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first: 1969-09-24
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“How often has it been pointed out in vain that the arms race not only is fraught with unforeseeable consequences for peace and security but is absorbing greater and greater material, financial and industrial potentials at a time when millions of people in the developing countries lack the most essential conditions for existence. 104. Without minimizing the complexity of the disarmament problem, we should like to express our conviction that it is precisely the great Powers, the ones possessing the greatest stocks of modern weapons, which bear the chief responsibility for past failures to halt the arms race and to resolve the disarmament problems. The last session of the General Assembly provided a vital impulse for action in this field. However, what has been done so far is far from sufficient.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“Inherent in every conflict in this world which has become so interdependent, is the danger that such conflict may be transformed into one of major proportions. Therefore we expect the current session of the General Assembly to chart the main course for long term activities in strengthening international security and safeguarding peace, as these tasks deserve the highest priority. People seek a sound peace and not a deceptive truce. The first vital step in that direction is the curbing of the arms race and the initiation of the disarmament process.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“In the opinion of the Yugoslav delegation the world Organization is faced with a pressing need to take energetic and resolute measures for the eradication of colonialism. The entire world, and above all Africa, knows that this is a question not of a lack of power but of a lack of will to act. The world community should muster courage and resources to erase this blot from our century. 102. The point of departure and the foundation of international security is the development of such relations in the world as will ensure the full independence, the equal rights and sovereignty of all countries. The timely resistance of the international community to all possible threats and recourse to force in settling disputes constitutes another significant component of international security. 103.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“Cambodia has become a theater of war devastation as a consequence of military intervention by primarily nonAsian Powers in that formerly independent and nonaligned country. It has been proved that the so-called VietNamization is leading to an expansion, and not a reduction, of the war. The events have confirmed the viewpoint which we, like many others, have expressed on a number of occasions, namely, that peace in SouthEast Asia can be secured only if the right of the peoples of VietNam and Laos, and now also of Cambodia, to independence and sovereign determination of their own future, without external interference or meddling, is finally recognized and respected. 101. Colonial and racist oppression in the southern part of Africa is assuming more and more alarming proportions.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“We must admit that, regardless of the immediate causes, the recent bloodshed in Jordan also falls within the context of broader consequences of the expansionist policy of Israel in this area, a component part of which is also the failure to recognize, over a number of years, the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. Our concern at the deterioration of the situation in the Middle East is even greater as the growing crisis is extending the area of tension to the entire Mediterranean, and even to a large part of Europe and is adversely affecting overall international relations. 100. The situation in VietNam and in SouthEast Asia as a whole is now considerably graver than it was last year.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“The present detente in Europe will prove to be deceptive unless it becomes part of a general relaxation in the world. Regrettably, in many other areas of the world, dangerous crises, military conflicts and aggressions continue to persist. 99. In spite of the decision of the Security Council and ever wider dissatisfaction of the international community, Israel continues to occupy vast territories of Arab countries. The most recent developments in the Middle East serve as sufficient evidence that Israel has actually not changed its policy. It would be very dangerous to ignore this fact and to fail to realize that the eleventh hour has struck for taking steps while there is still time for a peaceful solution on the basis of the Security Council resolution.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“We are convinced that conditions are continually being created for intensified efforts by all European countries in the sense of a further easement of tensions, promotion of all-round cooperation, overcoming of the existing division and establishment of equitable and secure conditions in Europe, in conformity with the principles of the United Nations Charter. The proposed European conference, as a broad and democratic gathering of all European and other interested States, could then play a useful role. Such contacts, reasserting the independence of all countries and their full equality, could also stimulate the development of new and lasting forms of multilateral cooperation in Europe, even of new institutional forms of European security founded upon the Charter and organically linked, in a specific manner, to the United Nations. 98.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“The favorable evolution, which of late has been evidenced in Europe, has yielded some concrete results, as can be seen from the recently concluded treaty on the renunciation of force between the Soviet Union and the Federal Republic of Germany. We attach, of course, the greatest importance to these positive trends, not only because we ourselves are a European country, but also because of the undeniable influence of such agreements upon broader developments in the international community. 97.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“For this reason the era of negotiation as we term the times in which we live will fulfill our expectations only if, at the same time, it turns out to be an era of consolidation of universal peace, security, independence, sovereignty and wider possibilities for unimpeded internal development. 95. A genuine and durable peace and general security can only be built in conditions of the strict and universal application of the principles of the United Nations Charter. No country can be absolved, under any circumstances or for any reasons or motives, from respect for and implementation of these principles in international relations. This is precisely what the founders of this world Organization had in mind when they adopted the Charter of the United Nations twenty-five years ago. 96.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“Should such a state of affairs remain unchanged and should the status quo based on bloc positions be legalized, then it would be illusory to "speak of a lasting peace, of security for all, of independence, sovereignty and equitable cooperation among States. 93. The process of examining some problems of general interest for the world community has been initiated, but participation in their solution is restricted to a very small number of countries. Attempts to preserve such a state of affairs and to reserve for the superPowers and the blocs headed by them the right to take decisions about the fate of peace and security and on other vital problems which affect the whole world are a matter of concern. 94.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“The reassertion of the principles of the Charter and the strengthening of the United Nations constitute, at the same time, a demand for further and speedier democratization of international relations." 91. The organic link between the aims of the non aligned countries and the efforts of the United Nations has become closer and more obvious than ever before. 92. In the present day world, divided into military, economic and political blocs, the policy of force, imperialism and foreign domination definitely obstructs free international cooperation and greatly limits the place and role of a considerable number of countries.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“This imposing gathering of the leaders of countries representing more than half of the Member States of the United Nations not only shed light upon the pressing issues confronting mankind, but adopted, very specific conclusions as to what should be done to secure a better tomorrow, to strengthen world peace and security and to establish democratic relations among peoples. This, we hope, will have a direct impact upon the further activity of the United Nations. In this connexion, the Head of the Yugoslav delegation, President Tito, said, inter alia'. "The twenty-fifth anniversary session of the General Assembly and our gathering in Lusaka have their logical link both in terms of time and substance. These two events constitute for us, the nonaligned countries, a whole; they reflect it. can be said the same historical concept.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“How can we ensure progress in the solution of the most pressing international issues in the United Nations if the People's Republic of China and other States which are still outside our Organization do not take part in their settlement? If the United Nations wishes to represent the whole world in pursuance of its Charter, then the whole world should be in the United Nations. 90. Yugoslavia had the honor to be one of the 63 participants at the recently held Third Conference of Heads of State or Government of NonAligned Countries in Lusaka. This, the largest gathering of Heads of State or Government ever held outside the United Nations, clearly reflected a high degree of awareness of the common interests of the nonaligned countries as well as of aspirations that are identical with those of a much larger number of States.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“The United Nations could see to it that such a role of the young people becomes an integral part of its own objectives, and efforts. 89. Finally, I wish to stress that the effective role of the United Nations is inconceivable without the Organization's total universality. It has become utterly absurd to attempt further to deny the right of the People's Republic of China, a right to which it is entitled under the Charter, to take its place among the Member States of the United Nations and thus facilitate its active participation in the work of this international Organization. It is good to see an increasing number of countries supporting this request.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“Of symbolic significance is the fact that under the auspices of this high Organization the first youth assembly was held, at which representatives of the youth of all continents were able to present their views on the world and to express their hopes and expectations with regard to the United Nations. Young people throughout the world are not slaves to prejudices inherited by us from earlier times and events. Their refusal to reconcile themselves with the state of the world as it is and with the existing situation in society is becoming an ever more significant factor whose political and moral significance should not be underestimated. The world of youth is the world of tomorrow. The greater togetherness and understanding among youth is becoming a decisive factor of rapprochement and understanding among men and peoples.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“It reflects all that is negative and all that is positive in the overall development of the international situation. I presume that we all wish the United Nations to become something more than this. 87. The world with which we are dissatisfied cannot be improved overnight, but it can be destroyed overnight. For this reason the United Nations should be the tireless initiator and champion of a sweeping undertaking aimed at developing new relations which will ensure genuine security and full equality among all States and peoples in the world. The United Nations must become an Organization which will serve all and which will not be arbitrarily dominated by anyone. 88.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“All of the foregoing facts in no way overshadow the truth that the United Nations, acting in such contradictory circumstances, has none the less remained an irreplaceable factor of unification and rapprochement of peoples and countries differing in size and economic power and having diverse social and political systems. Neither we nor this Organization can deny the fact that in the realization of the basic objectives enshrined in the Charter as priority aims the prevention of war and safeguarding of peace and security and the promotion of the free and independent development of all peoples the United Nations has encountered almost insurmountable obstacles and that its role has remained limited. 86. The United Nations is but a mirror of the situation prevailing in international relations.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“The rights and dignity of man are being mercilessly violated by social injustice, racial discrimination and religious and national prejudices. 84. For all these reasons, we are faced with the following question: shall the inadequacies of the present day world be a source of apathy and despair or a motive force for more radical undertakings and more resolute action by our Organization? We firmly believe that the unacceptable realities of our times should not be preserved for the sake of so-called political realism which advocates helplessness and immobility. 85.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“The world has changed much although it has not changed for the better. The peace that we now have is neither a lasting peace nor a peace for all. There are countries and peoples that not only are dying in war this very day, but also have never even known peace. The growth of science and the upsurge of technology have failed to improve the lot of the majority of mankind; they have even failed to upgrade the standards of living of the broader sections of the population even in countries where their impact has been the greatest. The lofty principles of the Charter freedom, independence, sovereignty of peoples and States are frequently and wantonly subjected to the interests of the bigger and the stronger.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“81. Mr. President, I should like to address my first words to you in your capacity of representative of Norway, a country with which Yugoslavia maintains extremely friendly relations dating back to the difficult hours of the Second World War, and I wish to congratulate you most warmly, on behalf of the Yugoslav delegation, on your election as President of this anniversary session of the General Assembly. We see in this a tribute not only to your country but also to your undeniable personal qualities. 82. Yugoslavia, as one of the founders of the United Nations, signed the Charter two and a half decades ago with a firm belief in the purposes and principles of the Charter and a resolve to strive consistently towards their realization. 83. The image of the world has been significantly altered during the past twenty-five years.”
1970-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 25 (1970)
“Need I say that I have chosen to quote the first lines of the Charter on the eve of our twenty-fifth anniversary in order to point out, not all that we have failed to achieve but how much we still have to accomplish.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“The Yugoslav Government is ready to take a very active part in those efforts. 133. The crucial questions of our time—peace or war, enslavement or independence, backwardness or development —are problems not only of governments and States but of all mankind. 134. May I remind you that 20 years ago, in the first lines of the Charter of this Organization—the most famed of all world organizations-we undertook “to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom”, and reaffirmed our “faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small“. 135.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“In our opinion it will be essential, at the present session and in the period preceding the anniversary session, to settle at least some of the more urgent questions that this Organization has been discussing for so many years. I have in mind first of all the drafting of a declaration on the principles governing friendly relations between States, the formulation of an international development strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade, and the preparation of a programme of action for the abolition of colonialism. This would be a way of giving our twenty-fifth anniversary its proper significance. In addition to the problem of disarmament, which remains as important and urgent as it is complex, the problems I have just mentioned could be the targets for our concerted action during the anniversary period.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“Ten years ago we adopted the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, thereby making an essential contribution to the important process of decolonization which succeeded it. Could we not now act decisively to remove colonialism from the face of the earth without delay, seeing that so few support and so very many condemn it? 132. Next year the United Nations will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of its foundation. That anniversary could well be marked by increased endeavours to reaffirm the principles of the Charter and to strengthen the action of the United Nations in the present-day world.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“The remaining strongholds of colonialism and racism, particularly in southern Africa, are also tending to consolidate and perpetuate themselves, thus threatening not only the colonial peoples but also the independence and territorial integrity of many African countries. I agree with those who have repeatedly insisted that the eradication of colonialism does not concern only the peoples suffering under the colonial yoke, but is a duty of the whole international community. Southern Rhodesia, Angola, Mozambique, so called Portuguese Guinea and Namibia cannot be decolonized without decisive action by our Organization and a change in the attitude of those countries that maintain close political and economic relations with the colonial régimes.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“I shall not be saying anything new if I repeat that the enormous expenditure on armaments is retarding economic and social progress throughout the world and greatly diminishing the prospects for the economic development of the developing countries. Similarly, I am not revealing an unknown truth in pointing out that, in existing international economic relations, the new technological expansion of the developed countries has not yet made it possible to reduce economic and social differences in the world. The reason is, regrettably, that the most developed section of the international community is unwilling to contribute towards the solution of this problem, which threatens to become one of the most serious contradictions of our times. 131. The process of abolishing colonialism has come almost to a standstill.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“In the opinion of my delegation the General Assembly should assign specific tasks to the Committee on Disarmament. We believe that the Committee could direct most of its activity towards the complete prohibition of underground nuclear tests for military purposes, the demilitarization of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and the prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons. Yugoslavia fully supports the draft agreement on the prohibition of underground nuclear-weapon tests submitted by Sweden to the Committee on Disarmament; for it is firmly convinced that the acceptance of that treaty would greatly encourage all other efforts towards disarmament. We also stress the need for a moratorium on the deployment of missile systems and the production of new weapons of mass destruction, as a specific measure to slow the arms race. 130.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“At the current session the General Assembly has once gain before it a long list of unsolved problems, the most important being undoubtedly disarmament and collective security. Without denying that in this area too the great Powers have special responsibilities and obligations, I would nevertheless emphasize that the entire international community ought to be involved in the search for a solution to this vital question. A system of collective security would be meaningless unless it contained truly effective guarantees against attack and aggression in every form, and unless it not only prohibited the production and utilization of nuclear weapons but also required reduction of conventional armaments, with which thousands of people throughout the world are killed every day in “local” wars. 129.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“It has, however, failed to exercise any decisive influence towards resolution of the most acute international crises or lasting stabilization of international relations. A few of the larger and stronger States mean to subordinate it to their own concerns and conflicts. This greatly restricts the contribution of most of the other Member States, which could otherwise be more substantial and fruitful. 127. One of the frequently-cited weaknesses of our Organization is its lack of universality. The absence of the People’s Republic of China from the United Nations increasingly hampers the settlement of major international problems and conflicts in which China, simply because of its importance and influence, is becoming more and more involved. 128.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“The non-aligned countries are net directed merely towards each other. They are turned towards the entire world and exert an ever-growing moral and political force in the struggle for a world based on equality of rights, independence and accelerated development, and, by the same token, for a world of peace. 125. Yugoslavia, for its part, as one of the participants in the Consultative Meeting of the 51 non-aligned countries held last July in Belgrade, wishes to point out that at that meeting also the non-aligned countries emphasized that their objectives were directly linked to the principles and work of the United Nations. 126. No one can deny that during the period that has expired the United Nations has acted to promote peace and encourage international co-operation.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“123. I should like particularly to draw attention to the increased role of the policy of non-alignment in international relations. No one could regard this policy today as an undefined political attitude amounting to passive neutralism, or as a tactic against bloc alignments. The continuing increase in the number of countries adopting the policy of non-alignment confirms the growing need to lay down new foundations for international co-operation, and proves that the division of the world into blocs has no future. The policy of non-alignment has far transcended the limits of mere pronouncements against bloc policies. It has become a positive political idea and act aimed at universal application of the principles of active peaceful coexistence among and of their similarities or differences. 124.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“Therefore the development of European co-operation based on respect for independence and sovereignty, and the strengthening of European security on those foundations, would be an effective contribution to settlement of the problems of co-operation and security in other parts of the world also. 122. In view of the enormous economic, scientific and technological potential of the European continent, the removal of obstacles to a more extensive development of European co-operation would in our opinion enable Europe to work even more effectively for the political and economic progress of other regions of the world, primarily the less developed. It gives me great pleasure to point out that the most recent initiatives of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe are being directed towards that end and therefore merit our full support.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“The situation in Europe is not yet stable, although there are signs of growing readiness to solve the outstanding problems of that continent by co-operation and negotiation. The most recent steps taken and proposals made by some European countries will, we hope, create a more favourable climate for resumption of the process of furthering general European co-operation, the only course conducive to security. It is common knowledge that bloc divisions are the most pronounced in Europe, where bloc policy has been most negative in both the distant and the recent past.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“By supporting—while this is still possible—every action aimed at a political solution, my delegation will insist categorically on the need to enforce the Security Council’s resolution of 1967. 120. The cessation of the bombing of North Viet-Nam, the beginning of the talks in Paris and the withdrawal of the first contingents from South Viet-Nam raised hope that the sufferings of the Viet-Namese people might be nearing an end. However, the decisive turning-point towards peace in Viet-Nam has evidently not yet been reached. Obviously there are still illusions that the prolongation of the war will make it possible to impose solutions that favour certain narrow interests, though certainly not the interests of the people of South Viet-Nam. Such mistaken thinking is the main reason for the failure of the Paris negotiations so far. 121.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“We are seriously disturbed by the persistent deterioration of the situation in the Middle East, which is still made explosive by the intransigence of Israel. I do not feel that I am over dramatizing the situation if I point out that the conflict in this area could easily escape the control of the Great Powers and the United Nations unless energetic and effective steps are taken urgently. Israel has not even now accepted Security Council resolution 242 (1967), has not ceased to insist upon the annexation of occupied Arab territories, and continues to treat the Palestinian population with extreme severity. Should the United Nations fail to prevent the aggressor from keeping the territories it has acquired by force, there is a serious danger that in the future our Organization will be even less capable of taking any action in a similar case.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“Does all this not indicate that the search for new grounds of international co-operation between all countries and peoples of east and west, north and south, between developed and developing, large and small countries, is an imperative need engendered by the times in which we live. 117. In the prevailing circumstances major world problems obviously cannot be solved without the participation of the Great Powers. It is, however, equally true that lasting solutions can only be based on the active and equal participation of all countries and States, and on application of the principles of active and peaceful coexistence, irrespective of social systems and bloc membership. 118. My delegation notes with regret that efforts to solve most of the acute international issues have come to a dead stop. 119.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“Today disagreements and conflicts among countries with similar systems, and co-operation and friendship among countries with different systems, are so many arguments invalidating the numerous political dogmas upon which anti-communism, iron curtains and unconditional bloc disciplines have thriven for so many years. My country, which out of its deepest conviction opted for socialism, is successfully co-operating on all continents with many countries having different social and political systems. Where no positive result could be attained in this direction, the reasons were entirely different. 116.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“The political philosophy of non-alignment first took shape in an active endeavour to lay a new groundwork for international co-operation. Today it is no longer sufficient to answer the question how to avoid war—paramount though that question remains. Today it is essential to know how to achieve peace that will guarantee equality of rights, economic progress and human freedom. 115. Peace is not endangered by differences in social systems. Experience has refuted the theory that countries with identical systems are natural allies while those with different systems are natural adversaries.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“It is precisely for that reason that we are endeavouring to establish such international co-operation as will reduce the grounds for the predominance of military and political blocs and their antagonisms. 113. Opposition between strictly-delineated military and political alliances, which has for years been identified with opposition between different social and political systems, is only one of the manifestations of those deeper divisions which cannot be disguised for any length of time by traditional political doctrines and deep-rooted ideological prejudices. 114. I do not think I am mistaken when I say that the emergence of the policy of non-alignment and its growing prestige are not the only evidence of the crisis created by the division of the world into blocs.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“The increase in the number of newly liberated countries and their ever more obvious readiness to participate in world affairs have not made international relations more democratic, or given the small and medium countries an effective influence on the agreements or disputes between the great and strong. 112. World stability is inconceivable without valid answers to these questions that have been for so long posed to us by humanity itself, by a humanity less and less willing to reconcile itself to a passive acceptance of incomplete or false answers. The division into blocs is not, of course, the only source of all the evils in this imperfect world, but neither does it provide the best formula for removing them. We are aware that existing blocs cannot simply be abolished nor the emergence of new blocs prevented.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“We are still, however, far from the day when fear and uncertainty will have been banished and the whole world will no longer live in danger of being speedily and irrevocably engulfed in the flames of war which are already devastating certain parts of the world, or in some new conflagration. 108. The division of the world into blocs and antagonistic military and political alliances is not the only rift of our times. Behind the opposing blocs lie deeper and more lasting sources of division. 109. Claims for national freedom and independence have not discouraged policies of conquest, domination and interference in the domestic affairs of other countries. 110. Immense scientific and technological progress has not reduced the gap between wealth and poverty. On the contrary, this continues to widen. 111.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)
“106. Madam President, on behalf of the Yugoslav Government and delegation I am very happy to extend to you our warm and sincere congratulations on your election to the Presidency of the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly. I am delighted to note that it expresses our appreciation of Liberia and of Africa, whose constructive influence upon world developments and upon the promotion of international co-operation to secure equal rights is constantly growing. 107. The past year has not given the world any greater reason than its predecessors to feel tranquil and secure. It is true that no danger of general catastrophe hovers over every day as it did in the recent past.”
1969-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 24 (1969)