S/PV.2677 Security Council

In accordance vith deCiSim8 taken at previous meetings on this item, I invite the tepresentative of the Libyan Arab JolPahiriya to take a place at the Cawcfl table. I also invite the reprmentrtive of the Syrian Arab Republic to take a place at the C!ouncfl table. I invite the representatives of Algeria, Burkina Faso, the Byelorussiain Soviet Soaialfst Republic, Cuba, Czechoelovakia, Democratic Yemen, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, India, Kongolia, omen, Pakioten, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arab!&, the Ukrainian Soviet SOdaliSt Republic, Viet Nam and Yugoslavia to take the Places reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber. At the invitation of the Preefdent, Mr. Azaarouk (Libyan Arab Yaaahiriya) and Mr, Al-Ataesi (Syrian Atab Republic) took places at the Counail table; Mr. Djoudi _(Algeria), Mr, Ouedraoqo (Burkina Peso), Mr. Maksinuw (Byelorus.sian Soviet Socialist Republia), Mr. Velazco San Jose (Cuba), Hr. Coear (Ctecbmlevakia)c Hr. Al-Alfi (D )# Mr. Hucke (German Democratis Republic), Hr. Endreffy (Bungary), lo. Kunadi (India), Mr. Nyomdao Wongolie), Mr. AbAnSi (Omen), Mr. Shah hicwq?. (pakietan), Mr. Noworyta (PoPatu.!) , Hr. Al-Kawari (Qater) e Mr. Shibabf (Saudi Arabia), Mr. Oudovenko (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republfolc Mr. Buf Xuan Nhat (Vi& Ham) and MC. aekulie (Yugoslav.ia) tOok the places reserved for them at the side of the Council Chader. The PRESIDE~+T (interpretation from French): I should like to inform uabers of theQmnci1 that I have received letters from the ropresenrative8 Of Afghaniatm, Eienin, the Xstaic Republic of Xran and the Lao People’s Denocratio Wpublic in which they request to be invited to partfcipte in the discussion of the item on the Council*s agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, and with the consent of the Council, I propo5e to invite tho6e representatives to participate in the discuerpion, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provision6 of the Charter and rule 37 of the Councilg5 pcovieionel rules Of pmcedure. There being no objection, it is 60 decided. Ilt the invitation of the President, Mr. Nenqragacy (Afghanistan), Hr. %Ou6a (Benin), Hr. Ua6avaudi Kaomli (Ielamtc Republic of Iran) and Hr. Somvorachit (Lao ~Ple’6 Democratic Republic) tooi: the places reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber. The PRESIDm (interpretation Praa French): The Security Council will IMW continue it6 consideration of the item on it5 agenda. Nmbers of the Council have received photoeopiea of a letter dated 16 April 1986 acldcesned to the President of the fkcurity Council by tie Charge @Affaira a.i. of the Permanent ~i56ion of Ghura to the Unitid l&time, a letter dated 16 April 1986 addressed to the Pce6ident of the SeCUrity Council by the Chard d’Affaires a.i. of the Perlranent nissioo of Nicaragua to the united tbtions - -CL-- 1-L-1 .c r--a* arki a LW~EWL UQLCU ~LV mp AA Z?!S yltly-~~-~- -AA-u-d CA cho or+ddant of the Security Councff -- ---- - by the PerPlanent Rapreslentative of Italy to the United rations. Thooe letter6 will be published as Security Council dmu6enta S/18003, S/18004 and S/18007, mxmctively, tomr row uiornirig . (The Breeiden~) The first speaker Is the representatiwe of Qatar. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to uake him statement. Mr. AL-RAWARI (Qatar) (interpretation from Arabic) t It gives me phaI3Ure to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I am convinced that, because of your tact and experience, you will achieve success during your teru of office, which occurs at a time when the Council is seized of issues of great ‘vrtance for the future of international peace and security. I am also pleased to mention here the very friendly relatione that bind our tuo countrise. I ShtXdd also like to pay a tribute to your predecesrwr msaador Bierring, the Permanent F&presentatiwe of Denmrkb who presided ower the work of the Council tist rsunth, and to congratulate Rim on the outstanding manner in which he guided the Council*s deliberations during ito consideration of extremely curious and menoitiwe questions. At the outset, I should like to refer to the stetent made here by my brother, the representative of the United Arab Eairotem, Hr. Al-Sildali, in which he said that we do not lack the ewidencu to rebut the pretexts invoked to juetify that sot of aggreei8ion. Although an attempt was made to support the acto of aggression by references to internotional law and to the Cherter of the United Nations, it has IY) in no way altered the true state of affairsi, which is based upon arrogant power and conceit. -veL’, in replying to the allegedly objective arguments of the aggressor, who claime that ita acts of 8ggreoefcn are in self-defence, ue intend to concentrate our statement on this pretext in order to ehed light OR the true statua of fntarnational law with regard to those acts and determine whethar the current actions area indeed examples of the exercise of tha legitimete right of self-defence. (Mr. Al-Rawat il Patar) #h*t 8~8 frets?. Tb inhere&z right of mlf-d@feitir provided in Article Sl of tha Cbartw i8 au wception to ttm gmerel rule set forth in Article 2 (41, which skks that 811 Me&w* shall rofr8in in their in’ternational relations frcis tbs thasot or um of ?!orae &gainrt t&a territorial integrity 01: politiad indepan%once of 8ny stat*. As an wce@on, tlxwzefore, the inherent right of oelfdofomca mullt ho interpretad narrwly rather than broadly, for otherwise tlw door vould bo opmwd to violations of the gmmrsl rule by arguing that the u&e of force is, indeed, the legitimate rmsurse to the right of self-defence. Ammrdirtg to Article 51, for the uw of force to be legitimate, it w8t k ptsoedsd by acad attaaka against the State l ttMPpting to justify that UCQ on the basis of tbs Article. Under the Chzmter, as in other instruments of international law gtrvooiaing relations among States, prior er*ad attacks, which juutify the legitimati use of ulf-dmfencu, must entail aggression by one State against anotbmr. That implies that the aggrersor State rust have usmd its own force@ against the territory or political indopsndonce of the State victim of aggression, ubich’then ia l spwersd to have racourae to its inherent right of self-dofmca. (Ht. Atltauari, Qatar) Sane korican jurists h&v* dofined the words ‘au attack’, as l qloyed in Article 51 of tho Chatter, as caaom in which l rwU forces arow international bordars prrrfatently and in large numkra. This uao ‘aat forth cm page 195 of the beak war CrimeS by ProfeSwu Richard Falk, published In 1971. Ho states that thero io m crsed attwk in the amme intondad by &rtLclo 51 unlolsa (apoke in Enqlieh) %dlitary forcoa croIuI an internatioml lmmdaty in viaibM, mauivo md auatainou forfa". [etinued in Arabia) Evc&$ if ue &opted leniency toward8 that conditifx of the Artic%.s end 8aid that armd agqroaafon, short of tranegrtsaing fnternationaf bordoca, juotiftoa wlf-deforuru, 8s long as action and rosation at0 propor0ianate, amcU acticm nuat still be curie8 out by arid forwa belongily to tha SggrSaror St&a Sgrinst the ardoa of thy St&to that wishes to exo~ciae the rfght oe Oelf-Uofonao. T&ro in a second condition, namly that acts of wlf-clofence must take place ditwtly following armed aggression and before the coa8ation of sllitary operations by the foraea ai? tha aggressor State , ainae the right 00 aolfdlofonce haa hen recognised in order to robuff Pggreaaion and to premnt thy aqgroaaot frcnr carrying out ito objoativeo. Xf Such aggression aoamosu thoto ir no l-or ury prcltaxt for ukiag we of forue 018 grounda of 8elf-dofencet otboruiuD such u8e of foea.a wo&ld be 8ur(s retaliation, &184nad to teach W eqgruaaor a lossm, or gsarod tn other purpomec irrelevant to ~~lf-defemo in ito atrittt l~gil ~emse. This mncopt o&n ba appliSd ta aclfdofence in intarfmtiorml as wall. u natianrl Isw. The third conditim, which is not pre8ent in the CQ*O of the Onitod Stmm~ rilitsry operation8, is that of pmportiartal eet;Lon ornd leeaotion. WI at* a&z comMaring ewh a caao horo. Wo havo heard the highost aourcca in tho Wnited (Hr. Al-Kauati, Qatar) State8 ot Meri4o deblate that the wt 00 agqre88ion of 15 April uao l pPteqtiV0 aatian aarried out in ulf-defena riaed 8t prevmthg the mcurruxe of further inai*ntm. The truth, howvar, 40 tbat in international l8w the conGept of “pre-eqtlve self-defence9 doer mt exiet, oince arM eggxe~eian her to precede acts of salf-defence ewx&rd@ to the first oondition oP that limited exception to the rule of m-use ef for40 stipulated by Article 51 of the Charter. Otberwire, the invoking of preemptive self-defence ewld be the pretext for all imWinii3:: act* of sraad aggPea8ion. 8uffice it in this regard to refer to the testimony of tbe tepteeentetiwe of tbe Unite4 Kingdom - vkich perticipated in the 8ggreraf~ undvr diEouuion - *perking on behalf of tbe ten s&3ere of tbe Europeen Econouio Onmunity at the fifty-third meetfnq of tbe Generel AseeWly at ita thirty-eixth WWiOn. Tbet reprerunt.8tive tben a~tegoricslly rasjected pro-eeqtPve self-defence and statad that be thought that amed military operrtlonr carried out under that pretext did not fall within the cowept of @elf-defeme in internetfowl law. IEe mmrkr nay k 2ound in tbe verbatim reoord of that meetinca, vhicb io oontained in doauwnt A/36/W.S3, page 33. Tbe true waning of eelf-defence wou given more then 140 years ago by the United Stetee Secret8ry of State, Hr. Wekmter. Xe defined it as an ismedirte need tit rlloued no poeeibility of cboica or reflection. He stated (make in English) ‘a necessity of eelf-defence, instanti, overubelming, leaving no choice of want3 and no rc#nt for deliberationa. bontinue43 in Arabic) Ie this a&&cable to tbe military operations carried out by United Stetao military forcee against Libya et dawn on 15 April, which were premeditated and ConcePted wratim tirat left a g&d deal of time for choice and prudence? . The United 5tater OS America intentiOnally turned its bsk on all peeaeful wmm and aponly d?Prontad th8 Bwurfty Council wlmn it uarried out it8 rggrerden uhile the COuncil WI meeting to Oousi&er yroacmful mane of xett1ing thm cOnr1iut in aocoo&ncm with the Charter. Thu8 the Unitad States prwd, wx3~rdinq to the w&r or it.8 f-8 Saretary Webster , that it: was not a ame of wlZ-defcsnos. The odly possible de@OtiptiOn Of the aQM8tian ie -~lG88iOlls, oeoOSd@ t0 li' Artiuk 2 (4) of the Chnrter. In tUtning it8 back on Webuter the United St&e@ Mminictroti0a he0 ccw to k oiewd 8s t&e air047t hmir of the thoughf: of hegieaa aiplwt Jor00 williamx, who etated, aba~lutely illOgically, that (wczke in Eiwli~h) 'an for a was of aggtroeion, m will never wage it except in 8elfrkfencP. (ccxrtinued in Arabia) Ferlmpe the only excu~y for Willlame, if he had any at all, '~8 that be ua8 speaklag at a tim, lmg befOr the Charter, when the principle of moeu~ of forea h&i not tmSI'GiBt&b~i8ked 8rd h&d Mtt ba#f~ a prindph Of intemtfiOItd hw and betiro the &gel concept of the right to selfdofemze bd been fornuDatd and r98trictd b Artiule Slof the Charter. To arowe mntireata wler the pretext of 00mbating terrorism and to aatxy Out 8ilitary ecti0ru on that pretext ir unuortiay of a great Pawr. TO the 00ntr8tyr it i8 tbrt great l?uwr@o reogonotbility to try to eradierato the came8 of that violence, rether than oreating l nw cycle of violence. 1r1 8ny caoeI l xport8 in internatiOn law hwe refzognimtd kitat tm8b8tiag m-caUwl torrciri8t act* never justifies the we Of force in violation Of *tkzt 2 RI* A &ir -r.~w d A - -* t* nwP4I4M1 ad arC taPa SK, ,'I YL wv-.%-wa*- me -w a..-_- r-s- -w-w-*- -s --- ----- luff&e it to tetet to the 8tw3y conducted by li. SOOtt Fairley, publiebed in the tenth ~Olw, 19983, of tk Cie~rpia Journal of ~nternatbcmal and Cbpatctiw low, in ~I!thkt I;rrgO8 68 and 63. Un page8 1 to 28 that Journal contains an&her 8tory an u6lf-defence, (Hr. Al~R8uafi. Qateq Those tuo l tudik fxataia 8uffhienk refor*zwe8 to otber uork8 tbqt reaffirm 1 (4 Yhr?z I bewe jcrt %aid regarding the proper leg&l vt of l etf-dofence. There are athor reforeacer 8m ~11, but I 8h811 8&e the Coun~tl*m tha by not citing t&r 8pmaificelly. Uowmer, ewryone here 18 fraa to mnmu&t tbn to Rhcover tb8 tmlth of t& UnjU8tifi8bla cl&a8 rode b8te COttcerning 8elfrdefOtICe. Finally, 0 8b0uld like to quote aeworal puagraph of th offiOi81 duzlaration publhbed by asy Government on the queatim mw beforat the Council: *ib deploring tha ubo of force in rwolving internations di8pute8 a8 bm in violation of tlm provisia\8 of tha Chnrter and tba now8 Of international Pow, and of no use in tke realuutban of 8uok di8pUt.8, the St8te Of Qatar vigOrou8ly 0mdew38 the United St8tes air raid8 00 an Arab 8i8ter Stat@ an13 8ugfprt8 the fraternal pooplcr of Libya. Wm State of Qater em8l8 to tbe entire internation coaaunity reprerrsnted in thi8 $nternation81 Council, which io nou meeting to tmnaider the Libyan-&merican confliat, to act quiokay in order to emsure tbut the ~ikrr8amn r&m ia eparad any other rush militery oprratianm, whiah would have suriou800waquen0u not only for regionalpekwa and oclcuritybun for fnt=natimaz peusa atml 8eaurity 8s well." The RRlISIDEWI (interpretatiaa from French) f I thmk the repeesentatiwa of Qatar f!or the kind words he addressed to me. Hr. RMOMND- Madagascar) (interpretation frca French) t Mr. Pra8idlant, history IMS recorded that our tvo countries, although geographically mo distant frcrs each other, very early on established relationo of friendrhip and uo-aper8tBm. The recent official visit to France by Ais Excellency Hr. Didier SUt&Wcu,, Breoident of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar, teetifiea to the mutual willlingue~o of our leaBerm to strengthen these ties even further. My &lwatfdft is gerticulerly happy, therefone, to see you presiding over the Council during this nonth of April. while expreesing its beat wiehes for your 8uccem in the discharge of your delicate duties, my delegation wishes to assure you of its uholehemted -ration. To the Feraanent Reprerentatiwe of Denstark, your predeceesor in this poet, xe &mu16 like to pay tribute for his patience , courteoy am.4 diplomatic skills uhlcb he dawnutr8ted 18rt ecnth in conducting our proceedings. RWmit m alw to take this opportunity, co behelf of the delegstim of H668WScaL:, to extend a wwa uelcoae and best wishes for success to the MY Farmmnt Blpresantative of the Union of Soviet 8ocialiot Republics. It is naw three Mks since the Security CouncfX began to meetr practically wltbou~ Snterruption, to examine the very sarioue eituation in the central Since tha beginning of the year the United States Government has Imen carrying out rapsted navaL ummuvres in that extremely sensitive region and, invoking the righe of %rea&m of uavigation in interna~ionai arai;eCS, L-- -- ------. ‘tats VW 6wYIL.& cGizkii+ placeU an iqreasive arm&da in the Gulf of Sidra, which, aa ia very well km, ham bnn ~rlai~d fdnce 1973 by the Libyan Arab &mahiriya atp an integral part of its territorial wsters by virtue of its being an -historic bay’. (WC. Rakotcndranboa, ‘Uadagascar) Pratsded ana acccqanied by harsh public declarations and unilateral ranctirma, *specially in the fora of economic t0ycott, thess inceount dlitary manaeuvres off the coaot of a ccuntry with which diplcmtic relations were broken off constitutad deliberate provocations. After the military engsgement of 24 and 25 Harch 1986, as an entirely foreseeable consequence of this provocation the United Staten, cc 14 April 1966, lunched armd attacks against Libyan territory. In both cases the proviriohs of article 51 of the Charter were invoked to jurtify them actioM. Now, self-defence requires three condit.icns 90 bs mtt first of all” there wst have been an attack by the adverratyy secondly, thet attack muot have been unjust; snd, thirdly, the riposte should be in proportion to the attack. In the circumstance6 the last two conditions a0 not 843~~ to have been met, Indeed, provccatiou constitutes, if not an absolute justification, at least an urtenuating circumstance which can lend legitimacy to the attack in whole or in part. As to the pqmrtionate nature of the riposte ,, suffice it to recall that on 24 March 1986 tha United States forcea did not go on the offenoive until six hour6 &!ter the launching of the first Libyan arisaile , simply became they knew they were Tut running any great risks it was a one-sided confrontation. To conclude these fw brief reflections on the concept of self-defence, my dOlegMAon must confeeu Chat we feel somwhat uneasy aLmat the SupLication that self-defence im juetified ouce the exercise of this right has been, according to Article 51 of the Chartel, *immediately reported to the Seourity Council* - as if mrupuloum reap& for forta auffieed to vindicate the deed. Wo felt uneasyr tm, an learning thet the armd attacks of 14 April were in reprisal for an attack in a Berlin discotheque on 5 April, as well a8 a (Mr. Rabotondraaboa, W&mgamaar) ‘gceventfvam act of aalf-defanco becaufia of the discovery of plane for about 30 futurtJ attacka. Accumod of larmterrinding thsoe pamt and future attacka, Libya iaauad a catagorical denial. Yet we are told that incontrovertible evidence eximtr - evidence vbich, however, cannot be produced because of Ftm sourca. Tha fact rw%%fna that our unaartnelre becare active conmternation when we learnad tht the l raad attackr agafnat Libya had taken place at tha very tire that the Security Council vaa busy considering th& question. I vent ay delagation~m Wition to ba abmolutelu clear: tha mratic Rapublic of Madagascar unaquivoaally codeann aa criminal all tits, a&hods and practicem of tbrrorim, in particular tbma vhich are prejudicial to friendly rolatione among States and to thair ucurfty, aa wall a10 any acta vhich iuparil or dwtroy Innocent human life. - The PRRSXDENP (intarprataticn froa French) ; I aa sorry to have to iatarrupt. For maturity reasons I muspend the meeting for a fov hwtes at the raqua8t of tha Unitad Uationa Security l ervicea. All aaabara 6d tha public alao wet leave th8 room. calsly. The meeting wan suspended et 4.40 pm. and rwmaed at 4.35 2.;‘. The PRESIDENT (interpretation from French) t I epologiee to the representative of Wdagaecar for having interrupted himr, which I did at the regue~t of the Chief of Security. Hr. ~A2WKMDRAWOA @ladagascar) (interpretation from Franch) s sevrral States ?&islbsro of the Orgmization, having faith in preventive diplomacy, have brought the situation m the ettentioh of the gecutity Counail, in confosnity with the prwifsions of Article 35 of the Charter. Specifically, as a HW&eP whOaa intere8ts are “specially affected l , the Libyan Arab Jauiahir iya participated in the discussfan of the question before the CoUnCil- Under those circumstances, the international ooeumnity in general and the security Council in particular were entitled to hope that the dispute would be resolved peacefully, in conformity with the procedure laid dawn in Chapter VI of me Chatter . While it is true that in certain conditions the Council Bust take urgent ecfion, it 8ust none the less give iteelf mae space for reflection in order to avoid taking hasty end umnsidered decisions. In the rrantiw, both the lettet and the spirit of the Charter rurd of many other international instrumtmt!S require the parties concerned to continue in their mutual relations to respect their obligations under the basic principles Of international law concerning the awereign?y, inde~ntlence and territorial integrity of Statem, 81s well ae other generally recognised principles and rules of conterporacy internaticml law. Those parties must refrain from any action which could expcerbare the ~i~uauatitwi ti2 Sic *kit Of Gitzfw8i=rt~ mtQ ----. &ha -aRClnr*\r?P rll inteoaaticmal peace anc? security and of making mare difficuls, or impedin~~ the peacaful aetthenmnt of the dispute, and must, in this respect, act in keeping with the Purposes arid principles of the United Nations, (nr. Rakotondranboa, Hadagaacar) Wlithbr thb’ rmi~teme of a dispute not the failure of a psocer8 of the peaceful 8ettlmnt, of B dispute authorfnro any Stab party to a dispuk to resort to force or thr tbreat of forcfaw HinBEul of thme universally aocepted principles, ly dele+Llcm hu endorsed tha c%amunku8 adopted on 15 ~ptil 1986 at an emergency session r?y tha Miniatbrs and &ldr of Wlegatiun of the Co-ordfnating Bureau of the llovesent of Non-lcligned Coutrieo W/1799%), and the oamun&qd issued by the organf2atian of African Uni ty . We do this not merely out of oux solidarity with the Libyan &rab Jasahirfya stalmdng frow our camnon neabership of thoee two organizationa, but also. and abovr &la in 8 spirit of jurtfce. (Mr. Rakotondrarboa, Kadagaaw8r) hi eweluoion, I should like to read out the text of a 8essage that blr. Phlier bbtoiraka, Preefdent of the Demcratic Republic of Hadqaawrr addreraed to&y 10 NC. Rajiv Undhi, Ptiw Minister of India and current Chairaan of the *vaunt of Non-Aligned Countries: .The racmt Went%8 in,.tbe Socialist F~~ple's Libyan Arab J6aahiriyd hwe cute again shocked the conscience of the countries of the third world in qeneral and the countrise belonging to the Hovenrant of tion-Aligned Countxieo in par tfwlar . I learned with eatisf8cVAoo of the initiative Your ~cellemy bar taken $n condemning, on behalf of our mveeent., the unspeakable aggreosian ooaitted against the fraternal Libyan PerJple. %r their part, the mmocratic P&public of Hadagascar and its sevolutionary authorities, on the baais of unswerving principles, can Only express their vigorous and whole-hearted condemnation of the kxmbing of Libyan ci tier, including the capital, which caused thi loss of innocenl humm live& -In the past, we have expressed opposition to acts of intarnational terrorir - of course, we do not include under that heading violence mitted on the battlefield by peoples humiliated on their own soil and strugglihg foe Lbeir freebar, as is the case in South Africa, $n Natn$b$a aud in PaLestine. Nothing can be allowed to 5ustify acte of undeclared war or of blind violewe. Vhe OrZttirl of our Libyan brothars starkly highlights the vulnerability of the mu-aligned countries. Because our #Ovemnt, which is 50 rich in valueo, has detiyed in prwiding itself vith the m%ans for effective wli&rity on e. sound scunoafc bsB$s, it could Wae the initiative for the Utabl$shSMt of a world of peace where uum enjoys respect. WrllFwrgerm ad oth*r beliaver# in the tm OS ‘right R&U right' Rave CarUinly earned wivvteal condemnation, but the daeagr, of hictoric scope &am to the caune of the third uocld should induce UB to apply ourmelvea rrsolutoly to tho nltengthening of our Hwmmant; that i6 t&at ow *r*rsed pmplw expect of ue.’ The F?RESIW!3T (interpretation from French)r I thank thr rrpreoentrtive of Xednga&ear for the kind words he addreared to U. The cnxt npeaker ia the representative of Mmgolia. I invita him to take a plncc3i at the council table and to make his statement. Hr. NYhmm (t4ongolfa9 (intarpre~tion frum 8ucoiaa9 t I conglratulete you, Sir, on your ausmption of the pre8idency of tb8 Security Council for the a0ntb of April. X am confident that you will guide the work of the Council on thm bar18 of your laq diploamtic experience, and I wish you every l ucaeee. My &lrgation wishes also to extend it8 sincere gratituda to your pre&araw, Ubawada~ alerring, the Permanent keprenentative of Denmrk, an hit skilful COnduct of the Security coWrcil~s proceedings in t4arch. Ttie tqorta of the MU criminal a&ion by the miteA Statas l rou8ed deep indignation (~1on9 Stmgolim prop10 and the goverwnt of the bng&tr;O ~mple’e mqublic. That im reflected in tiw 8tatement imwd to&y by ‘thr Goverrmmt 02 the mrrsplion P80plo’a Rvpublic in regard ta that action. Only a few day0 ago, the sealwity council cYiocurrsd the qusrtion of Unit* states agqro*8ial rgainat Libya, urd maxby delegations, including the Wngolian &legation, &mm&d that the united Statrs imediately emme its h-tile acta agafnet that non-alignd State end ooqmnrnata it for the damager ccuaed. The united Statem author itier, hamvet, not only totally dinregarded thio jusr demands by the intsrnstional camunity, but al80 (Ilr. uyamaoo, Hcngoli8) puprtertd a rtew. dangerour ariaa agrinrt 8 sovereign Stata. The LMitd Stat@8 Wi8tr8ti~, pWWliklg it8 ilprrialcrnd ~labalpolicy,~tri~out~nU, utterly unprovdcsd, lerga-scale act of aggrmoion against non-aligned Libya, subjeotiag three of its citirs, fscluding its capital, to uoske bolllping. may regions of the oapital 0L Libya were the targets of this pitatical l ttack, including the residence of the Brrsfdbnt of the countzy biaself. Libya sutfared great 1cWr of life ad conmiderable Iraterial damage. Tb We b!i tit0 Uuibsd State8 of atwd force sgainst a small &rah State, ag&mt its tertitorfrl integrity, pcliticrll independence and State soveteignty, is s #aring violation of th* most fundmisntal norms and prinoipl6s of international l&W. This ones again creates an l xtrUtfy serious threat to the cause of pllC* urd 8Wriw titbk the region and also beyond it# bor&zs. I& -the ubat argumntr wmbingtcn my gut forwud to justify its action& it is pwfectly obvious to war&ate Uut the Unitid Stabs is trying to was fts will OH a smll sovereign state. Wre019u, in so doing it employs al1 kinds of ream, including the reprated we of rrud foraa. That has besn yointed out Ln the statesmts of previous SphUS. It 8bOd.d 8180 by mbd that the *itad St&es is trying to teach Libya & laman for thm sola t8amm that that ciwntry is carrying out M indqmdent QQlicY m the inkrnaticaal arena and ha% consistently supported the Palestinian pag>le*s l trqgle for th+ irplementmtlon of its inaliensbto right tzz self4sterI8ination. fkocb @dWntWist a&ions by the United ststea can only br vieued LO an wn chrllengo to tin united mtiona chrrter and to the intem&tiona1 ccnmzJity, &ad as l stW that ix rxtrusly dangerous to tha aauss of international pace and security. (Mr. uyaadoo, Mongolia) All of that clearly reveal8 that the NATO military bloc and Awaricah forvard-hnd forcer in Sutope are used by Waahiugton againat uoa-aligued, developing State8 and natfoual likration movnmti3. The Mongolian delaqation vigorously oondusra here in the Security Council the piratical attack by the Wnitm3 states on Libya aa a moat dangerous aanifcatetkn Of th& policy of State trrsorlaa carried out by Washington towards State8 that refuaa to aukit to tirican dikt8t. We believe it ia neoeaaary for the CoUIIuil nst Only to CoEdm tha United Statea arwd l gqreaaioa againot Libya, but l lw to t&e effeotive waaurea to prevent 8-h Aaorican action8 against Libya and any other &ztate. fn that connwticm, the Komgolian dalegation fully supports the atateaent of the NowAligned Uovmnt on 15 April, which catrgorbally condeana the gaitad State8 aggression agrinat Libya. The Mfmgolian delegation believe8 the United Statea auat bear full responaibiPity for ita acts 00 aggression against Libya. our del@+lation once wain duara¶a that the Unit& Statea imadiatsly coqwnnate Libya for all dawge cawed ti it as a result both of tha sarlier and the aoat recent barbaric military &Yventurea by the hrsrioul Adainiatrstion against that Arab country. Xn oawluaion, out dexsgation owe again expreaaea its full solidarity 4th the frfondly p8ople of Libya mtl ita Govormnt, vhioh have become the target of WV” overt sota of ugggrer8iw. The K4ESItX3R (interpretation fra Freach)t I thank the repreaentativo of mongolia for the kind uorda he ad&reared to ma. ‘fhe nwtt sprker im the reprerantative of Poland. I invite him to take a plmo at the Council table and to mko his atateawnt. Hr. NoIJuWA (Polmd) (interpretation from Pcench)t I a6 hrppy to take thirr opportunity to congratulate your country, sir, and you yourself on your MUqtian of the pre6Uency of the Council. All that ic heat 6bout tha hi6tory of Prance i6 it6 rttrclm6nt TV juotica, it8 rempet for the orvereignty of other Shte6, big aml -11, it6 zetionalia and it6 ilrqination 6nd elear-&ght&mrsr vhich lake it poaeible.to foresee the conwence6 of all actions, particularly in the long term. All thorn qualities 6re exe~~pli!!iwl in you, Sir, as hau been m&a Clear to # in tha ps6t hit d6y6, and a6 X had discover6d iw#diataly aftOr Y arrival in Uew Xork. (@poke in Bnglish! At the 6m ti# X expcr68 ny delegation’s spprecietion to the r6prePmt6tive og mmurk, &mb6orabor Biorring, for the efficient acrnner in which he dealt with the difficult gueation6 on the Council*s agenda. Par th6 66umd t&a in a fortnight the Security Council In wizad of the grave 6nd dmngerou6 riewtion in the centr61 M6ditarr6nem, brought 6bOUt by th6 rilitazy mtiGn6 of the United State6 against Liby6 and th6 repeatad u66 of f?rc6 6pin6t that owntry. Dmpite the over611 oppo6itic-m to the l ncalation of rilit6hy tension in th6 region, an unprecedented carpeign 6g6in6t Liby6 h60 been 16unch6d in th6 Am6rIOan Ma66 media, follmmd by officirl United St&@6 t~r6~tpt&tiVM’ prOk'IOU~~nt8 of iP*iN6nt 6tzik6S agl6in6t t6zgcitI in Libyr. Alwric6n 6ctfoa6 c&mot be demribad a6 anything but an act of 6ggr668fon rq&inut 6 6ovareign Arab State , a Mes&+r of the United Natiolr6 6nd the tzMIIAligm Uovcwnt, pcrp&zatrd by a perrsnent mm&r of the 86curity Cunmcil 6t 8 time uh6n LLra1 --‘d -P .L.- ,-t-Td -I ruur&lrrdu Li.P -*iy*i iGt ~.Coy "I. m.-- ua*h + +&n &a ii*- ya.wru Y..W ""1 vnrrrrrrrlr~ -E-w- -- F.-c-- UaP~uarding peace in the ragion. Tho6e actions show 6 caglete di6regard of the concttuotive atforte of tha Unitcrd Natione. They cannot b6 QemrikmY 60 anything other ttmn an act of St6te ttrrorfsa by a big Power against a sap611 stata, (Ur. mryta, Poland) Folaml comYom8 the am-agent We of armed force aqainst a ma.11 nou-aligned country, which resulted in husan ati natarial lomas, fncludinq damage to foreign embarrieo and loams ammg the aivilian population. It also conrtitutas a threat t0 the life and 8afaty of Polish citirens errplayed in Libya. We exprees our proPound indignation ovmr those aota and extend full solidarity with, and mpport to;01 Libya in clafequardinq and defending its indepandeuoe, mverceiqnty and territorial integrity. An inadafmible juotfffcation of the UIW of form by the United Statea trati8ias to a lack of responsibility, and nust he conaidared as a deliberate atteqt to undri’aine international 8eourity. The acouxul.ation of American ruilitary power in the Uediterranean, its provocative manoeuvring and ita most recent air strikeo against Libya, with the use of military aircraft taking off from American forward baser in the United Rinqti, contribute to the heightening of tensions and increase the danqer of amflict tbut tbreatem peace in Europe and throughout the world. The American actic no can be construed only a8 an attewt to undermine the narcb for an isprovewnt of international relations and to exkinquish the poeitive trends and expmtdAons which have emrqed au a result of the Genwa S-t OF #ovaher 1985. We very much ragrat that. Tba actirms aqainst Libya have largely bran condemned by the reprcuentatives of countrieo 6peak?qq in the Security Council on praviouo occaprioos and also by the Xinistero and Heado of Delegationa of the non-aligned oountries, wetfnq in ammrqency 8eooion in low Delhi on 15 April 1986, which indicate the politi@aL 1~lMAOt~ Of the United Statea po~iti0n. (Hr. Noworyta, Poland) The attack on Libya uaa ma& &oapitu the ragmated wrninge of the awiallot countrier and the non-aligned countries , and aler, deepica the reeurvotionr of the majority of the United States allies. That rhuwa a corrplett lack of sensitivity by tha United Staterr to world publk opinion. We view with particular concern the official statements by the United States that the aethod of punitive military expeditbons will. continue to be pcslltiord in the future. Such a policy fo fraught with uncalculable consequences for wwld peace and oocurity. (we. Nouoryta, Paland) Many prior speaksre in thia debate have drawn attention to the fact that fu-tal principles of interrtatimal law and the United Uationa Charter are at otake. T&J natiam of the world expct the Security Council to live up to i,ts respmeibilitiea under the Charter for international peace and security, to demrimJ that the United States of America put an imediate halt to it8 military operations MUI to take urgant action to con&~ that BCL of aggresefcln and prevent the repetition of wch aats. The PREXDWR! (interpretation Pram French) : f thank the representative of Poland for the particularly kind words he addressed to ny cmntry and to @e. The next speaker io the representative of liungary. I invite him to take a plaoe at the Council table and to make hie statement. Mr. B?W?EFFY (Bungaxy)o At the outaet, say I expreee my delegation’u gratitude to you, Mr. Preolident, and to the mkmbets of tbe Security Council, for the ocwortunity given ua to put forward our position on the iosuc before hte council. I rhctuld also Zike to may how happy m are to me you presiding over the Cwneil this emth. We are confident that you will guide, cwr work with your , trustd wia&m,, senritivity and widely tecoglnized diplm c io skills. It u&S Mt quite three weeks that the Hungarian dolegation expreaaad its deepeat concern over the eituation along the Libyan cc)art, urgiug the SeCurity Council to trko appropriate mtion to reduce the tension in the Mediterranean. To&y, in the light of the tenewed Mmrlcan military stteckn against Libyac we feel -Iled once again to voice our grave concern. Them ailitary attacks, which have resulted in the loas of innocent civilian fives, disregard the established norne of international lau ao well as the Charter of the United Nation6 aind @erdously threaten stability in the Nediternanean and, fn a wider sense* intarnatiofml peace and security. (Mr. Endteffy, Xungcrry) Tim Ctwter of tbo Wnitod Natieru clkesly l tipu&tw that Wll’Hader8 mhell wttle their intornertiinel dieputea by peaceful memq in ruch a manner that international p8acze and -city, and justicer are not edugetodm L 7. 1. au& that .A11 Yrs shall refrain in their intern+icmal relationa fron the thre8t or we of fotce against the territorial integrity or political iMeWM3encte Of any Stats, or in any other manner incemsiatent with the &%~rpoaw of the Wnited Natiom.” Tim belated suggestion that the armad attack carried out by the Wnitod 8tat.S ~8 an *ct of wlf-def~ i8 nothing but an ill-conceived rtterpt ta justify tk illegitimate and to misinterpret another clear rule of law. Tfm80 rules we clear, rn4 Cbo8a rulea are to be roqmcted. Ther*fcw*r VI 0OtWut with the reque8t that the 8acurity Ceunail, aa the organ of tkw Usdted matim with the primary reapmoibility for ?Jm uintenance of internatiwal pa&c* ud aewrity, devote its attention to tls rituaticta in the Kaditerraman and Wke appropriate action to prevent any further illeg81 use of force in the region. I 8boul.d like to take this opportunity to reaffirm cwr pailian wfttk regard to taa wSliat ktueen the Unitad State8 of Ammica and i3m Etocialiot FMpl0’~ Libya i&cab J&iriyn. Hungary is clwwly concerned over the heightened tendon in the region and at it* potential eecalatiarr tnyodl all control. We re8fZim our uoli&tity with the Sociallot Paopleas Libyan Arab Jamhiriyo. We ucge the Smsidiate ue8satim of aggreemive acta, a8 well l 8 the prevention of their rmutrerkw. am3 cell for 8trict respect sf the mveretgnty anil t*rritari8l :ntegriky of Libya. A8 a polioy of principle, the Bungatian People's Republic haa a?waye &Mn?ated that all internaticmaldirputws should ba solved by peaceful nearme thcough WC. BmScebfy, Hutwary) aogo~i~tianr, mu a0 olw~cly l nvi8qyrcS in the Chactec. That poaitiao i8 *l&-u wlid cegrctlirtg tba ieouo nou befoco the Saaurity Couwil. Tba PIUUXDSHT (interpretation Cca Frmch)r P thank tbe rrpcouenUtiV@ of Hungary for bir kind wocdu a&lcasmd to Y. 5% next apeakec is tti c~prmentatiwe of! Vkt NW. I invite b&m to take a Pl&e at th8 CouMil table and bo make hi8 rtatwnent. MC. Em xtldw NmT c&t supcI)I Mc. Preridant, you mpcewnt c -try *iob ha@ a&peed a cewonabla rttitude fauardm Um quertion rm%t diaoumaion. We are tharobore pleaUa to we you yirsiding ovac the uork of tba Coumil foe this me&. Yaw vast o~~~rieacta am9 diplcm#t&! okitle will rucrly k a grept aS8at ta tbm Cwmsil, partiuularly at thfr criefaol the tm are Cb~iWb I muM 8lm like to mmgratul8te Ambaumdo~ Biwcing OP Bwwck for the wteolt manner in whioh hm aorrducbd fzlm rnck of tlta Counuil for the month & &3b. Pimlly, I ui8h to thank all other mu&co for giving w mot&c apgrottunity to 8paak kfoce tha Canail. Spring eaw* in April, mntY it8 pcormcr am tm felt right &re, l mmd tbo mitna Nationu He~rtQc8. Yet, Per amy in Liby8, it brought tk c&l@ 00 UniUd 6UtM uacpla~8, warmhips, bmba and rMllu. Xnnouent paoplo YIro LiPlad and utxnde& oitiu and pcapecty dawgodl. 1m that net the h8cbimgec of qriag thy Unitad 8tilto~ ad&dSt~Ati~ 8ent to tb Libyan peqPlm? It i8 hypwciay fog thu oue that al8iu to k tb8 anti-taccorirt ohuspion to wnd in plm a& bm& to kill smq?k in their ml-p. Su8t tuo ueekr ago, during the debrte in thim CanuP: or0 tBr, l ituatiar in tha MmMtarraluan, amy owakmrm aondom~U in the momt uathannt tersa tha thraat W & the gresenw of United St&or armed Iotaas to the inUepmUmc8 and aovocetpnty . * of Libya and to tha paoo and muucity of the region. Tboy alro oallrd ugslr tb8 PaEtiM aa. 5cned tEu dmsimt Pcav t!m we of fbrce and to cafmct to pcwmneior (Hr. Eii ituwi Nhat, Viet plkr) diplaucy and pesicrtul ~anr to aattlo tbir difFer~e& But th Unit.84 St&t@8 tumul a deaf ear to and rated in total dinregard of rrPr&d public opinion. Pt f~ w ng loqer a ttwrmt. It fu open waited seatea umd aggraarfon wcinrt Libya. The United Statecr plirtur that Wok off fru ait bqsfyp in Great Britain 8qd Uqit*(! Stmteai atrcrrft awr$er8 in the Mditeroanem iadl~rfiinately brmbud the oitie* of Tripoli and Bengbsk\si~ wsing lnawy lcmes to the local people. (Mr. Bui Xuan *at, Viot Nam) The air raid uau rneakily chducted early ih the norning and it bore a aUang0 KcWdloncr to those raids the United Sfakms carried out in ~rt.h Viet Nma me* than a decade ago. I took the liberty, in UN last debate, to draw the ~ounc?l~~ attention Lo the uirilarities be-en the so-called Gulf of %mkin and Sidra imidurta and to thocae acto that might follov. fn 80 doing w6 were not trying to prc@esyp we only opoke from our oun aagmrience of the escalation, Aaerican style, during the Viet Ham war. It was fir& the hue and cry about the “attacksg on the United States warehips) then cam the or&r by the Wited States Preai&fmt for air and naval forces *to retaliate*. I need not tell the other half of the 8tOWr bwatme by nov it has become ah open secret. what is happening in the Libyan case fdfa nutheably into the name pattern- . The air raid by the united States on Libya is a serious act of aggression l gainet a sovereign State. It cannot be jutified, even with the efforts on the wett Of the Ilhited States to bend the word&~ of Articles 2 (4) and 51 of the United Hations Charter . This adventurist act constitutes a flagrant violation of the Charter and international law and living testimony to tho fact that as a big and otrcmg Pouer the unite2 Statea haa arrogated to iteelf the right to bully other Swialler, third tmrld, oountriros Viet #rrm, lharagua, Grenada aid now Libya are juut a few examples that can be cite5 here. Ut w chow our indignation at and raise our voicee in vehement condcmnathar of the united statea act. Otherwise it will eecalate it8 acto of war ahd we will know tha grave consequencea the& arise therefrom. The air rafd oh Libya io only ah a?petirer for more violent act6 to folIow. We should do everything we can to rtnp the bloody aggreosion from rpilling over. It is remarkable that the United State8 act net with drastic ctandamatim and protests not only fraa the Arab community and ptcgreroive forcers chtoughout the #orld but from United states allieu as well. (MC. Bui Xuan Mhat, Viet Nan) The Socialist BepubLic of Viet NM condwane in the strongest terms th* aggressPal by the United States against Libya and demands that it put mn kdiote end to thia criminal act. The urgent meeting of the Foreign MiniSterS of the non-aligned countries in New Delhi issued a timely cormruniqd condemning the Ptnibd S&&es aggression. we call upon the Council to take approprlak =eaSucem to help save the innocent people of Libya and thus liva up to fta So1em1 pledge to safeguard world peace and security. We fully support the Libyan paopLe ad their legitimate right to atlf-ckftnce in the face of the aggreosian by the U?itsd states. We are confident that that people rdll overcase the, hardships and dfffiCUltieE and stand fiat an the ground they have chosen, On 15 April the Governmerit of the socialist Mpublio of Viet Mm issued a statenmt condemning United Statne acto of aggression against Libya. In part, the statentnt reads as followsa “On 14 Aptil 1986 the Unitcd Statea Goverwnt openly aent itm drcraft tn bubarously attack several places in Tripoli, causing heavy humn ad uttrial bomcts to the Libyan people. ‘These wece new and very seticua acts of aggression by the United Statam after it6 attacks on Libya in Watch 1986. For the previous raids tha United st%feS rigged up the pretext of fighting against international terror&era; it hao sought to cwer up its uawervirq policy of intervention and aggcemrian aga inut Libya. It must be pointed out that the United Statue i~tf&limtm 8te the biggest international terrorisea and have carried out the a-t brrbaroum War Of ~gqc+sSiOtl against Vi& tian and committed the maost brutal criats against nations. (Mr. Bui Xuan ?&at, Viat Nam) *WV, mde-r the pretext of countering international tecrorim, the United BtaCa8 wAnto to aemufkge It5 blatant acts of aggression against Libya, thun trampling upon the independencm AM sovereignty of othcer nations And jequrdining world peace. "'This was An insolent ChAllenge to the Libyan people, the ArAb countries, the no+altgned countiias and peace and justice-loving forces throughout the world and A groras violation of international law anir the Ur.ft;ed Nationa ChAoter. .The &IQOple and Gaverlurnt of Viet Nuts strongly condenn these new acts of eggrearion by the United States against the Sooialiot peoplcms Libyan Arab Jmiriy~ and ~~11 on the world public to urge the United StatQe to stop -fately iurd unccnditionally ita h-tile policy towards the Libyan people? AM stcicty terpect the independence , swerefgnty And territor 14% integrity of Libya ti Oth8c COUIPtde8. l Tim peopra ad CDvernvnt of Viet Nar reaffirm their full And strong wppart for the just SUuggle of the people of Ltiy~ and other Arab countrfee ogaht all acta of inUCVentiOIl And aggreaaion by the Unibd States ~perklistr and the Iereeli expanaimistr to defend fir&y their ia&prnikn~~, nationA Kwerefgnty and territorial lnttgrity.8 Tha ??RESsIDE#T (intezpretetim fro8 French): s thAti the reprsssntattvs of Vht Wu for the kind wxdm tie add~rrorwl to an, The newt Weaker ie the representative of EUKkha Faso. X invite him to take l P&W, At the Council kble and to raka his stAtepent. W. WBDRRMX) (Burkina Fuao) (irrterprctatlcn ftoa F%c+nch)r Allow me at the OUt8at. b;fr, t0 CoflgtAtubte you on your assUetia, of the preef&ncy Og the ereurity cumcil for the mwtth of lrpril. Your outstanding diplomatic qualities arc (Mr, Ouedraogo, Burkina Faoo) .- too well knoun far me to stxosr them hors. Wa ara aanf id-t that 4th your m~lfgbtened guidance the Council will achieve juut uld conetrwtive reeult8 on the question of concern to u8. J shauld also Like to take this opportunity to &my a tributa to your ~redece68or, h&awedoi- Bierr ing , Petmanent ‘mpresehtative of DenMrk, for the outrt;abtding and particularly cowtent manner in uh&h he conducted the proceedings of the council last: Ralth. Like all pew& and justice-loving countries , Burkina Faso felt great shack and indignation at receiving the news of the United States arnad attswk8 a&rut the Libyan cities of Tripoli end Senghazi, in which it had the collaboraticm~ r;bich we ~uully cmdemn, of the United ningdaa, which allowed keric8n aircraft to make ~8 of ib brritory. Thus fro8 threats and plate secretly hatched utd economic whrgoeo the Udtd statea pawmd to open aggmaaion in ita effort8 b bring Libya ta its knaw. (Hr. Ouadtwgo, Burkina Fame) W oountry findi it inwhiuuiblo that the united statam, 8 great muw and a lwtun8nt yllrbor of the srculrity CQuncil, should, en the baoim oe the notion that might ukor right MII of prmowptianm a8 to waponmibility for terrori8t actm - ubiah Burkina Pa80 condana - bonb, without a Qmcla&Yation or Vlf# the aajor cities of an itiepmndent and movweign State. m a axm-alignad countryr Yurkina Faso VLgoCWEly QOndnn* tiMu unpr0vokeU etll of 4ggr~~*~~ 4*inmt l n0n-rligMd wintry. Ibr 8y Uol4mtion, them a&u am a violation of intmmtional law l nd thm Winaiplrm l nnhrined in tho Chartor 0% tha United Wationr. My Uolqartion Wntinua8 firmly to l ~pport: the position taken by the hrdfartiw BUreW Of thr t’b’l-Alignd fhW&rfa8 8t it8 88&h in #w York in Fmbru8e 1986, when it warnad the united St&em l 4aiIat l ny bmty action in l ituatione whfcb would k better taaolved through dlirluqu, and not through prosaura or use of force”. OR 26 Word 1986, the 8U9 Bureau in New York demattrtrrted ita great concorn given W pmvoddn and uw of forao underkkan 4rinat the Soaialfrt plOp1*‘8 Libyan 1srab Jurbiriym. t vi8h to 8tatr hera thmt y unmtty mom thn OWE endomee the c#uuRiqui cdcrptd by th@ HiRi8tOS8 8Rd md8 Of i%l4&dlI Of #on-Alig*uf cWUtti~8 in NW i?Olhi acl 15 April 1986 OR tb w@8t:a thJh i@ t&t tapic OP Our gwoment deat8. In that cfkxuvnt they raaffinmd thio full suppxt fax anil rOli&Yity with th 8fdali8t Pwle*rn Libyan &cab J4n&ir$y4 in, ita struggle t0 ufrguard and dofmd itm ildepmdmco, scwertignty ad territorial intaqltity. The intonutiolul comnunity, through the Security council, nust cmduu, theoe a&u of w&ge~o8iori &gahot tho tuo Libyan oitt$& &nd take zwamurem to prrvent a rqrtitia d GQ*tiRtMtttOtl Of 4UCh 8Ct8. 1 cannot cumclude withut asking the Libyan deieqstioo~ kindly to tcanmdt the -thy of the Revdutimry Covermnt and p~plr of Burkina Faso to the Libyan authorition and pnuple on the human and mater&al l.osawv iM!fered by them. Vtw PRUWS#m (intetprotatian fcol ?renuh) t S thank ttm eoprorrntatltn o( krklw wauo for tba kind rnrdr b addrom8ml to Y. ¶U rwnt waker 18 th* t~rownt8tfve of 8audi Arabi8. I invite Mm to take &pm ~CkoourWril~lr aad k,uka his 8t8tmnt. Wr. 5SXilMU Ulaudi Arabi8) (interpretatian fra luabia)~ St im ay @ha8ura, S&r, to oaqratul8k you on your wrryltian of thr preaidemy of th8 68a8rby cobuwil. I w WC. that your exuollmt peruorulqualiti*8 ud wi& wrtiw in ~r&caw fiolth will k a great help td u8 in &rriving rt a podtivo r.ml&tinOurQliber&Aow. s 8bUlb like Ulao to -rear my (P99rUd8tiaA to ycOr #m-s--r* Ambuedor 010 Bierring, PIrvnmt Raprwent~tive of Uarurkv for hi* Mtsrcrc#l in dicactinp th4 prCCWdiiS$j8 of w Council during hia pra8idwtCY b#t SolKk. = Off U8 u*td in thi8 -il iMWti - +Wlm&~ Of bi8tOZy. UO klUW tb*t tb8 urxad i8 baaming 111oc:y civllireal frm Omo genmr&tim to anQthcr anl is uturing owrw 8fkr century in tha rtiuxlr of intorrticm batwean imlividual8, grasp ud It&au. Waknwthat the law of tba jungle w8aaca tha b&818 of intw8ation. %hnm yI WkrraoeB over tlm conturte8 and Uivine tmLtef8 becm our spirftuul 8nd uora gwird;c. Tit48a itI t@Cll WC. ttW8lUtUd into ktWItUtiOWl lbW8 8nb Uttkv*r-k -thiW, Oati]; W 8WiV4d 4t th4 Unitd ~8tiOW Cb8rt.r, vbiuh i8 t& CovaN&Bt d tha aivilirr*d world to&y. While th4 WtiOb38 l nd -1e8 Of tk UXZd buoU #ICageto diffwant mtmtu inr thi8 rara+clt uhtil mu, all of t&r hv. amttholeam 8chleW the We1 of re8poiMbility that tU3UiW8 fra t- Cd:areiwn Mr. Shihubi, Sadi Arable) tic0 im nom rironqrt ~8 heft whc4 ~0~18 not condmn tarcorir in all trr wc~iiorktionu, individual or aollectivo, the ato8t d8ngerou~ of uhiah ir Stau taroria rhww krrorio dartrcyr the f4brio of eacirty, nag4tor the v8lrws of life 8nd &#8e8 a grave injurtice upon all fundmental rijht8. None of u8 berm wuld not 8upport *sa8ucoa to deter terrori-, provided that 8-b aea8urws t*intorcn the 8Wi81 fabric, prewrv* tba valu88 of life, upholrl justice ahd remowe injurtiaa against iwJividul8 am! graup8. We ahauld mt canfume the foregoing with tha right of o subjugated -10 to rrrirt aswpatfon in et&s to retmver it u8urpd right8 and free itm country. No8t cd tb8 pmiaple8 of tha United Nation8 today have alreedy been through ouch 8n ~Ki*llC*. Thr 8ingh Of Saudi Arabi bpbre8 the United State8 attack on Libya ad asdhmla thim Wthd ttut viOl6te8 411 ROE&-. Vdce8 are king raised in ame tiwntri*8, especially the united Iptatem, wU8w the Adu of ktrorim. 18 it: not time for this Council to con8ider kh8 rti-8 for such 8~Cr88tiorU &nd their mtiW8? 8a8 the Courwztl over thought of uakinq the &&57811ing tnjuBtice, O&lQS488iO4l 8lld korrotiaa bofng cximittea in ?8&8th8, the knd of tb8 Pah8tfnian Atab people , with d&t 8ome Ar8b8 do, rft8r tiMu world ha8 igmrd their rights, in sacrificing their live8, not for porema% !J8in but in protert to the grave injuetlce in which &ma of you ham participatrd 8nU l tmn refuw to recqnite? would it hvr been poa8ible for eny Arab today to -it 8 ~rificid mt Of 8ny t.yr# h8d the probha of Pale8tinr nQt bma CrMtQd 8nd raminad without rolutian? If me&err pave thie MA~Q thwght it might be M18y POE tb Coumil to redy an iqortant iqmct 0P the world cti8in. lloar the ffnftcd 8t8tc8 bblieVa th4t by attacking ctbys with its fleet and aircraft it E4n 8ubdue tha 8trwg2* &g8inst tW inju4tics taking p&r fn Pdestine aa wall wa ayainrt the apprerlsion that Ircreli wgrassion La idlicting upon the region? (Mr. Shihmbl, Saudi Arabia) ltarael ie the large& terrorist l mtablimhslant in history. Et was created Originally by terrorist gangs that wee thun led by the CU~IKUII~ lea&r8 of the Israeli rigime. we are all aware of how it is cmaitting the lrost repugnmt act5 of terror isr inside and outsif% of Palestine, undeterred. rt is won QrOtrCtd hera from acc.&Wability by the veto. Have you fought terrori=, what are Your cr ibar ia for fighting terror imn and is the life of tha Arab humn being chmapmr in your opinion than the life of others? Certainly the Ar%bs do not consider this to be the case. We are surprised that the United States of Anerioa, a key United Nations Charter signatory, has attacked the ffbymn people under the pretext of liquidating tcbr ror ism. Can you by such an aggression 1iquiQrlti terror inn? History before you has dewnxstrated similar leseons in the escalation of violence. Lf the Unibad States vants - and thmro is no doubt that it does - to stop violent acts, then it has to addross thhe Zionimt aggression about which we ell t%qlain and woe k to r-e the causes. And if the United States is unable to address those grievances and alleviate the l mcalmting ziarist opptemmtocr Owinsk thm, then it is no doubt awara that feeding Zionist owrcia is a grave rmm~nsibility whose tragedy is being lived by aillions of Arabs to the &triwnt of their freedom and seana of l.ivalihood. The attack against Libym is a violation of international oonvorttionm a& rights Mat is deplored by the united Nations Chartcar and all of urn. this attack, with itm unaowptable prrteextl is a licence for Israeli terror to attack wherever, whenever q and however it vantm under the pretext of salf-defcnca. WI ws ask ourss-lvesr Ha+ wt+xu ft be ~o~uible for the United states to con&ran the ~tonimt war machine when it attacks M w&b naticm under the pretext of melf-dmfmnce, while we all kv that Israel is the rem1 tiireat to every Arab country? &yreQvee, hw (Hr. Shihabi, Saudi Arabia) wuld it be posoible for it to condean my otder country, whether large or small, which my attack @I%M.her country under the pretast of self-dsfews in ths mr that it 1s jurtifying unto itself. As to the udia cwatgn against Arabr asd @o-called Arab terroriss, l spsoially in the United States, we hava to ask ouraelvesr caes this cwign really benefit the United States l sd its interests? This caq?aign areates gaps between nations. Is not rarael its largest beneficiary? We know, they know and history will recorlJ that this political aionist terrorist smdia campaign against the Arabs is rwt in the interest of iUsriC& Ix)K 18 it in tha interest of its allha. St aiw, amongst other actions cmmitted by Zionisa, to create an historical amity between the Arabs and @me Usstern nations. We fn the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, while condeming the rrggresaion snd standing bsaido the Libyan Arab psclple and every othsr Arab psq?le that is exposed to &t-k and aggregsiw, r-quest the Council to tsks a position whose strength as a utter of principle, action and rasponaibility is comansurake with the gravity Of the American attacks wainst Libya and any future aggrasoion cmittsd by any country against another, a position thst sddresses the causss a&i motivee of terror as ~011 as reoovars for ths wrld mms of its moral and internatfoml values. The PREYIDBFJT (interpretation fro@ Prerzh)! I. thank ths repreuntstive Of 8sUdi Arabia for the kind wrdo ha ddresred to mm, Because of the large number of speakers still on my list for thim wetlng and in ths light of the budgetsry restrictions - and here f ar loding at the SACretcrty-Generat - I propme to adjourn the usting nw. ElWever, the r~prsa~ntatiV6 of the Libyan Arab Jmahiriya ban asked to epaak ie arrrcine of the right of rsply. In callitig in hia now, f express the hopi, that his statesant will fw3C ba t&3 Pong in view of tb latar~u~: of the bar. Us. ASIAROUZ (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (interpuotation fro8 Arabic): I apologise, Sir, fur gpeakinq at this late hour, following upon a long list of r&wakers. But what wan said this morning and Plonday morning by the reprertntative of the United States of iunerica, and also this mowing by tie representative Of Australia, dmtr require an answetz. Unfkmtunately, we & not appreciate the words of the rrpre8entative of Australia, who tried to justify the acts of the Unitad States rlgainnt civilians, which resulted in many innocent victims lming their lives - children, women and ths elderly. To try to ascribe terroriser to y country is part of the defamtim caq-rrign launched by tha united states against my country in order to isolate it and to mderaine its :epukatkm, since all the other AMrican attempts at deatQbilization had fail& That is why tha ~nitad States decided to aarry out a premeditated UflitUy plw Of action derignd to aliminat4 the revolutimary and progcesafv~ Gmwaunt in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Th+ PnlUd States laid the ground for khia plan by propagating a great n&or of lies and aIhgations to make Libya appear ramponaible for all acts of terrorill, whac4vor thy uccur, Despite categorical denials and comt¶emrmticns by tho Libyan Arab Jmahisiyr of such acta, the United States, In order to bring it* plot tc fruitian - and the aulninating wint was the raid on resider&la1 areas in Tripoli ad senghami - cartinuad to plurua it6 pkn. This Wrning the repreorntativ4 of Australia repratrd the name 8lhgakitXtS report& by t&a krertcan #dia. we expected of that rc@tesamative that he vould lhummfm k.he -a of fnsxs iu fnknnrna~onal rel.akicmR. in ke#&llng 54th Article 2 (4) of the united uatlons Chartw. (Mr. Asrarouk, Libyan Areb Jaaahiriye) wo wre surprised to hear his ropeat out-and-out lies. It sounded as if hr wanted to reLoraulate Article 51, thereby uoking it appear that the United States had acted in self-defenca# thus the Libyan Arab Yamahiriya, the victim of thin barbaric raid, wwld 12-m to b the aggressor. It is not so easy to distort truth and the facts. The international comaunity’s condennation in thicr Council of that barbaric raid is the best possible anauer to all the lies and false allegations= It gives me pleasure now to read out fro@ a statement by the leader of our country and of our revolution. At a preeo conference today he uaidr “After many contacts and much consideration of the international elkration, I have decided not to eucalate military operations in southern Europe. Italy and Spain must prevent any action against us by the Sixth Fleet and from United States bases. We have given M orders that anyone , anywhere in the world, should be killed. Rather, it was Rmgrrn vho ordered our children killad and our citfeu bowbed. .We hrif the petition of Prance 5 that State refused to permit its airspace to be used in the bcmbardment of our country. Uo welcome and respect tht pomition. We also welcome the pooition taken by Malta, a friendly country ,rhich is making sincere efforts to bring an end to tension in the ?hd~tecrmean. ‘Libya has not ordered anyone killed. Ue are not responsible for ogrerations that have bwn catrted out in Europe or anywhere else. Xt i8 Reagan who is ths killer of children. It is he who sent his aetoplerwo to destroy our haspftalm, schoolo and eirfields and to kill our citizena.’ The P'kESIWME (fntorprst&tisn Ptc%~ Frwh).r The next rr*tw Of the $wzurity ~!ouncfl to contlntlr wtwideratiaci of tlm item on its agmnda will take plms tomorrow, Thursday, 17 April 1986, at 10.30 a.n. The meting rose at 6.05 p.m.