of a new international economic order to redress the imbalance, no progress has been made in the implementation of the celebrated Declaration and the Program of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order [resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI)], which are the basis and the charter of that new international economic order. 84. World-wide inflation, the recession in the industrialized countries and the iniquities of international trade have only widened the gap between the developed countries and the developing countries.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“In this connexion we would recommend to the Assembly for assessment and consideration the resolution adopted at the Colombo Conference, in which the convening of a special session of the General Assembly on this question was proposed. [A/31/197, annex IV, resolution 12.] 82. As I said during the general debate last year, the insecurity which characterizes the international situation in regard to peace is also, unfortunately, a feature of the world economic situation. The same division exists, namely, the developed world on one side and the third world or the developing world on the other. 83.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The Fascist and belligerent regimes, such as those of Pretoria, Taiwan and Tel Aviv, now have nuclear capability thanks to official transactions. The world is living with the specter of self-destruction, while it must at the same time cope with the most serious challenges in its long history. But the words of the Preamble of the Charter are before us to remind us of the solemn commitments which we have undertaken vis-a-vis future generations. There is still time for the international community to come to its senses and resolutely move towards genuine disarmament, that is, general, complete and controlled disarmament. 81.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“V.] No one is any longer deceived and no State any longer believes in the theory of collective security, which nevertheless remains vital for the survival of mankind. That is why increasing amounts are being spent on armaments. 79. Again in the introduction to his report the Secretary- General indicated this when he said: "... while the world spends approximately $300 billion a year on armaments, the net flow of official development assistance amounts to some $15 billion a year. Resources devoted to the arms race since the end of the Second World War have exceeded $6,000 billion} which is roughly equivalent to the 1976 gross national product of the entire world." [Ibid.] That is stupefying! 464 80. Vertical and horizontal nuclear proliferation is continuing. The "grey" market is expanding daily.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [resolution 2373 (XXII), annex] and the partial disarmament agreements concluded thus far have, as we have always said, been- outside the framework of real disarmament, that is to say, general, complete and con-trolled disarmament. The second round of the strategic arms limitations talks remains suspended and the conference on the mutual and balanced reduction of forces in central Europe seems to have come to a standstill. 78. As the Secretary-General so aptly said in the introduction to his report on the work of the Organization: "Any significant advance towards a system of world order based on collective responsibility will depend upon a degree of disarmament and upon a climate of confidence, both of which are lacking today." [See Aftl/l/ Add. 1, sect.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Resolution 3390 B (XXX) remains valid in this connexion; our Organization must require that all its provisions be implemented. 76. As we have just seen, the international situation once again confirms that the third world is not benefiting from detente; its promoters in any case conceived it only for the European continent and related areas beyond the Atlantic. The detente held out to us is based more on a balance of terror than on a real political desire to promote peace and true collective security in the world. Because of that, its foundations are fragile and its scope limited. 77. The third world has become accustomed to this cruel reality. That is why the arms race is being frantically pursued.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“That is why my delegation believes that its dissolution is imperative, as was decreed by the General Assembly in its resolution 3390 B (XXX), which was not implemented because of the obstruction of certain Member States. 75. The Koreans and the Koreans alone must be allowed to settle their dispute without any foreign interference. The foreign armed forces now in place there must be withdrawn unconditionally, in order to make it possible for negotiations to resume between the two parties on the basis of the 4 July 1972 joint communique of their Red Cross Societies. The Armistice Agreement of 27 My 1953 is no longer relevant, and it must be replaced by a peace agreement. In the settlement of the Korean crisis,' the United Nations must ensure the territorial integrity of the country, which it has pledged to guarantee.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Indeed, during this incident the so-called United Nations Command in Korea was receiving its instructions from a third authority and not from our Organization. 74. We must draw a lesson from that. In fact, the United Nations served only to lend its name throughout the Korean war. It is only by making use of this subterfuge that the southern part of the country was turned into a military base for aggression, endowed with a formidable arsenal which even includes nuclear warheads. That is an example of the danger to peace and security in South-East Asia as a result of the tension persisting in Korea, as well as indication of the gravity of our responsibilities in maintaining the so-called United Nations Command.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The praiseworthy efforts that the Secretary-General continues to make to establish a basis for resumed negotiations among the parties should be supported and encouraged by our Assembly. 73. When I spoke a moment ago about South-East Asia, I said that there was only relative peace there. I would add that it will remain precarious so long as that sub-continent continues to be plagued by the access of the Korean crisis. This was dramatically revealed by the well-known tree- cutting incident of August last. It was quite possible that that incident could have degenerated into open hostilities, and our Organization would have found itself involved, even though it has no effective responsibility in the country.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Indeed, since the adoption by the General Assembly in 1974 of resolution 3212 (XXIX), no progress has been made in the inter- communal talks which that resolution recommended to the parties and which constitute the most appropriate framework for negotiating a just and lasting settlement of the crisis, that is to say, a settlement that would safeguard the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and policy of non-alignment of the Republic of Cyprus, which our Organization has pledged to guarantee. 72. The five series of talks held under the auspices of the Secretary-General and his Special Representative in Cyprus have not produced any significant result. However, the doors are still open to new attempts at a settlement.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The Committee which was established to that end at the last session of the General Assembly was unfortunately not able to carry out its mission owing to Israel's categorical refusal to co-operate with it. We must therefore see to it at this session that the Tel Aviv Government gives up its negative and belligerent attitude. If necessary, we must force it to do so by having recourse to the relevant provisions of the Charter. Let us not wait until violence breaks out in the area before attempting to contain it. Let us act in accordance with our responsibilities while there is still time. That is the price for a return to a just and lasting peace in this martyred land of the Middle East. 71. The other center of tension in western Asia, Cyprus, continues to be a source of concern to us.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The United Nations must therefore reactivate the process of finding a settlement to the Middle East crisis before it is too late. It is above all up to the United Nations to implement the relevant resolutions which it adopted on the question and which established the framework, namely, Israel's unconditional withdrawal from all the occupied Arab territories and the restoration of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. 70. This latter question is at the very heart of the Middle East crisis. That is why our Organization believes that the return of the Palestinian people to its homeland, which was usurped by international Zionism, is the sine qua non for a settlement.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Tension is mounting in the Middle East and Israel continues to arm itself feverishly and to strengthen its alliance and military co-operation with the racist and Fascist regime in Pretoria. The theory of secure and recognized boundaries advanced by the officials in Tel Aviv is more and more being replaced by that of secure and defensible boundaries. The establishment of settlements, which has become State policy, is being frantically pursued in the occupied Arab territories. The "Koenig plan" is being hatched; here we have an antisocial plan which advocates a series of measures to check the growth of the Arab population in the country. 69. The situation in the Middle East remains more explosive than ever. Israel's boasting and untimely out-bursts can ignite the powder at any moment.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Returning to western Asia, we note that there has been no progress in settling the two crises which have existed there for a number of years, namely, the crisis in the Middle East and the crisis in Cyprus. 66. The situation in the first case is stalled because Israel refuses to abide by the relevant decisions of our Organization. The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, created by General Assembly resolution 3376 (XXX), has had no greater success with the authorities in Tel Aviv. 67. The tragedy which continues to tear Lebanon apart and which indeed is a constant and daily threat to the very existence of that country and its people is one of the tragic consequences of the lack of improvement in the situation in that region. 68.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The fact that some major Powers have paralysed the United Nations gives Africans no alternative but to wage an armed struggle to win their inalienable right to freedom. We shall not retreat because ours is a just fight and our victory is inevitable. Azania, Zimbabwe and Namibia will be liberated. Mayotte will become part of the Comorian group, to which it has never ceased to belong. France has illegally occupied that province of the Comoros and must give it up immediately. 64. No stalling tactics, regardless of how subtle they may be, and no military force can prevent the African peoples from achieving their final goal, namely, the total liberation of the last bastions of colonialism and racism in Africa. The last vestiges of colonialism will also be uprooted from the continents of Asia and Latin America by their people. 65.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“We consider in this connexion that the historic communique of the Council of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the five Nordic countries published at Copenhagen on 20 August last is an exceptional contribution to the liberation struggle of Africa. We should like to extend our thanks and congratulations to the peoples and Governments of those countries who have not spared their material, moral and political support to the freedom fighters. 62. My delegation condemns, however, the recent agreement between South Africa and France on a nuclear power station. 63. The international community will assume sole responsibility for the racial confrontation brought about by its own inertia.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“For our part we would contradict that incorrect theory and say that the world has not known peace since 1939. The theater of war has moved from Europe to the third world, where violence has at times been extreme. 60. Africa, like Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia, does not need the "compassion" of those theoreticians and, if necessary, it will take up arms to free itself from the yoke of the racist regime of Pretoria and the rebel clique of Ian Smith. The peoples of those countries are on a war footing and they are determined today more than ever to recover the land of their ancestors and to determine their own future. The killings at Soweto, Alexandra and other black ghettos in South Africa have only made them stronger. 61.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“In the terminology of those "mentors", the wars in Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia, in the course of which the aggressors and their allies in the South-East Asia Treaty Organization used the means of mass destruction and extermination in a vain attempt to reduce the peoples of those countries to subjection, those wars are merely local conflicts. A more cynical view, indeed, could not be taken. It is not a well-known fact that in Viet Nam alone the quantities of bombs that were dropped during the 30 years of the national liberation struggle equaled in force all the bombardments that took place during the Second World War? From January to August 1973, from 4,000 to 5,000 tons of bombs per month were dropped on Cambodia, which is the equivalent of six atomic bombs of the type used at Hiroshima.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The bloodshed at Soweto, the general uprising of the blacks and the Coloreds in the large towns of South Africa against the inhumanity of apartheid and the savage and blind repression which followed, and which indeed continues today, reminded the international community of the ugly nature of the Fascist regime in Pretoria. 59. Some like to say, perhaps to quiet their consciences, that for the past three decades there has been no war in the world. For them, regardless of the number of the victims, an armed confrontation is no undue source of concern, unless the arena is Europe and unless it endangers the major military Powers.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The sessions of the General Assembly give us an opportunity to review the international situation, to sum up what we have done for peace over the past year and to contemplate the future in the light of the objectives of the Charter. In this connexion, while we may say that relative peace has reigned in South-East Asia since the victory in the spring of 1975 of the patriotic fronts in Viet Nam, Cambodia and Laos, at the same time we must realize that with respect to certain sources of tension, the focus has shifted to Africa and western Asia.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“In the opinion of my delegation, the imperative task before us, namely the democratization and the rationalization of our institutions, requires that we reconsider the veto right of some Member States in the organ which is primarily responsible for the maintenance of peace in the world, the raison d'Stre of our Organization, this question must occupy a central role in our efforts to revise the Charter and restructure our institutions. The efficiency and the credibility of the United Nations depend on that action. I remain convinced that everyone has a proper appreciation of the importance of what is at stake. 58.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Assured of impunity, thanks to the protection of their allies, they are openly challenging our Organization and have done so for a number of decades. That is why, at its thirteenth session, the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of OAU, meeting at Port Louis, adopted a resolution calling for a reconsideration of the veto right in the United Nations. We are sure that a number of delegations here present share the views and concern of OAU on that question. 57.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“In such fundamental questions of the admission of States, a single Member can no longer assert certain domestic considerations which have little to do with the mission assigned to the Organization by its Charter. It is reprehensible indeed that a single negative vote can cancel out the positive votes of 14 other members of the Security Council. That is a denial of the principles of democracy. We must put an end to that anomaly which paralyses our Organization and discredits us in the eyes of the peoples of the world which we represent. 56. The improper use of the veto right by certain permanent members of the Security Council has blocked the process of decolonization in southern Africa and has put a brake on effective action by the international community to bring down the racist and rebel regimes of Pretoria, Salisbury and Tel Aviv.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The thirty-first session of the General Assembly must live up to its responsibilities and assert what is right and just concerning the admission of those two States, which find the door of the United Nations unfairly closed to them by reason of the improper use of the veto right by the United States of America. 55. The maintenance of that exorbitant privilege which was granted by the founders at San Francisco to the allied Governments following their victory over Nazism can no longer be justified and is no longer in keeping with present-day reality or with simple justice. The decisions of the United Nations must reflect the interests of all the Member States.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“It is also a victory for the United Nations, which has solemnly proclaimed in its Charter the right of all peoples to freedom and independence. 54. The international Community can no longer tolerate the unjustified and unbearable obstruction of the admission of the People's Republic of Angola and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to the United Nations. More and more people here are speaking out against those attempts, because they undermine the prestige of our Organization and are also a flagrant violation of the principle of universality, which is the very strength of our Organization. The admission of the People's Republic of Angola and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam cannot be postponed any longer, without defying democracy and calling into question the moral authority of the United Nations.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“My delegation would like also to take this opportunity to pay a tribute to the victory of the valiant Angolan people over the imperialist forces and their puppets who tried to block their independence. We bow humbly in memory of all those patriots who have fallen for the sacred cause of freedom in Angola. The People's Republic of Angola is a reality today which the world cannot ignore. It is a member of OAU and is recognized by nearly all the States Members of our Organization. The victory of the heroic people of Angola, who fought spontaneously under the banner of the Movimento Popular de Libertao de Angola [MPLA], under the leadership of Agostinho Neto, is the victory of all peace-loving peoples in the world over colonialists and racists.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Kurt Waldheim, during his brief term of office, has traveled to all continents of the world to take our Organization's message of hope. My delegation wishes to express to him our appreciation for the exceptional contribution that he has made with his characteristic political courage to strengthening the role of the United Nations throughout the world. 52. Scarcely two months after OAU did so, the United Nations, on 21 September last, admitted a new Member, the Republic of Seychelles. My delegation bids welcome to that fraternal country and extends to its Government and people our warmest congratulations. We wish to pledge to them Mali's fraternal co-operation. A multiracial country and member of OAU, which acceded to independence in peace and concord, the Seychelles will, I am sure, make a valuable contribution to our work. 53.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Gaston Thorn, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, who so skilfully conducted the proceedings of the thirtieth session of the General Assembly. Thanks to his talents and vitality, he steered our difficult debates clear of a number of shoals. His success was particularly welcome to me because Luxembourg and my country have very friendly relations, both bilaterally and within the association of members of the European Economic Community and of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group, in which he has been a prime mover. 51. My delegation would not like to conclude these comments without expressing to the Secretary-General our appreciation for the outstanding services that he has rendered to the cause of peace and harmony in the world. He is a trustworthy man with a sense of duty. Mr.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“That distinguished name of Bandaranaike which she so proudly bears calls forth moving memories of important stages in the emancipation struggle of the Afro-Asian peoples. 49. President of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, representative of the Chairman of the Co-ordinating Committee on non-aligned countries, Chair-man of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor beyond the limits of National Jurisdiction, and Chairman of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories- Mr. Amerasinghe has all the qualities and experience needed to conduct our work. The delegation of Mali wishes, through me, to assure him of our active co-operation. 50. Secondly, I wish, through you, Mr. President, sincerely to thank Mr.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“At New Delhi in March-April 1947, at Belgrade in September 1961, earlier at Colombo in April 1954 and at Bandung in April 1955, Sri Lanka was instrumental in building the anti-colonialist and anti-imperialist movements of Africa and Asia. My country has participated in all the third-world conferences since Bandung and can bear witness to this statement. 48. It was in view of that exceptional contribution to the awakening of those who have been exploited and colonized on the five continents that the Fifth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, meeting at Colombo, appointed Mrs. Bandaranaike, the Prime Minister of that country, Chairman of the non-aligned movement.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“With the Assembly's permission, my delegation would like to discharge what to us is an especially important duty. I hope it will not embarrass Mr. Amerasingihe if I extend to him our warmest congratulations on his election as President of the thirty-first session of the General Assembly. 46. That tribute was paid to him because of his outstanding qualities as a state-man and an experienced diplomat. It is also a tribute to his country, Sri Lanka, an Asian country which has played a decisive role in the growing self-awareness of the Afro-Asian peoples of the world. 47. One of the principal promoters of Pan-Asianism and the Afro-Asian spirit, Sri Lanka is a founding member of the movement of the non-aligned countries, which today encompasses nearly all the countries of the third world.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“We must be able to overcome our limitations in order to control and direct events and to assume full responsibility for the evolution of our society. 164. Thirty years for a man, just as for an organization like ours, is the threshold of maturity. At that age the errors of adolescence can no longer be permitted. That is what we proved at the seventh special session. Our Organization will have to approach a new phase of its existence with the same spirit of joint responsibility if we really wish to meet the challenges the world is facing at this decisive phase of its evolution. That is, at any rate, the price of our salvation. It is up to the Assembly to speak,”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“I shall simply limit myself then to mentioning here that after long and laborious negotiations, the seventh special session made possible the resumption of the dialog between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres on the establishment of a new international economic order. 162. The United Nations of 1975 with its tendency towards universality is not the United Nations of the' 1950s. Today it cannot be content with arrangements that safeguard the interests of some of the Member States to the detriment of the great majority of the international community. 163. Confrontation has only narrowly been avoided. The thirtieth session gives us an opportunity to continue the dialog and to envisage broader international negotiations which should allow us to lay the foundations of a new international economic order.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“That session concluded that it was necessary to establish a new international economic order which would be based on the equitable distribution of the world's income. I am speaking about the sixth special session which: was convened here in 1974 on the initiative of the non- aligned countries. 159. The Declaration and the Program of Action adopted during that rescue session have been rejected by the industrialized market-economy countries which are trying to preserve the privileges they inherited from the old order. 160. The seventh special session gave us an opportunity to explain our points of view on the problems of development and co-operation. My delegation voluntarily is quite willing not to reopen the debate on those questions as they have already been thoroughly examined. 161.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The insecurity which characterizes the international situation is unfortunately also a feature of world economic policy. In fact, because of the injustice of the principles that govern economic relations among States, the world tends more and more to be divided in two the world of the poor and that of the wealthy. However, the latest energy and raw materials crisis revealed in good time the interdependence of States. 157. No country, be it rich or poor, has escaped inflation or the consequent recession. The established order seems to be cracking under the pressure of the injustices and contradictions that characterize it. 158. A special session was convened to save the world from the chaos which threatens it.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“In Azania and in Southern Rhodesia, the white minorities stubbornly pursue their policy of separate development, while in Namibia, a Territory under United Nations trusteeship, the racist regime of Pretoria organizes a masquerade of consultations in order to institutionalize the policy of apartheid and accelerate the process of annexation of the country to the segregationist State of South Africa. 154. The United Nations must put an end to this situation and accept its responsibilities, in the face of these rebel regimes which openly flout the principles of the Charter. 155. The delegation of Mali for its part reaffirms its unreserved support for the national liberation movements struggling throughout the world for the independence of their countries. 156.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The independent State of the Comoros has been a member of the Organization of African Unity since the twelfth ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government held at Kampala last July. Our Organization must take this fully into account and guarantee the independence and territorial integrity of that country. 152. Despite some reasons for satisfaction in the field of decolonization, the African continent remains under occupation, in particular in the southern part by segregationist and colonialist regimes. 153.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“In order to stop the continuing civil war, my delegation urgently appeals to the national liberation movements of Angola to transcend their differences and establish unity of action before the date fixed for the accession to independence of the country. Furthermore, it calls upon all States Members of our Organization to refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of this country and to respect its territorial integrity. There is no doubt that the Angolan people, which has paid dearly for its independence and liberty, during 14 years of struggle against the colonialist regimes of Salazar and Caetano, will be able to reconcile its differences and achieve unity in order to assume its responsibilities, on 11 November 1975. 151.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“This anachronistic phenomenon, after having suffered a certain setback in the 1960s, seemed to have become stabilized at the beginning of this decade. 148. But with the overthrow of the Fascist and colonialist regime of Lisbon in April 1974, decolonization has taken a certain turn in Africa. 149. Indeed, of four Territories under Portuguese domination, three have acceded to the status of sovereign State and are today full Members of our Organization. As to the fourth, Angola, the proclamation of whose independence has been set for 11 November, the situation is more and more alarming. 150. The subtle play of foreign interference, which my Government deplores and condemns, has led to the radicalization of positions within the country and to the deterioration of the internal situation.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The so-called universality invoked by the United States tojustify its bargaining has not deceived anyone. 146. Recognition of the Seoul administration as having the character of a Member of our Organization will certainly not resolve the Korean crisis, as some would have us believe. The solution is essentially to be found in the withdrawal of the United Nations from that country and the transformation of the armistice into a true peace agreement. That is exactly what is proposed in the draft resolution which was submitted for the Assembly's consideration by a certain number of countries, including my own [see A/10191 and Add. 1-3]. 147. I should not like to close this part of my statement on the problems of peace and war without evoking the problem of colonialism, which constitutes one of the main factors of insecurity in Africa.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Thus for our Organization to recognize that the Seoul administration meets the criteria for becoming a Member of the Organization, without the prior agreement of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, would be to violate its own resolutions. 142. There remains, in any case, a jurisprudence which is authoritative in the field and which has been applied recently. 143. The fate of the puppet cliques of Seoul could not possibly be linked to that of the legal Governments of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of South Viet Nam. 144. As a guarantor of the territorial integrity of Korea, our Organization could not in conscience decide on its partition without denying itself, because that is in fact what is asked of it. 145.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“It cannot therefore aspire to the same treatment as that accorded to the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of South Viet Nam, which are independent and sovereign States according to international law. 139. Korea remains for the United Nations a country divided against the will of its people. All the resolutions which it has adopted on the question guarantee the unified character of the State and preserve its territorial integrity. 140. Thus a United Nations Commission for the Reconstruction and Peaceful Reunification of Korea was established by one of the first decisions of our Organization on the crisis. 141.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The last wishes of the Father of the Nation, the great Ho Chi Minh, to whose memory my delegation pays a solemn tribute, have thus been realized. 136. The United States of America, which has not yet recovered from its defeat in Indo-China, has thought of nothing better than to use its veto in the Security Council to block the admission of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of South Viet Nam to the United Nations, to the surprise of all. 137. The international climate today does not lend itself to "package deals", that impudent bargaining, a relic of the cold war, which it offers us. 138. Moreover, the Seoul administration, which is maintaining itself by repressing democratic and popular forces, is not a Government representative of the southern part of Korea.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The state of "neither war nor peace" which has prevailed in the Middle East since the October 1975 war carries within itself the seeds of a conflagration which could one day engulf the region. 133. The year 1975 has certainly been a most eventful year. Its first half was marked particularly by the debacle of the aggressive forces in Indo-China. 134. The longest and most murderous war of our time thus ended with the victory of the heroic Indo-Chinese peoples, who defended inch by inch the sacred soil of their homeland. The myth of material superiority has crumbled. The whole world has hailed the victory of the Vietnamese peoples as its own victory. 135. Having now regained their liberty and independence, the latter are getting ready for the task of national reconstruction and the peaceful reunification of their homeland.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“It is under these conditions, and only under these conditions, that the people of Cyprus will achieve the peace it needs. 129. Regarding the Middle East crisis, its settlement is dependent upon the unconditional withdrawal of Israel from all occupied Arab territories and the restoration to the Palestinian people of its homeland, which has been usurped by international Zionism. 130. After having recognized in 1974 the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, our Assembly must in the course of this session take the decisive step of implementing that decision. That is the only possible reply to the challenge which the Government of Tel Aviv has continued to present to the international community for 27 years. 131. A return to peace in that region requires a global solution. 132.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The severe crises which persist in the Mediterranean region and in Asia more precisely in Cyprus, the Middle East and Korea are the detonators which could at any moment precipitate the holocaust which threatens mankind. 125. We are thus perfectly aware of the grave danger to the world caused by these abscesses on the flanks of Europe and Asia. 126. In regard to Cyprus, the Secretary-General must continue to offer his good offices to the parties, for the United Nations constitutes the most appropriate framework for the inter-communal talks which can only be successful if they are free from outside interference. 127. The sovereignty of the State, the territorial integrity of the island and the policy of non-alignment of its Government must at all costs be safeguarded. 128.”
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“The continued strengthening of the awesome arsenals of the major nuclear Powers and the proliferation of bases of death throughout the world are not likely to create between States the climate of confidence that is indispensable for the establishment of a true dialog on the general, complete and controlled disarmament for which we hope. 122. That is why the international agreements concluded thus far on this question do not bear on the substance of the problem but rather on its secondary aspects, thus permitting the vertical proliferation of this deadly weapon. 123. The freeze of the negotiations on mutual and balanced reduction of forces in Central Europe is also the result of the insecurity prevailing in the world. 124.”
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“Clearly, the detente that is emerging in Europe cannot reassure us about the future of mankind. Peace is all-inclusive; it cannot apply merely to a certain region, still less to one group of States. It is global or it is nothing. 120. Thus the detente in Europe, although essential to international security, is only one of its constituent elements. It must take its place as such within the framework of our general offensive in favor of universal peace. We must, of course, make every effort to bring it about and consolidate it. Political detente is uncertain as long as it is not accompanied by military detente. 121.”
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