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“That is why we must begin to study the various ways and means of strengthening our Organization so that its decisions will not remain a dead letter. 174. Will our Organization find the ways and means to give it strength and courage to make it possible to develop in harmony with the requirements of the day? Will Member States reach that unanimity which will generate a common and sincere will to move towards peace and development? That is our sincere desire, in the interests of our Organization and of all mankind.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“If we survey the past 30 years we must note that the Organization has not always put an end to aggression, nor has it always adopted sanctions against the aggressor. Israel and South Africa, for example, have flagrantly and consistently defied the Organization. without having had to fear the slightest sanction. On the contrary, those two countries have increasingly defied the dictates of the conscience of the international community by practicing new forms of collaboration and new forms of mutual support in order to pursue designs condemned by mankind as a whole. The Organization does not yet have the means which would make it possible for it to implement the decisions of its various bodies, which accounts for the disappointment and the failures of a number of international institutions.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Last year from this rostrum I had occasion to say that we did not wish to diminish the responsibility of the major Powers, nor did we wish to divert the Organization from the objectives that are its raison d'etre, but we must observe that the international responsibilities of other nations are increasing in scope and number. If we do not wish the Organization to be overtaken by events it is our duty to associate all the other nations more closely than before with the process of decision-making in this Organization and to place them in a position from where they can supervise the implementation of those decisions on an equal footing with the rest. That will make it possible for our Organization to become universal and able effectively to solve international problems. 173.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“They are demanding ever more insistently social justice and the safeguarding of human dignity. The political and economic facts of life have changed considerably, both nationally and internationally. The United Nations has played a central role in this evolution, but it has not always kept pace with it, hampered as it has been by texts and machinery created before those major changes took place. That has made us keenly aware of the need for changes in its structure and the need to adapt it to the new situation. We are aware of the need to introduce certain reforms in order to make that structure as effective as it should be. 172.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“170. The Tunisian Government welcomes the spirit which prevailed throughout the session. It was characterized by understanding and cooperation, which will have a most definite effect on future international economic conferences. We hope that all States will ensure that the decisions adopted in the course of the session are implemented in the same constructive spirit and that efforts are continued to bring the views of the developing and the industrialized countries closer together. That would guarantee the kind of cooperation needed to establish a new economic order based on justice and interdependence. 171. Over the past 30 years, mankind has experienced a considerable upheaval and an unprecedented development. The technological revolution has extended to most countries. Men are increasingly thirsting for knowledge and progress.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“I might, for example, mention the establishment of a system capable of improving the terms of trade and promoting more balanced and expanded international trade; the transfer of real resources in order to make solidarity among nations effective, by means of more direct participation on the part of the well-to-do countries and less unfavorable terms for the financing of the development Programs of the third-world countries; the acceleration of the industrialization of developing countries, which is a necessary condition for their development, by means of the relocation of certain industries in accordance with the Plan of Action adopted at the Conference of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of NonAligned Countries held at Lima Isee A/10217 and Corr.I, ]; and the satisfaction of the food needs of three quarters of the world's population by increasing agricultural production and food aid from the welltodo countries, along with certain changes in the way in which that aid is offered.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Although the results are not entirely in keeping with the desires of the developing countries, the session none the less did produce a consensus on the measures to be adopted with regard to matters on which the existence and development of a considerable part of Mi mankind depend.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The EuropeanArab dialog will perhaps provide an opportunity for finding ways and means of establishing in the Mediterranean lasting peace based on cooperation. 169. I should like to take this opportunity to say that my Government very much welcomes the good results achieved at the seventh special session of the General Assembly, which studied the problems of development and international economic cooperation. That session began a movement towards the establishment of a new international economic order, which would be based, not on the criteria of relative power, but on the common interests and aspirations of one and all for peace, prosperity and economic balance.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“We believe that the criteria adopted for Europe should be considered for other areas of the world as well, inasmuch as security cannot be maintained in the western part of the Mediterranean while war is being waged in the eastern part. Similarly, cooperation cannot have full meaning if it is confined solely to Europe and not extended to all countries having close relations with Europe. 168. Although Tunisia did not take part in the Conference as we would have wished, it will not fail to make every effort, with fraternal and friendly countries, so that the spirit which prevailed at the Conference may extend to the entire Mediterranean region, whose inhabitants wish it to become an oasis of peace and a centre for cooperation in the interests of all.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“We hope that the decisions adopted by the Conference will be implemented fully and sincerely and that they will strengthen confidence and cooperation in Europe, because we are convinced that whenever it emerges anywhere in the world peace, just as much as war, trends to spread to other areas. 167. However, we believe that peace in Europe will be limited and threatened, so long as other areas of the world have problems of war and aggression, and poverty, particularly when those areas comprise the countries bordering on Europe, as is the case with the Mediterranean countries. The Conference, as a matter of fact, did not live up to the expectations of the peoples of the area south of the Mediterranean.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Tunisia will always stand by the Palestinian people and the PLO, regardless of circumstances, until that people have regained their legitimate rights. 165. The continent of Europe was this year the scene of one of the most important events since the Second World War: the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. The Tunisian Government has already said how impressed it was with the results of that Conference. Tunisia is a small developing country and can only welcome the efforts made to bring about the success of that Conference. We welcome also the new spirit which it seems will now imbue future relations among the States of Europe. 166.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“That is why, while we appreciate the importance of the agreement of September 1975, which might be a decisive stage in the development of the Middle East question, we will pass final judgment on it only when the second stage is under way, that is, when the three contracting parties can put their respective commitments, which, by the way, are not so much as mentioned in the text of the agreement. 164. It seems that negotiations concerning the Golan Heights will begin in October. If that is so, how long will they take? And what will the results be? Until we get replies to those two questions it will be difficult for us to pass final judgment on the agreement. However that may be, Tunisia, as already stated, considers that the crux of the problem, namely, the Palestinian question, is still before us.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“It has demanded weapons from the United States that will give it a certain military superiority, so that it can impose its will on everyone; and that leads us to believe that its intention is to create a de facto situation that will satisfy its greed and that some have already called a Pax Israelina. 161. That situation will never be accepted by the Arabs, even if it means war for centuries to come. 162. Peace in the Middle East will never be the kind of peace that Israel is trying to impose by force of military superiority; it will be a peace arising from agreement among all the parties concerned. 163.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“If the United States did begin negotiations with a view to the evacuation of the Golan Heights and the West Bank and if those negotiations did lead to positive results, then we should be entitled to say that the September agreement was an historic event with considerable consequences. 160. But, as we all know, it is not the provisions of the agreement that matter, but the real intentions of the signatories; and those intentions will be bound to be revealed when the agreement is carried out. However, early indications do not justify optimism. Israel has in fact exploited this period of peace to prepare for war.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“In the same way, instead of creating a climate favorable to negotiations and peaceful coexistence,: it might cause further disappointment in some quarters and profound despair in others, prompting everyone to believe that war is still the only way of bringing about a just and lasting settlement. 158. The September agreement is based on two types of commitment: one between Egypt and Israel in accordance with which the latter pledges itself to give up certain sectors of Egyptian territory, in a move that it appears has procured it considerable advantages; the other between certain Arab States and the United States in accordance with which the United States commits itself to negotiations with the parties concerned with a view to a parallel evacuation of the Golan Heights and the West Bank. 159.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“That will happen if, as some of the parties concerned say, it emerges that the September agreement is in fact to be followed up by negotiations on the evacuation of the Golan Heights and on the evacuation of the West Bank of the river Jordan. 157. However, if negotiations do not begin very soon with Syria and with the PLO, and if those negotiations once under way do not lead within a reasonable period of time to positive results that cannot be regarded as a freezing of the situation as a result of Israel's intransigence under cover of continuing negotiations, the September agreement may produce quite the opposite of what was expected. Instead of being a dynamic force for peace in the area, it might well constitute an obstacle to that peace.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“framework, must be made within the context of an overall settlement; that is to say, it must be aimed not only at the evacuation of Arab territories occupied since 1967, but also at recognition of the right of the Palestinian people to its homeland. 156. On the basis of those considerations we believe that the disengagement agreement concluded in September 1975 may be an effective step towards peace and could create a climate favorable to negotiations, thereby promoting peaceful coexistence between the Arab States and an Israeli State freed of its obsession with hegemony and expansionism that has finally accepted the existence of a people, the Palestinian people, and their right to live in the land of their ancestors.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Everyone knows that Tunisia has always favored peaceful solutions and has always believed in the effectiveness of step-by-step policies, rejecting the blind stubbornness of an all or nothing policy. However, step-by-step policies require, to our way of thinking, certain conditions, without which they cannot achieve their objectives. 155. The first of these conditions is to define the objectives, for without such a definition we are likely to get lost in unfamiliar ways and dead-end streets and not attain our goal. In other words, we are convinced that any attempt to bring about a settlement of the question of the Middle East, be it in a bilateral or multilateral!”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“It is the duty of all, therefore, to combine our efforts to convince Israel to give up its dangerous racist views and to make it understand that security is not compatible with arrogance and stubbornness and that a people's right to live in an area cannot be ensured by waging war on the other peoples of the area and by kindling their feelings of hostility. 153. The Palestinian people are determined to assert their right to exist. There will be no peace for Israel, there will be no peace in the area, until that people has obtained its right to its homeland, as an entirely sovereign people. 154. What I have just said is not said in a spirit of intransigence and does not mean that we are opposed to a step-by-step policy of wisdom.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Moreover, that country, while it claims to be devoted to peace, is in fact preparing for another war and is equipping itself with sophisticated weapons, some of which have never been used. 151. So it is that the problem remains intact. It has even become more serious, and the complications which have emerged in the area are the result of the fact that interest has focused, regrettably, on the consequences and on what can be done about them, and not on the causes. 152. I do not wish to yield to pessimism, which would hardly be helpful, but I must admit that the situation in the Middle East hardly encourages optimism or calm.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“But if we consider what has been done since last year we realize that nothing concrete has been accomplished chiefly because of Israel's stubbornness in refusing to take the facts into account and in defying world public opinion and the resolutions of the United Nations. Israel continues to practice the law of the jungle and occupies the territories of others. It continues to ignore the Palestinian people and denies it its right to live as an independent and sovereign people; it has even gone so far as to disregard the international document to which it owes its existence. 150. By taking that attitude Israel refuses to follow the dictates of reason and obstructs the search for an appropriate solution.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Recognition of that fact and the inclusion of that cause in the agenda of the General Assembly is essential. 147. As President Bourguiba has constantly proclaimed since 1948, any solution which does not lead to a full settlement of that problem, and fails to recognize the right of the Palestinian people to self determination, would be incomplete and doomed to failure. 148. By recognizing the existence of the Palestinian problem, by considering it a problem of struggle for national liberation, and by including it on the agenda as a separate item, the Organization took its most important step since its creation, with a view to correcting the errors of the past committed at the expense of the Palestinian people and to embarking on a wise course of action by examining the Palestinian question in an appropriate manner. 149.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“For many years now that question has regularly appeared on the agenda of our Assembly, which has considered it and tried to resolve it or at least to make it less acute. 146. The most important result which the United Nations has reached in this connexion is perhaps the decisions at the last session to recognize the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people [resolution 3236 (XXIX)] and to grant it observer status [resolution 3237 (XXIX)]. At the same time the General Assembly affirmed that the solution resides not only in the separation of the armed forces in conflict, or in the partial or complete withdrawal from the occupied territories, but in a settlement of the fundamental problem, which is the Palestinian problem.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“However that may be, the Tunisian Government supports any solution leading to the coexistence and cooperation of both communities and will not fail to give its support to any settlement acceptable to both sides in the conflict, to whom we wish conciliation and concord within the framework of a common Cypriot nation. 145. May I now take up the most serious problem in the world today: the question of the Middle East. Is there any need still to say that that is the most serious problem for our current session? Statement after statement by Member States has acknowledged that the Middle East is the sour of international disputes and the starting point of complications, the consequences of which go beyond the area and threaten peace in the world.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Therefore the Tunisian Government encourages the negotiations under way between the Turkish and Greek communities under the auspices of the SecretaryGeneral. To be sure, while the fate of the island depends essentially on the Cypriots themselves, and while no one has the right to try to shape their destiny without their consent, we believe none the less that a federal system within the framework of a single State might be the most effective way of guaranteeing the interests of the two communities and safeguarding the essential conditions of coexistence and cooperation between the two parties. 144.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Morocco and Mauritania have had the good sense to move towards consultation and cooperation with a view to a peaceful settlement, to the satisfaction of both parties. It is our hope that that process will proceed apace and that no obstacle will be allowed to stand in the way until it is possible for the parties concerned, under the auspices of the United Nations, to reach a peaceful and final settlement, guaranteeing peace, stability and goodneighborly relations. 143. Turning now to the question of Cyprus, we appeal to the parties to follow the same course towards a settlement of the problem. In the opinion of my delegation, dialog and accommodation are the most effective ways of bringing their views closer together, regardless of differences.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“It is necessary for all peace and freedom-loving peoples to do what they can to put an end to anything which might increase the political, military or economic potential of those regimes and to exert pressure to bring them to negotiate with the liberation movements, the only legitimate representatives of the peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia. 142. During the last session we considered the question of the Western Sahara, which is part of the problem of decolonization. Today we are moving towards an equitable solution. A United Nations Visiting Mission has been to the area; the International Court of Justice has handed down the advisory opinion which was requested of its furthermore, Spain has made known its determination to withdraw from the area.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“When will the day come when colonialism, having completely disappeared, will no longer be discussed? The liberation of peoples is an irresistible current; it is in a sense a law of nature and of human evolution. 139. The sufferings of the peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia in southern Africa because of the reactionary policies of apartheid arouse our indignation and require that we multiply our efforts to put an end to those retrograde and sterile ideas. 140. The Tunisian Government feels that the persistence of those regimes in their policy constitutes a flagrant challenge to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and shows scorn for the universal conscience 141.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“It is our hope that we shall soon see them occupying their rightful place in our Organization. 136. Speaking about newly independent States, our thoughts go to a country whose independence will be declared next month. It has known the ordeal of a divided land and has had intractable problems, of a kind which no other country has ever had so near to independence. 137. From this rostrum, may I express to our brothers in Angola our sympathy and our compassion. We urge their leaders to stop their fratricidal struggle and to close their ranks as they take over the destiny of their country. We urge them to spare the blood of their brothers, and to protect their country from division so that it will not again fall to foreign domination. May they heed this appeal and may their country soon become an active Member of our Organization. 138.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The past year has been marked by important political events and has led to the entry into our Organization of some new States which have just acquired independence, namely, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, and Mozambique. The independence of those countries and their entry into the United Nations is a victory for freedom and dignity and a defeat for colonialism and hegemony. 134. While addressing our congratulations to the delegations of those three fraternal countries, may I express the conviction that these nations will strengthen our Organization and will make a firm contribution to those who are still struggling for their liberation? 135. Our congratulations and best wishes for prosperity go also to Papua New Guinea and to the Comoros, which recently declared their independence.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The constant shuttling back and forth between hope and fear, the considerable differences in the political, economic and social conditions of the lives of people on the different continents have the effect of disrupting whatever balance has been achieved in the world and which disfigures its map, in a sense, and is a threat to world peace. 132. It is not my intention to dwell on all those matters which appear on the agenda of this session. My delegation will have occasion to state the views of Tunisia on those subjects in the various Committees. But I should like to state our views on a number of issues at the present time. 133.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The international situation during the past year has not been clarified in a way which would prompt us to believe that mankind has finally moved towards detente and peace. Indeed, confusion continues to surround most of the problems that we have been considering for a number of years. We are still confronted either by certain problems for which a just settlement has not been found or by others left in a state of stagnation, awaiting settlement; still others have deteriorated and become particularly acute. 130. One perceives, however, a glimmer of hope here and this inclines us to be more sanguine about the future. 131.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of our sister Republic of Algeria, on his eminent services to the international community and in defense of the causes discussed by the General Assembly during the past year. 127. It is a particularly pleasant duty for me to pay a tribute to the constant efforts of the SecretaryGeneral to increase the chances of peace in the world and to give the Organization its proper role and place. I should like particularly to mention his tireless efforts to settle certain problems in the Middle East, the Western Sahara and Cyprus. 128. We are convinced that the thirtieth session will be just as important as the previous session in the life of the United Nations. 129.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“I shall merely mention, as representative of a State that has the best of relations with Luxembourg, that you are devoted to the highest humanitarian values, to the spirit of justice, equality and sincere cooperation, particularly between the major Powers and the developing countries, in order to bridge the gap between them. Your familiarity with these problems is, in view of the circumstances of the present session, the best guarantee of success for the mission the international community has entrusted to you. Tunisia pledges to you its fill and complete cooperation. 126. I should also like to extend our congratulations to your predecessor, Mr.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“125. Mr. President, may I, first of all, address to you the heartiest congratulations and best wishes of the Government of Tunisia on the occasion of your election as President of the thirtieth session of the General Assembly. Our congratulations are not a mere formality or a matter of habit. We are, in fact, convinced that you are one of the most qualified statesmen to occupy this important office. After what has been said by those who have spoken before me, it would be inappropriate for me to embarrass you by listing your many qualities, your ability, your clear-mindedness and your experience.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“And this is really the proper place to consider them, because if there is anything all these problems have in common, it is their universality. Whether it be the Mediterranean crisis or decolonization in Africa, or peace, disarmament, energy or the law of the sea, population growth, development or, a fortiori, detente, all countries of the world are affected. And whatever may be said, it is this Organization that must debate those subjects. In a shrinking world, where problems are becoming every day more interdependent, we can only achieve international peace with the support of all nations, we can only make progress towards a solution of the gigantic problems which confront humanity and threaten our common security if we act in common and through negotiations.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“Within the same context, we can consider that the work of the sixth special session on raw materials and development, held in New York, the World Population Conference held at Bucharest, and the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea held at Caracas, comprises positive contributions by the United Nations to the solution of the fundamental problems of the hour. Here, too, the gaps that separate the members of the international community separate the affluent from the developing countries. Here, again, a spirit of co-operation is necessary if we are to find realistic solutions that are both practical and just. We have great hopes of seeing this session yield more concrete results. 38. There is an impressive list of problems before the Assembly.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“In the meantime, good work can and must be done at the regional level, and, in this regard, the dialog between Europe and the Arab countries has made a promising beginning. Geographical, economic and technological complementarity between Europe and the Arab world has made a promising beginning and it must become a reality as part of an ambitious design which would go much further than mere trading in energy products. On both sides, there is a full realization of the interdependence of our two regions and the need to co-operate in all areas, whether they be political or economic, in order to overcome our respective difficulties. 37.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“We hope that the work of this session will contribute appreciably to the practical implementation of the Program of Action [resolution 3202 (S-Vl)] designed to ensure the application of the Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order [resolution 3201 (S-Vl)] and the initiation of co-operation between industrialized countries and developing countries which will make it possible to confront the problem of inflation which threatens us all and which stems not solely, as some people would have it, from the rise in the prices of petroleum and raw materials but essentially from the policy of economic expansion pursued by the industrialized countries and also from other causes which it would taKe too long to enumerate here. 36.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“The developing countries are determined flatly to reject the state of affairs that prevailed until recently, which was both the legacy of the long period of colonialism, and a corollary of the principle that a minority of the human race could dominate the great majority of mankind. 35. The establishment of a new international economic order has become more than a necessary measure; it is an urgent one.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“If detente could lead us from the rather passive concept of peaceful coexistence to the more positive view of it as active international co-operation, in a world where the independence of all peoples, the sovereign equality of all States, and, more especially, balanced and stable -and thus more equitable- international economic relations prevailed, it could then command the enthusiastic support of all peoples, and mankind itself would be taking a considerable step forward towards happiness and prosperity. For ever since the war of October 1973, we have been living in an era in which we are finding how much, in the economic sphere, the interests of all nations, great and small, are bound together and interdependent. 34. Thus in today's world of crisis, there has been a change in the nature of tensions and in the antagonists involved.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“What we hope for is a global detente that can and should be brought about within the framework of the United Nations and with its Members, a detente that must apply to all problems of the world, even though they may not seem to be direct and immediate threats to international peace and security as the great Powers conceive these to be, whether those problems concern disarmament, decolonization, or, above all, development. 33.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“It may appear paradoxical that detente can thus go hand in hand with so many conflicts between smaller countries, but in practice we realize that it has its limitations. To be sure, it can be credited with some successes, such as the agreements on troop disengagement in the Middle East, and the continuation of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe. Detente has also made it possible to avoid confrontation between the Turkish and Greek forces in Cyprus. We can even give detente the credit for having played some part in the favorable developments in Portugal and in its former African colonies. 32. However, the reduction in tension between the two super-Powers remains a limited phenomenon that does not take in all the problems that beset the international community.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“In any case, if the Spanish Government should not consider it appropriate to agree to this proposal, I consider that the General Assembly should take full note of the gravity of this problem, and endorse the procedure suggested by Morocco and Mauritania, so that the Court may hand down an opinion in the light of which the United Nations can take a stand. 30. Many other subjects no less grave and important likewise demand the attention of the Assembly during this session. In a world where detente is supposed to prevail, a number of tensions and frictions persist in many fields in various areas. 31. In Cyprus, as in the Middle East, detente has not prevented a deterioration of the situation, and in both places the course of events has come close indeed to catastrophe.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“Second is the search for a negotiated solution between Spain, Morocco £<id Mauritania, for the purpose of safeguarding the atmosphere of friendship and co-operation prevailing in that region. 28. And third is, if it should prove impossible to arrive at a negotiated solution, an appeal to the Government of Madrid to subscribe to the agreement between Morocco and Mauritania and agree in refer this matter to the Court. 29. I hope that the Spanish Government will agree to this proposal, and thus spare our Assembly the need to discuss and vote on this matter.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“We believe that the time has come to resolve this problem that has been poisoning relations between Morocco, Mauritania and Spain. We thus welcome with great satisfaction the agreement reached during this session, and announced from this very rostrum, between Morocco [2249th meeting, para. 204] and Mauritania [2251st meeting, para. 162] to refer this question to the International Court of Justice. Without prejudging the verdict of the Court, I should like to recall three principles that, in our view, constitute three fundamental imperatives. 26. First is the need for final, immediate and practical decolonization of those territories, for there can be raised question of allowing the colonial Power to continue to exercise any power, openly or covertly, after the emancipation of those territories. 27.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“We hope that Angola will not be long in joining the ranks of the independent African States, and will overcome the present temporary difficulties that can in no way block the path to freedom, the goal for which the Angolan people were the first, in that area, to make the greatest of sacrifices. 25. Thus, decisive blows have been dealt to colonial and racist rule in southern Africa, and we are convinced that the combined struggle of the peoples of Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa will soon win a victory for the cause of freedom and justice over tyranny and colonialism. But, unfortunately, there are still some other colonial enclaves in Africa. In our own region, the so-called Spanish Sahara has not yet freed itself from colonial rule.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“For that reason we take the greatest satisfaction in seeing this reconciliation between our Portuguese friends, on the one hand, and our brothers in Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique, on the other. 24. It is with great emotion that I welcome here today the delegation of Guinea-Bissau, which thus assumes its governmental responsibilities on an equal footing with all countries of the world, while at the same time, of course, I pay homage to the martyrs, both African and Portuguese, who fell victim to the blindness of the preceding Portuguese regime, and its persistent refusal to heed the appeals of reason and conscience. We are also happy to welcome the admission of Bangladesh and Grenada to our Organization, and to address to the peoples of those two friendly countries our best wishes for progress and prosperity.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“We have no doubt that sooner or later the bastions of colonialism will yield to the struggle of the peoples of those territories, supported by the fraternal solidarity of all the African nations and all anti-colonialist countries. But we must in all frankness admit that we did not expect the decolonization of those territories to come about in such favorable circumstances. As a result, the Portuguese nation, which has so admirably, changed its attitude towards Africa, is today restored to its proper place in our hearts. The Government of Tunisia was among the first to welcome the efforts of the Portuguese Government, and to resume its natural relations with that country; for it was the colonial policy of the old regime alone that divided us from Portugal, which throughout the course of history has had numerous ties with our Arab Maghreb.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)
“Now that the worst has been avoided, the problem of Cyprus must be resolved once and for all in a way permitting the coexistence of the two communities, with full respect for the character of each of them, within the framework of a single State, with the constitutional rights of each so guaranteed that neither of them can challenge the rights of the other, while at the same time the complete independence of the island is preserved under an international guarantee. 22. Although the situation in the Middle East and in Cyprus is a cause of profound concern, the developments in the southern part of the African continent give grounds for hope, even though that region still continues to suffer the nightmare of colonialism and apartheid. 23.”
1974-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 29 (1974)