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  1. “The essential feature of the USSR draft treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict international control is its complete consistency with this criterion. 99. Unlike the USSR proposals, the outline presented by the United States and supported by the other Western delegations does not solve the problem of removing the danger of nuclear war. There is no more eloquent proof of this than the refusal to agree even to the prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons. This position is part of a general policy of speeding up the arms race, proclaiming the attainment and maintenance of military superiority as a prime objective and advocating a preemptive nuclear strike. In this light the requests of the Western Powers regarding arms control cannot be viewed as anything more than a part of NATO's strategic plans. 100.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  2. “The fact that after five months of negotiations the Eighteen-Nation Committee is not in a position to report any concrete results to the General Assembly is due to the negative position taken by the Western Powers. This is clearly demonstrated by their attitude towards nuclear disarmament. 98. As a member of the Eighteen-Nation Committee, Romania takes the view, along with the other socialist countries, that to ban and destroy nuclear weapons, to take drastic measures to eliminate at the very first stage the possibility of nuclear war, is the first, the most urgent and the most important objective to be attained in the process of general and complete disarmament. It is, we believe, the prime criterion by which to judge the efficacity of any plan for general and complete disarmament.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  3. “Without doubt the main issue before the General Assembly remains general and complete disarmament — the sole means of averting the danger of war and of satisfying the peoples' desire for peace. 96. At its sixteenth session, the General Assembly helped to pave the way for fruitful negotiations on this subject. As a result of the proposals put forward by the socialist countries at the fifteenth session, the principles of general and complete disarmament were adopted and a new negotiating body, the Eighteen-Nation Committee, for the first time including neutral States, was established [see General Assembly resolution 1722 (XVI)]. The General Assembly asked this Committee to prepare a treaty on general and complete disarmament 97.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  4. “Relations of peaceful coexistence among States having different social systems are not only an objective necessity but an indisputable reality of our time. The general debate at this session further confirms the viability of peaceful coexistence while clearly demonstrating the isolation of those who, blinded by passions and anti-communist prejudices, still refuse to accept this fact. The delegation of the Romanian People's Republic considers it essential that, through the resolutions it will adopt and the spirit of its deliberations , the General Assembly should vigorously promote the principles of peaceful coexistence, ward off the serious dangers which threaten the world and defend the rights of peoples to full freedom and independence. 95.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  5. “The interests of peace and security in the Far East further require the ending of the military occupation of South Korea so that conditions for Korean unification on a peaceful and democratic basis may be established. 92. Another factor heightening the danger of war is the propaganda for preventive nuclear war being carried on in some NATO countries and the statements of some very high officials in those countries calling for the delivery of the first nuclear strike. 93. In our opinion the General Assembly can and must make an immediate contribution towards reducing the danger of war and lessening world tensions by condemning propaganda favouring preventive nuclear war. The draft resolution submitted to the Assembly by the USSR delegation [A/5232] offers a suitable basis for the adoption of effective measures in that sphere. 94.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  6. “In examining the main sources of tension in the world, we cannot overlook the situation prevailing in Asia and the Far East. 90. In South Viet-Nam, the United States has engaged in direct military intervention in order to crush the people's resistance to a corrupt regime which remains in power thanks only to United States military support. Actions of this kind imperil the peace and security of the peoples of South-East Asia. The Romanian Government fully supports the request of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam addressed to the President and Members of the General Assembly that they should use their authority to induce the United States Government to honour its international commitments under the Geneva agreements on Viet-Nam. 91.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  7. “The recognition of the existence of two sovereign German States and their admission to the United Nations would be an important step towards the lessening of tensions in Europe and throughout the world. 88. The Romanian Government is convinced that a peaceful settlement of the German and West Berlin issues based on an agreement among all participants in the anti-Hitler coalition is entirely possible, and it for one will make its full contribution to that end. If, however, the efforts of the socialist countries to settle this problem continue to meet with opposition from the Western Powers, the Romanian People's Republic, along with the other socialist countries and other States ready to do so, will sign a peace treaty with the German Democratic Republic, whatever the consequences. 89.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  8. “It is this same notion of "freedom under the protection of foreign arms "which the Western Powers are trying to apply elsewhere in the world. But this notion in fact constitutes a denial of freedom and an infringement of the rules of international law; indeed, it has nothing to do with the interests of world peace and security. 87. A workable peaceful settlement of the German problems must have a starting point, the acceptance of the real situation, which is that the German Democratic Republic exists, that it is steadily developing and growing stronger, and that it represents an active factor in the struggle for peace and national security and independence.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  9. “In an attempt to justify their position, the Western Powers distort the meaning of these proposals and claim that to carry them out would create a danger to world peace. But it is the very lack of a peace treaty with Germany and the very refusal to recognize the present German boundaries and to respect the sovereignty of the German Democratic Republic that encourage the militarist revanchist circles in the Federal Republic of Germany and constitute the main threat to European peace and security. 86. The representatives of the West maintain that their position is dictated by concern for the freedom of the West Berlin population. But what a strange notion of freedom it is which leads to the rejection of proposals for the creation of a system of international guarantees, and to the endorsement of the occupation regime in West Berlin!”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  10. “The recent acts of provocation against the German Democratic Republic, the ever-expanding range of West German revenge-seeking activities, and the greater efforts to secure the equipment of the "Bundeswehr" with rockets and nuclear weapons, either directly or through NATO, bear eloquent witness to this. 84. The position of the Romanian People's Republic on this matter has been clearly stated on numerous occasions. The interests of European security demand the conclusion of a German peace treaty formally recognizing the present boundaries of Germany and ensuring the dissolution of the occupation régime in West Berlin. 85. This vital issue has not yet been settled because of the negative position taken by the Western Powers, which have rejected all constructive proposals advanced by the socialist countries.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  11. “The maintenance in Europe of the after-effects of the Second World War, seventeen years after its close, and above all the absence of a peace treaty with Germany, likewise create a dangerous situation for the peace of the European continent and the entire world. The seriousness of this situation is illustrated by the conversion of West Berlin, under the occupation regime, into a NATO outpost on the territory of a socialist country, into a base for activity against the socialist countries. The longer that state of affairs continues, the more the dangers increase.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  12. “The Romanian delegation reaffirms, from this rostrum, the total solidarity of the Romanian people and Government with the heroic people and Revolutionary Government of Cuba which are defending their conquests and vital interests with courage and dignity. 82. It is the duty of the United Nations to use all its authority and to support Cuba against attempts to replace international legality and the principles of the Charter by the rule of force. We express the hope that firm action by the international community will make reason and lucidity prevail in the policy of the United States, thus putting an end to the present dangerous course of events. 83.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  13. “The aggressive acts and provocations organized by the United States against Cuba represent interference in the domestic affairs of a free and sovereign State, an attempt to contest by force the inalienable right of the Cuban people to build its life according to its aspirations and its national interests. In our day, when the maintenance of peace and the defence of national independence are indissolubly linked, such a policy is a source of grave and immediate menace to the peace of the world. Cuba, this little State in the Caribbean sea, has become the symbol of a great cause — the cause of the freedom and independence of all peoples, the cause of all those to whom peace is dear. 81.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  14. “The fundamental cause of the danger threatening us must be understood; it lies in the policy of force whereby the imperialist circles try to maintain or reestablish their privileges and domination in respect of other peoples. 79. It is precisely this policy which underlies the arms race. It is this policy which works against the peoples' liberation from the colonial yoke, which hampers the employment of material and human resources for the improvement of man's life, and which keeps the world in a state of security that is precarious in the extreme and may at any moment be upset. 80. A particular and acute expression of this policy is the attitude of the United States towards Cuba.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  15. “On the other hand, while the urgent needs of economic and social development await their satisfaction over vast areas of the globe, the greatest and most important part of scientific and technological achievement is at present employed in creating means of destruction, the uninterrupted accumulation and perfecting of which threaten the whole of mankind with a catastrophe of incalculable proportions. 78. We reaffirm our strong conviction that there is undeniably a possibility of averting such a catastrophe and of ensuring peace, freedom and prosperity for mankind. But if this objective is to be attained, all our reason, resolution and courage must be devoted to it.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  16. “May I first of all, on behalf of the Romanian delegation, congratulate the President of the General Assembly on his election to the Presidency for this session. 75. The agenda of the seventeenth session includes questions of great significance for international life; but these questions, varied as they are, are closely linked with the fundamental problem of our times — the safeguarding and consolidation of peace, which is the principal task of the United Nations and the very reason for its existence. 76. Mankind has arrived, today, at a crucial juncture. The progress of thought, science and technology has opened up the noblest and most generous prospects for human life, and has placed at man's disposal the means of realizing them within the lifetime of the present generation. 77.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)