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1 invite members to turn their attention to document Al39t482lAdd.3, which contains a letter dated 15 October 1984, addressed to the President of the General Assembly by the Chairman of the Committee on Conferences. As members arc aware, the Assembly, in paragraph 34 of its decision 34/401, decided that no substdiary organ of the General Assembl should be permitted to meet at United Nations k eadquarters during a regular session of the Assembly unless explicitly authorixed by the Assembly. 2. As indicated in the letter I have just mentioned, the Committee on Conferences has recommended that the Advise Committee on the United Naiions Educational an 7 Training Programme for Southern Africa should be authorized to meet durin the current session of the General wmbly. May f take it that the General Assembly adopts that recommendation? The recommendation was adopted (see decision 39!403).

The draft resolution re;ommended bv the Credentials Committee will be found in para B raph 24 of its first report [A/39/574]. I shall now ca I on those representatives who wish to speak in connection with the report before the voting. I call on the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran on a point of order. 4. Mr. RAJAIE-KHORASSANI (Islamic Republic of Iran): 1 understand that when I indicated that my dele ation wished to speak you probably did not see meil. r President. Therefore, I raised my hand again to indicate my request to be allowed to speak. It was not on a point oi order. 5. The PRESIDENT: I have a list of speakers here in connection with this item and that is the list that I intend to follow. *Resumed from the 27th meetmg. **Resumed from the IS! meetmg 545 A1391PV.32 WKW YORK

My delegation hu two observations to make in connection with the report of the Credentials Committee before the General Assembly. 7. Firat, in its report, the Credentials Committee has recommended that the General Assembly accept the formal credentials of delegations of a certain number of Member States to its cumnt session; this includes the :redentials of the delegation of so-called Democratic timpuchea. India emment of the Pa0 le’s Re ubhc o Kampuchea in Phnom Penh as the fy ani 1~~~~~~~; representing the peep e of Kampuchea. In our view, the People s Republic of Kampuchea should be enabled to take its rightful place in the Unit:d Nations. My delegation cannot, therefore, associate itself with a tials of the BP roval by the Assembly of the credene egation of so-called Democratic Kampuchea. 8. M 1 second observation relates to document Al391 84. We have taken note of the reservations made by a number of delegations with regard to the credenttals of the del tton of Israel. This is a reflection of the sense o F Indignation and outrage felt b r the overwhelming majority of the States Members o the United Nations and the international community in general over the continued and defiant refusal of Israel, in violation of its Charter obligations, to comply with United Nations resolutions concerning the 9 uestion of Palestine and the situation in the Mid le Fast, resolutions callin for the withdrawal of Israel from the Syrian Golan, *eights and Lebanon, k :siyef resolutions pertammg to the status of 9. We ddoiore the wrsistent violation by Israel of the principles of intebational law, including humanitarian laws. it is our deep conviction that there can be no resolution of the conflict in Western A:ia until the people of Palestine, represented by the Palestine Liberatron Organization, are able to exercise theu right to self-determination and have a State of their own in Palestine and until Israel vacates all Arab and Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem. I should like to place on record India’s historic and consistent support for the people of Palestine and the Arab cause. IO. The PRESIDENT: 1 understand that the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran is asking to speak on a point of order. Is it possible for me to learn exactly what he wishes to do before I proceed? I I. Mr. RAJAIE-KHORASSANI (Islamic Republic of Iran): As I explained before, I did not ask to speak on a point of order. I raised my hand again simply because I realized that you’ did not see me, Sir, when I first did so. It was just a request to speak. 12. The PRESIDENT: According to the list of speakers as it appears before me here we have some representatives who are speaking beforthe vote, the sn%a8e in the Middle Ea8t. of the mpresentat1ve of the 14. The report of the Credentials Committee indicates that the Committee ha8 been very condoning. It seems that the Committee has had no diflticulty in a tg proving the credentials of all the representative8 to c thirty-ninth session of the General A8sembly, even the credentials of the representatives of the zionist base called Ijrael. In th18 regard, my delega- :Frn$ea few questlons to ask and a few comment8 . 15. Both the rule8 of procedure of the General and the Charter of the United Nations of ‘a Meinber State, of course in cc&n circumstances. I ar sure that we all wish to implement the Charter and the nrle8 of pram lure honestly. Now, what are those condition8 and circumstances which, when true of a given country, can justify the re’ection of the credential8 of it8 reotesenlative at the d eneral Assembly? 16. Dorepresentati-,es think, for instance, act8 of v nocide and grave massacres like those of Deir assin,.Qibya and Kafr Kas8em should or should not disquahfy the credentials of the representative8 of the country concerned? The hi&best value of this intemational bod is enshrined m the concept of pe$z Peace is t e K mo8t sacred concept in th; t;Ji Nations literature, simply because in I;ves arc safe; houSeS, hospitals and r sc 001s are not bombarded; women and children are not killed in cold blood, blossoms of life are allowed to grow, and breaths of happiness can blow. This means that any act of genocide and massacre, such as those of Sabra and Shatila, is simply a blatant and shameful violation of the highest values that the entire human famil tiona r has proudly invested in its greatest intemabody. Now, if the cold-blooded mass murdering of thousands of people in Sabra and Shatila does not invalidate the credentials of the re ! resentatives concerned, what does invalidate them. 17. All those instances of grave carnage arid murder and invasion are concrete pieces ofevidr-% and present the real meaning of not being a mace-loving country, a verdict that the General . a ..iembly so rightly arrived at in its resolution ES9/I, of 5 February 1982. Does anyone here think that, having actuallyVseen the practical significa-.c= of that wise verdict at the sites of Sabra and Shatila, the General Assembly can forgo its 3wn wisdom and simply welcome the representatives of the Zionist base. 18. When it has been established and recognized that Zionism and racism are synonymous, should the Zionist regime usurpin the homeland of the Palestinian people be rewar d ed with a seat in the General Assembly? What about the reiection of so many General -Assembly and Security- Council resolutions by the Zionist r&me? Does that have any bearing on tlie issue? 19. Allow me to repeat my question: What is it that disqualifies the representative of a given entity for Zla re8ents a the indi@nour inhabitant8 of estine, the people of Qolan or the pp” of occupied Al-Q&. Even Auembly re8o utlons have not rea@xed the tion of tho8e territorier or their annexation these fw not cu tials of the Zioni8t base? . 21. I have a further For&m Minister of the piqt. Shimm Peres, the ronist base. Droudlv adver- $KI I? his televirriqn interview on i 1 O$obcr that 9 me was f*tl 2 m defence of the interests of the nited States. e wa8, in fact, ju8tifiing hi8 request for further mili ‘“d Support. I am 8Ute that the v in Sabra an Shatila -is part of that de&m&me war. That may probably ~ustrfy the +I? ~ ~~y~$$;td~tat$th~b~; enti in But t does nat at all justify the membership of that entity in the As8embly. 22. The Assembly must avoid inconsistent political positions, at least for the sake of the uniformity of records. The changing of the capital of the Zionist base from Tel Aviv to Al-QudB n% been recognixed a8 an illegal act and condemned. A8 of now, many countries that regrettabl have established relations with that entitv have stl *II keot their embassies in Tel Aviv. The Asskmbly which do not have Zionist entity or which embassia to Al-t&d8 should remain consistent in their position and reject the credentials of the Zionist entity because they have been issued from Al-Quds. “Approves the !ir$ report of the Credentials CoJop$tee, except with regard to the credentmls of

I should like at this time, when we have just heard the amendment submitted by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran refusing the credentials of the Israeli entity, to recall the situation in 1947 when the General Assembly adopted resolution 181 (II), callin for the division of Palestine. That resolution excee d ed the mandate of the General Assembly. That resolution intimated to the Jewish parties that they might proclaim the Israeli State on Palestinian soil. Those parties had no authority under international law to make such a ially since most of the leaders of not born in that land. I from Europe and were ave absolutely no doubt that the United Nations and the General Assembly had no intention of assisting in the establishment of a racist State whose original inhabitants would be expelled. 25. Anyone who studies history must agree with the intematlonal jurist, Mr. Hadley Locke, who said that among the States of the world, Israel was the only States to be willing and ready to abide by the responsibilities and obliprtions set forth therein. The tint of t.ose obligations IS the uirement to respect United Nations resolutions an to participate in “8 promoting international peace and securi 1 . The record of that entity shows-as does the recor of the racist entity in South Africa-complete disrespect for and violation of United Nations resolutions conceming the ri their lan P ts of the Palestinian people to return to and to establish their independent State. 27. I hope, Mr. President, that you will allow me the necessary time to make my statement because this is the crux of the issue. At the end of my statement 1 shall lend m su that has been submitted 2:R port to the amendment y t e representative of Iran. 28. The membership of the Zionist entity in the United Nations was conditional upon its abiding by the rules of the Charter, therefore its position is completely different from that of any other Member Stale, since that entity was created by a General Assembly resolution, at a time when the Zionist protectors had influence in these circles. That resolution laid down constraints whicq should + adhered to. Because of the re pted floutJT+ vJola!ton of United Nations reso utlons by the are now called u lonlst entity, we results of its r* n to remind the Assembly.of the reso utlon which created that entity and then work to correct this flagrant historical mistake and to remove that alien entity from the ranks of the Organization. 29. The policy of this racist entity has been condemned by the General Assembly, which in many resolutions has called on it to end any illicit attempt to alter the le& geographic and demographic situation in Palestmian territories and the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including the city of Jerusalem. 30. The Security Council has also afirmed that the Israeli settlements policy radically than es the demogkdin Jerusale hit and geographic situation of t 1 at territory, every e t-f m. The Palestinians defended with ort, with every means available to a people unable to exercise sovereipty over its own independent land during the British Mandate, their possessions and land and property. The resisted Zionist plans to occupy their land. The alestinian people d still carry on the national struggle to liberate its land. 3 1. There is no need to recall that the right to selfdetermination is enshrined in two Articles of the Charter of the United Nations, Article I, paragraph 2, and Article 55. Nevertheless, the imperialist countries, through the ordeal of the Palestinian people and in collaboration with Zionism, have mte reted the Charter in a restricted sense so that self- ‘B etermination is viewed as a orinciole more than a right. That was endorsed in’ the .-Camp David accords with the adoption of the Benin doctrine relating to the so-called autonomy undet the control and supervision of the aggressor. 32. The various statements that have been made in this Hall at this session under vour oresidencv. Sirwhich we, as an African co&-y,‘take pride in-- reflect the feeling of an er and resentment of the overwhelming majority o k the States Members of the practices ana biutal Jnunciuarliodout them, the continuiuS occupation of the EE Syrian Heights,theWestBank,theOItpStrip,andsouthem Lebanon, the disregard for all calls fix the restoration oftheinalienable&htaoftho~nianpa@eall these barbarous activities, which violate the norms of international law and the provisions of the Charter, will lead the international community to a catastrophe in Western Asia unless the Palestinian people are allowed to exorcist their rights to selfdetermination, to establish their own State in Palestine with Jewem as its Fpital and to occupy *its r$;k; ez;tr’” this HJ& UJ PI= of the wuww 34. For all &se teasons, my delegation stmqly sup oft P rts the amendment SubmJtted by the dekgatmn e Islamic Republic of Iran to qect the creden- Gals of the repmsentative of the Zionist entity. 35. Mr. ELFA’ITAL (S ‘an Arab Republic) Merprefation from Arabic): e delegation of the s Arab Republic wishes to make the followi yrian obaemations on the first report of the Credentials 2% mmittee [A/39/571) and ala, to comment on the amendment submitted by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 36. We have continually rejected the credentials of Israel because our positlon of principle is that the invading Palestine. r cannot take the place of Arab basis we support the amendment submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Our sup rt is in corn lete conformit with our position an 8”. a with the stan taken by the C&era1 Assembly in the past. Our reasons are the followmg. 37. First, the General Assembly declmd in resolution ES-9/l. of 5 Fehruarv 1982. that Israel’s record and actioni establish coiclusively that it is not a peace-loving country and that it has not carried out Its obli tions under the Charter or its commitment under Is neral Assembly resolution 273 (III), of 11 May 1949. It is well known that the General Assembly in this resolution accepted the membership of Israel conditionally. The condition was fulfilment of its commitments under the Charter and under the resolutions on the Palestinian issue and the return of the Palestinian refu was admitted to the ees. Israel is the only State that k nited Nations on the condition of implementing existing General Assembly resolutions. 38. Secondly, Israel systematically resorts to the threat of force and to the actual use oi force, justifying its violations of the Charter and the nrlec, of international law on various pretexts, such as the need to take preventive action and security needs usinn metaDhvsica1 arnuments in order to defend its a P r&sion.-Isiael ref&-s to ancient books and the orah to justify its expansion and to give a religious characterto iis actiiities aimed at -improving its supremacy on neighbouring Arab countries. 39. Thirdly. Israel rejects all the relevant General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, which have declared illegal its policy of establishing settlements to tighten its grip in the occupied Arab territories, altering the geographic, demographic, Tr 42. Sixthly, Israel refu& to implement Security Council and General Assembly resolutions coacemiag the city of Jerusalem, which it illegally annexed aad has made its own capital. 43. Seveathly, Israel refuses to implemcat relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions demanding that Israel immediately rescmd its decree of 14 December 198 1 imposing its laws, legislation, iI* ‘u&diction and administration on the Syrian Golan eights. 44. Ei thl IPd , Israel systematically refuses to implement nite Nations resolutinns on the legitimate, inalienable right of the Palestinian people to selfdetermination and to establish their own inde dent State in Palestine and persists in its rl e@ *p” noccupation of Palestinian lands, including the Holy City of Jerusalem. 45. Ninthly, the Assembl condemned Israeli racism in resolution 3379 &XX) of 10 November 1975, when it decided that zioiism, the ideology adopted by Israel to implement its expansiomst schemes against our nation, is a form of racism and racial discrimination. 46. We would remind the Assembly that the ma’ority of the States Members of the United Nations rl ave declared on numerous occasions that Israeli and South African practices are based on racial discrimination and occupation and stem from a racist ideology and therefore there is no distinction between the apartheid r&ime, whose credentials have been.challenged. by the General Assembly, and the Zlomst regime m Tel AVIV. Therefore, the pxowing co-operation in all fields between the racist rkgimes in Tel Aviv and Pretoria, particularly in the nuclear and military fields, is but additional evidence that the two r6 security o P imes constantly threaten the peace and the African and Arab peoples in both Africa and the Middle East. 47. As a result of its loyalty and co-operation with the Pretoria rkgime. Israel has continuallv refused to vote for decisions which condemn uparfneid. This is additional evidence which highlights the fact that the General Assembly can deal with the two regimes, 53. Since no one wishes to speak, I shall now put to the vote the motion of the representative of Denmark that no action be taken on the amendment pro iy%x ed vote has been requested. T resentative of the Islamic Republic o P sed Iran.

On a point of order, Mr. President- 55. The PRESIDENT: At this stage any point of order must be confined to the conduct of the voting. 56. Mr. AL-QAYSI (Iraq): My delegation wishes to explain its vote before the voting. 57. The PRESIDENT: I am afraid that we cannot go back; we have already started the vote. The representative of Iraq can give his explanation of vote after the voting is completed. 58. Mr. ALQAYSI (Ir: .q): We put our name on the list to explain our vote before the voting, and this should have been checked by the Secretariat and communicated to you, Sir. 59. The PRESIDENT: I apologize to the representative of Iraq. The voting process has started and we shall continue with it. If the deleuate of Iraa wants to give an explanation of vote, I request hiti to do so after the voting. I thank him for his co-operation. A recorded v&e was taken. In favour: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria,, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, DominIca, Dominlcan Republic, Ecuador, Egypt: El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia,’ German Federal Republic of, Greece, Grenada, Guatema a, Halt], {I Nam, Yemen. Abstaining: Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, China, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, India, Iraq, Mad-at, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tnnldad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania. The motion was adopted by 80 votes to 41, with 22 abstentions2 60. The PRESIDENT: The Assembly has thus decided to take no action on the amendment submitted b I sha I r the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran. now call on those delegations that wish to speak in explanation of vote on the motion. is no loriger a secret frdm anyone that Iran, which receives arms from Israel. is no less expansionist and aggressive in its policies &ainst the Atibs than Israel and is no different from Israel. It continues, like Israel, to shed blood, to occupy territo and to refuse to honour its obligations under the harter of the United Nations and the Organization’s resolutions. 62. Secondly, discussion of the future of the United Nations. its effectiveness and its commitment to maintain peace should never give the im ression that words and orocedural methods are su & slent, while we neglect. -the. collective responsibility incumbent upon us under the Charter to compel those who violate it, such as Israel and Iran, to comply with it. 63. Thirdlv. the Palestinian auestion and the Arab- Zionist stru’&e are Arab quetiions, and it is for the Arab States to deal with them at the time they deem appropriate and in the manner they deem acpropriate. 64. Iraq absolutely refuses to be subjected to any blackmail or to be a narticioant in any procedural manoeuvres which den’y the importance-and seriousness of the Arab-Zionist conflict and its core-that is, the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to P 66. This is a que@Jon of the validit VA of the cFedoatials of the delegation of an entity ose bellicosity and prsdeliction for the 8ystematic use of force caused the General Assembly to proclaim in resolution ES-90 that it was not a peaoc-loving State. In fact, this entity has ado contrary to the discipline P a position which is in t..: Assembly. emanded by participation 67. Is there any need to recaIl that Israe& with the other racist, aggressive time, that of Pretoria, hoIds the grim record for condemnation by the Security Council aad the GeneraI Assembly7 Is there any need to emphasize that that grim record of misdeeda, rang@ from denying the people’s right to s&determination to inr-t acts of aggression against States in the re8ion and the occupoKon of tem’toriea by force. means that these two r6gimes have violated tlie norins of international law?- 68. The General Assembl which has shouldered its responsibilities vi&vis & uth Africa, is now faced with the rebellious attitude of South Africa’s ally, Israel. This year that attitude has been reflected in anqther step in the escaIati,on of defiance and prove- %?& er discussion are de&tly issued fm the T inst international law since the credentials Holy City of Al-Quda. In doing this, the Zionist entity is clearly counting on eventual acceptancepf its jaits accompks and hops, through the formahty of the credentmls procedure, to seek backmg for $e annexation of the Holy City and other occupied Palestinian and Arab lands. 69. This should be firmly denounced and condemned, because it is a challenge to the Grganixation and its credibility in that it contravenes Geneml Assembly and Security Council resolutions rding the character and status of the HOI City of in particular resolution 478 (198b), !n which”t% G Security Council decided not to Law” on Al -s *Tze the “Basic December 198 uds, and resolution S/169 E of 15 Assembly , in paragraph 5 of which the General “Decides not to recognize that ‘Basic Law’ and such other actions bv Israel that. as a result of this law, seek to alter -the characier and status of Jerusalem and calls upon all States. special&d agencies and other intimational o*nititions to comply with the present resolution ano other relevant resolutions and urges them not to conduct any business which is not in conformit with the provisions of the present resolution an d the other relevant resolutions.” 70. So it is a matter of the highest importance for the General Assemb!y to find today an appropriate way to condemn totaily the warmorlgcring behaviour of the Zionist leaders. The mere fact that this debate is takin ! place proves that the community of nations cannot orrver put up with the fact that this honourable forum is being used to undermine systematically the norms of conduct of the Organization. r&d tlie fact that my t : 92 I sunply w& to put on egation cast its vote in the light of the consideration that what we have just finished is a procedural debate which unfortunately neither adds to nor detracts from the tragic situation in the Middle East. restored. 74. Mr. GBEZERA-BRIA (Central African Rep& lit) (interpretution J?om French : The positive vote cast bv mv delexatlon on the Ii anish ~roti was intended & a v’ote on a procedural question. My delegation’s position alao relates to the need to use eve* means-and to call on all our wills to preserve the unity of the United Nations, which, in the words of the Secretary-General in his report on the work of the Organixation [A/39/1 , to which we subscribe, h ‘:reflects in a uniqueaway t e aspirations and frustraro;;d of many nations and groups all over the trated or.dlsand where aldust cau?, $OWeVCf fNsrded, can md a voice . The unlversality of the ?I? nited Nations must be preserved, therefore, in the higher interests of world peace and security. 75. My country, the Central African Republic, with reference to the substance of the question of the Middle East, has constantly reaffirmed that the Palestinian that no so ution can be conceived, proposed or P roblem remains the core of the issue and accepted to the detriment of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. It is likewise impossible wlthout the affirmation of riaht of the State of Israel to exist. That is why my couihy has supported and continues to support any initiatives based on Securitv Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973).’ _

1 expected that on first speaking to this body I would be doing so in defence of mv countrv. I did not exoect to be corn F” Iled, so -soon, to-defend the Uniied Nations itsel . What we have just witnessed, ?he attempt to deny Israel its credeniials, was not merely one more attack on Israel. It was an attempt on the very life of this body. 77. The United Nations has suffered severe blows in recent vears. Manv of its forums have been politicized beyond reco&tion. The twisted language of many of its resolutions and declarations-the kind of Orwellian inversions of the truth we have hea:d from some of the speakers here toda d -would have stunned, I believe, even George rwell himself. ship in the 0 Y ixation is not restricted to the democracies. In eed, the great purpose of this body is to provide a forum where all Members should be able to meet and try to resolve their differences peacefully, whatever their political system. 80. This same principle guided the ancestor and model of all modem parliaments, the ancient democracy of Athens, but the first seeds of its subsequent downfall were sown when one faction of Athenians, determined to exnel a blameless adversarv. intm duced the ostrukok the ballot of ex P ulsion. aver the fears the method proved irresistab Y tempting. First brie member was Cxpelled, then ariothec ana then another. The widesPread adoption of the ostrukon as a method of setthng scores and punishing one’s enemy so undercut the of the Athenian P restige and popular su P port assemb y that it was to vitiate atally its moral, and thus its political, authority. 81. The Members of the United hations who have last reniaining claim to support ambng those who have become ever more disenchanted by its performance in recent years. Remove the pillar of Gniversality and this glass tower may come crashing down. 82. It is a hopeful sign that the great majority of Members-an even greater ma’orit understood the implications o t T than last yearthe ranian move and have rejected it. Yet it is sad that some have enthusiasticaily espoused a cause that could well lead to the demise of the United Nations, and sadder still that others acquiesced in an attempt they know is unspeakably wrong. 83. All of us here have a choice to make. We can continue to tolerate efforts to turn this bodv into a arody of itself. We can allow it to degeneraie into a lkeness of the farcical “parliaments” that solemnly meet in Damascus, Tripoli and Teheran, whose representatives here, not surprisingly, have been the moving spirits behind to3ay’s exercise; or we can say to them: Gentlemen, check your fanaticism at the door. Those who enter this house must be prepared to live by its rules and above all by the fundamental principle of universality. Only if we insist on this principle can we hope to restore the original vision of the founders. It is a simple choice. A choice, ulti- P r in we have witnessed a blatant iqjustice of which e People’s &Public of.Kampuche+ and its valiant r ple are victims. Owmg to dubious ploys, they ave been orevented from renresentatlon in the Assembly. - 87. The delegation of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, speaking on behalf of the People’s R ublit of RamDuchea and the Socialist Reoublic of “PIlet Nam, does-not intend to make a long iiatement here on the merits and virtues of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea and its %’ orious pco le, B nor on the misdeeds committed y the Pol ot butchers and their ilk against the Kampuchean reian of terror from A~til 197 ple Y during their until they were o&thrown on 7 January 1979. IvI IY wishes to reaffirm. for the bene ry delegatioti mereit of the Assembly, that under the fundamental norms and rinci les of ublic international law the People’s epu IIC of ka Fc t* mpuchea alone possesses all the elements and attributes of a State. Need I recall that the main State institutions were established following general elections organized in May 198 I and the promulgation of a constitution-the basic law of a nation-in June of the same year7 The Government of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea, which enjo s all cqnstitutional legitimacy, exercises effective y and m full r sovereignty its authority and control over the whole of the territory of the cbuntry and in the interests of all the people liviq there. Any rson of gppd faith and an one adoptmg a legally ogtcal posltlon will not fal to see in the Government of the People’s I Republic of Kampuchea a de iure Government, the reco nition of which and, therefore, its admission to the & niled Nations should cause no problems. F 88. However. it is rearettable that the international community cobtinues 70 back and hold a brief for the so-called Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea, which will recall at was thrown together, representatives consists 0E Pol Kuala Lum ur P in June 1982 and Pot crimina s and corrupt elements, traitors of the Kampuchean nation whose martyred people want to consign it to oblivion. 89. Refuge is taken behind alibis, such as “the presence of Vietnamese troops in Kampuchea reventing exercise bv the oeoole in that country oft Ii. elr right 15 self-deteiminaiion” to oust the legitimate representative from his seat’in the United Nations. Hbwever, it has been forgotten that since the end of the Second World War. in certain cnuntries of Western Europe, and important ones at that, troops 91. Be that as it may, the Government of tba People’s Republic of Kqpuchea is not abdicating its legitimate inalier 1bIe T tto~nitsri&tfblrert in the United Nations. t will occuw that sat one day, sooner or later, because no one bore can swim mnst the tide of history. 92. 7%~ Government and the people of Kampuchea are deeplr tefbl for the sympathy and support shown by &emmcnts and peoples tbrougbout the world that cbe++ pefa and justice. They sincerely ~mb~*gg$?g’J” l gpI.$Sd bebalf orthe delegati&% the?%list Republ& of Viet Nam, to eapress our rqpet and reservations about the report of the Credentials Committee with regard to the mprescntation of Kampuchea. 93. M delegation believes it is high time fi,r the d Amcm Y to &ct this IIction and these lii and demonsfate m&e realism about this issue. to the Assembly. As some representatives have challenged the legitimate credentials of the representatives of Democmtic Ram to state once again in this P uchea, I feel compelled so emn plenary meeting the Chinese delegation’s position on this question. 95. DCmOCratiC RamDucbea is a neaccful. neutral. independent and non&ped soveiei St&e and i State Member of the Unrted Nations. The Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea, the Government ba&d in Kampuchea which truly represents the Kampuchean $” pie, has received extensive popular support an has victoriously led the patriotic aqed forces and people of Kampuchea in a struggle against aggression. 96. The so-called People’s namely, the Heng Samrin ou~pet installed in Pbnom Fe+or troops. That r$time is noihi7 but-an age% o foreign authontla an can m no wa repment the Kampuchean people. In the past Ive years the General Assembly has adopted many resolutions condemning the occupation of KamDUChe.a by foreign troopsfrejecting the pu foreign country and deman 8! pet r&!inie fostered by a mg the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Kampuchea so that the Kampuchean people can hold free elections without outslde interference. However, regrettably, the resolutions have not been implemented. 97. In accordance with the principles of the United Nations, opposition lo aggression and the maintenance of international oeace and security are the duty and obligation of the Organization. ‘The Chines; delegation proposes that. in order to uphold the principles df the Charter and the universally recog- Assembly and es of procedure of the General the relevant provisions of the Organization, and approve the report of the Credentials Committee. 98. Finally, the Chinese delegation wishes to reiterate that the fact that Mr. Dost of Afghanistan has been allowed to participate in the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly should in no way be inte reted as acquiescence in the situation created by t#e foreign armed invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. 99. Mr. R&Z (Hunga tions of the People’s ): On behalf of the de1 ‘ii epublic of Bulgaria, t e T Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Re ublic, the Czcchoslovak Socialist Republic, the R rman Democratic an% * Re ublic, the Polish People’s Republic, the Ukrainiviet Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and on our own behalf,. I wish to ex cat ms our strong objection to the credentials of soed Democratic Kamnuchea. In accordance with their position of princi accept the credentials o le, ‘p these delegations do not an artificial so-called Coalition-Government of Democratic Kampuchea. 100. We cannot but most seriously regret that the problem of re still exists in t resentation of the Kampuchean people K e United Nations. The Government of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea alone has the riaht to annoint renresentative; of its neoole to the G&era1 &embly.-Every criterion of kvdreignty is met by that Government. It exercises effective power and &ntrol over its territorv and DooulationI Furthermore, the legitimate refiresent&& of a State clear!y falls withm the category of sovereignty. 101. -We continue to hold-th; firm view-that the United Nations, instead of accepting self-appointed persons, should recognize the sole legitimate representative of the Kampuchean people: the Gove,rnment of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea. Only the reoresentatives of the Peoole’s Reoublic of Kampuchea can appear in the United Naiions and other International organizations and act on behalf of the Kampuchean people. 102. The People’s Republic of Kampuchea is a sovereign State, whose people, through free and democratic general elections, formed the constitutional Government of that country. The People’s Renublic of KamDuchea Dursues a waceful foreinn pofic and su the z P poi-ts the purposes and principles of harter o the United Nations. We are present in the General Assembly to respect and obskrve these rules of law. Our delegations are convinced that the time has come for the International community to act accordingly and recognize the legitimate representatives appointed by the Government of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea. The sooner this is done. the beiter it will servi the purposes and principles GF the Organization as enshrmed in the Charter. 103. Mr. VELAZCO (Cuha) (inrerpreiation from Spanish): As my country’s position is well known, I wi!l be brief. Cuba energetically rejects the representation of the people of Kampuchea in this Organizalion by an entit called the “Coalition Government of Democratic i; ampuchea”. My country bases its .yd to the dIscussIon of !he o rt of the Credentla s Committee, the delegation the Mongolian People’s Republic would hke to state its views on the credentials of the representative of *Falled Democratic Kampuchea. Mongolia’s sltlon on the representation of Kampuchea m the mted Nations is extremely clear. Mongolia recognizes the People’s Republic of Kampuchea, which was formed as a result of the clearlv exbressed will of the Kam uchean pea le. People’s epublic of ampuchea is now successfully ii rp The G&e&ment of the Pp. rebuilding its nation after the horrors of genocide and the bloody r&me of Pol Pot. It has the full support of the Kampuchean peode. It is conductina a foreian I IO. Mr. AZZAROUK (Libyan Arab Jamahiriva) (interpretation from rfrcrbic): the delegation of ih& Libyan Arab famahiriya expresses its reservation concerning the credentials of the delegation of socalled Democratic I(ampuchea. We belleve that the only party which represents the Kampuchean peop!e should be with us here in this gatherin the Government of the People’s Repu k ,That party I~ IIC of Kampuchea, which actually administers that country and which carried out extensive reconstruction after the massacres suffered by !he Kampuchean people at the hands of the Pol Pot clique. We cannot recognize a Government which does not exist at all on Kampuchean territory. I II. The PRESIDENT: The General Assembly will now take a decision on the recommendation df the we believed last year and we believe this year t&t the time is not yet appropriate for the application of that penalty, althougb we are sure that it should be applied one day. However, our friend from Iran decided to submit his amendment, against our advice. We would have had no alternative but to support that position so as not to give a wrong message to the Israeli delegation that they were welcome here or that the forum. That is why we wou 7 deserved to be in this d have voted in favour of it. We are sure that when the time comes that penalty should be applied;. it is due now, but it is not convenient, and a different result would emerge from this body. 114. Mrs. DEVER (Belgium) (inrerpreforion .fiom French): I should like to make it clear that the fact that my delegation expressed no objection conceming the credentials of the de1 should in no way be construe T tion of Afeanistan as recognitton of the present @ime m Afghanistan, which was imposed upon the Afghan people from outside. 1 IS. Prince NORODOM SIHANOUK (Democratic Kampuchea) (interpretation from French): It is with deep satisfaction and gratitude that the people of Kampuchea and the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea welcome the decision of the General Assembly to adopt without a vote and for the second consecutive time the report of the Credentials Committee, thus confirmin the State of Democratic Kampuchea as a Mem %c : of the United Nations and the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea as the legal and legitimate representative of Kampuchea. 116. I should like, on their behalf, to and sincere tribute to the Assembly for t x ay a warm e vital and important role that it has played in the defence of the le rtimate ri d P hts of Democratic Kampuchea, a State ember oft te Organization and for nearly six years a victim of the war of a ression Socialist Republic of Viet r$p waged by the am. By this new, memorable decision, which marks a milestone in the annals of the Organtzation and in the stru T e for national liberation bv the Kamouchean D~OD e. the General Assembly is-once again’ sor its steadfast determination to principles of the Charter, of which it is the guarantor, and to preserve international peace and security. for which It is responsible under the Charter to the international community. All the neoples of the world devoted to peace and justice welcome this decision. and it is a great source of satisfaction for La uir uxomdi in relations between States and to stand ide the victims of expanakmism and imperialism. I 18. I should like to talte this opportunity to renew the appeal that I made in my statement to the Assembly on 25 September last with refmnce to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nun. I stated then: “If the adversary can heed the voice of reason. we propose to end this age-old hostility. If tt withdraws from our territory, we offer to devel with it and its allies of the moment,.and with 9 I countries of the world, relations of frtendship and co-operation based on the five princi ful coexistence, in equality, les of peacemut uaf common interest. The Kampuchea tbrozb% will be independent, neutral, non-al’ enemy, and the friend of all who WI ed, no one’s *iIF meeting, pnra. 204.1 tt well.” [ 7th I 19. In conclusion, on behalf of tkmocratic Kam- 120. Mr. Shaharyar M. KHAN (Pakistan): My delegation wishes to record Its formal reservatton on the credentials of the de1 istan at the thirty-nmt *T/Y tion representing Afghansession of the General Assembly. This posttion is consistent with Pakistan’s stand, based on principle, that foreign military intervention a inst the sovereignty, independence and territona mtegrity of a country cannot be . k”. iustified under anv Dretext or circumstance. and that Xconstitutes a fla - of the United #‘ant contravention of the Char& attons and untversallv acceoted norms of international behaviour. - - 12 1. My delegation also wishes to make it clear that the fact that Pakistan has not raised a formal ob’ection to the credentials of the delegation of A ghanistan should in no way be interpreted as / recognition of the regime in Kabul or as acquiescence in the continuing foreign military presence in that country. 122. Mr. MAXEY (United Kingdom): With regard to the adoption of the report of the Credentials Committee, I wish to repeat that the fact that my delegation has raised no formal challen e to the credentiais of the delegation from A ghamstan P should of course in no way be taken to imply that the Government of the Unrted Kingdom regards the present regime in Kabul as being a Government. 12;. Mr. AL-ATTAR (S pretotion from Arabic): T h rian Arab Republic) (rnr~re delegation of the Syrian 127. The PRESIDENT We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the vote. 128. The observer of the Palestine Liberation Organization has asked to make a statement. and in accordance with General Assembly resolution 3237 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974. I now call on him. 129. Mr. TERZI (Palestine Liberation Organization): What the General Assembly has witnessed this morning is not only an exercise m procedural issues but a matter of substance related to membership in this Organixation. Almost one third of the Member States have ex letter to the g ressed their position as shown in a resident of the General Assembly A/39/.581]. More than one third of the Member tates cast a neaative vote on the motion bv Denmark that no action be taken on the Iranian~amendment. You, Mr. President, invoked rule 74 of the rules of orocedure. I know that observers cannot really interfere in such matters, but we have been sitting here since 1974 and this morning I have heard a new explanation of that rule. I have the rule before me, and it says, “During the discussion of any matter, a representative may move the adjcummerit”-I repeat, “the adjournment”--“of the debate on the item”, not that no action shouid be taken. This, Sir. is your prerogative, and your interpretation was accepted b just mention r. the Assembly, but I thought I would t us. 130. The result of the exercise this morninn carried a message. and that is why I asked to s$ak. The General Assembly has on numerous occasions condemned Israel for both its policies and its practicis. Now the message is more ciear: enough is enough. The mere accreditation of the reoresentative of the neofascist junta in Tel Aviv is not totally and uncondtttonally welcome here. It carries a message as a lirst step. Israel is called upon to abide by the ruler of the game. Israel is called upon to abide by thl. principles and provisions of the Charter. Israel is called upon to abide bv the resolutions adonted hv the Assembly. Israel cannot and should-‘not bc permitted to bc the obstacle to peace efforts; nor. in this context, can the tlnited States Administration, the Washington Admtnistratlon. he pcrmittcd IO exercise a veto power over the Assembly’s dcctsrons. b . Palestinian people. Yet that same recommendation called for the safeguarding of the fundamental rights of all Palestinians and the establishment of a Palestinian Arab State and a Palestinian Jewish State, In our opinion, the accreditation and the I the two States should be iointlv reconsr 3 itimacy of ered here. and one is contingent upoir the other. Consequently, we have a problem here in that the Assemblv IS 132. The PRESIDENT We have heard the last speaker for this morning on this item. I shall now call on those re resentatives who wish to speak in exercise of t I? err right of reply. 133. Mr. RAIAIE-WORASSANI (Islamic Republic of Iran): I should like to reiterate the reservation ;$uerry Government has regardmg the credentrals of 134. ‘Concerning the comment that the representative of Iraq has made regarding my country, I should like to say that the vote of Iraq demonstrates both the nature of the Iraqi r6gime and also its attitude towards the Zionist invaders. We are not surprised at their implicit support for the Zionists. We are not surprised at their votes nor at their insipid explanation of vote, because invasion and aggression constitute the principle of both r % base and also of the Baat imes, that of the Zionist ist regime of Iraq. We would not even be surprised if we saw in the very near future that the n nized by the Iraqi Baat IT t racist r6gime were recogist authoritres. Ira 9 has done to us exact1 what the racist regime of Israe has done to our Mus tm brothers in the Arab world. Contrary to what the Iraq1 representative claims, the problem of Palestine is not an ethnic or Arabic matter it is an Islamic matter. Only the racists trv to rationaiize that issue and to explain the usurpation of the land of the Muslim people of Palestine tn racial, ethnic or even purely rtatidnalistic terms. 135. What is Al-Quds really? Is it an Arabic racist or nationalistic cause or an Islamic sanctuary? Is the Al-Aqsa Mosque a racist centre, a nationalistic club? The answer to these questions is quite clear. It is also quite clear why Muslims of Arab and non-Arab origins feel the same, indeed most profound, concern for the occupation of the Muslim land of Palestine. But why Iraq took that position is also quite clear. Iraq is a racist, Zionist regime: It has always explatned Its mvaston and occupatton of my country in ractst terms. The artificial invalid, baseless Perstan- Arab issue is only an Iraqi argument. II is because they are racists. 136. As for the Gener : Assembl I should like to say that its existence and the e l-2, ecttve role of the United Nations depend upon meticulously honest regard for its principles, not upon stating hypocrrtical r itself. 137. Today’s vote clearly indicates that imperialism and Zionism are in power outside the Assembly as well as inside. It simply indicates that the oppressed must work harder, strengthen and consolidate their front in order :o hbente themselves from the claws of im rialism and Zionism and to liberate the land of P a$* e&me, the vi&mixed people of South Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and everywhere. It means that we have a very heavy task confront1 Today the op ressed can clearly see the tremen ous task that con rants them. P Y”“’ 138. I assure the Assembly that our st e continues. I also assure the Assembly that many -to vemmerits have openly informed us that they are under very heavy ressure and that they cannot vote except vmst us. c t appreciate their sympathy. We ap recrate how difftcult their problems are, and there ore P how heavy is our responsibility. 139. These things do not disappoint us. Our historic struggle against imperialism and xionism is known and is to be continued. The General I\ssembly shall hear from us again. I am sure that the more the situation of the imperialist role and the Zionist domination is appreciated by the oppressed, the more they will come together and consolidate their front. 140. Mr. AL-QAYSI (Iraq): Mr. President, permit me to begin b time that a de egation exercises the right of reply in 1 sayjng that probably this is the first response to an explanation of vote-but never mmd. 141. The re resentative of Iran thinks that he is articulate an B logical. Blrt the problem with him is that he is like a tape recorder, and a tape recorder does not listen. What I said in my explanation of vote is that there is no difference between Iran and Israel in their ex ansionist against Am !t policies, in their s or their spilling of blood of y-? rabs, In the occupation of Arab territories and in their refusal to abide by the Charter of the United Nations and United Notions resolutions. 142. I challenge the representative of Iran on two pain@. First, is it not a fact that they are now occupyin country? fv Arab tertitories in the Gulf and in my hy do they not withdraw from the three Arab islands which Iran occupied during the time of

&fore call’ tives who wish to speak in exercise o “r tzz?f reply a second time, I remind members that, in accordance with General Assembly decision u/401. such statements are limited to five minutes. 146. Mr. RAJAIE-KHORASSANI (Islamic Republic of Iran): I want to second the very relevant point made by the observe: of P8iestine interpretation of rule 74. l%at is my 7b”d iq the lrst pomt. 147. Secondly, I should like to remind the Assembly that 1,000 square kilometres of our territory is still occupied by the Iraqi racists. I must also say that the all T tion concerning deals between the racist enemy, srael, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is an all an 7 tlon made by both enemies-the Israeli enemy the lraai enemy-the meaning of which is auite clear. Howlver, Iwonder why,- in the eloqbmt argument of the Iraqis the question of chemical warfare was completely forgotten. That policy of I . . is also quite in line with the humanitarian poltc~a o “f Israel. 148. Mr. AL-QAYSI (Iraq): Following the logic of the ambassador of Iran, the only conclusion one can arrive at is that Mr. RajaiaKhorassani is the enemy of the lslamic Republic of Ir;ln. 149. The PRESIDENT: We have thus concluded our consideration of the first report of the Credentials Committee. The meeting rose at I p.m. The delegations of Gambia and Oman subsequently informed the Secretarist that they had nol intended IO participate in the voting. The delegation of Swuilrnd subscquenIly informed the Secretariat that it had intended lo vole in favour of the motion.