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first: 1980-09-24
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“In conclusion, I wish to express my strong belief that the current session will prove to be yet another attempt to strengthen the role of our Organization in the world. The extent to which it succeeds depends on all of us. Not so many years ago a session of the General Assembly could be counted a success only if there was no deterioration in the international climate in the course of its duration. Today, that is no longer enough. Let us therefore do everything in our power to see that the results of our proceedings measure up to the authentic ambitions and aspirations of our respective peoples for a secure and dignified life in peace.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We particularly appreciate the enormous efforts being made by the overwhelming majority of its members to preserve the authenticity and the progressive ideas of the movement. 151. We feel close to the just aspirations of the developing countries. Aside from our traditional solidarity with their struggle for full political and economic emancipation, we declare our readiness to cooperate on a partnership basis in all areas of mutual interest. In order to serve their further development we are ready to make available a substantial number of Polish experts and specialists. We positively view the endeavors of the many developing nations which treat social progress as an integral part of development. 152.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“For this same reason, we uphold the proposal discussed at the Madrid meeting of representatives of European and North American States to convene in Warsaw conference on military detente and disarmament in Europe. By the same token, we are actively participating in United Nations disarmament efforts. This, too, is the meaning of the appeal addressed by the Ninth Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party to our partners in the West to increase the frank dialog in exploring ways of preventing cold war threats and safeguarding what has so far been accomplished by detente. It would represent a very appreciable contribution by Europe towards universalization of the processes of detente on a world scale. 150. On a number of issues crucial to the world an ever growing role is being played by the active movement of the nonaligned States.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Together with its socialist allies, Poland has been unsparing in its efforts and perseverance with a view to improving the international climate, particularly on the continent in the heart of which we are situated. Europe is the common home of the peoples inhabiting it. Poland has been and will be among the pioneers of the struggle for peace, for European detente, security and cooperation. This accounts for the efforts we had made in convening the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and in the process of implementing the Final Act of the Conference. It also determines our stance at the Vienna talks on the reduction of armed forces and armaments in central Europe.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“This requires all the more a joint effort of all who are genuinely ready to strive to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war" and who look upon the United Nations as indeed a "center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends". 148. It is with such an approach that the Polish delegation is participating in the thirty-sixth session. Stemming from the humanistic nature of the socialist system, our foreign policy has complete endorsement in the Charter of the United Nations. Even in periods of gravest tension we have patiently sought solutions and explored avenues to keep international dialog alive. We are following the same course today in spite of the domestic problems we are facing. 149.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Their present condition has pinpointed with particular clarity the necessity of their restructuring, taking specific account of the interests of the developing countries, particularly the least developed ones. A creative role can and should be played here by global negotiations consistent with the progressive objectives of the new international economic order and the International Development Strategy. Focusing as it does all shades of interests and needs, the United Nations system is best equipped to meet these requirements. The sooner there begins to be an improvement in (the world political situation and the more tangible the effects of disarmament agreements in bettering standards of Hying, the more quickly can this goal be achieved. 147. The Organizations after all a mirror of the complicated condition of the surrounding world.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Our own countryman, head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II, has lately fallen victim to a terrorist. We rejoice in his complete return to health. 145. Finally, there is the fourth, though not least important, factor in improving the climate in the world: establishing a new and just economic order and surmounting through joint efforts the crisis developments in international economic cooperation. Destructive attempts continue to be made to subordinate economic relations with other countries to political and strategic considerations. Equality, nondiscrimination and reciprocal benefit are the basic principles of a healthy world system of economic relations. 146.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We therefore support the latest proposals of the three Indochinese States in this regard [see A/36/86, annexes I and //], which we find constructive. 142. As timely as ever remain the initiatives of the Government of Afghanistan regarding normalization of the situation in SouthWest Asia. They have our full support. 143. I also voice our firm solidarity with the struggle of the Korean people for the settlement of the question of Korea on the basis of the proposals of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. 144. Our growing concern is aroused by the mounting tide of international terrorism, both in its State form, as exemplified by the unprecedented Israeli attack on Iraqi nuclear installations, and in its individual manifestations.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We roundly condemn this brutal new step and support in full the decisions taken so far by the United Nations against the policies of apartheid and on the question of Namibia as summed up to resounding effect at the recently completed eighth emergency special session of the General Assembly. 141. This is the situation in SouthEast Asia, where the peoples of Indochina are plagued by nonrecognition of realities and interference in their internal affairs. They are revealingly disclosed in the absence from this Hall of the representatives of the People's Republic of Kampuchea. In our Opinion, the solution to problems in this region must spring from the position of the Governments directly concerned.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“The vast majority of current conflicts and crisis situations are precisely a direct product of these negative phenomena. They are also derived from failure to recognize the realities and historical processes. 139. This is the situation in the Middle East, where we still await a solution of the basic problem, that of assuring the Arab people of Palestine independent statehood. Until such time as this issue is made an integral part of a comprehensive rather than a separatist formula, attempts to ease tensions in this region will remain fruitless. 140. This is the situation in southern Africa, where a glaring example of neocolonialism has been the recent aggression by the racist regime in South Africa against Angola.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“In conjunction with the review of its implementation that is to be made at the current session, the Polish delegation hopes there will be a constructive exchange of views serving to develop the lofty purposes and principles of the Declaration. 138. The third condition for a fairer outlook on the international horizon is the elimination of conflicts and focal points of tension. There is now an ominous prospect of a dangerous belief in the "normality" of wars taking root in the minds of societies and desensitizing them to human injustice and suffering. There is, therefore, in the first place, a very pressing need for discontinuing the imperialist policy based on strength, for rejecting hegemonism, and for eradicating the remnants of colonialism, neocolonialism and racism.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“An appropriate contribution to a well prepared special session would be long awaited progress in the Committee on Disarmament, at Geneva, at least over the issues where it is being held up not so much by substantive disagreement as by the absence of the political will necessary for their successful resolution. We set great store by universalization and strict implementation of the Treaty on the NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons, tied to guarantees of the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy. 137. There is an organic link between efforts on behalf of disarmament and international security and the principles of the Declaration on the Preparation of Societies for Life in Peace [General Assembly resolution 33/73], adopted three years ago on Poland's initiative. Time has borne out the total relevance of its principles.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“It is with special attention that we have noted the important proposal contained in the statement made from this rostrum by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, Andrei Gromyko, concerning the adoption by the General Assembly of a declaration on preventing a nuclear catastrophe [7th meeting, para. 116]. Particularly noteworthy is the profoundly humanistic essence of the new initiative. We extend our full support to all these proposals. 136. We place considerable hope in the second special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We view the following points as of special importance: the readiness to resume negotiations on the limitation of strategic arms and on medium-range nuclear weapons in Europe; the proposal for an agreement on widening the scope of confidence-building measures; and creative support for the idea of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in northern Europe. A significant means of limiting armaments would be the conclusion of a treaty on the prohibition of the stationing of weapons of any kind in outer space. A proper platform for fundamental negotiations on the basic problems of the contemporary world might be created by a high-level meeting of members of the Security Council and possibly leaders of other interested States.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“134. The second requirement is intensification of positive action in the area of international security and disarmament. The experience of the past few years has. shown that fomenting distrust, the influence of the military industrial complexes, the argument that the armaments of the other side must be matched and, most recently, the highly dangerous doctrines of military superiority and the possibility of a limited nuclear war rob disarmament negotiations of their essential dynamism and effectiveness. What is needed, therefore, is the will and political perception of the imperative of real disarmament. 135.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“It is only such a Poland, a socialist Poland", a credible ally of its friends," that could and can make a constructive contribution to the cause of peaceful relations in Europe. For a stable Poland is an important and indispensable, factor of a stable Europe. 132. The quality of international relations depends and will continue to depend substantially on the state of SovietAmerican relations. Indeed, they represent an objective element of the relationship of forces and of the process of ensuring security in the contemporary world. 133. Poland would welcome improvement of relations between the Soviet Union and the United States, It would be to the benefit not only of the two nations concerned, but also of the peaceful existence and cooperation of all nations. This is, in fact, the objective at which numerous Soviet initiatives are aimed.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We highly appreciate the sympathetic approach to our problems of many States with which we have traditional ties of cooperation. It must, however, be noted that there are also forces which would wish to trade on events in Poland for purposes of discrediting socialism, undermining the cohesion of the community of socialist States, interfering in our internal affairs, fomenting tensions and justifying the arms race, for purposes of threatening international peace and security. To such forces our answer is a categoric "No". Poland needs peace, both internal and external. Poland will defend these supreme values consistently and with unyielding determination. 131. Poland's present and future are inseparably bound up with socialism. This is also in keeping with the fundamental axioms of the Polish raison d'etat.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We shall firmly defend it against all anti-socialist internal threats, aided as they are at times from the outside. 129. We are aware that the situation in Poland is followed with keen interest in the world. We understand the concern and anxiety of our friends that we successfully overcome our difficulties, in the interest of strengthening socialist Poland as a steadfast member of the socialist community of States, in the interest of that community's strength and security, and as a stabilizing factor of peaceful order in Europe. All this is our common concern. We are grateful for the great * assistance and understanding which at this trying time we are receiving from our allies and friends, most of all the Soviet Union. 130.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We conceive of Poland's traditional involvement in molding peaceful relations in Europe and in the world at large also in the context of our efforts to surmount the serious problems and difficulties which our country is currently experiencing. 128. I said from this rostrum at the previous session [10th meeting] that we are tackling and solving those problems with absolute openness and discretion, within the framework of our nation's indisputable record of accomplishment and in accordance with our principles, our socialist political system and the rule of law. We have remained faithful to this policy. It was reaffirmed in full by the Ninth Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party last July and in the successive resolutions of the Polish Parliament.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“In the recent historical past, their total violation resulted in a holocaust for millions of Poles, victims of barbarian Nazis. It took the great common victory over fascism, the transformations of the socialist system and our alliances to guarantee us a peaceful existence and to give us the chance to tackle the challenges of development in today's world. 127. The Polish delegation has arrived at the present session well aware of the necessity of firmly counteracting everything that worsens the international situation and ready to make an active contribution to the Organization's joint efforts to reverse world trends of negative development.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“Attaining prompt agreement on effective measures to increase the rate of growth of the developing countries has become a particularly burning problem. 125. In the world of today, the connection between the establishment of peaceful relations on our planet and the requirements of the social and economic development of nations and of the whole international community is becoming clearer than ever. It rests on two crucial premises. First, that every nation and every human being has an inherent right to live in peace and that respect for this right is in the common interest of all mankind; secondly, that every nation and every human being is entitled to exercise, without hindrance, a natural right to development. 126. Respect for these rights is especially important for us in Poland.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“They are governed by a shortsighted logic, since the unequivocal message of the whole of the past 36 years is that in the present day world an imperialist policy based on strength is a throwback, both dangerous and risky. It undermines confidence in international relations. Its effect has been and still is to generate tensions which push humanity towards the quicksands of self-destruction. 123. Regional and local conflicts continue to be a source of growing tensions. Not only have most of them remained unsolved thus far, but new flash points have appeared. 124. This unfavorable picture of the international situation also includes a stalemate in the implementation of the new international economic order.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We are confronted with a situation in which it is becoming not only more intense, but also more universal. It constitutes the central problem of our times; it adversely affects the security of all States; it saddles national economies with a huge burden, especially in the case of those countries which are at this stage overcoming the effects of underdevelopment. Decisions concerning deployment of new medium-range nuclear weapons in Western Europe and the production of new kinds of nuclear arms, like the neutron weapons, offer a striking illustration of the intensification of the arms race. 122. Extremely disturbing in present international relations are the attempts to revive the ill-famed policy based on strength.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“It has proved above all that among the participants in the process of detente there are no losers, that within humanity's practical reach there lies the possibility not only of banishing and burying the spectrum of war, but also of embarking on specific action towards the just settlement of international disputes by means of negotiations and towards the development of equitable and mutually profitable cooperation between States with different social and political systems. We are greatly disturbed, however, that the world is entering its new decade in a qualitatively different situation, fraught with serious threats that impair many of the achievements of the seventies. 121. Contrary to the noble objectives of the current Second Disarmament Decade, the arms race continues unchecked.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“It is precisely the efforts of the past and preceding decades which have justified the inclusion in the declaration of May 1980 of the States parties to the Warsaw Treaty of the verdict that "it has been possible to break the tragic cycle in which peace has been no more than a pause between world wars and to develop a broad effort to eliminate war forever from the life of human society. 120. The policy cf detente has brought tangible benefits to the whole world, to all States and peoples.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“As a founder of the United Nations and an unswerving advocate of the liberation of all colonial and dependent peoples and countries, Poland welcomes its one hundred and fifty-fifth Member, the Republic of Vanuatu, and wishes its people every success in developing its statehood. 119. The thirty-sixth session is convening in the first year of a new decade of efforts aimed at the implementation of the lofty purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. The decade that ended last year will pass into the history of international relations as a period of painstaking, though not always successful, endeavors to improve the political atmosphere in the world and to develop a wide-ranging dialog and all around cooperation among nations, as a time of construction of the fabric of detente.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“We should like the President to accept our sincere congratulations on his well-deserved election to the exalted and responsible post of President of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. 116. Let me also take this opportunity to pay a tribute to the outgoing President, Mr. Rudiger von Wechmar, for the manner in which he presided over the proceedings of the thirty-fifth session. 117. I wish to address our grateful appreciation to the SecretaryGeneral for his dedicated and unflagging efforts to strengthen international security and promote peaceful cooperation. 118.”
1981-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 36 (1981)
“The United Nations has taken an active part in these efforts, becoming ever stronger and richer with new experience. Today, the Organization is faced with particularly important tasks. In declaring my country's readiness to cooperate, I wish to stress that Poland has followed, is following and will continue to follow a policy of respect for and realization of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. As a European State, it will at the same time strive for a full and integrated implementation of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. It is in this spirit that the Polish delegation intends to play a constructive part in the current session of the General Assembly and will do all it can to contribute to its successful work and fruitful results.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“92. Poland appreciates the important role which the United Nations can and should play in the strengthening of peace and security, in the development of friendly relations between nations and in the expansion of international cooperation. What counts is the fullest possible utilization of the possibilities offered by the constitution of the Organization; the Charter of the United Nations, in initiating actions of both global and complementary regional dimensions, for peace is an indispensable prerequisite for the successful solution of other pressing international problems, in particular for accelerating socioeconomic development. 93. In the course of the 35 years of existence of the Organization, the world has time and again lived through difficult moments. Thanks to joint efforts, we have managed so far to weather the crises.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“In the interest of world peace and in the interest of progress and mankind's development, the entire international community should concentrate on activities covering these fundamental objectives: we should strive, by way of concrete action, not only to maintain, but greatly to intensify the international dialogue on the basic issues of international security and cooperation; we should bring about, through a cooperative effort, the consolidation of the process of political detente and its extension into the military field; we should make a genuine breakthrough in the efforts to halt the arms race and proceed to real disarmament; we should demonstrate the maximum political goodwill and wisdom in action aimed at reducing tensions and strengthening peace and security in different regions of the world; last but not least, we should strive energetically to overcome the obstacles on the road towards the establishment of a new international economic order based upon the principles of justice and equality and enhancing the solution of difficult and complex problems of socioeconomic development.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We are linked to many of them by intensive and mutually advantageous trade exchanges and industrial cooperation, as well as collaboration in the sphere of investments, science, technology, culture and training of personnel. We shall consistently strive to expand this cooperation in the spirit of the idea of partnership for development. 90. I have outlined in general terms Poland's position with respect to the key issues of the international situation as it obtains at present. I realize that I may have left out many important and crucial issues. They will be dealt with, though, by members of my delegation in other statements during the Assembly's current session. 91. The awareness that we have to live and act in a world full of complex problems and tensions should stimulate us to even more active endeavours.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Our position of principle has been repeatedly placed on record on various occasions, also in the course of formulating the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade. 88. We realize the significance of and support the concept of global negotiations on economic cooperation for development. We believe that these negotiations, conducted within the United Nations system, should aim at taking specific action, promoting development of international economic cooperation. 89. Poland is vitally interested in the expansion of comprehensive cooperation with the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We feel close to the main themes and objectives formulated by them, inter alia, in the resolutions of the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-aligned Countries, held at Havana from 3 to 9 September 1979. We highly appreciate the constructive role played by the nonaligned movement in international relations. 87. We view with understanding and sympathy the economic claims of the developing countries emanating from their long-term legitimate interests and objectives. At the recently concluded eleventh special session of the General Assembly, we presented Poland's position regarding these matters. To the best of our ability, we shall act jointly in developing a new, just world economic order.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“On the twentieth anniversary of the historic Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, we could not stress more emphatically the need for immediate and final eradication of the remnants of colonialism in southern Africa and of its particularly abhorrent form, apartheid. The elimination of the vestiges of colonialism and of all forms of neo-colonial dependence is also an essential prerequisite for ensuring world peace, justice and the security of nations. 86. Poland is in full solidarity with the peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America fighting for their national and social liberation, the consolidation of their statehoods and their socioeconomic development.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The acceptance of political realities, including the recognition of the People's Republic of Kampuchea and its Government and the termination of hegemonistic pressures against the States of IndoChina, constitute an important condition for a process of stabilization and cooperation in the region. 84. Realism, honesty, the right to progressive transformations and security—these are the guiding elements of our approach to the complex problems of Southwest Asia, including the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. We support the initiatives of the Government of Afghanistan towards solving the existing issues through mutual recognition, in the spirit of good neighbourliness and cooperation. 85.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We fully reaffirm our position concerning a comprehensive and just settlement of the situation in the Middle East, in which the key issue is the question of ensuring independent statehood for the Arab people of Palestine, in accordance with the postulates of the Palestine Liberation Organization [PLO], a settlement that would bring lasting security to all States of the region. 83. It is imperative to ensure peaceful development, good neighbourly relations and cooperation for all nations of Southeast Asia. A good basis to achieve this has been provided by the proposals of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and of a number of other States.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The concern for the future of the world and for the fate of nations makes it imperative to break out of the vicious circle of tensions and conflicts by seeking just and enduring solutions to acute political problems in different regions of the world. In reducing and extinguishing hotbeds of tension and conflict, we recognize an important component of the struggle for the strengthening of international security. To the best of our ability, we have taken and are still taking part in the efforts aimed at their solution pursued both within and outside the United Nations. 82.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We believe that, in view of the special significance of disarmament in the nuclear field, the strengthening of the regime of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons retains its lasting importance. In this context, it is worth stressing the validity of the idea of nuclear free zones in Europe also, and zones of peace in different regions of the world, for instance, in the region of the Indian Ocean, as well as the validity of the idea of strengthening security assurances to non-nuclear weapon States. 80. At the recently concluded Second Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, we paid special attention to measures aimed at the strengthening of the regime of non-proliferation, which would also be compatible with the interests of peaceful utilization of nuclear energy. 81.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“They include most timely postulates concerning non-expansion of existing military political groupings and renunciation, as from 1 January 1981, of the expansion of armed forces and conventional armaments. Other important proposals made by the Soviet Union cover negotiations with a view to granting appropriate guarantees to non-nuclear weapon States as well as the prompt conclusion of an international treaty on the complete and general prohibition of nuclear weapon tests. In our opinion, giving effect to these proposals would considerably reduce the direct threats facing mankind today. They contain an initiative which, when taken up, would give a new, broader dimension to the struggle for a more secure world for us and for the generations to come. 79.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“I should like to express the conviction that the impulse which that session gave to disarmament negotiations will result shortly in the finalization of new disarmament agreements, including those concerning the prohibition of all nuclear weapon tests, the prohibition of chemical and radiological weapons and the prohibition of new types and new systems of weapons of mass destruction. Poland will continue to act with all determination in this direction. 78. In the present complex situation, it is important to initiate realistic steps with a view to reducing the danger of war. That is the idea behind the proposals submitted the other day by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Andrei Gromyko [6th meeting].”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Its deliberations would make a valuable contribution to the consolidation of a broad and positive process, combining political and military detente into one inseparable whole. 77. Disarmament issues, which are closely linked with the security of nations and with the conditions for their socioeconomic development, have been and continue to be the focus of attention of the States of the world. This was confirmed by the debates and results of the tenth special session of the General Assembly in 1978.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Such a conference should agree upon confidence-building measures and subsequently lead to a reduction of military confrontation and a limitation of military activities in that important part of the world which has the greatest accumulation of dangerous weapons. 75. In reiterating early this year the proposal to convene the conference, Poland offered to act as host to it in its capital. This would be an honour for our country, and Warsaw, we believe, would be a worthy and proper place to hold such an important international meeting. 76. Poland will seek a decision during the Madrid meeting which will make it possible to convene such a conference in the shortest possible time.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Poland is unceasingly interested in a prompt and meaningful breakthrough in these talks, so that they produce appropriate agreements. The latest proposals presented by States parties to the Warsaw Treaty constitute another significant step towards bringing the respective positions closer together. 74. Considering the realities of the situation now obtaining on the European continent, we believe there is urgent need to elaborate a satisfactory negotiating formula concerning military detente and disarmament. This, in our opinion, could be made possible by taking up and developing the idea of a conference on military detente and disarmament in Europe, which has been advanced by the States parties to the Warsaw Treaty.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Dealing as it does a blow at the principle of equal security of the parties, it aims—which is particularly dangerous—at the lowering of the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons. It carries a threat of inconceivable consequences for the nations of Europe and for world peace. 72. Poland, therefore, supports the constructive proposals of the Soviet Union to their full extent and declares itself in favour of negotiations on nuclear missile weapons in Europe. We welcome the announcement of a prompt commencement of such negotiations and hope for their success. 73. Seven years have passed since the initiation of the Vienna Talks on the Mutual Reduction of Forces, Armaments and Associated Measures in Central Europe.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“A year ago, from this rostrum, the Polish delegation—like, indeed, many other delegations—expressed optimism and hope, which we all shared at the time, in connexion with the signing of the Treaty on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, SALT II. We trust that the Treaty, which serves not only the vital interests of the two Powers but the cause of world peace and security as well, will be ratified at the earliest possible time. 71. In December 1979, the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] took a decision concerning deployment in Western Europe of new types of nuclear missile weapons. The decision, without any doubt, has become a factor hindering the process of detente, and not on a European scale alone.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“This is, in fact, becoming a preoccupation of many people of great wisdom and goodwill. We highly value the words of Pope John Paul II on the supreme question of peace for mankind. 68. We consider the consolidation of detente and the prevention of a new escalation of the arms race to be most urgent at present. These two component questions are closely interlinked and mutually conditional. What is more, their successful resolution will determine the political situation throughout the world. 69. The state of relations between the Soviet Union and the United States remains of paramount importance. These relations, it is obvious, exert a decisive impact on the international atmosphere and on matters of the peace and security of nations in a global context. 70.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We can say with a full sense of responsibility: there is no such thing as a situation on which it is too complicated to take up or resume a dialogue, to seek constructive solutions, as long as all the parties are ready to demonstrate the indispensable political will, stemming from an understanding of the vital significance of the most important matters, namely, the maintenance of international peace and security and respect for the sovereign rights of nations. 67. In the struggle for peace, all rational, constructive initiatives count. We note with genuine satisfaction that, in response to tensions and threats, broadly representative social forces which come out in support of protecting and continuing detente and halting the arms race are becoming more active.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Along with our allies, we have elaborated many constructive proposals with a view to easing and eliminating tensions in Europe and the world at large. At a time when the policy of detente was being threatened, we were among those who were doing their utmost to preserve contacts and dialogue in relations between East and West. 66. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security. It provides a good opportunity to reflect on what we have attained and on what still remains to be done to give effect to its provisions.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Our contribution to European politics can be illustrated by the traditional relations between Poland and France, which might serve as a good example of relations between States with different political systems. Ten years ago we concluded a treaty with the Federal Republic of Germany on the basis of which we have developed the process of normalization of our mutual relations. Basing ourselves upon the historic Final Act of Helsinki, we have further developed the dialogue and cooperation with its signatories—all European States, the United States and Canada. We shall follow this course consistently. 65. Our concern for the fate of European detente and world peace and security has been reflected, in the present difficult period, in a number of initiatives and specific actions.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The signatories of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe can be credited with important accomplishments in peaceful cooperation. 64. Poland was one of the initiators of this process. We have been fully involved in the action to ensure its success. We know full well what a difficult task it was and how many obstacles had to be overcome on the road to detente. In this process there was and still is room for positive action by each and every State, irrespective of its socioeconomic system, size or potential. Poland, together with its allies, advances consistently towards the goal of building strong foundations of peace and security and establishing an infrastructure of all-round cooperation in Europe. We invariably favour the broadest possible dialogue with all States.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)