S/PV.2671 Security Council

1 thmk the representative of Ethiopia for his kind uords addremed to me. The reptemntative of the Libyan Arab Samahiriy& ha6 asked to c&teak in exrrciae oi the right of reply. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his 8tatwme. Mr, Anzatouk (Libyan Arab Jamabiriya) (interpretation froa Arabic): Last Wedtuoday, w listened to the statement made by the representative of the United Stater, who anphaoized the intention of his Administration to continue to puttue a poliq of provocation on8 aggeesaion against the Jaaahiriya. That policy ie the N one pursued by the United Stater against all. countrfeo and peoples that refuu to suhrft to United Statat policies. It ia the case in Central AIytica, the Caribbean, North Africa, southern Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean, South-Eart A8ia and Europe. That policy ia both covart and overtr it dadare tht the Untted Strte# wikl defy all St&e8 that hava qqased its matithe policy. We r*jeot th United State6 distmted logic. tn fa3iouing that poliuy tbe Unitad State8 hau made itself an enem; of all thosre States. (Mr. Azzafouk, Libyan Web Jaamhiriya) Thus, the United States is insolently defying the vi11 amY aoveraignty of a11 tborr Statec aa well ao intesnatiohal instturaente and rules. A manifestation of thk policy of aggrerreico was the launching by the United sbtea Of an act Of aWed aggre8sioh against the Libyan Arab Yazeahiriya. It exercised all kinds of presrure an% carried out all kinds of provocative manoeuvres off the Libyan coasts. The arrogance of tha Unite% Statea has not been confined to those actions: recently, there were a&m of aggresclion by the United States in the torritorid. watara of tha Soviet Union and Bulgaria, in the Black Sea. The Unit4 Statea therefore violated the tarritorial integrity of those countriaa as well. Tni* behaviour ooaatitutes deflaria and a breach of the United Natious Chrrter, Which is bat& on reapact fur the prihcipleo of legitimacy and law in intern8tfcmal relations. The United Statas ha8 not confined its flouting of the Charter to &owing and urLng military force against the peoples that reject it8 policies; it ho8 al8o ken sabotaging the role of the United Nations and its inmtitutima in mny waya. For instance, it haa used the veto in the security Courwztf in order to enjoy impunity fra international jurrtice. Wan a cursory glance at the records of the Security Council for the paat few years shcwa that the Unit& Staten ham abused this right of veta tire than the other pernrshent mamber States cabfncd. Within the United Nations, the united States hae become an enemy of all pcples by its use of the veto snd its obetruction of any resolution designed to ~trewthen international pewa and aacurity. ft has also brconre an enemy of all paopbea by fts use or threat of the use of direct military force againut any countriec that reject United Staterr hegemony, (Hr. Azzarouk, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) Because of ktm conduct, which ia contrary to international rule6 and Iavu, the United Statea ndriniatratiou i8 RD longer eligfble for permanent umber6hip of the security council. The withdrawal by the United States fra international otgankatiencl such aa the United Nation5 Edwatioual, Scientific and Cultural brganftation (UNESCO) has been prorapted by the failure of the United States to make tho6e fnstftutforu subrsit to its policies and fta will. Moreover, the statement by the United $tatea that it is reducing it6 contribution to the budget of the United Nation6 aud ita orqanrll is a prereditated act of sabotage of the role of the United Natial6. The United state6 aade that statemnt in the light of its faflurc to coatain the Organitation and after it had becm clear that this Organisation wa6 beoosainq an imiment to the Unftad state6 policias - policies that are rejected by the international comunity. Ther+ are nov many peoples around the world that are asking themselves how the United State6 of Aaerics c6n at one and the same time be the adversary and the 9We. Horecnterr the United St%terr ha6 becm IrpPrtient with the Zfnited ~atim6 ati GUI no longer tolerate it% exietence aa the living conecimce of the peopleoz It cannot tolerate the fact that in the Organization the deotructive role ati the aggression of the united State6 are crystal clear. For that rea%on the United St&o6 has aought to obstruct participation by Hember Statea in the functioning of tha Organbastion by placing reatr ktions on their personnel in regard to movement and place6 of reuidence, by demanding a reduction in the nuaber of staff members of -L-.- --*--LA-- -a Lu a*r4rrC,- In view of all that I have just craid, it has becoam iw%rative to seek to transfer the Readquarters of the United Nations to a State with the mxal and political and semrity conditionnr that can ensure that the United Native and it5 XdMro can carry out the role assigned to them by the Chaster. In the preaant case, the argument ha5 been used that ue are dealing with an 8d Of eelf-defence by the United States - thousando of miles sway fra itr borders end involvtng the we against a 5nll State of three aircraft carrier5, 3P navel 05COrt ve5sel8 and hundred8 of aircraft. That aCgUrWnt eerve8 only to roVea new WOptS that have no veKidity whatever in internetioral %eW. Tb United Iktes representative said that the United State5 refurvr to be given lOo8Kms in international law by any other State. But a tewiew of the oOndWt . of the United Statem, in recent time eepecielly, mekern it obviou5 that the United state5 need5 to learn the lroet elementary principles of interFsationa1 law. The ~~L%UPJ The representative of the United States Vi8hOS to eserci~ the right of reply, and I now call on him. Hr. HWfms (united statea of America) a The Libyan representetive ha5 no other recourse except repetition. But repeating untruths doe5 not turn them inU, the truth. The Libyan representative want8 to talk about everything except the fwts. u&y &es he not mntiarr who fired first en unit%d stateea forcee, far outsid& Libyan twriteria1 wterr? uot only did Libya fire the firet shot, after oontarptuouely l ryihg that the United bmtioms hadI no role to plays we etill have seen no report ftQ8 Lib on it5 use of ita sis~sllee. ff the Libyan attack had any legitfsmzy, there would have been an oblhgation to report the use of force to the Security CounaSl. Libye has mado no euch report, bwaurse it cannot justify this attack. Drsgging in all mannas of irrelevant material will not obwure the beeic fact5 of the matter8 Libya fired first. Libya told the Security Council before it fired : Sin. walteru, unitad Statea) that it uould not rely un th& CAited nbticxu, but would rely on ttm cmn atrangth~ hrt tmrk it dimlured the ikcurity Cauncll. why tbr chunq.7 'rho EWSP)EkST: Thorr are IKI further nmu on t&e list of l geaker8 fos tbi8 mekbg. The drk of the next m&h& of the $ecurity CaMcil. to continue the wtmfdmatfan of the itmn on the agenda will. bo fired by the Ptesidant for the mth of *till in umSultati0n with &*~a of the ~okjncil, The meeting rm 8t 5.30 pAa