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first: 1955-09-24
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“183. The role of the United Nations in the sphere of its economic activities, particularly in the economic development of less developed countries, has been a constructive one. The growth in the scope and depth of its programmes in the fields of pre-investment survey and technical assistance and, more recently, of industrialization, has greatly benefited a large number of Member States. The United Nations family of organizations has extended substantial assistance in their efforts to alleviate hunger, to reduce illiteracy, and to overcome disease. The agencies which provide special assistance to stateless refugees and underprivileged children throughout the world are rendering valuable service to humanity. 184.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“In our view, the terms of reference should take into account the major trade problems facing the under-developed countries, including the following (a) The need to ensure markets for exports of primary commodities and simple manufactures of the developing countries, with a view to the promotion of international trade as the primary instrument for their economic development; (b) To devise compensatory financing measures, in order to mitigate the efforts of short-term fluctuations in export earnings of primary exporting countries and to integrate them with measures for remedying the adverse long-term trend in the export earnings of the countries and the deterioration in their terms of trade; (c) To enlarge and strengthen the scope and functions of GATT, with a view to making it a more effective organization for the removal of barriers to international trade, especially the trade of the less developed countries.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Should the suggestion to convene this conference by the middle of next year commend itself to the Assembly, it would follow that the preparatory committee should meet much earlier than the spring of 1963, in order that Governments may be afforded adequate time to prepare themselves for the conference in the light of the committee's recommendations. Furthermore, the membership of the preparatory committee must be enlarged in order to give more adequate expression to the principle of equitable geographical representation. 182. While it is for the preparatory committee to prepare the agenda and documentation of the conference, it remains the responsibility of the General Assembly to formulate terms of reference for the guidance of the preparatory committee.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“International efforts to induce them to adopt outward-looking and liberal trade policies are likely to bear fruit only if they are exerted before these blocs are fully formed and assume final, shape. For this reason the projected world trade conference should be held as early as practicable. In our opinion, the date for convening it could well be set about the middle of next year by which time it should be possible to complete the necessary preparatory work, if top priority is accorded to this matter. 181. The Economic and Social Council has decided to convene, in the spring of 1963, a preparatory committee of experts designated by Governments represented on the Council, to consider the agenda and documentation of the United Nations conference on trade.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The question before the less developed countries, however, is whether major transformations in the pattern of world trade, which as yet we cannot visualize, are to be set in motion exclusively by the European Common Market or whether the entire world community, acting under the aegis of the United Nations, should also influence that process. 180. The question of holding an international conference on trade problems and the Cairo Declaration of Developing Countries [A/5162] will be discussed at this session. The Second Committee will no doubt also discuss the timing of convening the trade conference. In this regard, it is necessary to keep in view the fact that the European Common Market and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance are still in their formative stages.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“As the President of Pakistan stated in his address to this Assembly, the historical trend towards regional economic integration is an event fraught with such profound consequences to the future of world trade that the problems posed by it can only be approached in a world perspective. We believe that the time has come to meet this new challenge by concerted action within the framework of the United Nations on the vital questions relating to international trade and the entire range of economic relations between the Industrialized and the developing countries. 179. Mr. Spaak, the Foreign Minister of Belgium, in his address to the Assembly [1138th meeting], has clarified the purposes and principles of the European Economic Community.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The prospects for the attainment of an annual rate of growth of 5 per cent by 1970 will, however, hinge largely on the rate of growth of population in the developing countries. 177. The annual rate of increase of Pakistan's population is 2 per cent per annum. We consider this figure to be too high, and have therefore launched a programme of family planning. Success in that direction can only come slowly as traditional attitudes towards social values cannot be expected to change in the course of a few years. 178. Pakistan shares the serious concern of the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America at the emergence of trading blocs which may well pose a threat to the goals of the United Nations Development Decade.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The second [resolution 1711 (XVI)] expresses the hope that the flow of international assistance and capital for development, which at present is less than 1 per cent of the combined national incomes of the economically advanced countries, should be raised approximately to 1 per cent, 176. The emphasis placed by the Secretary-General on the development process, as one with many facets and one to be based principally on industrial development and a highly productive agriculture, is in accord with the inflexible determination of the developing countries to do away, in the course of the current decade if possible, with the legacy of colonialism which had turned them into exporters of raw materials to feed the growing industries of the colonial Powers and then to provide markets for the manufactured goods.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“I cannot let this occasion pass without expressing our sincere appreciation for the continuing concern of the United Nations over the grave problem of growing disparity in the division of wealth between the nations of the world. Two of the resolutions recently adopted by the General Assembly envisage, to my mind, timely steps aimed at accelerating the economic growth of the Less developed countries in the interests of world peace and prosperity. The first [resolution 1710 (XVI)] designates the nineteen-sixties as the United Nations Development Decade and calls for intensified efforts to accelerate progress towards self-sustaining growth of the economies of individual nations so as to attain in each under-developed country a minimum annual rate of growth of national income of 5 per cent at the end of the decade.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The progressive worsening of the terms of trade against the developing countries would have made the task of their economic development a hopeless one but for the flow of foreign capital in their direction and the extension of economic assistance by the richer members of the world community. However, this flow has barely compensated for the decrease in export earnings of the developing countries resulting from the fall in prices of primary commodities, and a rise in those of manufactured and capital goods. The imbalance is further aggravated by the high rate of growth of population in the developing countries. 175.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The diversion of even a part of this expenditure to peaceful purposes could generate a social revolution and an economic upsurge which, in the course of but a few years, could put an end to the sub-standard level of existence of more than half of the human race. 174. The gap between the have and have-not nations is not being narrowed. It is being widened. For example, in the last decade, the rate of increase of per caput income in the industrialized countries was ten times greater than that in the developing countries. The less developed countries can now only purchase from the exports of their raw materials four-fifths of the manufactured goods, compared with the situation that existed eight years ago, and only two-thirds as compared with that of eleven years ago.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Great Powers and affluent nations spend, year after year, colossal amounts on the manufacture and stockpiling of Infernal machines and weapons of destruction. The statistics of the armaments race in terms of appropriation of national resources for building up military striking power stagger the mind. The world today is spending approximately 120 million dollars annually for war purposes, or half of the total gross capital formation throughout the world. This figure is at least two-thirds of, or is of the order of the same magnitude as, the entire national income of the underdeveloped countries.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The Pakistan delegation believes that this suggestion is in full conformity with paragraph 8 of the "Joint Statement of Agreed Principles for Disarmament Negotiations" of the United States and the Soviet Union issued last year which states that: "...efforts to ensure early agreement on and implementation of measures of disarmament should be undertaken without prejudicing progress on agreement on the total programme and in such a way that these measures would facilitate and form part of that programme." 172. The first essential step to outlaw the spread of nuclear weapons is for the nuclear Powers to reach the necessary agreement among themselves and they should then submit it for the approval of the United Nations and the accession of the non-nuclear Powers. 173.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“In the meantime, non-nuclear States have the fullest freedom and opportunity to become possessors of nuclear weapons, thus compounding the danger of nuclear war, 170. It is, therefore, necessary that the Disarmament Committee should be instructed, without prejudice to the disarmament programme, to accord the highest priority to the conclusion of a convention to outlaw the further spread of nuclear weapons and the knowledge of their manufacture and the implementation of such a treaty should not be made dependent on an agreement on the disarmament question. The Assembly will recall that this was precisely the procedure adopted in regard to negotiations to end nuclear weapons tests under effective control. 171.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The Pakistan delegation is aware that the question of preventing a wider dissemination of nuclear weapons is included in the first stage of both the Soviet draft treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict international control, as well as the United States draft programme for general and complete disarmament in a peaceful world. However, the question of concluding an agreement in regard to the prevention of a further spread of nuclear weapons forms part of the whole complex of the much wider problem of general and complete disarmament as envisaged in the two draft plans. Therefore, its implementation will be dependent on the implementation of general and complete disarmament. 169. At present there is no reason to warrant the hope that this consummation can be achieved quickly. On the contrary, it is likely to take many years.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Unden, carried this line of thought a stage further, in bringing forcefully to the attention of the General Assembly in the First Committee last year [1178th meeting], the important part that non-nuclear Powers could play in the preparation and implementation of measures to prevent a further spread of nuclear weapons by entering into specific undertakings to refrain from the manufacture, or acquisition by other means, of such weapons and by refusing to receive them, in the future, in their territories on behalf of any other country, 168.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“We owe our gratitude to the Foreign Minister of Ireland, Mr. Aiken, who first alerted this Assembly [890th meeting] to the threat of an intensification of the arms race and to the increasing difficulties of avoiding nuclear war with every increase in the number of those countries which possess nuclear weapons and the knowledge of their manufacture. The Foreign Minister of Sweden, Mr.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The President of Pakistan, Mohammad Ayub Khan, in his address to this Assembly [ 1133rd meeting], has set forth the firmly held view of the Government of Pakistan as to the urgent necessity of a permanent end to nuclear weapons tests. In this context, my delegation would like to pay tribute to the contribution that the eight-Power memorandum of 16 April 1962 has made to narrowing the gap in the positions of the Soviet Union and the two Western nuclear Powers. 166. In regard to the clear and present danger of the dissemination of nuclear weapons and the knowledge of their manufacture to States which do not now possess them, the President of Pakistan urged the General Assembly to give urgent consideration to the conclusion of a treaty to meet this grave situation without awaiting agreement on the other measures on disarmament. 167.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“While a strict and comprehensive system of inspection and control must form an integral and indivisible part of any disarmament treaty, it would be vain to look for a perfect system. The aim must be to reduce to the minimum the risks of evasion of any control measures that may be devised, and then to make an act of faith in the honest intentions of the other party. This margin of risk must be accepted as inevitable, or else it would be humanly impossible to achieve the desired objective. In short, it must be emphasized that no disarmament treaty could be without loopholes. This fact must be recognized by both sides. As President Kennedy said here last year: "The risks inherent in disarmament pale in comparison to the risks inherent in an unlimited arms race." [1013th meeting, para. 52.] 165.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“President, and all the representatives in the General Assembly who have given me this opportunity to address the Assembly today. The Pakistan delegation is of the view that the most important question before the Assembly is the speedy achievement of general and complete disarmament. The Geneva negotiations have made little progress. It is a matter of some satisfaction, however, that all the complex problems of disarmament are being examined in depth and the approaches of the two sides are becoming increasingly clarified. 164. The main problems remain what they have been, namely, the preservation of the military balance in the phasing of successive disarmament measures and the question of inspection of the armaments retained after the agreed reductions have been carried out.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“In this great task, may not the peoples of the world look to the solidarity of small Member States to transform the Organization into an instrument for the progressive realization of a true world order of peace, freedom and justice? Theirs was the chorus for peace in the Suez crisis of 1956. Theirs has been the vote for freedom in the decolonization of the world. Theirs has been the voice of conscience when justice has been at stake. 45. Man has embarked upon the mission to reach out for distant planets. His greatest mission remains here, on earth — this earth — to live in peace and be just to his fellowmen. If those things happen, thus shall suffering humanity attain that greater measure of peace for which it has yearned throughout the ages. 46. I thank you again, Mr.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“We believe that this world order can be attained through the United Nations. That is why we reiterate our faith in this Organization here today. 44. It has been rightly said that the principles of the Charter are, by far, greater than the Organization in which they are embodied, and the aims which they are to safeguard are holier than the policies of any single nation or people. The task before us, then, is to unite our efforts to make the United Nations a more perfect union of States and a true mirror of its principles, to the end that its aims may prevail over the policies of any single nation or group of nations.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“No effective machinery exists for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, Small nations continue to live in fear of their large neighbours. Thus, a response is lacking to the historical challenge of a world order which is the imperative of our times. 43. The increasing scales of destructive power of nuclear weapons have made the balance of terror between the two great Power blocs so delicate and precarious that neither State can now exert a decisive influence in world affairs. This power balance is a matter of concern to all the smaller countries which live under the lowering shadow of constant terror. Real and lasting security lies not in this kind of equilibrium, but in working for the achievement of a world order in which all countries, great and small, can live without fear.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Remote nations have become close neighbours, Independence is being increasingly superseded by interdependence. 42. While, therefore, the world is becoming one world, it is unfortunate that relations between States are becoming increasingly out of step with this transformation in the facts of international life. The United Nations, as an instrument of co-operation between nations, is proving inadequate as a means for the attainment of common ends. The promise of a system of universal collective security remains a distant goal. There is little sense of urgency in the efforts to establish a Peace Force to prevent aggression and threats to the peace. Nations are unwilling to subject their sovereignty to the supremacy of international law. The trend towards increasing disparity between rich and poor countries is not being reversed.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“We thank the two countries for the confidence that they have reposed in us and assure them of the faithful discharge of our duties. 41. In conclusion, I wish to say this: The world is in the throes of a political, economic and technological transformation of profound significance to its future. The historical epoch of imperialism and colonialism is passing away. The era of political hegemony of a concert of Powers has yielded place to a more democratic international order in which small States are able to play an important collective role in world affairs. The traditional institution of war as a means of attaining national ends has become meaningless in an age of thermo-nuclear weapons and space exploration. The centres of power today have shifted to countries with economies of continental proportions based on great home markets.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“If the present session has opened under less ominous circumstances, the credit must go to the collective wisdom of Member States and to the choice they made in the person of the Acting Secretary-General. During the year that has passed, he has proved himself fully equal to the challenge of his great office and has given proof of integrity and statesmanship of a very high order. His successful mediation in the dispute between Indonesia and the Netherlands over West Irian and his patient, courageous and constructive efforts to end the Congo crisis have demonstrated his stature. 40. Pakistan considers it a privilege to have been called upon to assist in the task of maintaining order and security in West Irian during the period of transition from Netherlands to Indonesian administration.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“It is clear that the United Nations operations in the Congo and in the Middle East have been undertaken in accordance with the express and reiterated authority of both the Security Council and the General Assembly and that the expenditures incurred in consequence constitute, in the light of the recent advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice [A/5161 ], expenses of the Organization. As such they must be defrayed by Member States, as binding obligations. 39. The sixteenth session of the General Assembly opened in the shadow of the tragic death of the late Secretary-General while engaged on a mission of peace in the Congo, Crisis and disaster loomed on the horizon.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Pakistan, in common with other small States of the world, has a vested interest in sustaining and strengthening the peace-making role of the United Nations. The great Powers may be able to do without the Organization. It is the small States, as the late Secretary-General said on a memorable occasion, that need its protection. They cannot afford to see it fail for lack of the necessary financial support. Neither can they contemplate with equanimity that the Organization which they have made their own should be mortgaged to one or another great Power, or that it should become dependent on its subsidies. The obligation of the poorest Member State to pay its assessed share is no less than that of the wealthiest one. 38.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“No statesman strove so nobly, so heroically and with such single-minded devotion to uphold the high principles of the United Nations as he did. 35. The Acting Secretary-General has presented a bold and realistic plan to end the secession of Katanga and the Congo crisis. It merits the sustained support of all Member States and more especially of those who are in a position to lend their weight to it so that prompt and decisive measures may be taken to end the agony of the Congolese people by the reunification and rehabilitation of their country. 36. The financial position of the United Nations is a cause of grave concern to us. We should be equally concerned about the ability of the Organization to carry to a successful conclusion its peace-keeping and security operations in the heart of Africa and in the Middle East. 37.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Equally incompatible and obstructive are policies and practices based on racial discrimination which are pursued in certain Non-Self-Governing Territories and elsewhere and of which apartheid is a most glaring example. This Assembly must do all in its power, while there is still time, to avert the grave consequences which will inevitably follow if such policies are not abandoned. 33. The United Nations continues to be deeply Involved in the Republic of the Congo. The honour, the prestige, and the resources of the Organization are all committed to the preservation of the political independence, unity and territorial integrity of that country. 34. In this context, it is fitting that I should pay a tribute to the memory of the late Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“I pledge Pakistan's continued and fullest support to all practical steps that may be proposed to bring the blessings of independence, in the shortest possible time, to the peoples of Africa and elsewhere still under colonial rule. 30. In this context, Pakistan feels constrained to express its profoundest regret that the inalienable right of self-determination continues to be denied to the people of Kashmir despite an international agreement to which the United Nations itself is a party. 31. The prolongation of alien rule against the wishes of those over whom it is exercised is incompatible with the Principles and Purposes of the United Nations Charter and an obstacle to the emergence of a world order toward which mankind must move. 32.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“I salute the heroic people of Algeria whose sacrifices in their struggle for independence have been unparalleled. Their war of independence has ended in victory with honour, both for Algeria and for France. 28. I also extend my felicitations to the Government of the United Kingdom for Implementing the right of Jamaica and of Trinidad and Tobago to independence and Commonwealth status. 29. There still remain a number of Non-Self-Governing and other Territories where the process of decolonization has not yet been set in motion and the colonial Powers concerned refuse to implement the historic Declaration of the General Assembly on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples [resolution 1514 (XV)]. This Assembly will be giving its earnest attention to the present status of the implementation of the Declaration.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“It will be necessary to approach these problems in a world perspective and to work through all the various organizations, such as the specialized agencies concerned, GATT and the regional economic organizations, to achieve a reasonable system of world trade which will satisfy the needs of developing nations. 25. One of the most important problems still remaining before the United Nations is that of carrying to its final conclusion the historical process of decolonization, now approaching its consummation. 26. It gives me deep satisfaction that this year the representatives of four new nations have taken their seats in this Assembly of sovereign States. I extend my greetings to the representatives of Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago and wish them Godspeed in the great adventure of independence. 27.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The less developed countries of the world are facing a situation which is of crucial importance to their future. This challenge must be met. The time has come to convene an international economic and trade conference under the aegis of the United Nations, to examine the entire range of relations between the industrialized and the less developed countries in the light of the present historical trends. 24. The real problem of world trade cannot be solved by one group of countries acting alone, whether they belong to the European Common Market, the Commonwealth or those which took part in the Cairo Conference on the Problems of Economic Development.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The time has come for the Western world to decide whether it will make a viable place for the developing countries, or whether it intends to turn itself into a powerful international cartel denying to our manufacturers access to their markets and forcing us to remain primary producers to feed their factories, dictating the terms of our trade and compelling us to pay several times more for their finished goods. If this were to happen it would amount to re-establishing imperialism of the worst kind, which may well lead to disastrous consequences. 22. Let me say unambiguously that just as you cannot have abject poverty alongside affluence within a country, so also you cannot expect friendly coexistence between those countries that are forced to remain backward and the ones that are overflowing with wealth. 23.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Even if the most modest targets of the United Nations Development Decade are to be attained, improved access to world markets for the exports of developing countries must be assured. Without this, those countries could not reach the necessary stage of self-sustaining economic growth. 21. The prospects of improved access to export markets, however, are getting dimmer with the increasing trend towards the formation of common markets of continental proportions. It is indeed a grave prospect for developing countries like Pakistan.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“In pursuance thereof, experts have submitted a report setting forth their unanimous conclusion that the "achievement of general and complete disarmament would be an unqualified blessing to all mankind". This conclusion, I have no doubt, will have a far-reaching impact on the thinking of the Governments and peoples of the world. 19. The Acting Secretary-General has expressed the view that the present division of the world into rich and poor countries is much more real, much more serious, and ultimately much more explosive than the division of the world on ideological grounds. This indeed is a patent truth and the sooner the more powerful and more prosperous nations of the world recognize it, the better for the well-being of mankind. 20.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Unless the United Nations takes effective and urgent action in this direction, the race in nuclear armaments is bound to overtake other parts of the world in the immediate future. 17. This imminent peril demands that the General Assembly give urgent consideration to the conclusion of a treaty to outlaw the further spread of nuclear weapons and the knowledge of their manufacture, whether by acquisition from the present nuclear Powers or by any other means. The conclusion of such a treaty cannot wait until agreement is reached on other measures of disarmament. 18. The question of disarmament involves the question of man's physical survival. It is also a condition of his economic emancipation. Two years ago Pakistan was privileged to propose a study by the United Nations of the economic and social consequences of disarmament.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“I am aware that the barriers to their removal lie largely in the deep-seated distrust that conditions the approach of the East and the West to the imperative necessity of disarmament. I appeal to you not to be discouraged. When the survival of humanity itself is at stake, the quest for peace through disarmament cannot be abandoned. 16. An aspect of disarmament which is of deep concern to Pakistan is the clear and present danger of the spread of nuclear weapons and the knowledge of their technology to States which do not now possess them. The General Assembly is aware of this danger. Permit me to observe that the mere adoption of resolutions against the dissemination of nuclear weapons and in favour of the establishment of a non-nuclear club, will not remove this danger.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“There is no reason to delay further a ban on nuclear tests in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water, without inspection, pending a reconciliation of the differences which prevent the conclusion of a comprehensive treaty that will also end underground explosions. 14. In regard to the question of general and complete disarmament, the Geneva negotiations have not made any substantial progress. This is all the more disappointing as agreement had been reached last year between the United States and the Soviet Union on principles within the framework of which disarmament negotiations were to take place. 15. I am not oblivious of the host of difficulties that must be surmounted, including those of inspection and control.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The chance of nuclear war by miscalculation or accident, remains an ever-present danger to human existence. 12. In the existing conditions of the dizzy acceleration of the race in nuclear weapons, no country, great or small, can feel secure. We are appalled by this deadly competition in the production of nuclear weapons. As a nation, we add our voice to the demand for an end to nuclear testing. We are convinced that the cessation of nuclear testing is an essential step towards nuclear disarmament. 13. The Geneva negotiations have revealed that the elements of an agreement between the nuclear Powers on a permanent cessation of nuclear testing are now in existence.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“I shudder to reflect that carriers hover over this planet every instant, that invisible rockets from under the earth and the sea — and also perhaps from outer space — are ready at any moment to launch nuclear and thermo-nuclear death, in a war of extermination against humanity, at but a single word of command from those who hold awesome power, in their hands. This is the fate that threatens all of us. This fate is not ordained by God. It has been contrived by man. My reason bids me hope that the fatal command will not be given. But it is a melancholy fact that life is not always ordered by reason. History bears witness to the somber fact that power can sometimes fall into the hands of megalomaniacs. Even if this should not happen again, human nature is not infallible.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Without detracting from my admiration for the many achievements of the United Nations, particularly in the economic field, I must remind the distinguished representatives here assembled of the questions which remain on the agenda of the Security Council and of this Assembly as a challenge to their combined wisdom and collective statesmanship. Their number is legion. Disarmament, the cessation of nuclear weapons tests, apartheid, Palestine and Kashmir are but a few of these unresolved burning problems. 10. First and foremost, all the attempts of the United Nations for the last seventeen years to achieve disarmament — whether total or partial — have not yet succeeded. Mankind seems condemned to an existence in the shadow of nuclear annihilation — sudden, swift and complete. 11. I am a soldier.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Many would assess the role of the United Nations in accelerating the historical process of the liberation of dependent peoples from the bondage of colonialism and the democratization of international relations as a result of their emergences as equal sovereign States, as perhaps its greatest achievement. 8. In the political field, the Organization has broken new ground by embarking upon peace-keeping operations in the Middle East and in the heart of Africa, that vibrant continent which has entered into such vigorous participation in international affairs. Now, for the first time in its history, the United Nations assumes executive authority in West Irian. This precedent may well turn out to be an event of significance for the future. 9.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The capacity of the Security Council to act effectively was, however, predicated on the continuing solidarity of the great Powers in 6. The authority of the General Assembly has to some extent been strengthened by the Uniting for peace resolution [377 (V)] and by the admission of newly independent nations. Nevertheless, it remains a regrettable fact that the will of the Assembly can be thwarted by States which choose not to accept its resolutions. 7. In spite of these limitations, the Organization has a measure of success to its credit in resolving, or in bringing about, an adjustment of international situations constituting actual or potential threats to the peace.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“However, even at the time when the United Nations was being established, the victorious Powers were already showing signs of drifting apart. The built-in system of veto in the Security Council, the purely deliberative powers of the General Assembly, the greatly restricted jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice and the merely exhortatory provisions relating to the other procedures of peaceful settlement were but the reflections of the political realities of 1945. This was the maximum area of agreement that could be reached between the great Powers. 5. The Charter envisages sanctions against aggression and a universal collective security system based on armed forces to be placed at the disposal of the Security Council.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Mr. President, for Pakistan it is a matter of special satisfaction and pride that this august Assembly of the nations of the world has honoured one of its distinguished citizens and devoted servants by electing you to the high office of President of the General Assembly. I am confident that, in conducting its proceedings, you will be guided by that impartiality, judicious spirit and high sense of duty for which you are known so well. 3. In 1945, when this Organization was established, its founders made a conscious attempt to eliminate from the new structure the weaknesses which had led to the failure of the League of Nations as an instrument of international peace and security. The Charter of the United Nations undoubtedly provided a firmer foundation for the Organization than the Covenant had done for its predecessor. 4.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Let us all dedicate ourselves to the great task of strengthening this Organization, consecrated as it is to the eternal values and the highest aims of mankind.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“The Conference also contributed to reducing international tension, and held out the hope that a shift in emphasis from war-like to peaceful utilization of atomic power might in itself become an important factor in lessening the danger of nuclear war. 77. The Pakistan delegation is heartened that negotiations are in progress for the creation of an International Atomic Energy Agency. In order to ensure that the beneficent activities of the agency encompass all the principal areas of the world, an adequate voice in the making of its policies and programmes must be given to the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. 78. The first decade of the United Nations has had its measure of achievements and of failures. The future holds both hope and fear.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“In the field of the peaceful uses of atomic energy, the Conference of the world’s leading scientists held in Geneva last August is a historic landmark. The breaking down of the barriers of secrecy which it accomplished and the consequent free interchange of ideas and information which took place was one of the most valuable features of the Conference. The foundation for accelerated scientific progress in the sphere of atomic energy has been well and truly laid. It is evident beyond a doubt I that a new industrial revolution, far greater in scope than the one which transformed society in the nineteenth century, is in the making, holding forth the promise of a more abundant life for thousands of millions of people all over the world. 76.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)