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Ortega Saavedra

THE RECORD WRITES THIS SPEAKER AS ORTEGA SAAVEDRA

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103

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1983-09-24

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1987-09-24

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1. “The report by the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization reflects this critical international situation that appears to be growing worse. 79. The efforts of peoples in search of justice, freedom and peace clash with those defending monopolistic interests and denying the legitimate aspirations of the peoples. The results of this monopolistic policy are in violation of our peoples' human rights, for while $800 billion are squandered on weapons and efforts are made to increase their number and especially their degree of sophistication, 46,000 children die each day of hunger, malnutrition and lack of medical attention. 80. Those who dream of breaking the strategic balance and impose an arms race are committing genocide.”

   1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)

2. “We are certain that it will contribute to the efforts of the Organization to secure peace. 76. This thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly has begun in a climate of world tension similar to others in this century which led to ever more destructive wars, involving irreparable human, material and cultural losses and representing a step backward in the history of human development. 77. Our concern knows no limits, for it is obvious that in a third world conflagration there will be no victors, only the vanquished, including those who seek military hegemony and who fan the flames of war. It is impossible to underestimate the consequences for world peace and security that stem from the proliferation of nuclear weapons since they were first dropped on the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 78.”

   1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)

3. “74. First of all, please allow me to extend our congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Nicaragua is honoured that a brother Central American occupies this position of high responsibility at such a difficult time for our region and for the world. Your well- known dedication to the United Nations, your solid espousal of the ideals of nationalism, non-alignment and defence of the right of self-determination of peoples that Omar Torrijos Herrera left as a legacy for Panama, Latin America and the world, ensure for us a wise leadership in the work of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly, in which you may always rely on the Nicaraguan delegation's co-operation. 75. We also wish to welcome Saint Christopher and Nevis into the United Nations.”

   1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)