A/39/PV.103 General Assembly

In section V of its report [A/39/49], the Preparatory Committee for the Forti- eth Anniversary of the United Nations recommends to the General Assembly for adoption a draft resolu- tion and a draft decision. In addition, the Assembly also has before it draft resolution Al39/L.45, and I call on the representative of India, who wishes to introduce that draft resolution. 2. Mr. KRISHNAN (India): I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of all the members of the Movement of Non-Aligned Coun- tries. 3. The f\.Iovement of Non-Aligned Countries at- taches the highest importance to the observance of the fortieth anniversary of the United Nations. This stems from its deep and abiding commitment to the United Nations, to preservin~ and strengthening the Organization, and to making It fulfil more effectively the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. 4. As the former Chairman of the Movement, the late Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, stated in the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth :;ession, "frrm faith in the United Nations is central to the non-aligned" [9th .meeting, para. 5]. That conviction was manifested at the Seventh Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held at New Delhi from 7 to 12 March 1983, as indeed it has been at every earlier summit meeting. At that conference, the Heads of State or Government "stressed the importance of the United Nations as the most appropriate international forum for find- ing solutions to major world issues such as the achievement of general and complete disarm- ament, the realization of the new international economic order, the elimination of colonialism and racism and the promotion of human rights."1 S. In their "Conclusions and recommendations", the Heads of State or Government declared: "The non-aligned countries reaffirm their firm adherence to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and fully recognize the need to support and strengthen the world at 3.25 p.m. NEW YORK concernin~ peace, security, disarmament and devel- Organization have been positive and that it is an opment" Lsee A/39/560, annex, para. 137]. instrument for constructive changes and progress. 38. They emphasized that the United Nations, 45. It would be useful to recall here the contribu- particularly the General Assembly and the Security tion of the United Nations to the anti-colonial Council, offered the best framework for the promo- revolution, which has substantially changed tlie polit- tion of those goals. We should do our best to make ical map ofthe world and thus the membership ofthe uniy~rsal. awareness of .the ~eed to bring ~bou~ a 64. The commemoration ofthe fortieth anniversary deciSive Impro~ement m thiS dangerous situatIOn of the Organization should lead to an increase in the and make genume progress towards peace. real contribution by the United Nations to eliminat- 60. Over the years the United Nations has, to its !ng the !hreat o~a nucle~r war, ~urbing the arms ra.ce, credit taken a number of pr~cticalsteps to curb the Impro~mg the.mternatlOnal c~lmate and. developmg arms ~ace:the prohibition of bacteriological weap:. bro&d mte~a~lOnal co-operatIOn. The yltal tasks of ons, treaties on the non-proliferation of nuclear the. Orgamza!lon must be translate~ mto concr.ete weapons, the use of outer space exclusively for actIOn that Will help to.pr<;>mote the Implementation peaceful purposes and so on. In this field, however, of t.he purp<?ses and pnnclples of the Charter of the the United Nations will have to do much more than Umted NatIOns. it has done heretofore. The efforts and decisions of 65. Mr. VELAZCO SAN JOSE (Cuba) (interpreta- the United Nations have promoted in a tangible way tion from Spanish): As we assess the work accom- the break-up of the colonial system and the emer- plished by the Preparatory Committee for the Forti- gence of some 100 States that have become full eth Anniversary of the United Nations, we wish to Members of the United Nations. However, it is still put on record our thanks to India for its outstanding imnortant today to put a definitive end to the efforts to forge a consensuS text on the basis of the vestiges of colonialism, apartheid and rad~:l and to draft resolution which, in its capacity as Chairman (of the m~ ;hinations of neo-colonialism. the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries and on 61. In assessing the 40 years of the work of the behalfof i~s members, i~ submitted ~o ~he Preparato- United Nations, it can be said that, by and large, the ry Com~mttee as a baSIS for negotlatlO~s. .. balance is a posit~ve C?ne. The Orga!1ization h~s made 66. It IS ~egrettable t~at ~he constt:UctIve splnt of a positive contnbutlOn towards Implementmg the the non-alIgned countnes m prepanng a moderate purpose-s and principles enshrined in the Charter. text which did not even refl~ct all the fundamental The Security Council has helped to resolve a number conceI'}ls and the preoc~upatlo~sof our. ¥ove~ent of acute international crises. The search for a solu- regardmg the complex mternatIonal polItl~al Slt~~- tiGia Ui existing conflicts is the overriding task of the tion was not matched ~y the s.ame constructive splnt Vnited Nations today. and the necessary polItical wIll on the part of some Fe ' •. • • • h d countries so as to reach a consensus on the draft that 61. With regard to the Soviet Umon, I~ t e wor s was originally submitted by the non-aligned coun- of the qenera! Secretary of the Commumst .p~rty of tries. We trust that this position will change in the the SOVIet Umon ~md Chairman of the ~resldlUm o( course of the preparatory period remaining until the the Supreme SOVIet, K. U. Chemenko. rommemoration of the fortieth anniversary next '~,!,e favour the pea~eful solution of inte~ational year. ~lsI?utes through seno~s, equal, constructlve.nego- 67. My country attaches particular importance to tlatlOns. The USSR Will co-operate f}111y wlt.h all the commemoration ofthe fortieth anniversary ofthe Stat~s prepared to h~lp to reduce mternatlOnal Organization, since, together w,ith t~e broa~ majority tension through pra~tlcal deeds a~d to create an of the international commumty-m particular the at~osphereortrust m the world-m other words, developing countries-Cuba considers that the With those that truly seek not to pr~pare for war United Nations system constitutes an appropriate but, rat!ter, to strengtht:n ~he found;atIons ofpeace. and indispensable forum to find the solutions to We believe that all eXIstmg m~chmery should be major world problems, as was recognized by the used fully to that end,. mcludmJ, of co~rse, the Heads of State or Government at the Conference machInery of, th~ Umted Nations, whlc~ was held at New Delhi in March 1983. created to ~amt~m and str~ngthen-peace.. 68. That is why we note with deep concern.the 63.. The SovI~t Umon woul~ lI~e to see the Umted pressures some countri.es hav~ exerted on the Umt~d Na!IOnS ert:ectlve and authontatlve and purpos.efu~ly Nations system and, In particular, on some of Its actmg to Implement the goals proclaimed m ItS specialized agencies, such as UNESCO, UNCTAD Charter. We take an optimistic view ofthe Organiza- and UNIDO, tion's fl!tur~;we do ~O! have a negative attitude t<;> it, 69. The commemoration ofthe fortieth anniversary and. we reJect malICIOUS attacks on. the Umted ofthe Organization should provide a timely opportu- Nat.I<?ns. WIth regard to the draft resolut!on and draft nity for strengthening support for the United Nations dee:lslon now before.the Ass~mbly relatmg to prc:pa- system and for unambiguously rejecting,any attempt ratl(:ms for the fortieth anmversary of the Umt~d to discredit and weaken its important role in interna- Na~IOns [A/39/49~ pqras. 71 a!,d 72],. the Soviet tional relations. Umon has no objection to theIr ado!,tlOn, At the . .. . . same time, we regret that, as a result of the position 79· ThiS hlston~ commemoratIOn should .also pro- taken by one delegatipn, the Preparatory Committee Vide an opportumty to rea~rm the commitment of was unable to arrive at a consensus on the draft M~m~er States fully to abide by th~ purpo~es al!d resolution submitted by India on behalf of the non- pnnc!ples of the Charter of the Umted Nations In aligned countries. The important provisions con- practice,. . . . .;. tained in that draft resolution reflect, fot the most 71.· ThIS objective IS all the more Important In an part, the key issues that all States Members of the international situation characterized by heightened Sta~es to IdentIfy those .areas of common concern achievements of that decolonization process and, whIch are amenable to Improvement, and then to indeed look forward to and continue to work identify improvements of real consequence. toward's the full achievement of decolonization. 93. ~ his first sJ?C~h to the Economic a~d Social 99. However, as the Assembly is well aware, the Council, Trygve LIe, If I may hark back a~am to the specific Declaration to which the draft resolution in words of that first Secretary-General, said: question refers makes no mention of the principle of "While old problems will be solved, new problems self-determination. For that reason we could not will arise. The advance ofscience and the whims of support it in 1960, nor do we find it possible to nature and circumstances make that certain. But :mpport that Declaration today as an integral part of we are agreed to tackle our problems as we know the fortieth anniversary commemoration. Indeed, my them with stubborn and relentless energy. We will delegation and others were unable to vote in favour cross the other bridges when we come to them."4 of a draft,resolution last week specifically calling for Now is the time to reinforce and then to cross those the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary ofthat bridges. Declaration. 94. Only the Assembly brings all ofthe internation- 100. Given the fact that my delegation and others al issues and all of the Member States together. That have not supported this Declaration, and in view of is its unique role. Improvements here will have a the fact that it is very desirable that commemoration tellin$ impact on other United Nations bodies and on of the fortieth anniversary should prove to be a the ddlicult issues facing us. You, Mr. President- unifying rather than a diviSive occasion, we appeal to ~e~~ would ~ndeed encompass harmonious and The draft resolution was adopted by 143 votes to 1, cIvIh~ed ~o:exlstence among.all peoples of the world. with 2 abstentions (resolution 39/161 B).5 In thIS SPIrtt, we shall worthIly bequeath to succeed- ing generations a destiny which would be imbued with the message that we frequently repeat at the beginning ofeach new year, that is to say, "Peace on earth to men of good will". 121. The PRESIDENT: The Assembly will now begin the voting process. The Assembly will first turn its attention to the recommendations contained in the report of the Preparatory Committee for the Fortieth Anniversary of the United Nations [A/39/49, paras. 71 and 72]. As indicated in para- graph S4 of the report, the recommendations of the Preparatory Committee would not entail any addi- tional costs. The Committee recommends the adop- tion ofthe draft resolution contained in paragraph 71 ofits report. May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to adopt that draft resolution? The draft resolution was adopted (resolution 39/161A). 122. The PRESIDENT: The Preparatory Commit- tee also recommends the adoption of the draft decision contained in paragraph 72 ofits report. May I consider that the General Assembly wishes to adopt that draft decision? . The draft decision was adopted (decision 39/425). 123. The PRESIDENT: Finally, we come to draft resolution A/39/L.4S. A recorded vote has been requested. A recorded vote was taken. In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulga-

I now invite the Assembly to turn its attention to the report of the Second Committee on item 82 [A/39/792]. The Assembly will now take a decision on the recommendation on the three draft resolutions contained in paragraph 21 of the report. Draft resolution I is entitled "Long- term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research". The report of the Fifth Committee on the programme budget implications of that draft resolution is con- tained in document A/39/828. A separate recorded vote has been requested on paragraph 5 of draft resolution I. A recorded vote was taken. In favour: Algeria, Angola, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bo- tswana, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central AGENDA ITEl\tl 83 Special economic and disaster relief assistance: (a) Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co- ordinator: reports of the Secretary-General; Special programmes of economic assistance: reports of the Secretary-General; Implementation of the medium-term and long- term recovery and rehabilitation programme in the Sudano-Sabelian region: report of the Secretary-General

The Assembly will now consider the report ofthe Second Committee on item 83 [A/39/793 andAdd.1]. First, we shall turn to part I of the report and take decisions on the 27 draft resolutions recommended for adoption in paragraph 79. Draft resolution I is entitled "Assistance for the reconstruction, rehabilitation and development of the Central African Republic". May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to adopt this draft resolu- tion? Draft resolution I was adopted (resolution 39/180). 175. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution 11 is enti- tled "Assistance for the reconstruction, rehabilitation and development of Equatorial Guinea". May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to adopt it? Draft resolution II was adopted (resolution 39/181). 176. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution III is entitled "Special economic assistance to Liberia". May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to adopt it? . Draft resolution III was adopted (resolution 39/182). 177. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution IV is entitled "Assistance to Lesotho". May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to adopt it? Draft resolution IV was adopted (resolution 39/183).

Draft resolution XIII is entitled "Assistance to Sierra Leone". May I take it that the General·Assembly wishes to adopt it? Draft resolution XIII was adopted (resolution 39/192). 187. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution XIV is entitled "Assistance to the Comoros". May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to adopt it? Draft resolution XIV was adopted (resolution 39/193). 188. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution XV is entitled "Special economic assistance for Swazi- land". May I take it that the Gtmeral Assembly wishes to adopt it? Draft resolution XV was adopted (resolution 39/194). 189. The PRESiDENT: Draft resolution XVI IS entitled "Special economic assistance to Chad". May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to adopt it? Draft resolution XVI was adopted (resolution 39/195). 190. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution XVII is entitled "Economic assistance to Haiti". May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to a~opt it?