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lines on the record: 123
first: 1965-09-24
most recent: 1967-09-24
sittings or episodes: 3
sources: un-general-debate

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“Yet our search for world order is gravely threatened by a continuing arms race, a race which adds nothing to the world except insecurity and a drain of Valuable resources. Progress has, of course, been made. We have already agreed to cease nuclear testing in the atmosphere, under water and in outer space. We have established a direct communications link to help prevent war by accident or miscalculation. We have resolved not to place weapons of mass destruction in outer space, and today I reaffirm the commitment of the United States to that agreement. 65. Unfortunately, the goal of general and complete disarmament to which we are all committed remains elusive. But it is a necessary and indispensable goal, and we must work towards it vigorously, thoughtfully, and with goodwill, and not be deterred by what must be momentary setbacks.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The Members of the United Nations, under the Charter, share a common responsibility to demonstrate to those who use violence that violence does not pay. We can meet that responsibility by using every means to persuade the régimes of Hanoi and Peking to leave their neighbours alone and to begin serious discussions for a resolution of this conflict. We must also meet that obligation by denying United Nations representation to a régime that denies in word and in deed the fundamental restraint on the use of force laid down in our Charter, and hurls insults upon the peaceful efforts of Members of the United Nations to compose this and other disputes. 64. Most of us, fortunately, have already made our choice between a philosophy of violence and the philosophy of world order which underlies our Charter.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“We seek no territory for ourselves, no preferential position, no permanent military presence. We stand ready to withdraw our forces when Communist aggression has ended and South Viet-Nam is left alone to determine its own destiny in its own way through the principle of self-determination. 62. Above all, we seek a peaceful solution. We have repeatedly stated our willingness to enter into unconditional discussions. I reaffirm that willingness here today. We have asked the Members of the United Nations, individually and collectively, to use their influence to help bring about such discussions. We have asked the members of the Security Council and the Secretary-General to help get negotiations started. We have had no reply. We have offered to join in a massive programme of co-operation for the economic development of South-East Asia. 63.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“It should be read — I know it has been read — and pondered by everyone in the General Assembly. 60. The apostles of this philosophy are today attemptting to transform the country of South Viet-Nam into a proving ground for their theories. This challenge must be met, not in the interest of any single nation but in the interest of each Member of this Organization. It must be met, in particular, in the interests of the smaller nations that cherish their right to choose and follow their own path of national development. 61. We are helping to meet this threat because we believe it must be met. Our goals in South Viet-Nam are plain and simple. We seek only to ensure the independence of South Viet-Nam, its freedom from attack, and the opportunity for its people to determine their own future.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“But it should be clear that Marshal Lin is misusing the word "Socialist", that he means "Communist" and he means Communist with the label "Made in Peking". 59. This incredible manifesto is the antithesis of everything this Organization stands for. It is a call to change world order by force and violence in a period when force and violence can lead to most disastrous consequences for the entire world. It leaves no room for difference of tradition, of culture or of national aspiration, or for the legitimate right of every people, large and small, to choose its own social and economic order in its own way. It leaves no room for genuine self-determination. It seeks to squeeze every nation and every people into the grip of Chinese Communist conformity.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“58. Nor does newly achieved independence provide immunity from this modern imperialism. Quite the contrary. Chinese spokesmen again and again have emphasized that they do not believe that the revolutions which have taken place and that have led to the national independence of many countries are acceptable revolutions. They do not believe that those countries have the right, as was the great privilege of my country after it made its revolution, to develop their social and economic institutions in their own way. The Marshal said; "... the Socialist revolution is the inevitable sequel to the national democratic revolution". In fact — and I quote him further — "The more thorough the national democratic revolution, the better the conditions for the Socialist revolution".”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“I quote him again: "The seizure of power by armed force, the settlement of the issues by war is", according to the Marshal and his party and the leaders of his country, "the central task and the highest form of revolution". Again I quote: "War can temper the people and push history forward ... war is a great school". 57. The principle of revolutionary wars, the Marshal says, is not just for China. It, according to him, and I quote him again, "holds good ... for all...countries". The nations of the world are not free, according to this theory, to develop their own choice in accordance with their own needs and experience. The nations of the world are not free, according to this theory, to fly their own flags in their own way. Whether they like it or not, the Marshal and the leaders of Communist China say, they must accept the Chinese model.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“The diversity of which President Johnson speaks is the diversity represented in the membership of the United Nations — diverse in its needs, in its philosophies, in its races and in its institutions, yet united by a common bond of commitment to the obligations of the Charter and dedicated to justice and social progress and the peaceful settlement of conflict. 55. However, there is, regretfully, a contrasting doctrine of world order which was put before us earlier this month by the Defence Minister of Communist China in a manifesto published in all Communist China’s newspapers and republished broadly throughout the world. The doctrine laid bare by Marshal Lin Piao starts from the premise that "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun". It rests, he said, on a foundation of war and violent revolution. 56.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“One o the great labour leaders with whom I was long associated, Philip Murray, when asked what was the aim of the labour movement to which he dedicated his life, paused and thought and then said: "The aim of the labour movement is a society in which each man shall have a rug on the floor, a picture on the wall and music in the home". I think that is a good goal for all mankind. What we seek for our own people in the great society at home we seek for all mankind. President Johnson, I think, has expressed this very well: "We seek not fidelity to an iron faith but a diversity of belief as varied as man himself. We seek not to extend the power of America but the progress of humanity. We seek not to dominate others but to strengthen the freedom of all people." 54.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“We are resolved to enrich the life of our society by developing human as well as natural resources. We are determined not merely to increase material production but to ensure such equality, to guarantee genuine social and economic justice, to eliminate poverty and to realize qualitative improvements in the life of our citizens — in more attractive and functional cities, in a more beautiful countryside and through learning and the arts. This is not the programme of any one group or one class or one political party in our country. Nor is the vision it proclaims exclusively American. It is a vision common to all mankind. 53. It fell to my lot for twenty-five years to represent the great labour movement of our country.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“This vision of a just domestic order is based on consent of the governed, on due process of law, on individual dignity, on diversity and on the just satisfaction of political, economic and social aspirations. We in the United States reject reactionary philosophies of all extremes. We seek to build instead on what we regard as the most enlightened and progressive philosophy in human history: that the aim of government is the maximum self-fulfilment of its citizens and that the good life should be within the reach of all rather than a monopoly of the few. Both domestically and in international affairs, there can be no islands of poverty in seas of affluence. 52. We espouse equality not only as a principle. We seek equal opportunity for all as an accomplished reality.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“It sometimes appears to be a fragile candle, and its light sometimes appears to be dim, but it has the strength to light the world, if we really believe in it. 50. In this twentieth year of the United Nations we grope for the full meaning of a world changing rapidly under the headlong impact of science and technology. We ask ourselves, I am sure, every day — every person here and millions throughout the world: "Are we heading towards world order or world chaos?". This Assembly should help — this Assembly must help — to provide the answer. 51. In my own country, we are embarked, under the leadership of President Johnson, in a search for a Great Society.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“One of my country's most distinguished jurists, who never reached our highest court and whose career demonstrates that distinction does not coincide with appointment to the highest office, once said that freedom could not be preserved in constitutions if it had vanished from the hearts of its citizens. We are charged with the daily task of keeping burning in the hearts of the people of this earth the fires of freedom promised all men by the Charter of this Organization twenty years ago; freedom from fear, freedom from want, freedom from indignity and freedom from war. We are charged, as a beloved participant in the deliberations of the United Nations once said — and you will recognize the words and the person — we are charged with the responsibility of keeping the candle of peace glowing.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“I can only offer to this Organization the assurance that I share his dedication to the great cause of world peace and security, which are the aims of the Charter. 48. On coming to this parliament from the highest court of the United States, I said that the work of bringing the rule of law to the relations between sovereign States was the greatest adventure in man's history. All of us in this hall are embarked on this adventure together. It is an adventure we dare not fail to conclude successfully. There is no alternative except the excluded one of doom for all mankind. 49.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“In the short period of my personal acquaintance with him I have come to value extremely the fact that I can call him a friend; and I admire the capacity which he has demonstrated irk probably the most difficult General Assembly session in the history of the Organization. We continue in the hope that we will have the benefit of his counsels here, and we wish him well in the important post of Foreign Minister of Ghana, a great country on the African continent. 47. I hope, Mr. President, you will forgive me also if, once again, I sadly record the loss of Adlai Stevenson. Adlai Stevenson was a great voice of America — not only to his own country but to the world. However, the voice of America must go on. I cannot hope that mine can be so eloquent as to capture, as his voice did, the hearts and minds of men everywhere.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“As a distinguished Prime Minister, and now Foreign Minister, of a great country, you have amply demonstrated your talent, experience, understanding and skill in directing the fortunes of this great world parliament. Partly through your own labours, Italy as earned for itself a high place in the councils of this Organization and wherever there is work to be done to improve the life of man and to help bring him peace. I am confident that under your leadership this Assembly and this Organization will benefit. 46. I should also like to pay tribute to our outgoing President, Mr. Alex Quaison-Sackey. He has won for himself an outstanding place in the company of men who serve in these halls.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“In the spirit of operative paragraph 4 of the Security Council resolution of 20 September 1965, the United States will co-operate fully with other members of the Security Council to assist towards a settlement of the political problem underlying the present conflict; we will co-operate fully with the Secretary-General in the steps that he is taking to implement the Security Council's resolution. We stand ready to provide all appropriate assistance to the United Nations and the Secretary-General in strengthening the Organization's machinery for supervising the cease-fire. 45. It is in this mood of vigour and achievement that I wish again to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your country as you assume the office of the Presidency of the General Assembly.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“I reflect the deep conviction of my own country when I say that it is in the common interest of both India and Pakistan that there be such an honourable settlement and that conditions be restored for a lasting peace between those two great nations, with which we have enjoyed — and hope and expect to continue to enjoy — the most cordial and friendly relations. We applaud the statesmanship of the great leaders of those two countries in responding to the Security Council's appeal. We now appeal to their statesmanship to go forward with the task of building a permanent peace in the sub-continent. 44.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“And it is now the task of the United Nations to seize this great opportunity — this breathing spell, this great and inescapable responsibility — to help reinforce and solidify this gain so that the cease-fire will not be transitory and ephemeral. 42. It is a simple fact of history and a simple fact of life that the differences which gave rise to the recent conflict are deeply rooted. The cease-fire, as the Security Council resolution of 20 September 1965 [211 (1965)], expressly stated, is only the first step; next comes the more difficult task of finding solutions to the underlying sources of conflict and arriving at an honourable settlement and conditions for lasting peace in the sub-continent. 43.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“Once again — not for the first time, I should like to emphasize — the voice of the United Nations has been heeded and respected. These are welcome and immensely significant developments. 40. I am confident that I reflect the profound feelings of this great Assembly when I express deep gratification that the Security Council's call for a cease-fire has been respected. In addition to the role of the Security Council, it has been of the utmost and greatest value that the voice of the States Members of the United Nations has also, unitedly, been heard in support of the Security Council's efforts. 41. But our task is not over: it is now the task of the two parties to exercise restraint and to make earnest efforts to establish conditions of permanent — and I emphasize permanent — peace in the sub-continent.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“I should like also to record the significant contribution made by our distinguished Secretary-General, who took upon himself, pursuant to authorization by the Security Council, the difficult and arduous role of going to the sub-continent in times of travail, storm and tribulation so as to carry the message of peace to the contending nations. 38. Once again, in rebuttal of the sceptics and the cynics, the United Nations proved to be the decisive peacemaker. Once again, the United Nations provided the indispensable and vital element, the only acceptable catalyst to help end the needless bloodshed between the two great countries — two neighbours, whose bonds of kinship and friendship, so commonly shared by all Members of the United Nations, must swiftly be restored to them. 39.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“I have, in my public and private life, had much to do with conflicts of another sort, but I have never experienced such a common dedication as that to the Charter commitment which I experienced during the past weeks by the members and the nations that they represent. 36. It is, I believe, a happy omen for the future of this great Organization that such a grave conflict — the gravest in the history of the Organization — could, in its initial step at least, be contained by this type of common action. And for that, I wish to record a personal note of thanks and appreciation to the men who laboured so hard and long to bring about this beneficial result. 37.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)
“34. We meet this morning in a mood of accomplishment and gratification. Just twenty-four hours ago a great milestone in the life of the United Nations was passed. The cease-fire between India and Pakistan, first requested and then demanded by the Security Council, has happily taken effect in both countries. 35. I hope that it will not be amiss if I take a moment to pay tribute to the untiring work and the great contribution made by all members of the Security Council, permanent and non-permanent, in bringing about this result. Providence and the rules of the Security Council placed me in the Chair, but it was the efforts of my colleagues, patiently pursued, which resulted in the united resolution which had such a great impact in achieving this necessary result.”
1965-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 20 (1965)