unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) (09/24/89)
UN ASSEMBLY PLENARY -- TAKE 5 Posting Date: 09/24/89 Source: UNITEX Network, Hoboken, NJ, USA Host: (201) 795-0733 ISSN: 1043-7932 The Assembly then turned to the allocation of items. Dealing first with items recommended by the General Committee for consideration in plenary meeting, the Assembly decided to refer to the Fourth Committee all the chapters of the report of the Special Committee on decolonization relating to specific Territories, so that the Assembly might deal in plenary meeting with the question of the implementation of the Declaration as whole. The Assembly agreed that, in connection with item 28 on the "Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa", the item should be considered directly in plenary meeting, on the understanding that the representatives of the Organization of African Unity and of national liberation movements recognized by that organization would be permitted to participate in the discussion in plenary meeting and that organizations and individuals having a special interest in the question would be permitted to be heard by the Special Political Committee. The Assembly decided that item 35 on the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), should be considered directly in plenary meeting, on the understanding that bodies and individuals having an interest in the question would be heard in the Fourth Committee. The Assembly then turned to the recommendation of the General Committee on the allocation of item 36, entitled "Question of Namibia". The PRESIDENT said that the General Committee had decided to take note of all the statements concerning this item made at the meeting and to recommend that the General Assembly take note of the statement by the Secretary-General in paragraph 40 of document A/BUR/44/1. ROBERT F. VAN LIEROP (Vanuatu) said that a supplementary phrase should be added to the report of the General Committee to allow for hearings of the organizations concerned on that issue in the Fourth Committee. The Assembly then approved the recommendation, as expanded by the representative of Vanuatu and bearing in mind the statement by the Secretary-General in paragraph 40 of document A/BUR/44/1. (END OF TAKE 5) * Origin: UNITEX --> Toward a United Species (1:107/501) --- Patt Haring | United Nations | FAX: 212-787-1726 patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu | Information | BBS: 201-795-0733 patth@ccnysci.BITNET | Transfer Exchange | (3/12/24/9600 Baud) -=- Every child smiles in the same language. -=-
unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) (10/02/89)
UN ASSEMBLY PLENARY -- TAKE 5 Posting Date: 09/30/89 Copyright UNITEX Communications, 1989 UNITEX Network, USA ISSN: 1043-7932 Mr. GENSCHER, Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, went on to say that President Bush's statement that the United States was ready to destroy over 80 per cent of its existing chemical weapon stocks before the conclusion of a chemical weapons convention, provided that the Soviet Union reduced its chemical weapons to the same level, was unprecedented in the disarmament negotiations. The recent Canberra Conference also made an important contribution in support of the Geneva negotiations, he said, calling for control of the trade in chemical substances and facilities that were suitable for the manufacture of chemical weapons. Developing countries spent $200 billion on military purposes every year -- four times the official development aid they receive. On matters of human rights, he called for the appointment of a United Nations high commissioner for human rights, the establishment of an international court of human rights and the abolition of capital punishment. International terrorism and international drug crimes were an aggression against human dignity, he said. The drug problem demanded a common fight against illicit drug trafficking; co-operation among all countries in combating across-border illicit drug trafficking and elimination of the social causes of drug dependence in the consumer countries. Concerning Central America, he said that all Governments interested in the fate of Central America had endorsed the Esquipulas peace agreement. His Government supported the contribution made by the United Nations to this process. On other matters, he said, the Western Contact Group on which his Government served, had initiated the independence process in Namibia and participated in shaping it. In the Middle East, the objective continues to be a peaceful settlement that guaranteed the right of all States in the region, including Israel, to live within secure boundaries and enable the Palestinian people to exercise their right to self-determination. The suffering of the Lebanese nation must be ended through a political solution, he said. The cease-fire brought about by the Arab League's Committee was an encouraging signal. On the debt crisis, he said, it could only be resolved by joint action of everyone concerned. He called for the debts of the least developed countries to be cancelled, as his Government had done. His Government would do its utmost to support environmental activities, especially the United Nations conference which the General Assembly is to decide at this session, he said. The industrial nations must make a special contribution through the transfer of ecologically sound technology and through financial support for environmental projects in the developing countries. (END OF TAKE 5) * Origin: UNITEX --> Toward a United Species (1:107/501) --- Patt Haring | United Nations | FAX: 212-787-1726 patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu | Information | BBS: 201-795-0733 patth@ccnysci.BITNET | Transfer Exchange | (3/12/24/9600 Baud) -=- Every child smiles in the same language. -=-
unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) (10/11/89)
UN ASSEMBLY PLENARY -- TAKE 5 Posting Date: 10/09/89 Copyright UNITEX Communications, 1989 UNITEX Network, USA ISSN: 1043-7932 V.A. KRAVETS, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Ukraine, said the wheel of history could not be reversed. "Inviolability of the post-war borders constituted the foundation of peaceful relations in Europe." He shared that clear and unambiguous position with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Hans-Dietrich Genscher. The time had come for specific actions that would allow activation of the mechanism of political and legal restraint, as well as the peace-making potential of non-military components of security. The United Nations should play a major role in that. He supported the call for early consideration by the Geneva Conference on Disarmament of the problem of a comprehensive nuclear-test ban. The proposals to extend the 1963 Treaty to underground tests was a possible way of addressing that problem. A mutual Soviet-United States moratorium on all nuclear tests could serve as a prelude to a verifiable comprehensive nuclear-test-ban agreement. Should the arms race extend to outer space, he continued, international security would be undermined unpredictably, and the threat of global catastrophe would increase immeasurably. Outer space must remain peaceful and open for international co-operation in exploring it for the benefit of all nations. There should be no areas closed to disarmament talks, he said. A comprehensive approach to solving disarmament problems appeared to be most productive. The socialist countries, members of the Warsaw Treaty Organization, saw the Vienna negotiations' immediate goal as establishing in a first-stage agreement common ceilings, equal for both alliances, on the aggregate numbers of troops and amounts of main types of armaments in Europe. New levels would be considerably lower than the current lowest levels of either side. Drastic reductions of armed forces and conventional armaments in Europe in the next few years, coupled with a phased reduction and, eventually, elimination of tactical nuclear weapons would serve as an effective means of reducing the risk of war. He favoured extending confidence-building, observation and limitation measures to cover all kinds of military activities, including those of navies and air forces. No types of armed forces or armaments should be exempted from the negotiating process. To ensure international security, an effective verification regime was necessary. It should embrace all aspects of the disarmament process, leading to the establishment of a comprehensive disarmament verification system. The United Nations should make a substantial contribution to its elaboration. The Security Council should seek to ensure security at the lowest possible levels of armament in individual States which would be sufficient for defence and insufficient for offence. He emphasized the importance of the United Nations in developing a global strategy for channelling resources released from armaments towards social and economic development. Disarmament should become a complementary resource for raising peoples' living standards and give them tangible benefits. The international public should also exert still more vigorous efforts in the context of the World Campaign for Disarmament. Continuing, Mr. KRAVETS said the world needed a policy that would take into account realities of the nuclear age to make headway in attaining a political settlement of existing crises. "We need a new thinking that would have us view the world not in the light of confrontation and a 'balance of forces', but in the light of a 'balance of interests'." He was appreciative of the United Nations' contribution to drafting and concluding the Geneva Accords on Afghanistan. The Organization should continue to play a major role in ending the bloodshed and attaining political solutions to Afghanistan's affairs. The situation around Afghanistan could be best settled through an international conference to be attended by Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, India, China, the United States, the Soviet Union and the country that was serving as Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement. It would be convened to reach agreements ending supplies of weapons to the warring parties and guaranteeing Afghanistan's status as a demilitarized and neutral State, friendly towards its neighbours. The provisions would be included in the country's new constitution. Such an approach was fully in keeping with the imperative and spirit of the times. * Origin: UNITEX --> Toward a United Species (1:107/501) --- Patt Haring | United Nations | Did u read patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu | Information | misc.headlines.unitex patth@ccnysci.BITNET | Transfer Exchange | today? -=- Every child smiles in the same language. -=-