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“Yet our attempts to reach such a comprehensive understanding have invariably come up against the insurmountable wall of reservations and objections put forward by the Governments of the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries which have associated themselves with the policy of NATO, in the circumstances, the only practical way out of the present situation is to tackle the problem gradually, by stages, setting apart for early consideration those matters which are most urgent and ripe for solution. 31.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“As a result of the growth of the forces standing for the defence of peace, war in our time is not inevitable and it is on this fact that the Soviet State has based and is basing its actions in the realm of foreign policy. Disarmament, in which the peoples see a reliable means of taking the sting out of aggression, can and must become a reality today. It does not matter if we start with isolated steps, provided that they are effective steps in the right direction. 30. The Soviet Government has been and remains an advocate of a radical solution of the disarmament problem involving a substantial reduction of armed forces and armaments and the prohibition of atomic and hydrogen weapons, including a cut-off of their production and their elimination from arsenals.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“If in the past a spark at Sarajevo could kindle the flames of the First World War, because preparations were being made for it, if the attack on Ethiopia, the seizure of the Sudetenland by the Nazis and other similar actions by the Fascist aggressors could light the first fires which led to the conflagration of the Second World War, again because preparations were being made for it, then what of the situation that exists today, to say nothing of that which may confront us tomorrow, considering that the fuel for such a conflagration is now a hundred, even a thousand, times more dangerous than it was before? Add to all that the fact that today there are quite a number of people who are by no means opposed to atomic war, who in fact even extol it and are trying to accustom mankind to the idea that it is inevitable. 29.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“What is the use of their good intentions if the question of whether or not a nuclear weapon is to be used depends largely on the United States general or officer or even simply the airman who has his finger on the trigger of this fearful weapon?”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“At this point I, should particularly like to refer to the statements and declarations made by representatives of those countries which do not produce atomic weapons but which are bound hand and foot by their commitments in connexion with NATO and other aggressive military blocs. They often say that they are resolutely opposed to atomic war and that, far from intending to contribute to the outbreak of an atomic war, they are bent upon furthering the cause of peace. Yet their intentions and even the intentions of their Governments are one thing, while the objective logic of facts is quite another. There is good reason for the saying that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. 28.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“That in turn might lead to a series of atomic attacks and counter-attacks which no Government could foresee and which, like an irreversible chain reaction, no one could halt once it had been set in motion. 26. All these are facts, cold facts which no one familiar with the situation can in good conscience deny. When the advocates of the armaments race sometimes tell us that they, too, are opposed to atomic war, that they shudder at the very thought of such a war, we may well ask how such statements of theirs can be reconciled with the facts which I have just mentioned, facts of which they cannot be ignorant and which increase the danger of atomic war with every passing day. 27.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“Plain common sense tells us that the longer the formulation of concerted measures on disarmament is delayed and the higher the mountains of stockpiled weapons grow, the more difficult it will be to begin disarming. Yet we should not forget another no less dangerous aspect of this matter. The technical characteristics of nuclear weapons are such that, once they have been placed in a state of combat readiness, they can be activated by the efforts of one or two individuals. Already, as we know, the number of existing nuclear weapons is considerable and more and more people are learning how to use them. There need only be, say, one mentally unbalanced person among them for a populated area of one country or another accidentally to become the site of a nuclear explosion.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“Clearly the Soviet Union cannot associate itself with those who base their policy on the deception of peoples, Those Governments, will not find in the Soviet Union a partner in any such doings. We have said this before and continue to say it, frankly and openly, in the United Nations and elsewhere. 24. Negotiations on disarmament should be conducted on a basis of equality. The Soviet delegation would be in favour of the establishment of a disarmament commission at least half of whose members would be chosen from among the States which are not members of the military blocs established by the United States and the United Kingdom, in other words, from among the socialist and neutral countries. 25.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“The Soviet Government is ready and eager, as in the past, to carry on productive disarmament negotiations and is convinced that the more thoroughly questions relating to disarmament are studied at the General Assembly's current session, the more the cause of disarmament stands to gain. In its opinion, however, it is clearly futile to participate many negotiations if they are to continue to be dominated by countries belonging to NATO. The participation of the USSR in such negotiations would "only help to create the illusion that something was really being done to solve the disarmament problem, while those opposed to disarmament would continue to follow their previous course of accelerating the production of armaments, thus deceiving the peoples.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“It is, after all, a fact that, because of the position taken by the Western Powers and particularly the United States it has not been possible for the United Nations to act as a body directing the efforts of States towards the implementation of disarmament — that is, of course, if we are talking about practical results and not about disarmament negotiations and the many tons of paper consumed by the records of the meetings held on this question. Naturally the Governments of a number of Powers would have no objection to the Soviet Union's disarming unilaterally while they built up their own armaments. But is that not asking too much of us? 23.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“For them, the end of the arms race would mean the loss of guaranteed, fantastically high profits. Would such, people be disposed to reduce armaments when every day and hour their thoughts are concentrated on ensuring that the war production machine forges ahead at full speed? 22. Can the United Nations content itself in such a situation with the role of an outside observer? I can well imagine that there are some in this hall who will deny that the United Nations has played such a role. Yet that view cannot be upheld without contradicting the facts.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“They are leaving their mark on every aspect of the life of States and on the level of living, daily activities and way of life of their citizens. In many countries, excessive expenditure on armaments has seriously disrupted the economy. Ever greater sacrifices are being required of the taxpayer. 21. Instead of using the funds contributed to the budget by the population for the construction of houses, schools and hospitals, increasing old age pensions and sickness benefits, improving the national educational system, giving the working people broader access to the treasures of culture and art, thousands of millions are being poured into the production of means of destruction as if into a bottomless pit. Those who are deriving ever larger profits from the manufacture of weapons are thriving on military orders.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“The production of armaments, which is continuing on an ever-growing scale, is causing suspicion and tension in international relations, as is quite understandable in the circumstances, and those States which would like to devote all their energy and resources to peaceful construction and to improving the level of living of the people, are compelled to be constantly on their guard and to counter the arms race imposed upon them by taking the necessary measures to strengthen their own security. 20. The arms race and the state of "cold war" which have obtained in the world for some years now are affecting one sphere after another of peaceful relations between States and are precluding the establishment of sound, normal relations between them.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“These States and their peoples can scarcely be suspected of harbouring aggressive intentions; yet, under United States pressure and contrary to the interests of their own security, they are being involved, step by step, in preparations for war. 19. The immense harm done to mankind by the arms race is in no way limited to the fact that it creates and, as each day goes by, increases the material resources without which an aggressor would be incapable of starting a war.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“One by one, more and more countries in Europe, North Africa and Asia, particularly those dragged into military blocs by the United States, are being caught up by the wave of feverish preparations for war on the North American continent. 18. Today we thus have not only a build-up of armaments by individual States, which has reached dangerous proportions, but a whole system of military and other commitments which are used to expand the arms race, to impel other States into undertaking increasingly intensive preparations for war. Take, for example, such countries in the North Atlantic bloc as Norway or Denmark.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“There was a time when States built up their armaments and carried out war preparations within their own national boundaries, on their own soil. While such a procedure cannot be justified, for it still constitutes preparation for war, the United States introduced an even more dangerous practice after the end of the Second World War. It has been doing everything in its power to cross the boundaries of other States and to deploy within those States its armed forces and equipment, its atomic and rocket bases. It is seeking to impose one-sided agreements upon those States regarding the establishment of such bases and, in the event of resistance, it literally turns on the screw.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“The number of men in the armed forces of States today is known to be in the tens of millions. It is also well known that for every individual serving in the armed forces there are several others working for the forces — in industry, agriculture, transport, communications, scientific research institutions, and so forth. 16. According to the most conservative estimates by economists, at least 100 million individuals are now directly or almost directly involved in war preparations. They are, as a rule, the most active and highly skilled individuals who are at the peak of their creative abilities. Judge for yourselves how much human energy, labour, knowledge and inventiveness are wasted for the sake of achieving aims which are fundamentally alien to the interests of the peoples — for the sake of preparing for a new world holocaust. 17.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“It does not require vivid imagination to envisage the fatal consequences of the current arms race if it is not brought to an end, if specific measures are not taken to curtail it, and if the use of weapons of mass destruction is not prohibited in good time. 14. Never before in peace time have such vast numbers of human beings been involved in war preparations. The following figures may be cited for purposes of comparison: whereas in 1929, during the temporary lull between two world wars, the direct military expenditure of all countries amounted to$4.2 thousand million; in 1957, twelve years after the end of the Second World War, this expenditure rose to over$100 thousand million. It should be noted that of this latter sum over $60 thousand million represents the share of States members of NATO. 15. Other figures are equally significant.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“In these days few people are unaware of the full danger of the continuing arms race which, like a mountain avalanche, is absorbing material and human resources on an ever-increasing scale and diverting them to the production of means of destruction. 13. Mankind has more than once been a victim of the policy of unrestrained accumulation of weapons in the arsenals of States. But will anyone dispute the fact that all the means of destruction possessed by mankind throughout the ages, including the period of the Second World War, taken together, would make up an insignificant fraction of what is now in the hands of two or three Powers?”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“As indicated by the decisions concerning the withdrawal of United States and United Kingdom troops from Lebanon and Jordan, which were adopted at the recent emergency special session of the General Assembly, our Organization has vast opportunities to further peace, provided that it does not submit to pressure by certain Governments which are disposed to view the United Nations, not as a centre for harmonizing the actions of States in the interests of peace, but rather as a machine for rubber-stamping resolutions that are to one Power’s liking. 12. The disarmament question is certainly the most urgent and important of the pressing problems which the course of events is imposing upon the United Nations.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“If we get down to the root of the matter, we must admit that the policy of forging aggressive military blocs, the ”positions-of-strength" policy pursued by certain circles in the United States, is responsible for the present aggravation of the international situation. Is this not demonstrated by the now imminent threat of a military conflict in the Far East Involving the biggest world Powers? The fact that it has hitherto been possible to avert a catastrophe in time is primarily due to the unity of the peace-loving States and of all the forces that stand for peace and to their determination to do everything in their power to check and repel aggression. 11.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“Nobody can reproach the Soviet Union and the other socialist States with having taken no genuine measures to reduce international tension and strengthen peace. Does not the fact that the Soviet Union has reduced its armed forces by over 2 million men during the past three years speak for itself? And does not the unilateral cessation of nuclear weapons tests by the Soviet Union point in the same direction? 9. If we analyse the present international situation, we may well ask what accounts for the fact that the world has recently more than once been within a hairbreadth of catastrophe? 10.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“For this reason, and for this reason alone, a summit conference has not yet been convened, though the need for it grows more pressing with every day that passes. 7. As we know, there are other widely supported proposals designed to terminate the "cold war", for instance, the proposals for the conclusion of a treaty of friendship and co-operation among European States, for the conclusion of a non-aggression pact between the States members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] and the States parties to the Warsaw Treaty, for the establishment of a zone free of nuclear and rocket weapons in the centre of Europe and of course the ever-crucial proposals on disarmament, including those relating to the prohibition of atomic weapons and the elimination of the threat of atomic war. 8.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“There is, furthermore, a growing awareness of the fact that such a conference, at which the responsible leaders of the Powers would meet for a frank discussion of the most urgent questions, would be the simplest way of finding means to prevent mankind from sliding into war. Hence, the idea of holding a conference Is in the interests of every nation, in the Interests of every individual, wherever he may live — in the West or in the East, in the North or in the South. 6. It must, however, be noted that, during the preparatory negotiations for the conference, attempts were made to prevent it from being held by means of presenting proposals which, as the Governments of the United States and the United Kingdom were themselves well aware, could only serve as a means of impeding agreement and not as a basis for its attainment.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“There would seem to be no dearth of proposals which would provide a basis for agreement on entirely feasible steps towards liquidating the "cold war", ending the arms race and promoting confidence and peaceful co-operation among States. 4. It is common knowledge that for over six months, the attention of the whole world has been focused on the Soviet Government's proposal to hold a conference of the Heads of Government of the States of the East and West for the purpose of reducing international tension. Why has this proposal taken hold of people's minds? Because everyone appreciates the danger of the present situation and sees how the world is being pushed step by step toward a military catastrophe as a result of the policy pursued by certain Powers. 5.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“Hardly a month has elapsed since the States represented in the United Nations met in this very hall for the third emergency special session of the Assembly to consider the dangerous situation which arose in the Near East as a result of the landing of United States troops in Lebanon and United Kingdom troops in Jordan. Today the world is once again faced with a serious and dangerous situation, on this occasion in the Far East where United States naval and air forces are being hurriedly dispatched and where the United States Government has for many years been acting as an aggressor, having laid its hands on territory which has been Chinese from time immemorial. 3.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“1. Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly are events that always compel us to undertake a comprehensive review of the international situation and to see how our Organization is fulfilling the primary task defined in its Charter, which is to ensure the maintenance of international peace. This is particularly true of the present thirteenth session of the General Assembly because the current international situation remains extremely tense and is liable to flare up at any time, thus placing a special responsibility upon the United Nations. 2.”
1958-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 13 (1958)
“The main proposals of the Government of the USSR, mentioned in this statement, are submitted as separate documents for consideration by the General Assembly. 154. In conclusion, permit me to express the hope that the work of this session will be marked by fruitful co-operation among all delegations in the interests of peace.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The delegation of the Soviet Union believes that the twelfth session of the General Assembly is in a position to make a substantial contribution to the relief of international tension and the strengthening of peace. We all, of course, realize that it would not be possible to settle all outstanding international issues, or even the most important of them, all at once at this session. But let us single out the most urgent ones, those whose solution is imperative. Even if we cannot find a complete and final solution, let us at least take the first steps toward solving them and pave the way for further action. 153. In this statement, the Soviet delegation has mentioned some of these urgent problems and has tried to outline a course which might lead to their solution.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“It has so far seen fit to take the line that a country which has a population of hundreds of millions and in which the lawful government, supported by the whole Chinese people, has its seat, is not China, but that China is a small portion of Chinese territory - the island of Taiwan - where the Chiang Kai-shek clique, which was expelled from China by the people, has taken refuge under the protection of the United States armed forces. It is difficult to find any sense in this, and we think that before long even the Americans will ask themselves in amazement how it was possible to take such a strange position in regard to a State inhabited by one quarter of the entire population of the globe. 152.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“Thirdly - and this is a matter of major importance - it is now high time to settle the longstanding question of restoring the People's Republic of China to its lawful rights in the United Nations. The Government of the People's Republic of China is the only legal government representing the Chinese people. It is the authority of the United Nations that has suffered most from the fact that the voice of the great Chinese people has not yet been heard here, as no important international issue can in fact be settled today without taking into account the position of the People's Republic of China. 151. The continued absence from our midst of the lawful representatives of the Chinese people is mainly attributable to the position the United States Government has taken in this matter, and to the pressure it has exerted upon a number of countries.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The sooner the fuss about the "question of Hungary" is brought to an end, the better it will be both for the authority of the United Nations and for the cause of peace. 149. In the second place, it is essential to strengthen the United Nations in every way and to enhance the authority and importance of its organs, rather than to weaken the Organization by establishing various blocs and military alliances. It is no secret, for example, that attempts have lately been made to minimize the role of such an important organ of the United Nations as the Security Council. And yet the Security Council bears the primary responsibility for the maintenance of International peace and security. 150.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“In the first place, attempts to turn the United Nations into an instrument of the policy of any Power or group of Powers must renounced. 148. For example, what has the action of the NATO Powers in insisting on dragging into the agenda of the General Assembly such an obviously provocative item as the so-called "question of Hungary" in common with the purposes of the United Nations with regard to ensuring peace and international co-operation? This action can have no other purpose than to inflame passions artificially and to create an atmosphere of discord and hostility among the peoples. The time has come to realize that Hungary has had its say and that that is what must be taken into account. Whether certain people like it or not, the Hungarian people will follow the course of building socialism.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“After all, an international economic conference was convened after the First World War. Why should this not be done now? 145. The foundations of our Organization were laid in the terrible years of the most destructive war in history. The establishment of the United Nations was an expression of the peoples determination to ensure peace and security, to affirm the principle of the equal rights of nations large and small and to develop friendly co-operation among all States. Unfortunately, many of the principles on which the United Nations was based were subsequently violated and the United Nations has to a great extent been turned into an arena for the "cold war". 146. Given the desire, much could be done to enhance the role of the United Nations in solving the most important international problems. 147.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“It is to be hoped that further progress will be made in this direction and that good sense, dictated by sound economic interests, will prevail over the shortsighted political calculations of the advocates of the "cold war". 144. The promotion of economic co-operation between states is an extremely complicated matter, especially in the circumstances which now prevail. It seems to us that, in order to solve this problem successfully, it would be useful to convene conference of all interested States to discuss in detail the most important problems of international co-operation in the various spheres of economic life. At such a world economic conference, agreement could also be reached on the establishment of a permanent organ within the United Nations to deal with trade problems.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Western countries are the ones which are suffering most from the embargo policy they are now pursuing, since this policy deprives the business circles of these countries of large and reliable markets. It would seem that in many Western countries people are already coming to the conclusion that the policy of artificially restricting trade with the socialist countries does not justify itself. The Governments of the United Kingdom, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan and some other countries recently decided to relax the restrictions on trade with the People's Republic of China. This is undoubtedly a step forward in removing the obstacles to the development of international economic co-operation. 143.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“I would remind you that at one time an attempt was made to squeeze the Soviet Union in the vise of an economic blockade. What was the final result? We not only successfully overcame the difficulties artificially created for us, but were able to overtake and outstrip many leading capitalist countries, and we are continuing to make steady progress in our economic development. At the same time, we have adequately developed the domestic production of types of goods which we were previously interested in obtaining from the Western countries. 141. The attempts which are still being made at the present time to impose an economic blockade on countries which, in size, population and industrial production, represent one third of mankind are quite ridiculous. 142.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The policy of the "cold war” has cast its black shadow on this sphere of international co-operation also. Traditional commercial ties between nations have been broken. The attempts of the United States and other NATO countries to undermine the economy of the socialist States by hampering trade with them have resulted in a situation in which ordinary trade matters are settled, not in commercial institutions or business offices, but at NATO military staff headquarters. 139. Of course, the plans for weakening the socialist countries by an economic blockade are built on sand. History records many instances where individual States or whole coalitions of Powers have attempted to employ economic blockade as a means of imposing their will upon other States. These attempts have never been successful. 140.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“Could the founding States of the United Nations, which adopted the Charter at San Francisco, have envisaged such a monstrous situation with regard to the development of economic relations, especially international trade, as that which we are witnessing today? Of course not, as you very well know. 137. For many years now, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and other United Nations organs have been concerned with questions of economic co-operation. Hundreds of meetings have been devoted to this subject and whole volumes of records and resolutions have been compiled. But can we say that as a result of all this the cause of economic cooperation among nations has made any appreciable progress? Unfortunately, we cannot. 138. The state of international trade is a matter of particular concern at the present time.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“Agreement on this question might exercise a restraining influence on potential aggressors and in that way would serve the cause of peace and of the United Nations, which is in duty bound to preserve the peace. 136. One of our Organization's most important tasks is to ensure broad and free economic relations among nations. In order to live in peace, the peoples must trade with one another, since free international trade is the soundest basis for the development of peaceful and friendly relations among States. All countries, great and small, need one another to some extent. That is why the Charter calls for international cooperation in solving the economic problems with which nations are faced, and why a number of organs have been established within our Organization to promote the achievement of this aim.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The conclusion of such a treaty would do a great deal to improve the whole international situation, and, primarily, the situation in Europe. It would promote the establishment of a system of collective European security, since only such a system can turn Europe from the hotbed of war it has often been in the past into a firm bastion of international peace and security. 135 It is time for our Organization to reach agreement on the question of defining aggression. For at least ten years this question has been kicked around like a football from one committee to another and from one session of the General Assembly to another. As we all know, however, there is as yet no generally accepted definition of aggression.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The Soviet Government is convinced that real security for Europe should be sought through collective measures to be taken for this purpose, rather than through the conversion of the European continent into an arena of dangerous competition between opposing military groups. The Soviet Government’s proposals with regard to collective security in Europe are well known. We have upheld them and will continue to uphold them, as a sure means of strengthening European security. 134. We also maintain the Soviet Government’s proposal for the conclusion of a treaty between the participants of NATO and the participants of the Warsaw Treaty system, under which they would assume the obligation to refrain from the use of force and to settle all disputes by peaceful means.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“To these politicians we say this: In the struggle for peace, the Soviet Union has always maintained and will always maintain a firm position, if by that is meant our adherence to principles and our consistency. 132. There are many other urgent questions, among them some relating to the European situation, which must be settled in the interest of security. In this connexion, I would recall our proposal, which we of course maintain, for the dissolution of NATO and of the Warsaw Treaty Organization. There is no need to expatiate on the fact that such a step would lead to fundamental changes in the international situation, especially the situation in Europe. It would promote the creation of conditions conducive to real trust between States and to the settlement of the outstanding international problems of our time. 133.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“It would do well if it did the same on this occasion too, raising its authoritative voice in defence of the independence of yet other States of the Near and Middle East and strongly condemning the dangerous policy which certain Powers are pursuing with regard to the countries of that area. 131. There are certain politicians in the West, especially in the United States, who express disappointment at the Soviet Union’s position on important international problems, including that of the situation in the Near and Middle East. They say that recently they have been expecting a softening of the USSR position, but, according to them, it seems that the Soviet Union’s position remains firm.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“Why should we not declare our renunciation of the use of force and of intervention in the domestic affairs of the countries of that region? Nevertheless, the Governments of the United States, the United Kingdom and France have refused to accept those proposals. The Soviet Government considers that the approval of these principles in one form or another by the General Assembly might do much to improve matters in an area where the situation today is justly causing alarm. 130. The Assembly did useful work at its last session in raising its voice in defence of Egypt.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“If it was difficult to localize military conflicts in the past, it is particularly dangerous to harbour such illusions now. We would therefore ask those who are unceasingly brandishing the torch of war in the Near and Middle East whether they are able to foresee where the flames of war will spread if they are kindled there. 129. How can the situation in the Middle East be improved? The Soviet Government's proposals in this connexion are well known. They provide, in particular, that the Governments of the four Powers, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and the USSR, should renounce the use of force in the Near and Middle East and all intervention in the domestic affairs of the countries of that region. I would ask you, what is wrong with these proposals?”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“These persons are obviously victims of mendacious propaganda, which is spread in the hope that it will give gullible people the idea that certain Arab States, especially States with a monarchic form of government, would even gain by the execution of such plans. But I would ask these people and these politicians: is not Yemen a monarchy? And yet, look at what is being done to that State. The Soviet Government believes that good sense will prevail and that these people will not embark upon a dangerous course. 128. There are also people, both in the West and in the East, who consider that events in the Near and Middle East, however serious, are local in character and that there is no need to be unduly concerned about them. But this is a dangerous illusion.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“In the plans of those who are trying to place a new yoke of colonial oppression on the countries of the Near and Middle East and to attach these countries to aggressive military groups such as the Baghdad Pact, not least important are attempts to set some countries of that region against others and, moreover, to find among them persons willing to be tools in the hands of the foreigner. It must be admitted that there are politicians in some countries who are apparently prepared to follow this dangerous path. Their line of reasoning must be as follows: the stifling of certain independent Arab States may perhaps prevent the strengthening of the patriotic forces in those countries, and in Eastern countries generally, which are not to the liking of certain foreign circles. 127.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“For the answer to this question we need look no further than the recent statement by the Syrian Government. 123. Who is sending special envoys to the Near and Middle East to put increased pressure on Syria and flagrantly interfere in its domestic affairs? The United States, not the Soviet Union. 124. Who is setting some of the Near and Middle Eastern States against others, in an attempt to find submissive tools to carry out the plot against the independence of first one and then another Arab State? The United States is doing this. 125. If we turn to the facts, we shall see that they utterly demolish the arguments of those who seek to discredit the Soviet Union's policy with regard to the Near and Middle Eastern countries; we shall also see who really is attempting to turn this region into a powder-keg. 126.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“But we do not for a moment consider that this should hinder the maintenance of good relations - between the Arab countries and other States, such as the United States and the United Kingdom. We ourselves wish to maintain good relations with the United States, the United Kingdom and France. 120. We should like to ask the following questions of those who are spreading fabrications about the Soviet Union's alleged intrigues in the Near and Middle East. 121. Who is trying to lay hands on the natural wealth of the Near and Middle East, the Soviet Union or the United States? The answer is clear. This is the work of the United States monopolies, and first and foremost the oil monopolies. 122. Who is plotting against the Governments of the countries of the Near and Middle East?”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)