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“My delegation is particularly gratified at the spirit which prevailed throughout the various international meetings a spirit characterized by understanding and cooperation which we hope will continue to reign during coming international economic conferences. Furthermore, it is our hope that all States will ensure that the decisions taken are implemented in the same constructive spirit and that in the case of those points which have not yet been the subject of a consensus, efforts will continue in order to bring opinions closer together as between the-developing and industrialized countries, the intention being to establish co-operation in a new international economic order based on complementary and equitable relations. 146.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Regarding economic problems, I should like to take this opportunity to express the appreciation of my Government at the significant results which have been reached by the international community. In effect, we have managed to start a movement towards the establishment of an international economic order based no longer on criteria of power, but rather on the respect of common interests and the aspirations of all to life in peace, prosperity and social justice. Although the results are not yet up to the wishes expressed by die developing countries, the international community nevertheless has reached a consensus on the steps to be-taken in various areas which are vital for the existence and the development of a considerable portion of mankind. 145.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“At any Ate, it is the duty of the international community to intensify its action in order to strengthen the role and the influence of the United Nations in the negotiations and working out of a solution to disarmament problems by drawing up a vast program of concerted measures which is the necessary prerequisite for the initiation of the process of general and complete disarmament under international control. 143. We should firmly state our determination to {day an effective role in the easing of international tension and in seeking for just and equitable solutions to the major world problems. This is the main purpose and the raison d'etre of our Organization. Our responsibility to all the peoples of the world who love peace and justice is to redouble our efforts to achieve this end. 144.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Thus, in two years-1974 and 1975-the value of resources transferred to the third world in the form of arms increased by 60 per cent, whereas the cumulative value of major arms transfer in the six years-1970 through 1975-was $US 14.2 billion, more than twice the value of the transfers which occurred in the -decade 1950 through 1959, which was $US 6.8 billion. These figures give food for thought. 142. For all these reasons Senegal has come out in favor of the convening of a world disarmament conference, which is something which the Organization is at present studying. This project, if it wins die support of all the military Powers, could free the problem of disarmament from the deadlock in which it finds itself at present.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“It follows that the international transfer of arms has passed the point where it could be considered as being purely a side-effect of the East-West arms race and has become an extremely important phenomenon, the control and limitation of which can be carried out only on the basis of a general commitment to reduce the relative role of military force in international relations. 141. Next, and most important, it should be noted with some regret that the developing countries are major arms purchasers.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“At any rate, it is well known that as far as conventional armaments are concerned, there are at least three or four suppliers corresponding to the major Power blocs who can always serve as alternatives if a traditional supplier refuses to supply arms, particularly as it is publicly well known that the sale of death-dealing weapons is a lucrative activity which unfortunately serves in the case of certain national budgets as a compensating factor for an adverse balance of payments.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Generally speaking, we can see that detente, in the sense of a relaxation of international tension, cannot be observed on a world scale. Not only does it sometimes mean that the world is divided into exclusive areas reserved for one of the great Powers, but further, sometimes it seems to establish as a rule the transfer of conflicts to the countries of the third world which have become the best customers of the arms merchants. 140. Firstly it should be noted, as the Stockholm Inter-national Peace Research Institute has pointed out, that the sale of arms has considerably increased in recent years, which has made it even more difficult to establish any form of control.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Furthermore, my delegation is profoundly concerned by the situation in Lebanon and would address a pressing appeal to all the parties to the conflict to put an end to their fratricidal struggle, to re-establish peace, and to safeguard the unity and territorial integrity and non-alignment of Lebanon. 137. Regarding Cyprus, my delegation would like to reiterate its support for the respect for the territorial integrity, non-alignment and the resumption of inter community negotiations to bring about harmonious coexistence within a single State. 138. As far as Korea is concerned, my delegation favors any negotiated, solution. to the problem without foreign intervention. Hence, the resumption of the North-South dialog pursuant to the joint communique of 1972 is a necessary condition for there to be just and lasting peace in that region. 139.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“It is for that reason that Senegal has always defended, and will continue to defend, the principle of restoring the inalienable right to self-determination and to the creation of an independent State in Palestine. And it is precisely because we consider that this people has fallen victim to intolerable expansionism that Senegal voted in favor of resolution 3379 (XXX) equating Zionism with racism. In doing so, my country condemned neither Judaism as the religion of the Jews nor Jewry as a set of cultural values belonging to the Jewish world, but, rather, expressed a protest against its expansionist and its racially discriminatory aspects. 136.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“In a similar context, we can see the creation during the thirtieth session of the General Assembly of a special committee to draw up a program enabling the Palestinians to exercise their rights [resolution 3376 (XXX)], It has become dear to one and all that the solution to the problems of the Middle East does not lie solely in separating the armed forces con-fronting each other nor in the partial or total withdrawal from the occupied territories, but rather in the settlement of the fundamental problem: that of Palestine. 135. For my delegation, such settlement would necessarily involve the recognition of the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to recover its homeland in the land of Palestine.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“There is not a single Member State here who does not recognize that the problem of the Middle East has become the source of numerous international disputes and the point of departure for conflicts whose consequences transcend the confines of the region and threaten peace throughout the world. 134. For many years now, this matter has been a regular feature of the agenda of our Assembly, requiring study in order to find a solution to it or at least to reduce its seriousness. The most important result reached by the United Nations in this connexion may well be the decision taken by the international community to recognize the Palestine Liberation Organization as the only authentic representative of the Palestinian people and to grant it observer status [resolution 3210 (XXIX)].”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“her hand, as far as the island of Mayotte is concerned, my delegation considers that the action of the French Government is tantamount to interference in the internal affairs of the Comoros. Senegal would therefore make an appeal to France to countermand the measures which have been taken in order to detach the island of Mayotte from the State of the Comoros and thus to destroy the unity of the archipelago. 133. Africa is not the only continent which has known armed conflict. The situation in the Middle Bast and in Palestine is one of the most serious problems confronting our world today.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Regarding the Western Sahara and the so-called French Somali Coast, it would appear that these problems are on the point of being given, an African solution because OAU has taken charge of the situation. My delegation considers that in accordance with Article 33 of the United Nations Charter and since these problems pit African States against each other, this examination at the African level should be supported by all. Article 33, after all, stipulates that "the parties to any dispute, the continuance of which is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security , shall, first of all, seek a solution above ail by negotiation, inquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regional agencies or arrangements, or other peaceful means of their own choice." 132. On the ..”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“May I here make an urgent appeal to all States and foreign interests who continue to co-operate with the racist regime of South Africa and which, by the same token, encourage it to persist in its inhuman policies, asking them to refrain from supporting this regime and to respect the decisions taken by the United Nations. Any delivery of weapons or military material to this repressive minority regime by any country at all cannot but be considered by us an act of aggression perpetrated against all African States. It is high time, particularly in view of recent events culminating in the massacre of young schoolchildren, for total isolation of the regime of Pretoria. 131.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“However, we hope that the ever more serious events occurring in South Africa since the Soweto massacre will impress upon the authorities in Pretoria, once and for all, that law is more powerful than brute force and the people of Namibia under the leadership of their legitimate representative, SWAPO, will be free whatever happens. 130.. Turning to the situation in South Africa itself, it is quite clear that the minority racist regime is not a representative one, since it takes no account whatsoever of the aspirations of the vast majority of the population. This regime is doubly hateful: first, because of its policies and its practice of apartheid and, secondly, because of its maneuvers aimed at perpetuating the status quo.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Unfortunately, the United Nations has failed to discharge its responsibility concerning the problem of Namibia, where the policy of "bantustanization" tends to perpetuate colonialism by stratagems aimed at distracting the attention of the international community. The Soweto massacre proves that South Africa, both in its own territory and in Namibia, is not prepared to stop defying the will of the international community. It is true that South Africa is aware of the support lent it by certain great Powers who continue to paralyse the action undertaken by the United Nations.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“It seems to us to be indispensable and urgent to enlarge the scope of sanctions in order to exercise maximum pressure on Ian Smith's regime. 127. In Namibia, South Africa continues to display an anachronistic fanaticism, not only by perpetuating its colonial presence but also by extending its racist policies to this international Territory. 128. The responsibility of the United Nations as far as Namibia is concerned is dual: first, in the context of the general struggle to put an end to colonialism wherever it exists and, secondly, by dint of the fact that in this particular case a colonial challenge affects an international Territory which is directly under the responsibility of the United Nations. 129.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“If this declaration which had never been made in the past in such a solemn manner, contains no covert desires to perpetuate in a camouflaged form the minority domination in those countries, undoubtedly this could be regarded as a tremendous step forward to peace. We hope therefore that Great Britain will soon resume its full responsibility to ensure that, at a constitutional conference at which all parties are represented, the practical ways and means of transferring power will be defined. Whatever the case, the United Nations should in this new phase give its full support to those who are struggling to be freed from the yoke of the racist minority. This is the very least our Organization can do to avert the serious danger of war that threatens not only African States: as we all know, this contains the seeds of world-wide confrontation.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Can we not agree to speed the onset of the day when colonialism will cease to be the subject of our discussions because the liberation of peoples in an inexorable, irresistible process which is part and parcel of the laws of evolution of mankind? How can we agree to the continued clinging to power of the regime of Ian Smith despite international condemnation and opposition? All the efforts to date of African leaders and the African National Council for a peaceful solution to the problem have been frustrated by the intransigence of the white minority, leaving those leaders no choice but to support the people of Zimbabwe in their armed struggle. 126. As a result of the visit of the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Kissinger, Ian Smith today stated that he will accept the rule of the majority.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“In conveying our congratulations to this fraternal State, I would like to express the conviction that this nation will strengthen our Organization and will lend its firm support to those peoples who are still struggling for their liberation. Similarly my delegation believes that the admission of Angola and of Viet Nam is a necessary prerequisite to bring about the principle of universality of the United Nations. 125. However, despite the major successes which have been scored in the field of decolonization, we are still confronted either by problems to which we have not managed to find a just solution and which cause violence, or matters whose deterioration creates fresh complications.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“This has meant that there have been more numerous meetings leading very often to agreements which have been away with the ghost of generalized war and even arriving at collective decisions which benefit all. 122. It is in the context of this awareness that we have seen the victories which have been scored against colonialism. The former colonial empires have in fact been dismantled and the colonial yoke has been ended in most parts of the world. More than half of the delegations who have met here represent newly independent States. 123. The United Nations, which has done a great deal in order to speed up this evolution, thus is daily drawing closer to its aim of universality. This is why we are pleased to welcome among us this year the delegation' of the sovereign State of Seychelles. 124.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom." The purpose was to build a single world based on peace, justice and co-operation, but instead of that, very shortly we found ourselves in a world which was divided into separate entities by conflicts and inequalities, a bitter world, ravaged by the destructive furor of war, caught in the trap of confrontation between antagonistic military blocs. Fortunately, an encouraging degree of progress can be, seen every day, essentially because peoples and nations are becoming more and more aware of their interdependence and are daily becoming more conscious of the essential needs and legitimate aspirations of each.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“I should also, on behalf of the Government and people of Senegal, to reiterate to the delegation of the People's Republic of China, our deep-felt condolences at the passing of Chairman Mao Tsetung, which was a tremendous loss for all peoples who have known domination, suffering and scorn and who aspire to dignity and respect. Chairman Mao was not only a source of inspiration of the valiant Chinese people but also a model of wisdom and of leadership for all peoples of the third world. Because his action was devoted to the total development of man, the thoughts of Chairman Mao will, always represent something which remains forever bright in the memory of mankind. 121. The United Nations is an instrument the purpose of which is to mold the future of mankind and "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war...”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“May I also take this opportunity to express my warm thanks to Mr. Amerasinghe's predecessor, Mr. Gaston Thorn, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg for the distinguished services which he rendered to the international community particularly through the skill and the devotion with which he tackled the problems the General Assembly had to take up during the past year. 119. It is also a source of great pleasure for me to applaud the constant efforts which are being made by the Secretary-General, Mr. Kurt Waldheim, in order to strengthen the chances for peace in the world and to impart to our Organization the place and the role which are its due. 120.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“It is for me an honor and a great pleasure to extend to Mr. Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, on behalf of the delegation of Senegal on my personal behalf, our warm congratulations and our best wishes as well as those of the Government and people of Senegal on his being elected to the presidency of the thirty-first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. We are indeed fortunate to be able to rely during this important session on his distinguished qualities and his wealth of experience. His election is also a tribute paid to his country and to its people, as well as to its traditional policy of friendship and co-operation to serve mutual interests with all peoples who love peace and justice. I can assure the President, that my delegation will give him its full support in the performance of his onerous duties. 118.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“It cannot be just the privilege of a small group of countries. It should be extended to cover the whole world, where the emergence of the third-world peoples is a new factor that could transform contemporary international relations for the benefit of the whole of mankind. 183. A necessary prerequisite for that peace is the ending of the various conflicts provoked in developing countries by foreign interests. That peace should be total and permanent. We do not despair of seeing it come about one day.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“In the same context, my delegation hopes that the review of the Charter, begun by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Charter of the United Nations, created at the twenty-ninth session of the General Assembly, will lead to positive results. In the meantime we believe it would be highly desirable, even within the framework of the present Charter, to strengthen the functions of the United Nations by making improvements, particularly in the light of the need to maintain international peace and security and to accelerate economic and social development in developing countries. 182. I should not like to conclude without making an appeal, as I did last year from this rostrum for peace, that peace so necessary to all, but particularly to the third world in order to ensure its economic development.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The countries of the third world, which for some time now have tended to become the arenas of international conflict, demand that no arbitrary veto be cast against their legitimate claims for national independence. The recent use of the veto against the admission of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of South Viet Nam to the United Nations bears eloquent testimony to the fact that this system, which is now in the service of certain States, is a flagrant violation of the principle of the sovereign equality of States. We think we should envisage a solution in keeping with the aspirations of the whole of the international community, in order the better to accelerate the establishment of the new international economic order which we all so ardently hope for. 181.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“It would be desirable also, still within the framework of the search for a world of peace and justice, to convene a world disarmament conference, to enable the international community to discuss a problem which is crucial for survival, survival which is possible only within the context of collective security. 179. The effectiveness of such action can be guaranteed only within the framework of a United Nations which would reflect the new international situation. That requires a comprehensive revision of this Organization's system in order to lend greater reality to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. The example of the right of veto in the Security Council, which is based on an international order dating from the Second World War, is clear enough. 180. Today, progressive forces have emerged on the world scene.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“In this connexion it would appear necessary to strengthen international security and solve world problems in the spirit of the principles of active and peaceful coexistence, which should form the basis of relations between all countries, in order to bring about a new international economic order as soon as possible. 177. The establishment of zones of peace and an increase in the number of denuclearized zones are the only way to ensure that we, the developing countries, will not ourselves be caught up in the unbridled arms race. It is therefore necessary to establish control machinery and formulate a disarmament policy linked to a new philosophy of co-operation for purposes of development. 178.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“At least, that was the understanding of the General Assembly when it achieved an honorable compromise at that special session, a compromise accepting what is, in the final analysis, the condition of interdependence of all sectors of mankind. 175. Indeed, as the Assembly is aware, the positive results of that historic session laid the groundwork for concerted world economic action. That action will spare the international community the confrontation which would have been entailed by its failure. Instead of confrontation between poor and rich countries we now have the prospect of co-operation, where everyone will endeavor to translate those ideals into reality for the greater good of all mankind. 176.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Indeed, the problems that concern women, and which we must resolve in the end, are without any doubt the problems of society as a whole and if we do not tackle them in time the resulting malaise will be damaging to the whole international community. 173. As Members will have noted, the legitimate claims of the international community for the establishment of a society which will be more just and more humane are not entirely yet understood by all the Members of our Organization. 174. Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the President of the twenty-ninth session of the General Assembly, asked at the seventh special session, "What kind of world do we want to build? What kind of future are we to prepare for coming generations? One is tempted to reply that that is the essential question.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The need to ensure equality of rights for women and their contribution to the achievement of the objectives ot the Second United Nations Development Decade, was the reason why the international community adopted the World Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Women's Year and the Declaration of Mexico on the Equality of Women and Their Contribution to Development and Feace, 1975 My delegation whole-heartedly approves the major principles contained in the Mexico Declaration and the Plan of Action, and hopes for the ear y achievement of the objectives of the International Women s Year so that we may build a more humane society where men and women can live in dignity, justice and prosperity.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The World Conference of the International Women's Year, which was recently held in Mexico, falls within the same framework as the above-mentioned conferences, the essential purpose of which is to bring about a new international order.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“At the Second General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization [UNJ DO], held at Lima, from 12 to 26 March, contradictory positions emerged. The developing countries reaffirmed the importance of industrialization as a means of achieving the objectives of economic and social development and, on that occasion, called for the transformation of UNIDO into a specialized agency of our Organization, so as to make it a more effective instrument of co-operation which would enable them to achieve 25 per cent share in world industrial production by the year 2000. 171. That demand, entirely supported by my delegation, met with opposition from the developed countries which does not seem right to us. 172.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The position of my country on this subject is well known and is similar to that of other African and non-aligned countries, anxious as we are to see the establishment of justice in this area. The new regime governing the sea, which will be born of the dialog embarked on last year in Caracas and which will be continued next March in New York, should effectively ensure the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States and promote the economic interests of developing countries. 169. At Caracas and at Geneva, thanks to the united attitude of the third-world countries, we have now embarked upon the formulation of a new humanitarian international law of the sea, which should become an instrument of justice, co-operation and peace. My delegation is very gratified at this. 170.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“This very year, the third session of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the i>ea, held at Geneva, also challenged the same system of domination and dependence and condemned the prevailing international economic order. Definite progress was made there, particularly in the recognition of the sovereign rights of coastal States over a zone of national jurisdiction not to exceed 200 miles, without prejudice to the interests of all States with regard to international communications. 167. At the same time, it was considered that the area and the resources of the sea-bed should be administered by an international authority which would be at the service of the international community as a whole, but which would take particular account of the interests of developing countries. 168.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The expansion of its scope, recommended at the seventh special session, will make possible wider and better balanced representation for all members of the international community, which should make the forthcoming Paris conference the beginning of sincere and frank co-operation between developing and developed countries. 165. Other meetings with regard to the new international order have been organized last year and this year by the United Nations. In 1974, as Members will recall, the World population Conference and the join FAO/UNCTAD Conference were held at Bucharest and Rome, respectively, to deal with the drying increase of population and the world food crisis, which were aspects of the old international economic order. 166.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“"Once the developing countries which have expressed their view on this subject at the Conference held in Dakar at the beginning of the year have been given that satisfaction, the Paris conference could, in a second phase, draw up a time-table of further meetings that would consider each raw material, beginning with energy-producing raw materials." 163. The resumption this month of this North-South dialog was fortunately recommended by the General Assembly at its seventh special session. It is a dialog that is of great concern to my country and one that should be considered an important turning-point in the irreversible process that will lead us to the establishment of a new international economic order. 164.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The position of my country on this North-South dialog was very well expressed by President Leopold Sedar Senghor, who said in this regard: "The developed countries tend to separate energy, raw materials and development. Now, in my view, all of these things are very closely interlinked. In practice there is just one problem-, that of development. "We must resume the Paris conference and begin a general discussion on raw materials so that some principles concerning the stabilization of purchasing power can very quickly be worked out.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The summit Conference of OPEC at Algiers, which took place within the same frame of reference as the Dakar Conference on raw materials and the purpose of which was also that of resuming dialog between the developing countries and the developed countries on problems of raw materials, energy and development, made possible a certain balance of power within the international economic structure, and succeeded in modifying, for the first time to any appreciable extent, the traditional flow of financial resources caused by unjust trade relationships which have been imposed for so long by the developed countries. 162. This action of solidarity on the part of the developing countries was also demonstrated at the first Paris meeting on energy, raw materials and development convened upon the initiative of the President of France.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“That strategy thus founded upon the strengthening of economic, financial and monetary co-operation among developing countries, will make it possible for them to deal on an equal footing with developed countries in all meetings convened for the purpose of bringing about the new international economic order, and particularly in the United Nations. 161.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“In this regard, members will remember that at the beginning of this year, more precisely from 3 to 8 February 1975, the Conference of Developing Countries on Raw Materials was held at Dakar and on that occasion a Declaration and an Action Program were adopted,5 defining a development strategy, the fundamental principles of which are essentially based upon solidarity and mutual support between oil-producing countries and countries producing other raw materials and on the concerted actions of producers' associations to protect oil and other raw materials. 160.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“For their part, the developing countries, as Members will have noted this year, have made a particularly positive contribution: indeed, inspired by the firm will to achieve success in the revolution which must necessarily occur in economic relations among peoples and motivated by the need to give priority to development problems and world economic stability, they have endeavored to strengthen and coordinate their actions with a view to creating true horizontal co-operation, particularly within the field of raw materials, thus creating a concerted negotiating power that will allow them to bring about the establishment of a new international economic order. 159.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“157. For all these conferences, the Declaration and the Program of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order [resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI)] and also the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States [resolution 3281 (XXIX)] constituted frames of reference, thus opening the way which will inevitably lead to a radical change in the current system of international economic relations. 158.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The various meetings organized since that historic event, namely, the World Population Conference, held at Bucharest in August 1974, the World Food Conference, held at Rome in November 1974, the Dakar Conference on raw materials and the Conference of Heads of State of the Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries [OPEC] at Algiers, the Second General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, held at Lima in March 1975, the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, held at Geneva, the World Conference of the International Women's Year, held recently in Mexico, and also the seventh special session of the General Assembly, all dealt with the same problem: the absolute need to change the anachronistic and unjust system of domination which is a feature of the current world order of which, in the final analysis, the main victims are the least developed peoples of the international community.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“It is no accident, therefore, that the major conferences which have taken place since the sixth special session of the General Assembly, on raw materials and development, have been primarily concerned with the recovery by all countries of their natural land and marine resources.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The seventh special session of the General Assembly, devoted to international co-operation and development, clearly showed this to be the case. On that occasion, the developing countries, as you are aware, negotiated with the developed countries in a spirit of consultation, not of confrontation. Thus, their efforts to control effectively their own resources and to influence decisions on major international economic problems of concern to the whole world community, were given added impetus particularly because of the solidarity which has for some time marked their relations. 156. International economic relations based on justice can only exist if the claims of every country to exercise sovereign rights over their own natural resources are recognized.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“As is clear, a settlement of the Cyprus and Middle East crises in a global context should be embarked upon as soon as possible. Such a settlement should be brought about with the help of the international community, which should participate even more actively in the efforts made to produce a solution to these crises as soon as possible. In this connexion, the non-aligned countries should also play a more active part in the search for ways and means of overcoming these crises in keeping with the principles laid down by the United Nations. 155. The United Nations, in which my country has always had the greatest trust since it is a forum where the world situation is best understood, continues to be the pre-eminent place for a dialog among developing and developed countries.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Unfortunately, Israel, instead of pursuing in the interests of peace, a policy which would eventually lead to its complete withdrawal from the occupied territories, and to its recognition of the Palestinian reality, continues in fact its policy of Judaization in the belief that might makes right. Thus, a few months ago at Hebron, in the latest in a series of similar acts, a confiscation was carried out in the holy places of the Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi Mosque, which is entirely Arab because it was built under the Caliphate of Omar. It is time for the international community to find practical ways and means of having its resolutions respected by its members, particularly when peace is threatened by a failure to comply with those resolutions. 154.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)