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first: 1946-09-24
most recent: 1976-09-24
sittings or episodes: 6
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“But there is no doubt that this positive road cannot be followed to the end if when we begin it we do not simultaneously open up actions designed to face the main negative questions affecting world peace and security. 25. It will be difficult to build a renewed world in solidarity unless we are able to apply a similar spirit to our daily and immediate endeavours-if we cannot duly harmonize our short-term interests with the demands of those same interests considered from the long-term view. 26. With this criterion we shall approach consideration of the main items on the agenda. 27. One of the main questions before us is that of disarmament. In our condition as a peaceful country we have worked towards that goal, advocating that the conference on disarmament be open to all States. We regret the meagre results achieved.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“These principles which we have chosen freely to guide our destiny are combined with those of the Charter; they are the manifestation of the creative will of our people; they represent the practical expression of a multiple world, and guarantee from the point of view of the international community our constructive desire to participate in the task of co-operation. 23. That is why, in renewing our expressions of adherence to the universal objectives of the Charter, we do so today with the new vitality derived from a process of profound national affirmation and with an international vocation which is in keeping with our history. 24. We trust that militancy in solidarity represents the path to a better international community.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“That is why we share and shall continue to share in a brotherly manner the common endeavours of the human species and will participate in the task of building a united and more co-operative world. We shall do so, however, with our own and unchangeable national personality. 22. I have drawn on these reflections concerning the philosophy behind the participation of Uruguay in the Organization in order to explain from this high rostrum the spirit that guides us in this solemn moment in history in which we open a new era of authentic national and popular development.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“When I say "united nationalism" I want strongly to affirm the values of the nationalism of my country, of its own peculiar forms and characteristics and to make a strong affirmation of the values that are our own, of our sovereign right to govern ourselves freely and to choose our own patterns of development and national solutions. 20. But, at the same time, when I speak of "united nationalism" I wish to express our indeclinable universal vocation and the feeling that we belong to a single mankind, to which we are integrated in spirit, within which we enjoy the same rights and obligations and to which we are united by our natural patterns, and associated by the interdependence of economies and technology. 21. Thus we wish to participate in the universal task and contribute to the effective establishment of solidarity.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“The challenge we confront, therefore, is twofold: to organize constructive co-operation in a multiple world, and to eliminate from that process any aspect of a policy of power, of influences, interventions, and diktats, in order that each country may be authentically free in an interdependent and united world. 19. In the light of these perspectives, Uruguay will advocate and live a united nationalism in keeping with its history and integrated with the present reality of the world, while being ready to participate in the building up of an international community marked by peace, justice and co-operation.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“My country will give of its best in this undertaking to build up co-operation among nations, but at the same time will be watchful of its national individuality in the face of any possible intention, whether overt or covert, to subvert its character. 17. At the same time, together with observing these political rules, we must go deeply into world processes in many areas to prevent the very dynamics of such processes extended throughout the world from changing the characteristics of the small nations. 18. We maintain as a principle that the construction of world co-operation and technology shall not be based even involuntarily on the elimination of national idiosyncrasies.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“That is why, while we confirm our absolute respect for the choice of other nations, we demand equal respect for ourselves, not only in the shape of outer forms, but also in the very, substance of international conduct. 15. Resolution 2625 (XXV) takes up these principles. I believe that its permanent and scrupulous observance is indispensable if we are to make possible international co-operation and even coexistence itself under international law. Only thus can the plurality of patterns that are merged in the different political societies cease to be a factor of divergence and tensions and become an enriching element for constructive world co-operation. 16.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“In the face of this, Uruguay reaffirms once again its respect for the various paths chosen by each of the -members of this community to organize its political, economic and social life and structures. We recognize the important contribution made by different cultures to the common patrimony, enriching it through new perspectives in what has been called the "dialogue of civilizations". 14. For our part we are faithful to the pattern we have chosen and will continue to be so. Within the simplicity and . modesty of our own customs, we proclaim with pride our fidelity to our own way of being, our national traditions, and the political, economic and social forms that we have freely established for ourselves.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“The existence of this process of convergence, impelled by both ethical and philosophical needs, as also by material demands derived from the nature of things, does not, however, preclude the survival of anachronistic trends inserted in the process itself, which sometimes make use of it but which, more often, seek to impose some form of political domination or covert machinations designed to impose an ideology. In these trends and forms of conduct, the violence of the struggle for power suffered so long by mankind persists and overwhelms the small nations, through insidious infiltration of their institutions or the outbreak of terrorist cruelty or open aggression. 13.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“That must continue on the strength of the principle that we shall not dissolve what is different, but shall rather seek out the common points. In a word, this is the need to develop solidarity among peoples and to organize it, identifying and recognizing common interests in relation to universal questions. 11. Efforts along these lines are to be found in fields such as peace and security, natural resources, the human environment, health, communications, trade, finance, the strategy for development, and so many others. Here, despite natural discrepancies, little by little we see a progressive acceptance of principles and behaviour reflecting the consensus of the international community and representing, as it were, the common denominator of common interests. To apply development along these lines is to work for peace and solidarity. 12.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“The birth of a number of new independent States throughout the world, the complex structure of relations between the great Powers, the multiplication of plans for political, economic and social organization in the different countries, the opening of prospects for a single mankind, however diverse it may be in its manifestations. At the same time, research and scientific reflection, the requirements of the economy, and the progress of technology lead irrevocably to an interdependent world and, whether we like it or not, to a united world through an indestructible network of links and relations. It is in this perspective that our action takes place. 10. Many steps have been taken in our search for roads towards an integrating synthesis of this diversity without harming it.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“Although that is valuable, we must study the matter further and not only cure the disease but try to prevent it, not only treat those who are ill but try to improve their health and make them well. That is why I venture to suggest that this sporadic political arrangement be applied now in a permanent manner and on a priority basis to arrive at the true enforcement of international law. The more Utopian it appears, the more necessary it is to achieve it in order to discipline the chaotic reality, which is sometimes unjust and violent, and bring it into line with the law. 9. This effort, so vital for our Organization and, even, I would say, the very raison d'etre of our Organization, must be included in the contemporary context which over the past 28 years has displayed certain definite characteristics.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“Rather, such failings show, by their imperfections and through their consequences, the need for a legal order in force for all, a legal order that will link the community of nations, that will offer the climate of security necessary for effective political independence and economic and social development, that will offer essential guarantees to small nations and will remove the shadows of arbitrariness. 8. Very often the flaws in the law have been covered by the makeshift device of an ad hoc political arrangement applied to specific situations: barely to close the deepest gap and to staunch the most serious wounds resulting from that disruption.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“This repeated and dramatic experience, however, is not interpreted by Uruguay as a sign of ultimate failure but rather as proof of the very nature of this complex task to which the answer is clear: we must multiply our efforts, confirm our commitment to the purposes of the Charter and work untiringly to achieve them. 6. Consistent with this view I wish, on behalf of my Government, to express our faith in the principles that gave life to our Organization and our permanent devotion to their promotion. 7. My country, to the extent of its possibilities, has contributed with perseverance and good faith to the building of a world governed by law. The observations we all make about the flaws and shortcomings of the system do not discourage us.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“Stanislaw Trepczynski, who guided the work of the twenty-seventh session of the General Assembly with dignity and great skill. 4. My country warmly welcomes the entry into the United Nations of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. This event constitutes a historic step along the road to peace and understanding. The Commonwealth of the Bahamas has now joined our Organization. We extend to it a cordial welcome to this forum and to the work of our Latin American regional group. Thus does the process towards full universality in the United Nations continue. 5. Each session of the General Assembly is an inevitable confrontation between the magnitude of our ideals and reality, which at times is difficult to mould to our hopes.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“Mr. President, may the first words spoken by the delegation of the Republic of Uruguay be words of congratulations and greetings to Mr. Leopoldo Benites, a distinguished Ecuadorian and, as such, a member of our Latin American family. 2. I am happy to emphasize Mr. Benites' outstanding personal and intellectual qualities, a certain guarantee that he will conduct our deliberations with wisdom. May I also be permitted, as a Uruguayan, to recall with sincere friendship for him and for his country, our sister nation, the valuable mission he discharged in my country as Ambassador of Ecuador, and also to recall the permanent ties that link him to Uruguay, which is a symbol of the relations between our two countries. 3. May I also extend a greeting to the representative of Poland, Mr.”
1973-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 28 (1973)
“The delegation I represent has the firm and clear intention of supporting and maintaining the United Nations by all the means in its power, and of making every endeavour to improve it, and it is comforting to say that, in the face of the present uncertainty, our will and our firm intention to achieve understanding between men and nations have increased. I speak on behalf of a nation which has solid institutions and advanced social laws, and I bring you its democratic ideas and determination in the fight for freedom! In the name of a South American country, I beg all of you here, who hold in your hands this grave responsibility, to do all that you can to bring about that more peaceful frame of mind which is indispensable to the peace of the world.”
1947-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 2 (1947)
“It is true that the United Nations has worked hard with extraordinary success, and I am pleased on that account to offer my congratulations to Mr. Trygve Lie and all his assistants. However, the problems I mentioned, which remained pending in 1946, not only have not been settled, but now appear much graver than ever and make our present outlook very gloomy. This means that at the present time the effectiveness and the very existence of the United Nations are in jeopardy. It is well to remember that the world had no choice between our present Organization, which can still be perfected, and a better one; we were faced with this alternative or nothing; to accept nothing meant to leave nations free to settle their .differences by the use of force, and that is the situation which seems to be threatening our world.”
1947-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 2 (1947)
“A tendency was manifested to better the conditions of the working people and the less fortunate of the world; women exerted increased influence, both direct and indirect, on our deliberations; at the same time, access to the Press and other news agencies was free, thus proclaiming the “right to know”. The beneficial influence of the new Members of the United Nations was felt. We all shared the. unanimous desire to speed the work for peace. Many problems remained unsolved, but it may be said that in the last few weeks particularly, great progress was made towards harmony and goodwill. World confidence declined in the period between the cessation of hostilities and the last regular session; but that decline has been much more noticeable in the period between the 1946 session of the Assembly and the present.”
1947-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 2 (1947)
“Not long ago, in October 1946, I had the honour of addressing you from this same rostrum. I had left the United States at the joyous and stirring moment of peace and victory; but I found, on my return to this country, that here and in other countries which I visited on the American continent and its islands, there was much anxiety and growing uncertainty in the minds of all peoples, throughout all classes of society, in the cities and in the country towns. At the General Assembly held in this same hall last year, all ideas, the most conservative, the most liberal and the most extreme, were freely expressed, and that Assembly was a true parliament of the world. As in all parliaments, many compromise solutions were reached.”
1947-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 2 (1947)
“We must remember that many men, scattered over the earth, believe that, if in spite of our efforts, we do not have the good fortune to settle these disputes and realise the hopes of humanity, others will be ready to take up this duty and will succeed in doing so. Uruguay, like America, is a country of peace, conciliation and arbitration, and hopes that the black clouds which now overshadow the world will be dispersed this year.”
1946-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 1 (1946)
“I should like also to mention the presence at this Assembly of my old friend Wellington Koo, and to tell him that, although we in America are a long way from China, we know of the great battles which his country fought before any other country, and that we fully appreciate the sacrifices made in the war by China and admire the thousand-year old civilization of the East. The work of mankind, the happiness of the home, the welfare of all, and especially of those who have the least, the working classes, demand a rapid and just peace. Who will deny that social phenomena, strikes, general confusion, are symptoms of unrest which point to the necessity of concluding peace rapidly so that all may return to their normal way of life? In conclusion, I would say that a heavy responsibility rests upon us all.”
1946-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 1 (1946)
“This reminds me that when, at the first Paris Conference, the delegate of Brazil, speaking at a moment when things looked black, saw Nansen enter the hall, he exclaimed “Here comes light; here is the Aurora Borealis”. The clear light of civilization and justice comes to us from the countries of the extreme north, One cannot conceive of a better world without the co-operation of the genius of France. France must recover her rank as a first-class Power. Our civilization is inconceivable without France.”
1946-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 1 (1946)
“My country also thinks that those Governments which associated or co-operated with the countries which declared war should not be allowed to continue in power, and it intends to state its opinion in detail when this question comes on the agenda. I should like to pay a tribute to the memory of President Masaryk, and in view of all that Mr. Benes, my friend of former days, has done for the consolidation of his country, I should also like to send him a friendly message. Uruguay considers it essential to help those countries which have given themselves properly elected Governments, and from another point of view, to assist in the restoration of Belgium, ever outraged and the first to be sacrified, and of Norway.”
1946-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 1 (1946)
“It represented the nations in conference as trees whose roots had struck deeply into the soil and prevented them from approaching each other; then came a time when this could no longer be borne and the spirits deserted these lifeless beings and mingled in a common joy whence arose peace illuminating the whole world. I believe that the time for this has now come. My country does not forget the sacrifices accepted by the principal victorious Powers, and seizes this opportunity to express its admiration for their soldiers, sailors and airmen, from the five-star generals and other high officers to the most obscure but heroic rank and file.”
1946-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 1 (1946)
“He knows the different points of view, sincerely held opinions, and ambitions and rights which are hard to relinquish; but he also knows that in life men must compromise and sometimes concede a point to others, possess a fund of goodwill and not found everything on the domination of some over others, and that, in the long run, the peoples are grateful to those who give them peace and happy days. If mothers sacrificed their sons in the war, statesmen and nations may well sacrifice on the altar of peace something of what, from their point of view, they consider just. I remember seeing a picture a long time ago which became engraved on my memory.”
1946-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 1 (1946)
“We all know the axiom that danger zones should be crossed quickly. It is an axiom of those who fight, and have fought most, against the forces of nature, of those who face the perils of the sea. Every danger zone must be passed as quickly as possible. The world still finds itself today in such a danger zone, and desires to leave the fog behind and come forth into the light; the whole world, all the nations of the world, without a single exception. The public has learned that facts, and not words, are the acid test. The man in the street understands the difficulties in building up peace.”
1946-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 1 (1946)
“What is the reason for this cloud which overshadows us all at a time when we expected to behold the dawn of triumph? Is it to be attributed to the attitude of any one nation or group of nations which is rendering the work of peace difficult? I do not believe so. As far as I have been able to observe, all the representatives to this Assembly, without a single exception, desire to return to their homes, their consciences at peace, and to carry to their peoples the sublime word which means happiness. All the organs of this Assembly, from the highest to the lowest, are animated by the same desire. The only obstacle which, in my opinion, is obstructing this purpose is the lack of that rapidity which is indispensable for the achievement of our work which the world so deeply desires.”
1946-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 1 (1946)
“Some time ago, I left the city of New York rejoicing in the victorious conclusion of hostilities. I then visited some of the countries of America and found the same impression of relief which peace or the strangest, happiest, most extraordinary events produce as if by magic day by day, sometimes unexpectedly. Peace is a rebirth; it is like the spectacle offered by nature when the gentle season begins to cover the earth with flowers. Today I have re-established contact with the peoples and statesmen of this continent, and I have become aware of the uncertainty and anxiety to which the President of the United States gave prominence in the speech with which he opened our session. I know that the state of mind of the general public in the other continents is similar to that to be found here.”
1946-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 1 (1946)
“Artigas, the great thinker and historical philosopher of Uruguay, was the precursor of the concept of nationality. When he was in dire distress, the Government of the United States of America extended to him, through the United States Consul at Montevideo, an invitation to come to this country in which we now find ourselves and to rest from the anxieties of his struggle for independence and democracy with all the honours due to his rank and ideals. But it was too late, and Artigas went to live and die in a country which at that time had no material wealth, but which was great in spirit and much loved by us: Paraguay. In the homestead of Artigas, in the land of the Guarani, there is today an Uruguayan school, a symbol of union, kindness and hope. This is also our symbol and the symbol of America.”
1946-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 1 (1946)
“Montevideo, our capital on the River Plate, now numbers with its suburbs one million inhabitants, and is called by tourists the “City of Roses”. In front of the city, there may yet be discerned in the Ocean River, as the early navigators called the River Plate, a blackened hull emerging from the waters; it is the German ironclad Graf Spee which the British Navy, in spite of heavy odds, forced to take refuge in the port of Montevideo, and which the Government of Uruguay obliged to comply with the law of asylum at a time when, on a horizon of blood, the victory of the Axis Powers appeared to be certain. We did not have the strength to measure ourselves against that fortress which was scuttled by its commander in the despair of the first defeat. Nevertheless, we did our duty.”
1946-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 1 (1946)
“I should like to congratulate the President on his conduct of this Assembly's debates, and the Secretary-General on his success in setting up the present Organization, which is one of the biggest tasks that I have known. I should like to convey to the members of this Assembly the cordial greeting of the Government and people of my country. Thanks to her political stability, Uruguay has been able to follow her traditional international policy of close friendship with her neighbours and the nations of America, of goodwill towards all countries and of freedom of world trade. Uruguay cannot forget those countries which contributed to her independence, and which, throughout her history, have co-operated in her development and in helping her to attain the state of civilization which she has now happily achieved.”
1946-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 1 (1946)