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Ali

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first: 1955-09-24
most recent: 1995-09-24
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“With good will and cooperation, all Member States can make significant progress at this historic session towards the vision of peace, progress and human solidarity envisaged in the Charter of the United Nations. This is an extraordinary moment of opportunity. The decisions we take today will determine whether the new era will be one of hope and prosperity or one of despair and deprivation. The choices to build a peaceful world are therefore entirely in our own hands.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Pakistan supports the reaffirmation made by the Non- Aligned Movement that both the reform and expansion aspects of the Security Council should take into account the principles of the sovereign equality of States and equitable geographical distribution, as well as the need for transparency, accountability and democratization in the working methods and procedures of the Security Council. Pakistan remains strongly opposed to centres of privilege within the United Nations system. These are anachronistic, anti-democratic and contrary to the principle of sovereign equality. In conclusion, the challenges that Member States of the United Nations confront are indeed forbidding. Yet the opportunities for genuine peace and universal prosperity are most promising.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Our Constitution contains a number of articles related to social integration with particular reference to women and children and religious and ethnic minorities, as well as those living in poverty. Special efforts are being made to ensure the full participation of women in nation building. Pakistan’s approach to employment and poverty eradication combines policies for national growth, employment and price stabilization with programmes that target the poor and the vulnerable. Pakistan would like to reiterate the importance it has always attached to the reform of the United Nations.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“There is, therefore, a unique opportunity to create a just, fair, equitable and non-discriminatory global economy. Free markets and open economies do not imply a disregard for the plight of the poor and the disadvantaged. This principle must be applied as much among nations as within nations. The aim must be to improve living conditions for all within a dynamic economic framework. Pakistan welcomes the constructive outcome of the recently held Conference on Population and Development, the World Summit for Social Development and the Fourth World Conference on Women. We in Pakistan are particularly aware of the need to address the problems of the deprived segments of our society. Development initiatives, such as the Social Action Programme, are being formulated within the constitutional framework.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“A net flow of official assistance should be directed in particular towards the eradication of poverty, human and social development programmes and sustainable growth in the developing countries. This is particularly true of Africa, a continent which has been largely bypassed by the economics of the twentieth century. For our part, Pakistan extends full support to the United Nations development assistance plans for Africa and for the Sahel. Pakistan is encouraged by the conclusion of the Uruguay Round, despite the partial and unequal response to the trade interests of the developing countries. The global economy is finally coming out of recession. New growth is likely to be generated mostly in the developing countries, whose integration into the world’s financial and trading system can immensely contribute towards global output.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“In order to ensure better and effective implementation of Security Council resolutions, there is a need for thorough consultations between the members of the Council, as well as actual troop-contributing countries and the Secretariat, at all stages of any peace-keeping operation. As we enter the new millennium, our collective objective should be to maximize economic growth leading towards the ultimate objective of human development. To promote peace and prosperity, it is essential to facilitate rather than restrain the application of modern technology for economic and social development. Adequate official resources should be channelled to those developing countries which are implementing far- reaching economic reforms and liberalization measures.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“In our view, the emerging role of the United Nations as a peace maker and a peace-keeper would greatly help in achieving peace and harmony at the regional as well as the global levels. We believe that preventive diplomacy is the cornerstone of United Nations peace efforts. Pakistan has been actively cooperating and participating in a major way in United Nations peace-keeping efforts. It is a matter of immense satisfaction that today Pakistan is the third largest troop-contributing country to United Nations peace-keeping operations. Pakistan believes that certain operational realities must be justified for the success of such operations. We 22 need a clear commitment from the international community, accompanied by a clear political direction and a unified command structure.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Unfortunately, the proposal Pakistan made 20 years ago to establish a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia has not even taken off because of the negative attitude of certain States in the region. Nevertheless, Pakistan has continued to advocate efforts to eliminate the dangers of proliferation from South Asia. To that end, we have made several suggestions. Regrettably, they have not evoked a positive response from India. Pakistan has also proposed conventional disarmament at the regional and subregional levels. We hope that the Conference on Disarmament will deliberate upon this approach and evolve guidelines to bring at par the weaponry and forces of the regional States.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“The world should resolve to remove the scourge of nuclear weapons from the face of this earth. Until nuclear disarmament is realized, the nuclear- weapon States should give unconditional security assurances to the non-nuclear-weapon States. In this context, the Conference on Disarmament should establish an ad hoc committee right at the beginning of 1996 to negotiate a legally binding convention on security assurances. The Conference on Disarmament should also continue its work on a comprehensive test-ban treaty for its early conclusion. Parallel to all these global efforts, regional avenues should be promoted for nuclear non-proliferation. The concept of nuclear-weapon-free zones is finally being translated into reality in different parts of the world.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“The United Nations, along with the Organization of African Unity, the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Conference must endeavour to promote an early political solution in that country and its eventual reconstruction. In other areas which impinge on the peace and stability of the world can be seen the lack of progress in the field of disarmament of weapons of mass destruction, particularly in the field of nuclear weapons. The end of the bipolar world based on hostile camps has removed the impediments to pursuing the goal of nuclear disarmament. Yet the goal remains elusive. It is incomprehensible why commitments cannot be translated into reality. The agreements reached on the reduction of strategic arms still fall far short of the expectations raised by the end of the cold war.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“We shall continue to cooperate with the United Nations to bring about complete peace in our friendly neighbour Tajikistan. The events in Azerbaijan, too, are a matter of deep concern to us. We fully support the efforts of President Gaider Aliyev for an equitable settlement of the Nagorny- Karabakh dispute; a settlement which is based on the removal of aggression against Azerbaijan. We fully support the Middle East peace process. We hope that the Palestine Liberation Organization-Israeli accord is implemented in letter and spirit without any recourse to delay by Israel. We have supported the Jordan- Israeli peace accord and favour a negotiated settlement of related issues, especially the Golan Heights, southern Lebanon and Jerusalem. Pakistan continues to be deeply concerned over the situation in Somalia.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“However, this provocation will not deter us from our steadfast path of neutrality towards the Afghan people and the unity of Afghanistan or from non-interference in Afghanistan’s internal affairs or our abiding friendship and brotherhood with the Afghan nation. In the meantime, we would like to assure the people of Afghanistan that we shall stand by them in their hour of trial. We shall not abandon them. Pakistan was closely associated with the third round of United Nations-sponsored inter-Tajik talks. While I pay tribute to the United Nations Special Representative, Ambassador Píriz-Ballón, for his statesmanship, which led to the main elements for peace in Tajikistan, let me add that our role too was to bring about national reconciliation in that country.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“It seeks to conquer Afghanistan through military force. This is against history. This will not happen. The regime is forgetting the code of honour of the Afghan nation. While we in Pakistan are sad at what has happened to our countrymen in Kabul, the chivalrous Afghan people are angered and incensed. We take no responsibility for what the Afghan people will do to vindicate their honour. They know that there never was, and never will be, interference from 21 Pakistan. The world knows that a faltering regime always wants to lay its follies and its internal defeats at the doorsteps of others, and for this the Afghan nation will demand, and get, retribution.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“But this has not made Pakistanis angry at the Afghan nation. It has merely made us sad, because this regime has forgotten the 14 years of the support given and the sacrifices made by the people of Pakistan for their freedom. Instead, it chooses to please those who destroyed their country, who killed and maimed millions of Afghan men, women and children, who destroyed houses, who destroyed people’s lives, who planted millions of land-mines across the country — a large number of which have yet to be removed. By these wanton acts, which go against the Vienna Conventions, the Kabul regime wants to win the favour of those who seek to fish in the troubled waters of Afghanistan. The Kabul regime seeks to survive with the help of military support from the enemies of the Afghan nation, while it rules through a minority.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Unfortunately, as the Secretary- General’s Special Representative, Mr. Mestiri, has clearly stated, the regime in Kabul did not allow the promised transition to a representative government to take place. In large measure because of this refusal to live up to solemn agreements, fighting in Afghanistan has been endemic during the past few years. The fortunes of war recently turned against President Rabbani’s regime because it became increasingly unpopular with the Afghan people. A regime in Kabul whose de facto legitimacy we have not questioned, a regime in Kabul that today controls only 5 of about 32 provinces in Afghanistan: this regime has tested our patience again and again. This regime chooses to punish unarmed and innocent staffers and the Ambassador. It chooses to burn down our Embassy and its premises.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“In the second one, 26 of our officials were injured, including Ambassador Qazi Humayun, and one staffer was killed. This is most unfortunate. We hope that the sanctity of the Mission will be respected and that the Vienna Conventions will be honoured. For over a decade, Pakistan supported the legitimate struggle of our Afghan brothers against foreign intervention. Once this intervention was ended, Pakistan promoted accords among the Afghan parties and factions for a peaceful transition from war to peace. It was as a consequence of the compromise achieved in the Islamabad accord of May 1992 that President Rabbani took office. His Government was to be a transitional one and was to prepare for a broad-based and popular government representing all regions and political forces in Afghanistan.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“They too, like us, look to the United Nations and to the OIC to bring peace to their land. I should like to state here unequivocally, and with all the responsibility at our command, that in no way have we interfered in the internal affairs of Afghanistan. We would also urge that no other country do so. We would urge other States not to increase the suffering of the Afghan people by supporting one group or the other. We should all support United Nations Special Representative Mahmoud Mestiri’s mission to bring peace to Afghanistan, a peace based on accommodation for all factions and all groups. This peace can be achieved only through mutual accommodation and national reconciliation. In the last 18 months, our Mission has twice been subjected to mob attacks.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“We also demand that Kosovo and Sanjak be protected from Serbian “ethnic cleansing”. The Declaration of Principles signed recently in Geneva is something we consider well-begun but only half-done. There are many pitfalls, and we see many dangers in the implementation of the Declaration of Principles. A lot more vision and courage on the part of the world community will be required if the entire peace plan is to be fully implemented. We hope that the United Nations, the European Union and NATO will demonstrate the courage required to resolve the crisis in the Balkans. The situation in Afghanistan makes us very sad. The people of Afghanistan wait in anguish for peace to return to their tortured land. There appears to be no end to the fighting between the various groups. One and a half million Afghans are still in my country.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“We have taken 20 note of the action taken by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries and of the establishment of the rapid reaction force. We urge the NATO countries not to relent on the air strikes until the Serbian aggressors and delinquents are made to pay a price for their deeds and to act like civilized people. Unless peace is fully restored and a just and equitable settlement is in place, the OIC will reserve its right to challenge the illegal United Nations arms embargo on the Bosnian people. We fully support the Croatian efforts to recover Krajina and their other territories from Serbian military occupation. We demand that in the settlement Srebrenica and Zepa be restored to their original United Nations- designated safe-area status.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Yet the international response has been totally inadequate and has often come too late. The Bosnian Muslims were left to defend themselves against a vastly superior military machine, their hands tied by an unjustified arms embargo. Pakistan strongly reiterates its firm support for the demand by the Bosnian people for the lifting of the arms embargo. For its part, Pakistan remains strongly committed to offering every possible assistance to the people and Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We must seek credible international guarantees for the preservation of the unity and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. If one step is taken towards peace, the world of Islam is prepared to take two steps more.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“We also sincerely hope that the United Nations General Assembly will use its authority to exert pressure on India to stop immediately the brutal violations of human rights and to implement the Security Council resolutions which ask for the holding of a plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir. What has been happening in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the past few years is a monumental tragedy. The world has witnessed a Member State of the United Nations being made victim of brutal aggression and its people subjected to atrocities, massive violations of human rights, ethnic cleansing and the abhorrent practice of genocide — acts which would put the horrors of the Second World War to shame. The killing fields of Srebrenica and Zepa are sadly reminiscent of Auschwitz and Buchenwald.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Peace will be worth their while. Trade will flourish, mega- projects in the Gulf, from Iran and from Central Asia will bring prosperity to our peoples. I hope that better counsel will prevail in New Delhi and I hope there are still men of peace and vision left in India who will not be the prisoners of the acrimonies of history but will look to the future of a billion people. The Secretary-General, in his 1995 report on the work of the Organization (A/50/1), has recognized the aggravation of relations between India and Pakistan as a result of increasing incidents of violence in Jammu and Kashmir. We would like, in particular, to facilitate the search for a lasting solution to the Kashmir dispute. We hope that India will also accept the United Nations Secretary-General’s offer of good offices, as Pakistan has done.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“That is why peace is vital for Pakistan. But I want to make it absolutely clear — and let there be no doubt about it in anyone’s mind — that the people of Pakistan have the will to survive, and survive they will with dignity and honour. One fifth of humanity, a billion people, live in the seven countries of South Asia. The world is passing us by. Our people are trapped in poverty, in hunger, in disease and unemployment. Don’t our people deserve better? Don’t they deserve a chance? Don’t six countries have a right to live in peace in South Asia? It is our earnest hope that those in New Delhi who threaten war should look at the state of poverty of their own people. We hope that they have the political will to ensure the peaceful settlement of disputes, and there will be many peace dividends if peace comes to South Asia.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Their leaders talk of extending the Indian military and naval might to the shores of the Indian Ocean. In this day and age this approach is downright anachronistic. During the Eighth Summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), which was held in New Delhi in May this year, President Leghari urged Prime Minister Narasimha Rao and the Indian leadership not to take this fateful step. He urged the Indian leadership to come to the table and solve the core Kashmir dispute. He also warned that if India continued with this feverish race for arms, and now for missiles, then Pakistan would have no choice but to rethink its options within the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). Having fought three wars to defend its territory, the people of Pakistan feel threatened. That is why peace is important.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“What will the world look like if countries were allowed unilaterally to reject United Nations resolutions, and if this deviationist stance were to become a universal principle of international morality? Can morality become outdated? Can evil become good with time? Instead, India has gone on to a feverish arms race. When they exploded their nuclear bomb in 1974, we told them not to push South Asia into a nuclear arms race. But our warnings were not heeded and now, along with its massive blue-water navy, which threatens the shores of Africa and Asia, they have launched into an arms race in South Asia. Their Prithvi missiles are Pakistan-specific. The Prithvi missile is a tension multiplier: it gives Pakistan only three minutes’ response time. What are they arming themselves for? Who threatens them in Asia?”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Every time a meeting takes place the Indian side states that Kashmir is an integral part of India and not an international dispute. This is a negation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions. This is a negation of the Simla Agreement, and I quote article 6 of the Simla Agreement, which states, “Both Governments agree ... to discuss further the modalities and arrangements for the establishment of durable peace and of normalization of relations”, including “a final settlement of Jammu and Kashmir”. The Simla Agreement is fully within the framework of the United Nations Charter. 19 Then we are told that the Security Council resolutions are outdated.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“We are prepared for mediation by the Secretary-General or by the President of the Assembly, or by any peace-loving country under any modality, under any arrangement. We are prepared for peace. We want conflict resolution. We want talks but the talks must be on the substantive issue of Jammu and Kashmir. Talks must aim at achieving settlement. Talks must be on the basis of a structured agenda. Once the issue of Jammu and Kashmir is resolved, it will open the door for a solution to all other Indo-Pakistan disputes. But our offers of talks have fallen on deaf ears. India now hides behind a new subterfuge that talks should be unconditional, that talks must be without an agenda. We cannot accept this because during the last 23 years under the Simla Agreement, the two Foreign Secretaries met seven times without any result.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“I cannot believe that Indian authorities are so naive as to believe that the Kashmiri uprising is foreign- inspired. Other Powers have also made such mistakes in the past, much to their dismay and ultimate discomfiture. India must learn from history. The march of history has never been, and never will be, altered by a systematic falsification of facts or a string of blatant lies. The people of Kashmir have rejected the Indian occupation. No amount of repression, no amount of killings, gang-rapes, torture or mining of villages will deter the people of Jammu and Kashmir from winning their right to self-determination. This truth is being lost on New Delhi. For our part, we are prepared for dialogue.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Instead, it deployed 800 troops per kilometre and built three Security Zones along the Line of Control. I ask: Can there be cross-border violations after such heavy fortifications? By what logic can they reject our proposal for increasing United Nations observers? The answer is obvious. They want merely to score points in international forums. They want to build an argument against Pakistan. They want to convince the world that it is not the Kashmiri people who are alienated from India, but Pakistan that is turning a blind eye to militants crossing the Line of Control from our side. I ask you to ponder this Indian posture. In history this has always been the language of the aggressor, of those who want to maintain the status quo.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“There would be no international order, and the world community could say farewell to peace. It would become the law of the jungle. In the meantime, along the Line of Control in Kashmir our people are being killed daily and injured by cross- border firing and rocketing. Access to over 80,000 of our people in the Neelam Valley has been cut off by daily Indian firing. India claims that Pakistani militants cross into Kashmir. In good faith and in order to ascertain the veracity of the Indian allegations, I wrote to the President of the Security Council last year asking for the expansion of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) on both sides of the Line of Control. India’s response to this constructive proposal was a firm “No”.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Pakistan calls for an independent and impartial inquiry into the hostage-taking by Al-Faran, under the auspices of the United Nations, so that those responsible for this act can be brought to justice. India continues to harp on the issue of elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Let it ask the All Parties Hurriyet Conference, the representative party of all Kashmiri organizations in Jammu and Kashmir and the sole voice of the Kashmiri people, whether they want elections, or a plebiscite and the implementation of the Security Council resolutions. Kashmir is an international dispute. India cannot internalize it behind the garb of bilateralism. If this “non- principle” was allowed to prevail as the basis for the settlement of disputes, then there would be no international morality left.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“The people of Kashmir and Pakistan are deeply shocked at the killing of the Norwegian tourist by the kidnappers of the Al-Faran Group. We join our Kashmiri brothers in condemning this horrible act against an innocent tourist, and we demand the release of the remaining four tourists. We have extended every possible cooperation to countries whose citizens’ lives are still in 18 danger, but we have a right to ask: Who are Al-Faran? Nobody seems to have heard of this group ever before. There is too much circumstantial evidence which points an accusing finger at New Delhi. We do not want rhetoric; we do not want to score points. We want the safety and the freedom of these innocent tourists.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Is it not ironical that the great Sufi saint, Noor-ud-Din Wali, buried in the shrine there was a man who preached love and tolerance five centuries ago to all humanity, and not just to Muslims? Hindus, Buddhists, Christians and Sikhs also seek spiritual solace at his grave. The disdainful act of desecration of this symbol of peace and harmony by the Indian forces has not extinguished the spirit of freedom in Kashmir. The occupation forces, now numbering more than 600,000, use torture, killings and brutality against the people, against its leaders, and even against innocent journalists. The people of Kashmir were outraged at the killing of a journalist, Mushtaq Ali, in the bomb blast at the BBC office in Srinagar. The whole of Kashmir went into deep mourning at this wanton killing. But India refuses to look truth in the face.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Will the new year of the United Nations bring an end to the rape of Kashmir? Will the beginning of the next half century of the United Nations see the implementation of its resolutions on Kashmir? The Jammu and Kashmir dispute was not brought to the Security Council by Pakistan. It was India which moved this dispute before the United Nations. The people of Kashmir are looking to this body to deliver them their right to self-determination, as promised to them by this body, by the international community and by India and Pakistan. Since I stood before the Assembly a year ago, hundreds of Kashmiris have been killed by the Indian forces. Holy places of the Muslims have been razed to the ground by the Indian occupation forces. The holiest of the holy shrines, Charar-e-Sharif, was burned to ashes. The city of Charar-e-Sharif was torched.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“It continues unabated and is being pursued with malicious intensity, with devastating consequences for the civilian population of this internationally recognized disputed territory. In Kashmir the principles of the United Nations Charter, international law and international morality have been violated with impunity. The massive and widespread human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir have been graphically documented by a large number of international human rights organizations. Since I stood at this rostrum a year ago, tensions have further escalated in South Asia. One billion people of South Asia are holding their breath as threats of war keep emanating from the leaders in New Delhi. Jammu and Kashmir continues to burn. The sons and daughters of Kashmir continue to be killed, maimed, executed, tortured and dishonoured.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Human rights standards are being defended more vociferously in some situations than in others. While in some cases aggression has been forcefully and decisively resisted, in others it has remained unchecked and even rewarded. Jammu and Kashmir is a case in question, where the Muslim majority continue to be denied their right to self- determination promised to them by Security Council resolutions. These resolutions remain unimplemented. The denial of the right to self-determination led to a massive uprising in the Indian-occupied Kashmir in 1989. Demand for the exercise of this fundamental right was met with a brutal reign of terror unleashed by the Indian occupation forces.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“The end of the cold war provided a historic opportunity to build a new edifice of peace and prosperity: a system in which international relations would be conducted in a spirit of justice, equality and democracy; where poverty would cease to exist, through international cooperation for development; where human rights, especially the right to self-determination, would be promoted and protected; and where aggression would be effectively and collectively challenged wherever and whenever it occurred. Regrettably, this has not happened. Now, more than ever, it seems that the powerful countries are imposing their will on the United Nations. The decisions and the resolutions adopted by it reflect the interests of a few rather than the good of all. The provisions of collective security are being invoked selectively.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Pakistan will continue to extend its support and cooperation to the collective efforts of the world for peace. After exactly 50 years, retrospection evokes mixed feelings. Yet members of our Organization have much to celebrate. The decolonization process, the elimination of apartheid, humanitarian assistance and handling of refugee situations are some of the areas where the United Nations can be proud of its achievements. But much remains to be done.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“On this momentous occasion, as the Secretary-General aptly observed in his report (A/49/1), we must resolve to “appreciate and strengthen the accomplishments of the past, to recognize and meet the challenges of the present, and to design and implement a plan for the United Nations of the future.” (A/49/1, para. 12) We must seize this historic opportunity to forge a global consensus behind development, in all its dimensions, as the lasting foundation for international peace and security and as the greatest hope of humanity. Pakistan has been strongly committed to the noble vision of the United Nations Charter ever since its independence. We have continuously abided by its 17 principles. We reaffirm our faith in their timeless validity.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“I extend to you, Sir, my delegation’s felicitations on your well-deserved election as President of the General Assembly at its fiftieth session. We have no doubt that with your experience and wisdom, you will add much to this historic session. We also pay tribute to your predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Amara Essy, who presided over the Assembly at its forty-ninth session with great distinction and wisdom. To His Excellency Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, our Secretary-General, I would like to pay a special tribute for all he has done for peace and the promotion of the United Nations Charter. To the Republic of Palau, a new Member of our Organization, I would like to say, “Welcome”. We look forward to working closely with that country. We are celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of our Organization.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“The principal task of this session must be to revive hope, to restore the confidence of our peoples, that we, the States Members of the United Nations, acting together, can build peace where it is broken; that we can bring solace to those who are suffering; that we can uphold and enforce justice where this is needed; and that we can enlarge the horizons of prosperity to embrace those teeming millions who are imprisoned in poverty.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“But even as we celebrate these victories, the triumphs of reason and statesmanship, we must confront the dark forces of aggression, racism, fascism and bigotry, which have again raised their head in many parts of the world. It is, perhaps, not surprising that once the restraints of the cold war structures were lifted, conflicts and disputes - between States and within them - should have erupted like an epidemic. The world community has been unprepared to confront and repel aggression - witness Bosnia, Azerbaijan and Kashmir. We have been unable to muster the political will to stop genocide - witness Rwanda. We are unprepared to pay the price to help the hungry and save the deprived of the Earth - witness the Sahel.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“We must not let history pass us by again. We meet on the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations. The end of the cold war has released both positive and negative forces that were long suppressed. The principles of democracy, human rights and free markets have triumphed. We have celebrated the entry into the United Nations of many new States, proud and free. The victory of democracy has been achieved in South Africa. The victory of peace may well be realized in the Middle East. Today, there is no threat of a global nuclear war. Unprecedented affluence has been achieved in parts of the world. Momentous technological breakthroughs have been made. We now have the potential to achieve global peace, address global problems and promote global prosperity.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“These goals cannot be attained unless we resolve the Kashmir problem and others and build a climate of trust and confidence in South Asia. Pakistan has embarked on a new path of socio-economic revival and growth. We have released the dynamism of our private sector. We have created an economic climate that is most hospitable to domestic and foreign investment, and the results have been most gratifying. Agreements for foreign investment of $4 billion were concluded 10 days ago with a delegation led by the United States Secretary of Energy. Additional investment is likely in the energy, telecommunications, electronics and other dynamic sectors of the Pakistan economy. Today, Pakistan and all of South Asia have the chance to break out of the cycle of poverty and underdevelopment. We must not lose this chance.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Agreements reached on two major problems - the Indus Waters Treaty and the Rann of Kutch Accord - were made possible by the intercession of a third party. At this critical moment, when tensions are high and peace is threatened in South Asia, the States Members of the United Nations have a fundamental responsibility to bring to bear their collective influence to promote solutions to the interlinked problems of Kashmir, conventional arms conflict and non-proliferation. 14 Pakistan desires good-neighbourly relations with India. We want our people to devote their energies to the vital task of nation-building. We want to banish from our midst the spectre of rampant poverty. We want our people to live with dignity.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“First, we suggest an agreement between India and Pakistan not to develop or deploy ballistic missiles. India’s production and deployment of the Prithvi will invite a matching response from Pakistan. We have advanced the concept of a Zero Missile Zone in South Asia. This objective should be endorsed by the world community. Secondly, we suggest an agreement between India and Pakistan not to manufacture or deploy nuclear weapons. We hope India will respond positively to this longstanding proposal. We hope it will agree, as a first step, to issue a joint declaration with Pakistan renouncing nuclear weapons. It is unfortunate that India and Pakistan have never succeeded in solving any of their disputes through bilateral negotiations.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“While we have acquired a certain technological capability, we have not manufactured or exploded a nuclear device. We have not deployed nuclear weapons. We have not transferred sensitive technologies. Twenty years after exploding its nuclear bomb, India is about to take another fateful step towards proliferation: the production and deployment of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles. India is continuing work on its medium-range AGNI missile as well as on intercontinental ballistic missiles. It conducted user trials of the short-range Prithvi this year. The Prithvi is a mobile missile. Once it is produced, Pakistan will have to presume that it has been deployed. It is still not too late to prevent nuclear-weapon proliferation in South Asia. Pakistan suggests two critical steps to avoid this danger.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“In May 1974 India exploded the bomb - ironically calling it the "Smiling Buddha". Pakistan made every endeavour to counter proliferation in South Asia. Apart from the nuclear- weapon-free zone, we advanced subsequent proposals: for the simultaneous signature of the NPT by India and Pakistan, for acceptance of full-scope safeguards, for joint renunciation of nuclear weapons, for a bilateral test-ban treaty. All have been spurned by India. A proposal made by the United States for a conference to promote non-proliferation in South Asia, involving Russia, the People’s Republic of China and the United States, as well as India and Pakistan, was also rejected by New Delhi. Pakistan has displayed responsibility and restraint in the nuclear field.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“Pakistan has made several proposals to India for conventional arms control: negotiation of a mutually agreed ratio of forces; measures to prevent the possibilities of a surprise attack, adoption of agreed principles for conventional arms control in South Asia. Pakistan has no desire to expend more of its scarce resources on arms. Meaningful arms control and confidence-building measures could also help to stem the danger of a nuclear arms race in our region. Pakistan’s concern about nuclear proliferation in South Asia precedes the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). As early as the mid-1960s Pakistan had warned the world that India would misuse nuclear cooperation. The late Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto proposed the creation of a South Asia nuclear-free zone in 1972.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)
“A resolution of the Kashmir situation is required to avoid the danger of a conflict. A solution of the Kashmir dispute will also 13 enhance the prospects of conventional arms control and non-proliferation in South Asia. My Government believes that to reduce the danger of war in South Asia it is essential to promote a balance in conventional arms between Pakistan and India, at the lowest possible levels. India fields the third largest army in the world. Almost all of it is deployed against Pakistan. During the past decade India was the world’s largest arms importer. Even during the Afghan war, India’s arms acquisitions were over five times those of Pakistan. Pakistan’s defence capabilities have deteriorated further since 1990. Last year, while Pakistan’s defence spending declined in real terms, India’s increased by 20 per cent.”
1994-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 49 (1994)