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OULD MOUKNASS

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1969-09-24
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  1. “The Mauritanian people, their Party and their Government propose once again to reaffirm their active support for their brother peoples resolutely struggling in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea (Bissau), Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa to regain their independence and enforce respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights as free men. 190. Without the assistance extended by the supporters of apartheid and by certain Western Powers, it would have been much more difficult for the Portuguese oppressors to continue to wage a criminal colonial war, which is too remote and costly for a country whose scanty resources rank it among the poorest in the world.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  2. “This evidence of Spanish goodwill entitles us to hope that, as to that portion of the Sahara which is still under colonial domination — a territory of particular interest to my country — the administering Power will apply the relevant decisions of this Organization. To do so would strengthen still further the ties of friendship and co-operation which unite the countries of that region, in particular the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, to Spain and the Spanish people, for whom we feel both admiration and esteem. 188. The people and Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, who are deeply anti-colonialist and anti-imperialist, are witnessing with concern the state of impotence in which the racist minorities who, like the Zionist authorities of Tel Aviv, hold the abject doctrine of apartheid are keeping our Organization. 189.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  3. “When the secessionists give up their mad attempt at division, it will be possible for the Nigerian people, in a climate of restored peace and unity, to choose the structure that will best meet the wishes of all the component elements of that great people. 186. On the question of decolonization, it is appalling to observe that after 24 years of effort the United Nations has still not succeeded in putting an end to colonialism. It would not, however, be fair to ignore certain positive results obtained by the Organization in this field by means of those efforts. 187. In this connexion it is encouraging to note that Spain, after permitting Equatorial Guinea to accede to independence, has proceeded to restore the Ifni enclave to Morocco.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  4. “it is our duty in this Organization to denounce the activities of those who, by means of violence and a certain propaganda of incitement, are still trying to dismember the Federation of Nigeria. 185. We venture to hope that all States Members of our Organization will join their efforts to those of the Organization of African Unity to help in bringing peace to that country. It is gratifying to note the goodwill that the Federal Government of Nigeria has always shown both in the United Nations and in the Organization of African Unity in connexion with the efforts constantly being exerted to restore peace and to ensure the security of all citizens.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  5. “I have already had an opportunity to state from this rostrum [1690th meeting] what my Government and people think about the painful conflict that has been raging in Nigeria for over two years. I should like now once again to emphasize that we in Mauritania are convinced that the interests of all Nigerians and of Africa as a whole lies above everything else in the preservation and maintenance of Nigeria’s territorial integrity. Starting from this fundamental premise, we consider that the parties to this fratricidal war have a duty to seek, through negotiation, the best means of ensuring that all the communities constituting the people of Nigeria feel secure and fully enjoy all rights and opportunities for development compatible with respect for the territorial integrity of the country. 184.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  6. “This statement clearly indicates that our chief ambition has always been to represent an element of stability and concord in our geographical region, and thus to contribute to the maintenance of peace and understanding among its peoples. The attainment of these objectives, which are consistently and resolutely pursued by the Government and people of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, will serve, we are convinced, the genuine interests of the African continent. 182. The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, as a militant member of the Organization of African Unity, fully supports all our brother countries in Africa in the face of all the difficulties which they may encounter on their way to the consolidation of their independence and unity. 183.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  7. “This constitutes beyond question an important and stable factor in the pursuit and maintenance of peace and in the struggle against under-development. 180. The Government and the responsible political leaders of our country will never lose sight of the duty imposed upon them by the geographical position of Mauritania and by the cultural and ethnical composition of its population. This fundamental idea has been repeated more than once by the Head of our State, who, in addressing the third congress of the Mauritanian People’s Party in January 1968, said: “Mauritania is by vocation a worker for African unity. It links white with black Africa, and is both African and Arab. Its twin histories and cultures have never faced it with a choice but have always united to uphold it.” 181.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  8. “As we see it, this policy of non-alignment which the Islamic Republic of Mauritania follows both in the African continent and outside Africa in no way precludes fruitful consultations and co-operation between our country and any State, whether a neighbour of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania or not. Such consultations and such co-operation, in a climate of mutual trust, can lead to agreements concluded with due regard for the interests of each of the parties, or to the emergence of a mutual stand based on a common destiny or on any other valid and legitimate grounds. Our country will loyally observe such commitments, and in so doing will prove faithful to itself and to the sense of dignity and honour that is characteristic of our people.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  9. “It is our realization of this profound truth that has led us to make the basic choice in favour of non-alignment, the corner-stone of the foreign policy defined by the Mauritanian People’s Party and applied by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. It was this policy that our Head of State set forth in the following terms in a report on the state of the nation submitted to our National Assembly on 28 November 1968: “Determined fully to play the role devolving upon it in Africa, refusing to follow a policy of hegemony in any form, our country is continuing its march as part of the international community with the firm determination to strive to bring about in this troubled world the rule of peace, concord and unity among peoples.” 179.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  10. “The absence in the developed countries of the indispensable political will to change this deplorable state of affairs, which was already noted during the proceedings of the second session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, was once again emphasized by the Secretary-General in the introduction to his annual report on the work of the Organization. 177. These are matters of serious concern for the people and Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, as indeed they are for all peoples and Governments that care for peace and justice and are genuinely interested in the consolidation of international security. 178. The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, as a small country of the under-developed world, has every reason to be deeply conscious of the need to maintain peace, stability and harmony among peoples.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  11. “The division of the Korean people is being continued under the shadow of the tragic and dangerous fiction represented by the so-called Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea and by the use of the United Nations flag as a cover for the maintenance of foreign troops in that divided country against the will of the majority of its inhabitants. 175. In other areas of the world, peoples are being deprived of their sacred right freely to choose their own destinies and to develop in accordance with their own aspirations and convictions. 176. On the socio-economic plane, we are all aware of the dangerous imbalance created by the widening gap which divides the world into well-endowed and under-developed countries.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  12. “The greatest Power in the world today obstinately continues to wage unsuccessfully an unjust war, thereby imposing great hardship and considerable material loss upon an entire people whose only crime is a wish to exercise, in the freedom and respect to which it is entitled from all, the tight to choose its own destiny in all freedom, without any foreign intervention. 173. The principle of the universality of the Organization is still deliberately and flagrantly violated by the refusal to restore the legitimate rights of one of the greatest Powers of our time. 174.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  13. “Zionist troops, with unconcealed approval from certain quarters, continue to occupy with impunity vast territories of countries victims of a dastardly aggression that has been condemned with indignation by all those who, in the interests of the maintenance of peace and understanding among peoples, want the continuation of the United Nations and hence the translation into reality of the principles of peace, justice, equality, territorial integrity of States, non-interference in their domestic affairs and absolute respect for their sovereignty — the fundamental principles that are the framework and the very essence of the world Organization. 172.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  14. “The major part of southern Africa is bent under the yoke of violence by a coalition of contemptibly selfish interests which binds the supporters of the system of apartheid of Pretoria and Salisbury and the decadent colonialists of Portugal with a whole powerful group of selfish and short-sighted interests to which most of the Western countries, and particularly the members of NATO, are directly committed. 171.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  15. “The worsening of the international situation, touched on by U Thant in the introduction to his annual report on the work of the Organization [A/7601/Add.1], is a disturbing development, viewed with deep concern by peoples and nations. 168. What President Pazhwak, at the time of his election as President of the General Assembly for its twenty-first session, described as the “forces of evil“ defiantly continue their sinister activities in disregard of the fundamental principles of the Charter of our Organization. 169. Senseless colonial wars are still being waged in various parts of Africa and Asia, continents which international imperialism chooses as the site of its centres of struggle for influence and as hotbeds of war. 170.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  16. “Emilio Arenales, in braving the great suffering of a disease which in the end removed him prematurely from our midst. My delegation pays a respectful tribute to the memory of this great son of Latin America, and wishes to convey to the people and to the Republic of Guatemala our brotherly feelings of deep sadness at the loss of his outstanding personality. 166. The twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly is meeting at a moment particularly fraught with danger for world peace and security. After its 24 years of existence our Organization has not yet succeeded in converting into reality the noble ideals that presided at its establishment and are enshrined in the Charter. 167.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  17. “Her brilliant and well-deserved success will contribute to the rehabilitation of African women by highlighting the decisive part that they can play, with dignity and efficiency, in the task of building and consolidating African nations and societies. This is an important factor, and Miss Brooks, through her sense of proportion and her great human qualities, has contributed greatly to its emergence and acceptance. My delegation conveys to her its warmest congratulations, and wishes to assure her of its full and loyal co-operation. 165. My delegation also wishes to associate itself with the unanimous tribute paid from this rostrum to the courage and devotion displayed by the President of the twenty-third session, His Excellency Mr.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)

  18. “163. May I, Mr. President, express the satisfaction felt in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania at the expression of confidence and admiration that the entire membership of the United Nations has extended to Miss Brooks, representative of Liberia, by electing her to the Presidency of the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly? That honour, which is highly appreciated by all Africans, is above all a well-deserved tribute to the outstanding qualities that are known to all who have had the privilege of observing how Miss Brooks has discharged her important duties. 164. Her election to this high office also testifies to the deep respect that the international community feels for the oldest republic of Africa, its great people and its distinguished President.”

    1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)