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1. “It is both absurd and unacceptable to have Lon Nol's regime, which came into power through foreign intervention, representing Cambodia in the United Nations. The time has indeed come for Cambodia to be represented in the United Nations by its true representatives, and the Yugoslav delegation will work for that at the present session of the General Assembly. 24. The demands of the Korean people for unification without foreign interference merit our full support as a contribution to the improvement of the situation in that area and in the world in general.”

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2. “The provisional Revolutionary Government of South Viet-Nam, which is consistently implementing the policy of non-alignment, has pledged itself to the full implementation of these agreements and to the right of the people of Viet-Nam to freedom, independence and self- determination, and my country will continue in the future to extend its full support to the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Viet-Nam. 23. It is likewise necessary to put an end to the continued external intervention in Cambodia. The successful struggle waged by the people of Cambodia enjoys ever-broader support and confirms the fact that Prince Sihanouk and the Government of National Union are the sole legitimate representatives of the people of Cambodia.”

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3. “The Paris agreements are the result of the invincible struggle of the people of Viet-Nam, which is its historic contribution to the realization of the goals of freedom and independence in the world. The only road leading to the consolidation of peace in this area lies in strict implementation of the agreements concluded and in the total cessation of any external intervention in all countries of Indo-China. It is necessary to prevent the violation and flouting of the Paris agreements by the Saigon regime, with support from outside.”

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4. “Tomorrow this could befall other countries as well. The United Nations must resolutely resist this. In the opinion of the Yugoslav delegation, the essence of United Nations action aimed at the eradication of colonialism in the world lies primarily in extending effective all-round political and material assistance to the liberation movements as the only authentic representatives of their own peoples. My country will continue to extend full support to those movements. It is high time that those movements should no longer be treated, as petitioners or observers. The United Nations action should go beyond this in recognizing the liberation movements as the legitimate representatives of the sovereignty of their respective countries in their struggle for the fulfilment of the purposes and principles of the Charter. 22.”

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5. “Should Israel persist in its aggression, it will be necessary to apply sanctions against it in conformity with the provisions of Chapter VII of the Charter, which was the position taken by the non-aligned countries at the Algiers Conference. 21. The forces of colonialism, neo-colonialism, racism and apartheid continue to suppress African peoples in southern Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea (Bissau) and the Cape Verde Islands, and elsewhere, enjoying the political, economic and military support of some Western countries and international capital. Moreover, we are faced with increasingly frequent aggressive attacks by colonialists and racists on the independent countries of Africa-Zambia, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zaire, the People's Republic of the Congo, Senegal and Guinea.”

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6. “A just and durable settlement is possible only through the total withdrawal of Israel, without pre-conditions, from all the occupied territories, and through ensuring the legitimate national rights of the Arab peoples in Palestine. It is through their own struggle that the Palestinian people have made the attainment of their own rights a focal point of the solution of the Middle East crisis. The United Nations, with its decisions, has established the platform and determined the venues; no doubt it constitutes the most suitable instrument for securing a just solution. Efforts should be exerted by all Member States to find a final settlement in the Middle East on this basis.”

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7. “The crisis in the Middle East continues to grow and is .ominously extending to the entire area of the Near East. Israel continues its aggressive and expansionist policy, uses force daily, resorts to State terrorism, changes the situation in the territories occupied by force and prepares new measures of annexation. All this drives Israel's policy into ever deeper isolation. A grave responsibility falls upon the shoulders of those forces which identify themselves with the aggressive goals of Israel. The aggravation of the crisis in the Middle East not only complicates the situation in the Mediterranean, but also limits the scope of otherwise positive developments in Europe. Any expectations that external factors could control this crisis for a longer period of time are both illusory and in essence dangerous. 20.”

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8. “In making this decision the Government and peoples of Yugoslavia remain faithful to their traditional friendship with the freedom-loving people in Chile and deeply believe in the ultimate victory of the people of Chile over the forces which have trampled on their liberty and legitimate rights to independence, to sovereignty over their natural resources and to an independent road to social, economic and political development. 18. We are firmly convinced that the democratic and peace-loving forces in the world will not reconcile themselves to the attempts at collusion between international, imperialism and domestic reactionary forces in order to arrest the irreversible processes leading to the full political and economic independence of peoples and countries and their progress. 19.”

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9. “The military junta did not stop at violence against the legitimate representatives and the democratic forces of their own country. The military junta has created through terror a situation which renders impossible the normal functioning of many foreign diplomatic missions, including the embassy of my own country. 17. In view of all of the foregoing, my Government has today decided that diplomatic relations between the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Government of the military junta in Chile shall be broken off.”

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10. “In Chile a confrontation is taking place between an anti-neo-colonialist revolutionary — which is with increased vigour spreading over the entire region -and the imperialist forces and interests. This conflict is fraught with many dangers for other countries and for international relations in general. Consequently, the negative effects of this crisis extend far beyond the boundaries of Chile. 15. My country deeply grieves at the tragic death of President Salvador Allende, who fell in the struggle for the social progress of Chile in independence and democracy and to whom all those who fight for the emancipation of nations and man are indebted. Brutal mass persecutions and terror against the democratic forces of Chile are arousing the greatest indignation among the peoples and the Government of Yugoslavia. 16.”

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11. “The peoples of the Middle East, Indo-China, Africa, and Latin America are forced to continue to fight for their freedom, independence, and political and economic emancipation. 13. The events in Chile strikingly demonstrate that the forces of international imperialism and reaction even in the present conditions do not hesitate to resort to any methods or means in order to obstruct the struggle of peoples for freedom from foreign domination and exploitation. Those events serve as yet another warning to the independent countries, and especially to the non-aligned countries, which have sufficient cause to be disturbed and to worry and to ask themselves; "Who is next? Where will the next blow fall? " 14. What is happening in Chile also demonstrates the danger that even in conditions of detente new hotbeds of tension may break out.”

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12. “It is with profound concern, however, that we note that the practice of interference in the internal affairs of sovereign States, of political and economic pressures and of blockades is continuing. Moreover, there is no hesitation even in resorting to open armed intervention for the purpose of obstructing the liberation of peoples from imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism and all other forms of domination and exploitation. The relaxation of tensions has not favourably affected the international economic position of the developing countries: their position is deteriorating further. The changing of the prevailing system of the inequitable economic relations in the world represents one of the central political issues of peace and security upon which many fundamental antagonisms of the contemporary world are increasingly centering. 12.”

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13. “This emphasizes even further the need for a genuine contribution on the part of the participants in the Conference to the solution of key world issues and especially to the completion of the process of decolonization and the development of the less developed countries. Peace and security are indivisible — either they will be universal or else they will be enjoyed by no one. 10. More than 10 years ago, at a most critical stage, the non-aligned countries-among them my own-urged upon the great Powers the need to start negotiating with a view to removing the dangers of a general conflict. Through their stands and actions they have, together with other progressive and peace-loving forces, contributed to checking bloc policies and to the initiation of the positive processes of relaxation of tensions and negotiation. 11.”

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14. “Conditions have been created which will make it possible, in the second and third phases of that Conference through persistent and cautious efforts, to achieve further progress in the direction of removing bloc divisions and evolving a security system based upon equal co-operation among the sovereign and independent States of Europe and North America. We believe that the improvement of relations must not be limited to the participants in the Conference, which, with few exceptions, in fact represent the entire developed world. The desired stability and durability of relations will depend upon the extent to which they evolve as an integral part of general security and co-operation in the world, and in close connexion with the situation in the Mediterranean and the Middle East in particular.”

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15. “This means that they are assuming their share of responsibility and obligations." 8. In the course of the last few years events have taken place marking the transition from the cold war to the relaxation of tensions, to negotiation and agreements. This process is marked by the summit talks between the United States and the Soviet Union and between, the United States and the People's Republic of China, by the Paris agreements on Viet-Nam, the treaties recognizing the consequences of the Second World War, and other events. These developments have reduced the immediate danger of a general nuclear war and of a direct confrontation of blocs and they affirm the validity of the principles of active peaceful coexistence. 9. This was also evident in the preparations for and the first phase of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe.”

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16. “The non-aligned countries-whose number has increased almost fourfold since their first summit conference 12 years ago-constitute a real force, without whose participation it is not possible to settle major problems affecting mankind. Any attempts to bypass the non-aligned countries when dealing with international problems of vital interest to all inevitably tend to aggravate existing conflicts and to sow the seeds of new ones. 7. I should like at this point to quote the following words from the statement President Tito made at the Algiers Conference: "The non-aligned countries are not asking anyone to grant them the right to participate on an equal footing in the solution of world problems. They have won this right and are firmly resolved to exercise it through unity and co-ordinated action.”

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17. “Rather than shunning the concerted action of the non-aligned countries, the true approach to the solution of world problems lies only in common efforts and the equal co-operation of all the international factors. 5. As a follow-up to their previous gatherings at Belgrade, Cairo, Lusaka and Georgetown, the non-aligned countries assembled at Algiers decided that world developments have confirmed the value and the vitality of the principles, purposes and practice of the policy of non-alignment. They examined in depth the present highly significant moment in international relations, made decisions and took stands of their own regarding the most important issues and preoccupations facing the peoples and countries in the world and the United Nations. 6.”

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18. “Contrary to attempts at peremptory interpretations of their orientation, the resolve of the non-aligned countries to implement the decisions adopted at the Fourth Conference by intensifying their concerted activities constitutes, in fact, an integral part of their permanent determination to co-operate with all the international elements on an equal footing. The view that the non-aligned countries are aligning themselves into a bloc cannot but cause perplexity. The non-aligned countries remain consistent in their fundamental position of opposing the division of the world into blocs, into closed privileged political, military and economic groups.”

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19. “That Conference, which was attended by the highest-ranking representatives of about 100 countries and peoples, with a population of almost 2,000 million, expressed the determination by even greater reliance upon their own forces and strength, by further strengthening their mutual co-operation and by joint action to change the prevailing inequitable political and economic relations in the world and to seek, together with other countries, solutions to the pressing international issues. 4.”

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20. “This was especially reflected at the Fourth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non- Aligned Countries. 2. I should also like to pay a tribute to Mr. Stanislaw Trepczynski, the President of the twenty-seventh session of the Assembly, for having effectively and competently guided the deliberations of that session. 3. This year's session of the General Assembly of the United Nations is actually being held after one of the largest international gatherings ever held-the Fourth Conference of the" Heads of State or Government of Non- Aligned Countries.”

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21. “I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the current session of the General Assembly. I am confident that your acknowledged experience and dedication to the purposes and principles of the United Nations will be fully reflected in the successful discharge of your responsible duty. In your election we see an additional recognition of the important role which Latin America is playing in the work of the United Nations. The peoples of the Latin American continent are today making an evermore substantive contribution to the general struggle for progress. They see the road leading to the fulfilment of their aspirations in an increasingly closer co-operation and common activity with all those countries sharing the same ideals of freedom and independence.”

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