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first: 1960-09-24
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“The problem of the war in Algeria has been before us for five years now, but no progress towards a satisfactory solution has so far been made. The- people of Algeria, who are continuing to make great sacrifices for the attainment of their freedom — thus placing all peoples fighting for peace, independence and equality in their debt — claim their natural and legitimate right to self-determination. This right was recognized by France, in principle, last year. Subsequent negotiations have unfortunately revealed that the French side has not drawn the practical conclusions deriving from the recognition of the right to self-determination. For this reason the conditions for negotiations were, naturally, unacceptable to the representatives of Algeria.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“The Government of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia has repeatedly — including its request for the convening of the Security Council of 8 September 1960 — set forth its views on the problem as a whole and has striven for what it considered to be a correct solution. We hope that appropriate ways and means will be found, on the basis, among other things, of the resolution recently adopted by the General Assembly at Its emergency session [1474 (ES-IV)], to protect and promote the strivings of the people of the Congo to maintain the independence and unity of their country. At the same time, it is essential that measures of necessary economic and technical assistance to the Congo be continued. The Yugoslav delegation will, for its part, support all measures in keeping with these aims. 119.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“The intervention of the United Nations for the preservation of peace was to have secured for the Congo development along such lines as would have safeguarded its independence, its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and would have been in harmony with the interests of the people of the Congo and the rights of the lawful Government. It is our profound belief, however, that the assistance of the United Nations has not proved to be sufficiently effective, primarily because there have been serious omissions and shortcomings in carrying out the resolutions of the Security Council. 118.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“The recognition of the independence of the Congo was construed by these circles merely as a façade behind which economic exploitation could be continued and other forms of dependence maintained. When this policy met with the resistance of the legitimate Government of the Republic of the Congo, these circles resorted to various forms of more or less open interference, to the organizing of rebellion, to the secession of individual provinces, to the subversion of the Government, and so forth. Belgium, which had ruled the country and which persistently opposed a withdrawal of its troops, undoubtedly bears a particular responsibility for the adverse developments in the Congo. Part of the responsibility is shared by those who have supported or permitted such a course. 117.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Although it is a fact that the newly liberated countries encounter numerous difficulties in their development, it is also a fact that these difficulties stem primarily from a long period of colonial rule and that a continuation of colonial relationships could only multiply and increase them. 115. In this connexion, I feel I have to dwell in particular on the situation concerning the Republic of the Congo. The Congo has been the scene of the most typical manifestations of a negative colonial policy, of interference from without for the purpose of safeguarding the narrow interests of those forces and circles which cannot reconcile themselves to the loss of their privileged positions and interests. 116.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“These cold war conflicts also threaten on their part to spread to areas which had been or still are under colonial domination, and to transform the newly Independent countries into new hotbeds of strife and war dangers. 114. As an excuse for such outside interference, the alleged incapacity and immaturity of the newly liberated countries and their lack of economic development have been invoked, particularly of late. It cannot, however, possibly be a mere coincidence that, as a rule, the countries that had until recently not been free are also the least developed ones.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Such efforts, doomed as they are by history, and futile in the final analysis, give rise to or aggravate conflicts and crises, such as the persistent continuation of the war in Algeria, the events in South Africa, the recent developments in the Congo, and, in a different context, the tension in Laos, or the situation relating to Cuba, where the people, under the leadership of their revolutionary Government, won their freedom of which they had been deprived for so long, and are now exerting efforts to strengthen their independence on the basis of full equality. All these conflicts shake an already unstable world peace, the more so as they show an almost unavoidable tendency to become entangled with East-West antagonisms.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Many colonial Powers and highly developed countries are unwilling to reconcile themselves to the ineluctable historical trends in Africa and in other underdeveloped areas. They seek to block these processes in various larger or smaller areas, on the strength of their acquired positions and of their material and other advantages, or to alter their course by various political, economic and military means.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“The process of the national, economic, political and cultural emancipation of former colonies is a historical necessity. The liquidation of the obsolete economic, social and national relationships that constitute the essence of colonialism in its various forms makes it possible for numerous new States to emerge as constructive members of, and active factors in, the international community. These processes should not, therefore, be impeded; they should, rather, be approached in a constructive manner and the emergence of newly independent nations should be encouraged, since the ending of various forms of colonial relationships in the modern world is part of the efforts of the whole of mankind to achieve universal peace and progress. 113. Unfortunately, these processes are still meeting with a lack of understanding and with resistance.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Yet we must not forget that outside this hall there are hundreds of millions of people willing to support any constructive action on our part and, through the power of their will and of their numbers, to make it into a new step forward towards peace and a better life for all nations, for the people of ail continents. 111. Although the disarmament problem is the greatest among all the problems awaiting solution, I should nevertheless like first to turn my attention to the most acute colonial problem. This is particularly justified in view of the powerful upsurge of national liberation movements in Africa and elsewhere, and, more especially, of recent events in the Congo, which do not concern that country alone, but also Africa as a whole and the further development of independent African peoples. 112.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“The unsolved problems of the colonial world and the problem of the attainment of genuine independence and economic progress by new and under-developed States also hamper the creation of the necessary international atmosphere for the initiation of disarmament and for co-operation in the spirit of peaceful coexistence. 110. The level of development reached by mankind and the crucial problems that have accompanied it increase our responsibility, but, at the same time, they augment our capabilities of impelling the course of history in a positive direction. It has been said frequently that the eyes of the world are turned towards this Assembly hall.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Regardless of frequently differing views on this or that specific problem, or of a different appraisal of various situations and events, we can, all of us together, or at least a great majority of us, direct our efforts more energetically and more effectively towards a solution of the fundamental questions of our time. 108. In the first place, we should not allow mistrust and tension to render impossible a constructive solution of the major issues upon which world peace depends. Foremost among these issues is the problem of disarmament, which has, in our era of technological progress, assumed an exceptionally serious significance. 109. However, amidst the conditions of a revival of the cold war, it is not the arms race alone which impedes the settlement of other fundamental issues.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Such tendencies can, however, only do harm to the genuine interests of the German people and increase tension and uncertainty in the world. On the other hand, those who foster or facilitate such tendencies for the purpose of advancing their narrowly conceived interests assume a heavy responsibility. 106. In this same period, owing to the policies pursued toward dependent and newly independent countries by the colonial Powers, as well as by other Powers that support this policy for various reasons, the war in Algeria continues endlessly and conflicts and crises arise, as in the case of the Congo, of Cuba, Laos and West Irian, and seriously imperil world peace. 107. As Members of the United Nations, we cannot reconcile ourselves to such a state of affairs.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“104, These alarming trends have now also found expression in the recent demand to equip the Bundeswehr with nuclear weapons, a demand which reveals the full gravity of the present international Situation and would, if granted, diminish to a decisive degree the prospects of peace in Europe and in the world. 105. Although our people have, in the recent past, suffered severely at the hands of German militarism and fascism, we harbour no feelings of hatred towards the German people. We are, however, deeply concerned by the revival of militarism in the Federal Republic of Germany. I feel I have, in this connexion, to draw your particular attention to the mounting influence of military circles and to the revival of tendencies in West Germany that ominously recall the past.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“In contrast to last year's session, which took place in the atmosphere of Camp David, an atmosphere of East-West negotiations, this year we are meeting in the shadow of the failure of the Summit Conference, of the breaking-off of the Geneva disarmament talks, and of the continual postponements in achieving the essential agreement on the banning of nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons tests; in short, the tendency to increase tensions in East-West relations is growing and there is a revival of the cold war. These dangerous trends in the development of East-West relations are, on their part, creating an atmosphere of increasing mutual distrust.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“There is a growing disparity between the brilliant successes achieved in the endeavour to harness the laws of nature to the service of man and the deplorable conditions in which the majority of mankind lives, a mankind which still has to struggle for the elementary right to an existence worthy of man. Not only those peoples that still have to fight for their independence, often at the cost of heavy sacrifices in human lives, but also those who have already acceded to statehood still find themselves in practice in a position of inequality as against the highly developed countries. 102. The hopes of a more substantial and lasting easing of international tensions, that were aroused a year ago, unfortunately, have failed to materialize, 103.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“In the course of these fifteen years we have, on the one hand, witnessed the unprecedentedly rapid and successful advance in the field of natural sciences and technology, and, on the other, the increasingly vigorous, broad and active appearance on the stage of world history of the most numerous part of mankind that had hitherto been prevented from participating, on a footing of equality, in the shaping of its own destiny. However highly we may evaluate the positive contributions of the United Nations so far, we should not be blind to the fact that, under the stress of the political conflicts and dissensions of the post-war period, which were reflected within the Organization, the latter has not been able to keep wholly abreast of the march of contemporary history. 101.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“It would, however, we feel, be a major success if the view prevailed at this session that everything should be done to prevent a further deterioration of the international situation and an aggravation of the cold war atmosphere, that it is essential to secure such a composition and such activities of the United Nations bodies as to ensure the performance of their functions in the most effective manner under the control of the Organization. This has prompted us to work actively in favour of the idea that Heads of States and of Governments should attend this session personally in order not only to consolidate but to enhance still further the prestige attained by the United Nations. 100. The responsibility of us all is far greater than could have been visualized fifteen years ago when the United Nations came into being.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Of course, we have not come here to pour more oil upon the fire or to side with any of the extreme attitudes that may reflect present tense international relations. We have come with a desire, above all, to contribute as much as possible to the easing of world tensions and to express our belief that the eleventh hour has struck to embark upon a new constructive course in international relations, upon a course of peaceful solutions of outstanding issues, a course of consolidation and of international co-operation based upon equality, as well as upon peaceful, active coexistence. 99. We do not delude ourselves that any final solution can be found here and now in the United Nations to the major issues that constitute a permanent threat to world peace.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“The world had placed considerable expectations in the Summit Conference in Paris, and the failure of that Conference caused profound disappointment, particularly in view of what had preceded its failure and had been one of the main causes of that failure. This has confirmed the conviction of peace-loving peoples that the fate of the world should not be left to the decisions of only a few States, no matter how big, but as the issues involved are of interest to all, they should be decided jointly by countries large and small, and primarily through the United Nations and under its auspices, because it was precisely for this purpose that the international Organization was established. That is why we attach such importance to this fifteenth session of the General Assembly, 98.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“I Shall not attempt to describe here the course of events, but shall merely say what has already been said so many times, that the main reason why none of the major international questions has been solved is to be sought precisely in the fact that a wrong course was embarked upon from the very outset, a course which consisted in seeking to settle outstanding international issues from positions of strength, and one which is still persistently favoured by certain influential circles. 96. What results has such a course brought to the world? It has led to a growing accumulation of new problems which are straining more and more an already tense international atmosphere. 97.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“There is little difficulty, we believe, in tracing the causes of the present situation, a situation which, unless the utmost efforts are made within this international Organization and already at the present session, might lead the world into a new catastrophe greater than any it has known in the past. 95. Fifteen years have elapsed since the end of the Second World War; and no solutions have as yet been found to any of the major issues it left in its wake.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“In our opinion, the world has perhaps never at any time since the end of the war gone through such a period of uncertainty as it is going through today. It is for this very reason that we should all see to it that the activities of our Organization and the manner in which they are carried out should always be in keeping with the spirit and the principles of the Charter and the fundamental rights and sovereignty of each Member State and of non-members as well. Otherwise, such activities would not serve their purpose and might well impair considerably the standing of the United Nations and the trust place I in the Organization. 94.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“We hope that the United Nations will achieve real and complete universality in the near future through the attainment of independence by all the peoples now under colonial rule, as well as through the recognition of the right of the People’s Republic of China to be represented in the United Nations. 93. The fifteenth session of the General Assembly acquires special significance for more than one reason: above all because this Assembly is confronted with highly important and difficult tasks, and because it is taking place in an international atmosphere which causes grave concern, in an atmosphere marked by a revival of the “cold war”and by complete uncertainty as to where all this may lead in the future.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“This increase in membership is of particular significance as it has, in a positive sense, made the structure of United Nations membership more complete; the basic aspirations of the new Members of our Organization are undoubtedly directed towards the consolidation of the independence they have achieved, towards a more rapid internal development, towards a status of equality in the community of nations, and towards a contribution of their own to the preservation of peace and to the stabilization of the world situation,, Such aspirations are fully in accord with the spirit and letter of the Charter of the United Nations. 92.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“I also wish to express, on behalf of the Yugoslav delegation and in my own name, our satisfaction that the fifteenth session of the General Assembly is being attended by a large number of representatives of new Members of the United Nations, particularly of the African countries that have only recently attained their independence.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)
“Mr. President, on behalf of the Yugoslav delegation and in my own name, I wish to congratulate you on your election to the high and responsible function of President of this important session of the General Assembly. 90. May I be allowed to express my gratification at having the opportunity to attend the fifteenth session of the General Assembly here at United Nations Headquarters. The peoples and the Government of Yugoslavia have always attached an exceptional significance to the United Nations as the broadest and most important international organization, whose basic objectives, particularly the maintenance of peace and security in the world, embody the fundamental aspirations and needs of the international community. 91.”
1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)