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first: 1972-09-24
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“In all this, the United Nations and its specialized agencies have a great and historic role to play, and I take this occasion once again to express the deep faith that the Sultanate of Oman has in the United Nations and in its capacity to work for peace in the world based upon its Charter and its principles, to which we in Oman remain deeply committed.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“My Government is strongly committed to the principle of non-interference in the domestic affairs of other States, and by the same token has resisted and will continue to resist all attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of our country by certain Powers and elements that seek to sow dissent and sedition in our country and thereby to retard our economic and social development. 258. In conclusion, I have spoken here today about my Government's position on various international issues and about the responsibilities and policies of the nations.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“My country's adherence to that noble organization reflects not only my Government's commitment to its principles, ideals and objectives but also our deep faith in the actual and potential contributions that the organization can make to the cause of peace and progress for mankind, founded as it is upon the principles of co-operation and non-interference in the domestic affairs of other States. Those principles, especially that of non-interference in the domestic affairs of other sovereign States, ensure for the organization of non-aligned States the promise of great success in the future in meeting its noble objectives, for it has been shown that it is lack of understanding and interference in the domestic affairs of other sovereign States that have in the past been the causes of war and instability.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“This year my Government has continued to develop the domestic, regional and international framework for such security and stability, which is a vital prerequisite for all economic and social development not only in Oman but also in the entire region. My Government has also sought to work in co-operation with other countries in the region to establish the harmony, security and stability that we all need. In this context my Sovereign, His Majesty Sultan Qabus, has this year undertaken a series of highly successful State visits to various countries in the region to establish the framework for good neighbourly relations and regional co-operation. 257. In further pursuit of these international and regional policies my Government has this year become a member of the non-aligned group of nations.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“The policies of apartheid, racial discrimination and even deliberate massacres of indigenous peoples, as practised by the colonial regimes in Africa, constitute a flagrant violation of the spirit of our Charter and of numerous resolutions passed by the United Nations. The Government of Oman, which bans all commercial dealings with such regimes, believes that the continued existence of colonial racist regimes in this day and age poses a great threat to the international security that all countries, especially the developing countries of the world, need if they are to achieve social and economic progress. 256.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“That achievement reflects the atmosphere of detente between the super-Powers, and it is the hope of my delegation that in the course of the coming year not only will all violence and hostilities in that troubled area cease but also the super-Powers will work within the United Nations and outside it to remove that part of the world from the arena of super-Power rivalry and to assist the peoples of Indo-China to embark once again on the course of progress and economic and social development. 254. My Government supports the just struggle of African peoples to achieve freedom and self-determination in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Angola, Mozambique, Namibia and elsewhere in Africa. 255.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“For that reason we welcome any detente between the super-Powers, for it can be only through such detente and co-operation that the peace of the world can be ensured. The recent summit talks between the United States and the Soviet Union and other agreements achieved by those super-Powers are a source of genuine hope for peoples around the world, and we would all hope that as a result of this detente the super-Powers will be able to work co-operatively instead of competitively for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, and in other troubled areas of the world. 253. The winding down of the war in Indo-China in the course of the past year has been a major achievement in our progress to peace.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“Those Powers, because of their influence and their permanent seats in the Security Council, are particularly responsible for the peace and security of the world. They have a moral obligation in their policies to work for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, both within the United Nations and outside it. Too often in the past have those Powers been motivated in their policies towards that area by short-sighted considerations of strategic advantage; too often have the Powers been motivated in their policies towards that area by short-sighted considerations of their own domestic politics. By so doing those Powers compromise the confidence that the peoples of smaller nations around the world place in the big Powers and shed doubts on the reliability, integrity and moral rectitude of the super-Powers. 252.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“My Government and delegation strongly believe that the time has come for such effective measures, for as the Middle East situation worsens year after year, and as Zionist aggression and terrorism „ continue to increase year by year, the further and wider will the ramifications and implications of the situation spread, and the greater will be the threat to the peace and security of the whole world. 250. In that context my delegation welcomed the recent initiative of our Secretary-General to achieve a breakthrough in the present deadlock in the Middle East crisis, and we wish him every success in following up that noble and worthwhile endeavour. 251. I direct my appeal for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East especially to the super-Powers and the permanent members of the Security Council.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“Furthermore, in the course of the past year many countries from Africa and elsewhere have shown their displeasure and condemnation of Israel's aggressive policies by cutting off all diplomatic and other relations with Israel, and an overwhelming majority of the States Members of this Organization have seen the need for more effective measures by the international community to ensure that Israel not only respects the numerous resolutions adopted by this body but also yields to an international consensus that is determined to establish a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, based upon the principles of our Charter and the tenets of international law.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“We need only recall the premeditated bestial assassinations of the leaders of the heroic Palestinian resistance movement, the downing of the Libyan civilian airliner killing and maiming over 100 innocent passengers, the piratical hijacking over Lebanese air space of a Lebanese civilian airliner jeopardizing the lives of over 80 passengers, and the recent aggression by the Zionist air force into the air space of the Syrian Arab Republic. 249. Those and many other acts of aggression and State terrorism committed by Israel in the course of the past year have been widely condemned and censured by public opinion around the world as well as by the Security Council and the International Civil Aviation Organization.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“The tactics of terror and intimidation that have been the mainstays of Zionist policy since the beginning of Zionist aggression against the territory and people of Palestine have in the course of the past year reached new and unprecedented levels of violence and bestiality. 248. We need only recall here the frequent incursions by the regular armed forces of Israel into the territory and air space of neighbouring Arab States, when they have threatened the lives of if not killed or maimed, innocent civilians and passengers of civil airlines.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“In fact the situation in that area, so critical to world peace and to the efficacy and credibility of this noble Organization, has only worsened in the course of the past year. Israeli intransigence has only further hardened this year, as it has every year since the 1967 Zionist aggression against three States Members of the United Nations. Israeli aggression and use of violence against Arab States in total defiance of our Charter, and of all international laws and standards of behaviour that are enjoined upon Members of this Organization, have in the course of the past year only e/.acerbated the situation.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“Last year in his address to the General Assembly my Minister of State for Foreign Affairs expressed the hope of the Omani Government and delegation that the divided countries of this world would soon, after their success in reaching detente and mutually beneficial agreements, join us here as full Members of the United Nations. The applications and consequent admissions of the Federal Republic of Germany and of the German Democratic Republic so soon after expressing our hopes on this matter is therefore all the more welcome to us. 247. Not all of the hopes and aspirations that my delegation and many other delegations expressed at the twenty-seventh session of the General Assembly have materialized as speedily and effectively as those in regard to those new Members-least of all in the Middle East.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“Trepczynski of the Polish People's Republic, guided the proceedings of the twenty-seventh session of the General Assembly. 245. My Government and delegation welcomes the new Members of the United Nations and their delegations to these halls. Their presence here among us constitutes one further step towards the achievement of universality in this noble Organization, and my delegation looks forward to co-operating with the representatives of those new Members. We also take this occasion to wish all success and happiness to the Government and people of the newly independent Commonwealth of the Bahamas. 246.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“243. Mr. President, permit me to express to you on behalf of the delegation of Oman our whole-hearted satisfaction at your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly at its twenty- eighth session. Your many years of experience here among us at the United Nations, in the capacity of Permanent Representative of your noble country, will, I am confident, be much appreciated by my fellow representatives in the course of the coming session, and I take this opportunity to assure you of the full and utmost support and co-operation of my delegation in the execution of your duties. 244. I should also like to take this opportunity to convey, on behalf of my delegation and my Government, our admiration of the exemplary and able manner in which your predecessor, Mr.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“It has been an honor and a privilege to have had this opportunity on behalf of Oman to address the General Assembly of the United Nations, which meets now at a delicate and complex time. The nations of the world hope that we will be able to establish a fundamental framework for peace and international harmony. I thank you, Mr. President, for giving me this opportunity to address the General Assembly.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“To allow the annexation of the city of peace, the holy city of three major religions, by the Zionists would be an act of eternal desecration of that great city. 134. In this connexion I would now like to appeal to the major Powers of this world to work in the United Nations and outside it for a permanent peace in the Middle East based upon justice. These Powers have often in the past pursued a policy in the area based upon their own strategic and economic interests or upon the wishes of vested interests consisting of vocal and often violent minorities in their own countries. What is required in the Middle East today is a policy in the wider interests of a permanent and just peace in compliance with the letter and the spirit of our Charter and of international law. 135.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“How else can we interpret the murder of innocent women, children, and the aged and the use of poison gas and napalm by the Israelis? Is this not terrorism? 132. We believe that no solution to the Middle East crisis can be just or permanent that condones and perpetuates the acquisition and annexation of territory by the use or threat of force, or as the Zionists euphemistically call it, "creating facts". Our belief is based not only upon elementary morality but also upon the principles of our Charter and of the most basic tenets of international law. 133. We believe that no solution can be just or permanent that condones and perpetuates the annexation of Arab Jerusalem by a Zionist aggressor.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“The forcible expulsion of the Palestinian nation from their land, and the land of their ancestors, and the creation of an alien racist State that prides itself on its religious exclusivity constitute one of the most tragic and immoral crimes of this century. It was a crime and a blunder that the United Nations has a special responsibility to correct. No solution to the Middle East crisis can be just or permanent that condones and perpetuates the relegation of the Palestinian people to the status of refugees, living on international charity and deprived of their most basic human rights and of their national sovereignty. 131. Israel is the source of terrorism in the Middle East area. How else can we interpret the daily acts of aggression against Lebanon, Syria and Jordan?”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“The tragic events and continuing crisis in the Middle East impose a special responsibility upon this Organization and it is our profound hope that this year the Members of this body and the members of the Security Council will be able to resolve and enforce a just and permanent peace, for the present crisis in the Middle East poses the greatest threat to world peace and international security and, if you will allow me to add, to the efficacy and credibility of this noble Organization. 130. We believe that no solution to the Middle East crisis can be just or permanent that does not deal with the heart of the situation and its basic causes.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“We in Oman will not interfere in the internal affairs of another State. By the same token, we will not stand idly by while another State or various alien elements interfere in our internal affairs. 128. My Government's policy with regard to the situation in South Africa is based upon our complete support of the principle of self-determination of African peoples and of our total rejection of the policies of apartheid and racism practiced by the regime in South Africa. We support the rights of the African people struggling for freedom and independence. 129. I would now like to turn to the situation in the Middle East.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“My Government particularly welcomes economic and technical assistance from international organizations, especially the United Nations and its subsidiary agencies, which have such a wealth of experience and know-how. 127. In this context my Government and people will not allow various foreign elements to disrupt the framework of peace, stability and progress that we have freely chosen. These elements seek to divert us and our limited resources from this noble and enlightened path and they hope thereby to retard our economic and social development. We will resist these foreign elements which seek to interfere in our internal affairs and which have openly and shamelessly declared their aggressive and seditious intentions. They harbor nothing but enmity toward our country and people and never cease to slander us.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“Ports and telecommunications facilities are now almost completed and many, many projects are now under construction. 126. We realize that we have only just begun the task of laying the basic infrastructure for further economic and social development and we realize that the road ahead will be both long and arduous. But we, the Government and people of Oman, have freely resolved to embark and to persevere on the course of action we have freely chosen. My Government and people will also welcome all economic and technical assistance and investment by foreign States and commercial enterprises, as long as they are in the interest of our economic development as a free and sovereign country.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“I now turn to an area of the world that is of great interest to us. I refer to the Gulf area. My Government's policy in this highly important and strategic area is based upon our profound desire that there should be in this area the basic and fundamental stability in which the nations of the area can work for progress and development in the economic, social and political spheres. 124. Under the reign of my enlightened Sovereign, His Majesty Sultan Qabus, we in Oman have been able to safeguard just such a stability and remarkable strides towards progress have already been achieved by my country and people. Schools and health clinics have been set up, and Oman has already begun a network of roads to connect its various parts. 125.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“We also welcome the agreements that have been achieved between the divided countries of this world, namely, West and East Germany and North and South Korea. Their decision to solve their problems by peaceful means requires our highest support, for their decisions comply with the spirit of our Charter. It is our sincere hope that these States will persevere in the path that they have chosen and that they will soon join us as full Members of this Organization. 122. The further consolidation and widening of the European Economic Community that has occurred during the course of this past year is also welcome to us. It is our profound hope that the new Europe will be a force for peace among nations and that it will continue to expand its generous aid to under-developed countries. 123.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“It is our deep hope that these nations will not stop at just ceasing their previous confrontations but will continue to achieve lasting peace, brotherhood and co-operation in all fields with their erstwhile adversaries. 120. We particularly welcome the agreement that has been achieved between the Governments of India and Pakistan. These two countries are very close to us not only geographically and economically but also historically. It is our sincere hope that these great and peace-loving countries will progress from partial agreements to full accord on a permanent and just peace and or mutual co-operation in all fields. It is also our sincere hope that any such peace will not reflect the weight of military conquest or victory, for it is in this area more than anywhere else that true statesmanship requires foresight and magnanimity. 121.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“As a representative of an under-developed country, we find that the progress that has been achieved in this field has been encouraging, and we can only hope for further progress, for it is indeed deplorable that 7.2 per cent of the world's gross national product is being spent on armaments and highly sophisticated methods of mass destruction. We feel that these resources could be better spent on aid to the underdeveloped countries of the world, for it is only this course of action that can assure peace, security and harmony among the nations and the peoples of this planet. 119. My Government is also highly gratified to hear of the detente and rapprochement that has been occurring between other nations that have so very recently been involved in futile and fruitless confrontations.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“Looking back over the events of the past year, we may find much to be encouraged about in our quest for peace and international harmony, although we must at the same time point out the problems that we face and on which no progress has yet been achieved. 118. On the positive side we must point to the detente and rapprochement that has been achieved by the major Powers. The arms limitation agreements already achieved at the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and in Moscow go part of the way to achieving the objective of placing a real limitation on arms of mass destruction.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)
“Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Sir, upon your assumption of the duties of President of the General Assembly and to assure you of the co-operation of my Government and delegation. We are confident that you will fulfill your difficult duties with the same distinction that you have devoted to other duties in the service of your country. 116. Allow me also, Mr. President, to take this opportunity to pay a tribute to your predecessor, the distinguished Foreign Minister of Indonesia Mr. Adam Malik. We in Oman will always remember that it was under his presidency that Oman became a Member of the United Nations. 117.”
1972-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 27 (1972)