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  1. “The obstinacy of a government imbued with the illusion of racial superiority is to be seen also in the Middle East, where the Government of Israel rejects all compromises that might bring peace and where the hopes that were aroused last year by the Sinai agreements have not been- fulfilled by any other positive measures. On the contrary, the hostility of the Government of Israel continues to pursue the Palestinians, not only inside occupied Palestine but even in Lebanon, where its disguised intervention and its intrigues are contributing to the worsening of an already complex situation, a situation that is all the more dangerous because it involves grave risks and a direct threat to international peace and security. 49.”

    1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)

  2. “Otherwise, if it continues to carry out obstinately in the present policy of segregation in "bantustans", it will run the risk of a terrible confrontation whose outcome can only be disastrous for it. In that connexion we have followed with lively interest the efforts made by Mr. Kissinger in the search for a peaceful solution to this serious problem. We hope that the intervention of the United States, with all its weight, in a matter in which international peace and the most sacred principles of mankind are at stake will be effective and that the efforts undertaken in September last will be continued until justice and right prevail. 48.”

    1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)

  3. “It is to be hoped that there will be a unanimous view at this session that those two African nations should attain independence as soon as possible and with the loss of the very minimum number of human lives, and that an end should be put to colonial violence. To that end, we must take up the thorny problem of South Africa itself, where apartheid continues unabated and where the African majority is removed from all real power. The resistance in the region is becoming ever more militant and the explosion that we had foreseen for several years and had wished to prevent has come. A new generation has appeared which cannot and will not ever accept the humiliations of apartheid. The minority Government can do nothing else but make the concessions that are necessary now and thereby preserve some chance of coexistence and peaceful collaboration.”

    1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)

  4. “But the die has not yet been cast-far from it-and all the vigilance of the African States will be required to ensure that there is no truncated independence and that power is transferred to the true representatives of the peoples concerned, in the form of the liberation movements recognized by OAU. We are confident that the international community, and particularly the United Nations, will be able to strengthen that vigilance. 46. We hope for, we await, this great victory, which in the first place will be a victory of the peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe, but will also be a victory of Africa and African solidarity and, finally, of the United Nations, whose judgment of the situation in that region of the world has turned out to be the most correct. 47.”

    1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)

  5. “There is real hope today that we shall soon see the accession to independence of those two African countries, whose struggle for freedom has been a long one and has entailed much suffering and the loss of hundreds of human lives. These sacrifices could perhaps have been avoided, or at least reduced, if the resolutions adopted year after year by the United Nations in regard to those two Territories had been supported, followed and put into effect by all States, and particularly by those with the greatest responsibilities in the sphere of international peace and security.”

    1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)

  6. “Does the developed world still recognize the need for interdependence in equality, or does it hope, thanks to the contradictions and conflicts of the third world, to cause the old order to prevail? It would in any case be a great temptation to take advantage of the internal problems of the third world -which at times can be exacerbated-to crush the aspirations of the peoples struggling for the recognition of political rights, which alone can confer economic rights which in turn alone can guarantee a new international order. 44. In that connexion, perhaps the clearest progress has been seen in southern Africa, where an international consensus is developing more and more in the direction of putting an en<i to the problems of colonial oppression in Rhodesia and Namibia. 45.”

    1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)

  7. “On the political level, this implied immediately satisfying the aspirations of oppressed peoples, in particular by the eradication of the colonial and apartheid regime in southern Africa and, in the Middle East, by the total restitution of the Arab territories occupied by force as well as the restoration of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to their country and their independence. 42. At the economic level, this also implied replacing the old international order, broadly marked by the aftermath of the colonial era, by a new economic order based on equality and interdependence. 43. Now, three years later, what progress have we achieved in this direction? Very little, as we are compelled to recognize. We even wonder whether what was evident yesterday is not being challenged today.”

    1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)

  8. “During 1973 we saw first of all the October war in the Middle East, followed by the energy crisis, and shortly thereafter-the overthrow of the Portuguese colonial empire occurred as a result of the strength of African determination. 40. Those are three fundamental events whose impact goes far beyond their geographical scope. After that, and after the emergence of a reunited and independent Viet Nam, it was possible to say that we were witnessing the birth of a new world. The strongest myths had been shattered; the hopes of the weakest had been raised. 41. A new truth was revealed: the interdependence of all countries .f the globe had become a fact. The great problem was how to organize it.”

    1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)

  9. “Whether it is in connexion with southern Africa or the Middle East, or whether it is a question of disarmament or the establishment of a new international economic order, we note that our progress, if one can truly call it progress, towards decisive solutions is very slow. 39. The tremendous hopes that were aroused immediately after that critical year of 1973 that we should see all the countries of the world working together towards a common future within the framework of a recognized and accepted interdependence between large and small States, between the Western countries and those of the East, and, above all, between the industrialized and the developing countries- these hopes have been somewhat dampened.”

    1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)

  10. “We would have sincerely wished to have seen the application of this principle of universality, a fundamental principle of our Organization, encompass the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the People's Republic of Angola-two countries which for various reasons are close to Tunisia. We express the hope that these two friendly countries will very soon take their legitimate place in the United Nations and join us in seeking a solution to the multiple world problems which our Organization must face. 38. Indeed, the problems which are of concern to all the peoples of the world have not in the past year found a definitive solution, nor has there been any decisive development.”

    1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)

  11. “We are happy once again to pay a tribute to the Secretary-General, Mr. Kurt Waldheim, for his devoted and sincere efforts in the service of the ideals of our Organization, and we appreciate the effectiveness of his action, which is admired by all peoples represented in this Assembly. 36. A few days ago the General Assembly unanimously accepted the application for admission of a new State, which was already a member of our Organization of African Unity [OAU]. On this occasion I am pleased to address our warmest congratulations to the delegation of Seychelles. The admission of Seychelles is certainly an important event which strengthens the universal character of our Organization. 37.”

    1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)

  12. “The responsibilities which Sri Lanka assumed as host of the Fifth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries and the part your country played in the development of its work also means that this honor is conferred on all the non-aligned countries, whose efforts and positions in regard to the numerous problems with which the international community is faced your Government and your Mission will strive to co-ordinate. 34. We wish at the same time warmly to congratulate Mr. Gaston Thorn, Prime Minister of Luxembourg, for the exemplary manner in which he guided the work of the thirtieth session of the General Assembly. The wisdom and skill he displayed have but confirmed the lofty qualities of a statesman which we have always known him to possess. 35.”

    1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)

  13. “Mr. President, the Tunisian delegation sincerely rejoices at your election to head this session of the United Nations General Assembly. The tribute thus paid, through you, to your country is richly deserved. Your role as representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations for many years and your competence and your courtesy, which have been unanimously recognized, in particular in your work as President of the important Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, make you singularly qualified to guide the work of this session of the General Assembly, from which we the third world and non-aligned countries expect much.”

    1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)