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1959-09-24

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1960-09-24

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1. “We derive particular satisfaction from the approach suggested by Mr. Selwyn Lloyd when he pointed out that "if we can get political settlement it will make agreement on disarmament easier; if we can get an agreement on disarmament, it will make political settlements easier" [798th meeting, para. 41]. This, it seems to us, is the most sensible resolution of the vicious circle in which the disarmament question has for so long been caught. 79. For our part, we feel that a country like the Philippines can best contribute to progress toward disarmament by helping to create and maintain a world opinion favourable to it. It is for this reason that we cannot welcome any addition to the number of States now possessing nuclear weapons.”

   1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)

2. “Total disarmament in four years has to be, with all due respect, regarded as Utopian. Four years is too brief a time within which to sweep aside the habits, instincts, and inherited fears of the whole of human history, and complete and general disarmament is, for the present at least, only the ultimate goal to which all men of peace and goodwill should strive. 77. But I trust it is not mere wishful thinking to perceive positive progress toward disarmament by stages and under adequate international control and inspection. The tacit understanding among the nuclear Powers to suspend further tests, the exchange of proposals on the limitation of conventional armaments, the slow but thorough discussion of protection against surprise attacks; all these give us reason to hope that the great military Powers are developing a habit of agreement. 78.”

   1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)

3. “We live under a Constitution which, when it was promulgated in 1935, became the first in history to renounce war as an instrument of national policy. If we now take up the question of general disarmament, it is only because small countries like ours have at stake not only their own prospects of survival but also their hopes for a more abundant life. 76. It has, therefore, been immensely heartening for us to observe-the great military Powers come closer to an agreement on what has been called the great imperative of our time. It would not seem impossible to reconcile the proposals advanced in this Assembly by Mr. Khrushchev [799th meeting] with those advanced by the Foreign Ministers of the United Kingdom [798th meeting], France [814th meeting], and the United States [797th meeting].”

   1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)

4. “For the sake of peace and human survival, they would wish sincerely that the spirit of conciliation, which is moving amongst us, will continue to improve the relations among the great Powers. At the same time, loving freedom and justice as they do, our people equally fervently wish that no country will ever try to use its capacity to wage war, including nuclear war, as an instrument to intimidate others into surrendering their just rights and their cherished liberties. For his would be the surest way to incur the very risk of universal death and destruction which, by the methods of conciliation and accommodation, we are endeavouring earnestly to avoid. 75. Our country has never had a military tradition and could ill afford one.”

   1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)

5. “We must work with these unhappy realities of the world as they are, and strive patiently to let man's generous instincts provide an eventual and effective healing. 73. The task before us is long and hard, but the important thing is to make a beginning. And an honest beginning can only be made if, first of all, we stop adding to what I have already described as man's heavy burden of accumulated wrong and age-old heritage of suspicion and hate, oppression and injustice. This means, in effect, that even while we strive to remedy the evils of the past we must earnestly determine to prevent new evils from arising. 74. I represent here a small country whose people love freedom and justice as much as they desire peace.”

   1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)

6. “Garcia, of the Philippines, warmly hailed the news in a public statement in which he expressed the fervent hope that the exchange of visits between the heads of the world's two most powerful States would contribute to the establishment of a just and enduring peace for all mankind. 72. We are well aware that this kind of peace cannot be made by one single act, however dramatic, nor achieved by wishful thinking through Utopian means. We understand clearly that ideal objectives must be subjected to the test of realistic solutions. The heavy burden of accumulated wrong, the age-old heritage of suspicion and hate, oppression and injustice cannot be suddenly wished away by waving a magic wand.”

   1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)

7. “But since the love of peace has, in the past, availed little to' deter mankind from making war, we may hope that the common fear of universal death will now impel humanity to discover the means of living together in a condition of tolerance, justice and peace. 70. We must believe that humanity has the necessary will and ability to do this; that man will, in time, be able to hold in check his age-old propensities to selfishness, greed and cruelty, and allow his better instincts to fashion a suitable response to the iron necessity of survival. 71. The most auspicious event since the advent of the cold war is surely the exchange of visits between Premier Khrushchev and President Eisenhower. When the plan for this exchange was first) announced, our President, Carlos P.”

   1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)

8. “Not since 1946, when this body held its first session, have there been such happy auguries of peace and understanding among the nations. 67. The cold war, which has divided the world for more than a decade, is today being subjected to the warmer winds of conciliation, mutual accommodation and neighbourly living. In the very middle of an armaments race that has created weapons capable of annihilating mankind and destroying this planet, we have suddenly come to realize that the old historic struggles among nations for power, wealth and influence, based on military might, have lost all meaning or relevance. 68. The message which the artificial satellites and the rockets to the moon have written across the heavens consists of the fateful words: "Learn to live in peace — or die.” 69. love is a better counsellor than fear.”

   1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)

9. “63. May I be permitted to begin by joining with those who have preceded me in expressing the wish and the hope of my delegation, and mine personally, for the prompt recovery of our President, Mr. Belaúnde, so that he may rejoin us and let us have the benefit of his leadership. 64. Also, may I publicly express our most heartfelt condolences to the Government and the people of Ceylon for the irreparable loss that they have suffered in the untimely death of their late great Prime Minister. 65. Finally, may I be permitted to publicly reiterate our most sincere sympathy to our friendly good neighbour, Japan, to her Government and her people, for the terrible ravages that the typhoon has caused to their country. 66. The General Assembly has convened this year in an atmosphere of hope.”

   1959-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 14 (1959)