unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) (10/12/89)
UN ASSEMBLY SESSION -- TAKE 6
Posting Date: 10/09/89 Copyright UNITEX Communications, 1989
UNITEX Network, USA ISSN: 1043-7932
U OHN GYAW, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, said
that as a result of the positive new trends in international
relations, the United Nations had regained much of its
relevance, and the role of the Security Council as an instrument
of international peace and security had been revitalized.
The effectiveness of the Organization would surely be enhanced
further if all States which qualified for membership were
admitted to the Organization. Myanmar, therefore, welcomed the
expressed desire of the Republic of Korea to become a member of
the United Nations, while not losing sight of the need for
ultimate Korean reunification.
The perceptible improvement in the international climate,
particularly between the two super-Powers, was generating a
favourable impact on the solution of the variety of
long-standing problems, and nowhere was that impact felt more
profoundly than in the field of arms control and disarmament.
While the conclusion of the Treaty on the Elimination of
Intermediate- Range and Shorter-Range Nuclear Missiles (INF
Treaty) and the prospective reduction in offensive strategic
weapons was indeed laudable, the elimination of all nuclear
weapons must remain the ultimate goal of mankind. The first and
necessary step to that end was the conclusion of a comprehensive
nuclear test-ban treaty, he said.
In the field of chemical weapons, the Paris Conference held in
January 1989 had expressed the collective will of the
international community to see a world totally free from these
inhuman weapons. Timely action to eliminate the world's two
largest chemical-weapon arsenals could serve as an effective bar
to their spread. It was, therefore, imperative that bilateral
efforts be redoubled to enable multilateral negotiations at the
Conference on Disarmament to move forward.
The past year was particularly remarkable for the United Nations
in the search for peaceful settlement of regional disputes and
conflicts. The settlement plan for Namibia had progressed to a
stage where the world could look forward to the emergence of
that Territory as an independent sovereign state. To ensure
Namibia's transition to independence, he urged all countries
concerned, particularly South Africa, to fulfil the obligations
assumed under the agreements.
Recent developments in South Africa seemed to have opened up an
opportunity for the minority regime in that country to institute
fundamental reforms to terminate apartheid at an early date.
Myanmar hoped the regime would sieze that opportunity to
introduce such reforms urgently, and urged the international
community to exert greater pressure, including enforcement of
economic sanctions, on the South African authorities. At the
same time, he said, encouragement should be given to the rising
tide of liberal white opinion in South Africa.
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