S/PV.2695 Security Council

The Security Council will now romume coneiderstioh of the item on itr agsnda. I should like to draw the attention of me~bera of the! Council to docuaent S/16196, whioh contain8 the text of a letter dated 30 June 1966 from the Rctfng Peraanent Representative of India to the United Nationa addressed to the Secretary-General. The firot speaker is the representative of the Gersan Demcratic Republic. I invite bin to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement. Mr. m (German Democratic Republic)r At the very outset, f should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your aasusption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July and to wioh you every success in fulfilling this responsible task. Similarly, the delegation of the Germen Demaxatic Republic avails fteelf of thfr opportunity to expose ita appreciation to the Preaident of the council for last month, the Permanent Repreoentative of Madagascar to the un:ted Nations, Ambassador Rabetaf ika. I l hould al60 like to thank you, nr. President, and the other m&era of the Council for giving me the opportunity to set forth ay country*8 porition on the rubject of tcday’r mating. The German Dercrcratic Republic supports Nicaragua’s request for the convening of thio urgent meeting of the Council to counter: a further escalation of tensPans in this region and the ensuing dangers for international psacc and security. Xn his statement yesterday, the Minirter for Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua Charly pointed to the real causes of the aggravation of the situation in the nagion. There is no doubt that they &re rooted in the palicy of threat and blackmail pursued by the moat aggressive inrperialist circles against Nicaragua. (Wt. Ott, German Democratic Republic) Recent event8 in thia country and deciaiona made in Waahington have led to a new atage in the undeclared war againat Nicaragua. What haa long been done is now officially approvad and will be cbntfnuad in new dimenaionat mercenary ganga and Counter-rOVOlUtiOnariOa of all kir?da are to receive more millions of dollsra, new weapons and equimnt, training and inatrrwrtion by Uirited Statea military and aemet service 8p8d8li8ta in order to intensify attack8 on Nicaraguan villages, towna and cities and continue the murder of innocent people. The eim of that policy, practised and ateadily intenei!Aed by the nmin i~rialiat Power for Iore then five yeare now, hae been openly declared, namely, to topple by military force the legitimate Governuent of c sovereign, independent end non-aligned COUntry, a State X6-r of the United Nationa - Nicaragua - and to *liUnate the aOcia1 order freely choaen by ita mple in the exercise of ita right to aelfdeteraination. The German Democratic Republic, like many other States, eondema any military and financial aid to irregular armed forcea and rubvereive group8 that, aa in the case of the so-called contrsa try, froa foreign territory, to cverthrow the legitimte Governmnt of Nicaragua. In line with ita polkzz of pame ant! m-qeration, dialogue and understanding, the German Dastocratic Republic reaolutely oppoaea this couraa of State terrorlam and force in international relationa. Thia course ia met with world-wide rejection and condemnrtion, since it ooqletely diaregarda the purpoaas and principles of the Unitad Nation8 Charter and endanger8 peace in the region and the world at large. This course violate8 the barric principlea and moru of cuatomry international law. With regard to that policy, the fnternational Court of Juatice has delivered a clear judgement . tn the case conearning military and paramilitary activities in ati againat Nicaragua, the Court decided that the United Staten had acted againat the Renublic of Nicaragua in breach of its obllgationa under cuatolrary international (Hr. Ott, Geraan Democratic Republic) lav in 88ny and wri0um 0a808. Rejeation of th8 judgment and dwimfons of the . ~Intornetionel Court of 9umtko by no means chengea the factrt it doer not change th8 agqromive policy 00 threat and bleokmil, provooatton and intervention. Undoubtedly n&worthy i8 the dear rOjwtiOn OP the Criiagd a8fmrtiOn Of need for a so-ca1Ped wlle&tve wlf-defence, vhicb baa been fabriaated only to jurtify that aggte88ive ccm80. Allow me to mnt on anotbr l 8pect in tbi8 context. 18 it by 6are chance that, at a time when there great and proud wrd8 l libertymr Vreedomg and l juOtfCe' are being praised 80 often, ve nre being taught a lemon in how those conmon value8 aro to be reduced to notblng by certain circlem with regard to Nicaragua and other pecple8? (Ht. Ott, German Democratic Repuhlfc) AS WS read even in The New York Tiaeo 8 few days ago, one aide feel8 ot liberty to topple the legitimate Government of Nicaragua and to wage a covert l ud ovart war tu that end. The other aide, however, the freely elected Covarnment of Nicaragua, is to be refuoad oven the liberty to exist and to defend itralf against the oontinuing interferenca in the internal affair8 of its country. IS it not high tiw to abandon that double standard, and to reqmct, without reservation, the Principles of equality and rqual recurity vie-h-via all States, big or small, irrespective of their social order and geographical location? At their recent Budapest meeting, the Warsaw Treaty manher Stats8 again dmonatratad thsdr consistent endeavour to bring about agreounts in various fields in order to avert the danger of a nuclear inferno for mankind and to put world P*wo 0s a oteblo and lasting foundation. In their coaauuiqu6 they eqhaaixed that *The world ha8 rrrivsd at a stags of its develoixwnt where PehCteIWO to addraaa the fuudaaantel questions of our age is tantamount to jeapardiring tJm fate of the whole of oiviliaation. Under the prerent circumteaces no Stat0 Or group of States can build its own security and well-being upon inpaaing its will on othar countries and pacplea by military force. Such policy, whether called gnaoglobalism* or justified by the otruggle against tertorimac or by any other pretext, offerr no perspective. Such policy ia fatal for unkiad.* U3/18147, p. 3) For many years now the brave and proud people of Nicaragua hua struggled to d&ermine its life by itself and thus to create a aovoreign and democratic kmaland. The German Demfxratlc RepubPic aupporta the constructive ptoposais recently aade by President Daniel Ortega , which are aimed at a pence settlesent in Central Araarica ati the establishwent of good-neighbourly relationa between (Mr. Ott, German tmmooratic RapuiAia) statea. At the mnle time, the C*rman DenKuxatio Republic wel-8 the efforts r8de by the Contadora States and the Support Group to find a peaceful eolution. pully in line with world public opinion and in conformity with what peoplco expect, the German Democratic Republic emphatically call8 for an imediate end to the un8cclared war again& Nicaragua and to the escalating acta of murder and terror parpetrated against the people of Nicaragua. The Security Council rhould, in accordance with its rerponsibility, adopt relevant measures an% thus contribute to a peaoeful, juet and honourable solution in C!entral Aaegica. The PRRSXDENT: f thank the reprarentative of the German Llemocratic! Republic for the kind words he addreseed to me. The next speaker is the reprerentative of Viet N&m. ‘I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make hia statement. or. RUI XUAN NRAT Wiet Nan11 : At the outset, Sir, I congretulate you on your arrumption of the presidency of the Council for thie month. I alcongratulate the representative of Hadagaecar, Ambae@a&r Rlaioe P&etafika, who fulfilled hie reoponsibility a8 Preeident fot the month of June in an exelnplagy manner. Pinally, I thank you and the other members of the Council for giving me the opp .:unity to apeak at this meeting. The representative of the united States seamed to be highly atatistice-minded when he said that the Council had met 11 times on the guertion under Biscuscion. I am cure that he made no mistake about it It is true that the Council lraa met many timee on the isEWe. But we ahcold ask “Why?“. Nobody uould ever think that the representative of Nicaragua enjoya tegWating such meetings. If it were not for the a&e of aggression by the United Statea against Nicaragua, the Council would have been saved a great deal of tine. (Nr. Bui Xuan Whet, Vi&t Nuj ~ha Unitad stat88 0088 not ~0~~81 its aonta~t for the liktaticm iiwmnb and therefore aairaa ovary olpportunity to l upgort the ral#la fighting de&ad Govarmanta in Asia, &trim, Latin kwriua and l lsauhera around the world, or tn NW aaaae to wit auk of l ggteeaion against aowaraign Stat@& T&a inva8iaBn of araMd8, tb wing of Libya, the ccmnivanca with the aplrtbid r(giau Of 8OUtb Attba in the raida on tha front-lirw State8 In Africa and thm coflurion with Xrrael in tha u~ddla mat are juot a faw l xaWaa. In ContraA -rioa, a r-ion tha united State8 used to uona&der ite oun kkyerd, it* l phmra of influmaa, it atill l rrwatea to itself the right to aall tb 8hOter Bo any wuntry which 808~ to be independanc@-orionted - that ie, ahuuem ita oun way - ahaM b0 puniaW. The MY ptovirion of aid to tha nontrar is , tharofora, not a rrparato aut, but part ot United stako policy in the region. But the aid thia tim la rewealifw. Piret, it ir callad for tba fIrat tiu ever by its real nam, military aid@ inated of being diyluisad aa huunitarian aid, a8 it wed to k. Secondly, it has boon l pproordl at l tiu when thora ia a regional arrangarmt for the eattLment of disputes and differancar amsg the regimal Stetee. It also cxmms at a time when Niuaregue mmtinum to ahow itr political good will an& ia puttiRp numetoua umrtruotiwo propmale to the mater of the togion and the Uruitad St&es. Niccrwwa threatens no country, lot altma the United Statas, uhiah ia auny time bigger and atrongor. What it ha done ia purely for the dafanca of it8 own wople. It ie tharafore illugical for the Unite8 Statue to ba aamathing in mmi~-Gm~hiGm. Yesterday ua heard the raprermtetlve of tha antted Stater go all tha way to kn4 the fact@ in order to juatify the act8 by him Administratim againfit (Hr. Riui man nhat, Viot ma) WiUM&W8. 8ut bar could ho, den it be in blrok and white that the ptesant united Steel AdriniOtCetim vem to gremave the Bandinlet Government by force9 %a 1981, the Centre1 Intelligence kgemy organised the u-s-more guard0 into the contram, ud it ha8 ever thee final, ttrined ~8 diream tb8m in t&it &emtruutive and l bvetrive.eets crgainst ~icreagua. Than urn in 1983-84 th mining or wiuaragua’8 poem, CollcRmd by the iupoeition of 8 trade d&unrgo ud aa ep~~ovel of tbe eo-ualled bummiterirn l id trr the amtram in 198% (Hr. Bui Xuan Nhat, Viet Nam) Now in 1986, it is $100 million in military aid. It is clear that the present military aid is a furtherance of United States hostile policy towards Nicaragua and yet another step in the escalation of aggression on the part of the former against the latter. One hundred r’llion dollars, if used for economic purposes, would mean a lot for a poor people; but when used for military purposes, it would be blood-soaked dollars, because It brings more ambushes and kidnapping, more mineR and shells and mre death and suffering to the Nicaraguan people, which wants nothing other than to live in peace, In good-neighbourliness and co-operation with ito nelghbors, so as to build its country into prosperity. The new act by the United States 1s a stumbling-block on the way towards that end. It further demonstrates that the United States has turned its back to the will and aspirations of Peoples throughout the region and the world. It constitutes the most flagrant violation of the basic principles enshrined in the Charter and of international law, which Is inclined to endanger the independenae and sovereignty of Nicaragua and the peace, stability and security of the whole region, with unpredictable coW+guences. The new act by the United States Administration has been strongly condemned thwghout the world. The Internation Court of Justice, in Its ruling, condemned it aa running counter to international law. The Co-ordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement, in its urgent meeting two days sgo, issued a communfqu( voicing the Movement’s indignation and its condemnation of the United States act of aggression against Nicaragua. The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam joins other speakers in vehemently condemning thle act by the United States Administration and demands that the united states put an immediate end to it. We call on thr Security Council also to condemn the irresponsible act by the United States Government. (WC. Bui Xuan Nhat, Viet NaW We lhtened attentively to the atatment by NicaEaguags FOzeign Hini8toE, Who ua8e bare to appeal to the members of the Security Council and of the international carunity for help to defend hie own people in the face of state terroniaa prwtieed by the United State% on behalf of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nu, I can l m8ure him and the Nicaraguan people of our whole-hearted eupport and militant solidarity. we, the Vdetnamee people, express our adriration for the heroio paaple of Nicaragua, who have apared no oaorificee for the defanca of their Sandinirt cause anb their country. We are confident that with justice, awl all of Qrogreerive mankind on theft aide, the people of Nicaragua will fru8ttate all l ttUQts or acta of aggression, covert or overt, and will aucceo6fully defend the indopendlence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of their country. The PRESfDBNT: I thank the Representative of Viet Nam for his kind worde addrearad to the QgO8idOIky. ?4r. SRFXB?CHUR (Onion of Soviet Socialist RepUbLicsI (interpretation fra Uurrim) t Piret, Sir, allow og to welcm you to the lofty poet of President of the SeaUL’ity Council and to eRpreea the confidence that your diplomatic Okills, uhiah are ~11 knmvn to the mnbarl) of the Security council, will 8erve you &n good rtead in the diechazge of your dutier. Similarly, the mist delegation take8 this opportunity to express gEatitude to your predecessor, Ambaamdor Rabetafika, who, with great skill and tact0 exeraised h’s functiona au President of the Security council for the month of June. The Soviet delegation heard with understanding the urgent remeet of Nicaragua -- -. -. c-- I-._- _*. .---L--A em-. - -L-L-_-& ii3 tkir ~8wib~~y IUUIIC;L~ tid ycr-~~~~oy m mGaL~RIm‘IIb kj basFi ..L,I.l..bm LL -1s.-err C-r PA.P4RI\ s-s L--‘-J.. Affeire of Nicaragua, Miguel WErcoto Stockmann, who put forward convincing fact* attesting to the escalation of the United States aggressive policy againrt his country - a potlcy that threatens Wernational peace and aecurlty. (Ht. Satronchuk, USSR) Over the laet feU yearm the United N6tiOM haa witneaaad th0 COnOietent efforts of non-aligned Nic.aragua to avail itself of the muouree procedure8 set out in the United Nations Chatter to defend ita sovereignty, to saintain peace and oecurity in the region and to respect obligation8 arising frar yenorally recognised norms of international relationa. At Nicarague'e request the gueation on the tggreeeive actions of the united States ha0 frequently been considered in the Security Council and in the Gemral AaeenblyYr RaCently, the Rain judicial organ of the United Nations, the International Court of Juotice, after a ~rehenaive and detailed consideration, announcad it8 decision CCWuZerning the complaint aade by the Government of Nicaragua. The decision of the Xnternetionel Court states dirwtly that by training, armingr equipping end finmeting the contra forces crrrytng out an armed struggle againat NiMrtgUa, the united State6 is violating norm8 of international law. IntetfSrenCe in the affair8 of Niaoragua is aleo evident in the mining of it8 territorial waters, over-flight6 of Nicaraguan territory and in direct ettaeke by the United State8 in Nicaraguan ports and on other econollic targets. As the international Court indioated, Naahington~a actions encwrage act@ by counter-revolutionary forceo that violate the nomu of humanitarian law. The united Statee, the decieim of the Court atreaaeo, aumt imediately halt all ouch acts. Of particular significance ir the Court’s rejection of claime to the arbitrary exarciae of the right ta Vollective relf-defencs*, frequently invoked by Washington to justify ita aggreraion against mvereign Btatea. In the last few deye, the united Statea haa adertaken f.fw F?ta agabwt Nicaragua, in flagrtnt violation of international law, the UniteU Uationa Charter and the norm8 of civilird inter-State conduct. The Rouse of Reprerentativea of (Hr. Safranchuk, DSSR) tho United st8to8 Congto88 8pproved 8n olloartion of $100 million to finuwe %8XCWl8tiQS, tOtrOrfS0 the pO8COfU). poBUl8tiOll On8 UndOt~irPO tb0 OUO- Of Nic8ragua. 111d8ad, Capitol Ail1 ha8 openly prof318imod the policy of overthrowing tho legitimate Government ef an indopendont country, 8 Ho&w of th8 unitod N8tiOIb8. It i8 pl8in to 088, Chorefore, th8t an oattromoly &ngOrOU8 at8p i8 being taken to aggravcto tension in Contr81 Amarica anB to escalate the undoclarod war whioh the tidted St8t8a h88 81rOdy kon W8gilQ for 80 Hny w8r8 8gainrt th8 -10 Of that region. Under th8 aovor of the bypocr:tical argumontfa about l froodom amd &moa~8ey~, thr United State8 98 actualkf carrying out 8 policy of State terroriu which h8e 81POady ClaiMd ten8 Of thOW8d8 Of ViCtim8 Mgst tho inhabitants of NfUclr8gU8, El Salvador and othor wuntrior of Contr81 Aneti~. (Hr. Safronchuk, USSR) It ie difficult to under&and the ba8ie of the logic uaed by those who, in wardo, support the struggle againot terrorimm but who, in deeUs, are the *godfatheram of counter-revolutionary bauda, which kidnap people, terrorize peaceable civiliaua, destroy crop8 and peaceful co-operatives, and aine Nioaraguan roada. The victiu of then acta are primarily the civilian population of that country. The people of Nicaragua have made their political choice) yet attempts are being made at bayonet-point by mercenary bandits to irpoue upon them pwtaaurea to the liking of Washington. The United Statea has rejmted international treaties and agreeisente in favour of carrying out an aram race, bombing peaceful cities, mining ports and other manifeetatiour of a tyrannic international policy. It io obviow that this United Statea line undermines international lau and order aud ia an attwpt to legitimise the cult of force in relatiouo among States. That couree is a challenge to the entire internatioual ccmmunity. The latest step taken by the unitad statea Administration hae unmarked that Administration ae an open ojqonent of a plitical aettlement in Central America. The granting of aaaistauce to the Contras has yet again belied United Mates statements about a diplomatic process in the region. Recent event6 confirm that Waahington is doing all it can to prevent progmra in that sphere. Obviously, it ia no coincidence that (I ape&al Pentagon report spoke in M&y 1966 abmt the l dangerous conmquence8” of the dtoption of the Contadora Act on Peace andi Co-cperation in Central Aaerica. It ia notable that new support for the contraa come6 at a time when there ie a glimmer of hope for the smxua~s of the Contadora process and when the outlines of a generally acceptable solution have been emerging. That progress has been possible largely becouee of the proposals of the Nicaraguan Government opening the way to the resolution of unresolved fesues. (Hr. Saf rouchuk, USSR) what wee the United Statea reply to the possibility of the Latin AmariCan countries working out a eettlewnt? Urgent ems18 by the Contadora Qroup and the Support Group have been rejected. In a Heseage of 7 June, those Groups expreesed their opposition to the provision of aaoiatanca to rubveroiva groups. Nicaraguags propoaal for a radical reduction in offensive weapons waa answered with United Statee plans to supply the counter-revolutionaries with hemy weapons. waahPngton*s lateat public ntatements and actions ohow ever more clearly ita desire to prove that the countries of Latin America are incapablr of independently *eCuring the foundatioaa of peace and security in the region. Moreover, Washington itself ia attomptfng to decide what aonditions for a settlement would be to the liking of the paoplos of Central America - and noua of their conditions have been to their liking. Thus, there is a ahallenge both to the Contadora Group - which, it is well known, enjoy8 broad international support - and to the whole of Latin AWeriCa, which is atriving to resolve conflicts in that region without outside interference. The viawe of the international ccaum.Inity - particularly the Non-Aligned Movmbant - are being ignomd, along with the view0 of the Western European Staten and of citizena’ organisationa both in the united States and abroad. Thia is nothing trae than an attack on international law aud order and on the right of psoplor to independence and sovereignty and independently to determine their own future. At the l aaa tiae, the nnitetl Statea Adainistration is raising a propaganda tow Soviet Union. Washington is uaing thir campaign in an attempt to mask its twn policies in the region, and is employing bid-faced lies and grosa distortions of tact. (Hr. Safronchuk, USSR) Uy delegation atateo apecificrlly that any kind of aelfirh intoronto in Contra1 Aa8riaa are alien to the Swiet Union. We zategoriaally reject f~bria~tiona &mut the Soviet Union’r 8uppowd intention to u8e the territ9ry of Nicaragua for Inilitdwy and strategic purpose8, to establieh bases there, and so on. That ia all aheet invention. The facta teatify to the contrary. It is the United Statea which ia pursuing a courw of militarisation in Central Aakarica and threatening military presaure againmt Nicaragua and other Central Amtican States, Thoueanda of United Statea military personnel are l tationed prsanently in the region, and there are conotant Ynoeuvres~ ubich could at any mment apill over the botdeto. united statea military baser - including airfields which can acmmnoclate large tranrport airoraft - are under C!OnmtrwtiOn on the territory of Nicar~gua*e neighbure. A Pentegon official har oaid that such proporations are planned many yearn in advanaa. A IUU dangercw develOpuant is the United Skates plan for the united Statea Army itself to train the mercenaries. All thia convincingly shows who io really interfering in the affaira of tbm Central Aaerican region. A0 utierecored in a TASS l tatamont of 29 June 2.986, .Warhington i# enlarging tha material bame for the unleashing of a large-scale errad cmfliat in Central America, in vhiah many Btatea may be involved. Thir turn of event8 ir fraught with fatal canrequencea not only for the Latin Amsrican continent. It will inevitably affect the general uotld mftuation ant3 cm-mot fail to influence Bwiet-Amatican relation8”. (S/181194c _p,3) The Soviet Union strongly conUemno tne new, extremely dangerom step taken by the United Stater to eacslate ite aggreseive activities in Central America, and we demand that it be halted. We express our aQlidarity with and firm support for the Hr. datronahuk, USBR) jumt caumo of the -10 of Nicaragua, ubiob im fighting for itm indopondence and frm mnd for pmaaor fn Central Anrica. The Soviet Union belieturn that 8 molutioa to the aritiaal rituation in Contra1 ?wrica vi11 be pommible only through a political uttlmmt on the baris of the gwuttally tecognirra normu of internation law. Wo ue convinced tbmt th Swurity Counc:il numt l trongly oppose atteaptm to eta+@ upon the movoroignty 02 indeperdent cuuntriem, lmtge or msall, and upon the rolevaat ptovimionm of the Chutu of the United Rations. All Statem @aberm of th Orgmir8tion that oberimh pwce and meautfty and appome increaud international tension rumt 8tato tlmlr view &out VniteU State8 action. Zn the preaermt l itwtion it ir iqortant ta do everything pommible to prevent l dangerous mpread of tbm conflict and to l hift the dmvelmnt of the situation in Cantr41 Anrica intonoraol olunnel8. The PRBSIUAWP: I thank the representative of the Union of Soviet Stxialirt Republics for his kisd words addressed to the presidency. The next speaker is the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic. I invite hir to take a place at the Council table and to sake his statesant. Mr. AL-ATASSI {Syrian Arab Republic) (interpretatio,% from Arabic) t Pirst, I wish to tell your Mr. President, how much my delegation appreciates your personal cnmlitiest your coiapetence, your statessanship and your vast knowledge. I take this opportunity to extend to you our congratulations on your assusption Of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We have every confidence that you will guide the Counoil’s work wisely and objaotively. I take this opportunity, too, to express our great appreciation to your predscessorr the nmbasssUor of Rsdsgsscar, for the exemplary way in which he conducted the Purity Council’s work lest month. Yesterfiay ws listmad very carefully to the submmtive statesent side to the Sasurity Counuil by the Foreign Winister of Nicaragua. FIis expression of uoncern at the persistent attespts by the united States to destabilise the Governsent of Wioaraguo and to overthrw the popular r(giu there was, in my delegation*8 view, legitimate. He set forth facts that we believe llsrit attention, especially by the intsrnatiorial crunity. The Sscurity Council is meting to consider the complaint by Nicaragua against the United States for its attespts to interfore in the internal affairs of independent Ststeb in Central Ase~ioa. In this consection, the Council horn the duty to put an end to muah flagrant, direct intervention by a super-Power, a perunent member of the security Council. The Council must shoulder its iwportsnt responsibility for the mintenance of international peace and security. The intexvention by tla Unite0 States is reflactad in the oppeoval by the United states Rouse of Representatives of the provision by the united Statas Wr. Al-Atari, Syrian Arab Republia) Adminietration of 8100 million to a band of wrarnario~ in the fora of training and military and other assistance, with the sole a:m of destabilising the duly l laated Government of Nicaragua and subsequently overthtovfng it. The approval of the earmarking by the United States Administration of this ar8lstance for those purposes is, in the view of tha vorld, an explicit contravention of the grovisicmr of the United Nations Charter, the principles of international law and the ethiaal rules governing relations amnq States. The attempts to interfere in Riaaraquagu internal affairs and to overthrow its popular r&gime ate bound to destabilise Central America and to jeopardise peace and 8oourity in that region- This iu not the first action by the United States Adninietration against the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Nicaragua , and it will not be the last. In&d, it is but one link in a ahain of persistent, tireleao atterpt8 by the United States Administration to overthrow this praqresrive, populist r&qiu vhiah enjoy6 wide support among the masses. The principle8 ef self-determination and the right of peoples to choose their own social and economic systems have been internationally and unlveraally confirmed8 they have been enshrined by the international Orqanination. ft appears, however, that such principles and other ethical am3 humanitarian value6 do not enjoy the approval of the united States. The United S&&es muet imediately desist from these attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of peoplee and nation% It wet pursue thr policy of understanding ind dialogue rather than that of threat8 and aggre8sion. The time whm the colonizera could exerci@e their brutal mPght against peoples has long since passed. (Mt. Al-Ataa0i, Syrian Arab Republic) Nicaragua, which fully beliovea in paace an6 peaueful coexiatenae, has topaatedly expraaaaU its readiness to negotiate with regard to the stability of the region. Peaus cannot k roatorad to the tagion and confidence cannot be eatabliahed throughout Central Wrica by rapport for the counter-revolutionary forces in Nicaragua, or by the provision of military and financial aid to banda of Idrcenar tea. Pease and confidence throughout the reggion oan ba achieved only through dislogue and negotiations between the unitad States of America and the legitimate Goverment of Uioaragua. . The action by tha United States Administration in providing $100 million in the form of military aaaiatance and heavy weapons and training for the bands of rrcenarieo ie in contradiotioa with tha efforts of tha Contadota Group and the support Group. The aotiona by the United States l4dminiatration subvert the efforts to restore peace in Central Amotica, which requires that all State8 refrain from furnishing military or material aid to the irregular forces. It ie not surprising that the United States Administration atando against the peoples struggling for freedun and self-determination. Not is it autptiaing that the United Steteo atanda againat the aapirationo of peaplea to freedom and independence. It has always stood againat the will of peoples. It OtandS against the African paoplea because it is at the aide of the apartheid r4gime, to which it ptovidea various kinds at l aaiat.anca and auapott and with which it t?Q--rateB in various fields, inoluding the nuulaat field. How aloe can one explain the exercise by the United States of the tight of veto in the Security Council whenever it is a quaation of condeming the pttheid r&gime or of iaposing against it the aanctiona provided for in the Chatter? (Mr. Al-AtoMi, Syrian Arab Republ iu) Horemet, the united statem harbours hostility for the Arab pmplem and l tandr by tha zioniat r&giea in ocwup&M Raleotine, to uhiah it provider var!.mm kind8 of weaponr, including the #st 8oWrtiaated war plane& and other typec of finanoial and material arsiotance in l uuordawe with tha prsplrrarw of atmtagia co-operation. BOW else can one explain the euraise by the United Stater of the right of veto whenever the quertion of Palmthe or tb gitOstiw of th e(icSUle last ir kfore the security CaunCril? The United state8 also rtandr against the peoplea of COntr81 America. The trntted statea rtandr against the arpiratisnr of the -lea of that rogion becauu it provides finanuial and military l Uisteme to bands of wraenaries with the aim of deotabillaing any ~wernmmnt that im not to itm liking. (Hr. Al-Atmmi, Syrian Arab Resaublio) It Lo now an w 8wrot that the’ationr of the United States Mrinimtratim conrtitute an explioit wiolatiarr of &a provisiuno of the united Wotimm Charter, tbe prinuipler of intern8thul law and every tonet of ethiaal and oivilised duct. The United Stxtex krrs an @ottant rhmre of the,remponmibility for tha naintrnum of internatiaul. p8ma and ncurity. It doom not beumm a ruper-Power like the United Stxtor to rorort ta darinrtion, heg5wny,5nd, in mow inrtancem, ubotxge, or to ilplemont a policy of terrorim and aggrrssiun. With regard to the prement oarplaint by liuaragru, it is inuwhnt upon tha Saurity Coundl to uctnhl~r l wh bohaviwo ati to put a nrlt to it. flnlema the Council proeeedr ln that mrmnarr it will lose oredibility with world public opinion. ?inmlly, thm Byrian Arab Wpubli~ reiterater itm full aulidarity with the lmapk and Govarn6mt of Wiaaragua and expremer iu pride in the l trugglo of tht heroic pm@*. Wa cfwrd their battfo for ind@pen&n~ and librty am that of all wlem struggling for their right to live free from any fordgn intorventim, hegaany 8nd &einatiuL TRe PRB.61~: I thxnk thr roprur;ontative of the Syrian Arab Republic for the kind uordm ho uldremed to the prosidermy. Ur. TSVETKW (8ulgaria) (interprotatian frm ?rench): I l heul.4 like firmt to corwratulato you, 8ir, on yaw arourgtion of the prertigiour and rerponxible pt of Dremfdent of the Security Cdnsncil for the month of July. Aware a8 I am of your diplomatie exprienw 8nd permcmml qualitter, I am certain tkrt you will uw all your akills in 8edng that the Security Council l uaeemmfully gmrforu the great tarkm cuntronting it. I l hould alma like to pay a tribute to the PerwneRt RngWmmtatiVe of the llemCcrmt:c Republic of WaUdrgancrr, Rmbaamxdor elaiw Rahetafika, for the mapetetm and authtwity he UisplayeU am Preoident of the 8ecucity Council during th mth of Jum. Hr. Tsvetkov, Bulgar is) Tbe Security Council has beOh requested to consider urgently the dangerous tension that prevails in the Central American region as the result of a policy of increaoingly overt and direct prearure upon Nicaragua that is being systetaatically purrued by the Administration of the United States of Afaexica. The development of events over the past few days rightly gives rise to profouud concern within the international community over the fate of peace and security in Central Amrica and in the world at large. The decision taken by the United States House of Representatives to grant $100 million in rslilitary and financial asristance to the counter-revolutionary banditm acting against the legitimate Goverruaent and the people of Nicaragua, as well am the United states rejection and defiance of the decision handed down by the International Court of Yurtice in that matter, leaves no doubt about the stlventurist plans and intentiona of the American Administration with regard to independent and sovereign Nicaragua , a Member of the United Nations and of the l&vaDent of Non-Aligned countr ies. As the President of the Republic of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, stated on 28 June in Managua2 *In fact, the United State8 Government has declared war on Nicaragua.a The facte indiaputably demnstrate that Washington, actiug contrary to the lloms of universally recognized international law and the principles set forth in the united Nations Charter, will atop at nothing to play out in Nicaragua its *Grenada wenar io’ . The threat of a future escalation of military tension is a real omes it could eventually lead to irreversible and uncontrollable proceatxs end to conflagration in the region. It constitutes a genuine threat to international peace and uecurity. (Hr. Tsvetkov, Bulgaria) The legitimate aapirationr of the pecples of that region to pace# independence, national devalsgrmt and accial justice, ace being blocked by the obstinate attempts of the United Statee to prevent by force the developlant of social, political and historic prccesseo and to trasple underfoot the same8 right of people8 to 8elf-determination. mwever, as hi8tory ham shown, such actionm have aore than once been danad to failure. The attmt8 to fin8 a *called humanitarian jUStificaticn for interference in the interual affairs of a oovereign country, for i-sing diktat and political change through the u8e of force - attempt8 veiled by demagogic l lcgans, such as l democracym and l litmcty", mislead uo oue. They merely prove that the progreeoive chuges in Nicaragua are clearly not to the liking of reactiouary anil militarist circles in the United States. There Chacmgem hinder the militarists' aggressive plans for r8gional hegamy, stand in ths way of their long-term strategy of maintaining international tension and wring progreosive forces in the world, and lqede their neo-globalist alPbitiou8 on a world male. The rerponsibility for the deteriorating e%plo8ive rituation in Central Ammtica lie8 entirely with the Government of the United State8, which, ever since the victory of the revolution in Nicaragua and the establiohment of a new power in that country, ha8 been pureuing a policy of prefmure. blackmail aud threats, l ahotage, econanic boycott an8 overt or covert aggression. Warhington'8 attempt8 to 8hift rerponeibility onto the Government of Nicaragua and it8 policy for the lack of progr888 towarbs a rattlewent reaain vain and ftuitleo8. Fact8 demmrtrate Nicaragua hss stated on aany cccamion8 and ha8 Shown in practice it8 8incere de8ire to ncm*alize the situation in Central Anmica through peaceful political an8 djplomattc meam%, both multilateral and bifatsral. (NC. T~etk0V. NUlgar ia) In 1984, tba Gov*runt OS Nicarc~g\u &ou.d itm willingner. to &wept fully l nd to 8ign immediately the Act on P*am ad -ratain Central AWrica of 7 8eptembr of that year that war dram up by the -t&r8 group. elm a&ption ot *t doe-nt, WMch mid l nmr* a peaceful aottlwont of tm situation in the c@o~, ~8 blochd & the United Statea, vfriqh clearly opposed rush a rogionel rrrangemnt. (Mr. Tevetkov, Bulger is) On 17 &ne fast Mr. Miguel D*&ecoto Brocbmenn, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaregue, officially expreeaed his G3vernmentge positive response to the epptel of the Ministera for Foreign Affairs of ths Contedore Group and the Support Group for a epedy conolueion to the process of negotiat; 3,. clr eetebliehing paece in the region. He responded in the l eme way to Securit~~ i , 'i ,'I. 4 1 &--yp/~ ..r &/:/181’/5 distributed on the l eee occasion and in his very uell-arguud eta??..~... ‘4 here yeetrrdey. Dy ite willi~naes to l ign e r@onel agreement, Ulceraqua, in fact, has given l conetructive roeponee to the Contadore countriee and tthe appeal of the intermtionel comunity for the peacefu, * eettlement of the crisis in Central America. The rerponee of the United Steteo is known: $100 million mxe for military aeei-*.ance for the counter-revolutionaries, the nucleus of which are the wretched remains of Somma*e criminal band8 and pereonal guard. That revealing decioion wae adopted by iu majority in the klouse. Naturally, the decision could not but provoke strong condeenetion and give rise to a juetlfieble tea&ion on the part of the international ccmnunity end wotld public opinion; As the ropreeentative of India said in his statement yesterday, the Co-ordinetlng Bureau of the Non-Aligned Countries omdemne the eeeietance voted 6gainet Nicaragua as: -I)... a VtObtiOn of the SOVereignty and political independence of Nicaragua, a non-aligned country, as well au of the ptinciplee and objectives of the Non-Aligned Mcvmnt ertd the Chertel’ of the Unieod Hetio(;e.8m (S,Pr .2694, P. m?!!) Tin rqxewnt8tiwr of the Contu3or8 Group lwe t8ken 8 rimilw 8ttitude to tha daci8im of tin United Ut8tes Mminirtr8tion. &n for tha PeopW8 Rqaublle of Bulgrrir, y owntry h80 8lv8yu rupQBrted thr 8tlU@#e of the pmple of Piammp.m to aefenu thair nrtlowl inaependonae 8a the right to aet8mine 8101W, uitbwt foreign irsteethtwlee, the prth sf their aocPI1, acmomic 8nd politiarl devd.qmmt. ?h8 6U198rh p#pl@ Wt~W898 its W8rll w COUntry i8 ill f8VOUt Of 8 wW.fUl Wttlevnt Of th8 dimturbing 8itU8tiW iIl tintr81 Amtie thKorylh IMgOti8tiO4l8 8d 8 CUWttLUZtiW 8pipto8Ch. En thla -8-t, YI WdoU th@ l ffOKtS Of tb8 wtdot8 GlroUp &d thr, 8S8iatPm 9iV.n to it by tba UuppQrt Group. We c0nSidw th8t th@ Co#kedOE~ Group can 8nd mU8t PlOY 8 1010 urtive role in ordor to achieve 4 mmpcehmnmiva 8~33 188tfng E&tl@mnt to tba crs8ia in tht8 rqqien. %m ~XESIJT: I thnk tbm ragrmantativa of b114d8 for hi8 kind Mr68 sbdrerm¶ to the prori4ency. ?hO IWXt l p+8k.t ir ttw r~rM.nktiW Of tb w mkt.8 DWOCr8tiU Rlpublic. I invieo him to t8ka 6 plus8 at tha Cowa table 8nd t9 uku his sktemmt . Frmt,th)r 8ir. I ohould like, firal of sll, to mz.:gtmtulate ym on year asaunption of the pce8iUenuy of the EMcuo.wty Cauncil for tha mmth of July. I u wnvinted that urdler your *ima and aoapetrnt lwtktrrhip tha vork of the Onmcil vi11 be scowned with l wcemm. 1 ahouM certainly k ramiris if I failefl &I psy a tttbute to yaw p~Ydecwaar, nr, Mafore Raktmfike, Perunmt Rqwaront~tLtr, of the Dmocratfc (Mr. Vongaay, Lao People's mmucratic Republic) Hy dalegation would lika to thank the Council for giving ~8 thir opportunity to paotisipate in the dab&m m thim flagrant violation of the 8ovoreignty and political indopondance of a Centr81 Anriaan sT8te, tha Republic of NiCaCagUa, and therefore a wriou8 thmrt to mro and racurity in that very sendthe part of the uorld. Hy delegation lirtened very cmefully and with awh 8yrprrthy to the 8tatemmt 8ad8 hero ye8terday by Mt. D”lmcoto ?WYCluvnn , the Hini8ter for Foreign Affair8 Of Wiarrag~a. A8 8 nurrkr Of OthW 8poak8r8 hrV0 pointed Out, this i8 the eleventh tin in le88 than thr8o yew6 thet 8 ropr8untative of the GovernRent of NiCeragUe h8 CO@.dnad t0 thi8 Council abOUt th8 repr8hencible aCtim8 Of the AmeriCen GOv8rNnt again8t hi8 OOiJntry. The granting of $100 aillist, in military l 88i8tanco by the United Sf:4e8 Howe of Reprewnt8tive8 fop th8 o0ntra8 , th8t gang of moist counter-revel: 'lies trained and armed to tha troth by th, Contra1 Intelligena8 Agency (CIA!, a new 8tage in the l sCalstioI9 Of aggre88iOn'Bgain8t the People'8 Republic of Nit Q‘- a. La8t year the American Admini8tratiOn gwe them rppraxirately $27 million, l UpltaWi8tir guiW Of ghumnitetien l 88i8t8IICeu. My cxwntry h8 hd cEtz8aion to cowlem th88e &Ct8 of armed prwJocation, aggrersiorr and de8tabiliretion. which hava taken the fonm of a total trade embargo ud the mining of licaraguot~ p0rt8. We did 8o Part April at the niniaterial netir?g of the W-ordinating Bureau 02 the ?WwAligmed Countcie8 in New Ualhf, uhetr my delegetlon umqu~vtxally cc&erred an inperloli8t super-Pouer and pcunrnt amber of the security Councf;, The ctitice of the pecple*s Sandtniet MWolution have constantly alahad that the prewnt rbg4~ in Nicar.sgua is the baaic caum af tenstun and inatab%Xtty ki Central Asmbj.tfi~. But the trttaEnntioltc+.! (Ht. Vongray, Lao Feop1e.e Ck~~~atic i&public) cumunity har constantly rajected l ich lice. The truth i8 that the Aaerican Government cannot rcc*pt the S*ndini8t r6giae’r refumal to bow to itr will. What Nicaragua wanto is peace in juotice rnd dignity and not a ‘Pax her icana~ . Wiceragua wanta rmpect for itr indspendence, rovereignty and tetr itot ial integrity. It wanto to live in peace8 in friendship 8nd In co-qmration with all countries and all its neighbours, including the united Stater of krrica. Inrtead of dirrupting the noble efforta of the maberm of tha Contadora Group and the Lim Support Group, the United stat.08 Govermnt ought to accade to the appeal of the international c-unity to contribute to a just and lasting 6olution to the crisis in Contra1 Aaericr. The United State8 Govermnt should waste no tine in renewing contact with the legittite GovermnL of Nicaragua in order to normaline relatiiona betwren then. Indeed, in its rerolu’ ton 562 (19SS) of 10 my 1985, the Security Council called upon the tuo countries to do just that. (Hr. Vongeay, Lao People’s Democratic Republic) Hy owntry Notem with regret and bitternaar that during the International Year Of Pa&o uarkin aeMn#ra of the Security Council, particularly a super-lower with tba right of veto, have undertakan aotions againrt other sovereign countries Contrary to the l lanntary principles of international law and the United Nations Cbrter. Tha Lao Govarmnt and people wish to reaffirm their support and UrWuerving #Olidarity for the courageous Government and people of the Republic of Nicaragua in their tirelers 8truggle to consolidate the fruits of the Sandfniat revolution. That is the ba8ic policy of our Government, adopted from the establishment of the MY r&gime in Lao& and it vae clearly wt forth in the impxtant statement udo on 2 December la8t in Vientiane by Mr. Kaysone Phomvihane, Secretary-General Of the Central Conaittee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of tk Council of Minister8 of Lwa, on the occasion of the celebration of the tenth annivermry of the praclemation of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, as follou6r Qp~ke in EnglirPh) ‘We hove l lvayn stood on the ride of the Peoples of Nicaragua, ~1 Salvador and other Latin American countries, the peoples cl Namibia, Pale&in@, LebaMn and other Arab countries who valiantly struggle against iqerislifa, colonialian, old and new, apartheid, and Zionirm for independence, fr~doe and wolf-detersinatim. The PRESZDENT~ f thank the reprsrmtative of the Lao People’s Demwratfc Republic Sor the kind wards ha addressed to the presidency. Thare are no further rpeakers in8ctibed on my liat for this meeting. The next meeting of the Security Council to continue consideration of the item on its agenda