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KHADDAM

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first: 1971-09-24
most recent: 1983-09-24
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“This situation has been further aggravated by the tripartite conspiracy concocted by United States imperialism, in collaboration with Israel and the Egyptian regime, at Camp David, designed to realize the following objectives: first, to weaken the Arab nation by embroiling the Egyptian regime in a policy that runs counter to the interests and future of the Arabs and to the interests of peace and security; secondly, to liquidate the cause of Palestine and undermine the national unity of the Palestinian people and their aspirations to liberation and self-determination and to establish their independent State on their national soil; thirdly, to perpetuate the Israeli aggression in Palestine and the occupied Arab territories and to use Israel as a base endangering and imperilling the security, peace and future of the region; and fourthly, to spread United States hegemony in the region, notably military, economic and political hegemony.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Thus, addressing the situation in this region is fundamental to the work of the Organization and its purposes. 21. Our region is suffering and facing dangers because of the Zionist entity in Palestine, as a result of the racist and aggressive nature of this entity, and its persistent defiance of the United Nations and the latter's determination to preserve peace and security. This proves that the prevailing dangerous situation may explode at any moment.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“No human right can be preserved under conditions of the exercise of force, coercion and colonialist and racist oppression, where the human being is deprived of his nation, land and home. A most prominent example is provided by the sufferings of the Arabs under the yoke of Zionist racist colonialism in Palestine and the occupied Arab territories and the sufferings of the Africans under the yoke of the racist regimes in South Africa and Namibia. 20. If the first function of the Organization is the maintenance and consolidation of international peace and security, addressing the explosive situation in the Middle East must rank at the top of the priorities in the United Nations. The Assembly is well aware of the strategic importance of the Middle East region and its impact on international peace and security.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We can only caution against the dangers of such attempts and interpretations, especially in view of the fact that their authors belong to countries that do not cease to extend material and moral help and support to the regimes of oppression, aggression, occupation and racism to enable them to persist in violating the human rights and the dignity of man and even his very existence. 19. Proceeding from our faith in the rights of individuals, groups and peoples, big and small, we deem it necessary to confront this artificial offensive aimed at diverting the attention of world public opinion to the rights of individuals in this or that country, rather than focusing attention on the basic rights of millions of peoples still labouring under the yoke of colonialism, occupation, Zionism and racism, and even deprived of their right to life.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We stress the need for initiating a basic change in the current structure of economic relations and for setting up a new international economic order, thereby consolidating the economic independence of the developing countries, securing prosperity and stability for the peoples and contributing to the maintenance of international peace and security. 17. In our review of some of the international issues and problems, we cannot but touch upon the issue of human rights and the specific interpretations given by certain countries seeking pretexts for interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, mainly the third world countries. 18.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“This will inevitably lead to a widening of the gap between rich and poor countries and will deprive the developing countries of the means of economic and social development, and especially the means of acquiring the modern technology needed for such development. It will also lead to intensifying the blockade imposed by some developed industrial nations, in collaboration with the transnational corporations, on developing countries to compel them to sell their raw materials at very low prices, while the developed industrial nations are raising the prices of their industrial products in a manner that threatens with collapse the economies of the developing countries. 16.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The United Nations, through the General Assembly, conferences and committees, has exerted strenuous and benevolent efforts towards setting up a new international economic order. Though five years have elapsed since the foundations of such an order were laid, the industrial nations are still placing obstacles in the way of this order, clinging to the advantages afforded them by the present economic, trade and monetary system, which is based on exploitation and is far from being just. As a consequence, the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and various international bodies are at a deadlock and such efforts have failed so far. 15.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“In addition, the Korean problem remains unsolved. This prompts us to stress the need for withdrawal of all foreign troops and for a dialogue between the two parties, in implementation of the North South Joint Communique signed in 1972,' in order to reunify the country peacefully and independently without any foreign interference. 13. The situation in Cyprus remains tense and calls for concern. We laud, in this connection, the efforts of the Secretary General, who was able to revive the negotiation process between the two communities, with a view to finding a solution based on the relevant United Nations resolutions and within the framework of respect for the sovereignty of Cyprus, its independence, territorial integrity, unity and nonalignment. 14.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Owing to weak international deterrence, the regions dominated by such regimes have become hotbeds jeopardizing international peace and security and directly imperilling the peace and independence of the African continent and the Arab world. We reaffirm our complete support for the liberation movements in South Africa and Namibia in their struggle for the rights of their peoples to self-determination, independence and national sovereignty. We also wish to stress our support for the resistance of the African frontline States in the face of the savage racist aggressions and schemings against the aspirations of the peoples of southern Africa. 11. We cannot but express our deep regret for the explosive situation in several regions in Asia, owing to the imperialist plots and attempts to dominate those regions. 12.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“It can be realized only if all peoples come to know that security is based on right, justice and equality, and if they are reassured of respect for their territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty and their right to self-determination and to select the regime they want. 10. Among the major issues which are still burning and dangerous is the problem of the racist regimes, which are still adamant in defying world public opinion and the Charter and resolutions of the United Nations. They are still practising racism in southern Africa and in Palestine and the occupied territories. These regimes are pursuing their expansionist, aggressive policy, consolidating collaboration among themselves in the various fields, particularly in manufacturing nuclear weapons.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“We are witnessing growing activity by the imperialist forces in establishing military bases in some regions, which represents a challenge. It is therefore high time for the Assembly to make every effort to curb the arms race and the establishment of foreign military facilities, so that the world may feel that the Organization is working seriously and sincerely to spare it the tragedies of a destructive world war. 9. In this connection, we wish to emphasize, as a result of the current situation in the world, that disarmament can be realized only through the elimination of colonialism, racism, Zionism and all aspects of aggression, usurpation, occupation, domination and foreign exploitation.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The continuing existence of such problems and of imperialist practices stresses the need for all nations to participate, on an equal footing, in defining the policy of detente based on right and justice, to give it the comprehensive international dimension it requires so that it may become a positive factor in guaranteeing international peace and security, and in setting up a new order of international relations. 8. Complete and comprehensive disarmament is a major objective which the international community is continually striving to achieve. There is no clearer proof of this than the fact that the agenda of the present session includes more than 20 items related to disarmament, and that the United Nations has held several special sessions and conferences devoted to it. Nevertheless, the arms race grows and intensifies.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“The United States, a superpower and a permanent member of the Security Council with specific responsibilities for the maintenance of international peace and security, has removed the question from the United Nations and has sought to take action itself, with Israel and the Egyptian regime, without involving the remaining parties concerned, in particular the Palestinian Arab people, and their legitimate representative, the Palestine Liberation Organization [PLO]. 7.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“All those acts have plunged the world anew into the climate of cold war and have created hotbeds of conflict that may explode at any moment. Consequently, we are witnessing growing international tension and a struggle for spheres of influence, as well as resistance to those actions by peace-loving peoples. 6. From this rostrum, we have warned the Assembly on several occasions that the process of detente cannot be universal and worldwide unless its framework is enlarged, encompassing the whole world and enabling us to solve the great international crises. The most significant proof of this is the question of Palestine and the Middle East.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Guided by this faith, we rely on the Organization to examine such problems and crises, and we are prepared to cooperate in seeking solutions conducive to security, stability and progress for humankind. 5. The first development during the past year was the severe shock that rocked the process of international detente. Detente had succeeded in keeping the world temporarily free from the cold war, on the one hand, and in creating a new atmosphere of international cooperation, on the other. World imperialism has reverted to its previous practices of seeking to achieve the greatest possible domination by creating spheres of influence, acquiring military bases and facilities, massing troops in specific regions and deploying destructive nuclear missile networks.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“I take this opportunity to welcome the admission of Zimbabwe to membership of the United Nations, following a long and bitter struggle waged by the heroic people of Zimbabwe against the racist colonialist regime, thus proving that peoples fighting for their right to self-determination and independence are bound to win. I also congratulate Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on its admission to the international community. 4. Our faith in the Charter and its principles, and in the United Nations as an international forum for all peoples of the world, is steadily becoming stronger, despite the complicated problems and acute crises facing the world today.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Mr. President, it gives me pleasure to extend to you my felicitations on your election as President of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly, and to wish you complete success in that most important task. I am confident that your efficiency and experience will enable you to guide our session to a successful conclusion. My delegation will do its best to cooperate with you towards this end. 2. May I express my appreciation to Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim, the President of the previous session, during whose presidency the General Assembly held three special sessions. Mr. Salim conducted the work of the Assembly with exemplary efficiency. 3.”
1980-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 35 (1980)
“Having presented the above analysis, I wish to conclude by saying that the least that can be done to counteract the Camp David agreements is for the international community to condemn them so that the course to peace would remain open, blessed by the Assembly's will and support. Thus the Assembly would be expressing its respect of the United Nations Charter and its principles and would be contributing to the enhancement of the role of the United Nations in preserving international peace and security.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The facts of the status quo in the Middle East prompt us to assert two important facts: first, that the situation in the region is extremely dangerous and might lead to an explosion, the intensity of which may cause a world catastrophe; secondly, that if the aggressor and those collaborating with it are not confronted with a decisive and firm stand on the international level, they will continue to defy the will of the international community. This would cause further tension in the region, and would make the region the most dangerous hotbed of tension in the world, thus endangering international peace and security. 280.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“I repeat what we have always declared before this Assembly and from every other international rostrum—namely, that for a Middle East peace to be just, the following two conditions must be met: first of all, Israel's withdrawal from all the territories occupied in 1967—a total comprehensive withdrawal without any modification of boundaries, and without any diminution of Arab sovereignty over the Arab territories; secondly, recognition of the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian people—in particular, the right of return, the right to self-determination and the right to the establishment of a national independent State in their homeland—and the participation of the PLO on an equal footing with all other parties concerned in all matters related to the Palestinian cause and its people. 279.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“By means of this war, which Israel is waging after having received the green light at Camp David, the Israelis want to perpetuate their occupation of some regions in southern Lebanon through their agents, who have betrayed their country and their people. 277. I have only outlined the situation prevailing in the Middle East, and the risks and dangers which the Camp David agreements entail, the effects of which will not be limited to the region. 278. Despite all these circumstances which I have outlined, Syria is still determined to do its utmost to help establish a just peace.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Perhaps the best refutation of that delusion is the situation prevailing in southern Lebanon. Since the signing of the Camp David agreements, whereby Israel became reassured of the total disregard by the Egyptian Government of international legitimacy and of Egyptian national and pan-Arab obligations, Israel has intensified its land, air and sea attacks against southern Lebanon. These acts of aggression constitute a continuous war of annihilation against the Lebanese and Palestinian peoples. In these attacks Israel is using the most modern weapons supplied by the United States, with the result that thousands of innocent people—women, elderly men and children—are killed; towns, villages and their economic life are destroyed; hundreds of thousands of civilians are forced to leave their homes.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The Egyptian regime, Israel and the United States are trying to deceive world public opinion by claiming that what they accomplished at Camp David is a step towards comprehensive peace. What kind of peace are they talking about, when the United States, under the Camp David agreements, has pledged to furnish Israel with huge quantities of modern sophisticated weaponry, some of which have not yet been supplied to the forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? The fantastic amounts in billions of United States dollars pledged by the United States to Israel in the form of weapons and joint enterprises to manufacture modern aircraft are sufficient to reveal this deception which is feeding the war machinery of the Israeli aggressor to help it to continue with its expansionist invasions. 276.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The parties to the Camp David conspiracy left the circle of international legitimacy for that of darkness and plot. 274. For the same reasons and on the basis of the same facts, the Assembly adopted resolution 33/28 A on 7 December 1978, which, in paragraph 4: "Declares that the validity of agreements purporting to solve the problem of Palestine requires that they be within the framework of the United Nations and its Charter and its resolutions on the basis of the full attainment and exercise of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including the right of return and the right to national independence and sovereignty in Palestine, and with the participation of the Palestine Liberation Organization". 275. Sixthly, the agreements are a step towards war.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“To carry out their plot, parties to the Camp David agreements disregarded all these resolutions issued by the highest international authority entrusted with matters of international peace and security. They singled themselves out from the whole world, and without the consent of the other parties concerned, laid down the features of what they unjustly call "a just peace in the Middle East". 273. Where, it may be asked, is the co-chairman of the Peace Conference, namely the Soviet Union? Where is the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the role he was to play? Where are the other parties concerned—Syria, Jordan and the PLO? Where is the adherence to the United Nations resolutions that have defined the bases of a just peace and laid down its framework?”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Security Council resolution 338 (1973) states in paragraph 3: "Immediately and concurrently with the ceasefire, negotiations shall start between the parties concerned under appropriate auspices aimed at establishing a just and durable peace in the Middle East." The Security Council was of the view that such appropriate auspices could be provided by the co-chairmanship of the USSR and the United States in a conference in which all parties concerned would take part. In resolution 344 (1973), the Security Council expressed its confidence that the Secretary-General of the United Nations would play a full and effective role in the Peace Conference on the Middle East, and would preside over its meetings if the parties so desired. 272.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Accordingly, the parties to the Camp David agreements have violated the first principle of the Charter of the United Nations inasmuch as Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Charter lays down the principle of "the sovereign equality of all its Members". The parties at Camp David, however, have permitted themselves to infringe the sovereignty of States Members of the United Nations, to impose upon them a specific will, and to commit them to specific measures and policies, as if those parties represented the will of the world. In fact, they are actually violating the will of the international community and the Charter of the United Nations. 271. Fifthly, I shall speak of the contravention of the will of the international community.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Fourthly, I turn to the question of the violation of the sovereignty of other States. The tragic sufferings of the Palestinian people appear to be regarded as insufficient by parties to the Camp David agreements, who have proceeded to impose terms of their own on other sovereign States Members of the United Nations. In the section entitled "Associated principles" of the first Camp David agreement, there is a text stating that: "Egypt and Israel state that the principles and provisions described below should apply to peace treaties between Israel and each of its neighbours— Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon". 270.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Furthermore, the return of those persons displaced in 1967 is to be entrusted to a committee whose task, as stipulated in section A, paragraph 3, of the first agreement, will be "to decide by agreement on the modalities of admission of persons displaced from the West Bank and Gaza in 1967, together with necessary measures to prevent disruption and disorder." This means that Israel, as member of the committee, has the right to refuse the return of any Palestinian whom it may consider likely to cause disruption and disorder. Thus, of the more than 2.5 million Palestinian refugees very few would be allowed to return. This would have the effect of annulling the historic resolution 194 (III) and scores of other resolutions affirming the right of return of the displaced Palestinian people. 269.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“They have limited it exclusively to persons displaced from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 1967. As to those expelled and rendered homeless from 1948 to 1967 and after the 1967 aggression, the parties to the Camp David agreements have decided these persons should remain exiled from their homeland for ever, without having any national identity or a people to belong to. Thus, we are facing today a situation that is unique in the period since the Second World War, the most serious feature of which is the heinous disregard by the Egyptian and the United States Governments of a resolution that is virtually part of international law because of the numerous affirmations thereof by the United Nations over a period of more than 30 years. 268.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Thirdly, I come to the right of return. The flouting of the international community by the parties to the Camp David agreements with respect to the right of return of the Palestinians to their homes and properties has attained its peak. Since the inception of the United Nations and up to this date there has been no resolution that has year after year been reaffirmed more often than resolution 194 (III), which was first adopted by the Assembly at its third session on 11 December 1948, and was reaffirmed in particular in resolution 33/112 of 18 December 1978, supported by all States Members of the United Nations with the exception of Israel and El Salvador. 267. Despite this clear and collective international will, the parties to the Camp David agreements have feigned forgetfulness of the right of return and have negated it.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Its persistence in implementing its plans of building settlements and the decision taken by the Israeli Government on 16 September 1979 permitting Israelis to purchase and own lands in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are but two of many irrefutable proofs of this. 265. With respect to Jerusalem, despite the fact that the resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly have affirmed the invalidity of Israeli measures, such as annexation and the alteration of the geographical, historical and demographic features, Begin notified President Carter in the annex to the agreement that "Jerusalem is one city indivisible, the Capital of the State of Israel".18 The President of the Egyptian regime has endorsed this claim in a letter to President Carter where he said: "In this way, the City [Jerusalem] shall be undivided." 266.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“In a statement on Radio Israel on 25 September 1978, Menachem Begin said: "After five years of self-rule, and when the subject of sovereignty is raised, we shall establish our right over Judaea and Samaria and Gaza. If no agreement is then reached, self-rule shall continue in those areas, and with it the measures of Israeli security". In another statement to the daily newspaper Yedioth Aharanot on 1 October 1978, Begin said that he had explained to President Carter that he had accepted "self-rule" just for the sake of advancing the peace process with Egypt, "but this would never mean giving up our sovereignty over these territories." 264. Subsequent events have proved that Israel is persisting in this attitude. In deeds and words Israel is showing that it will maintain sovereignty over the entire Palestinian homeland.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Throughout this period, the occupying authorities will remain in the occupied territories and the process of colonization and Judaization will continue. This is a process that ultimately aims at creating a new fait accompli in the occupied territories, so that it will thus become impossible to establish Palestinian Arab sovereignty there in the future. 263. Israel is determined, as is confirmed by the statements made by its leaders, to offer two possibilities, both of which would lead to the same outcome: either acceptance of the principle of Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, or continued application of the formula of self-rule, leaving the issue of sovereignty open to endless negotiations, while the Israelis continue the process of colonization throughout the period of the negotiations.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The Palestinian people has also refused to conduct a dialogue with the ruler of Egypt, who continues to encroach upon the rights of the Palestinian people, unjustly and aggressively appointing himself as its representative. 261. Secondly, I come to sovereignty over the land. The measure of self-rule devised in the first Camp David agreement is based on a concept separating the people from the land. Such a system was never witnessed before in history, not even in the ages of darkness and slavery. It has separated the people from the land and its resources. Even water resources will not be the property of the people, but will remain under the control of the colonialists. 262. The first Camp David agreement has deferred the discussion of sovereignty over the West Bank and the Gaza Strip until after the transitional period.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“In this connexion, I wish to ask, how can the Egyptian regime; Israel and the United States of America decide the fate of the people of Palestine? Is the right to self-determination to be exercised by the people concerned, or by three arch-enemies of that people? The parties who met at Camp David have conferred this right upon themselves in the name of colonialism and Zionism. Who gave the ruler of Egypt the right to represent the Palestinian people without being authorized by anyone to do so? Anwar El-Sadat arrogated to himself this right when he wrote to President Carter that "Egypt would be ready to assume the Arab role emanating from these texts after consultations with Jordan and representatives of the Palestinian people". Jordan has refused to have anything to do with the Camp David agreements and the parties to them.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It limits participation in self-rule to the inhabitants of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and negates the rights of the other two groups of this people, namely, those living under occupation since 1948 and those dispersed outside their homeland to all parts of the world. 258. The institutions of self-rule, as I indicated earlier, will be elected under Israeli military occupation in the absence of any international control. This is contrary to the practice followed by the United Nations, which requires the consultation of peoples with respect to self-determination. 259. Consequently, the right to self-determination has been violated; the Palestinian people have been ignored; and the occupation will continue through a formula that was plotted and imposed by the three parties at Camp David. 260.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The matter does not end here, for in a letter to Begin—one of the nine letters considered an integral part of the first Camp David agreement—President Carter stated that he had been informed by Begin that he understands the terms "Palestinians" and "Palestinian People" to mean "Palestinian Arabs" and the expression "West Bank" to mean "Judaea and Samaria". Thus the agreement denies the very existence of the Palestinian people and admits only that there are Palestinian inhabitants and individuals and claims that the West Bank is an Israeli territory bearing an Israeli name. 257. The agreement divides the Palestinian people with respect to so-called self-rule.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It has disregarded the Palestinian cause, which all Members have recognized as being the core of the conflict in the Middle East, as they have also recognized that the conflict will not end until a fair and equitable settlement is found for the Palestinian cause. More important is the fact that the agreement does not recognize the rights of the Palestinian people, although it was generous enough to offer administrative self-rule for the inhabitants—as if there were no other ties binding them and as if they were merely a group of people that included Palestinians and Zionist settlers living in settlements that are being widely and constantly established. 256.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Such rights have been confirmed by many declarations and decisions adopted by this Assembly. Resolution 3236 (XXIX), adopted on 22 November 1974, reaffirmed the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination without external interference, That people has been waging an honourable struggle for self-determination, The torch of that struggle serves as a beacon for other oppressed peoples. But what have the Egyptian regime, Israel and the United States administration done to this right that has become a main pillar of the international political system? 255. The first Camp David agreement has totally neglected this right.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“An objective analysis of the two Camp David agreements—A Framework for Peace in the Middle East, Agreed at Camp David, and Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel, signed between the Egyptian regime and the Zionist entity of Israel at Washington on 17 September 1978 and especially the first agreement, proves beyond any doubt that the two agreements have violated international legitimacy and the Charter and resolutions of the United Nations. I shall summarize the proofs and arguments establishing those violations. 254. First of all, with regard to the right of self-determination, Article I of the United Nations Charter stipulates that the second purpose of the international Organization involves "... respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples . . . ".”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It would have been much better for the United States of America to remain committed to the grave responsibility and task which the United Nations Charter entrusts to the permanent members of the Security Council, namely, to safeguard international peace and security. This super-Power has, however, shirked this mission and these responsibilities with respect to the Middle East. This is a very serious development, from which we should draw a lesson for the future. 253.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The recent developments that have occurred, notably from September 1978 up to the present time, have rewarded the aggressor with the fruit of his aggression and perpetuated the gains acquired by the enemy through force of arms and acts of aggressions. 252. The most dangerous manifestations of such developments are represented by the Camp David agreements and the Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace. These the United States of America has designed, supervised, organized and formulated, and has given them its blessing by signing them. Thus, this superpower has fundamentally participated in creating new factors that led to gravely intensifying the crisis in the region and has brought the hotbed to which I have referred to the brink of explosion and collapse.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Such a conflict, even if limited in its geographic framework, might jeopardize the welfare and progress of peoples and lead to complicated economic, financial and social crises that would shake the world economic system and cause a tangle of chaos and disorder, with unpredictable consequences. 251. I point out such risks so clearly because my country feels them keenly and warns against them in the light of the events that we all experienced a few years ago. These risks are the result of Israel's stubborn persistence in its aggressive policy, its settler-colonialist expansion, and its refusal to recognize the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian people and to withdraw completely from the Palestinian and Arab territories.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“They are based on the experience of humanity over hundreds of years and on the lessons learned from the sufferings of peoples as a result of wars and aggression. They are based on the hopes of peoples for peace, security and progress. I am therefore convinced that the results of the Havana Conference will receive the support and appreciation of Members. 250. Anyone who strives for the attainment of peace and prosperity for mankind must be concerned about the most dangerous hotbed of conflict in our world today, a hotbed that has existed for more than 30 years in the Middle East. The situation in that region constitutes a grave threat to world peace and security. There is a growing possibility of armed conflict, the consequences of which will not be confined to the region but might engulf the great world Powers.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The outcome of the Havana Conference will play a major role in world development. It will provide the United Nations with additional energy and fresh initiatives towards constructive work. The principles of the non-aligned movement, the resolutions adopted by the Conference and the positions taken by it on such principles represent the high human aspirations of all peoples to achieve a better world, free from the evil of colonialism, racism and zionism, free from oppression and exploitation and free from all aspects of influence and the imposition of wills and policies—a world from which the causes of war and aggression have been completely eliminated. 249. The Sixth Conference of the non-aligned countries expressed its aspirations and hopes to serve the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The Conference enjoyed great success, thanks to the adherence of the heads of State and delegations to the principles of the non-aligned movement, and their determination to move from the state of confrontation among blocs and military alliances to the stage of solidarity and cooperation, in order to spare the world the tragedies of war and the disasters of stultifying economic crises. The non-aligned countries are determined to seek a world that preserves the dignity and life of man without fear and to ensure for peoples the right to self-determination, to choose the political and social system that suits them best, and to participate in establishing a world of peace, security, co-operation and solidarity. Major credit is due to President Fidel Castro and the friendly Cuban Government for facilitating the success of the Conference. 248.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“A striking example is the suffering Arab, who is living under the yoke of racist Zionist colonialism in Palestine and in the occupied Arab territories, and the suffering of the Africans, who are living under the yoke of racist regimes in South Africa, Rhodesia and Namibia. 247. These issues which I have mentioned were among the issues dealt with by the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held early this month in Havana and attended by the representatives of 94 States, representing the majority of the peoples of the world.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Owing to our belief in the rights of the individual, of groups and of peoples, big and small, we find it necessary to counter this offensive, which tries to focus the attention of world public opinion on the rights of individuals and minorities in this or that country, and to distract attention from the basic rights of millions of people who are labouring under the yoke of colonialism, occupation and racial discrimination and are even deprived of their right to live. Human rights cannot be safeguarded under conditions of the use of force, repression, and colonialist and racist oppression, or by depriving people of their country, land and home.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“While reviewing current issues, we find it necessary to point to the problem resulting from the attempts made by certain countries to give far-fetched interpretations to the concepts related to human rights in order to justify their interference in the internal affairs of States, in particular those of the third-world countries, under the pretence of protecting human rights. 245. We must warn against the dangers of such attempts, especially in view of the fact that their advocates belong to those countries which continue to provide all kinds of arms to the regimes of oppression, aggression and racism, and this not only violates human rights but also impairs the dignity of man and threatens his very existence. 246.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)