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“In East Timor there are people who, under the leadership of Frente Revclucionaria de Timor Leste Independents their legitimate representative, reject the annexation, resist Indonesian occupation and fight for the affirmation of their national rights. They have our admiration and our solidarity. We are certain that in Dili the banner of liberty of the Maubere people will be raised. In Korea, the presence of United States troops in the southern part of the territory contributes to the creation of tension, hampering the reunification process of the Korean nation a dismembered country, split in two by an imaginary line drawn in conformity with geo political concepts, to the detriment of national reality. We support the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in its efforts to ensure the peaceful reunification of its nation.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“It is because they are making such sacrifices and because their struggle is a just one that the Maubere people deserve our support. The curtain of silence drawn around the massacres and the famine to which the Maubere people are being subjected can no longer muffle the cries of the hundreds of thousands of people of Timor who are resisting the brutal Indonesian occupation. Both Republican and Democratic United States, Senators have recently called attention to the gravity of the situation. The situation in East Timor was compared by them to that of Biafra at the time of the secessionist war and that of Kampuchea during the Pol Pot era. They clearly admitted that the Maubere people had not exercised their right to self determination. We cannot watch these atrocities in silence.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The illegal occupation of East Timor continues. The expansionist Indonesian regime insists on the criminal occupation of that Territory, denying the Maubere people its inalienable right to self determination and independence. How many times must the events in Beirut be repeated in Dili before we can say enough and finally acknowledge the right of the Maubere people to exist and build its independent and sovereign State? Independence is not a privilege of those who are richer or more powerful. It is not an attribute of Moslems or Catholics. Independence is an inherent right of all peoples, regardless of geo strategic, religious or other considerations. Every people has its history, its culture, its personality. By preserving them, the people can face any obstacle and accept any sacrifice from the best of its children.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Beirut invaded, Beirut bombed, Beirut besieged, deprived of water, food and medicines, will remain forever engraved in the history of the resistance struggle of peoples. It was a gratuitous demonstration of Zionist murderous fury, the purpose of which was the total elimination of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Despite the powerful weaponry unleashed by the Zionist regime, the PLO and the progressive Lebanese forces resisted the slaughter and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. We hail their heroism. The People's Republic of Mozambique supports the struggle of the Palestinian people, with the certainty that it will end with the creation of a Palestinian State, autonomous and sovereign, and the withdrawal of Israel from all occupied Arab territories, which is the only acceptable solution to the conflict in the Middle East.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The forces that will overthrow the apartheid regime on the principles embodied in the OAU charter and in the Charter of the United Nations. We reaffirm our active solidarity with the just struggle of the people of the Sahraoui Arab Democratic Republic. It is a struggle that could find its resolution through negotiation, which unfortunately is hampered by the intransigence of the Morocco regime. This intransigence is the reason for the protracted state of war, which threatens to spread and even involve other countries, because of the involvement of alien forces on the Moroccan side. That danger must be averted by countries which cherish freedom and the independence of peoples. The image of the massacres in Beirut is a blown up picture of a Dantesque world transferred to the latter part of the twentieth century.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The action of imperialist forces is not confined to southern Africa: its scope spreads throughout the African continent. At the present time those forces are endeavoring to implement their strategy aimed at the manipulation, paralysis or even disintegration of the Organization of African Unity, an important anti colonialist and anti imperialist instrument. We are certain that the African countries will know enough to turn down the blackmail, intimidation and bribery and reject the divisive tactics, and to work towards the consolidation of the OAU. We repeat our support for the admission of the Sahraoui Arab Democratic Republic to the OAU and reject the idea that that may be a cause for division within our continental organization, since it is based.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“This is the International Year for the Mobilization of Sanctions against South Africa; nevertheless, the indices of economic growth of the regime show an ever increasing connivance by Western countries in maintaining and reinforcing that abominable and hideous regime. While it is said that to apply sanctions against South Africa is a useless exercise, sanctions are being applied against other countries. Where, then, is equity, justice and integrity? Today we are observing the international Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners. On this day, dedicated to the struggle, we salute the determination and the courage of the peoples of South Africa. We demand that the freedom fighters be released from South African prisons.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“As far as we are concerned, Security Council resolution 435 remains the political and juridical framework for the fair solution of this problem. No pretext designed to impede the implementation of that resolution can stand up to a correct analysis of the reality. The remaining problems could easily be solved if there were the essential political will on the part of South Africa and its allies. We are of the opinion that even during this session of the General Assembly it should be possible to define an electoral system for the election of a constituent assembly. It should be possible during the current session to establish the forces of UNTAG and a date and the conditions for a cease fire in Namibia.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“If it were a matter of involving foreign forces in the struggle for the liberation of South Africa, they could have used the territory of Zimbabwe for more than two years now and the territory of Mozambique for more than seven years; and the territory of other independent countries bordering on South Africa could have been used even earlier. The sovereignty of the people of Angola cannot be used as currency in exchange for the liberation of Namibia. The liberation of Namibia is an integral part of the universal emancipation movement of peoples. The People's Republic of Mozambique reaffirms once again its unconditional support for the struggle of the people of Namibia under the leader ship of the South West Africa People's Organization its only legitimate representative.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The only invading forces which, as the entire world knows, attack and occupy the territories of the independent States of southern Africa are the forces of South Africa. It is absurd to set the security of South Africa as a pre condition for the independence of Namibia. Namibia is not the first country bordering on South Africa to fight to achieve its independence will not come from outside South Africa. It is the children of the people of South Africa who will overthrow that hideous regime from within.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The internationalist Cuban forces are in Angola because the racist regime in South Africa violated the sovereignty of that territory. Therefore we must demand, in the first place, the unconditional withdrawal of the invading South African troops from Angolan territory and an absolute guarantee that such aggression will not be repeated. In fact, all the independent countries of the area which are being threatened and invaded by the forces of the apartheid regime are demanding guarantees of security. The foreign forces which are attacking, assaulting and occupying independent States in southern Africa in violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of those States are not Cuban.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Arrogant and irresponsible, South Africa continues to use dilatory maneuvers to delay the self determination and independence of the people of Namibia, which, like every other people, has the right to freedom and independence. In Namibia, it is the people that is fighting for independence. That is the reality which is being obliterated. That is the reality which is being conjured away. That is why any attempt at connecting the independence of Namibia, either directly or indirectly, with the withdrawal of internationalist Cuban forces from Angola is not only intolerable interference in the internal affairs of the People's Republic of Angola but also a crime against the people of Namibia, because by this subterfuge an effort is being made to prolong war and massacres.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The objectives pursued to bring about permanent destabilization are in the last analysis intended to divert ns from the struggle for economic independence under the Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference. That Conference is the weapon of the nine countries of the region for independent development and the gradual elimination of dependence on South Africa and imperialism in general. South Africa is taking action again. It aimed at its disintegration in the face of the progress achieved in the various sectors of cooperation, particularly in the area of transportation and communication. We continue to be preoccupied with the question of Namibia.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Confronted by a wave of popular uprisings, and unable to fi: 3 a solution to its internal strife, Pretoria chooses to generalize the conflict in the area. South Africa attacks and occupies part of the territory of the People's Republic of Angola, at the same time supporting and promoting puppet groups such as the Union Nacional para la Independence Total de Angola. It continuously and systematically commits acts of armed aggression against Lesotho, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe, violating the territorial integrity of those sovereign countries and showing no respect whatever for the ethical conduct governing relations among States signatories of the Charter of the United Nations.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“To the wave of assassinations, detentions, the torture of those who oppose and the repression of trade unions, in which many whites are now also militantly involved, the people of South Africa respond with positive actions of resistance, causing the erosion of the very establishment of the Pretoria regime. The people is fighting heroically against oppression, discrimination, repression and humiliation. Large sections of the white population are rising against the restriction of liberty, repulsed by the brutal nature of apartheid, whose criminal action is beginning to be felt in their own homes. Thus contradictions deepen in the very heart of Botha's racist minority regime in the face of its manifest inability to contain by force the liberation. struggle of the South African people under the leadership of the African National Congress.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“We reiterate our appeal to the international community to maximize its assistance to the People's Republic of Mozambique so as to enable us to reinforce our defensive capability and successfully to carry out the struggle gains underdevelopment. The existence of colonialism, racism and apartheid is the fundamental cause of the tension through which we are living in southern Africa and our permanent confrontation with the South African regime, which obstinately refuses to accept the course of history. South Africa continues to intensify its criminal actions against the South African people, whose struggle for national liberation is growing in scope and depth and spreading to practically all sectors of the economic and social life of the Pretoria regime.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“It promotes an economic blockade, thus hampering sound and fruitful cooperation with other peoples of the world. It endeavors to hamper the consolidation of our independence enforcement during this phase of our development process and tries to discredit socialism, a system freely elected by the people of Mozambique. In this struggle, in which the enemy is using the most subtle methods of aggression, our people has demonstrated the highest degree of critical consciousness and has become that cannot be penetrated by the designs of imperialist agents. We wish to express our gratitude in all those members of the international community that have in various ways extended support to us and that contributed progress of our country and the strengthening of fair and equitable cooperative relations.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Their motivation is crime for its own sake, and drug the nature of their acts and their criminal motivation characterize them as bandits. The armed banditry taking place in our region today is a new phenomenon, a new form of mercenarism. In organizing and utilizing armed bandits, imperialism and the apartheid regime a aiming at implanting among the world public the false idea that opposition and a climate of insecurity exist in Mozambique. Concurrently with the acts of armed aggression, the enemy is infiltrating spies into our country and promoting economic sabotage. In promoting a vigorous campaign of slander and misinformation on the international scene, the enemy endeavors to project to the world the impression that there exists in Mozambique a permanent state of terror and panic.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“These armed bandits are recruited by South Africa from among those former members of the political police force of the colonial regime who did not have the courage to join in the process of national reconstruction and thus to wipe from their hands the blood resulting from their crimes. They are recruited from among those elements of the colonial army such as commandos and special units which, like the former, rushed cheaply to themselves to new bosses instead of waiting for the clemency of the people. They are recruited from among traitors to the fatherland, marginal elements and foreign mercenaries. The common denominator of these bandits is their anti social character, parasitism. Characteristics of the decadence of the so called free world. They do not pursue any political objectives.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The Pretoria regime recruits and trains, finances and equips, arms and outfits, transports and supplies, evacuates and commands armed bands in Mozambique in order to commit crimes against our people, spread unrest and terror and destabilize our country. The target of these bandits is the helpless civilian population, intimidating them and committing all kinds of atrocities. They savagely torture, mutilate and assassinate children, women and the elderly. They rob peasants and loot their property. These armed bandits also perpetrate kidnappings and assassinations against foreign nationals who contribute with their labor to the progress of the People's Republic of Mozambique.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“They are trying by all possible means to prevent the establishment of a civilization without discrimination, which the building in Mozambique of a socialist society, free from man's exploitation by man, represents in our part of the world. No longer able to rely on a political and administrative structure in Mozambique, something they were able to do until recently, imperialist forces are today resorting to other more insidious and brutal means of attacking us. Using as a spearhead the racist minority regime in South Africa, imperialism is waging a true undeclared war against us, committing direct armed acts of aggression against our country through the use of regular South African troops and special detachments of armed bandits.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“In defining and using an illegal minority racist, regime as their principal ally in the area, the imperialist forces consciously, wilfully and impudently gave Pretoria the moral strength which, more than any technical or technological means, allows it to provoke war and occupy parts of the territory of Angola, a sovereign State, spreading death and destruction to all the front line States. This is a deliberate action which is typical of heir redoubled aggressiveness, the basis of which is the refusal of the imperialists to recognize the right of peoples to independence, freedom and peaceful and harmonious development: the face of the qualitative advances achieved by our people in the reconstruction of our country the imperialist forces have intensified their activities against the People's Republic of Mozambique.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The independence of Zimbabwe made it possible for a climate of relative peace to be restored, which enabled broad perspectives to be opened up for our economic development and stimulated cooperation among the countries of southern Africa. Since then it has become possible for us to concentrate our attention on the search for solutions to the numerous problems facing our people. Our objective is to promote the material and social wellbeing of all the people in Mozambique, who were denied this throughout the entire period of the domination of their country. The relative peace that we achieved was of short duration.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“This is a just aspiration for which all the peoples of the world, in which inequities and imbalances are increasingly felt, are prepared to fight. With the achievement of our national independence we established the conditions for the expression and development of our culture and our personality, which had been trampled upon and inhibited during the centuries of exploitation and domination. But the scope of our ideals was not circumscribed by the liberation of our territory alone. We were forced, shortly after independence, to wage another war, imposed upon us by Smith's racist regime. A/37/PV.26 In expressing solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe in their just struggle, Mozambique was contributing to the elimination of one of the causes of war and instability in our area.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“To the obstinate refusal to acknowledge the right of peoples to self determination, the peoples respond with the resolution to die rather than live in slavery. Harmonious relations and cooperation among nations require the creation of a climate of peace and security in the world and absolute respect for the fundamental right of peoples to self determination and independence. It was the ideals of peace, justice and liberty that inspired the people of Mozambique. When we took up arms against colonialism in Mozambique we fought to eliminate the causes of war in our county; we were moved by the noble aspiration to establish, with all the peoples of the world good and just relations founded on sovereign equality and mutual respect.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The overwhelming majority of the speakers at this session have denounced the aggravation of the already critical situation prevailing in all parts of the world. There is an atmosphere of insecurity and latent warfare, which seems likely to lead to a holocaust. As if the already existing hotbeds of tension were not enough, we are witnessing the outbreak of new hotbeds and the emboldening of localized conflicts. This situation forces peoples to divert their human and material resources from the solution of problems inherent in underdevelopment, such as hunger, homelessness, illiteracy and disease, in order to concentrate on the defense of their sovereignty and on the fight to achieve and preserve their freedom.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“This was no easy task considering the grave crisis existing at the time in international relations, in which dialogue and mutual trust among nations gave way to cold war language, threats, aggression and intimidation. We extend our greetings to the Secretary General, whose action in defense of the Charter of the United Nations and in the endeavor to find peaceful solutions to world problems at the most critical times is deserving of the respect and confidence that the international community extended to him when it elected him one year ago. The disdain in which the United Nations is held as a privileged forum for discussion and for the search for peaceful solutions to international conflicts is expressed in the constant violation of the purposes and principles set forth in the Charter.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“After the proclamation of our independence, these ties took on a new dimension and scope, extending to multidisciplinary cooperation, the basis of which is the defense and pursuit of the fundamental interests of our peoples and Governments and building and defending socialism. In expressing our firm guarantee of close cooperation in the fulfilment of the weighty responsibilities that have been entrusted to you, my delegation joins previous speakers in warmly welcoming you and congratulating you on your unanimous election. We wish also to express our appreciation to your predecessor, Mr. Kittani, for the skilful and intelligent manner in which he conducted the work of the last regular session of the General Assembly.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Sir, it is with great satisfaction that we see the post of President of the thirty seventh session of the General Assembly occupied by the representative of a friendly people with great historical traditions of struggle for freedom, peace and progress. The Hungarian people succeeded in preserving their dignity and personality for all time by heroically resisting Hitler's fascism and building a socialist fatherland free from foreign domination. Strong ties of friendship and solidarity forged during our armed struggle for national liberation from colonialism bind our two countries.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“We in the People's Republic of Mozambique reaffirm our total commitment to the principles of the Charter and will continue, as always, to contribute in the best possible way to the search for just solutions to the serious problems that the world now faces. The struggle goes on.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We are finding out that the predominant causes of the existence of the zones of tension which proliferate in our various continents are the existence of colonialism, racism, apartheid, and Zionism and the ever increasing arms race. 47. It is the duty of each one of us to contribute the best of his positive imagination in order to do away with those evil causes. We should primarily strive to put a stop to the arms race and to promote the political and economic emancipation of all peoples. We should strive to create conditions in which all peoples enjoy their right to liberty, peace and progress. All of us should be able to enjoy the progress of science and technology. This is the big challenge that the international community faces in the decade that we have just entered. 48.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We salute the struggle of the people of Chile and the other peoples of Latin America who resist the dictatorial and Fascist regimes that oppress them. We particularly support the struggle of the people of Puerto Rico for its self-determination and independence. 45. The People's Republic of Mozambique, true to its international principle of solidarity with the peoples fighting for their emancipation and in defense of their sovereignty, demands the strict observance of the Panama Canal accords and withdrawal of the American forces from Guantanamo, a part of the territory of the Republic of Cuba. 46. Our debate in the Assembly is characterized by the depth of the analysis of the problems that are of concern to the international community as a whole. We are identifying the elements that contribute to the deterioration of our relations.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“The dictatorial regimes of Latin America are intensifying their fierce repression of the peoples of that region, which disturbs peace and security and constitutes a serious obstacle to cooperation among the Latin American peoples. 43. We salute the Salvadorian people, which bravely fights against the Fascist dictatorship that has been imposed upon it. The solution to the problem of El Salvador is necessarily linked with the recognition of the Farabundo Marti Front for NationalLiberation and the Revolutionary Democratic Front, the political forces to be taken into account in the political settlement of the problems of that country. We salute the Government of Mexico and the Government of France for the joint communique issued by them concerning the situation in El Salvador.2 44.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We welcome the effort now being made by Portugal, the administering Power of East Timor, in the search for a solution to this problem. The People's Republic of Mozambique reaffirms its total support for the just struggle of the Maere people under the direction of FRETILIN,1 its sole legitimate representative. 41. In the area of the Pacific Ocean two other matters constitute a source of serious concern. One is the presence of United States troops in South Korea, which makes even more difficult the process of the reunification of Korea and leads to the continuation of tension in the zone. The other is the maneuvers that impede the efforts of the People's Republic of Kampuchea to occupy its place in the United Nations. Those maneuvers constitute an insult to the people of Kampuchea and its heroic struggle for liberation. 42.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“In the search for a negotiated solution to the Palestinian problem the Palestine Liberation Organization [PLO], being the main party concerned and the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, can never be excluded. 40. In East Timor the massacre, repression and genocide of the Maubere people persist. The occupation of the Territory of East Timor by the Djakarta regime is a violation of the principles of international law, which recognizes the legitimacy and sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of East Timor. The Organization should not remain indifferent to what is happening in East Timor. It should condemn and demand the immediate withdrawal of the occupation forces of Indonesia from the Territory of East Timor. The Democratic Republic of East Timor must be allowed to take its rightful place in the United Nations.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“The continued bombing of Lebanon, the bombing of the nuclear research center of Iraq, which was built for peaceful purposes, and the threats against Syria and Jordan are all actions which fall within the context of Israel's role as a bastion of the strategic interests of imperialism in the Middle East. 38. The definitive elimination of the tension in this area, which constitutes a serious threat to world peace and security, will be possible only with the strict application of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, which demand, inter alia, respect for the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including the right to create their own State in Palestine, and the withdrawal of Israel from all the occupied Arab territories. 39.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We appeal to the Kingdom of Morocco to honor the commitment entered into at Nairobi by His Majesty King Hassan II to cooperate fully with the OAU in the implementation of the aforementioned decision. 37. In the Middle East we are faced with renewed aggression by the Zionist regime of Israel. The expansionist ambitions and the premeditated commission of international crimes against human beings that characterize the conduct of the nSgime of Tel Aviv are no longer limited to the Palestinian people and the occupied Arab territories. The borders of genocide and massacre are expanding.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“At its most recent session the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity [OAV] adopted a resolution on the holding of a referendum concerning self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, under the supervision of the OAU and the United Nations [see A/361534, annex II, resolution AHGIRes. 103 (XVIII)}. It is with concern that we note that the interpretation of that decision of the OAU by the regime of Rabat reveals that there still exist some expansionist intentions that do not correspond to the reality of the military, social and political situations prevailing in Western Sahara. It is the responsibility of the General Assembly to stop the development of any obstacle to the exercise of the right to self-determination and independence of the people of Western Sahara.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“That is why we underline the need for an international conference to discuss this issue. We also consider the initiative of the President of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar as a valuable contribution to our efforts to attain this objective. The development of cooperation among the countries of the region and between them and the rest of the international community requires the establishment of a climate of peace in the Indian Ocean. 35. We have the same concern for the creation of conditions for a just peace and the eradication of focal points of tension, which leads us to concentrate our attention on the development of the situation in the Magreb. 36. The Sahraoui Arab Democratic Republic should occupy its rightful place in the community of nations.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We should add to those points that our country supports a negotiated solution based on the implementation of Security Council resolution 435 (1978), However, no solution should interfere with the right of the Namibian people to decide for itself its own destiny and the fundamental laws guiding its society. 34. The efforts of the international community to secure implementation of the General Assembly resolution 2832 (XXVI) declaring the Indian Ocean a zone of peace free of nuclear weapons have not so far produced any results. The People's Republic of Mozambique reiterates its conviction that there is a pressing need for the adoption of a binding universal legal instrument setting forth the basic principles for the immediate implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace, free of nuclear weapons.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“The People's Republic of Mozambique supports the application of comprehensive mandatory sanctions against South Africa and considers irrelevant the argument that the imposition of sanctions would not bring about any positive results. It is important that all countries which directly or indirectly collaborate with South Africa adopt unilateral measures to isolate the racist regime, as some countries have already done. For sanctions to be effective, a fundamental prerequisite is that the Western countries which are economic partners and allies of South Africa apply them effectively. Fifthly, the international community must lend material and diplomatic support to SWAPO in its armed struggle for national liberation, which is at the moment the only way to secure final victory for the Namibian people. 33.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We consider that we must reiterate in the Assembly the principles which the People's Republic of Mozambique spelled out during the eighth emergency special session, on Namibia [7th meeting]', first, the problem of Namibia must be solved pursuant to the relevant resolutions of the United Nations; secondly, Security Council resolution 435 (1978) and the plan it endorses constitute the political and legal framework for a proper transition of the Territory of Namibia; thirdly, the entire international community must shoulder its responsibilities towards the people of Namibia, since Namibia is an international Territory; fourthly, South Africa should be politically, economically and diplomatically isolated.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Similarly, the people of Namibia, under the leadership of the South West Africa People's Organization [SWAPO], are bravely resisting the racist invader, thus frustrating all the dilatory tactics and actions aimed at depriving of all content the right of peoples to self-determination and independence. 32.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“This measure would, besides ascribing responsibility to those who undertook that criminal action, constitute an act of solidarity with those fighting against the shameful policy of apartheid. 30. It has been sufficiently demonstrated here that the racist illegal minority regime of apartheid is keeping the majority of the inhabitants of South Africa under the crudest kind of colonial conditions characterized by repression, humiliation and total disrespect for human life. Under the leadership of the African National Congress of South Africa [ANC], the people of South Africa are fighting against the racist bullets in a courageous struggle bringing final victory ever closer. 31.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“The People's Republic of Mozambique considers that it is the duty of the Organization to demand that the Pretoria regime pay appropriate reparations for the damages caused by its invasion of the People's Republic of Angola, although nothing can adequately compensate for the lost lives, the maimed people and the profound traumas resulting from this criminal action. 29. The violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Angola has been adequately opposed by the brave performance of the Angolan armed forces, which are still defending the sacred soil of their country with their blood and their lives. Nevertheless, the international community's denunciation of Pretoria's criminal and reactionary acts must be bolstered by the application of the principle of indemnification, among other types of sanctions.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“This is a planned, systematic and continuous action against the independence of our countries and their national reconstruction efforts, aimed at discrediting our regimes and perpetuating the whole situation of economic dependence left behind by colonialism. 27. In spite of the clear characterization of the situation in southern Africa, the relevant bodies of the United Nations have not yet been able to translate into concrete action the international repudiation and condemnation of the crimes being committed by apartheid, let alone to stop this kind of action or to make an effective contribution towards compensation for the damages caused. 28.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“international community, persists in committing acts of aggression against, and occupying, part of the territory of the People's Republic of Angola. This means that it persists in bombing the civilian population, destroying the economic infrastructure and blockading all productive activity in a seizable area of an independent country, a Member of the United Nations. The actions of the apartheid regime against the People's Republic of Angola are part of a general plan of destabilization of all the States of southern Africa. 26. The Kingdom of Lesotho, the Republic of Botswana, the Republic of Zambia, the Republic of Zimbabwe and my own country have been subjected to all sorts of provocations, border violations, air space violations, sabotage and armed aggression on the part of Pretoria.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“The forthcoming special session of the' General Assembly on disarmament, set for 1982, will give us an opportunity to increase our efforts in exploring this important highway to peace. 24. Southern Africa continues to be one of the areas of serious confrontation between the forces of peace and progress and the reactionary forces which support the exploitation and perpetual domination of peoples. The arrogance, intransigence and crimes perpetrated by the illegal Pretoria regime constitute one of the most brutal manifestations of imperialist aggression. 25. During the emergency special session of the General Assembly on Namibia, our delegation analyzed in detail the degrading conditions of life in our area. The Pretoria regime, in spite of the condemnation of the overwhelming majority of the.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Against that background, we reiterate, as we did on the occasion of the tenth special session of the General Assembly, on disarmament [25th meeting], that disarmament in Africa, the Middle East and Asia implies the eradication of colonialism, neocolonialism, racism, apartheid and Zionism. Support of national liberation movements by every means, including the provisions of arms, is an important condition for the attainment of the objectives of disarmament. 22. We reiterate our firm support for compliance with the resolutions and decisions taken at the tenth special session of the General Assembly. The implementation of the measures set forth on that occasion would constitute a sure way towards creating the conditions for peace and towards establishing a new type of relations among countries. 23.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“19. Our countries have undertaken to promote development, and this is possible only in a climate of peace, one in which our sovereignty and all the rights of our peoples are respected. 20. Total and general disarmament is a profound aspiration of all humanity. But this aspiration cannot be conceived or seen as an obstacle to the peoples' struggles for their self-determination and independence. The very existence of colonialism and the whole system of the exploitation and domination of peoples is one of the main causes of the arms race and the international conflicts in several parts of the world. 21.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)