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“In the opinion of the Romanian Government, the building up of European security is one of the most important problems in the political life of that continent, and its consequences affect the whole international situation. 68. We believe that present conditions must be analysed in the light of the part played by Europe in the progress of the material and spiritual life of mankind, Moreover, it can never be forgotten that it was Europe that saw the first flames of two world wars, which caused untold destruction throughout the world. Although more than two decades have passed since the end of the Second World War, its results are still felt; sources of tension and danger to peace still exist. 69.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“One of the measures most urgently required is the immediate, unconditional and definitive cessation by the United States of its bombing of North Viet-Nam. It is for the United States to take this step because it is the aggressor; it was the United States which, without any justification whatsoever, began the bombing. In this way, not only would an end be put to the undeclared, unjust war being waged by the United States against a sovereign State — the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam — but respect would be paid to world public opinion which demands the creation of conditions which will make it possible to stop the Viet-Namese conflict. 67. As an European country, Romania is naturally drawn to concern itself to a large extent with the evolution of the situation in Europe.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“All foreign armed forces must be withdrawn from Viet-Nam and the Viet-Namese people must be enabled to settle their domestic affairs, including the realization of national unity, freely and in accordance with their own wishes and aspirations. 65. The bombing by the United States, which has involved itself in war in Viet-Nam, of a free and sovereign State — the Democratic Republic of Viet- Nam — the launching of air attacks on Hanoi and Haiphong, causing material damage and killing civilians, have caused the deepest concern among peace-loving countries. These acts of military aggression are totally at variance with the standards of international conduct, with the rules of international law, and with the principles upon which our Organization is based. 66.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“The Romanian Government and people are convinced — and their conviction is mirrored more widely every day in world public opinion — that there is only one way to solve the serious situation now existing in Viet-Nam: that indicated by the Government of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam and by the National Front for the Liberation of South Viet-Nam, namely, that the United States must end its aggression in Viet-Nam, cease bombing the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam, recognize the National Liberation Front as the representative of the people of South Viet- Nam, and apply scrupulously the Geneva Agreements on Viet-Nam.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“All mankind is looking with legitimate anxiety towards Viet-Nam, where the American aggression rages. It is anxious that the conflict should be settled and it awaits from the Government of the United States not declarations of peaceful intentions but effective action on behalf of peace. 64.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Goldberg [1412th meeting] in which he sought to justify the aggression In Viet-Nam, but the escalation of the war there and the continued bombing of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam flagrantly contradict the declarations of good and peaceful intentions contained in his statement. 62. The Romanian people sympathize fully with the aspirations of the people of Viet-Nam for freedom, independence and the reunification of their country, for they were for centuries driven by the same aspirations. They wish to state their complete solidarity with the people of Viet-Nam, and their profound feeling for them in their just struggle in defence of freedom, independence, and the affirmation of their national identity. They offer and will continue to offer them full material and political support. 63.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“No one can speak of the rules governing international relations without thinking at once of South East Asia, where the United States is waging a war of aggression against the people of Viet-Nam, bombing centres of population, towns and villages, economic targets, causing material damage and loss of life, and incurring a grave responsibility towards the peoples of the entire world. 60. The delegation of the Socialist Republic of Romania desires to reaffirm once again from this high rostrum the position of the Romanian Government and people, which strongly condemn the war of aggression being waged by the United States in Viet-Nam, an exceptionally grave war which endangers the peace and security of the peoples of the whole region and is a threat to the peace of the entire world. 61. We listened to the statement by Mr.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“In the final analysis, the consolidation of world peace and security depends upon the organization of relations between States on a new basis, upon the principles of national independence and sovereignty, equal rights, and non-interference in the domestic affairs of others. These principles, which are being increasingly recognized throughout the world, are the only generally acceptable rational basis for the development of relations between States, for strengthening mutual trust and esteem between peoples, and for consolidating peace. 59.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“"The decisive condition for any progress in international relations in respect for the right of each people to decide its own fate freely, with no outside interference, and to follow the path of development which corresponds best to its own desires and to its fundamental interests" said Nicolae Ceausescu, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party. 57. History, and the history of our own times in particular, bears witness that wars, crises, threats to peace, arise out of attempts at domination, external interference in the domestic affairs of States, and efforts to subjugate other peoples. 58.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“It is essential that these countries should be able to put their human and material potential to use in the interest of progress, prosperity and civilization. Despite the many obstacles lying in their path, the peoples will never grow weary of fighting to achieve their free and independent development. 56. Far from being out of date, nations will continue for a long time yet to constitute the basis for the evolution of society. The whole of international life must offer a propitious setting for the development of the process of consolidation.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“The peoples of our time long to live in peace and to take part in fruitful international co-operation, based on mutual respect among the nations. This is a characteristic of the contemporary world, in which the national unity of peoples is being increasingly affirmed at the world level, 54. Scores of nations, called upon to play an ever more important part in international life, have made their appearance upon the world stage, like those nations which had an opportunity before them to bring their creative ability into play. All those peoples who, at the cost of great sacrifices, have freed themselves from the yoke of foreign domination, are determined to throw everything into the effort to consolidate their national independence and their right to decide freely their own future. 55.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“52. Mr. President, your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly has taken place at a time when the United Nations, on the threshold of the third decade of its existence, is faced with many problems the solution of which demands great efforts from all States. In adding the warm and sincere congratulations of the Romanian delegation to those already addressed to you — congratulations directed as much to you personally as to your country, for which the Romanian people cherish friendship and esteem — we should like to express the hope that this session will help the United Nations towards the fulfilment of its task as an instrument of international peace and co-operation. 53.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“The Romanian delegation will do everything in its power to ensure that the twentieth session of the General Assembly of our Organization contributes to the furtherance of these aims, in accordance with the interests and aspirations of the peoples of the world.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“In our view, the General Assembly is in a position to proceed, at the present session, with the preparation of the declaration on the promotion among youth of the ideals of peace, mutual respect and understanding between peoples [agenda item 66]. 98. Finally, may I stress the firm intention of the Government of the Socialist Republic of Romania, together with the other socialist countries and all peace-loving States, to make its full contribution, now and in the future, to the normalization to international relations, to the independence and prosperity of all peoples, and to peace and freedom in the world.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The improvement of the last few years in the relations between the Balkan States brings to light the opportunities which could be used for the conclusion of treaty designed to make the Balkan countries as a zone of peace and peaceful co-operation. 96. The agenda of this session includes an item entitled "Actions on the regional level with a view to improving good neighbourly relations among European States having different social and political systems" [agenda item 33]. In the opinion of the Romanian delegation, the debate on this item should encourage better relations and co-operation in Europe. A favourable climate for the discussion and constructive solution of outstanding European questions could thus be created. 97.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“There is an inseparable link between the efforts to carry out a vast economic and social programme for the welfare of our people - efforts which are the principal goal of my Government's domestic policy — and the foreign policy of Romania, which is directed towards lessening international tension, developing co-operation between peoples and strengthening world peace. 95. It is only natural that the Romanian Government should pay special attention to the development of good neighbourly relations between the States situated in our region, and to do everything to further a rapprochement and mutual understanding between the Balkan States, in order to create a climate favourable to friendly co-operation in this part of Europe, that was once a trouble-spot.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Our Government's desire for peace and the increase in our economic potential have found their expression, inter alia, in Romania's policy of expanding its economic relations with all countries, regardless of their social and political system, in the spirit of peaceful coexistence. During the last six years, the volume of foreign trade has more than doubled, at a pace considerably faster than that of the national income. We have quoted these figures because they show that the multilateral development of its national economy, undertaken as part of a steady process of industrialization, is the essential prerequisite for bringing each country more and more into the mainstream of international economic relations. 94.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The experience of Romania in building up its economy shows that its efforts to make use of all its natural resources and all its labour potential constitute the essential basis for providing a rapidly growing population with physical and cultural living conditions worthy of our time. Guided by this principle, we have based the harmonious development of all the sectors of our national economy on industrialization. The efforts which we have made towards that end have resulted in a rate of growth of industrial production which has risen more than 14 per cent over the last six years, and our industrial output is now ten times larger than it was twenty years ago. 93.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“We believe that the newly established machinery should now go on to put into effect the proposals which were made, in order to erase the adverse effects of the continued existence of certain forms of discrimination in international trade and of the deterioration in the developing countries' terms of trade. 91. We also believe that it would be useful for the United Nations to include the human factor, the subject and purpose of all economic development, when dealing with economic matters. It also seems to us that the time has come seriously to consider the advisability of concerted action by the Organization and its specialized agencies in making a complete study of all these problems. 92.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“At the same time, our Organization has an obligation to help the developing countries to implement the programmes which they wish to undertake. Romania supports United Nations activities aimed at making available to these countries the triumphs of modern science and technology, and at granting technical assistance and training specialists. 89. As I already had the honour of stating during the last session of the General Assembly, at its 1308th meeting, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, which was held at Geneva in 1964, marks the beginning of a new stage in our Organization's activities in this area. 90.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“With this in mind, the Socialist Republic of Romania has proposed the adoption of a code of principles which States should use to guide them in their mutual economic relations (see 1215th meeting, para. 106]. 87. Basing itself on these considerations, the Romanian Government welcomes the exchanges of experience and views which have taken place in the great debates organized by the United Nations during the past few years. These exchanges have helped to bring about the present widespread recognition of certain fundamental requirements, such as the removal of out-of-date structures by means of land reform, industrialization and planning, the merits of which were still being questioned, even quite recently, by certain people. 88.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“84. In a world of sovereign nations and States, each country must, if it is to achieve the expected results, base its economic policy on a realistic evaluation of its own needs and the intensive use of all its resources. In other words, the real solutions for each country lie mainly in its own backgarden; in order to find them, it must dig with care. 85. The United Nations must continue to show a deep interest! in such an important problem as that of permanent sovereignty over natural resources. 86. Since nations and States do not live in isolation from one another, but are mutually bound by a thousand different ties, active international co-operation and the expansion of economic relations between States assume ever-increasing importance.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Disarmament must be achieved not only because of the need to strengthen international security, but also because it is indispensable if all mankind’s material resources and energy and scientific potential are to be devoted to economic development. 83. This necessity has become still more urgent, because rapid economic progress is today one of the primary concerns of most States Members of our Organization, which wish to lay a solid economic foundation for the political independence which they have gained, and to raise the level of living of their peoples at a faster rate. This common aim has to be achieved in historical conditions which are very different in each specific case; often these conditions vary from one country to another within the same region. The variety of views expressed and of forms and methods used is a natural result.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The elimination of all foreign military bases and the withdrawal of all troops stationed in the territory of other States is essential in the interest of strengthening the peace and abolishing all forms of interference in the affairs of other peoples. 80. Romania is also in favour of the establishment of denuclearized zones in different parts of the world, against the NATO plans to establish multilateral or Atlantic nuclear forces and for eliminating military blocks and wiping out the after-effects of the Second World War through the conclusion of a peace treaty with Germany, in view of the fact that there are two German States. 81. We are also in favour of the proposal to convene a World Disarmament Conference in which all States would take part. 82.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“It is our conviction, as the Romanian Government fully explained in the United Nations Disarmament Commission, in the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament, and in numerous other bodies, that this situation requires us to make a major effort worthy of the confidence of the world’s peoples and equal to the nuclear peril, to eradicate this danger, and consolidate international peace and security. That is why Romania stands for the unconditional prohibition of nuclear weapons, the wholesale destruction of existing stocks, the cessation of the armaments race and the achievement of general disarmament. 79. The experience of the post-war years shows that one of the sources of international tension and mistrust between States is the existence of foreign military bases and armed forces in the territory of other States.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The discovery of atomic energy has opened up the prospect of utilizing a hitherto unsuspected force which is capable of harnessing nature and furthering human progress. While the realization of the hopes engendered by this prospect remains in the realm of the future, the present is darkened by the danger that atomic energy may be used against mankind and against the values created by mankind; the present is menaced by the spectre of nuclear war. The existence of enormous stocks of nuclear weapons heightens this danger and has a calamitous effect on international life as a whole. 78.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“In that regard, it seems to us that the words spoken thirty years ago by Nicholas Titulesco, a Romanian statesman and outstanding European diplomat who was devoted to the cause of an effective international organization, are equally cogent today: "As the international community is now organized, there is no place for a super-State. The super-State has been superseded by a voluntary association of free States which are obliged to submit to the law they have accepted in the exercise of their own sovereignty. Consequently, at the present time, international law seems to everyone to be not a law of subordination but a law of co-ordination, and the situation of each State in relation to the others seems to be not a situation of dependence but a situation of independence." 77.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The important part which the People’s Republic of China plays in international life is an undisputed fact which is reflected in the proposals made and the action taken by its Government — including, we might mention, the proposal to convene a conference of Heads of State with a view to the prohibition and total destruction of nuclear weapons, a proposal which a great many countries, including Romania, support. 76. Proposals to improve the work of the United Nations are many and various, and the desire to overcome the difficulties connected with the functions and responsibilities of the United Nations has, at the present session, also prompted suggestions and appeals. In our view, the touchstone of all such proposals is respect for the fundamental prerogatives — the sovereignty and legal equality of all States.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The refusal to restore to this great Power, a founding Member of the United Nations, the place which belongs to it by right is an illegal act which only does the United Nations harm; such major problems as disarmament and economic and social development illustrate how difficult it is to imagine that any viable solutions can be found so long as the United Nations continues to be deprived of the contribution that could be made by the representatives of one quarter of the world's population. 75.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The damage which the continuance of this situation does to the United Nations and to its ability to help in finding effective solutions to the important problems before it has long made it imperative to achieve universality in the United Nations. In its desire to make its contribution to the implementation of the basic principles that should govern the work of the United Nations, Romania has supported the inclusion in the agenda of the present session of the item entitled "Restoration of the lawful rights of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations" [see A/5771 and Add.1 and 2].”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“In the last analysis, the United Nations is only the sum of its parts, in other words of the States which, of their own free will and violation, join the Organization desiring to find a milieu in which they can assert their own personalities. The United Nations is the forum where each State should be assured of the right to make, in full equality, its own specific contribution to the search for the solutions that must be found to the great problems confronting mankind. In this regard, it should be noted that the States of Asia and Africa which have recently become independent have been given wider representation in the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council. 74. Nevertheless, the United Nations still lacks one of the conditions essential for its effective operation: universality.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The United Nations has been successful to the extent that its activities have been in harmony with the objective processes of history, and it has furthered the establishment and development of the new States to the extent that it has acted to promote the sovereign rights of the countries which have thus expressed the aspirations of their peoples to freedom and progress. On the other hand, every time it has been used to promote certain unilateral interests alien to the spirit and the letter of the Charter, the United Nations has found itself in a deadlock. Suffice it to recall in this connexion the last session of the General Assembly. 73.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“It is clear from the debates which have already taken place during this twentieth session of the General Assembly that there is a concern, which we consider justified, to make our Organization an instrument which will really bring about international co-operation and which can serve the cause of a peace based on equity and justice. 72. In the view of the Romanian delegation, ways and means of strengthening the United Nations can be found only in the principles of the Charter, in the abiding concern to reflect faithfully the realities of the contemporary world and the changes that occur in it, in full respect for the right of peoples to self-determination, and in the principle of the sovereign equality of States.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The Romanian delegation reaffirms from this rostrum the full solidarity of the Romanian people and Government with the heroic Viet-Namese people. The Romanian Government firmly supports the position of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam and of the South Viet-Namese National Liberation Front, which, so far as solving the problem of Viet-Nam is concerned, is the sole legitimate representative of the people of that part of the country. That problem could be solved, and peace could be restored, on the basis of the agreements concluded at Geneva in 1954 through the cessation of aggressive acts against the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam, the withdrawal of United States troops and armaments from South Viet-Nam, and respect of the right of the Viet-Namese peoples to be sole arbiter of their internal affairs without any foreign interference. 71.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“It is in Viet-Nam that we can see most strikingly today the aspirations of a people to freedom and independence being thwarted by a policy of force and of brutal interference. At this very moment, bombs are still raining on Viet-Nam and foreign expeditionary forces, thousands of miles from their own country, are sowing death and devastation among a people which is defending its right to a free life in a reunified country with courage and dignity. The military intervention of the United States of America in Viet-Nam constitutes a flagrant violation of the most elementary principles governing international relations, poisons the international atmosphere and gravely endangers the peace in South-East Asia and the world as a whole. 70.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“At the time the Constitution was adopted, Nicolas Ceausescu, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party, expressed these principles before the great National Assembly in the following words: "The entire course of international life shows that respect for these principles is of decisive importance for the development of normal relations among States and for safeguarding the right of every nation to determine its own destiny and to conduct its own affairs as it wishes. Interference, in any form, in the affairs of other peoples inhibits their social progress, breeds tension and distrust among States, jeopardizes international co-operation, and endangers the cause of peace." 69.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Every people has the sacred right to choose the course of its own political and social development and to defend its freedom against any intervention from outside. That is why, in the Romanian Government's view, it is an indispensable condition for the multilateral development of international co-operation that each people should be able to assert its separate existence and its individuality and to enjoy without hindrance all the conditions essential for its material and spiritual progress. 67. The fundamental law of the Socialist Republic of Romania embodies that concept as a constitutional principle and proclaims that Romania's foreign relations shall be based on respect for national sovereignty and independence, on equal rights and the principle of reciprocity and on non-interference in the .internal affairs of other countries. 68.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“In order to justify their political and, economic interference in the affairs of other States, these forces stop at nothing; they base themselves on "theories" to the effect that sovereignty and independence are outmoded concepts, and do not even shrink from armed intervention. While the form of their action may differ, the substance remains the same: denial of the right of every people to determine its own destiny, and attempts to prolong indefinitely relations based on inequality and to maintain or restore former privileges. 66. Real and lasting peace can be established only by respecting the will and the legitimate interests of peoples. History shows that any peace which does not rest on these principles is unstable and, far from extinguishing the flames of conflict, stirs them up.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The corollary of this objective phenomenon is the principle that it is the peoples themselves that must settle their own internal and external affairs in accordance with their aspirations to freedom and progress. This principle is a guiding rule of contemporary international life since it is indissolubly linked to the need to ensure equal rights for all States, be they large or small. It is only thus that the international community will be able to take advantage of all its material and spiritual possibilities and of the great diversity of resources and talents that all peoples wish to develop. 65. In order to take shape and organize themselves the new States have had to, and must continue to, overcome the resistance of forces which attempt to halt the march of history.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The changes that have been made in the political map of the world are due to the struggle of the peoples for an independent existence. Fully in keeping with this historic trend, the final abolition at the earliest possible date of the last remaining forms of colonial oppression and the political and economic strengthening of the States which have recently gained their freedom have become ever more urgent objectives. On the modern international scene, these States are noteworthy for their full development as independent entities through the building of their own strong and enduring institutions, and through the implementation of national programmes of economic, cultural and social development that will enable them to make up the time they have lost under foreign domination. 64.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The most striking feature of the twenty years that have passed since the establishment of the United Nations is the appearance and consolidation of a large number of independent States. This has been a long historical process, at the beginning of which some hundred years ago, may I remind you, Romania and Italy were established as modern national States at virtually the same time. This process, which was to continue and gain momentum, now embraces virtually the whole of mankind. One proof of the power and dynamism of this process was the establishment within the past two decades alone of fifty new States. At this session we have pleasure in welcoming to our Organization the most recent of these States, the Gambia, the Maldive Islands and Singapore. 63.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“60. Allow me, first of all, Mr. President, to extend to you the congratulations of the delegation of the Socialist Republic of Romania on your election as President of the General Assembly's twentieth session. We are glad that the Assembly's work will have the benefit of the authority and competence of one of the leading figures of Italy, a country with which Romania enjoys increasingly close relations since our peoples are bound together by an affinity of language and culture. 61. I should like to associate myself with the expressions of thanks conveyed from this rostrum to Mr. Quaison-Sackey, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana, for his valiant efforts to carry out the duties entrusted to him as President of the nineteenth session. 62.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Before concluding, I should like to express the conviction of the Romanian Government that it is now more than ever necessary to explore every avenue, every possibility, which might lead to the restoration of normal international relations, to the strengthening of peace and to the development of co-operation between countries and peoples.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“In the economic sphere, as in political relations, there is a growing feeling of the need to establish generally acceptable norms, based on the United Nations Charter, to govern economic relations between States. 146. In support of the efforts which the developing countries are making for their own economic and social progress, the United Nations must expand its activities in connexion with the training of national personnel, planning, the use of natural resources in the national interest, and industrialization. 147.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“A proposal emphasizing the importance of long-term trade agreements was also submitted; the experience of our country and of other States has demonstrated the effectiveness of such agreements in stabilizing and developing international trade. We hope that these proposals, which appear in the Final Act of the Conference, will contribute to the expansion of international trade in the interest of economic development. 144. In our view, one important result of the Conference is that it laid down guidelines for economic co-operation between States. The adoption, under United Nations auspices, of a declaration embodying these guidelines would have positive effects on the development of trade. 145.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“At the Geneva Conferee the Romanian delegation submitted, jointly with other delegations the proposal concerning credit arrangements for the delivery of capital equipment to be paid for in goods produced by the unit concerned or in other products. This form of co-operation is advantageous to the developing countries, because it promotes accelerated economic growth through the construction, with the help in the form of credit, of industrial units — which are the exclusive properly of the countries concerned — thus ensuring respect for their economic independence. 143. The proposal is also of interest to countries which export capital equipment, because it provides them with markets and with opportunities to obtain supplies of finished products from the units they have delivered.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“The recommendations adopted by the Conference reflect an intensification of the efforts to transform international trade—freed from discriminatory barriers—into a beneficent agent for the economic development of all countries and for the creation of a climate of peace and international co-operation. Romania, as a country whose complex and multilateral economy is making great strides, has a direct interest in the problems considered at the Conference. 142. Because its economy has been developed in a balanced manner and at a sustained tempo, Romania maintains economic and trade relations with all countries, irrespective of their social and economic systems. Over the last twelve years, Romania's foreign trade has more than quadrupled.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“As long as there remains a gulf between the economic situation of the developing countries and that of the industrialized countries, and as long as the need to battle against chronic scourges in vast areas of the world grows ever more urgent, social and economic problems will inevitably continue to be among the major concerns of the States Members of the United Nations. 140. We realize that the beginning of a new stage in activities in this area was marked by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, which the Secretary-General of the United Nations rightly considers "an event of historic importance likely to have a significant impact on international co-operation for decades to come" [A/5801/Add.l, sect. IV]. 141.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“The only realistic basis for a discussion of this problem is one which takes account of the existence of both German States. 138. An incidental consequence of progress towards general and complete disarmament would be the release of material and human resources, which are so much needed in order to hasten the economic and social advancement of peoples. The amount now being spent on armaments is roughly equal to the aggregate of the national incomes of all the developing countries. 139.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“These plans are one more example of the danger of aggressive blocs. The creation of NATO multilateral nuclear forces can only lead to international tension, to growing suspicion between States, and to the stepping-up of the arms race; that is why it is pausing justifiable anxiety. 136. In our view, the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament should make increased efforts to carry out its mandate and to meet the responsibilities entrusted to it by the United Nations. The Romanian People's Republic is always ready to do all it can in helping to find mutually acceptable solutions which could hasten agreement on disarmament. 137. We continue to believe, as in the past, that the liquidation of the aftermath of the Second World War through the conclusion of a peace treaty with Germany would lead to a clearing of the world political climate.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)