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first: 1965-09-24
most recent: 1968-09-24
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“Neither of the conflicting parties in Viet-Nam has the right, so long as bloodshed continues there, to stand upon its dignity and argue the rights of its political philosophies. Those rights and wrongs must be argued out around the conference table. 31. In the hope that all those on either side of the conflict with whom the power to bring peace to the peoples of Viet-Nam rests may pay heed to the voice of a small nation that believes above all else in peaceful coexistence, we appeal not just to one side and its supporters but to both sides to bring an end to this stupid and needless bloodshed and to come together around a conference table with a sincere and honest intent to find a modus vivendi which will bring to the unhappy peoples of Viet-Nam a release from their present suffering in the toils of war.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“To our deep regret, another year has passed without seeing an end to the bitter and distressing armed struggle in Viet-Nam. That fighting and bloodshed should be continuing in that unfortunate country reflects no credit on anybody and must remain a blot on the consciences of all of us. I do not propose to indulge in recriminations over the rights and wrongs of the conflicting ideologies which have split that country in two and thrown it into the pit of civil war, for there is upon the conscience of the whole world a far greater wrong-the wrong of war itself. 30. We cannot believe that anyone in this Assembly does not want to see peace in Viet-Nam, but peace needs goodwill on both sides; just as it takes two to make a quarrel, so too it takes two to make peace.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“We look forward to the day when the authorities in South Africa may be persuaded that the non-African has nothing to fear from the African and thereby be persuaded, through the examples set in other countries where harmony between the races is so amply demonstrated, that the time has come to abandon their concept of apartheid. When that day comes my country will be glad to applaud the equitable act of a Member State for discarding that national philosophy which is so contrary to the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of the Declaration of Human Rights. May I express the hope that as better understanding among the peoples of Africa grows and fear and suspicion subside, that day may not be too far off. 29.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“The philosophy of apartheid is a philosophy of fear — the non-African’s fear of the African — and it is only by example that such fears can be proved groundless and eradicated. 27. Country after country in Africa has proved beyond any shadow of doubt that it is possible for both African and non-African peoples to live in harmony and peace together and to pool their knowledge and abilities for the common good of the countries to which they belong and to which they owe their allegiance. Not least amongst such countries are Kenya and Malawi. 28.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“No court that is worthy of the name should be composed of judges biased in any particular direction, and a court that has lost the confidence of those who appear before it is better dissolved than packed with sympathizers. 25. Having made mention of apartheid it is only fitting that I should also make clear my Government’s attitude towards the principles of the philosophy that sustain that system. I need hardly say that our belief in a non-racial democracy is completely at variance with the principles of apartheid, and it is our earnest hope that one day the Government of South Africa will be moved to abandon its present policies in that respect, not so much as a result of threats and disapproval voiced by other nations as by the example which Africa herself has set. 26.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Malawi has no ready-made solution to this problem to propound, for we are no experts in these matters, but we are very ready to listen to practical suggestions and, if we are convinced that they are capable of implementation, to lend them our support. 24. As regards proposals which have been made for the enlargement of the International Court of Justice, Malawi supports such proposals on the grounds that a wider geographical distribution of representation thereon is justified because of the considerably increased size of the world body since the Court was established. We would not, however, support such proposals if they were based on a desire to see serving as members of the Court a greater number of judges which might be expected to show sympathy towards any one particular cause or point of view.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“For this reason and this reason alone we have felt unable up to now to give full support to a resolution which calls for the revocation of South Africa’s Mandate in respect of South West Africa and the handing over of the administration of that territory to a United Nations commission. I wish, however, to make it abundantly clear that my Government’s stand on this should not be interpreted as implying that we hold any brief for the manner in which the Mandate over South West Africa has been administered, or that we are in any doubt as to the need for a radical change in the situation there. The position is simply that we do not see how such a resolution can be implemented, and therefore our principles will not permit us to lend it full support. 23.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“My President has instructed me to make it quite clear that it is both his unshakable personal belief and the firm view of the Government of Malawi that under no circumstances should any resolution before this Assembly be supported unless ways and means of carrying it into practical effect can be envisaged. This is a basic principle in which we believe and which we are not prepared to set aside, for it is our view that resolutions of this kind reflect no credit on anybody and in the long term can only detract from the dignity and authority of the United Nations as a whole. 22.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“We in Malawi are great believers in the rule of law, and we would not wish to see the search for a just answer to the problem through the rule of law lightly abandoned. 20. We recognize, however, that that may be an idealistic point of view and that, in practice, further legal action may be impossible, particularly because of lack of finance to support such action. If that be the case and if, as seems likely, the general consensus of opinion is that further legal action is impractical and the problem must necessarily be thrown back into the political arena, then so be it. But I must make one thing clear: the Government of Malawi cannot and will not support any proposals, however idealistic in their aim, which are prima facie incapable of practical implementation. 21.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“It leaves, however, completely unanswered the complementary question as to which States, if Liberia and Ethiopia did not have sufficient legal interest in the cause, do have sufficient legal interest to enable them to become petitioners instead. That seems to my Government to be the all-important question which should be answered, and it is our view that we should first seek to find an answer to that question before abandoning the legal approach to the problem altogether. 19. In our view, this important issue should not be thrown back into the political arena unless and until we are convinced that that question cannot be answered and that further legal action is impossible.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Such action, we feel, stood every chance of achieving success and leading to effective action to bring to an end the present state of affairs under the Mandate. Such action, however, has been frustrated by a judgement, based on a purely technical point, which leaves the main issue completely undecided and which indeed immediately poses the question: where do we go from here? 18. The recent judgement of the International Court indicated quite clearly that in the view of that Court, the petitioners, Liberia and Ethiopia, had no legal interest in the matter sufficient to entitle them to bring the case.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“We in Malawi share to the full the view that in applying to its administration of its Mandate over South West Africa the principles of the doctrine of apartheid, the Republic of South Africa is in breach of the terms of that Mandate, and we deplore such a state of affairs. The problem is, however, to find the most practical way of bringing that state of affairs to an end. 17. We are convinced that the course of action embarked upon by the petitioners on behalf of their fellow African States was well conceived and sound. I refer, of course, to the concept of obtaining from the International Court of Justice a judgement which could, with every justification, have been taken to the Security Council for enforcement action under Article 94 (2) of the Charter of the United Nations.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“We are not, however, despondent, nor do we regard the decision as by any means the be-all and end-all of the matter. For that decision has not in fact decided anything in relation to the main issues at stake; all that it has done is to render null and void all the effort that has been put into this case over the past six years and leave us virtually where we began. It has most certainly not, as some people seek to claim, decided the main issue as to whether the respondent in the case is in breach of the terms of the Mandate originally given by the League of Nations in respect of South West Africa; it has simply left the main issue completely undecided. To us, the biggest disappointment lies in the utter waste of time and effort that has resulted. 16.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“As a Member of this Organization which believes in the rule of law, Malawi lent full support to, and contributed very substantially towards, the cost of the litigation which our two sister States of Ethiopia and Liberia initiated before the International Court of Justice. Our disappointment at the recent outcome of that case was as acute as that of many other nations, especially the nations of Africa, which have a special interest in the matter. 15. I will not seek to argue the rights and wrongs of the decision in that case, for to do so would be a waste of time; a decision has been made, and since there is no appeal therefrom we must accept that decision at its face value and consider where it places those who champion the cause of South West Africa.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“The problem of South West Africa has already loomed large in our deliberations at this session of the Assembly and will continue to do so. We shall be failing in our responsibilities to the peoples of that Territory if we do not succeed during the next few months in finding a solution to that problem. 14. The problem of South West Africa has been before the world body for many years now with little having been achieved, and there were few of us who did not hope, or indeed confidently expect, that we were on the point of finding a solution to that problem through the rule of law.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Not only are such measures impractical for military reasons; it would also be asking too much of human nature to expect Britain to turn the sword of war against its many innocent kith and kin residing in Rhodesia. Short of this, however, we expect Britain to do everything in its power to bring to an end the present state of affairs in Rhodesia and to set the pattern there for proper and orderly progress towards the establishment in Rhodesia of a true non-racial democracy. My Government believes in the sincerity of Britain in this respect, and we have faith that if Britain is allowed to resolve this problem as best it can, this will be in the best interests, in the long run, of our African brothers in Rhodesia. 13.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“It may well be that Britain will eventually turn to the United Nations for help in the application of further mandatory sanctions on a selective basis to assist it in its avowed aim and object; but the question of when it does and to what extent it does must be left to Britain to decide in the first instance. When it does do so, however, we must support it in its efforts; and Britain may rely upon Malawi’s full backing, as far as its limited means permit, in whatever measures Britain decides to take and whatever requests it may lay before this Assembly or before the Security Council. 12. Above all, however, we must be realistic in our approach to this problem. We cannot expect Britain to commit economic suicide over it, nor can we expect it to use direct force against the inhabitants of Rhodesia.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“To attempt to cut off all economic ties with Rhodesia would do us far more harm than it would do Rhodesia if other sources of supplies, other means of carrying on our essential export trade, were not available; but we can and will seek to reduce those ties. There are, however, other nations not so dependent upon Rhodesia for the survival of their economies, which can, with little harm to themselves, do far more than they are doing at the moment to make economic sanctions effective, particularly by helping to deny to Rhodesia essential oil supplies. 11.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Let us sharpen that weapon by collective efforts to ensure that those sanctions may be effective, by enforcing the economic boycott of Rhodesia’s goods and supplies, by denying to it oil supplies, and by helping those who would seek to back Britain in doing just this but who themselves are immediately in difficulties when they seek to do so. It is not, however, easy to change the whole pattern of a country’s economy overnight. The pattern of our economy and, to an even greater degree, that of our neighbour Zambia has, through an accident of geography, long contained an element of economic dependence upon Rhodesia, and that element cannot be eradicated overnight unless there is a similar element to replace it elsewhere. 10.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“We in Malawi share both those views: the first because we believe that, given proper support by all nations, the use of sanctions could be effective; and the second because we believe that the use of force and the shedding of blood is both wrong in principle and impracticable. 9. Let the advocates of force and violence think just for one moment not only of the horrors of violence and bloodshed but also of the practical difficulties lying in the way of effective resort thereto. Let us think rather of ways and means of helping Britain in its task and of making the weapon which it has chosen more effective. Sanctions, as we all know, provide a blunt-edged weapon if they are not backed by all concerned.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Indeed, wit’ very few exceptions, most nations of the world are fully .jreed on those aims and objectives, namely, the establishment of a non-racial democracy in Rhodesia under which the men and women of Rhodesia may be able to live there in peace and harmony instead of in an atmosphere of war, friction and distrust. It is the duty of all of us to help and not to hinder the bringing about of that state of affairs. 8. Britain is confident that the result which we all desire can be brought about by the non-violent use of sanctions; it is equally confident that the use of force involving the loss of life should not and cannot be resorted to.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“We, all of us, have a responsibility in this matter as well as Britain, and that responsibility is to help and not to hinder Britain in the task with which it is faced. I know full well that there are many nations, especially in Africa, which are becoming increasingly impatient with Britain and are angry that its policy of aiming to bring down the illegal regime in Rhodesia by the application of sanctions is not having the desired result as quickly as we would all wish. Britain, which must bear the responsibility for solving this problem, has chosen sanctions as the weapon to achieve its aims and objectives in Rhodesia. There are those who hold differing opinions about this and would advocate different approaches to this problem. Those differences, however, concern not the objectives but the means of attaining those objectives.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“The links between us and those brothers were forged in the dark days of difficulty, and for that our determination to help them and to bring to an end the present situation is all the more enhanced. Let it not be thought that Malawi is in any way acquiescent in the present state of affairs in Rhodesia or that it holds any brief for the present illegal regime there. Rhodesia is not only a problem, it is a problem with which both we in Malawi and our brothers in Zambia have got to live, and we must be realistic in our approach to it. 7. We in Malawi hold very strongly the view that, Rhodesia being a self-governing British colony, the solution to the current problem there is primarily a British responsibility. But when I say “primarily”, I do not mean exclusively.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“As it is, the task of the United Nations is far from simple and the problems to which it must apply itself are most complex and difficult of solution — none, perhaps, more so than the problem of Rhodesia. 6. Rhodesia is our neighbour and many of its inhabitants are our brothers. Many of its leaders have known the inside of prison cells together with the leaders of my own country during the dark days of our struggle for freedom. Their fate under the present illegal regime in Rhodesia therefore is not a matter of indifference to us in Malawi; it is a matter of grave concern, and we in Malawi are as determined as any other nation to see restored to Rhodesia proper constitutional rule and a true non-racial democracy under which the rights of our brother Africans to freedom, justice and peace will be properly safeguarded.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“It is a matter of deep regret to us all that his term of office comes to amend this year, but it is our sincere hope that this even will not bring to an end the valuable services which he has rendered to the United Nations over the past few years, and that we shall all continue in the future to benefit from the example which we have in him of a man truly dedicated to the cause of the United Nations. 5. What I have said so far has been confined to matters on which I am sure there is no dispute, no controversy and no divergence of opinion. I wish that that could be said of all the matters which will form the subjects of debate in this Assembly. Alas, human nature is such that that is hardly likely to be so; if it were, the world in which we live would be a better place and the task of the United Nations a simple one.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“I feel sure that I am voicing not only the feelings of my own country of Malawi but of all Member nations when I say that we owe a deep dept of gratitude to Signor Fanfani for the contribution he made to the success of the Assembly’s deliberations at a crucial period in its history. 4. I feel also that it is only fitting that I should add my country’s tribute, along with those of many others, to the work of our Secretary-General, whose patience, hard work and untiring devotion to the cause of peace have been an inspiration to us all.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Your own eminence in the service of your country, Mr. President, is well known, and the sterling qualities which you have shown in that service are such as to make you, Sir, most eminently suited to preside over our deliberations at this session. Under your guidance, Mr. President, I am certain that, with this session of the Assembly facing, as it does, many vexing and complex colonial problems, Afghanistan’s Presidency will go down in the history of this world body as one of the most outstanding. 3. I should like also, Mr. President, to pay tribute to your predecessor, Signor Fanfani, whose patience, impartiality and integrity in handling the affairs of this Assembly played a key role in the success of its last historic session.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Before I embark upon some of the more controversial issues, however, I should like to touch upon certain matters about which I feel sure there can be no diversity of opinion. First of all, Mr. President, I would like to convey to you my Government’s most sincere congratulations on your election to the Presidency of the General Assembly at its twenty-first session. You come, Mr. President, from a country which, it is our regret, is little known to us in Malawi, but with which nevertheless my country has common interests and common bonds of friendship as fellow members of the great Afro-Asian family of nations. Your country’s ancient heritage and long-standing traditions are examples of stability in an unstable world today of which your people may be justly proud and from which we have much that is good to learn.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“1. Mr. President, the Government of the Republic of Malawi, which I have the honour to represent, is deeply grateful for the opportunity which has been accorded to me today to address yourself and the Members of this Assembly. It is not my wish to take up a great deal of the valuable time of this Assembly, and indeed that will not be necessary for the views of my Government on a number of important issues which were touched upon at the twentieth session of the Assembly in 1965 remain completely unchanged. There are, however, a number of new and important issues before the Assembly this year which have not been raised before, and it is my Government’s wish that I should take advantage of this opportunity to place before yourself and my colleagues in the General Assembly as briefly as possible our views thereon. 2.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“"Secondly, on behalf of my own country I would like to pay tribute to the United Nations Technical Assistance Board, to UNESCO and to the many other specialized agencies for their continuing help to my country in the field of technical assistance. I am deeply conscious of the many calls upon the limited resources of these agencies and am truly grateful not only for their continued help to my country Which is so freely given, but also for the manner in which the volume and scope of that assistance continues to expand." 127. That, Mr. President, is the message which my Prime Minister has asked me to convey to you and to the Members of this Assembly. It only remains for me to thank you for listening to me and sparing me so much of your valuable time.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“President, and to the Honourable Members of the Assembly, without a word of thanks on two important matters. In the first place, as an African leader, I would like to express my appreciation to all Member States who gave support to recent proposals for the expansion of the size of the Security Council in order to allow a wider and more generous representation of African nations therein. I feel sure that I speak for all nations of Africa when I say how greatly we appreciate the confidence in the nations of Africa and the part that we can play in world affairs which is shown by this support, and when some of us come to play our part in the vital deliberations of the Security Council, I hope any pray that none of us will betray that trust.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“"I wish to give notice, therefore, that on all such, occasions when purely political issues are introduced into the deliberations of these specialized agencies, the view of Malawi will be that the discussion of such matters does not fall within the purview of such agencies and that it is inappropriate for such matters to be discussed otherwise than in the United Nations General Assembly itself. If this principle were more widely respected, the specialized agencies themselves, and through them Member Nations represented here today, would benefit greatly from the greater opportunities there would then be for the devotion of thought and energy to the specialized matters under consideration, and I wish to appeal to all Member Nations to support me in this concept. "It would not be fitting for me to end my message to you, Mr.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“This tendency, though easily understandable, is to be deprecated; the task of these specialized agencies is, as their designation implies, to deal with specialized matters and not to waste their time and energy debating political issues. Political issues are for the General Assembly to debate, and the question of the expulsion or penalization of any country on political grounds is a matter for either the General Assembly or such other bodies as may be charged specifically with the function of considering political issues to decide.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“One thing that has struck me on a number of occasions, however, is a tendency which I regard as a most regrettable one. I refer to the tendency of the technical, scientific and professional specialized agencies of the United Nations, such as the World Health Organization, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and so on, to waste their time debating political matters when they should be getting on with the specialized work which properly falls within their sphere. Hardly a meeting of any of these bodies has taken place during this past year without someone raising a political motion suggesting the expulsion or penalization of some country or another because of disagreement with the political policies of that country.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The principle of non-interference in the domestic affairs of others is a basic concept of both the United Nations Charter and the charter of the Organization of African Unity. Malawi respects and supports that concept and has no intention whatsoever of either interfering itself in the affairs of any other nation or of lending its support to any other nation that may be tempted so to do. In return, all Malawi asks is that it itself will be left in peace, without outside interference, to get on with the task of solving its own domestic problems in the financial, economic and political fields. "During the past year I have come to know a great deal more about the workings of the United Nations itself, and of its associated organizations, than I did before, and I am still learning.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Malawi will fight for the eradication of colonialism as vigorously as any other nation in Africa, but it will do so by peaceful means and not by the use of force unless, in the long run, there should prove to be.no other alternative. "At this juncture I must also say a few words on the subject of interference by one country in the affairs of another. I am convinced that at the root of much of the unrest and bloodshed in the world today lies the fact that some certain countries are tempted to interfere in the domestic affairs of other countries. There are many instances of this to be seen, especially in Asia and Africa; indeed, Malawi itself has become during the last year a victim of this tendency.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Malawi's attitude towards this question remains unchanged, and I say once again that the view of the Government of Malawi is that colonialism must be got rid of from Rhodesia, from South Africa and from Mozambique and, indeed, from every corner of Africa where vestiges of it still remain. "But it is the view of Malawi that the use of armed force to this end must not be resorted to until all other means of achieving this objective have been explored; there are other ways and means of achieving one's object in this field than by the use of arms and the needless shedding of blood, and failure to realize this only indicated ignorance and lack of imagination.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“These are both important considerations, but perhaps the most important consideration of all is that in the case of Germany there is a remedy — the remedy of bringing about unification of all Germany into a single State, with all its people enjoying equally the right of self-determination. When that day comes, there will no longer be a problem of East and West Germany and the people of East Germany will automatically find their voice in the deliberations of this Assembly without having to seek membership. "I also made clear last December in this Assembly the determination of Malawi to stand firm behind this struggle to eradicate from Africa all traces of colonialism, and on this occasion I should only like to reiterate and endorse the remarks which I made then.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“"I am well aware that this would exclude from representation in the United Nations some 20 million people living in what is known as East Germany, and this may sound inconsistent with my previous remarks about the rights of over 10 million people in the Republic of China to be represented in this Assembly, but we must remember that in the case of Germany there are several distinctions. First of all, unlike Taiwan, the so-called German Democratic Republic has never had the distinction of being a founder Member of the United Nations and therefore has no similar prescriptive right to membership. Furthermore, the German Democratic Republic is something of an artificial creation which has come about not through the free will of the people living there but as the result of the actions of a certain great Power.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“At the last session of this Assembly, I made it quite clear that Malawi recognized only the Government in Bonn, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, as the legal Government of Germany, and did not recognize either the Government of the German Democratic Republic, or the Democratic Republic of Germany as being a State in its own right. Article 4 of the United Nations Charter lays it down that membership of the United Nations is open to all peace-loving States. Malawi does not recognize the German Democratic Republic as a State and, consequently, will not lend its support to any measure designed to result in the admission of the German Democratic Republic to membership in its own right.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Under no circumstances, therefore, would Malawi vote in favour of the expulsion of the Republic of China from the United Nations. Let us not forget, also, that if a motion to expel the Republic of China should come to the vote, under the terms of Article 18 of the United Nations Charter, the expulsion of Members is also defined as an important question requiring a two-thirds majority of the Members and there is no more reason why the terms of that Article should be waived in order to facilitate the expulsion of the Republic of China than it should be to facilitate the admission of the People’s Republic of China. "In this same connexion, I must also make clear the Government of Malawi's views on any proposal that there may be for the admission of the so-called German Democratic Republic as a Member of the United Nations in its own right.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“"It has also been suggested, in some circles, that if the People's Republic of China were admitted to the United Nations, then the expulsion therefrom of the Republic of China, which for so many years now has been a founder Member of the United Nations, should follow as a matter of course. With this view Malawi entirely disagrees; to expel a nation which was one of the founder nation Members of the Organization, and which for twenty year s has faithfully upheld the principles of the United Nations and worked untiringly for its success as an instrument of maintaining world peace would be utterly inequitable. Furthermore, to deny to a people whose population exceeds 10 million souls a right to be represented in this Assembly when many smaller nations, such as Malawi itself, have been accorded that right, would be equally inequitable.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“In the view of the Malawi Government, the past record of the People's Republic of China is not such as to warrant any attempt to waive that rule in its favour so as to allow admission on a simple majority vote, and therefore it should be applied in full when we come to vote upon the matter. Indeed, the past record of the People’s Republic of China is such — in respect of its attitude towards armed combat, its open interference in the affairs of other nations, and its outspoken antipathy to the United Nations Organization itself — that we feel that before any nation votes in favour of its admission to the United Nations there should be demanded of it some concrete evidence of a change of heart in these matters and a genuine willingness, if admitted, to respect and abide by the basic principles of the United Nations.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“"Having said that, however, I must add certain important qualifications: Admission to the United Nations is like admission to membership of any other club; there are rules for the admission of members and there are rules which, after admission, members must observe and which, before admission, prospective members must demonstrate convincingly to the existing members who have the say regarding their admission that they have a genuine intention to observe if they are admitted. "Article 18 of the United Nations Charter lays it down quite clearly and mandatorily that decisions of the General Assembly on important questions shall — I repeat, shall — be made by a two-thirds majority of the Members present and voting, and goes on to define those questions as including 'the admission of new Members to the United Nations'.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“81 and 82.] "The People's Republic of China is still not a Member of the United Nations, and I know that the question of its membership will come under close debate during the present session of the General Assembly. I must therefore make clear my country's attitude towards this important issue. "In the course of my remarks last year, to which I have just referred, I said that a country consisting of 4.3 million square miles and a population of over 700 million people cannot be denied a voice in world affairs: they have a right to be represented and to be heard in the councils of the world, of which the United Nations is the most important. Malawi therefore would not oppose in principle the admission of the People's Republic of China to membership of the United Nations on the same terms as any other nation.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“"In the address which I was privileged to be allowed to make to the General Assembly at its nineteenth session, I referred to my country's attitude towards the problem of divided or disputed sovereignty over China, and on that occasion I said, to quote my own words: " Justice and fair play demand that the Government in Peking, presided over by Mao Tse-tung, be recognized as the legal and rightful Government of China. " I should like to go further. In my view, the Government in Peking — that is, the Government of Mao Tse-tung — should be recognized by the United Nations, by this Assembly, by the Security Council, as the legal government of China now.’ [1268th meeting, paras.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“No nation which encourages warlike intervention in the affairs of other countries or which is not prepared to settle its differences with others otherwise than by the use of armed force has any right to claim membership of that Organization. Malawi will support fully and wholeheartedly the condemnation of the use of force as a means of settlement of any disputes between nations of whatever nature — however just or unjust the cause of either side.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“"The existence today of so much armed conflict in the world should be a matter of grave concern to every nation which is a Member of the United Nations; every such nation must search its own conscience and satisfy itself — whether it be a mere onlooker or an unhappy participant in some armed struggle — that it has done everything in its power to avoid the outbreak of armed conflict in the world. Any nation which cannot do this has no right to be a Member of the United Nations and, similarly, any nation not yet a Member of the United Nations who cannot do this has no right to aspire to such membership. Membership of the United Nations is a privilege and with that privilege go responsibilities to uphold the ideals and principles for which the United Nations stands.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Yet, unhappily, we see around us all too many indications that there are some who think that such co-operation need only be confined to material things, to co-operation in the field of science and technology and the exchange of learning, forgetting that there can be no true cooperation between the nations of the world unless there is real co-operation in the political and humanitarian field evinced by a genuine desire to settle disputes and iron out differences in a peaceful manner.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“I am happy, however, to see that those difficulties appear to have been resolved, so that the Assembly can now proceed with its important work in the normal manner, and Malawi would like to pay tribute to those whose diplomatic generosity has made this possible. "This year, in addition to being one in which the twentieth anniversary of the birth of the United Nations has been celebrated, has also been dedicated as International Co-operation Year. The concept of international co-operation is one in which Malawi, in common, I would like to believe, with every Member of the United Nations, whole-heartedly believes.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)