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  1. “History has shown us and present events confirm that violence leads peoples who indulge in it not only to ruin, but to a recrudescence of hatred, of rancor and of sorrow, which increases antagonisms and finally ends by justifying this monstrous phenomenon in the eyes of the wisest and most peace-loving of men. 22. We hope that the international community and in particular those Powers who, because of the strong influence which they can have on the way the problems of the world develop, bear the main responsibility for maintaining peace and international security, will become aware of their obligations and help us to avoid an open war on our continent, whose repercussions might well go beyond the boundaries of Africa. In reality, who would seriously dare to affirm that a conflict which we started would remain exclusively our business?”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  2. “Should we choose violence? We Africans would be the last to wish to be responsible for unleashing the horrors of war. We would rather wait patiently and stubbornly for the results of diplomatic action, if we could be sure that those minorities, who at present hold power in southern Africa, are, fact, wedded to the principles that all men are equal and that they should enjoy the same rights to human dignity and respect without any distinction as to color, race, religion or sex and that they are entitled, and have the duty, to participate as equal members of society in the government of their own country. 21.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  3. “It is high time that the United Nations gathered here, particularly the great Powers, those who bear the main responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, wiping from their minds any selfishness or ideological preoccupations, to deal with the problem raised by the hateful system of apartheid in the Republic of South Africa and Namibia, racial discrimination in Southern Rhodesia, and colonialism in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea (Bissau) and elsewhere. 19. In all these segments of our continent the majority of black Africans are mocked, frustrated and oppressed by a white minority. Therefore, it is our bounden duty to intervene in order to ensure that the necessary conditions are met which will make it possible for democracy to be freely exercised. The question is, then, what sort of positive action we should adopt. 20.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  4. “Similarly, my country believes that, in order to ensure the universality of this Organization and to enable it to meet all the necessary conditions for the preservation of international peace and security, we should recognize that all peoples, whether they be in Viet-Nam, North Korea, or South Korea, South Africa or Rhodesia, have the right to self-determination, to choose the sort of Government they wish and to be admitted to this forum in order to make their voices heard with total respect for their freedom and independence. 17. Our faith in justice and the strength of the principles to which I just referred, oblige us, however, to draw the serious attention of the United Nations to the very explosive situation which at present prevails in the southern part of the African continent. 18.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  5. “The position of my country regarding the question of the representation of China remains, therefore, as it was described last year from this rostrum by my Head of State, H.E. Mr. Francois Tombalbaye, who declared: "That vast country is therefore an interlocutor that no one has the right to spurn or to exclude from the world system of co-operation and peaceful coexistence, because so long as it is shut out, no equilibrium can be anything but precarious and transient. But we cannot make good one injustice by perpetrating another, which is what the exclusion of Formosa, itself a founder Member of our Organization, would be." [1882nd meeting, para. 105.J 15. We recognize, nevertheless, that both sides have a free choice in the way in which they intend to solve this question and to ensure the unity of China. 16.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  6. “We believe that this is what inspired our elders who were present at the birth of the United Nations when they seated China as a permanent member of the Security Council. It is, in fact, a right which has been recognized as belonging to the Chinese people and its power and not to a Chinese citizen and the regime which he chose. It is, therefore, for us simply a matter of respecting a very important principle of our Charter, the principle of the right of peoples to self-determination. 13. But the respect- of this self-same principle makes it necessary for us to consider seriously the free choice of that part of the Chinese people which prefers to live in Formosa under another regime. 14.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  7. “Is it objectively possible to speak of general and complete disarmament or a lasting solution for any other problem relating to the maintenance of international peace and security without the agreement of the People's Republic of China? This great nation, this proud people, which in all areas has full confidence in its own potential and has no reason to envy anybody else on this earth, will, if we are not careful, make us regret our hesitation by simply making use of the complete freedom which we seem to be thus giving them. 12. If we have any respect at all for this people, we should respect their choice and recognize the legal regime it has chosen to direct its affairs.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  8. “We believe that the spirit, which has guided the Europeans and prompted them to give further thought to the need to create conditions of entente and co-operation among their Governments for the benefit of their peoples and in the service of international peace and security, has also inspired the American people which has succeeded in bringing its Government to agree that it is not objectively possible to convince other peoples that the United States is sincere in declaring that it is in favor of peace and international security, while it systematically refuses to allow the great Chinese people to have any voice here in the United Nations.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  9. “Thus, it is in complete sincerity that we voice the hope that we shall see the representatives of the Federal Republic of Germany and the representatives of the Democratic Republic of Germany seated among us. 11.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  10. “Gromyko, state from this rostrum during the same meeting: "The recently signed Quadripartite Agreement on problems concerning West Berlin will serve to eliminate one of the most dangerous sources of tension and friction and to improve the atmosphere in an unhealthy area of European politics---- "In the Federal Republic of Germany, the forces which evaluate the situation more soberly and have declared themselves in favor of a policy of peace and a peaceful future are showing more confidence than in the past and gaining the upper hand. The objectives consistently pursued by the socialist States of Europe in their relations with the Federal Republic of Germany have thus become attainable." 10.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  11. “Schumann, declare from this rostrum in the course of the present general debate: "May we not hope that those three elements of a true political reconstruction in the very centre of Europe-the Berlin accord, the necessary arrangements between the German authorities, and the entry into force of the Treaties of Moscow and Warsaw will culminate in an agreement between the two German States? Nothing would contribute more effectively to guaranteeing the stability of the continent as a whole." [1942nd meeting, para. 63.] 9. It was equally comforting to hear the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, Mr.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  12. “The development of the situation in Europe, on the whole, even in the judgment of the Europeans themselves, gives us serious reason to believe that there will be a solid basis for establishing a friendly entente and, very shortly, lasting peace among all European States, based not merely on political relaxation of tension or peaceful coexistence, with all their accompanying distrust and doubt, but on economic, social and cultural co-operation which is of overriding importance to engender and strengthen a spirit of solidarity among peoples and nations. Thus it was with genuine pleasure that we heard the Minister for Foreign Affairs of France, Mr.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  13. “In reaffirming our support of the principle of respect for the territorial integrity of all States, and our opposition to the acquisition or occupation of the territory of other States by force, we should like to voice the hope that the United Nations will, as soon as possible, find some means of applying this resolution, or find some other solution to the problem satisfactory to all parties concerned, including the Palestinian refugees. Thus, the Organization of African Unity believes it is its duty to make a further contribution to finding a solution to tills problem. The African Committee of the 10 "Wise Men" chose a sub-committee consisting of four Heads of State who, as you all know, are to work along these lines. 8.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  14. “By and large, the rivalry of nations continued to be the dominant factor in international life. Precisely for that reason, many promising developments have not reached fulfillment, and results still remain far below the hopes and aspirations of the world community." [A/ 8401/Add.l, para. 6.J 6. The dangerously explosive situation which prevails at present in the Middle East, in South-East Asia and in southern Africa is a striking manifestation of this. All the efforts of the United Nations to find ways and means which would make it possible to apply the provisions of Security Council resolution 242 (1967) to the conflict in the Middle East to the satisfaction of all the parties concerned, have been in vain. 7.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  15. “Our experience in international relations gives us some reason for anxiety and leads us to share the opinion of our Secretary-General to whom I hasten to pay a highly deserved tribute for the political courage, exemplary devotion and objective far-sightedness which he has demonstrated during 10 years of distinguished and uninterrupted service to the United Nations-expressed in the introduction to his latest report on the work of the Organization during the previous year: "Looking back on the past ten years, I cannot help reaching the conclusion that during that period the most powerful nations have all too seldom shown themselves able to rise above the suspicions, fears and mistrust that spring from their different ideologies, different objectives and different conceptions of the best interests of the world.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  16. “Finally, in welcoming them into the Organization, I should like to express the gratification of the Government and the people of Chad in seeing the States of Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar accede to independence and become Members of the United Nations. To the peoples of these three new States I should like to convey our congratulations and our very sincere wishes for success in everything they undertake to promote peace and progress in their own countries and in their efforts to ,meet their international obligations. 4. Together with my congratulations to these States, I should like to pay a tribute to the United Kingdom, for this is not its first praiseworthy act of decolonization. 5.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  17. “Consequently, Sir, I should like to assure you that my delegation will do everything in its power to make your task as easy as possible. You may therefore be assured of our entire co-operation. 2. I should also like to take this opportunity to pay a tribute to Mr. Edvard Hambro, the previous President of the General Assembly for the masterly way in which he conducted our debates during the twenty-fifth session which, we should like to emphasize in passing, was honored by the presence of a large number of eminent Heads of State and Government who came to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of our Organization, to take stock of 25 years of activity by the United Nations, whose success has not been unmitigated, and also to broadly outline a certain strategy for the United Nations in the coming years. 3.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)

  18. “1. Mr. President, I should like to join those who preceded me on this rostrum and begin my statement by addressing my very sincere congratulations to you, who are such a dynamic servant of peace. Once again the international community, our community, has decided to draw on the rich experience of the great continent of Asia to guide our debates. The choice which has been made by our Assembly in asking you, Sir, to be in charge of our discussions, the serious problems for which our twenty-sixth session will have to attempt to find solutions, and the hopes which many of us have in this session to reach satisfactory solutions for most of the problems facing humanity, all these indicate the amplitude of the responsibilities which we have entrusted you with this year.”

    1971-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 26 (1971)