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first: 1981-09-24
most recent: 1983-09-24
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“Finally, I wish to reaffirm Zambia's faith in the United Nations. Although its conception was rooted in the past and its edifice erected subsequent to times of war, it remains the only appropriate international forum for finding solutions to major world problems today. It is, therefore, incumbent upon all of us as States Members of the Organization to reaffirm our continued commitment to the purposes and principles of the United Nations and to summon the necessary political will to make this institution work.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“118. It is against this background that we call upon all those countries that have leverage with South Africa, whether through economic, military or other ties, to come out boldly and unambiguously and use their influence to persuade South Africa to cease all acts of aggression and destabilization against its neighbours and, above all, to abandon the system of 119. We appeal to the international community to give all possible material and humanitarian assistance to the oppressed peoples of Africa who are victims of the regime. In addition, we call upon the international community to come to the aid of such countries as Lesotho, Mozambique and Angola, which are constantly subjected to economic and political blackmail and sabotage as well as military incursions by the regime of South Africa. 120.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We in Zambia are distressed by the somewhat ambivalent posture of some Members of this Organization who are friends and allies of South Africa. On the one hand they profess abhorrence of while on the other they pursue policies that are supportive of a regime whose policies are deeply rooted in that same diabolical system. Furthermore, when called upon to apply comprehensive sanctions against South Africa or to use other forms of the enormous leverage they undoubtedly have with that country to bring about desirable change by peaceful means, these countries continue to plead their preference for persuasion, but at the same time they disclaim effective power to persuade. The regime has in fact interpreted such a posture of its allies and friends as an endorsement and approval of its internal as well as its external policies and practices.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Maybe the South African regime regards such contacts and meetings as nothing more than tactical opportunities to hoodwink the world into believing that it is prepared to participate in the quest for peaceful and constructive change in southern Africa in general and in South Africa in particular, whereas what it seeks is to consolidate the present unacceptable situation. 116. South Africa's acts of aggression and destabilization of neighbouring States will not cow those States into submission. For its part, Zambia remains committed to the total eradication of apartheid and minority rule and to this end will continue to render support to the oppressed people of South Africa and the national liberation movement, the African National Congress of South Africa. 117.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“At the same time we have witnessed continuing and increasing aggressive activities being perpetrated by the South African regime and by bandits and dissident groups recruited, trained, financed and armed by it against other States in southern Africa, resulting in the destruction of human life and transport and economic infrastructures in these States. To this day, South African troops are illegally occupying part of Angola, while Mozambique and Lesotho, in particular, continue to be subjected to severe economic and military pressures by the South African regime. These are not the actions of a regime that wants to see peace and stability brought about quickly in our region or to see peaceful resolution of the problems we confront in it.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In response to that challenge, the racist regime has intensified its suppression in the vain hope that it will subdue the oppressed masses. However, there can be no turning the clock back in South Africa. Apartheid will certainly be dismantled; freedom and majority rule will certainly be secured in South Africa, however long it may take to achieve that. The question is thus really one of the method of achieving these goals, through violence and armed struggle, or through peaceful change. 115. In recent times there have been a number of contacts and meetings between representatives of some frontline States and those of the South African regime.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“When oppressed or colonized people struggle for justice, for their dignity, for their liberty and for their independence, they do so to uphold these values and to preserve them for mankind as a whole. This is precisely what the oppressed and colonized peoples of South Africa and Namibia are struggling for. It is against this background that we in Africa and in our region support the liberation struggles in South Africa and Namibia. 113. Under the prevailing circumstances, the oppressed people of South Africa have been left with no other alternative but to fight for their birthright, to regain their freedom, justice and human dignity. The recent spate of bombings in the land of apartheid is a living testimony to the determination of the oppressed people there to carry out the struggle to its logical conclusion. 114.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Those in power in South Africa are not struggling to attain these principles; they are deliberately and actively organizing South African society so as to destroy the hold of these principles on the minds of men. The abhorrent policy and practice of the dismemberment and bantustanization of South Africa, the current so-called constitutional reforms, South Africa's continued stranglehold on Namibia and the destabilization of neighbouring independent States are all geared towards this goal. 112. Justice, freedom, equality, human dignity, majority rule and national independence are values of life to be cherished; they are not mere political or philosophical concepts.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In these circumstances, it is incumbent upon all freedom-loving and justice-upholding countries and peoples to increase their material and other forms of support to SWAPO, the sole authentic representative of the Namibian people, so that & quick end to the conflict can be secured through all means. 111. With regard to South Africa, let me state what we all know: there is in that country an open and continued gross violation of the basic human and democratic principles of justice, freedom, equality, respect for the human person, and majority rule. This is not a matter of failure in the implementation of accepted human and democratic principles.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The introduction of the extraneous issue of linkage is also designed to turn the independence of Namibia into an East-West problem. Zambia insists that the question of Namibia should be seen in its proper perspective and must remain a purely decolonization matter. 109. It is the hope of my delegation that the Security Council will soon meet to take appropriate measures for the implementation of its resolution 435 (1978). The Council has a responsibility, indeed a duty, to take practical measures to ensure implementation of its own resolution without further delay. 110. It is evident that unless the implementation process begins immediately, the conflict in Namibia will escalate. The Namibian people will justifiably intensify their struggle for freedom and independence. Human life will continue to be lost, property to be destroyed.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“This position of South Africa, engineered by the United States of America, is responsible for the failure to implement Security Council resolution 435 (1978), despite the fact that virtually all relevant issues have been resolved. 108. I should like to reiterate Zambia's position that the claimed linkage being insisted upon is unquestionably illegal, irrational, irrelevant, diversionary and, therefore, totally unacceptable. The question of the presence of Cuban forces in Angola is a bilateral matter between the Governments of the two sovereign States, that is, Angola and Cuba. It has nothing to do with South Africa's withdrawal from Namibia. Zambia rejects any attempt to shift responsibility for the delay in resolving the Namibian issue on to Angola.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“All these problems have been brought about and are kept alive by the apartheid regime of South Africa. Thus, the apartheid regime of South Africa is the rogue in southern Africa. 106. The question of Namibia's independence continues to arouse grave anxiety and frustration. As we meet today, the independence of Namibia is as remote as ever. There does not seem to be any end to the blocks that are constantly being set up on the road to Namibia's independence. 107. We are meeting in the aftermath of the Secretary- General's recent visit to southern Africa and the submission of his report on the visit, dated 29 August 1983. It is clear from his report that South Africa continues to predicate Namibia's independence on the withdrawal of Cuban forces from Angola.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Zambia will continue to fully support the Palestinian people, under the leadership of the PLO, in their just struggle for the exercise of their inalienable rights and the establishment of a State of their own in Palestine. We shall also continue to demand immediate and unconditional Israeli withdrawal from all Arab territories occupied since 1967. 105. I now wish to deal with the situation in southern Africa, where we continue to confront three major problems whose impact on the region is of gigantic proportions and which pose a threat to international peace and security: namely, the liberation and genuine independence of Namibia; apartheid and minority rule in South Africa; and the destabilization of independent neighbouring States by South Africa.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Peace and security in the Middle East will remain elusive as long as Israel persists in its denial of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. As the General Assembly has repeatedly stated, and as was reaffirmed at the International Conference on the Question of Palestine, held at Geneva from 29 August to 7 September, the question of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people is at the core of the Middle East conflict. The solution to this problem lies in Israel's recognition of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and not in their liquidation. The international community should therefore guard against diversionary manoeuvres by Israel and its collaborators on this central issue. 104.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“To this end we urge all States to co-operate fully to ensure the convening of the long-delayed Conference on the Indian Ocean, now scheduled to take place in June 1984 at Colombo. 102. The Middle East remains one of the most volatile areas in the world. In spite of the efforts of the United Nations, no solution appears to be in sight. On the contrary, the situation in the area has worsened and assumed more and more alarming proportions, all because of the policies and practices of Israel. Last year, for instance, the international community witnessed the savage and revolting Israeli invasion of Lebanon, which wreaked havoc on innocent human life, as well as property. That invasion was aimed at the liquidation of the Palestinians. 103.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“With regard to Korea, I wish to reiterate Zambia's position of support for the Korean people's desire to reunify their country peacefully in conformity with the principles set forth in the joint South-North Communique of 4 July 1972.S We believe that the achievement of reunification would be greatly facilitated by the withdrawal of all foreign forces from South Korea. 101. Zambia deplores the increase in great-Power presence and rivalry in and around the Indian Ocean, which is contrary to the aims and objectives of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace. We firmly believe that meaningful progress should be made in giving effect to that Declaration.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We urge the two parties to put an immediate end to this fratricidal conflict. 99. The situations of conflict and tension in Afghanistan and Kampuchea continue to be of grave concern to my country. We believe that the problems of the two countries have arisen because of failure to respect the principles of non-interference and non-intervention in the affairs of States. We call for comprehensive political solutions to these problems which provide for the withdrawal of all foreign forces and ensure full respect for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the two countries. 100.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Until such a referendum is held, Zambia will continue to support the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic under the leadership of the POLISARIO Front. 97. The question of Cyprus continues to concern us in Zambia. For this reason we urge the continuation of intercommunal talks and the good offices of the Secretary-General aimed at resolving the problem. We reaffirm our support for the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-aligned status of the Republic of Cyprus and demand the withdrawal of foreign occupation forces from the island. 98. The conflict between Iran and Iraq continues on its ruthless and bloody path, with no end in sight. Its cost in terms of human and material resources is immense and its threat to international peace and security is a matter of great international concern.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“To this end, we applaud the initiative of the Contadora Group to bring about a negotiated settlement in the region. 95. The situation in Chad has taken a turn for the worse. We in Zambia are concerned about the internationalization of the conflict in that country. We call for an immediate end to all foreign intervention and interference in the internal affairs of Chad and for all concerned to co-operate with the Organization of African Unity in its efforts to find a just and lasting solution. 96. There is an urgent need to find a lasting solution to the problem of Western Sahara. The Saharan people should be enabled to determine their own destiny through a genuine referendum under the auspices of the OAU.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In the meantime, we could help ourselves, and each other, if we worked more actively to promote South-South trade— that is trade among third world countries." 92. The questions of peace and security, disarmament and international economic relations which I have addressed call urgently for solution. 93. I now wish to reiterate Zambia's position on a number of specific political issues which continue to trouble international relations and threaten world peace and security. 94. Zambia views with grave concern the prevailing tense situation in Central America, which is being aggravated by external interference in the internal affairs of the States in the region. This tension can be arrested only if all the States in the region can apply the maximum effort to resolve peacefully the issues involved.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Since the international policy measures have to be all-embracing, covering development, trade, industry, money and finance, transfer of technology and so on, it is fitting and proper that a consensus on all these issues be reached in a global forum; hence the urgent need to launch the global negotiations on international economic co-operation for development. 91. Disparities in the conditions of human existence cannot be redressed without of international action. However, as President Nyerere of the United Republic of Tanzania has said: "The problems of the third world will not wait until we have eventually managed to introduce big changes in the international economic institutions.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“It has been easier to agree upon the growing interdependence of the world economy than to face up to its implications; easier to acknowledge that the recession is world-wide than to accept world-wide solutions; easier to recognize a global crisis than to accommodate the need for global approaches to its solution." 90. It must be realized that economic recovery is not likely to be forthcoming if done piecemeal. However, international co-operation will be a reality only if we are able to formulate effective international policy measures which can be translated into concrete actions and coordinated national policies.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“88. Despite those prior informal exchanges, no measure of consensus on essential areas was reached at that fateful session at Belgrade. 89. In today's world, where the interdependence of nations and the interrelatedness of issues have become facts of life, we need more than ever to discover those points of convergence where the interests of a wider humanity become those of its separate parts. Regrettably, in the words of Mr. Shridath Ramphal, the Commonwealth Secretary-General: "The expectation that North and South would jointly find a way to make the world economy both more fair and more secure has been belied.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“During the first six months of this year various important meetings devoted to economic issues were held at the highest political level. The heads of State or Government of the non-aligned countries, at their seventh conference, adopted the Declaration on Collective Action for Global Prosperity That conference was closely followed by the Fifth Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77, held from 28 March to 9 April at Buenos Aires, at which a message for dialogue and consensus was adopted and later submitted to the sixth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at Belgrade/ The proposals agreed on at those meetings have been conveyed to our partners in the North, and the industrialized countries had ample opportunity to discuss and agree on these proposals at the Ministerial Meeting of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the Summit of Industrialized Nations, at Williamsburg.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The heads of State or Government of the non- aligned countries called for global negotiations on international economic co-operation for development, at their sixth conference, at Havana in 1979, and reiterated that call at the seventh conference at New Delhi this year. They expressed their firm conviction that global negotiations remained the most important and comprehensive endeavour of the international community for restructuring the international economic system, accelerating development of the economies of developing countries and strengthening multilateral economic co-operation on the basis of mutual benefit. 87. The impasse in working out measures to enhance international co-operation cannot be attributed to any lack of effort on our part.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We can go further by acknowledging that each and every country is intricately integrated into the world-wide economy and, therefore, that measures adopted at the national level cannot by themselves suffice to rectify or remedy the situation even within national borders. That being the case, we should like to take note of measures being pursued by some industrialized countries in their bid to curb inflation within their borders. The strategy of reducing inflation, while much appreciated by all, should be accompanied by reduced interest rates if benefits are to accrue from such an approach, lest the well-orchestrated signs of recovery turn out to be a mirage. 86.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“In the meantime, the plight of the millions of people in many parts of the world, particularly in the developing countries, who are now enveloped in a miasma of poverty, disease, hunger and ultimately starvation, continues unabated. The question which the developing countries ask is what is their prospect for development and what is their chance of becoming less poor? There can be no doubt that poverty, in its acuteness and its inequity, is an affront to human dignity. Therefore, we must all be concerned about it. 85. We should all recognize the current shortcomings of our present economic management.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“It conveys further a message which is more serious: we are slowly drifting from a crisis into a calamity, simply because we have allowed the perpetuation of systems that can no longer bear the stresses and strains imposed on them by our modern economic and social demands. 83. The structural imbalances and the inequalities of the present world economic system were recognized nearly two decades ago, not only by the developing countries but by the industrialized world as well. It is therefore distressing to note that at this time, despite the worsening international economic situation, the hoped-for North- South dialogue in all essential areas has now moved from stalemate to retrogression. 84.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“We reaffirm our support for the view that world peace and security can be guaranteed only through general and complete disarmament under effective international control. 81. In global affairs, politics and economics certainly do not divide easily into separate compartments; East- West discord is bound to affect North-South progress. It is therefore in the economic interest of the third world that there be a lessening of tension between the two power blocs of the world. 82. Let me now turn to the economic problems which our world is facing today. The latest issue of the World Economic Survey, compiled by the Secretariat's Department of International Economic and Social Affairs, is yet another sad commentary on our inability to control and develop our economic and social environment in an orderly and harmonious manner.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“The developed world spends more on the means of destruction than the over two billion of the World's poorest people have to spend on the means of survival. Thus at present nearly $800 billion is being spent on armaments, while social and economic development is lagging far behind acceptable levels in many parts of the third world. 79. The world is thus confronted with increasing turbulence, uncertainty and tension. The major Powers are unable to provide the one important thing that mankind badly needs, which is hope. We need some hope that the international environment can improve quickly so as to permit desirable co-operation and resolution of conflicts by peaceful means. 80. Zambia regrets lack of progress in disarmament negotiations.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“There is an urgent need to halt the nuclear-arms race, to reverse it and to begin a process of genuine nuclear disarmament. 77. No less urgent is the need to put a stop to the production and spread of conventional weapons. Conventional weapons are in everyday use in all the hotbeds of conflict which span the globe. Since the Second World War, conventional weapons have been used to cause millions of human deaths and incalculable destruction of property and infrastructures. They are, therefore, a more serious problem than we may be inclined to think. 78. The squandering of a large proportion of the world's Unite resources on the arms race, thereby depriving the world of much-needed means for development and human progress, is scandalous.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“It was an appeal for a spirit of give and take, indeed an appeal for political will on the part of world statesmen. The concern of the Non- Aligned Movement for world peace and security is indeed reflected in the presence of many heads of State or Government of non-aligned countries at this session of the General Assembly. 76. More than ever before, the arms race has become the greatest peril facing mankind. It has manifested itself in the qualitative and quantitative development of nuclear and conventional weapons. To these have been added new generations of lethal chemical weapons. There is also the danger of extending the arms race into outer space. AH these developments have greatly increased the danger to the survival of the human race.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Even Namibia, a question that is concerned only with decolonization, has not escaped the injection of East- West rivalries. 74. The grave international situation is, moreover, reflected in the deadlock in the initiatives to find solutions in the areas of disarmament, international economic relations and general questions of peace and security in various parts of the world. 75. This disturbing global atmosphere prompted the heads of State or Government of non-aligned countries to issue the New Delhi Message at their conference last March. That was an earnest appeal on the part of the Movement of Non- Aligned Countries for a genuine global dialogue to seek urgently practical, just and lasting solutions in the interest of our common humanity.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“My delegation is pleased to welcome into this great family of nations the newly independent State of Saint Christopher and Nevis, and we look forward to working and co-operating with this new State. 73. We meet once again against the backdrop of a serious deterioration in the international situation. The tension born of mutual suspicion and mistrust between the super-Powers has of late led to particularly virulent, bellicose and confrontational posturing and has thus gravely polluted the international atmosphere, thereby increasing the danger to international peace and security. There is an element of super-Power rivalry in practically every serious trouble-spot in the third world. We see this in regional conflicts such as those in Central America, Chad, .southern Africa, the Gulf and the Middle East.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“69. Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly. I am convinced that with your vast knowledge and experience in international relations you will ably steer this session towards a successful conclusion. I assure you of my delegation's full co-operation. 70. I wish also to commend your predecessor, Mr. Imre Hollai of Hungary, for having ably presided over the thirty-seventh session. 71. Let me also convey my delegation's appreciation to the Secretary-General for his untiring efforts in the search for world peace and security. We commend him for his report on the work of the Organization, in which he has defined with candour some of the major problems that confront the world today. 72.”
1983-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 38 (1983)
“Let us therefore rededicate ourselves to the purposes and principles of the United Nations and do all we can to ensure that the Organization lives up to the expectations envisaged by the founding fathers.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Let me say specifically that it remains the considered view of the Zambian Government that all Member States should do everything possible to support the work of. the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization. No single issue should be considered sacrosanct. The Special Commit-tee should have the latitude to consider all issues relevant to the strengthening of the United Nations and enhancing its effectiveness in resolving the problems which trouble international relations. 38. The United Nations remains the only hope for mankind in the long search for lasting solutions to the multifaceted problems confronting our one world.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“If we truly believe in the institution-the United Nations-we cannot and should not, as its Member States, merely give lip service to the Organization. nor should we seek to find solutions based on narrow national interests to important problems of universal interest and concern outside the United Nations framework. 36. Political will on the part of all Member States is of the essence if we are to strengthen the United Nations and revitalize its role in the maintenance of international peace and security. We need political will to implement and strictly adhere to the resolutions and decisions of the United Nations. We need political will to engage earnestly in a constructive dialogue to examine and perfect the mechanisms for promoting the aims and objectives of the United Nations. 37.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“He has eloquently expressed the concerns of many people all over the world who believe in the United Nations and want the Organization to be strengthened so that it can meet the cha1lenges of the present-day world and fulfil its historic role in the maintenance of international peace and security. 34. My delegation welcomes the report of the Secretary-General. The events of this year above all require that .we take a critical look at the peace-making and peace-keeping role of the United Nations, particularly that of the Security Council, which regrettably seems to have been reduced to the role of a mere spectator while some of its permanent members have actively pursued initiatives of their own outside the framework of the United Nations. 35.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The invasion of Lebanon and the massive loss of innocent lives in that country have highlighted the urgent need to find a lasting solution to the Middle East problem, at the core of which• lies the question of the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and to the establishment of an independent state in Palestine. 32. We call upon those who have the leverage to exert pressure on Israel to abandon its acts of aggression against its neighbours and to recognize the rights of the Palestinian people. We remain convinced that a just and comprehensive solution to the problem of the Middle East should be found within the frame-work of the United Nations. 33. The report' of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization, which is before the Assembly, is incisive, frank and objective.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“The loss of civilian live~ and massive destruction of property caused by the Israeli invasion of Lebanon are reminiscent of the holocaust of the Jewish people themselves in Nazi Germany, and should be unreservedly condemned by all peace-loving peoples the world over. It is ironic that a people which suffered so much under Nazi Germany tyranny should now have become the standard-bearer and apparent admirer of Nazi-type atrocities. 30. I wish to state that the solution of the problem does not lie in the liquidation of the Palestinian people or in their expulsion from Lebanon. It is foolhardy for Israel to believe that it can put an end to the legitimate and cherished aspirations of the Palestinian people through massive use of force of arms. 31.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“It is in the light of that situation that I urge those who are allies of the Pretoria regime not only to point out the folly of its adventurism, but also to cease giving support to it. I also urge the Assembly to demand urgently the complete and unconditional withdrawal of South Africa's military forces from Angola, and the cessation of all its acts of aggression against and destabilization of the front-line States and other neighbouring States. 29. With regard to the Middle East problem, I wish to express my Governments indignation at and condemnation of the unprovoked and premeditated invasion of Lebanon by Israeli forces and the cold-blooded massacre of innocent Palestinian civilians in refugee camps.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“27. My Government is also seriously concerned about South Africa's continued acts of aggression against front-line and other States in southern Africa. As the international community is well aware, South African military forces continue to this day to occupy part of Angolan territory in flagrant violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Angola. In addition, South Africa persists in carrying out military incursions and cross-border raids into Angola under the pretext of hot pursuit against SWAPO freedom fighters. South Africa is also persistently engaged in clandestine and open operations which embrace military aggression and economic subversion as well as harassment of the neighbouring independent African States with a view to destabilizing them. 28.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“They have been exposed for what they are: desperate manoeuvres aimed at perpetuating apartheid. 25. The oppressed people of South Africa wish to see the establishment of a democratic system of government in their country. That is a quest for Justice that requires support from the rest of civilized mankind, including in particular those countries of the Western world which invest heavily in South Africa, and which, through those strong economic links with Pretoria, could bring maximum pressure to bear on the South African regime to abolish apartheid and bring about majority rule. 26. Let those who have interests of any sort in South Africa not be blinded by the massive short-term profits that they are reaping under apartheid. It will be in their long-term interest to exert effective pressure on South Africa lo abandon the apartheid system.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“We have repeatedly warned South Africa that a people cannot be suppressed forever. Already, the struggle by the non-white people of South Africa has become formidable. The march is on, and no amount of arms, mass arrests, police brutality or torture will stop it until the apartheid system is destroyed and majority rule is established in that country. 24. It is true that the racist regime has become more ruthless in suppressing the uprising by the oppressed majority, but so too has the people's determination to fight that regime intensified. The policy of bantustanization and the concept of divide and rule, whereby the regime is trying to play the Coloured and Indian communities against the black people by allowing the former a few more privileges than their black colleagues, will deceive no one.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“We wish to see the implementation process begin without further delay. South Africa should not be given any pretext to frustrate further the implementation of resolution 435 (1978). We would, therefore, utter a caution against the introduction of extraneous issues which would have the effect of delaying the independence of Namibia. In this regard, we reject the linkage that is being insisted upon between Namibia's independence and the presence of Cuban forces in Angola. There would be absolutely no justification for Namibia's independence to be delayed on account of issues which are clearly outside the, -letter and spirit of resolution 435 (1978). 23. On the question of apartheid and minority rule in South Africa, my country has been unequivocal in condemning that obnoxious system.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Consultations involving the South West Africa People's Organization [SWAPO], the front-line States and Nigeria on the one hand and the contact group of five Western States and South Africa on the other have been held in the last three months here in New York with a view to resolving outstanding issues pertaining to the implementation of the United Nations plan for the independence of Namibia. These consultations resulted in agreement on virtua1ly all relevant issues. The one important out-standing issue concerns the electoral system to be used to elect a constituent assembly in Namibia. South Africa has not made its position known on this issue. 22. It is the firm view of my Government that the momentum which has been generated in regard to the independence of Namibia should not be lost.”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“Four years have passed since the Security Council adopted resolution 435 (1978) on Namibia. That resolution was welcomed by the international com-munity as a practical and realistic basis for the termination by South Africa of its illegal occupation of Namibians for the Territory's process to its long-delayed independence. To date, Namibia remains under illegal South African occupation as the numerous efforts undertaken to put resolution 435 (1978) into effect have ~en of no avail. 21. This session of the General Assembly takes place against the background of renewed efforts to break out of the impasse over the implementation of resolution 435 (1978).”
1982-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 37 (1982)
“We call for meaningful progress in the intercommunal talks and for an early agreement on the withdrawal of foreign forces from Cyprus. 18. I wish now to focus particularly on the questions of southern Africa and the Middle East~ as well as to outline briefly Zambia's perception of the institution of the United Nations. 19. The situation in southern Africa still looms over us as one of the major factors contributing to the deterioration in international relations. The issues in that perturbed region are well known. I wish none the less to recount them. They are, first, the continued illegal occupation of Namibia by South Africa; secondly, the policies and practices of apartheid of the South African regime; and, thirdly, South Africa's military aggression against and its destabilization of neighbouring Independent African States. 20.”
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“We want to see the long-delayed Conference on the Indian Ocean, to be held at Colombo, convened urgently with a view to adopting effective measures to fulfil the aims and objectives of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of IS. We support the efforts by the Organization. including the good offices of the Secretary-General. to find political solutions and to obtain the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan and Kampuchea. 16. We support the efforts of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to bring about the reunification of Korea and once again call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of foreign troops from South Korea. 17. We remain steadfast in support of the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-aligned status of the Republic of Cyprus.”
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