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the responsibility of the Security Council to assist them to
reach an understanding because that would enable the
Secretary-General to present a uniform concept to the parties to
the dispute instead of having each of the parties present him
with a conflicting perception of that resolution.
On the question of Palestine, he noted that it remained without
political solution which would secure the legitimate political
and human rights of the fraternal Palestinian people. The
United Nations faced a severe test of its credibility with
respect to the achievement of peace and security in the Middle
East. By its rejection of proposals for an international peace
conference, so that a solution could be sought guaranteeing peace
and stability to all the peoples of the region, Israel was
jeopardizing the peace and security of the Middle East.
He regretted that the international community remained silent
before Israel's refusal to implement those Security Council
resolutions calling for the full and unconditional withdrawal of
its forces from occupied Lebanese territory. Oman commended the
efforts made by the Tripartite Arab Committee set up to resolve
the Lebanese crisis, and it called upon its brothers in Lebanon
of all religious and political persuasions to rally together and
to place the best interest of their country above all other
interests and considerations so that it once again become the
epitome of peace, love and brotherhood. Oman also welcomed and
gave its support to the Geneva Accords on Afghanistan signed on
14 April 1988, and it hailed the completion of the withdrawal of
Soviet forces from the country.
Oman was hopeful, he noted, that the parties concerned would
succeed in forming a Government bringing together all segments
of the Afghan people and that they would endeavour to preserve
the Islamic identity and neutrality of Afghanistan and establish
the necessary relations of good-neigbourliness with contiguous
States, including the Soviet Union.
Mr. ABDULLAH, Foreign Minister of Oman, then expressed the hope
that the new turn towards optimism in international relations
would make a significant and decisive contribution to the future
of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean, so that the
relevant Conference could be held at Colombo in 1990 as a first
step towards the implementation of the 1971 Declaration of the
Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace.
He congratulated the people of Namibia and the African nations on
the Namibian people's achievement and took the opportunity to
express Oman's pleasure at the success of the summit meeting
recently held in Zaire, at which a settlement was reached by the
conflicting parties in Angola.
Oman, he said, accorded the utmost importance to environmental
protection and continued to be a pioneer in enacting legislation
and adopting initiatives particularly at the regional level.
For this reason, he supported the convening of the proposed
United Nations conference on environment and development at the
earliest possible opportunity.
Concerning the problems of the developing countries, he regretted
that the world still remained far from achieving a better
economic order that would narrow the existing gap between
developing and developed countries. Oman regarded the
three-point plan of action, presented by Kuwait, as an important
initiative. He also commended the policy announced by the French
Government absolving the least developed countries of all their
debts, and welcomed the agreement recently reached on Mexico's
debts. He said Oman supported the convening of a special
session of the General Assembly devoted to international economic
co-operation.
FERNANDO J. REINO (Portugal) made a clarification regarding the
English translation of the statement by the Foreign Minister of
his country in the morning Assembly session. A paragraph had
been inadvertently deleted, referring to the manner in which the
question of Macau had been dealt with by China and Portugal. He
said that solutions had been found that would lead to a peaceful
transition of the administration of that Territory. "So distant
from Portugal, but with which we had been linked by deep ties
over the centuries."
The Acting President, HUGO NAVAJAS-MOGRO (Bolivia), then called
on those members wishing to speak in exercise of the right of
reply.
NANA SUTRESNA (Indonesia) said he wished to set the record
straight concerning the reference to East Timor by the Minister
for Foreign Affairs of Portugal in his statement earlier today.
He said that to speak about the situation in East Timor now as
illegal and morally and politically untenable was misleading.
The act of self-determination in East Timor was exercised 13
years ago, when the people of the province chose to live in
unity with their Indonesian brothers. In fact, for the past
seven years, the item had not appeared on the agenda of the
General Assembly, including this year.
Indonesia and Portugal had agreed in principle for a delegation
from the Portuguese Parliament to visit East Timor, he said. He
pledged co-operation to facilitate the visit. As in the past,
however, his country had been again subjected to unfounded and
unsubstantiated allegations concerning the human rights
situation. Suffice to say, there was no abuse of human rights.
Beyond the extensive presence of numerous international
humanitarian organizations, numerous visits continued to take
place to the province by journalists, parliamentary delegations,
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