S/PV.2728 Security Council

I should like to inform members of the Council. that I have received letter5 from the representatives of Honduras and Nicaragua, in which they reauest to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council’s agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, f proposer with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is 50 decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Martinez QrdoRez (Honduras) and Mrs. Astorga Gadea (Nicaragua) took places at the Council table. The PRESIDENF: The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting today ‘in response to the reaueet contained in the letter dated 9 December 19A6 from the Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council, document S/18513. Members of the Council have received photocopies of a letter dated 8 December 3986 from the Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the united Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, which will he issued tomorrow as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/18514. The first speaker is the representative of Nicaragua, on whom I now call. Mrs. ASTORIA GADEA (Nicaragua) (interpretation from Spanish) ; I wish firat of all, sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for thio month. Your diplomatic aualitien and your experience promise 5ucceem for the vork of the Council thie month. I wish also to convey our aongratulations to wia Excellency Ambesador Sir John Thomson of the United Ringdan of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the very ekilful manner in which he guided the work of the security Council in November. As a resganeible country, Nicaragua hae reouested this urgent meeting of the Security Council to report on the moat reaent eerioue event5 in the Central American region and on the possible future developraent of those events. Just three weeks ago the General Aseembly discussed the agenda item on the aituetion in Central lmedca. On that occasion there was a unan%tnoue expreeeion of concern about the increasing deterioration of the situation, and 8 universal call for respect far international law and the principle of non-intervention. Additionally, only five week5 ago the General Aeeembly adopted a ref3oXution calling for full and imm~iate cormpliance with the Judgment of the tnternatiensl Court of Justice in the ease of Vlilitary 5nd Paramilitary Activitiee in and against NiaaragufP . The Csntsdots Group has sought to harmonize the political will of all the parties to the Central American conflict# that Group, the international f%simmitY a0 a whole and the Security Council have appealed for strict respect for international law and the United Rations Charter, and for the non-use or threat of use of force in international relationa. They have appealed for peace, understanding and harmony - In ehort, for a negotiated, peaceful political solution of the c~ieis in Central America. (Mrs. Aetorga Gadea, Nicaragua) Yet w are obliged to askr What ha5 heen the effect of these steps, these appea15, these effort5 on the policy of force pursued in Central America by the Government of the united States and on the policy of aggreeefon against my country? It ie aleo proper to aclk whether the situation has improved. 1s there any encouraging 5iqn that could let us fore5e8, if not conclude, that although the oituatim has not been resolved there are indicptione that w0 are on the way toward5 resolving it? Unfortunately fok the people5 of Central Amerfca , the anewere to those and other uuestionta are negative. Not only $6 there no $ndication that the complex situation in our teg$on $6 being resolved, but on the contrary the most recent event5 co-1 UB to believe that the eituation is becoming yDr5e daily and that the poW$b$l$ty of a wider regionalised uat ctbntinuers to be an option which the present United States &drain$stration hae not dieoerded and which it $6 etubbornly pureuing, to Qrovide a pretext for dire& aggreeeion against my aountry, a$med at ooerthrouing its legitimate Government in an attempt to turn back the pagee of history. On the afternoon of Sunday, 7 December last, a formation of five combat airaraft flying from t!fonduras v$olated Wicareguan airspace and curled out the fOlh&lg attacks on civilian and military targets ineide the Republic of Wicarauga: First, at 3.30 p.m. on that day, three aircraft from that formation attacked po5ition5 of the SanUini5t People's Amy in the Congojas valley, 12 kilometres north-veet of uurra, in the department of Nueva Segovia. That attack caused the AarCh AC U”nn -m-w.. -s -M __.. mnadmro n0 c_& SsAinjnt Qmcqle' .--_ ---- - -- Army and the wounding of another nine. (Mrs. Astorga Gadaa, Nicaragua) &CWdly, at 4 o'clock On the em day - the 7th - two co&at air-aft from that same air formation attac&eU the town of wiwili, amoxiiaately 25 KilaPetres from the northem bOrder of Nicaragua. A0 a result of that atfscit, a horn was desttoyed and two d,ildcen - 4 and 11 years old, corgectively - were wounded. Furthermae, three stidiers were wou’uSe& In order to aarry out that treadrerow attadc on Sunday afternoon, the aircraft entered Nioaraguan territory cd aoerflew the Cargojar rrecta in blurrat they then overflew Yicaro and Jalspa and they left by way of the motecacinte eecta. Our intelligetroa 8ources have detirmined that those aircraft to& off from mit8d ststes bases located on Bcmdura territory and Lat the at&&s were COd~difkated by cpmialists bon the mntted Staten. That informstion ooincitbs with i#IfOrnStim cmr the rodcots and boabe wed in the boobAngs - that ie, they Can be transported anay by very powerful w-et airaaft, which of course the mercenaey fcrces Bo not po3sess. Responsib1ity for that grave event lies witi Me United States Government, with the policy of state terrooiau dch it is prpceuing egsinst my country and by WhiQl it attW@ts b c~u3iplate the avefmnt of the Republic of Hcnduras and other Government8 in the region. f The ser iOUSnwS of this fact - viewed in -on junction with the warlike envircnmmt tnat nas been creatad in Rcnduras by the dangarota fabrication that a large n&&W of troop3 of our stay are fn uonduran territory, and the praten ~Rwence Of tiie tCu!tez mercenaries on ficnduran torcitcq, using and sbut3Png Mat territory to r.ttadc nry country, under inetructione from the present United States Mmin Is tra tier1 - cannot fail to alarm responsible Governments, and in particular the Ciovernmenk of Nicaragua, which ti the main victim of this policy of egqreeoton. (@kS. AStOrga Gadea, Nicaragua) The acts of aqqreasion that ve are denouncing today have confitmd what my Govunnmt has been saying so often in teoent yeato - that the conduct of joint military manoeuvres by the Cnited States and Aanduran ararieet the strengthening of the ailitary infrastructure established by the United States in tla-&utos; the perwwnt pesoence of advieers and egecialiaed bodies of that great Paver on ElarQran soils the continued finarcing, in the millime, of counter-tevolutimary aercemcies, mder orders fram Washing&m; the constant crossing of out coasts by warship of the United States Wavy; and the constant violation of our airspace, all have cm0 alearly defined abjectlve ai the put of the present miU3d Stetes AdJnfstrsticmt Me wecthrae of the legitimately esCeblished averment of Nicaragua. In tSwember W#B denounced in the Gencrral Aasmbly the amoBuvreta carried out in ttardurae by the 62nd Air IranspOrt Division and the 75th Rungers ~atallion, involving a totsA of 4,766 soldiers, just a fev miles from our back. it the hegiminq of this month, other exeroisee began e this tims vi* the particiption of the ll66th Brigade of the National Guard ActilleSy of the state of Flarida. The 196th Sriqade went to Ule town of Ojo (le Ague, in the Danli Department, junt a few kilolpelere~ f~m the Nicaraguan ballet, where it conductid joint ez@ercie@$ with the 3cd fmndufan Artillery Batillion in the Las MeSaa area. minq for that purpaee W-47 heliakptere of the united 6tatea Air Force and all sorts of heavy millL%ry equipment. It io importimt to point out that eince tne euepension of these most tocent military exerciaea, the 116uI Briga& has, been based at the United States military mum at Paimersie. Thie persistent militiry activity will 9~ on in 1987, as has been officially announced, with the cmtinuaticn oE the “Tezenclo SLetram 818noeuvcee. CPIec 4,000 soldiers will be partici~ting in those new exercises, which will take place (Mr 8. Aatorga Gabs, NiCaC8gUa) in me Yao IBpUtmem of Handrnas. The&8 tmops belarg to the Amy and the National Guards 02 Illinois, Indiana, Hidrigan, &war tinnaota, nieemi, Ohio ad Wiecomin, aa uell as the oarcal am&uutare of the 416th mgineer8 Cmmnd ftom Chiwv, and they will hwe the oupport of motocimd foroas fron tbe United mates Southern Camand based in ae Rmama Canal 2-e. ‘Phase manoeuvte0 will bU9in in January 1987 Md, amrding to offioial inftxutht, will go on for four UnthS. The taotic used by tbe mitad Stabs through the military manoeuvre6 to which I h&ve ju8t referred hwe boa to bring me mean@ of warfare cluaor to the theate Of OPUatimS neat tihe counter-rouohtionrty bases and the basd8r Of Nicitragua. Purtharmoce, Sinm 13 Nweabu, mibd State8 wardrigru hwe been appmhing the Atlantis 00Wt of WicPragus, near Ule Bluefields and Puerto Cabww regiane. This nwal fumtion is Qaspoeed of frigate ad deeuoyacr with conventional mdh?U @udr a8 the ~mhwk~ with a rmge 00 150 kil~uw. These 2hipa hW0 eleotrmio espianage and enplaation equipment which can interrupt and intstcept internal Niearegum comnunicati~no and take infta-red phobgraghe at night. Thie type of nwal ferlratia, has al&IO been observed neer the part of Cotinto 01) the Nicuagua~ Pacific umt. This muitime huasemnt ha8 been amlapanied by air apiarage. The ChiWd States Air Fuce eartied out between 1 Jmuuy and 31 Octaber this year a total of 169 espianaqe and radio-enplaation nights. RaCmUy, the whited States newspepar The Christian &ience Hmibx indicated mat the Pentagon is now making every effort to euengthen its nilitaty presence On bmducan twritoty, and against Nicaragua. This includeee the widening of tha 9en (NC% kt0rga Gdea, Nlc+~ag~e) l iraaft - mo tttu rrnufactumd in Iuael; radu faailitiw are being eMabliahod in Croro la !&do% ant! additiud hnds hawo baan inclua in tbo 1998 buaget to strargtlrm the rilituy bate at Pslmrola. It 18 cl-r that it i8 uithin thateontawt of aggrweicn and propmatian of theaaditiunsneceuuy to the directpartiuiptian0e the mitsd sbtem in the YOC that we find MO reabnt l wogriatia, of8100 nilliar by tbo unitid Stabs Gamrnmmt md t&o coimaqqurrt suthari8aticn givan to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to aitm ma control tkbe raomnuy apPtatiara against my wmtry. In thomrw ftanuak,auaonuycQm~da acoboi~~~ trainedby zhitatl Stat08 spMialifSt6 at m sit bme in i?kUid& At the beginning of next yeac, the knitd Stat- Ildsinistratiar plan6 alas0 Ca Byrd 840 ailliar toe heavy milituy equipBeM for tsar cmtras. Tbio hbtiartiar about an iwads, of Ban&tan territory by trq of the smbaist P&o@e@rs Army has been aorrtmtly regwticl mince 19 uovelbor by offioial oirclm of tha Ska(pn Mminiswatian, who l tatb tb*t Sandraiet troogr, are paitioned in town0 badering at the Pucriao tipartmmt. Fat a group of . intrtnatiaral joownalieW went to that 2-0 Ma cowa that @3Wdngton*s 8tatolcenw Ye80 i?alse. m0 fmaum wmnrmt iestwd m orticial dmhl two brp law. ~vutholeer, the mifd fitabe Covernnrnt eontinura to inaUt on ita 110. It WI men mt 8 ~a& trip uaa m& to Fluntlram Qlj) Ccrsta Riaa by the Special Ecwoy focCentoel&etica, pb~lip’8~ib,vRometuitt1 MO rrrpotive Ptesidontr MB hu& of rn8 l ilitary. Wm. Aatorgs Gadea, W.~ragm) On 20 Wweabet ‘ny Govetnmnt denoun~ m attaak ph by counterrevolutionary group8 against the BoMutan tom ob Oanli aa a mmeuvre to inoulpato the Mcaragwn ~eay for ihat attack. Sum tPw ago, out Pre8ident, Cuataandet Daniel Ortege Saavedfa, at the cameaoratPun of the twenty-fifth ann. vb,. -+p.~*,y of the BSLN hd alrea0y warm3 of the danger and death inhrrent in the faci..c ;L :*we iu?? 2~9 out before the 8wurity CumaiL iio donounoed the fact thst tm unnio;.T er .;teo me preparin, for. &tacks against Hicaraguan ~ettiont ad twnr i-n order co blame the Ssndiniete Reople% mw. On 16 November our Dofence Rinirter alao publicly Benuunced the fact that the United 8tatrs ~a8 prmting aetm of eafmtage against otrategio Pficasuuan target& a8 well as Bireot attack6 cm baaeer and tengoraty or pwmmtent holfcopter rctettma. Thus, mwh acta of ptwwation 9 the United Statem, in uhiah l&mduree and uercenary contra forces are gap&eyed, ease a8 no surprise to U8. Wing a purported attwk on Honduran so&l by our troopr, the United States has rushed to partioipate PZireotly in the ttanrgort and ccmaentratim of EondutaS trOopa in the La8 Vegas Motor , at the very spot where ownterrevolutimaty foraer are also concentrated. Oenetal John Gelvin, cok*snder of the united State8 SGWI9rtd Carad POttie, vent to Bandurao with the purported intent of oupervising the tramgore of Honduran %rcmpr. It is significant that General Galvin@e trip 0hfWl.d lkme wcutte6 (ohe% the transgort of those Honduran forcers had already ended. These events are taking place at a time when the countorrevotutianary offonstve, the 6o-celLed Operaclan tilrpfesa, ordered by the Q.ited BQAes and laun&ed on 24 Outobets has rerultei~ ’ total failure, creating a situation of! utter depen&ency on united States military intelbigence and supply. (HrB. kutocga Gadaa, Nirclragua) The artifiaial and much-publicised conflict the United States is atteqting to fcmtnt between %ndurao and Nioaragua cannot bs ~considerud Outside the context of the orisie that the United State8 Ildminiatratian Lo naw facing. Information published daily in the united States press confirms our repeated eontsntions that the Percensrie6 are being t inanced aa3 8upplidl not only in violation of international law but, what ir mere important, counter to the daxeetic legiolation of the United States itwlt. At the same time, we cannot disregard the fact that all this military preparation will pave the way for a geeater United States military prerence in the region and, therefore, prepare for its direct military intervention against Niaaragua, whioh is the arain ~utpose of the present United Statea Admfnistration*o policy of sggrearfon against my country. The Cimernm~nt of Niaarague, UIIderOtanding the eooaletion of United State0 aggression an an attaak agsinrt the peace. mcurity and live6 of the #eeples Of Niaaragua and wmbram, has awe again c01e to the security Counoil to alert the international oaamunity to thir new escalation of aggeeeeion by the United States of &mrica, te call once again foe respect for the norma and prinaiples of international law and to defend the right of the peoples of Central ~uerica to life and peasa. With that goal in mind and in 8 conetrwtive spirit rry GWernment, in a n&e dated 7 ueeeabw, pmgmsed ta the Governnmnt of Ikmluras that thsr fkretary-Semeral of the United Nations be invited to aend a fact-finding oommittee to the zone of tension, with the partioipaticrn of the Contaebra members, t0 determine the causea of tension and rccoiu%and relevant s#aBurea to !H adopted to preven: 6 further worsening of the situation. That proposal war3 reiterated in a note datd S Dwesber addrer=d b the Foreign Minister of Honduras. (Hrs. AStOCga Gadea, Nicaragua) VnfOttUMtely, oving to promute exerted by the QveeMent of the United State8 of &GIC~CS, the eespome of the Goveemment of Iionduea8, contained in an oet ioial mioatim ot 9 ueueabet 1966, does not corro5pond to the sense of ee5pcnoibility called foe by the present situation. 'Ihst rY)te, while affirming in bell&am tones that Hon&~ean amad forces will repel with all their strength the @uepoet@d Nicaraguan aggression, also otateer %hie ir not tR0 tmmmt . ..to eequeet foreign monitoring on our borders-” In c~~clusicn, 8y Government appeal8 awze again tn the united States Gmeeamnt to put an end onc5 and foe all to its policy of fanning the flaawa of COfhfCarrbtim and war in Central Amtica, to halt its attacks against my country, to rtq involving Central American mvetnmntm in it8 policy agairmt Nicaragua and to bred th5 ruling of the International Court of Juetiae, foe it is only in that way that pace will beaoma 8 eeality in Central hwtica. ‘Ihe ORE6IDRWf: I thank the repeenentattve of Nicaragua foe the kind uords 5ha eddeeotmd to @5. ‘Pbe nOxt @peakor ir the eepe55entative of Honduras, upon whm I now call. Mr. cUfWZEIB8 ORM&2 (Honduess) (interpretation fraa Spanish) t f&fore beginning q statement to the Council, I should like to ewprees to your Sir, hm# plea55d y delagetion is to me you peeriding over the metinge of the Council thie -uI. Lbr u& your preeenca here is indeed a guseantee that the council will daal effeaeively with the very imgboetant mattare before it. Wy delegation would also like to extend itr feeternal congeakulatiom to sir &hn Thanson, the Pamanant Rapeesantativa of the United ~ingdm, who presided PO sfficiently over the bunoil’r wwk last mnth. OnGa qain the Elewrity Council ir meeting at the raquest of the dslagation of the (kveermmt of Nicaeugua Co consider events that have worsened the aituatim in the tintral hmericsn region. The Council’s cmuidee(Ltim of thh Altustion that haa (Nr. Wcrrtinen Otdob8, Aonbutas) been or*ated in the border arem between our country and Wioaragua ie fully juetit ied. bkverthelera,, it ie rurpridng that it 8hould be the representatives of tha country reeponsible for the worreniq of the rituation who have requaated thia meeting. Indeed, the respmeibility of the Nicaraguan Government for the tsoreening l ituatioo by virtue of it’s acto of patent aggrassian againat our country lw been duly regotted and conffraed by the internatimal prara. Indeed, even in thoee inetancer &se the proso is not friendly to sy cuuntry and Governsmnt, it has been unable to amceal the fact that the Coverment af Nicaragua, in ommitting its irremponrible aggression againot BOndutae, ham infliated upcm ittaelf conditione *hiob 8y Gwernment has mnoistently endtmmured to avoid and fore&all. ffouever, porbaps we aLwld not be eUrpri8Cid that Nfoarrgua ehould attempt, .ar it ha13 90 often done ir, ~.. t past, to make um of international organisaticme An its desire to oreate publidty ieeigned to cover up the truth with falue and distorted rtatemente~ The fsuts - which, for abviow reason@? I must alarify before the coUnci1 and for the benefit of Interwtional public opinion - speak for themaelveo. Without any depeetute frcm the truth, they are as follaum 818~0 the beginning of this year, both verbally and in writing, my governmnt ha6 beon requesting the Govemaent of Nicaragua ta halt the incureione by the Smndinist Rpy into the territory of Bondurae, paetiaulacly when, an mmbeoo of the Council will eecall, more then 2,000 Sandiniot soldier8 violated our territorial integrity in !Wch of thir, year e B ta@% that wa8 publicly reuognized by &msandante Ortega hi-elf e Similar atmcka uccurreU again in t~ovembet and in December df this year, to Ouch an extent that the Qr%@enuO of elementa of the Sandinist Paaple’a Army within H%duran territory hae trec~~~o vlztually permanent. Tim Gwunamtof Hiorragurhuturned a daaf l ee toOUr cepeatedreOu~~ that it uiSxlcau ttr tcao~ tn ite wn territory. In talke with hi@ offidelm of the Smdiniet Gmufmmt, in admire to~rvrrturresoriousoonolgu~~a~high Officials of w mvunmnt have tepatdly drawn l ttantim bo the dangat of the dtUStiW. Hieuagua ham irceepomibly alumye denied ahe icte, just am ito rWamtat&VO hen toby in #e Cwmcil. Inouc vieu, it im inmnoeivrble thstthecommn&raof the troop3 fn the nwCbunMata of ~iouegua bould sot for euchalmg timewithmt the knowledge of, and hstcwk$onr from, mnagua. In any went, if that happened, it aannot be dadad ~tUea~bral8rrdinirt~uNart~ouldhnte WIensatim, in viewof OUL OoMOMt requalta, to end the violatime of our savaeeigbty and the irocuraiaw inm our natiaIa1 t=cit-Y. ‘E&a bar&r situatim wrsmad amri&rably wez the last waakand, as a raault of tPIe l cthtna of the Sandhiat Paople*e Ary. al Thursday, 4 Ruarbas, et 1600 baura, at the wunt of sunset, apOroxiastely 200 eoldfua of the sandiaiat Peopleas Army attackad an abaervatian paat of tha Rmduenm etmy lomted in an area oalled tsa ntelw, 3 wilatzoo from MS bar&r md sbvioualy wiehin ~nandtrm tealtory, in the Rpartfmt of el Puniao. The 15 ooldiero at the past &fended itaouregesrpsly Ln a battle that laated until 1 l .m.on 5 December. Than, in view of the attadracr* numarial oupvrioci~, tiay &aided to wi thdrav, and during the withdeacrrl elewnls of me Bondinistuarj captured the Hcmduran wldiere Alforno mracm Diu and cm&do mpez &&mYe, Cm0 are still being held, a mtter WnicPI ie me direct re$gonaibility of the (Jovscrment of Nicaragua. Cargocal Oclmdo Ctus Gutisutea and the eoldicm Edil de 3 mm P8-d Md tiris Alfred3 AplPcano vat* vorrnded isr the battle. During the nctim Me Stndinist UmY also seized tcaa tn@ Hcnducan Hmrrva tim pat tuili tuy upipcmt bhmging to auf usad forcm. (Hr. Martines Ordoflea, Honfluras) At the aam time as that act&n wae taking place the Sandiniet People’e Army attacked the Ron&ran villages of Macmengales, Buena Vista and La Eeperanza, mall villages of Ron&man maeants, purely civilian, who are in the loaal government aria Of La8 Trojee, in the came L)epartmnt of El Pareieo. There wee eleo another eerie8 of attacks againet Othar 0~11 Ron&ran village8 in the area. So far my Government ha8 been unable to determine the human loafme and the material danage caumd by the attauka. Bven tmfote the events that I have dewribd, Soviet-built helicopters, which anly the Gcwerment of Nicaragua own6 in our region, flew over Ron&ran territory in the arm OE Boca de1 EmpaRol, neer the plecee whet. those attacks mok place. A@ the maPberm of the Council will l a8ily unUorstan& tha t3overment and the people of Homiurae found the oituation intolerable, and energetic action on our part warn neaded to put 8n end to them. Derpite the offenae againrt our natioaml dignity, the Ron&ran Government once again dmcnmtrated itr peaaaful anb conoiliatory approach, trying th.rou# diQwtie Yanm to prevent a vor#Iening of the eitustian. With that in mind, on 6 Deewlwr my country@8 Foreign Winirtry complained to the Foreign niniotry of WiC8rugw abut the brutal attack by the Sandimiet Pele*a Amy on the Ronduran aivil population a!? the villages I have mentioned, mtatiog that, if a&mate and jtmtified seaaureb were mot taken, as set out in its mte, the armed forceo of Randurae would be obliged to carry out their conetitutional duty to Befen the nntimal territor:{ and sovereignty of out country. The Oovernmant of Ronbran, in ita Foreign niniotry note, called on the Government of Nicaragua i8eMiatelY to withdraw all SefbdinPet traoprr from our natlanal territory. It also called for the return of tha twc* cagtuvetl fiondutnn soldiers andi at the eauipmmt resmvsd Prom the Uondiutan militar), po8t tf the Sa:.diniot army and for adeouate compmsatian for the damage dme. (Mr. mrtines Oc&fLvs, Rar&rae) k (rual, am Governmmtof taioaragu8 cmpletaly &ted that Sandinist Uaop uue cm Rmdu~m tarcitory, leaving our Govunmntwith no l lmcnativ~ but to take qguopciate md legitiata acti-. wishing to &@U out la* mttef, ma Gwulmmt Of DUstqua oupgeetmd to the Iian4rrm-h Govanmnt - and the t~pruamtiv* of Riiouaguahae justaueiumd thisqalnhwe -theta lhitedwntion8 andCmtBdora Groupoomissia, br sat to avoid ay uoceoning of the situatian, which alearly was being caumd by its own actlone. Given the ciceumtmoer I have described, it rust beolrrr to thoCounailthatsti an a)7ptm uas absolutelyunaccepeable~~ axmtry mid that&Iatwas rujuirad was theimdiatewith&8wrlof the invading tr-p fmR out tecrimcy, WIar vttaea rwdmd that point, Wo Bar&ten Governrnt crderod ehs rtarduu, oic fare0 to UIo all the necessary meamrw to mmam tie invading ooldiuo feoa euc territotyandto UmmpxtelemnW ofour am natimal ary,usingow am tuourCv8 md mae ~upplied~tour cqumtby me Gmrnmmtof We mited Skater OF &eria, to a plao mat MO acam in orbi* t?m evenu ~020 ocamrring, warbUng Thea, ta edracu by 1-d without estceodbg the &gal 1Wts rrhiah tk&t whited SbttMB aDvaarmnt bad imposed ~1 the assistmae requoeted. Therm &anduran teoop aze poaeatling in rccadena rim instruations to cro-oep~ote in the clean-upoperstion UndsrtrUen by the Ron&ran rit fore@. Both ace l oting under the greoioe orders of the curabandu of We uraad farmaoflmduras, GstweolRusberto S+agahcloEamndoa, to poaad ctriotly within rmtioiml tuteitmy and not w halt until the lest Smdintot soldier lower our tertitczy. The mLlitaty rratioA being mdertaken will end ulrn that happens, end not before. It will not escape th8 aoticw of the aelpiDep8 of the council that the faotc 1 hove etated r4mw ?itwt the, tkvemmnt of Nicaragua ia ViOLsting the gcincipt@ of ir8tecnatimel low txm~irrat¶ in intmnaticnal ugPe@tkBfmeS end in the nited Natiaro Charter, particularly in Artiolo 2, which -ta out tha &ligation of all Mambet statea to: Vofrain . . . Lea th threat or u80 of form agqoimt the tetritorial integrity or political indapandence of any 8tate, or in any ether manner inconaiatent with the purpcnee of tha Unitad r9atiam.m It should alao be oloar that our wuntry, in defending itself againot aations which clmrly comtitutm aggras8iaa. i8 tbreby exercising a right enshrined in the Charter. Ibnduraa could k all jumtico ud right hva tecuerted thir meeting of the seciurity Camail. It did not do ao lmcau#o uhan tha Contra1 Aaerican Govetmente aged to 8eek a solution to tb otiai8 in our regiar through the Caintadoto procem we forully undertook not to hawe teccuraa to any otbr bdy or forum while that prOeeBe WI undot WV@ ati I?OlIdUraS ia a ctOUIltry that ial proud to keep its coot& daapite tha ropmtad violstiau of that Mitment by the Gowermnt of wicarague, in thio forum and ot&rr of tha United Watioru syrtem. UIr.Wart.inea 0rdolhz,Kmrlr8u) P have drum to the attmtiar of the Comcil We atrlct ardecs mder hid\ the uwd for088 of Eaibrat3 uo sating. I oan folly Bp8ure theCouncil thst theee acdao hue not bean oiolatd, md uillnotbe otolaud by tbe various mite in our natianal army. Al fwtbw pmcbP notmly of the prremnce of Sandiniot troop in RQII&c~~, but al00 t&at their Frmce is part of a premdititid plan eoocuted uitJ3 full knwledge th8t Ban&rcn berribory was being invaded, r oita the faot that the Clean-Up op8satiar aerried out by our umd force0 yieldad my iclentifloatiarr au& that were left b&in0 by mt~ops of the Sandiniet arry in their fli*t, or @at were taken frar them, mul4l.00 Bn impatmt Bbawmt entitled, “CoPLMt inotruotiars bo eneure the muwims of the OonaaL Benjsmtn Zoledon operattmg. It io dated 0 a~ceroer ad otgrea by lieutanmt Pedn RiQs. That~rntIprar~inaonttWutibly Mattheogsrrtia, undertake by the Smdiniat ar8y wea auriedoutwith tne full knowledge thatitwaa to take place on Ran&rm terriey. IIDrewur artillery fOraf3 were based near our bader in 8dvmoe in ordu to ougport Ohe operatim. This io aleac widenaa of a persdiUtedplmone for rbiah theOovunmnt ot Rcm&wm cannoteva& ita aBaponeib%lity, I have roqweted y Qvotnant to r-d Y thao doaumnt8 urgently, and y Pumment #imeiar will -9 them availaisle to theComcii, if it 80 CqueStU. SWttbemoce, it this l uioua oituatim cmtinws, my aOvm nrnt will, in due Q)VW, mubait this ad other wideme to the relwat international bodieo. The Qovunmimt of Rbuagua, perhap bn an attempt to prt a smWsaeen ova the events in our border area, him claimid to be the victim of cett~in air attadts. kecurding to are report an attempt was ma& to daaUoy a landing ruip, *ioh b0ecrwu of me inefficiency 0e the sttatsaca, was not dawibged. (Hr. Cbctinea Drdodanes, Hm?hc8a) Sb avoid ny bpimbsd intecpetitiab of the rituetion, I should liiee to point out to the Comai that the Bwdrtm air *too hm no ruponeibility whetsaver for met elleqrd l othn. In my wmt, the cigaoun training of the Ronduceno *ho 8ave in OIP l ir form, 18km it inaur~ivrble Met they would be 80 inoombent bed tlwy orrcied out that eotim. I em making phi0 wmemt in lay brief account of Me fact@ wly bemuse there hwe been in8inuatiuw in the pees to the effect that nu& eotiwn ai#bt hue bear pat of Bandwan opeeetisnrr. Out pnitiw in elenr. Evm whm the WnLtac for Porei* Affair8 of ~wregua, f3RbRkguti D'BBsObtg RrOdrsMn, in a telex (leted 8 lBceabeso cleised that m&arm l iraeft had atteded positicmsl of the Sandiniet Peo&e*o Army an Bicmregum tetritay, the Paeign Whimtry of my wmtcy r6spded to him a0 followno oPirnt, me Weauant of E(ar&eea tejecte your Govertnt’e eccusetia, theeBwdumoioaeftet~Ged pmitioneof the 8adinlstPeople*rAtry on mwta@aan territWy. The Rardlrrm Air Foss, in fulfilrant of’ We oanrtitutiwel ceapcnuibili)y of tne erred faces to ptwide ta the Qfeiwe of OUI net&aneB ~rtltmy md Ate emmreigrty, todt eatian on the sixth of this 1~rptb, againat pmitiomi of tie Ssndinist Army on FfantRsran terzitQsy in Me uea# of mqumgalul, 8uene Vista and I& Eepetanza, juriedictia, of Trojee, in Ue Dnpatormt of Bl PaeLo. l Sewndly, in 8pIte of me Peat tiat in defence of out naticml tetrfbty mdl of the rumseigrfy md hawaur of our rrp&lic, tne arrad Paces nesd not mwcu *r&r ~aUrn in r&q, in 4he av~ltntj of %aturdayt me sidb of tiim ma-~tb, our 6lraretory of State amtectad the Nicsrsgum Faatgn Miniotw to denrmmero ettaclsa by ulo Barrdlnist P40ple*13 Ary cm HaMwan poeitiano in M4uagalr, mIena viet4I 8nd &a EEspmmlm , ad amounted that if they dtd not uitk~&su their troop0 frcn HaRdur8n terrftay, the Bardman arud farces WoIfld tata action. fn ViW Of the #Lat~an G0Vumnt”8 Cejeetiw of 0uI poWfBt md the false affirmtim that tbue ume ao Smdintit tr~)p on Rardumn tirribory, our Q)uLtry's air foruii tooh appropisba actian agatnst pocrStiianr of the Sandintet People 5s Amy on tlandurM territay. At no tiu did the tbt&Can Air Fora attack poaitiwe of the &ndiniltt People% Aow w Nicurguan territocy. *Tile Offirmatim by that mvernmat to that effect ia prrt of en enaww cmgmign of dieinformatian md l istnfacaatia, tit Gawnsmw of tb &Met blocr are finmcing for the barefit of the mvumnt of ?hategus in a clear demonstcatian of the dependence of that fraternal eomtry on Pouec~ wtstde our wntioent. “TbirBly, it aust not be Wngetten that L wmitlng anb vabally out Gwanmmt, eince the beginning of ahis year, has been sling tae GariuWt of wiwcagus to wimdraw its crwpe fr0l t24~~6ur~ twrit~ty, erp~al4~Aly when WOE 2,000 soldius of the SmdPni.st Peo$ilo’s Amy viobtid that toWtay in mrah, and again in tbv~er 6nd aba3IJpec of this war. The gce8rra of the Sandiniet Pteople%s Army on Randu~un twritacy has beco%~ ahat permment. The G0wrnaMht of Niaaraqua h&e lent a deaf ea(: to the &man& of the liab&Wn Gauernmvnt to withdraw ita tswp, A nuabec of me bf$wst 00~iioiah Of Me Ssndiniet Gwernment have ken told vertlly of the danger of Me situatiw *ich Nicaragua Aa8 frreeponsibly banied. art time cm wt. As of 630 8iwW Of -0s mm the araed eoroee of mnduru will hwe t0 use alll their might t0 repel and drive out the trwp of me serdinist People*8 Army Mmt are p3netxatPng and violating (sue national territx3ry. (Mr. me tine2 Otdofies , FkmaUeas) “Rbuetbly, this im not the MP , He. nini8tee, to eqleat faeigll mnitfBeing of our ba&es. This is the tin@ to 8ct cerrgon8ibly md with a oiew to the bat inteewU of oue psoplee. The rilituy attadts md teeeaiet a0tians by the Sandiniot Oaog&e@a Aeqy cannot fei*ten oue people, na can thy co&me the &ility of our umd face8 to rerpmd with face, valour and firmas to the aggew8iar by an sew finmoud, organised, trained, directed, tquippd end sup&led by the Soviet UIion md its aatelli te% “Qifthly, my Gweenront eeiweateb it8 -stint appeal 5e pudence and Pa pmae) it vi11 cortinum in its Boteerinatian to find a political crolutia, to the oriris in the Central kPeeican region, bag2nning with respect foe the badem of out eeqactive Statea md ohe oonoolidetion of bemwcaoy in all the mMteie8 of the aeea, eqpcially Pr, Hioaragua, wCeee the citiama h6ve tenpneuily last awey tpaw 00 feeedar.. TM8 eemgonee by the Ninietey foe Qoeeig8 Affair8 of 9y euuntey mekm oue pwiticm absolutely clew to the Council, and with the 8eaw of eeegowibility of a country eugectful of ifs asmihento unQe the tBtited NatiaRe CLaetee, we affirm; txmn in kiaue qavo airounmtancea , oue will to 8: ‘Aore Ps c pf tiwaeda pace ui th digni~ in that Cam81 llrevican eegian wrkich is 2 &MS s ~8. (Hr. Umtina OcdoIez, Ronducar) It lo tbue mu utd urn fleeing ha the violatioR8of the GwerrPlrstof WiCuagW and the violum of Wo oivil um mlemhod in that oountoy by t3iauagwns, not cantut with the path mat ham been t&can by their countcy~ that ace &6Uenging the atanoe of the Sandinist dDwBtnmnt, ubi& l b plea. responsibility an others ta ite own arbitrary aationa. The Sandinist mvernmnt ha8 even gono to the extrew of trying to jurtify ailitacy action in teeritoriu eleuly and legally mdae the oarpe~oivbty Of neigiIboWing Stat88 and has reacted by ragwting this wating, &aiming to be the oiotim, dmn in act it ia the offender. NY dehagatiar io amfi&nt in the goud judgammt of the 8e1$txs of tJtk Comei md te aonvinaed &at they will not allow a UOkaaean to tun night tn@ day, a lie into truth, a aime intm o amtitottoue aatian. If human rights ue the ismum, it would be a good idaa fa the utoaats t)rst UQ SWuning Nicaragua to rmonbar tbbore of the h&u&la Ran&ran paamntu who hme soon t93eir poputy datroyed en6 tieit liva thrmtened by the aatiofm of an BtaY that ha8 no right to lee 891 their naticnal ~cribaty, a tetriboty in &fenaa of *ldr the Governrmt, people md used fame of randwarn will not cotmat hy a 8ingle step. The PRPBDESTr 1 thank the rapeem~tive of HPrdLstaa for hi@ kind wozdm ad%essed to re. Sfnm no other r~~ei~tatitl?e hu indicated a &mire to @peak at this 8tegm Of our botibwationu, I thall now ;rako a utatommt in my capaity as tne *--II&.-&I..- AP A- .-AL-P a-L-- --&wsv-.-u-o YL YIW \p..cLIY UbcaUO. Today, if my comt iv axrect, ia the fourteenth time the Sandinistao have raqw3ted the conveniiiq of tie im~~ntity courail to lisuf~ to their shopdan conpra inh and pt opaganda . (Ths President) It is vith an w~~elmiug aense of disbelief that I address the Council today. Once again the Sandinietae have ewght to cOnvene this Council for a patently false and cynical camplaint against their neighbours ard the UIited states. This is amsirtant with the pattern of Nicaragua abuse of this bady to vhich we have mfcrtmately betcoms accrrstomed. Yet again Nicaregua is aasking to portray itielf as the innocent victim in a situetion in *iCrr it i8 in fact the aggteseoc. This version of events flies in the faw of svery piece of reliable reporting out of the regitn in the last week. It is an act of astarishiug &plicity ad arrogance to attack ano. neighbour, lie dpout one*8 actions at every ogeortunity, and then accuse a third pscty of petgetcating cx master-minding the entire event. Pmduras is the victim of continuing Sandinista aggressia). As the Permanent mpssentativci of Handuraer has stated so eloquently , a sandiuista army nullbering well war 1,000 oo&at troop) has violatsd Honduran Tertiary in bLstsnt disregard of Hmduvau swereiglty. Tue Smdinistas have firsd artillery shells and rodtets into Umduras in supgbrt of ground operations. Ou 4 December the Sandinistas ettadced a Honduran military outpost, vomdiug Honduran soldiers and taking p iealer 6. On 5 December Han&ran President AZcona, seeking to avoid further violeuce and bloodshed, sent a protest to Nicaragua urging Cornandante Ortega to withdraw his troop6 from Amduran aoil. Typically, the Sandinietas denied their preecnce despite their attacks an villages and military outpasts well within Handuraa and (the ey~uitme66 aceounta of Honducsn civilians. Thie is all too reminiscent of the events of last Mat& in tiich our Nicaraguan colleague repeatedly denied the presence of a single Sandinisti soldier in Hcndut’an territory, r,,lly to be later csntuadicted by Managtia’s admissions of massive casuab ties in Honduran. (The President) In response to PcesaLdennt Azccna*s request, the mi ted Stakes agreed to tcaneport Honduran tcoops and supplies in nine unarmed United States heliooptere film near mgucfgalpa to the Jamastxan airfield, lOcated some 25 miles away frOQ the conflict. This logietical assistance was the only part the United States played in the tragic violence in Hmduras last week. Allegations by Nicaragua of Otller United States involvement are not mly absurd but txapletely false. Nicacagua*s latest violation of Hmduran territorial integrity is no mete bader incident. It is further evidence of the serious threat by the Sandinistes to tbeit neighbours. The massive Soviet-badred military build-up in Nicaragua has encouraged that regime to wage sue warfare with impunity. It ie this threat that the CentCal American demcracies have sought to counter not by metching face with force but through nwtiation of a colrprehensive regicnal egteemnt which the United states has ~uppocted. If the regime in Managua truly desires a negotiated oettAlement to regional tensiam, there are a multitude of venues available to them. The issue befae the Council today is not one between Nicaragua and the United States, hcwever the Nicaraguan representative may sack to portray it. The issue is, as it has been on 50 many previous occasions, Nicaragua*s blatant aggressiOn against its nei*bours as evidenced by Sendinista armed incursiam into Hcnduc as. Last week when the Hardurans needed us, we were there. I assure you that we are and will be pepated to continue to come to the pco&pt 8S5f5tanCe of the victims of Sandiniata aggression. I naJ resume my functions as President of the Security Coumil. Mrs. AS’IORGA GAD= (Nicaragua) (interpretation from Spanish): MC. President, after hearing the tr?ppre~mtdtive of Honduras, and after heating your (Mrs. Astorga Gadea, Nicaragua) me mited States irraietence that the prcblems of Central America have been caused by Nicaragua and at its deaite to have it believed that Nicaragua is destabilizing Central lbrerica and financing counter-revoluticnary or subversive groups in other countries - a8 though Nicaragua were at the core of the problem of Central America. We also listened attentively ti - as I said in my earlier statement - the fabrication by the GWernment of iimduras, which you, Mr. President, yourself confirmad, to the effect that the Gavernmsnt and army of Nicaragua are constantly attacking Hardwas, when, as is known to all the members of the Council and to the internatiaral caamunity, Ure reality is that the arly country that has been attadred is Nicaragua. There is clear evidence of this, and there has been a ruling in this regard by the Internaticmal Court of Justice cardensring the mited State8 for its policy of aggreS8iw against Nicaragua. The only force in Harduran tertitazy that is not a Rarduran force is that of the ihitsd States and the oountec-reuolutionaty force created, armed and supplied by the United States Mminietraticn. It i8 Mat policy of the Oovernumt of Me United States that has created and ccntinuee to create problems in Centfal America. That Is why we have said that no matter what attempt is still being made to have Nicaragua 8-m to be the aqgr 88802 - even though Nicaragua was bosbed last Sunday by aircraft coming from Honduran territory - the truth is wrqpletely different. ff Mere is so mu& evidence of my country’s Involvement in other cxzntriea of Central America, and HCmduras in particular, then why have the me&aniems Nicaragua has proposed to the .r-l L--l OL&CA” u-l “-A..era rrre karr aA-aerrl3 ~‘.bcz” UUICGY UIY ‘.-...a-..” I.Y. --a-.. “~~~~K.1. y..i r-6 -r-r, Ckr *As. cf 2 ..YL u’u”pL ,a..- *IL.- fact-finding COIlrQi98ian sf the ~~etaCary+n~al of the lJni&zd t&tiOns wing to the area in whir3 it is claim& there accl Nicaraguan troops? (Mt8. bstotge Gadea, Nicaragua) My not go to see the alleged damages 80 that that Mole situation in the border area can be assessed, an opin im tendered and recomnendaticna made? The min teascn fcr our convening this meeting is to alert the Council to those fabrications and to the obvious pretexts for wider United States involveant in direct action against my countty. The aggre58iCn against Nicaragua has been confirmed not only by us but by internaticnal agencies, including the Inteenational Court of Justice. We were the ones who brouet the pess t;o Wiwili and to the surrounding area of Murra so that they could see that three bo&inqs took place. That continues to be NFcaraqua’8 position. It is in no way in our Interest to attadc any country. What we seek is understanding with the Gcwernment of the ulited States , since it is that Government whiti is the main factor of tensiar and aggression against Nicaragua. NotecwBt , we efforts of the ulited States &nrernment to averthrow the legitimately elected C;pvernment of Nicaragua have resulted in the involvement of other countries of the Central American region. But this is not the time for accusations and counter-accusatians. Aggtessicm is being comitted against Nicaragua. That aggression must end; me&anisms must be fot.md for a solution of the situation within the Ccnta&ta foaa#3work, the negotiating process now under way, and in bilateral relations betueen the mited States and Nicaragua. Nicaragua reitetatss not only its will for peace but also its desire to cmtinue making initiatives, to the mited States and to Central American Governments, in an effort to pevent a further deterioration of Ule flituatim. Only yeSterday I net 4th the ,%2ccetary-General of the United Natims and (MCS. Astorga Gadea, Nicaragua) proposal that a United Nation, fact-finding committee be sent to the border area betveen Rcnducas and Nicaragua, perhape a comai5sion oould be sent to the boubed areaa to corroborate the facts we have presented. That, I think, is the Correct approaah. A~cusati~s must be auppor ted by evidence: the burden of proof rests on the accuser, not an the accused. I reiterate my CiOvern~nt% will for peaoa and for a negotiated solution with the chited States of America and the other cornrtries of the region, since, I repeat, the United States is the main factor in the present crisis in Central Ia3rica. The PReClbRNT: I call on the representative of Hmduras. Mr. MARTINEZ ORDdEZ (Honduras) (interpretation fran Spanish): I wish the c*orBs of tue represenlative of Nicaragua were those of her Government. I am sure ehe ia sincere, but the fecte Q not support her. It wa8 a matter of our national dignity that rrry country was unable at the time to accept the on-Bite presence of a United Nations commission: we could not accept that suggestiar unless Nicaragua first agreed to withdraw the Sandinist troop8 that had invedad our national territory. Let me clarify saw of the statements made by the representative of Nicaragua. First, there are no rnited States base6 in my country. The Palmecola Base to whidr she referred is un&r the sovereign administration, management and OWneSahip of the ~apublic of Hardurae. The mited States advisers operating at aat base 80 so within the ftamawork of the fr1endl.y relations between the pnited America we would agree to the withdrawal of the last military adviser from our territory - even though that would be to the detriment of the training of our limited armed forces of 16,600 troops, including the police. However, Nicaragua must also withdraw its troops. Secondly, I should like to tell the representative of Nicaragua that my country has not sought to obtain F-15 aircraft. The Minister for Foreign Affair S of Nicaragua, in the General Assembly, said that Honduras had a large nu&er of F-5s; that was not the truth. Harduras has in fact considered the possibility of purchasing that type of aircraft to replace obsolete equipnent, but none more sophisticated than the F-5. Furthermore, I should lik? to tell the Council that with great difficulty, owing to the existing lack of cmmunication, I have obtained from my country documents captured in the clean-up operation that I announced. I now have them before m+?. I invite the representative of Nicaragua to take a look at them: photocopies of the military identification papers of Sandinist soldiers who were on Honduran tetri tory; fiotocopies of mili taty instructions dated some days before that attack. For the sake of clarity the information has also been transcribed. I would be very pleased to Show them to her.

There are no further names inscribed on my list. The next meeting of the Security Council to continue the consideration of the item on the agenda will be fixed in the course of consultations. The meeting rcse at S.50 p.m.