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Lassou

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1985-09-24

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1987-09-24

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1. “My country, Chad, is among the least developed. Not only are we lacking in resources but indeed we must strive to close several gaps all at once. The President of the Republic of Chad, El-Hadj Hussein Habre, said on this score: "The war Khadaffi is imposing on us compels us to make immense human and material sacrifices which, obviously, have adverse repercussions on all we do in seeking economic and social progress, hence it weakens our action, and by hampering the results we could legitimately expect, deprives us of the tangible results of our efforts." The fact is that, on the one hand, we must cope with military aggression, financed by heavy doses of petro-dollars while, on the other hand, we must rebuild our economy ravaged as it is by war, drought and desertification. Famine has killed several thousand Chadians yet again this year.”

   1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)

2. “I take this opportunity once again to invite the Libyan Government to enter into sincere talks with the framework of Chad with a view to resolving our border disputes within the framework of bodies to which both of our countries belong, whether it be the United Nations or the Organization of African Unity. It is our hope that our neighbor and brother peoples will once again live in complete harmony and that Chad will regain peace and unity through national reconciliation in order that it may devote itself to rebuilding its devastated economy. The Chadian people harbors no hatred towards the Libyan people. Chad also makes no claim on Libyan territory. We are in favor of a negotiated settlement of all disputes and for peaceful coexistence based on respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of each State.”

   1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)

3. “It collects people together under the pretext of distributing food to them; they are then marched off to airports, such as that at Ouadi Doum, from where transport aircraft take them to Libya by force. In the face of such impositions, such daily harassment and inhuman treatment meted out by the Libyan soldiers, the inhabitants of Faya and of other localities in the occupied zone rebelled at the beginning of last month. The outcome of that unequal combat can be imagined. With the deliberate aim of impeding the efforts at national reconciliation undertaken by the Government of Chad, Libya has made hostages of our brothers of Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, a region it is occupying and seeking to annex.”

   1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)

4. “Our national flag has been publicly burned and replaced by that of the invader. The Green Book has become the only acceptable mode of thinking in the whole of Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti; the population of the occupied zone are force to carry Libyan identity cards; only Libyan currency - the dinar - is accepted in Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, and the French language has been banned in the area. In order to wipe out any Chadian identity in the region, the Libyan army has destroyed historic monuments and burned archives. And, in order to establish a Libyan-style administration, a Libyan governor has been appointed to head the region. The Libyan army, eager to complete its annexationist operation, is carrying out mass deportations.”

   1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)

5. “Worse still, the Libyan Army is constantly strengthening its positions, in defiance of the sacrosanct principles of the United Nations Charter and the charter of the Organization of African Unity. In the northern part of my country Libya has concentrated several battalions of its army, equipped with assault tanks, heavy artillery and troop-carrying vehicles and supported by many fighter bombers and combat helicopters. A gigantic support system is in place to supply that occupation force by land and by air. Libya has build landing strips at Faya, Fada, Aouzou and Ouadi Doum. In the locality of the last are the headquarters of the invading army and the longest landing strip, which is 4,300 meters long. The occupiers are proceeding with the systematic Libyanization of northern Chad.”

   1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)

6. “But the peoples of many countries are also suffering from conflicts arising out of the unjust and aggressive behavior of certain regimes; ideological conflicts, border disputes and acts of open aggression are all sources of tension and suffering. The poorer countries like my own are particularly threatened by such acts of aggression. As the international public well knows, a typical example of such gratuitous aggression is the occupation by Libya of the northern part of Chad. Notwithstanding the agreement signed on 17 September 1984 by France and Libya for the concerted, simultaneous withdrawal of their troops from Chad, only the French forces have withdrawn from my country. The Libyan troops have not pulled back an inch. At present they are occupying 550,000 square kilometers of our territory, or almost half the country.”

   1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)

7. “It is to those principles that nations of every continent and all ideologies desirous of working within the context of that document so essential to the realization of the ideals of peace, solidarity and independence and to the safeguarding of the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of every State adhere. Today, 40 years after the adoption of the Charter, the international situation continues to give rise to concern and our Organization is beset by numerous ills. The vagaries of nature spare no region of the world: drought, desertification and famine rage in our countries in the African Sahel; typhoons kill thousands in Asia, and in the Americas earthquakes devastate cities and entire regions.”

   1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)

8. “This session, which commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the United Nations, gives us an opportunity to recall some of the goals our Organization set for itself in its Charter. The founding fathers of the United Nations, drawing upon the lessons of the war, resolutely resolved, inter alia, "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained.”

   1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)

9. “Sir, it is a particular pleasure for me, on behalf of the delegation I head, to extend to you my most sincere compliments on your election to the presidency of the fortieth session of the General Assembly. Your wide knowledge of international affairs undoubtedly qualifies you for that high office. We wish you every success in your delicate mission. I would also like to express to Mr. Paul Lusaka my delegation's gratitude for the tact and dedication with which he carried out his duties in presiding over the thirty-ninth session of the Assembly. The delegation of the Republic of Chad wishes once again to pay a well-deserved tribute to our Secretary-General, Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar, who spares no effort in the service of peace and justice.”

   1985-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 40 (1985)