A/39/PV.97 General Assembly

Monday, June 21, 1971 — Session 39, Meeting 97 — New York — UN Document ↗

THIRTY-NINTH SESSION
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142.  Use of outer space exclosively for peaceful purposes for the benefit of mankind

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The President #7514
May I remind representatives that the debate on this item was concluded on 4 December. In this connection, the Assembly has before it, in the report ofthe United Nations Council for Namibia [A/39/24, part four, chap. 1], five draft resolutions recommended by the Council, and a series of amendments to those draft resolutions, contained in documents N39/L.23 to A/39/L.25. 2. I shall now call upon those representatives who wish to introduce the draft resolutions. 3.. I call upon the representative 9f zambia, who Wishes to mtroduce draft resolution A, entitled "Situation in Namibia resulting from the illegal occupation of the Territory by South Africa". 4. Mr. KUNDA (Zambia): The cause of Namibia's independence has been supported by the overwhelm- ing majority of States since the early years of the Organization. Since then, the momentum has been kept up by the termination of the Mandate 18 years ago; by the historic advisory opinion handed down by the International Court of Justice on 21 June 1971;1 and by Security Council resolution 435 (1978) and many other resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly and the Security Council. 5. Over the years, the international community has, however, been frustrated in its efforts to implement the United Nations plan for Namibia by the intransi- gence of the Pretoria regime, backed by its allies, which has created impasse after impasse, all of them familiar to those assembled here. 6. The racist regime has tried all kinds of ma- noeuvres to hoodwink the international community. I refer here to attempts by South Africa and the United States to link the question of Namibian • Resumed from the 84th meeting. NEW YORK independence ,,0 irrelevant and extraneous issues, such as the withdrawal of Cuban forces from Angola. 7. The Security Council has only recently rejected South Africa's insistence on linking the independence of Namibia to irrelevant and extraneous issues as incompatible with resolution 435 (1978), other deci- sions of the Security Council and resolutions of the General Assembly on Namibia, including General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960. By its resolution 539 (1983), the Security Council decided that, in the event of continued obstruction by South Africa, it would consider the adoption of appropriate measures. 8. South Africa's intransigence remains the major hurdle in the way ofNamibian independence. It is in this context that the draft resolution that my delega- tion has the honour to introduce is to be seen. It is a draft resolution that has been recommended by consensus to the Assembly bv the United Nations Council for Namibia. ~ 9. The draft resolution begins by reaffirming once more the right of the people of Namibia to self- detemlination and national independence in a united Namibia, while reaffirming the mandate given to the United Nations Council for Namibia as the legal Administering Authority for that territory until inde- pendence. The draft resolution further reaffirms,the legitimacy .of the.struggle of the Namibian peol?~ by all means, Includmg armed struggle, under the,leader- ship of the South West Mrica People's OrgaIiization [SWAPO], their sole and authentic representative. 10. After laying down these basic principles reiter- ated year after year by the Assembly, the draft resolution proceeds to condemn South Mrica for its continued illegal occupation of Namibia and for obstructing the implementation of Security Council resolutions 385 (1976) and 435 (1978), which remain the only basis for the internationally recognized peaceful settlement of the question of Namibia. 11. The draft resolution firmly rejects the persistent attempts by the United States and South Africa to establish any linkage or parallelism between the independence of Namibia and, in particular, the withdrawal of Cuban forces from Angola, and em- phasizes unequivocally that any such attempts are designed to delay the decolonization process in Namibia and constitute interference in the internal affairs of Angola. 12. In view of the recent South African threats to proceed with yet another so-called internal solution in Namibia, such as the establishment ofyet another puppet institution in the form of the so-called Multi- Party Conference, the draft resolution strongly con- demns this latest direct violation of Security Council resolution 439 (1978), aimed at perpetuating its domination of the Territory. Unite~ States !Jf America and .South Africa to 37. The Council will also contact Governments and ~stablIsh, any hnkage .o~ parallelIsm ~etween the corporations in order to persuade them to cease any mdependence of Namibia and the withdrawal of dealings with South Africa regarding Namibia and, Cuban forces from A~gola. . particularly, to stop the exploitation of the natural 30. The draft resolution strongly condemns racist and human resources ofNamibia. It will consider the South Africa for sabotaging the Namibian indepen- activities of foreign economic interests operating in ~e~c~ talks held in 19~4 at !-~saka ~,nd Mindel!J.by !he Territory ofNaJ;D!bia with a v;'?w to rec.ornmend- mSlstmg on the notonous hnkage pre-condltlon 109 appropnate pohcles to the UOlted Nations Gen- a;nd introducin& new insidious subterfuge as alterna- eral Assembly. tlves to resolution 4~5 (1978). . 38. During 1985, the Council will take further steps 3.1. The draft re~olutIon reguests.the Secunty Coun- to implement Decree No. 1 for the Protection of the ctl to exercise Its authonty With regard to the Natural Resources of Namibia 2 which it enacted on implementation of its resolutions 385 (1976), 435 27 September 1974. In this regard, the Council will (1978), 53f (1983) and 539 (1~8~) s~ as to bnng consider legal action in the domestic courts ofStates about the mdependenct: C?f Namlb~a Without ~urther and other appropriate bodies. delay, and LO act deCIsively aga10st any dtlatory ..... manoeuvres and fraudulent schemes of the South 39. The Counctl Will also con~mue .te review a~d African administration in Namibia aimed at frustrat- repo~!Jn the progres~ of the lIberation struggle m ing the legitimate struggle ofthe Namibian people for Namibia ~nd to J;DoOltor the voluntary boy~ott of independence. In this connection, the draft resolu- So'!-th ~nca. It.Will, for these purposes, cont1Oue to tion urges the Security Council to impose compre- gatner mformatlon from governmental and non-g~v- hensive mandatory sanctions against the racist ernmental sources and to prep~re comp~ehenslye regime of South Africa under Chapt\~r VII of the reports on !levelopments conce!DlDg Namibia: It Will Charter, in order to ensure the total cessation of all hold a senes ~f plenarr meetmgs a~d contmue ~o co-operation with that regime, particularly in the carry 01.!t h~anngs, ~emmars and !~glO~al sym{X>sla military and nuclear fields, by Governments, corpo- to .obt~m 1Oformatlon and mobtl~e mternattonal rations, institutions and individuals. actlo~ ~n support ofthe cause ofthe 10dependence of 32 Th f d ft I · .. I d Namibia. . e concern 0 ra reso utlon B IS pure y an . .. simply the implementation of Security Council reso- 40.. In Implementll!g ItS programme of :w~rk, as well lution 435 (1978), and nothing else. It is the imple- as ID any ~att~r of l1~teres! to the Namlblan.people? mentation of what is the only internationally accep- the Coun9tl WI~ contmue ItS close co-operation a~d ted framework for a settlement of the Namibian consultat1o~ With SWAPO, the sole: ~nd au~hlmtlc question, a framework unanimously adopted by the repr~sentatlve ofthe peol'le of Namibia. It wIJl also Security Council in discharge of its solemn obliga- co~tmue to cC-O,i}erate Wlt~ the Movemel!t <:>f Non.~ tion. For, so long as resolution 435 (1978) continues Al~~ed Co.untnes and With the prgaOlZatlo~ .m to be unimplemented, the suffering of the people of Afncan DOlty [DAD] on the question of .Namlbla. ~amibia continues. As we co~sider thi~ draft resolu- 41. T~e Cou~cil w!ll undertak~ its progra~me of tIon, let us keep uppermost un our m10ds the well- work With the intention of effectively mcreasmg and being, the interests and the future of the people of intensifying international support for the speedy Namibia and, accordingly, give this draft resolution withdrawal of the illegal South African administra- our whole-hearted support. tion from Namibia and for the immediate indepen- 33. The PRESIDENT: The next speaker is the dence of Namibia. representative of Yugoslavia, who will introduce 42. The Council is convinced that its activities for draft resolution C, entitled "Programme of work of the next year will contribute to keeping the question the United Nations Council for Namibia". ofNamibia at the forefront ofinternational attention 34. Mr. GOLOB (yugoslavia): I have the honour to and co~ce~ and that they will be instrumental in introduce, for the consideration and adoption of the !ranslatl.ng mto conce~ed action the support of the Assembly, draft resolution C, entitled "Programme mternatlOnal commumty for the speedy Implementa- ofwork ofthe United Nations Council for Namibia". tion of the United Nations plan for Namibia. 35. The United Nations Council for Namibia was 43. We feel in the Council that at this moment, established by a General Assembly resolution as the when South Africa is rejecting all attempts to imple- legal Administering Authority for Namibia until its ment the United Nations plan for Namibia, the independence and as the policy-making organ of the programme of work of the Council has become even Assembly on the question of Namibia. We in the more important and essential. Therefore, we are United Nations Council for Namibia consider that submitting draft resolution C to the General Assem- the proposed programme of work of the Council for bly for its adoption, convinced that the activities of the next year will contribute to the effective and the Council will significantly contribute to the early fruitful fulfilment of the mandate entrusted to it by attainment of independence for Namibia. the General Assembly. 44. The PRESIDENT: I now call on the reptesenta- 36. The programme envisages that the Council will tive of Bulgaria to introduce draft resolution D, continue to represent Namibia and protect the entitled "Dissemination of information and mobili- interests of the people ofNamibia in the internation- zation of international public opinion in support of al arena, including conferences, intergovernmental Namibia". I~form!iti0!1 of the.Secretar!at, in all its activ~ties of 53. The Council also expresses grave concern at the dlsse!"~natlon of mf0I11!atlon. on. the questIOn of increasing South African media propaganda and Namlb~a, foll0'Ys the pohcX guldehn~s .latd do~ by "psychological warfare" on independent African the UOlted Natl(~ns .CouncIl for N!1~l1bla ~nd aSSIsts, countries and SWAPO. The Council also deplores the as ~ matt~r ofpnonty, the c;ounc~lm.the I~plemen- deliberate abuse of the mass information media in t~tlon ofIts programme of dlssemmatlon of mforma- some countries for the purpose of wa~ing that same tIon. "psychological warfare" under the gUIse of the con- 48. Over the years, it has become increasingly clear cept of "free flow of info~ation,ideas and peopl.e". that the mere recognition by the United Nations of That co~cePthas be~n ml~used to brand !is terro~ls~s the right of the Namibian people to self~determina- the, figh.ers f<;lr natlo~al mdependence ,m NamIbIa tion freedom and. independence, the repeated con- whIle condonmg genume acts of terronsm. den{nations of racist South Africa's brutal coionialist 54. To render assistance and to bring human digni- policy of apartheid, repression and aggression, ,the ty to the oppressed peoples of Namibia, the United appeals by the world Organization for the immediate Nations must increase its support to the media cess01;tion of that policy and, for granting indepen- organs, especially those ofindependent African coun- dence to Namibia, although being of utmost si~ifi- tries, for ~h~ purpos,: ~f n.ullifying t~e adverse effects cance, cannot by themselves bring about the wlth-· of Pretona s destablhzatlon campaIgn. drawal of Pretoria from the illegally occupied 55. Therefore, dissemination of information is an Territory, On the contrary, in blatant defiance of important activity and it is a most important means numerous United Nations resolutions, the racists for bringing pressure to bear on Pretoria and its allies have continued and expanded the-ir aggressive coloni- for their compliance with the will of the Namibian al war against the people ofNamibia, who, under the people and the resolutions of the United Nations on leadership of their sole and authentic representative, the granting of independence to Namibia without SWAPO, are waging a heroic and just struggle for further delay. independence. The aggression of .Pretoria long, a~o 56. I therefore have the honour and pleasure of crossed the borders of South Afnca and NamIbIa, recommending draft resolution D to the General 49. Therefore, draft resolution D containss in para- Assembly for adoption. graph 5, a decision to intensify the Council's interna- 57. The PRESIDENT: I call on the representative tional campaign "in support ofthe.cause ofNamibia of Venezuela, who will introduce draft resolution E, and to expose and denounce the collusion of the entitled "United Nations Fund for Namibia". Unite~ States of ~erica, certain otp-er We~te~ 58. Mr. GRIFFIN (Venezuela) (intlfrpretation from countnes and Israel WIth the South AfncanracIsts. , Spanish): I have the honour to mtroduce draft and to this end the Council is requested to formulate resolutionE, entitled "United Nations Fund for a programme of activities on the dissemination of Namibia". infC?rmation, including th~ organi~ationof an inter- 59. "The United Nations Fund for Namibia was !1atlOnal confere~~e at UOlted NatIOns Headguarters established in 1970 [resolution 2679 (XXI11 on the l!l order to moblhze aI}d strengthen furth~r mterna- termination of South Africa's Mandate to administer tlOnal suppo~ for the Just cause and he!olc struggle the Territory, and the United Natiol,ls thus assumed of the.NamIblan p~ople, led by theIr sole and direct responsibility for Namibia until its accession authentIC representatIve~ SW.b...pO. to independence. The United Nations entered into 50. In recognition of the very important role that !he soleJllD obligati!>n to.help the Namibian people in non-governmental organizations have to play in our Its stru~le to a~hleve mdependeI}ce, and therefore common struggle for the liberation of Namibia, the the V~lted; NatIons sh~uld ~rovlde. the p.eople C!f draft resolution would further strengthen their co- !'lamlbla WIth the matenal assIstance It requues until operation with the· United Nations Council for mdependence. Namibia and urge them to intensify their efforts for 60. At the outset, the sphere of activities and the mobilization of public support"..and solidarity !assistance provided in the context of the United with the struggle of the Namibian'people. Nations Fund for Namibia was restricted, but when rep~e~~lDtathr~s ,,:ould part~ci{late in the activities of imp~rtance.It is a commonpl~c~ within !he United theJomt momtonng commISSIon at the request ofthe Nations to see the case ofNamlb\a as a umque one in paI!ies in order to facilitate the withdrawal o~ South the history and practice of the Organization. The Mncan troops from southern Angola. To thIS end, aspects of this uniqueness do not need to be detailed ~d with the agret:mentof the Governments directly here by me since they were so extensively alluded to mvolved, the Umted States Government opened a in the recently concluded debate on the question of small office which had to be near enough to the Namibia. disenga~ement process to work effectively with the parties mvolved. Though located in Windhoek, this 81. The rules ofprocedure ofthe Gener~l Assembly office is in no way accredited either to the South reve8;l .yet ano!h~r ~spect of the un~queness of Mrican Government or to the authorities in Namib- Nal!1Ibla. ~am.lbla IS.the only .non-md~pend~nt ia. It has no diplomatic or consular function; it temtory which IS the object of specdi~ consl~eratlon implies no recognition of the legitimacy of the South by thC;lse rules of p~ocedpre. Dele~atlons wIll recall African presence in Namibia. Our action is therefore that In 1954, at ItS mnth ~esslon, the General entirely consistent with the resolutions passed by the Asse~bly. had adopted a speCial p!ocedure ~or the General Assembly and the Security Council. exa~In.atIon of reports. and petItIOns relatmg.to . . Namibia, then the Temtory of South West Afnca y5.. The ISSU~ posed. by our propo!;ed amendments [resolution 844(IX)]. That special rule is contained in IS In fact qUIte a sl1~ple one..Does the Gen.eral annex III of the rule~ of procedure, special rule A. It Assembly Wish to see ItS rt:sC;llutlOns on the senoJ,lS will be noted that special rule F says: and urgent matter of NamibIa abused for purposes ,,' . which not only make no contribution to the effort to . Declsl<?l1S of the General As.st:mbly on qu.es- bring about Namibian independence but which are tlOns rel~t1Dg to reports and p~tItlons concernmg calculated to discourage those engaged in that effort? the Te~tory of South ~est ~frI.ca shall be r~gard- Our amendments aim to eliminate just this abuse. ed ~s Important questions WIthIn the meanmg of We have not proposed to alter in any way the Art~cle 18,..par3;¥aph 2, of the Charter of the substance of the draft resolutions before us. There- Umted Nauons. ; fore, whatever a Government's sUbs~antive views Article 18, paragraph 2, of the Charter reads: may be, whether your Governments Wish to support " ' ... . the dral resolutions, abstain or vote against them, Declsl0!1s of the General Assembly on Iml?or- you should feel free to support these amendments. tan~ questIOns shall be made by a tw~.thl.~ds We. appeal to all, therefore, to join. together in maJonty of the members present and votmg. reaffirming our respect for the principles of civilitv, 82.. Now, ifwe were to turn to rule 84 ofthe rules of basic fairness and respect for accuracy which have procedure, we would see set forth the proc;edure for shaped our accepted practices and ·which should .dealing with amendments to important questions. govern all our deliberations and decisions here. .Rule 84 reads: port1l'n~, SaInt Cb.!1stopher and .NevI~, Samt Lucla, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, Chile, Samoa, Senegal, Smgapore, ~pam, Sn Lanka, ~w~- Colombia, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Hon- den, Togo. Turkey, Umted ~ngdomofGreat Bnt.am duras, Jordan, Lebanon, Malawi, Nepal, Niger, and Northern Ireland, Umted States of Amenca, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philip- Uruguay. pines, Rwanda, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Soma- Against~ Mghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, lia, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Bahrain, Barbados, Benin, Botswana, Brunei Dams- Venezuela. s~am, _~~ga~a! ~urkina__F3:so,r!!~~~~!;A By~~fU~- . There. were 45. votes)n.favol}r, .65 .agains~ a,!d 32 S1~J'!l ~Vl~l. Soc"lahst Repub~c, '-'AP\' .." ... ~.d~, '-'UlnA, abstentIOns. Havzngfalled to olJtazn me reqUlrea two-- (~m1g,o~ C~ba~ Czechoslovakia, De~ocratlc yemen, thirds majority the amendment was not adopted. 1-g:--pt, EthiopIa, German DemocratIc RepublIc, Gha- ' . n~~ Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic 91. The PRESIDENT: Fm~lly, I put to the vote the Republic of), Iraq, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's fift~ and last amendment In document A/~9/L.23, Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahi- whIch concerns paragraph 49 ofdraft resolution A. A riya, Mada~ascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexi- recorded vote has been requested. co, MongolIa, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pak- A recorded vote was taken. ig~an, Polan<!, Qatar, Sao' T~me and PrinciI!e, In favour: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados, S~ycp.~lles, SIerra Le~n~, Syn~n Ar3:b.RepublIc, Bel~ium, Belize, Bolivia, Burma,. Canada, Central ~UD1S1~, Uganda,. Ukral.m~n SovIet ~OClall~t Repub- Mncan Repub!ic, Chad, C;olombia, Costa Rica, he, pmon of ~ovlet SOCI~IStRepublIcs.. Um.ted Arab Denmark, DomInica, Domimcan Republic, Ecuador, EmIrates,. Umted ~epu~lIc of TanzanIa, Vlet Nam, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, YugoslaVIa, zambIa, ZImbabwe. Federal Republic of, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Abstaining: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Ba- Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, hamas, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Came- Japan, Liberia, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Nether- roon,3 Equatorial Guine..., Indonesia, Jordan, Leba- lands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Panama, Para- non, Malawi, Maldives, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Papua guay, Philippines, Portugal, Saint Christopher and New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Vin- Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grena- cent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Solomon dines, Samoa; Sene~al, Sweden, Togo, United King- Islands, Somalia, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, dom of Great BritaIn and Northern Ireland, United Venezuela, Yemen. £tates of America, Uruguay. There were 56 votes in favour, 60 against ahd 29 Aga!nst: Mghanistan, ~bania,. Algeria, Angol~, abstentions. Having failedto obtain the required two- BahraIn, ~otswan~, Bul~f1~,BurkIna faso, Burundl, thirds majority, tlie amendment was not adopted. Byelorusslan SOYlet SocIalIst RepublIc, Cameroon, 90. The PRESIDENT: Next I put to the vote the Cape V~rde, ChIna, <;omoros, Con.~o, C1;1ba, ~ze~h- fourth .amendment in document A/39/L.23, which oslova~la, DemocratIc Yeme~, DJlboutI., EthIopIa, concerns paragraph 38 of draft resolution A. A Ga~bla, German DemocratIc R~publIc, Ghan~, recorded vote has been requested. Gumea1 Gu¥ana, Hungary, IndoneSIa, Iran (~slamlc Repubhc ot), Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, KuwaIt, Lao A recorded vote was taken. People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Libyan In favour. Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Central Mrican Republic, Chad, Denmark, Domini- Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nicaragua, ca, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fin- Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Ara- land, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Federal bia, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan,4 Syrian Arab Republic of, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Iceland, Republic, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet Social- Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Liberia, /ist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, United Republic ofTanzania, ~l.1cen a deciSion on ~endments to draft resol}ltlon ambular paragraph of draft resolution B. A recorded A. only. Some d~legatlons have expresse~ the Wish to vote has been requested. explam all their votes before the votmg on draft d resolutio~.A. Of course, the General Assembly is its A recorde vote w~ taken. . . . own deciSion-maker, but I suggest that perhaps we In favour: Austraha, Austna, .Belglum, Behze, could dispose of one draft resolution at a time in Canada, Cent~al African Republic, Chad, Chile, order to avoid confusion. Thus, we could hear Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominica, Oomin- explanations of vote before the voting on d.raft icaI} RePl!Rlic~ Ecuador, El Salvador, Eqpatorial resolution A, take the vote on the draft resolution, Gumea, FIJI, Fmland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ger- and then hear those who wish to explain their votes many, Federal Republic of, Greece, Grenada, Guate- after the voting. Having disposed of draft res~lution mala, Honduras,.lce!and, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory A, we would then move on to draft resolution B, Coast, Japan, Llbena, Luxembourg, Malta, Maun- taking the amendments first and following the same tius, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, procedure as on draft resolution A. Panama, ~arag~ay, Peru., Port~gal, S~int Christopher 96. I call on the representative of Somalia on a and N~VIS, Samt LU~la, Samt VI~cent .and the point of order. Grenadmes, Samoa, Smga~ore, SpaIn, Sn Lanka, . " Sweden, Togo, Turkey, Umted Kmgdom.of Great ?'. M~. OS~AN (Somaha): My 1elegatlOn had the Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of ImpreSSion, With regard to the last am~ndment that America Uruguay. was voted on, the fifth amendment m document . ' . . . Al39/L.23, that paragraphs 5 (a), (b) and (c) would be Aga~nst: Afghamstan,. AlbanIa, Algena, Angola, taken separately. Since the three amendments were B.ahram, Barbados, ~emn, Bots~ana, B~gana, .B~r- voted upon together, we would like it to appear in the kina F~so, Burundl, Byelorusslan Sov~et Soclahst record of the meeting that had we participated in the Repubhc, Cameroo~, Cape Verd~, Chma, Congo, voting process we would have voted against. Cu~a, .Czechoslovak~a, Dem~ratlc Ye~en, Egypt, . EthIOpia, German Democrahc Repubhc, Ghana, 98. The PRESIDENT. Does the Asse?mbly agree to Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Re- follow the procedure I have oU~hned. . public of), Iraq, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Demo- 99. I .caU on the repre~entatlve of the IslamiC cratic Republic, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, RepublIc of Iran on a pamt of order. Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, 100. Mr. RAJAIE-KHORASSANI (Islamic Repub- Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria,Poland, lic of Iran): Mr. President, I understand that you Qatar, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra have made a decision. If this is not an arbitrary Leone, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Uganda, decision of the President, then I would like to know Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union ofSoviet whether the point you have just mentioned is a part Socialist Republics, United Arab Emirates,United of the rules of procedure, or is it just a choice which Republic ofTanzania, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, ¥ugosla- can be changed? via, Zambia, Zimbabwe. 101. The PRESIDENT: The General Assembly is Abstaining: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Ba- master of its own decisions. I was merely trying to hamas, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei ~ith the Unit~d Nations plan.' and South Africa:s 170. Mr. ULRICH (Denmark): I have the honour Illegal occupatIOn of the Temtory must be terml- to speak on behalf of the five Nordic countries- nated. Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark-in 164. Yet, turning t~ the qraft resolutions befo~e us, ~xplanation of vote on the. qraft resolutions concern- we find language whIch delIberately sets out to dIvide mg the questIon of NamIbIa. ~ather t~an to mobiliz~ the common purpose of the 171. The Nordic countries remain firmly convinced mtematlOnal commumty. that the people of Namibia must be permitted as 165. The Australian Government is deeply con- soon as possible to determine their own future cemed about the situation in Namibia resulting from through free and fair elections under the supervision South Africa's occupation of the Territory. We fully' and control of the United Nations, in accordance support the implementation of Security Councd with Security Council resolution 435 (1978). They resolution 435 (978) and we support programmes to are deeply concerned that South Africa continues to disseminate information and mobilize international lay down extraneous conditions for co-operating in public opinion in support of Namibia. Yet, in the the implementation of the United Nations plan for past, we have been unable to accept resolutions Namibia. The Nordic countries reiterate the view which were similar to draft resolutions A, Band D that the settlement plan alone provides a universally and which dealt precisely with these subjects, because accepted framework for Namibian independence. of the language in which they were couched. 172. The Nordic countries deeply regret that again 166. As I said earlier, my delegation has sought to this year they will not be able to support all the draft have the United· Nations Council for Namibia and resolutions. This is all the more regrettable since we the General Assembly adopt resolutions which will strongly support the overall objective-namely, free- be more widely acceptable. We supported the amend- dom and independence for Namibia. ments contained in docum~nts Al39/L.2,3 to L.25, 173. The draft resolutions before us contain an proposed by the represe~tatlve of the Umte~ States, increasing number of elements which cause us diffi- becau~e we hav~ ~onslste~tly argued agamst t~e culties ofprinciple. I shall now outline these difficul- selectIve and arbItrary naf;ll1ng of Member States m ties in general terms. General Assembly resolutIOns. We regret that these . amendments were not carried. If they had been 174.. Fust, as we ~ave sta~ed on a number of carried in their entirety, my delegation would have occaSIOns, the Nord!c countpes cannot a~cept en- voted in favour of draft resolutions B, C, D and E dorsement by the Umte~ Na~lOI}s ofthe use of~ed and abstained on draft resolution A. This would have s!ru~e. One of the baSIC pnncIl?les of t!te Qrga!1lza- represented a distinct change in Australia's voting tlOn IS to promote peaceful solutIOns to mtematlOnal pattern, as compared to recent years. We would have problems. ~<?r the sa~e reason, we cannot support done so notwithstanding the fact that draft resolu- calls for mIlItary assIstance. . tions A and B-and A in particular-contain ele- 175. Secondly, owing to the strict adherence of the ments which we do not fully support. As the·amend- Nordic countries to the provisions of the Charter of ments were not carried, we shall now abstain on draft the United Nations, we must generally reserve our resolutions A, Band D and support draft resolutions position with regard to formulations which fail to C and E. take into account that only the Security Council can 167. The draft resolutions before us contain a adopt decisions binding on Member States. number of difficulties that we have previously elabo- 176. Thirdly, the Nordic countries deplore the rated on in the Assembly. For example, my delega- inappropriate and arbitrary singling out ofindividual tion is unable to accept references to SWAPO as the countries and groups of countries. We believe that sole and authentic representative of the Namibian this procedure, which is getting increasingly com- people, although we acknowledge that SWAPO has mon, makes it more difficult than before to maintain an essential role to play in the settlement regulations. the intemational consensus on the question of Na- 168. Nor can we accept endorsement of armed mibia. . struggle as a means of bringing about Namibian 177. Fourthly, all political parties enjoying popular independence, as this runs counter to the very ['Upport in Namibia must be allowed to participate in Charter of the United Nations. Having said this, a political process through free and fair elections. however, we do understand the frustrations which SWAPO is such a party and must be part of any have led many countries and peoples to argue that if solution in Namibia. However, we have reservations peaceful methods do not produce the necessary concerning formulations which prejudice the out- results, force may inevitably occur as a last resort to come of free elections. end institutionalized discrimination in southern Afri- 178. Fifthly, we are also this year concemed about ca. the substantial additional expenditures which the 169. We are concemed also with exaggerated allega~ proposed large meetings away from Headquarters tions concerning co-operation by "Western coun- involve. The Nordic countries support the general tries" with South Africa. I do not propose here to principle embodied in General Assembly resolution 19~8. In order not to prejudge the outcome of those 187. In our view, one of the most reprehensible n~otiations in any way, the Federal Republic of aspects of the draft resolutions before us is the Germany must refrain from associating itself with arbitrary and unjustified accusations hurled at indi- the draft resolutions before the General Assembly in vidual Member States or groups of countries. My either a positive or negative manner. Mainly for this Government strongly rejects this practice of selective reason, but also out of certain reservations with name-calling as unworthy of the Organization. The regard to some financial implications contained in aspersions cast on one particular group of Member the draft resolutions, my delegation will abstain. States can only serve the interests of those who are 182. Mr. van der STOEL (Netherlands): The Neth- less. conce~ed with streng~he!1ing th~ ret~lve.of the erlands has repeatedly condemned South Africa for p"mted NatIo.ns to .de~l ~fTe~tlvely wI~h LIS dIfficult continuing its illegal occupation of Namibia in Isspe !han WIth explOltmg It for thetr own narrow defiance of the unanimous opinion of the interna- objectIves. tional community. My Government has consistently 188. Against this background, my delegation has joined otherMembers ofthis Organization in appeal- voted in favour ofall amendments introduced by the ing to South Africa to enable the people of Namibia United States. In this context we would urge the to exercise their right to self-determination and United Nations Council for Namibia henceforward independence, in accordance with Security Council to resist the introduction ofthose elements into draft resolutions 385 (1976) and 435 (1978). For the resolutions and thereby enhance this body's ability to Namibian problem to be solved, South Africa must contribute to international efforts to bring about be prevailed upon to co-operate without further delay Namibia's independence. or pre-conditions in carrying out the settlement plan . .... endorsed by resolution 435 (1978) which, inter alia. 189. Iu vIew of t~e consl4eratIons just ment~oned, provides for free and fair elections under United the Netherlands wtl.1 abstam on 4raft res<?lutI0J.l A Nations supervision and the establishment 'of' an a.nd on 4raft reso.lutlon D c,?ncernmg the.dlssemma- independent and sovereign State of Namibia. tIon o~ mformatlOn.. We WI!l also absta!n on draft . .. resolutIon B concernmg the ImplementatIOn of reso- 183. ~e Netherla!1d~ WIll contmu~ to encourage al! lution 435 (1978). The early exercise by the Namib- eff0t:1s aImed at bnngmg ~bout t~IS ~oal and. over- ian people of its internationally recognized right to commg t~e.obstacles to ~hlchthe mabenable nght of self-de~erminationand independence should not be the Namlblan people to md~~ndencehas been held impeded because of the situation in a neighbouring host~ge too long.. ~~ NamIbIa has always bee!1 a country. At the same time, the Netherlands Govern- part}cular. r~sponslbllIty and concern of th~ Umted ment supports the efforts of all parties concerned to NatIons, It IS our du~y, as M~mbers of thIS world reach a common understanding OH issues relevant to body, to attract the WIdest poSSIble support for these the stability of the region as a whole once the efforts. ~o o~r deep regret, ~owever, .we are faced implementation of the Namibian independence plan once agam 'Ylth draft reso~utlons that mclude many is set in motion. The immediate cessation of South eleme!1!~ ~hlch are more bkely to cr~atecontroversy African aggression against the territorial integrity and and .dlYlslon than to lay t~e f~und~tlons fo~ concert- sovereignty of Angola and the withdrawal of foreign ed actIon by the Orgamzatlon m pUrsUIt of our troops from that country would certainly contribute common goal. to a climate of confidence conducive towards this 184. My delegation has no choice, therefore, but to end. But I wish to emphasize that, in the opjnion of abstain on some ofthe draft resolutions presented to tbe Netherlands, the independence of Namibia re- us. . mains the essential and.primary responsibility of the Seych~lles, Sierra Leone~ Singapore, Somalia, Sri tion and mobilization ofinternational public opinion Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab in support of Namibian • A recorded vote has been Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, requested. Tunisi~ Turkey, Uganda, l!krainia!l ~oviet Soci~ist A recorded vote was taken. Rel?ubhc, Umo~ of SOYlet SOClal!St Repubb~s, In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Umted Arab Emirates, Umted Rep~bhc ofTanzama, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Uruguay,. Van~atu, Vene;zuela:, Vlet Nam, Yemen, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Boli- Yugos~avla, Zaire, Zambia, ZImbabwe. via, Qotswana, Brazil, Brunei Oarussalam, Bulgaria, Agamst: None. Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Abstaining: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Soc!aiist Repub~ic, Cameroon, Cape .Verde, Cent~al Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Federal Re- Afncan Repubhc, Chad, .ChIle, China, Colombia, public of, Grenada, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Ivory ComorC!s, Congo, C~sta Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, <;zech- Coast, Japan, Lux~mbourg, Malawi, Netherlands, oslovaIq~, De!Uocrat!c .Kampuc~e~, Democmt}c Ye- New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain, men, DJlboutl, Dommlca, Dommlcan ~epubhc~ Bc- Sweden, United Kin$dom of Great Britain and uad~r,. E~t, El Salvado~, Equatonal Gum~, Northern Ireland, Umted States of America. EthIOPI~, FIJI, Gabon, Gambia, German l?emocra~lc Draft resolution B was adopted by 129 votes to Rep~bhc, Ghana, Gree.c~, Guatemala, Gumea, Gu~n- none with 25 abstentions (resolution 39/50 B) ea-Blssa~, Guyana, Ha}tl, Hond'!ras, Hungary, In~la, , . . IndoneSia, Iran (IslamiC Repubhc 00, Iraq, Jamaica, 236. The PRES~DENT: We now turn to draft Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic res,?lutlon <;, entitled '.'Programm.e .0[' work of the Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Umted NatIOns Councd for Namibia. A recorded Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mal- vote has been requested. dives,Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, A recorded vote was taken. Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Nigeria, Oman..' J?al?stan, Panama, Papua Ne'Y GUi.ti- Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, ea, Peru, ~hilipplpes, ?olal!d, Qatar, Romama, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, ~wanda, Samt Lucla, Samt V!I~cel'!t and th~ Gre~a- Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, dmes, Samoa, Sao To~e and PnncI~, SaudI AJ'abla, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, ~eneg~, Seychelles, SIerra.Leone, Sm~pore, w~a- Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, ha, Sn Lan~, Sud~n, Sunname, ~w~iland, Synan Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Arab R~p~bhc, Thatland, Togo, Tn~l~ad and.Toba- Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, g~, :Tumsla, "J;urkeY1 Uganda,. Ukrai~t~ SovIet ~ Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Demo- Clal.tSt Repubbc, pmon of~vlet SocI~StRepubb9s, cratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, Umted Arab...Emlrates, Umted Rep~bbc ofTanzama, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Uruguay,. Y.··ll~atu, Vene.zuela., Vlet Nam, Yemen, E~t, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji~ Yugos~avla, hllre, Zambia, ZImbabwe. Fmland, Gabon, Gambia, German Democratic Re- Against: None. public, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea- Abstaining: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Federal R~ India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic 00, Iraq, public of, Grenada, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jortian, Coast, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zea- Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, land, Norway, Paraguay,· Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahhiya, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mal- Ireland, United States of America. dives, ¥ali, Malta, Mauritani~, Mauritius, Mexico, Draft resolution D was adopted by 130 votes to Mongoha, Morocco, Mo~mblque, N.epal, ~eth~r- none. With 24 abstentions (resolution 39/50 DJ. lands, New Zealand,. Nicaragua, Nlger, Nlgena, 238. The PRESIDENT: We come now to draft Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New I· E t· I d "U . d N' F d &". Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar~ reso '!t~o~ ,en It e ntte atlons un 10r Romania Rwanda Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Namibia. A recorded vote has been requested. the Gren'adines, S~moa, Sao Tome and Principe, A recorded vote was take'!. Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suri.. Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, name, Swaziland, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Repub- Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, To~ag~,Tunisia! Turk~y, Ugand~, U~in~an ~oviet 243. Finally, we believe that arbitrary name-calling ~OCIalISt .Republic, UntC!n of SOVIe! SOCIalist RC?pub- is sometimes necessary. For example, the omission of bcs, UnIted Arab EmIrates, Untted RepublIc of reference to South Africa from the texts would make Tanzania, Uruguay, Va~uatu, Ven~zuel~, Viet Nam, them meaningless. It would seem that, generally Yemen, YugoslavIa, ZaIre, ZambIa, ZImbabwe. speaking, the repetitious and inconsistent references .Against: None. tend.to compromise the balanct: ofthe texts a~d their Abstaining: Canada, France, Germany,. Federal poSSIble future efficacy. We rC?Iterate our POIDt ~h~t Republic of, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Independence and 4emOCra!Ic. rule for ;NamIb~a Northern Ireland United States of America. shoul~ be the focal POint OPhIS Iss}le and neIther WIll . . ' be gained through resolutIOns whIch would seem to Draft !eSolutlO'TI E. was adoptet! by 149 votfs to give undue weight to other contentious aspects. My none. WIth 5 abstentIons (resolutIOn 39/50 E). delegation trusts that these ideas will be considered 239. The .PRESIDE~: I shall ~ow ~all on those in any future texts that may be deemed necessary. representatives who WIsh to explain theIr votes after 244. Mr. LEHNE (Austria): Austria has consistently the vote. supported the right of the Namibian people to self- 240. Mrs. BETHEL-DALY (Bahamas): The Baha- determination. We regard the United Nations plan mas has,always supported every initiative which we for Namibia as offering the most promising way to felt would somehow facilitate the long overdue end South Africa's illegal occupation and to facilitate attainment of independence for Namibia. Similarly, peaceful transition to independence. We regret that we have wasted no time,nor have we minced our issues outside the scope of Security Council resolu- words, in condemning those actions which have been tion 435 (1978) have so far prevented the implemen- barriers or obstacles to the achievement ofNamibia's tation ofthe Namibian plan and consider it impera- independence. As noted in our statement in the t;ve' that South Africa change its intransigent gen~ral debate [2~th.meeting) at the beginning ofthis attitude. seSSIon, w.e find I! dIscouragIng ~nd ev~~ depl~r~ble ' 245. For all these reasons, we would have liked to that. the Inte~at.IOnal commumty contInues to be support all the draft resolutions submitted under this plagued by thIS Issue year after year. . item. Unfortunately, some of these texts contain 241. Because we believe that the policies of the, provisions which are unacceptable to Austria. Also, racist regime ofSouth Africa with regard to Namibia we understand the impatience and disappointment of pose a direct threat to international security and the Namibian people in view of the protracted peace and because it is our conviction that Namib- negotiating process. We remain convinced that, in ians must exercise their inalienable rights as free the light ofthe principles and goals of the Charter of human beings, through sovereignty and the establish- the United Nations, it is not up to the General ment of democratic rule in that country~ my delega- Assembly to endorse the resort to armed struggle, nor tion voted whole-heartedly in favour of the resolu- should it encourage military support for such strug- tions Just adopted. Furth~r, we sup~rt these glee resolutIOns because w~ belIeve that theIr ge!1~r~1 246. FuJ.:thermore, Austria has strong reservations !hrust underscores the ~mportant fa~ that ~amIblas about the attempts to prejudge and influence the Independence and t~e Inhe~ent dIgnIty of It~ peop~e independent work of the Security Council, an at- should no longer beJeopardIzed through the Intransl- tempt which is in contradiction with the relevant gen~ and selfishness ofanother State, namely South provisions of the Charter. Austria is fully aware of Mnca. '. . ...' the significant and important role which SWAPO 242. H~ving said this, my delegation i.s convinced plays in the fight for Namibian independence, as well that issues which are extraneous to these two basic as In the negotiating process, a role which undoubt- polItIc~1 resp'onsIbIht~ of the OrganIzatIon. Our rejected South Africa's alleged claims ovet the Terri- comml~me~t IS ~trong In favour of the cause of self- tory ofNamibia and has supported the various stages dete~~natIon, Independence and freedom f~r t!le of the Namibian people's struggle. Its conduct as a ~aml~lan peopl~,. as well as for the te~tonal member of the United Nations Council for Namibia mtegnty of.NamIbIa. On 29 Novembe~ ~f th}s ye~r has always been consistent. Today we reiterate that [79th ~eetm$] we expressed our poSitIon In thIS decision and pledge Chilean support for the present respect In thiS forum. and future of the Namibian cause. 752. On this basis, Hon~uras ~as continued t~ vote 259. However, my delegation must reiterete here !n favour ofthese r~solutlOns Without.thereby Ip1ply- what it has stated on several occasions, namely, that Ing th~t we share VIews as to t~e s~cIfic mention.of it dces not consider it advisable to adopt the practice coun~nes other t~an South Afnca, sm\.:e the selectIve of bringing to this forum and in respect of this !"e~tlOn of cert~In ~tates does n'?t s~em to us t'! ~e a question accusations that would be better placed in Justifiable practice In the Orgam~tIon: In addltI~n, the context of the East-West conflict and debated in Hopduras adopts the same position In everyt~Ing other forums. A specific case in point is the unfelici- 'YhICh relates to any State Member of the Orgamza- tous drafting of paragraph 14 of draft resolution A tlon. which is selective with regard to the general responsi: 253. Neither do we share views with regard to other bility that members of the Security Council bear for aspects which are not in keeping with the fundamen- the maintenance of international peace and security. tal requirements frequently reiterated in resolutions . . .-- of this Organization to ensure that South Africa 260. . Furthermor~, In thIs.~ntt:xt we f!nd~pecltlc withdraws from Namibian territory, the duty of mentIOn o~countnes..SelectIvl~Y, In our VIew, I~ n~~ a every State Membel' of the United Nations not to good practice ~nd, ultimately, It affects the credlblhty recognize that presence and il1egalmilit~ occupa- of the resolutIons concerned. . tion and, to that end, to support all efforts of the 261. Likewise, my delegation does Rot consider it United Nations Council for Namibia and the Secre- appropriate to refer to measures that fall within the tary-General aimed at reaching a peaceful solution of Security Council's competence and believes that the the Namibian question based on SecurityCoun~il way in which mention IS made of technical financial resolution 435 (1978). bodies is counter to the autonomy of their constitu- ~ll five dra(t res,?lutlOns on the question of Namibia the res~lutl~nsJust ado~ted It I~ qUIte clear th~t t~e m confornllty. WIth our firm and consistent support collective vIew of the mternatlOnal commumty IS for ,the N~mlbi~n people in their brave struggle for that ~~uth Afrj.ca's continued ill.egal oc~upation of national lIberatIon, under the leadership of SWAPO. NamIbIa ~onstItutes a threat to mternatlOnal peace Burma is i.n complete agreement with the objectives a.nd sec~nty. The General Asse~bly, by !hese resol~- expressed m the draft resolutions, which are directed tlons, gl,:e~ a manda~eto ~he Umte~ NatIOns Councd toward~ compelling South Africa to abide by the for NamIbIa to contmue Its extensIve pro~ramm~ of resolutIOns ofthe General Assembly and the Security work for the next y~ar. It ~alls for.appropnate ~ctlon Council, particularly Security Council resolution 435 ~y Member States; It prOVIdes for mcreased actIon by (1978), which constitutes the basis for the peaceful I~tergovernmental and non-governmental organiza- settlement of the Namibian question. tlons. 280. However, we regret to note that a number of 286. A. number ofMember State~ haveabstaine~ in the formulations in draft resolutions A, Band D have the,votmg on, the draft .r~solutlOns.. The Un~ted tended to be unfairly selective and partial and their NatIons Councd for Nanubl~ would lIke to b~~leve inclusion is not a positive contribution to the further- that these ~ember States stIll sUPPO!l !he Splrtt of ance of the primary objective of our deliberations the resolutIons adopt~d.,The CouncIl IS. c~nfident which is the attainment of national independence by that they too shar~ ~Ith It the 4eep c~n':lctlonthat the people of Namibia. In such unfortunate circum- the people ~f NamIbIa ~us~ attam theIr rt~t to ~elf- stances, my delegation sees no alternative but to deteI!D~natlon and genume mdependence m,a umted register its reservations to the form and content of NamIbIa.. certain paragraphs in draft resolutions A, Band D, 287. The firmness ofour resolutions in recent years but my delegation would like to reaffirm that by our is a natural reaction to South Africa's ~ontinuing positive vote on all five draft resolutions on the rejection of all efforts on the part of the United question. ofNamibia Burma has amply demonstrated Nations to solve the Namibian question. It is, its long-5tanding and continued support for the just furthermore, a reflection of the deep disappointment cause of the Namibian people. of the oppressed people of Namibia, who have 281. Mr. GAUCI (Malta): As in the past, we have s~ruggled f~r a century against the colonial occupa- supported all the draft resolutions before the Assem- tlon of theIr country. bly concerning Namibia because we are anxious to 288. The United Nations Council for Namibia, in secure early independence for Namibia in accordance conformity with its mandate as the legal Administer- with Security Council resolutions 435 (1978) and ing Authority for Namibia until independence, will because we sympathize with the sense of frustration continue its efforts to mobilize world opinion in of all against South Africa's delaying tactics. That support of the legitimate struggle of the Namibian does not necessarily imply, however, that we are in people, under the leadership of SWAPO, for self- full accord with every single provision contained in determination, freedom and national independence. the draft resolutions, particularly draft resolution A. 289. Before concluding, I should like to recall what On such an important issue we feel that more effort the Secretary-General, of the South West Africa should be expended in searching for a resolution People's Organization, Mr. Andimba Toivoja Toivo which would command universal support. said, in his statement on 29 November: ' 282. The PRESIDENT: I shall now call on the "As I speak now, my people have their ears glued repre~entative ~f Turk~y, who will speak in. his to their transistor radIos in the ~ope that my words capacIty as Actm~ PreSIdent of the UnIted NatIons before the General Assembly WIll rekindle outrage Council for NamIbia. and invigorate the world community to take con- 283. Mr. HAKTANIR (Turkey): On behalf of the crete .measures .to assure the implementation of United Nations Council for Namibia, I would like to Secu~lty CounCIl resolution 435 (1978)." [78th thank all those Member States which participated in meetmg, para. 108.] . the de~ate on .the questio~ of Na~ib~a. The ,draft 290. "fhe peop,le of Namibia havt: put their trust in resolutIons which the UnIted NatIons Council for the Untted NatIOns; they have waited for almost 40 Namibia recommended to the present session'of the years for that trust to be fulfilled. The United AGENDA mM 45 Implementation ofGeneral Assembly resolution 38/61 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco)
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Before the Assembly pro- ceeds to consider the reports of the First Committee, I shall call on the Secretary-General, who wishes to make a statement. 292. The SECRETARY-GENERAL: The Assembly has before it at this sessiQn 64 draft resolutions dealing with disarmament. During the past weeks, the able and dedicated representatives In the First Committee have worked diligently to devise resolu- tions on almost every aspect ofnuclear and conven- tional disarmament and arms limitation. Their ef- forts have been painstaking and thorough. I believe I would be failing in my responsibility as Secretary- General, however, if I did not take this occasion to voice my alarm at the current state of disarmament endeavours in the world. We must ask ourselves ifwe are truly committed to the first precept ofthe Charter of the United Nations, which is "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war". 293. The Charter gives both the General Assembly and the Security Council responsibility for consider- ing disarmament and the regulation of armaments. Today there is no more important task before us. The threat of nuclear catastrophe is not one issue among many. Preventing such a horror is the p.re-eondition of all our endeavours. The great tasks before the world Organization, the challenges of economic and social development, progress in human rights, the construction of a world of justice and human digni- jeopardL~ethe future of humanity. Nothing less is at stake: today's decisions affect not only the present; they also put at risk succeeding generations. Like supreme arbiters, with our disputes of the moment we threaten to cut off the.future and extinguish the lives of the innocent millions as yet unborn. There can be no greater arrogance. At the same time, the lives of ail who lived before us may be rendered meaningless, for we have the power to dissolve in a conflict of hours or minutes the entire work of civilization, with all the brilliant cultural heritage of mankind. . 297. For almost 40 years we have lived under the nuclear shadow. Many have claimed that it alone has kept peace in the world. If nuclear weapons are indeed peace-keepers, does it follow that they ought to be acquired by every nation on earth? On the contrary, it is clear thalto rely on nuclear detertence is to accept a perpetual community of fear. That is very far from the community of human worth and understanding foreseen by the Charter. 298. It is neither d~s!rable nor feasible in the long term to find true stablbty through nuclear deterrence. It is not desirable because in the long term human values are inconsi~'ent with the threat of the indis- criminate death of millions of our fellow men and women. No humane society that recognizes individu- al worth and dignity can contemplate such an action. Conversely, the very fear and hatred ofan adversary believed to be capable of ~ingout such an attack would destroy the basis of a civilized society. 299. Even if we ignore its inhuman aspects, in the lcng run can we really expect stability from a balance of fear and the suspicion that it breeds? With the accelerating pace of military technology, the need to ~obal conflagration, we have made only halting and madequate progress in disarmament or arms limita- tion over these past 40 years. Discussions have taken on a life of their own. All too often it seems as if the players are only moving their lethal pawns in a global chess game. We cannot calculate the quantity of our precious and limited resources that has already been poured into the endless arms race. 305. At a time of uncertainty for the young and despair for the poor and the hungry, we have truly mortgaged our future to the arms race, both nuclear and conventional. Several brilliant studies have shown us how expenditure on arms distorts our economies. We know that development will be a casualt)' of the arms race. In this sense, the arms trade Impoverishes the receiver and debases the supplier. Here there is a striking resemblance to the drugs trade. Y;et we continue on the same course even when faced with the silent genocide of famine that today stalks millions of our fellow men and women. The mternational community has to focus and act on the link between disarmament and development. We should take concrete and far-sighted steps toward the conversion of arms industries from military to civil- ian production. And we should begin to redress some ofthe enormous imbalance between research on arms and research on arms limitation and reduction. 306. The role of the Secretary-General under the Charter, requires him to confront any matter which may threaten international peace and security. It is my belief that nothing poses a greater threat to the international community than the continuing arms race, above all the nuclear-arms race. The leaders of the great Powers have recently expressed their com- mitment to the prevention ofwar between them. The Iannouncement that their two Foreign Ministers will specifi~ disarmament. items. A large .number <?f 315. The reports of the.First Committee which you delee,atlOns.. took part l}l the debate, whlc~ made It have before you give details about the action taken pOSSible to have a fruitful exchange of views. on each of the agenda items, as well as the results of r~ports. Nevertheless~ I would simply lIke toemp~a- livia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, size that among these r~~rts !here are.three which Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi. Byelorussian Soviet cov~r a number of subSidiary. Items wlpch were the Socialist Republic, Cameroon, Canada, Central Afri- subJectofseveral d.raft resolut!ons, partlcu~arl~ agen- can Republic, Chad, Chile, China; Colombia, Como- da Item S9 o~ review of th~ !mplemen~at1on'of the ros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, recommendations an~, deCISions ~dopte~ by the Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic. Yemen, Den- 6c?~eral Asse~bly at ItS tenth specla~ seSSIOn, com- mark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, E~pt, El Sal- pnsmg.12 sub-Items ~hat were the sU'?Ject of I? draft vador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, resolut~ons; agenda Item 60. on review and Imple- Gabon, German Democratic Republic, Germany, mentatl0I! o~ the C;onc!udmg Document of the Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Twelft!t.Spec}al Sessl(~m of the.General ~ssembly, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Hungary, Ice- compnsmg ~Ight sub-Items, ~hlch gave nse to 11 land, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), . draft resolu~lOns;and agenda It~~ 6S ~n gener~ and Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, cOJ!lplete dlsarmam~nt, compnsmg eight su.b-Items, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, which were the subject of 10 draft resolutions. Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 316. ·In conclusion, I should like to emphasize that Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mal- the Committee carried out constructive consider- ta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Mo- atioil of all disarmament matters, which covered a raeco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zea- wide range of international issues. Deliberations in land, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, re~~nt weeks in the First Committee have clearly Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, indicated that there is a general consensus that the Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, United Nations should play a central role and bears Rwanda,9 Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Prin- prime responsibility in the field of disarmament-In cipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, this context it is encouraging to note that delegations Singapore,.Somalia, Spain, Sn Lanka, Sudan, Suri- have undertaken to work unswervingly towards gen- name, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, era! and complete disarmament under effective inter- Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ugan- national control. The decisions they took on various da, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of disarmament items before the Committee indicated Soviet Socialist Republics, United Arab Emirates, that it was their genuine desire to seek practical, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern effective ways and measures to preserve and promote Ireland, United Republic ofTanzania, United States international peace and security. . . of America, Uruguay, 'Yanuat1;1, Venezu~la, 'Yiet 317. With these brief comments, I have the honour Nam, Yemen, YugoslaVia, ZaIre, Zambia, Zlm- to recommend to the General Assembly the adoption babwe. ofthe draft resolutions contained in the reports ofthe Against: None. First Committee. Abstaining: Argentina, Belize, Cuba, France, Guy- Pursuant to rule 66 ofthe rules ofprocedure, it was ana, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali. decided not to discuss the reports ofthe First Commit- The draft resolution was adopted by 139 votes to tee. none, witli 8 abstentions (resolution 39151). 318. The PRESIDENT: Statements will be limited 322. The PRESIDENT: We now turn to the report to explanations of vote. of the First Committee on agenda item 46 319. The positions of delegations regarding the [AI391736]. The Ass~mbly will now take a decis!on various recommendations of the First Committee on the. draf! resolution rec01D:mended by the FIrst have been made clear in the Committee and are Committee m paragraph 7 of ItS report. A recorded reflected in the relevant official records. vote has been requested. 320. May I remind members that under paragraph A recorded vote was taken. 7 of decision 34/401 the General A~sembly agreed In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua that . and· Barbuda, Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Bangla- "When the same draft resolution is considered in a desh, Barbado~, Belize, Benin, Bh~tan, Bo~ivia, Bo- Main Committee and in plenary meeting, a delega:' tswana,.Brunel DaI1.!ssalam, ~ulgan~, J:lurkma Fa~o, tion should, as far as possible, explain its vote only Burundl, Byelorus~lan Soviet SocI~hst Republ!c, once, i.e., either in the Committee or in plenary Cameroon~ Cape 'erd~, Central Afncan Repubhc, meeting, unless that delegation's vote in plenary C~ad, ChIle, Colombia, Comoros,. Congo, Cos~a meeting is different from its vote in the Commit- Rica, CUb~l Cyprus, C~e~hoslovakla,. Democratic t " . Yemen, DJlboutt, DominIcan Repubhc, Ecuador, ee.. . . E~t, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea} Ethiopia, Fiji, May I also re.D!md member~ that, ID accord~nc~ With Fmland, Gabon, German Democratic Repubhc, the s~e deCISion, explanations ofvote are ;~mlted to Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, 10 !DIDutes and should be made by delegations from Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran (Islam- their seats~ ic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, 321. We turn now to the report of the. First Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Committee on agenda item 4S [AI39/735]. I invite Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab members to turn their attention to the draft resolu- Jamahiriya, Madagascar,. Malawi, Malaysia, Mal- tionrecommended by the First Committee in para- dives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, graph 7 of its report. A recorded y'pte has been Mong~lia, M.or~co, Mozamb!que, Nepal, Nicara- requested. gua, Nlger, NigerIa, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua ~,ensive test-ban treaty. Such a consensus w111 of mark, Djiboutl, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, course imply the agreement of those nuclear-weapon E~pt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, States not parties to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Fmland, Gabon, Germany, Federal Republic of, 336. With this hope in mind, my delegation will Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, support all the draft resolutions on a nuclear test ban Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran recommendd by the First Committee, and this (Islamic Republic 00, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, includes the draft resolution in document A/391737. Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, However, our affirmative vote on that draft resolu- Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, tion-which is a change from our abstention in the Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mal- First Committee-is not to be construed as endorse- dives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, ment of paragraph 4 of that draft resolution~ Nepal, Netherlandss• New Zealand, Nige~, Nigeria, 337. The PRESIDENT: The Assembly will now Norway, Oman! ?a~lstan, Papua New GUIDea, Pa~a- take a decision on the draft resolution recommended guay, Peru, .Phlhpp~nes, Portugal, Qatar, Roman!a, by the First Committee in paragraph 7 of its report ~wanda, ~amt ~ucla, Samoa, Sao Tom~ ~nd Pnn- [A/39/737]. A separate vote has been requested on c~pe, Saudi Arabl~, Sene~al, Seychelles, Sierra Leon~, paragraph 4 of the draft resolution. If there is no Smgapore, Somaha, .Spam, Sri Lanka,.Sudan, .Sun- objection, I shall first put to the vote paragraph 4 of name, S~C?den, Synan Arab R.el?ubhc, Thal1and, the draft resolution. A rec07ded vote has been Togo, T!1mdad and To1?ago, Tum~Ia, Turkey, l!gan- requested. da, U~lted Arab Emlfates, Umted Repubhc of A recorded vote was taken Tanzama! Uru~ay, Va~uatu~ Venezuela, Yemen, . . .. YugoslaVia, zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Infavour: Antigua and Barbuda, Austraha, Austna, Against· None Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Ab' '. A;ntJ..· A I Arg . B I Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bu- . 'Stammg: ",!,&AaD1S~an, I,lg,? a, en~ma,. u - rundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central Mrican Republic, gana,. Byelorusslan Soviet SocI~hst Repubhc, Chma, Chad, Comoros, Cyprus, Denmark, Djibouti, El Congo, ~uba, Cz~choslovakla, F!ance, GermaJ'l Salvador, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, Germany, Federal Democrat!c Repubh~, Hung~ry, India, ~o People s Republic of, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, ~emocr~tlc Repubhc, MeXICO,. ¥ongoh~, Mo~~- Honduras, Iceland, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory blque, J~bcara~a, Poland, 1.!kramla!l ~ovlet SOCla}ISt Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Leb- Rep'ubhc, . Umon of Soviet ~~Iahst Repubhcs, anon, Lesotho, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mal- Umted Km~dom of Great Bn.tam ~nd Northern dives, Mauritania, Nepal, Netherlands, New Z~- Ireland, Umted St~tes of Amenca, Vlet Nam. land, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New The draft resolutIOn, as a whole, was adopted by Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, 124 votes to none, with 24 abstentions (resolution Saint L:ucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, 39/53). Singapcre, Somalia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Togo, 339. The PRESIDENT: The next report ofthe First Trinid&d and Tobago, Twkey, United Arab Emi- Committee is on agenda item 48 [A/39/738]. The rates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and North- Assembly will take a decision on the draft resolution em Ireland, United States of America, Vanuatu, recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 7 Venezuela, zaire, Zambia. of its report. The Committee adopted that draft Against: Afghanistan., Angola, Argentina, Bulgaria, resolution without a vote. May I take it that the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Cuba, Czech- Assembly wishes to do the same? oslov?1tia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, The draft resolution was adopted (resolution 39/54). India, I;.ao People's. Dem~ratic Republic, Mexic,?, 340. The PRESIDENT: We now turn to the report ~ongoha,. M0zaI!lb~que, Nlca~agua, ~oland, Ukr~u- of the Fi~t Committee on agenda item 49 nl~ ~vlet SOC;:lahst.Repubhc, Union of SovIet [A/39/739]. The Assembly will vote on the draft SocialiSt Repubhcs, Vlet Nam.. resolution recommended by the First Committee in Abstaining: Algeria, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burma, paragraph 7 of its report. A recorded vote has been Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Demo- requested. cratic Y~men, pominican Republic, Ecuador! Egypt, A recorded vote was taken. EquatC?nal GUI1!ea, Frapce, Ghana, Ind0!l~sla, Iran In favour: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bah- (IslamiC Repub~c 00,.Libyan.-A.-rab Jamahlnya,.M~d- rain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Bo- agascar, MalaWI, Mall, ¥auntlUs, Morocco, Nlgena, tswana, Brunei Darussalam, Burundi, Cameroon, Papatpa, Peru, Rom~ma, Rwanda, Sao T!Jme and Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile Pnnclpe, Senegal, Sn Lanka, Sudan, Synan Arab Ch' 1+. 1 b' C C R! D" . ' Republic Tunisia Uganda United Republic of ma, LO om I.~, o~oros,. ~sta Ica, e.mocratlc . ' , '.... Kampuchea, DJlboutl, Domlmcan Repubhc, Ecua- Tanzama, Uruguay, Yemen, Yug~slavla, Zimbabwe. dor, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Gumea, Finland, Paragraph 4 oft~e draft resolu!lOn was adopted by Gabon, Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana, 80 votes to 19, WIth 41 abstentIons. Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissa)J, Guya- 338. The PRESIDENT: I shall now put to the vote na, Haiti. Honduras, Iran (Islamic Republie'oO, Iraq, the·draft resolution as a whole. A recorded vote has Ireland, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, been requested. Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Bis~u, Guyan~, Haiti, Hond1J!8S' Hung~, Iceland, The draft resolution as a whole was adopted by 150 IndIa, IndoneSIa, Iran (Isl~lc Repubbc of), Iraq, votes to none, with one abstention (resolution 39/59). Ire!and, Ivory Coast, Jarnalc~, Jordan,.Kenya, Ku- 346 The PRESIDENT' We shall now turn to the watt, Lao People's DemocratIc Repubbc, Lebanon,' . . . . Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jarnahiriya, Madagas- report of the FIrst Commltte~ on agenda Item 56 car, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mau- [A/39/(46). The Assembly WIll ,:ote on th~ dr~ft ritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mo- resolutIon reco~mended by the FIrst CommIttee 10 zambique, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, paragraph 7 of Its report. A recorded vote has been Nigeria, NOr'."lav, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua requested. New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, A recorded vote was taken. Qat~, Romania, R~anda, Saint L~cia, Samoa, Sa~di In favour: Afgbani~tan, Alget:ia, Angol.a, Antigua ArabIa, Senegal, SIerra Leone, Smgapore, Soma!la, and Barbuda, Argentma, Austna, BahralD, Bangla- Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Synan desh,Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bo- Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Toba- tswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burki- go, TU!lisia, ¥ganda, UIqainian. ~viet Soci~ist na Faso, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Republic, Umon of SovIet SocIalIst Repubhcs, Socialist Republic~ Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central United Arab Emirates, United Republic ofTanzania, African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba; Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Zaire, zambia, Zimbabwe. Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Against: United States of America. ReJ?ublic, Ec.ua~or, ~ppt,. El Salvador, Equatorial Abstaining: Belgium, Germany, Federal Republic GUIDea, J?thlopla, fIJI, Fmland, Gabon, German of, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, De~ocratlc .Repub.hc, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Portugal, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain GUIDea, 9umea-Bls~u, Guyana, J:londuras,. Hun- and Northern Ireland. gary, IndIa, Indon~sla, Iran (IslamIC Repub~lc of), h .1' h ~ rfi l' "" d b Iraq, Ireland, JamaIca, Jordan, Kenya, KuwaIt, Lao Paragrap 8 0J t~ e ura t reso u!lOn was auopte ~ People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, 138 votes to 1, With 10 abstentions. Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, MadagaS'.;ar, Ma- 345. The ~RESIDENT: I now put to the vote the lawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritani~l, Melluri- draft resolution as a whole. A recorded vote has been tius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Ne- requested. pal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, A recorded vote was taken. Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philip- In favour. Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua pines, ~ol~nd, Qatar~ Rom8!1ia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Baha- a~d Pnnclpe, .SaudI ArabIa, .Sene~l, Seychelles, mas, Bahrain, Bangladeshs. Barbadosl Belgium, Be- Slet:ra Leone, ~IDgapor,:, SomalIa, Sn 4nka, S~dan, lize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bru- Sunname,. S~eden, Synan Arab Repu~l!c, Thadand, nei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Togo~ .Tnmd~d an~ .Tobago, :rums~a, Ugan~a, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet §ocialist Republic, Uta:at~lan Sovle~ Soclall~t Repubhc, U~llon ofSoylet Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Soclahs.t Repubhcs,. Umted Am~..Emlrates, Umted Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Repu~bc of TanzaDla, Uruguay, ,:a1]uatu, yenez.ue- Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, la, Vlet Nam, Yemen, YugoslaVIa, ZambIa, Zlm- Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Den- babwe. mark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Against: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ec~do.r, Esy'pt,· ~l Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Northern Ireland, United States ofAmerica. EthIOpIa, .FIJI, FIDI.and, France, Gabon, Germ~n Abstaining: Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, DemocratIc Repubhc, Germany, federal ~epub!lc China, Denmark, France, Germany, Federal Repub- of, Ghana, Greece.' 9uatemala, GUIDea, GUIDea-BIs- lic of, Haiti, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, sau~ Guyana, ~altl, Hondur~s, Hunga.ry, Iceland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, IndIa, IndonesIa, Iran (IslamIC Republic. of), Iraq, Portugal Saint Lucia. Samoa Spain Turkey Zaire. Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, JamaIca, Japan, ' . ' , , , Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic .The draft reso{utlon was a'!opted by 123 v9tes to 2. Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libt~ria, Libyan Arab With 24 abstentions (resolutlon 39/60). Jamahiriya, Luxembourg, Madaga!&Car, Malawi, Ma- 347. The PRESIDENT: Next we turn to the rej)\>rt laysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, of the First Committee on agenda item 57 ... C...)" • • '. Phlhppmes, Poland, Qatar, Romama, Rwanda, Samt In avour: 1'U6Uam~tan, Algena, Angol!'i, Antigua Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, and Barbuda, Argen!ma, B~mas, Bahram~ ~angla- Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lan- desh, Barbad.os,Behz~, Benm, Bhutan, BO!lvla, Bq- ka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic Thai- tswana, BrazIl, Brunei Daru~salam, Bulg~na, Bur~l- land, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, ~a .F~so, .B11l'l'I!a, Burundl, Byelorusslan Soviet Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union ofSoviet ~~alISt Repub.llc, CamerOC?n, Cape V<:rde, Centra.l Socialis.t Republics, United Arab Emirates, United Afncan RepublI~, Chad, Chde, Colombia, Comor,?s, RepublIc of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Congo, C~sta Rica, C!-!ba, YYPrus,. ~zechosloy~a, Nam Yemen Yugoslavia Zaire Zambia Zim- DemocratIC Yemen, DJlboutl, Dommlca, DominIcan babw'e' " , Republic, Ecuador, ~t, El Salvador, Equatorial : Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, FiI:lland, Gabon, German Against.· None. Democratic Republic, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Abstaining: Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana,. Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Burma, Canada, Chile, Democratic Kampuchea, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Federal Re- Ivory Coast, Jordan,· Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's public of, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, Ireland, Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zea- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Ma- land, Norway, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, laysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Turkey, Umted Kingdom of Great Britain and Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uru- Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, guay. PapuaNew Guinea, ~araguay, Peruz Phili~pines, Draft resolution A was adopted by 117 votes to Poland, Qatar, Roman~a, .Rwanda,. Samt.Lucla, Sa- none, with 31 abstentions (resolution 39/63 A).12 moa, Sao To~e and PnnclpezSaudi Arabia, S~negalz 356. .The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution B is enti- Seychelles, Sierra I.:eone, Smg!'ipore, Somalia, ~n tied UUnited Nations Programme of Fellowships on La~a, Sudan, Sun~a!Jle, Synan Arab Repu1?~c, Disarmament". The First Committee adopted draft Thadand, To~o] Tnm~ad ~d. Tobago,. Tum~Ia, resolution B without a vote. May I consider that the Ugand~te Ukr~I1'!lanSovlet. SOClal~St Repubhc, Vmon General Assembly wishes to do the same? ofSoviet SOCialist Republics, Umted Arab EmIrates, . . United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Draft resolutIon B was adopted (resolutIOn 39/63 Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, B). Zambia, Zimbabwe. 357. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution C is enti- Against: United States of America. tied "Nuclear arms freeze". A re~orded vote has been Abstaining: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, requested. China, Denmark, France, Germany, Federal Repub- A recorded vote w~ taken. . lie of, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, In favour: Afghamstan, Algena, Angola, Antigua Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain) Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Boliv- of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, The draft resolution was adopted by 125 votes to 1, BU*iI!a Faso, Bprma, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet with 23 abstentions (resolution 39/62). Soc!allst Repu~bc, CamerOC?n, Cape V<:rde, Central 355. The PRESIDENT: We turn next to the report Afncan Repubb~, Chad, Chl1e, Colombia, Comor<?s, of the First Committee on agend8 item 60 Congo, C~sta Rica, Cuba, Cypru~.. Cz~choslo,:a~la, [A/39/750]. The Assembly will now take a decision Dem~~atlc Yemen] Denmark, DJlboutl, DominIca, on the eleven draft resolutions recommended by the DomIm~an Re.pubhc, ~u~dor, .~gy~t, El Salvador, First Committee in paragraph 30 of its report. Draft Equatonal GUIneaz Ethlopl~, FIJI, Fmland, Gabon, resolution A is entitled "World Disarmament Cam- German D<:mocratI~ Rep~bhc, Ghana, Gree~<:, Gua- paign: actions and activities". A recorded vote has temaIa, Gumea, GUII!ea-BIssau, ~uyana, HaitI,. Hon- been requested dura~, Hungary, IndIa, IndoneSIa, Iran (IslamiC ~e- . . . . pubhc of), Iraq, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, A recorded vote was taken. Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangla- Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mal- desh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bo- dives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, tswana, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicara- Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, gua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Roma- Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros; Congo, Costa nia, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Rica, Cub~, CyPrus, ~z~choslova~i~, Democra~ic Arabi~, Sen~gal, Seychelles, Sie~a Leone, Singapore, Yemen, DJlboutl, DommIca, DomInlca!1 R~.!'~bhc, Somaha, Sn Lan~a, Sudt!D, Surmame, S~e~en, Syri- Ecu~d<?r, E~t, El Salvador, Equatof1a~ GUInea, an Arab Re.p~bhc, Thal1and, !<?go, Tf!nIdad. a~d Ethiopia, FIJI, Gabon, German Democratic Repub- Tobago, Tumsla, Uganda, UkraInIan Soviet Soclallst Ara~ia, S~negal, Sierra Leon~, Singapore, Somali~, 373. The PRESIDENT: We turn next to draft Spam, So Lan~8:' Sudan, Surmame, S~~den, Thal- resolution D. The First Committee adopted that land, Togo, :rnmdad and. Tobago, ,!umsl~, Turkey, draft resolution without a vote. May I take it that the Uganda, .U~lted Arab EmIrates, Umted; Kingdom ,?f General Assembly wishes to do the same? Great Bntam and Northern Ireland, Umted RepublIc . . of Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, Draft resolution D was adopted (resolution J9/65 Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia, Zim- D). babwe. 374. The PRESIDENT: We turn now .todraft Against: Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Byelorussian So- resolution E. A recorded vote has been requested. viet Soci.alist Republic, Cuba, Cze~hoslovak~a, A recorded vote was taken. DemocratIc Yemen, German DemocratIc RepublIc, .. Hungary, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Libyan In favo'!r: AustralIa, AustFI~, Bangladesh, Barba: Arab Jamahiriya, Mongolia, Mozambique, Poland, dos, BelgIUm, Bhut~n, BolIVia, Botswana, ~runel Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Da~ssalam, Bu.rundl, Camer~on, Canada} Central Socialist Republics, Viet Nam. . Afncan Republ~c, Chad, Chma, Colombia,.. Cost~ .... .. Rlca~ DemocratIc Kampuchea, Denmark, DJlboutI, Abstammg. Algena, Angola, B~m~, Bur19na Faso, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,·· Egypt, Cape Verde,. Cong,?, Cyprus, Ethlop!a, IndIa, M,!da- Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, France, Gabon, Germany, gascar, MeXICO? NIcaragua, Romama, YugoslaVIa. Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guin- .Draft resolutlo.n A was ado.pted by 118 v~tes to 16, ea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Ire- With 14 abstentzons (resolutzon 39/65 A). land, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, 371. The PRESIDENT: Next, we turn to draft Liberia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, resolution B. A recorded vote has been requested. Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Nepal, A ret:orded vote was taken. Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua Pakistan,. ?a~ama, Papua New G~inea, Paraguay, and Barbuda, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Peru, Phlhppmes, Port~g~l, RomanIa, ~wanda, Sa- Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina ~oa, Sao Tome a~d Pnn~lpe, Senegal, ~Ierra Leone, Faso, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Repub- Smgapor~, SomalIa, SP~I~, Sudan, S~nname, ~~e- lie, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, den, Thadan~, Togq, TnnIdad and TO.1agq, 1unIsla, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Turkey, Umted Km&dom of Great Bn~am and Yemen, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethio- Northern Ir~land, UnIted States of Amenca, Uru- pia Fiji, German Democratic Republic, Ghana, guay, Zambia. Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Against: Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Byelorussian So- Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao viet Socialist Republic, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Democratic Yemen, German Democratic Republic, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Ma- Hungary, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, laysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexi- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mongolia, Mozambique, co, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Poland, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukrainian Soviet NOTES
Vote: 57/61 Recorded Vote
✓ 125   ✗ 1   0 abs.
The meeting rose at 9.10 p.m.