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“We must actively support the Lebanese people, which is now gravely divided, to achieve its unity and territorial integrity and regain its stability, free from the acts of aggression perpetrated daily against its sovereignty. We must spare no effort to obtain total withdrawal from the Arab territories occupied by Israel by force since 1967. We must, finally, foster the conditions for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, with due respect for the right of all the peoples of the region to live within secure and recognized boundaries. 61. My country, Senegal, had the great honour, thanks to the confidence placed in it by the international community, to preside over the International Conference on the Question of Palestine, held at Geneva from 29 August to 7 September 1983.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“The long list of resolutions adopted by the Security Council and the General Assembly is, in this regard, highly indicative of the indifference and cavalier disregard shown by the Tel Aviv Government for the international community's decisions. 60. Now, more than ever before, we must reaffirm the inalienable right of the brother people of Palestine, regrouped within the Palestine Liberation Organization [PLO], its sole and legitimate representative, to dignity, self-determination and independence, and to the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian State on the land of Palestine, in keeping with the relevant United Nations resolutions. We must, by all legal means, induce the international community to compel Israel to put an end to the settlements.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“It is truly high time for that martyred country, rent by internal conflicts and assorted kinds of intervention for the past 20 years, to be able finally to enjoy the peace, national unity and stability so essential to the flourishing of its people and the development of its economy. 59. Just as in Africa, the racist Pretoria Government continues to trample the Charter of the United Nations under foot by oppressing peoples aspiring to peace, so in the Middle East, Israel has been maintaining an atmosphere of tension through its aggressive and annexationist policy against the Arab peoples of the area in general, and the Palestinian people in particular. Israel's systematic recourse to force has inevitably blocked all the peace initiatives undertaken in recent years.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“104 (XIX), adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its nineteenth ordinary session, held at Addis Ababa in June 1983, and endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 38/40. 58. With regard to the question of Chad, we can only hope that the recent developments emanating from the Franco-Libyan disengagement agreement of September 1984 may lead to national reconciliation in Chad and to scrupulous respect for the integrity and sovereignty of that country, under the leadership of its legitimate Government—now recognized by the OAU and by the international community— without any outside interference.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“My country, Senegal, denounces this inhuman policy of racial segregation and expresses again its solidarity with the oppressed people of South Africa and its legitimate representatives, the African National Congress of South Africa and the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania. We also energetically repudiate the infringements repeatedly committed against the territorial integrity, sovereignty and security of the front-line countries, and particularly the constant threats made by South Africa against Angola and Mozambique, whose Governments and brother peoples aspire only to peace and development. 57. In west Africa, the question of Western Sahara continues to be the subject of the international community's attention. My country, Senegal, wishes to see a peaceful settlement of that dispute, in accordance with resolution AHG/Res.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Notwithstanding the slow pace of the talks and the acknowledged limits of the progress recently made at Lusaka, Zambia, and Sal, Cape Verde, on the way towards negotiations between the parties involved, Senegal encourages those efforts and advocates a cease-fire conducive to the implementation of resolution 435 (1978) as a whole. 56. South Africa, because of the abhorrent practice of apartheid, which the Pretoria regime persists in further refining by successive reforms, such as the recent bogus constitutional reform, deserves to be once again unreservedly condemned by the international community.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Since contact has been established, we feel it is appropriate to continue and even increase it so that South Africa will be brought to accept the United Nations settlement plan. 54. I cannot conclude this section of my address without welcoming, on behalf of my Government, the praiseworthy initiatives repeatedly undertaken by the Secretary-General. Thanks to him, the technical aspects of this matter, involving the composition, status and deployment of the military element of UNTAG and the choice of the electoral system provided for in the settlement plan, have already wen agreed upon. 55.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“In this regard, my country, Senegal, solemnly reaffirms its complete solidarity with SWAPO, the sole and legitimate representative of the glorious people of Namibia, and we support Security Council resolution 435 (1978). The Namibian question is a decolonization problem, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, which recognizes that those countries and peoples have the inalienable right to self-determination and national sovereignty. 53. The countries members of the contact group should, to that end, bring direct pressure to bear on the Pretoria Government, in pursuance of the efforts that they are now undertaking and that, in all honesty and objectivity, we must emphasize.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Sometimes, even within a single population, civil war breaks out, costing the lives of children, the elderly and people in the prime of life, sowing death and destruction in the name of opposing ideologies, and heightened and exacerbated by a conflict of interests often alien to that country. 51. In this tense situation, is it not time for the nations of the world, both rich and poor, industrialized and developing, to agree to overcome their rivalries and tensions, through joint efforts and constructive dialogue, in order to guarantee to all the free command of their common destiny? 52. Today, South Africa continues to occupy Namibia illegally, despite the relevant United Nations resolutions designed to enable the brother people of Namibia to recover, without any hindrance, its full right to freedom, independence and dignity.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Those nations have thus achieved technological progress and economic stability, guaranteed and protected by a system of relations which safeguard the essential element: the continuance of that technological progress and the maintenance of the economic stability which, despite the ups and downs of our times, we see today. 50. At the same time, we note in various parts of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East numerous hotbeds of tension and conflict which rend the peoples asunder and set against each other neighbour countries which reason dictates should cooperate in trust and friendship.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“I shall begin by referring to the political problems with which the United Nations is once again confronted, together with the economic issues with which the third world in general and Africa in particular are constantly concerned, in the ever-diminishing hope that peoples and individuals will Unite to prevent an apocalypse which, if it were to occur, would certainly spare no people and no country, 48. Given that risk, are we capable of taking the leap forward which the nations of the world expect of us and which we must take if we are to put to good use the immense potential of the human mind and the wealth of imagination granted to us by nature? 49. For nearly 40 years, a modus vivendi seems to have been established among the industrial nations, in particular those of the northern hemisphere.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Rich countries and poor, wealthy peoples and those stricken with the despair and pessimism which result from the world crisis, are we not all assailed by the same anxieties and obliged, if we are not to be destroyed, to stand shoulder to shoulder in the face of the many dangers threatening man and his environment? 46. It was in the spirit of the need for such reflection by the international community that the head of State of Senegal, President Abdou Diouf, called on me to come here to address the Assembly. 47.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Once again we, the representatives of the world's peoples, States and Governments, have come together to consider the situation and future of mankind, and to do so despite the differences in our ideological choices, political systems, spheres of culture, traditions and customs, aware that the civilizations of which we are the products and the authors are complementary, aware also that 159 nations cannot in a meeting lasting only a few weeks together work out exactly what action must be taken to improve the lot of mankind without first being convinced that common interest must prevail over the obstacles to dialogue and solidarity. 45.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“His journey to the furthest corners of our continent was an act of faith which provided further proof that, with goodwill and using the right means, the plight and the hopes of a great part of mankind can be calmly identified, and that solutions can be sought and found if we are imbued with a spirit of international solidarity and praiseworthy generosity and brotherhood. 43. I wish finally to welcome the sister country of Brunei Darussalam—like Senegal, a member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference—to membership of the United Nations. Its devotion to the ideals of peace, justice and harmony as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations are the best guarantee that Brunei Darussalam will be able to contribute with determination and effectiveness to the promotion of the United Nations and to the achievement of its purposes. 44.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“Jorge Illueca, of Panama, who, as President of the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session and at a particularly difficult time in world affairs, worked with courage and clear-mindedness to reaffirm the mission of the United Nations: to promote peace and harmony among nations. 42. In this connection, I cannot fail to pay a tribute to the Secretary-General, whose broadmindedness, analytical abilities, independence of judgement and fidelity to the ideals of the United Nations we were able to appreciate yet again when he visited Senegal in January 1984.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“As President of the United Nations Council for Namibia, you have shown discreetly and effectively your eminent qualities as diplomat, statesman and champion or the right of peoples to independence. I had the honour of presiding at your side over the International Conference in Support of the Struggle of the Namibian People for Independence, held in Paris in April 1983, and I am therefore in a position to say how great was your positive contribution to the success of that gathering. There is no doubt that, with such qualifications, you will be able to guide the work of the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly to a most successful conclusion. 41. I wish also to thank your predecessor, Mr.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“The General Assembly has by the unanimous decision of its members, Sir, elected you President of its thirty-ninth session. That outstanding election had been expected, since Africa's continental organization, the Organization of African Unity [OAU], adopted two resolutions recommending your candidacy for that office, at Nairobi in June 1981 and at Addis Ababa in June 1983. Your country's many friends throughout the world supported that recommendation, thus reaffirming their confidence in and friendship for Africa, Zambia and you, personally—confidence and friendship of which we are justly proud. We ask you, therefore, to accept our warm fraternal congratulations.”
1984-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 39 (1984)
“All countries, small and large, all nations, developed and developing, all cultures and all civilizations must hold hands together in a burst of generosity arising from our awareness of our common humanity, to ensure that our species, which has conquered outer space and has made enormous progress in science and technology, can safeguard its own survival of the basis of what unites human beings of all continent and races, that is, on the basis of our common destiny.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In conclusion, I should like once again to stress that mankind has already furnished proof, in tragic circumstances in which it might have despaired of its own creative genius, of its infinite capacity to adapt and change situations in response to the needs of the moment. 251. That is why hope must revive in all of us to create a climate of renewed trust among nations sharing the same noble ideals of peace and solidarity, those ideals which 30 years ago inspired the foundation of the United Nations. 252. The efforts of Senegal, of its leader and of its people must be seen in that context. 253. We have a date with history to record the meeting of minds in the world to save our planet from the apocalypse.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The sessions of UNCTAD succeed each other without yielding much in the way of tangible results, but the duty of the United Nations is to spare no effort, to ignore no initiative, so that there can be a speedy and judicious reform of the world economic and financial system, so that we can see the establishment of a new system of trade based consciously on the need for a more balanced development of the various parts of the world, in a spirit of dynamic complementarity of benefit to all, in which the interests of all can be protected without harming the interests of any. 249. That is the only way we can succeed in the struggle against underdevelopment, hunger, inequality and exploitation of one nation by another. 250.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In particular Senegal wants to see the trade barriers imposed by certain developed countries lifted, the debts of the developing countries rescheduled, official development assistance substantially increased, the Common Fund for Commodities put into operation, and the commitments to the developing countries concerning the day- to-day execution of their development projects fully respected. 247. If we wish to leave future generations a better world, a world of peace and progress because it is more just and more fraternal, as it is our duty to do, then we must reawaken our human qualities as intelligent human beings, profoundly devoted to the universal ideal of solidarity. 248. These economic matters are important. They have been sufficiently discussed from this rostrum.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“If well managed, development assistance can strengthen institutions, promote better policies and enable more productive use of the national resources of the developing countries, thus helping to eliminate hunger and poverty from the world. It makes sense from the economic point of view, but above all it is politically prudent for everybody. 245. The present international economic system, which has led to the current crisis, was designed and built up without any real participation by the developing countries, and it must therefore be reformed in order finally to take proper account of the interests of the third world countries. 246. My country will continue to maintain that, in order to escape from this crisis, specific measures must be taken.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“This excessive indebtedness not only holds up the development of our countries but may in the long term cause the total collapse of the international monetary system, thus also bringing down the richest countries as well. 243. In order to avoid such a disaster, it is necessary for the developed countries to reschedule these debts, in their own interests as well as in those of the developing countries, to strengthen official development assistance and to agree at last to grant loans on favourable terms. 244. What is worse, we are disturbed to see that by the end of 1983, that is, in a few months, military expenditure will have attained $800 billion, whereas official aid from all sources is equivalent to 18 days of the world's military expenditure.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In monetary and financial matters the developing countries, as we all know, are suffering the direct and very serious harmful effects of monetary disorders in terms of inflation, high interest rates and fluctuating exchange rates, to name only the most obvious. 241. Today, many developing countries are having structural difficulties of a permanent character and find themselves in such a critical situation that they have been obliged to assume further large debts to try to break this deadlock by repaying earlier debts. 242. The debt of the developing countries has moved from $244 billion in 1977 to almost $625 billion in 1982.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The magazine jeune afrique published this information and said: "Assuming a medium growth in our countries, Africa south of the Sahara"—that is, our countries— "will be the most badly off because the real per income in 1995 will be lower than it was in 1970, and its indebtedness will remain substantial". 239. This statement shows how urgent it is for us to take all appropriate steps to prevent such an outcome. The time has come for the international community as a whole to demonstrate the constructive political will o respond to this threat to our survival. 240. The second problem concerning us is the disorder in the international monetary system.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The continuing disorganization of the international monetary system, which is the consequence of the crisis as well as the cause of its prolongation, is bound to sharpen the disagreements, misunderstandings and causes of conflict which pit nations against each other through the progressive impoverishment of the peoples of the third world and the demonstrable inability of the industrialized countries to find a speedy and appropriate solution to this deplorable situation. 238. In this respect, the recent World document report of the World Bank is important for more than one reason. It is stated that the 10-year-old world economic crisis, which is the scourge of the third world countries in particular, will not improve over the next 10 years.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Beside the problem of peace, which is the condition for any useful development of humanity, there is first and foremost the important problem of the world economic situation. It is hardly necessary to emphasize that the two questions are closely linked. 237. The world is in the grip of a full-scale economic crisis. An international effort is necessary if we are to escape from this crisis.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Consequently its unity and its integrity, respect for its independence, and its development in peace, in African unity and security are and must remain matters of basic concern to the international community. The people of Chad has suffered too long from the divisions imposed on it from outside and from repeated attacks on its sovereignty. 235. In this respect, the legitimate Government in N'Djamena should be free to exercise all its powers and to lead the country to national reconciliation and peace, in the exercise of the rights of the people of Chad. That includes all the sons of Chad, whatever groups they belong to, so that Chad can belong once again to its people. 236.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“If we all remain determined to find a solution to this difficult problem consonant with the interests of Africa, there is no doubt we shall soon find a peaceful solution which will constitute yet another legitimate victory for our peoples and our continent over the divisive factors which tend to create factions among us and distract us from the true problems of our development. 234. With regard to the question of Chad, Senegal would reaffirm its commitment to the sacrosanct principles of respect for the territorial integrity of sovereign and independent States. Chad is a Member of the United Nations; Chad is a member of the Movement of Non- Aligned Countries; it is a founding member of the OAU: it is a member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In West Africa, my country continues to believe that the question of Western Sahara can be solved appropriately through a referendum on self-determination, as proposed by His Majesty King Hassan II of Morocco during the eighteenth session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, held at Nairobi from 24 to 27 June 1981, the principle of which was accepted and reaffirmed in a resolution of that Assembly's nineteenth session, held at Addis Ababa from 6 to 12 June 1983 . 233.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“It is also relevant to stress and unhesitatingly condemn the attacks carried out by South Africa, with a disturbing cynicism, directly or indirectly against the brother sovereign peoples of southern Africa, particularly those of Angola, Mozambique, Lesotho, Botswana, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. 232. I cannot conclude my examination of these political questions of concern to our continent without mentioning Western Sahara and Chad.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Insufficient pressure has been put on the Pretoria Government to make it listen to reason and above all to make it respect international law and the relevant decisions of the United Nations. But these efforts have been made. They must be continued and strengthened. 230. That is Senegal's position on the question, and we have reaffirmed here many times our support for the brother people of Namibia and for SWAPO. This was reaffirmed also during the international conference in Paris in April, over which my country presided, and during the meetings of the Security Council in New York from 23 May to 31 May of this year.'" 231.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We must organize it. My country takes this opportunity to reaffirm its unswerving and unreserved support for the brother people of Namibia, for SWAPO, its sole legitimate representative, and for the people of South Africa, who are fighting for respect for human dignity against apartheid and racial discrimination. My country also reaffirms its abiding brotherly solidarity with the African National Congress and the Pan Africanist Congress, whose daily heroic actions we salute. 229. Senegal cannot fail to stress, in order to be honest, the efforts to resolve the question of Namibia that have been made by the countries of the contact group, but these efforts are not sufficient.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Recently in Paris the international community devoted an in-depth debate to the question during the International Conference in Support of the Struggle of the Namibian People for Independence, held in Paris from 25 to 29 April 1983. After that the Security Council adopted resolution 532 (1983), which called for the immediate, unconditional implementation of the United Nations settlement plan approved in Security Council resolution 435 (1978). 227. Since then the Secretary-General and his colleagues have continued to put forward initiatives and hold consultations in an attempt to break the deadlock. In recent weeks the Secretary-General has even visited the region to try to make the contacts with the various parties concerned necessary to settle the conflict. 228. We believe that our effort must be continued and increased.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Senegal is a member of the Good Offices Committee set up by the Third Islamic Summit Conference of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, held at Mecca Taif from 25 to 28 January 1981. Side by side with the other member countries of the Committee, under the chairmanship of President Ahmed Sekou Toure of Guinea, it intends to pursue its efforts in the noble quest for peace, harmony and fraternity. 224. In Africa, our continent, the situation is scarcely better. The questions of Namibia and Western Sahara and the conflict in Chad are a constant cause of concern. 225. For several years the question of Namibia has regularly appeared on the Assembly's agenda. It has been the subject of special sessions, international conferences, seminars, symposiums, round table talks, discussions and, above all, very long negotiations. 226.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In Central America, we believe the political settlement of conflicts, whether internal or external, must be based on respect for the rights of peoples and the sovereignty of States. On the basis of this principle, regional guarantees of security and non-interference should enable that region to recover the stability and peace that are indispensable to its development. 222. The particularly sensitive Gulf region continues, because of the unfortunate war between Iran and Iraq, to be a major cause for concern. The international community has no choice today but to persevere in and strengthen the efforts already undertaken under various auspices to persuade the two parties to negotiate a comprehensive, just and honourable settlement. 223.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Here as elsewhere, the major concern of my country—which has been entrusted with the chairmanship of the ad hoc Committee—is to make a positive contribution to the creation of the conditions necessary for the restoration of peace and security in that part of the world. That naturally requires the participation of all the parties concerned in the Committee's efforts, within the framework of the principles from which it derives its mandate. 220. The people of Korea is still divided. My country, which enjoys relations of trust with both countries, remains committed to a peaceful, lasting solution of the Korean question—that is, to the reunification of this brother people through a sincere, concerted effort by the two parties. 221.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“My country will continue to support, as it has in the past, the various peace efforts, because it remains convinced that persisting in trying to find a solution by force will only worsen the conflict and increase tension in that part of the world. 218. In Kampuchea, the initiatives aimed at starting a dialogue have been fruitless. The mediation of the ad hoc Committee of the International Conference on Kampuchea has still not been accepted by one of the parties. That party's idea of creating a zone of peace in South-East Asia is certainly praiseworthy, but that goal can be attained only if the people of Kampuchea is first able freely to exercise its right to decide its own future. 219.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Sadly, this year again the situation in Asia has not shown any substantial progress towards the solutions the Assembly has called for. Outside forces continue to occupy Afghanistan and Democratic Kampuchea, whose peoples are still suffering from laws imposed by foreign Powers. In order to resolve the question of Afghanistan, it is necessary, in the interests of peace, to maintain the impetus by facilitating continued dialogue, in the context, of course, of the relevant principles of international law, reaffirmed in the Charter. 217. My country, Senegal, which has always opposed foreign interference, would like to take this opportunity to voice once again its active solidarity with the people of Afghanistan in the difficult times which have been imposed on it.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We must stress in fairness that some Israelis who are champions of peace took part in that Conference, either because they were invited or because they were eminent persons, and they took the opportunity to reaffirm in strong terms their opposition to the policy of the Tel Aviv Government, a policy of stalling, of violating the legitimate rights of the people of Palestine and the rights of the Arab people living in Israel. What we can state is that the way is open to a just solution to the question of Palestine. It is sufficient now—and the time is right—to have the courage and determination to take that path, because the peaceful settlement of disputes is a cardinal principle of the Organization, which must continue to guide our actions in our search for peace. The same applies to the other troubled regions—Asia and Latin America. 216.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“That is why we welcome the results of the International Conference on the Question of Palestine. The peaceful means proposed there, if scrupulously applied, could undoubtedly lead in the end to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East. 215. Who today, even among the most radical enemies of peace, can say that that Conference did not lead to sensible, constructive, realistic conclusions? It is undeniable that the PLO and its Chairman, Yasser Arafat, showed at the Conference an admirable openness and a desire for peace that the United Nations must strive to explore.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In such circumstances, to invoke the great principles of the United Nations regarding the Government of Israel, as we do every year, might appear to be a waste of time. However, doubt as to the usefulness of condemnation, which often has no effect, should not lead us to admit the inadmissible. The blithe way in which Israel rejects the inalienable rights of the people of Palestine and its Arab neighbours is as surprising to the whole world as it is revolting. 214. With regard to the problems of peace, how can we fail to recall that the use of force, whatever its immediate result, cannot in the long term guarantee either peace or security? The truth is that the only way to peace is that which presupposes dialogue and negotiation to find just solutions to the conflicts that shake the world today.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The resolutions of the Assembly, the Fez plan of the Arabs, the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people, the existence of the PLO—which, however, has been recognized by 117 States—all these, to Israel, seem to be merely a succession of secondary problems. According to Israel, the whole world is wrong and only Israel is right. Israel's response to the decisions of the Security Council regarding the non-acquisition of territories by force and withdrawal from territories occupied in this way has been the annexation of East Jerusalem, the annexation of the Golan Heights, the annexation of the West Bank, the bloody occupation of a large portion of Lebanese territory. 213.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“But in political practice self-interest takes precedence over generosity and ultimately little effort is made to prevent or combat the many violations of human rights or the rights of people. 210. In this light, the problems of the world remain disquietingly acute, particularly those of peace and development. 2H. At the political level, the Middle East and southern Africa constitute cases which are clearly disquieting. 212. In the Middle East, Israel is taking refuge behind an attitude of rejection with regard to everything that we consider to be likely to promote peace in the region.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Our concern is all the more justifiable in that—as was pointed out during the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Organization by President Abdou Diouf, then Prime Minister of Senegal, speaking from this rostrum on 19 October 1970 during the twenty-fifth session: "this inability to solve these problems is not of an intellectual nature but rather of a moral nature."— And these problems remain.—"What is lacking is the true will to solve these problems ... a true political determination based on the moral courage to take the true decisions that our intelligence is perfectly capable of conceiving." 209. In fact, the framework for and even the ways and means of finding appropriate practical solutions to many problems have been set forth in the Charter and even in the resolutions which we adopt each year.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Our concern, given the present state of the world, does not derive only from the existence of crises, because in a world that is changing—and the world has never before changed as fast as it is today—crises are inevitable. Besides, they are not always the sign of a new evil; they may denote the acute stage of a long-standing evil which we were not able to remedy in time. Our concern can be explained rather by our inability to resolve crises or find appropriate solutions to the fundamental problems of peace and development. 208.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Industrial and developing nations alike, we must build, despite the many obstacles on the path, a future of progress, a future of justice. 204. For all these reasons, the United Nations deserves our support, and the ideal it symbolizes today calls for our clear and consistent commitment. 205. My country, Senegal, and its leader, President Abdou Diouf, sincerely reaffirm here and now, through me, their faith in the Organization and their steadfast adherence to its objectives. 206. Within this framework, the Movement of Non- Aligned Countries, that great gathering of the nations of the third world, in order to stress their support for the many efforts of the United Nations, proposed, at the seventh summit conference, held at New Delhi in March 1983, that the year 1985 be declared United Nations Year 207.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The United Nations, with its universal character, must continue to offer small countries the only adequate forum for making the world aware of their often ignored legitimate concerns. The establishment within the United Nations system of many specialized agencies must enable large and small countries, in a great upsurge of solidarity and mutual confidence, to open every area of international co-operation to the attainment of the important objectives embodied in the Charter of the United Nations since 1946. 203. The action of the United Nations has already enabled mankind to build, on the ashes of the Second World War, the basic tenets of a new society, a society which is still imperfect but of which we must never despair.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“To put an end to them we lack neither a proper legal basis, as constituted by the procedures for settling international disputes and the resolutions and appeals of the Organization for peace and understanding, nor the reiterated sincere and unequivocal expressions of willingness to rally peoples to the ideals which unite them. 01. However, we must note that national, regional and ideological self-interest, cultural complexes, short-term concerns linked to incomplete or fragmentary events unfortunately continue to divide the world. 202. Given such a situation, which must in no way discourage us, the United Nations is still and must remain the indispensable framework for privileged meetings, of which the annual session of the General Assembly is a living symbol.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“These thanks are also extended to our colleagues and to all the staff of the Secretariat, including the interpretation service, with whose dynamism and dedication we are all familiar and which we very much appreciate. 201. In a world where only too often self-interest takes precedence over generosity, violence over dialogue, the effectiveness of an organization such as the United Nations must not be assessed or measured in mathematical terms. Today the international community faces many serious conflicts throughout the world.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)