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first: 1953-09-24
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“Our economic relations with all countries are based on the principles of absolute equality and noninterference in internal affairs, and will continue to be so. 129. In our efforts to defend and strengthen peace, we feel dose to all men of good will, and particularly to those millions of simple, honest human beings whose aim, like ours, is a peaceful life, free from fear and want. We want to join this great multitude, each nobly seeking to outdo the other in the struggle for a better morrow for mankind. The United Nations must remain true to these lofty endeavours, at the same time combining and supplementing our efforts to achieve peace and universal prosperity.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“We want to benefit from the development of human thought throughout the world and in turn to enrich it ourselves. 128. We have repeatedly expressed our desire to promote economic co-operation with all countries, irrespective of their economic or political system. While maintaining close economic ties with the socialist countries, we recognize that our economic relations with the countries of Western Europe and other continents are undoubtedly insufficient, and we are ready to expand them on the basis of the principles of equality and mutual advantage and, of course, without any political conditions whatever. How ridiculous it is to seek to interpret one or other of our delegation’s votes as an attempt to obtain economic aid from certain countries!”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“It will help strengthen the unshakable alliance and brotherly friendship between the Polish people and the peoples of the Soviet Union, a friendship of vital importance to both our countries. In our opinion, an alliance based upon these principles represents also a vital contribution to the strengthening of European security. 127. In international relations we have always respected, and we continue to respect, the principles of the United Nations Charter. We desire a rapprochement with all other nations. We want to compare our achievements with those of other countries, irrespective of their political system. We want to enable other countries to become acquainted with our achievements so that they can then profit from them as they see fit.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“Warsaw, the capital of Poland, has been visited in recent months by many distinguished representatives of the political, scientific and cultural life of various countries. Our links with the socialist States, with which we are bound by the common aim of building a new order and defending peace, are particularly close and strong, 126. This community of aims, so far from excluding, obviously implies equality of rights, mutual respect for sovereignty and non-interference in each other’s internal affairs. These principles have been fully reflected in the Polish-Soviet declaration signed in Moscow on 18 November. To this declaration we attach great importance.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“We are sparing no effort to do away with or change everything that previously hampered the free development of our country. We wish to avail ourselves of all existing opportunities in order to improve the conditions in which our people live. Our main concern is to give the existing democratic institutions their full value and to find ways of ensuring that the working masses play as large and effective a part as possible in the management of the State and of its economy. 124. We are convinced that this great process of democratization is a turning point in the development of our country, and that it will bring the Polish nation enormous advantages and at the same time help to develop and broaden our relations with other countries. 125. We can already count to our credit the widespread resumption of international contacts.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“Our heartfelt desire for peace and international understanding results not only from the bitter lessons of our history, but also from the fact that we want to be able to devote all our efforts to the task of internal transformation and to the improvement of living conditions. 122. It must be said, and we say it with pride, that our country is now going through a period of far-reaching and irrevocable changes. It is an impetuous and at the same time a creative process, in which the whole strength of the Polish people is harnessed for the purpose of ensuring the further development of Poland as a democratic, socialist and sovereign State. Our aim is to achieve this by the best methods and by means that are in conformity with the needs and traditions of the Polish people. 123.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“I should like to point out that the Polish people were among the first to go to the Hungarian people’s assistance. We have been helping them from the very beginning, and we are still doing iso, by sending medical (supplies, clothing and other necessary articles. My Government will support every initiative along these lines. It is upon this problem that the efforts of the United Nations should now be concentrated. 121. Poland is deeply attached to the principle of peaceful international co-operation and to the five principles of peaceful coexistence, which in our opinion should be binding in relations among all States.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“My Government has also made known its views on the Hungarian problem in official declarations and, recently, in the joint Polish-Soviet declaration signed in Moscow on 18 November 1956. 119. In those statements, we emphasized our conviction that the workers of Hungary and the whole Hungarian nation would find sufficient strength in themselves to safeguard the achievements of the popular democratic system, to implement the programme of socialist democratization and to settle Poland’s international relations on the basis of sovereignty. It is our view that we should not render this task of the Hungarian people more difficult. In our opinion, too, it is imperative that Hungary should be given assistance to heal its wounds and to bring the life of the country back to normal. 120.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“The present international situation, and especially the lack of any agreed solutions which would provide sufficient safeguards against the revival of German militarism, is the reason why we think it is still advisable that a fixed number of Soviet forces should be temporarily stationed in Poland, under an agreement between our two countries. This is linked with the stationing of Soviet troops in the territory of the German Democratic Republic, whose security and peaceful development is a matter of special interest to us. 117. In speaking about the problems of Europe, it is impossible for me not to refer to the tragic events in Hungary. 118. The Polish delegation has already made known its attitude on this problem on two occasions here, both in its statements and in its votes on various resolutions.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“As long as these forces are active and Europe lacks even a partial system of collective security, our frontiers on the Oder and the Neisse, as also our territorial integrity, can be safeguarded only by means of special agreements between socialist States which face similar dangers. 115. As long as the North Atlantic Treaty exists, the Warsaw Treaty must continue to exist. The geographical position of Poland and the lesson of our tragic experience in the past explain why we are so vitally interested in it and in its proper functioning. The signatories of the Warsaw Treaty have, in particular, agreed to defend and assist each other in the event of aggression, while respecting each other’s independence and sovereignty. The Treaty itself stipulates that it will lapse as soon as a European system of collective security fits established. 116.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“At the same time, the creation in Europe of zones of limited armaments would have a beneficial effect upon the future peaceful unification of Germany, which should be the outcome of on agreement between the two German States. The gradual bringing into being of the collective security system is the best guarantee of peace in Europe. 114. In the meantime, Europe is unfortunately divided. We cannot look with indifference on the continuing remilitarization of Western Germany or on the activities of revisionist forces in that country, with the support of certain imperialist circles in the West. We look with anxiety upon the growing stocks of atomic weapons on the other side of the Elbe.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“My Government is of the opinion that in Europe an important step in this direction would be an agreement concerning a zone of limited armaments. Such an agreement could lead to the gradual withdrawal of foreign troops from German territory, the present frontiers of the States neighbouring Germany and, until the unification of that country, the frontier between the German Federal Republic and the German Democratic Republic being guaranteed by mutual agreement. 113. This should subsequently make it possible to liquidate foreign military bases and to withdraw foreign troops from the territories of the other States, which would undoubtedly do much to lessen international tension.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“A noteworthy new factor in this rapprochement of views is the Soviet proposal that the aerial inspection plan proposed by President Eisenhower should be put into the effect in a particular region. It is necessary, however, that those who, despite so many failures, would still like to shape international relations by the use of force or by the threat of force, renounce that policy. 111. In our view, steps should be taken at the same time towards a gradual building up of the collective security system, for this is one of the fundamental ideas underlying the United Nations. Step by step, but systematically, we can and must reunite our dangerously divided world. 112. Let us start with regional agreements.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“Its implementation will be the logical sequence of the recent decisions on the peaceful use of atomic energy, which represent a certain success on the part of the United Nations. In this way we could emerge from the tragic impasse in which the disarmament discussions have been locked for years, although in this field, too, some signs of progress have recently become apparent. We have seen the great Powers’ points of view gradually drawing closer together, and we have even seen them borrowing certain ideas from each other. 110. We think that the new proposals presented by the Soviet Union constitute a further step along this road, and that they deserve detailed study on the part of this Assembly.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“The main factor in ensuring world peace and security is the problem of disarmament and the liquidation of military blocs. Vast armaments and the existence of closed military alliances help to maintain international tension and create an atmosphere of fear and suspicion. We think that the events in the Middle East should be a lesson to all of us, and that we should at long last undertake really effective efforts to bring about disarmament and the prohibition of weapons of mass destruction. 109. The proposal for prohibiting experiments with these dreadful weapons, as the first step towards their complete elimination, is gaining ever-increasing support in world public opinion.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“This shows that the means which the United Nations and the specialized agencies have used so far in order to assist the underdeveloped countries have proved highly inadequate. 107. My Government 'has long shown interest in these problems. This is borne out by the proposals which we have submitted at previous sessions and by our expanding economic relations with the countries of Asia and Africa, on the basis of equality and mutual advantages. Nevertheless, we see the need for more effective measures to increase and co-ordinate past efforts. It must be borne in mind that the unsolved problems of the under-developed countries bear in themselves the seeds of dangerous conflicts and unrest. It is our considered view that economic questions constitute an essential factor in solving the basic problem of peace and security. 108.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“The United Nations should make a bold and effective contribution to eliminating the remnants of colonialism, wherever they still exist or wherever attempts are still being made to revive them. 106. This problem is closely connected with the economic situation of the under-developed countries. It is a well-known fact that in these countries the economic level, and especially the standard of living of the broad masses of the population, has not improved to any appreciable extent. On the contrary, the gap between the economic level and the standard of living of these countries, on the one hand, and those of the metropolitan and, generally speaking, the industrial countries on the other is widening continuously.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“That is why the Polish delegation deplores the General Assembly’s decision in this matter [A/RES/406], running counter as it does to the interests of international co-operation and of the United Nations itself. 105. We are living in an age of major political and economic changes, changes of historic importance. We are witnessing great popular struggles for national liberation from imperialism and colonialism in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The United Nations cannot hinder, nor can it ignore, this historical process. If it continues to do iso, it will be left in the wake of events. It is the duty of the United Nations to support, to hasten and to facilitate the national liberation movements of the colonial and semi-colonial peoples who desire independence.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“On behalf of the Polish people and the Polish Government, I pledge our full participation in these efforts which are so vital to all of us. 104. We represent here States with different systems; we represent almost the whole of modem civilization. We cannot, however, speak of the strength of the United Nations, or of the effectiveness of its decisions, as long as one of the great Powers, representing a large part of the Asian continent, is not sitting amongst us. It is high time to put an aid to an absurd and pernicious fiction. The Chinese people’s right to speak in this hall must be recognized. The sooner this happens, the better it will be for our Organization and for the entire world.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“We cannot allow the colonialist aims which certain Bowers are pursuing in the Near East to be achieved, even in part, behind the cloak of United Nations resolutions. 103. If we accept the premise that peace is indivisible, we cannot but regard the events in the Near East as a very grave warning. We must do everything in our power to ensure that such events never occur again, elsewhere and against another State. The legitimate and just demands of Egypt must be satisfied. The shattered equilibrium in international relations must be restored, and we must renew our efforts to strengthen peace. This is our most important task, the successful accomplishment of which would at the same time mean the rebirth and the strengthening of the authority of the United Nations.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“We must therefore take prompt and effective measures to give full satisfaction to Egypt and to provide guarantees for its territorial integrity and full independence 101. We regard the Anglo-French aggression in the Near East as an attempt to turn back the dock to the period of colonial conquests, as an attempt to wipe out the great progress in international affairs represented by the principle of the pacific settlement of all international disputes. 102. It is time that the United Nations and its Secretary-General can record a certain measure of success in their efforts to solve this problem. But we must see to it that the recommendations of the United Nations are carried out meticulously and, first and foremost, that the troops of the States which committed aggression against Egypt are withdrawn, immediately.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“On the other hand, the events which accompanied the opening of the eleventh session of the General Assembly caused great concern to all those who cherish international co-operation and peace. No sooner had the tension of the cold war lessened, no sooner had political, economic and cultural contacts been revived, than the international situation was subjected to new tensions; and of these the most serious sprang from the events in the Near East. In pursuit of their selfish ends, three States, the United Kingdom, France and Israel, launched a brutal attack on Egypt. 100. The blow that this act struck at the cause of peace and at the United Nations itself was all the greater because two of its authors were among the great Powers, that bear the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“The Polish delegation came to this session with rather mixed feelings. We remembered the initial progress that had been achieved at the previous session, at a time of growing international confidence. We recalled also the increased prestige of the United Nations and the increased responsibilities placed on it as a result of the admission of new Members. May I be allowed to extend a welcome to the delegations of the nineteen States that have recently been admitted to our Organization. We now have here representatives of nearly eighty States. This gives us greater possibilities, and greater responsibility, for steadfastly implementing the principles of the Charter and establishing the conditions for lasting peace, international co-operation and security. 99.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“We can succeed if all Member States respect each other’s views, if they do not interfere in the domestic affairs of other countries, and if they recognize the fundamental principle of respect for the equal rights and sovereignty of all States, large and small. 94. The draft resolution submitted by the Soviet Union on measures for the further relaxation of international tension and the development of international co-operation [A/2981] calls upon all States to continue their joint efforts to consolidate universal peace and security. The Polish delegation warmly supports this draft resolution and urges all Member States to adopt it. The peoples want us to work together for peace. We must not disappoint their hopes.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“We have growing commercial relations with all countries, some of them many thousands of miles away from Poland, like the countries in Latin America or in the Far East. These are examples showing that Poland is doing its share to promote peaceful coexistence. 93. We come to the tenth session of the General Assembly with the deep conviction- that the problems facing the Organization can be solved. Despite their complexity and despite the considerable difficulties they present to the Organization, we believe that there is no international problem which cannot be solved with goodwill on the part of all concerned. The task of settling the problems submitted to the United Nations lies with us.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“Turning now to the present period, let me recall that during the past year, we have welcomed a number of delegations from various countries, statesmen, members of Parliament and economists, including members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. Recently, there was a friendly exchange of visits between Polish and British warships. Poland and France exchange companies of actors. Musicians came to Poland from all over the world to take part in the Chopin competition. Last August, 30,000 young people from 114 countries took part in the fifth world festival of students and young people at Warsaw. Recently, industrialists and journalists from various countries visited the International Fair at Poznan.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“Our political and economic relations with the Asian countries are expanding daily. An important event in this field was the recent visit of the Prime Minister of the great country of India, Mr. Nehru, to Warsaw, and the declaration signed on that occasion by the Prime Ministers of India and Poland. In that declaration, Poland reaffirmed its support for the five principles of coexistence, thus demonstrating once more its fidelity to the idea of international co-operation between States with different systems. 91. Within the United Nations, we have always defended and will continue to defend the principles of the Charter. We declare ourselves, in all sincerity and with complete consistency, in favour of peaceful international co-operation. We gave constant proof of this even at the acutest stage of me cold war. 92.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“Often under difficult conditions, particularly in South Korea, where the authorities are instigating acts hostile to peace tending to render the Commission's work impossible, the Polish representatives spare no effort to carry out their duty. We do so because we consider that peace is indivisible. 89. Poland believes that in the commissions in Indochina its essential duty is to see that the parties carry out and respect all the armistice conditions. We hope that in Viet-Nam also, despite present difficulties and the attempts of certain elements in southern Viet-Nam to go back on their obligations under the armistice agreements, all the States concerned, particularly the great Powers, will seek to promote consultation between the two parties and to see to it that the elections take place within the prescribed period. 90.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“None of our frontiers is in dispute. For the first time in history, our relations with all our neighbours are friendly. Poland, which has settled its relations with the German Democratic Republic in a spirit of friendship and mutual understanding, wants to establish cordial relations with all the German people. As there are at present two German States, we declare ourselves in favour of establishing peaceful, normal relations with the Federal Republic of Germany. Poland is a consistent defender of coexistence. It wants normal relations with all States. 88. Poland is contributing to the cause of peace and security in Asia by participating in the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission, in Korea and in the international supervisory commissions in Indochina.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“During the ten years which have elapsed since the end of the war, Poland has striven actively for the creation of conditions favourable to co-operation between all nations. All who know the loss and destruction suffered by my country during the last war will realize the earnestness and the sincerity of the Polish people in supporting all efforts to reduce international tension. We welcomed those efforts and we support them now because our Government’s basic concern is to co-operate in the creation of conditions favourable to international security which will enable the Polish people to continue to exert their peaceful and creative efforts in tranquillity, to go on building new towns, new factories, schools, hospitals and cultural centres. 87. We are bound to many States by defensive treaties of friendship.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“The root of the evil does not lie in the provisions of the Charter or in the differences between the pre-atomic and the atomic age. As the representative of Egypt very rightly pointed out here [518th meeting], the key to success for the United Nations will lie not in amendments to the articles of the Charter, but in their application. A number of other representatives have also opposed the revision of the Charter. The activities initiated some years ago on behalf of such revision were the product of the cold war. We think it is time to banish this myth of the cold war and to create the necessary conditions for the implementation of the Charter, to the greater good of the peoples of the earth. 86.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“84. These are the fields in which the United Nations can play a great and constructive part. The bringing together of nations and men, inspired by a faith in mankind and in the future of our civilization, is undoubtedly a most effective method of securing peace. 85. The United Nations can and must carry out all these tasks within the framework of the Charter, which is the essential guide to its work. Under the Charter, the tenth anniversary of which we have just celebrated at San Francisco, we can accomplish a great deal. It is absolutely useless — as experience has shown — to say that because some of the tasks incumbent on the United Nations have not been carried out, responsibility lies with the Charter or with one or other of its provisions.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“The United Nations should take energetic steps to put an end to war propaganda and propaganda poisoning international relations, and to promote the use of modern methods of information and the opportunities they afford for spreading accurate information about countries, stimulating respect for culture and spreading friendship among the peoples. Contacts between^ worldwide social, trade union and professional organizations with differing outlooks should be promoted. We must also put an end to the attempts which are being made to use refugees who, as a result of the war, found themselves far from their countries and families, in the struggle against their countries. They must be given the opportunity of returning to their own countries as soon as possible. Visits by tourists should also prove most useful in bringing peoples closer together.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“These conditions can best be created by economic co-operation based on equality and reciprocal advantage, consonant with the needs and potentialities of those countries. 82. A great deal can be done in the field of cultural co-operation, which is an important means of creating understanding among peoples and of removing all the “curtains” created during the cold war by the forces interested in maintaining international tension. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization will have a wide field of action if it is to bring the cultures of the various countries together so that they can enrich one another and each make their greatest possible contribution to the cultural wealth of humanity. 83.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“Despite the adoption in this connexion of a number of equitable decisions, among which was a resolution sponsored by Poland at the sixth session of the General Assembly on long-term commercial agreements between the industrialized countries and the economically underdeveloped countries [resolution 523 ( VI)], the question has not yet reached the stage of practical achievement. The technical assistance programme, in which Poland participates, is useful, but does not cover the entire problem of a broad programme of economic development. In our view, the idea of establishing an international economic development fund is worthy of support. However, the creation of such a fund is not enough in itself to stimulate economic development in the under-developed countries.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“We must intensify the activities of the regional economic commissions and stimulate co-operation between the various regions. All artificial barriers to international trade must be abolished. 81. In connexion with economic questions, the problem of the development of the economically under-developed countries cannot be left out. The attitude of Poland towards the justifiable aspirations of those countries which wish to strengthen their economies and make them independent, is one of sympathy and understanding.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“The International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy held in Geneva showed the bright prospects which will open before mankind if scientists throughout the world combine their efforts to make the atom serve progress instead of destruction, so that the standards of living and of education of the masses can be raised. This scientific conference marked the starting point of a new kind of competition, of a noble and constructive rivalry, so different from the destructive armaments race. 80. The relaxation in tension which began at Geneva should favourably affect international economic relations; it has in fact already done so to some extent. Through the Economic and Social Council and its organs, the United Nations can do very useful work in this field.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“Among them, the Polish Government has decided to reduce the armed forces of the People’s Republic of Poland by 47,000 men, thereby setting an example of active cooperation in solving the problem of disarmament. We hope that others will follow this example, so that the armaments now burdening mankind may be gradually reduced, even before the formal decisions are taken, and that the vast sums now spent on armaments can be used for raising standards of living and improving living conditions for millions of human beings. 79. We can already note, too, the first steps towards the peaceful use of atomic energy.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“The Polish delegation believes that these realistic proposals of the Soviet Union, marked by a desire to achieve mutually acceptable decisions, and the proposals Made at Geneva by the other Powers and now being discussed in the Sub-Committee of the Disarmament Commission, are creating a favourable basis for the understanding which the peoples long for, always provided that all the parties show a constructive spirit and a will to transform words into deeds, and that in these discussions the key problem of effective measures of disarmament is not ignored, 78. In the circumstances, the importance of the decisions taken recently by certain Governments to reduce their armed forces cannot be overestimated.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“A paramount role has been played in this field by the proposals put forward by the Soviet Union on 10 May and again on 21 July 1955 [A/2979], which take into account the principle of the proposals submitted by France and the United Kingdom [DC/71, annexes 9 and 13], on ceilings for armed forces in the various countries, on the progressive reduction of armaments and the prohibition of atomic weapons, and on the establishment of an effective system of inspection which would prevent a surprise attack on any State from any quarter.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“One of the essential problems on the agenda of this session is undoubtedly that of disarmament and the prohibition of weapons of mass destruction, which is of such basic concern to mankind. This question has had a long and difficult history in the United Nations. Nevertheless, some progress was made at the ninth session, and since then, as a result of the Geneva Conference, the situation has further improved thanks to the greater mutual understanding which, has been achieved and to the fact that the parties have made an effort to find an area of agreement. 77.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“The United Nations is faced today with a task of paramount importance: it must encourage the trend started by the Geneva Conference in the development of international relations, help to bring about an atmosphere of mutual confidence and make the hopes which mankind has placed in the work of our Organization come true. 75. However, it is not easy to speak of fruitful work by the United Nations as long as one of the great Powers, with its 600 million inhabitants, is unrepresented. The Polish delegation considers that if the United Nations is to act effectively, and if we want to facilitate the settlement of a number of problems on our agenda, China must be allowed to assume its rightful place in the United Nations. 76.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“Nevertheless, the creation of regional systems of collective security can never replace a system of collective security covering the whole world. These regional systems are, as it were, the pillars on which a general system should rest, and it is the United Nations which should put such a system into effect. 73. The present situation is particularly favourable to the United Nations. The settlement of a number of disputes, the conclusion of a State Treaty with Austria, the normalization of the relations between the Soviet Union and the Federal Republic of Germany, the conversations at Geneva between representatives of the People’s Republic of China and of the United States, are so many factors enabling the United Nations to play a more active part in the present international situation. 74.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“Bandung was a demonstration of the will of the peoples of Asia and Africa to join in the struggle against colonialism, against the threat of atomic warfare and against the military groups, which can drag their continents into the chaos of another war. The principle of peaceful coexistence found powerful confirmation at Bandung. The Conference breathed new strength into the peoples of Asia and Africa in their fight to determine their own lives. 71. In taking the initiative, with the Government of Indonesia and other Governments, in convening the Bandung Conference, the Government of India, which has played an important part in many complicated international problems, rendered great service to the cause of world peace. 72.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“This was the Warsaw Treaty, which will cease to be in force as soon as a system of collective security is set up in Europe. 68. The need for regional collective security pacts is not confined to Europe. It is coming to be felt in other parts of the world too. A collective security pact in the Far East, mooted by the People’s Republic of China, would help to settle important problems in Asia. 69. The proceedings and the unanimous resolutions of the Bandung Conference of 29 Asian and African States are further proof of the fact that such co-operation on behalf of peace and security is possible. This Conference was a historic event in the life of the peoples of these continents, peoples who, a relatively short time ago, were still under the colonial yoke and were the objects rather than the subjects of international relations. 70.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“First and foremost among these have been the forces of German militarism and revenge, which have so sorely affected the peoples of Poland, France, Belgium and other European countries in the course of history. 67. The conclusion of a European treaty of collective security would open the way to a settlement of the German problem by the unification of Germany in a single, democratic and peaceful State. Pending that, the two parts of Germany — the German Democratic Republic and the German Federal Republic — could co-operate within a European system of collective security. The absence of such a system and the ratification of the Paris Agreements providing for the re-militarization of Western Germany were bound to lead to an act of self-defence on the part of the countries threatened.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“If there is to be an atmosphere of confidence, all peoples must be given a feeling of security and their peaceful labours must be safeguarded. The history of contemporary international relations shows us that the organization of collective security is the best known system for the defence of peace. Moreover, the principle of collective security was at the basis of the United Nations Charter. 66. The experience of the last decades has shown the fundamental importance in world peace of the system of collective security in Europe. The absence of such a system means the maintenance in Europe of conditions conducive to the activities of forces which are hostile to international co-operation.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“The representative of Australia spoke at some length about coexistence [520th meeting], However, his words sorted ill with his remarks on and his compassion, for the Eastern European nations m their alleged isolation. I would suggest that the Australian representative, should count the number of works by classical Western authors, contemporary authors and political writers translated in Poland, and the number of columns in the Polish Press reproducing the statements of Western statesmen and news reports from Western agencies. The result then might be compared with the space given by the Australian Press and publishing industry to the reproduction and translation of accurate news of life in Poland. The Australian representative might then perhaps change his opinion on that point. 65.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“It is unfortunate that a sense of realism did not put the United States representative on his guard against some of his utterances here [518th meeting], utterances without any foundation in fact and at the same time hardly conducive to mutual understanding, AS far as the countries of Eastern Europe are concerned, the days are over and done with when certain forces in international politics could treat them as mere pawns on the political chess-board. Nowadays, Poland and the other peoples’ democracies enjoy complete sovereignly, that is to say, economic as well as political sovereignty. That is why there can be no question of interference in their domestic affairs on any pretext whatever. 64.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)
“All men of goodwill who have the peaceful development of all nations at heart must help in combating, weakening and isolating these forces. 62. Naturally we realize that time and much constructive effort will be needed to put coexistence into practice and to sweep away the inheritance of the cold war. The creation of an atmosphere of confidence will facilitate the adoption of specific measures for the settlement of disputes. There is a close link between the creation of such an atmosphere and the settlement of international disputes. 63. That is why constant reference to the so-called problem of the Eastern European countries in no way helps to create an atmosphere of relaxation and confidence.”
1955-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 10 (1955)