UN DIGEST, OCTOBER 1976, (INCLUDES P.M. GAIRY OF GRENADA UFO STATEMENT).

[Terry W. Colvin]

O P 080506Z OCT 76
FM USMISSION USUN NEWYORK
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9720
INFO USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY
USMISSION NATO PRIORITY
AMCONSUL HONG KONG PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY JAKARTA PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY LAGOS PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY VIENNA PRIORITY
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AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY BRASILIA
AMEMBASSY LISBON
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
AMEMBASSY NICOSIA
AMEMBASSY OSLO
AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
AMEMBASSY ROME
AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO
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SUBJ: USUN UNCLASSIFIED SUMMARY NO. 13 - OCT. 7, 1976.
#2 SUBJ: UN DIGEST, OCTOBER 1976, (INCLUDES P.M. GAIRY OF GRENADA UFO STATEMENT)
GA PLENARY -- GENERAL DEBATE STATEMENTS WERE MADE IN THE GA OCT. 7
BY MRS. LAUGERUD, WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA, GRENADA'S
PRIME MINISTER GAIRY, FOREIGN MINISTERS OF NEW ZEALAND, MOROCCO,
ZAMBIA, TUNISIA, UPPER VOLTA, ISRAEL AND PORTUGAL, AND MINISTERS
OF SOMALIA AND BANGLADESH. RIGHTS OF REPLY WERE DEFERRED OVERNIGHT.
SO FAR, 93 COUNTRIES HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE DEBATE. SPEAKERS LISTED
FOR OCT. 8 ARE CHAD, BURMA, PANAMA, UGANDA, MALI, BYELORUSSIA,
BHUTAN, GUINEA-BISSAU, HONDURAS, AND NUMBEROUS RIGHTS OF REPLY.
GUATEMALA -- IN A BRIEF PLENARY ADDRESS, HELEN LAUGERUD, WIFE OF
THE PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA, EXPRESSED THE GRATITUDE OF HER
COUNTRY TO EVERY NATION THAT HAD PROVIDED AID TO GUATEMALA AFTER
THE FEBRUARY 1976 EARTH-QUAKE. SHE NOTED THAT 24,000 HAD DIED
AND OVER 1.2 MILLION HAD GONE HOMELESS AS A RESULT OF THE
EARTHQUAKE. SHE CONTINUED THAT THE SACRIFICES MADE BY OTHER
STATES IN ORDER TO AID GUATEMALA "CAN NEVER BE FOREGOTTEN."
PRAISING THE STOIC RESOLVE OF THE WOMEN OF GUATEMALA, THE
FIRST LADY SAID THESE WOMEN WERE NOW PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE
IN THE RECONSTRUCTION. IN CONCLUSION, MRS. LAUGERUD SAID SHE
LEFT THE NATIONS OF THE UN "THE HEART OF A GRATEFUL GUATEMALA."
(REPREATED INFO GUATEMALA CITY)
NEW ZEALAND -- MINISTER OF STATE SIR KEITH HOLYOAKE SPOKE ON
THE FOLLOWING ISSUES:
SOUTHERN AFRICA - HOLYOAKE WAS ENCOURAGED BY SMITH'S "BELATED"
DECISION TO ACCEPT MAJORITY RULE. STATING THAT THE WAY WAS OPEN
FOR NEGOTIATIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF POWER, HE HOPED THE TALKS
WILL BEGIN SHORTLY UNDER BRITISH AUSPICES. HOLYOAKE SAID NEW
ZEALAND WAS "PREPARED TO PLAY ITS PART" IN ANY INTERNATIONAL
EFFORT TO END THE CONFLICT AND HELP THE PEOPLE OF RHODESIA
ACHIEVE A JUST MULTI-RACIAL SOCIETY.
NUCLEAR TESTS AND PROLIFERATION - HOLYOAKE URGED THE ADOPTION
OF A COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY INCLUDING EFFECTIVE ON-SIGHT
INSPECTION AND PARTICIPATION BY ALL NUCLEAR POWERS. HE STRESSED
THE NEED FOR CONTROL OVER NUCLEAR EXPORTS, ESPECIALLY REPRECESSING
PLANTS.
KOREA - SIR KEITH HAILED THE "GOOD SENSE" SHOWN IN THE UN DECISION
TO AVOID ANOTHER "STERILE CONFRONTATION" OVER KOREA AT THIS SESSION.
LOS - HOLYOAKE EXPRESSED "FRUSTRATION AT THE LACK OF PROGRESS" IN
THE LAST LOS SESSION. WHILE REITERATING NEW ZEALAND'S COMMITMENT
TO THE GOAL OF A UNIVERSALLY-SUPPORTED TREATY, HE SAID HIS COUNTRY
MUST "INEVITABLY SHORTEN ITS FOCUS" AND SEEK REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
IN THE ABSENCE OF GENERAL CONSENSUS ON A TREATY.
SOUTH PACIFIC AFFAIRS - NOTING THE RECENT "QUICKENING OF OUTSIDE
INTEREST IN THIS REGION," HOLYOAKE WELCOMED IT TO THE EXTENT IT
REFLECTED "GENUINE CONCERN." HE STRESSED NEW ZEALAND'S COMMITMENT
TO THE REGION AND ITS ECONOMIC WELFARE.
NORTH/SOUTH - HOLYOAKE EMPHASIZED THE "GREAT URGENCY" TO EARLY
PROGRESS IN RESTRUCTURING THE WORLD ECONOMIC AND TRADING SYSTEM
INCLUDING IMPROVED COMMODITY TRADING ARRANGEMENTS.
TERRORISM - WELCOMING THE FRG INITIATIVE ON HOSTAGES, HOLYOAKE
HOPED IT WOULD BE EXAMINED BY THE UN IN A "POSITIVE SPIRIT."
VIETNAM ADMISSION - IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIVERSALITY,
HE SUPPORTED VIETNAMESE ADMISSION TO THE UN.
HUMAN RIGHTS - HOLYOAKE CONSIDERED HIS SPEECH TO FOLLOW A
"GENERAL HUMAN RIGHTS THEME," -HUMAN RIGHTS IN NEW ZEALAND, IN
THE WORLD ECONOMIC SYSTEM, AND DENIAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOUTHERN
AFRICA. (REPEATED INFO WELLINGTON)
MOROCCO -- IN UNGA PLENARY GENERAL DEBATE ADDRESS OCTOBER 7,
FOREIGN MINISTER LARAKI TOOK UP FOLLOWING:
ANGOLA AND VIETNAM - THESE NATIONS OUGHT SOON TO JOIN UN
BECAUSE OF UNIVERSALITY OF ORGANIZATION AND TO NOTE THEIR
NEWLY-WON "NATIONAL ENTITIES."
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - LARAKI NOTED THAT TWO-THIRDS OF WORLD
IS UNDERDEVELOPED SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY. RULES OF WORLD
ECONOMIC ORDER MUST BE BROUGHT INTO LINE WITH REALITIES OF
THIS INTER-DEPENDENT GLOBE.
DECOLONIZATION - MOROCCO IS PROUD OF ITS ROLE IN DECOLONIZATION
AS EVIDENCED BY ITS SUPPORT OF LIBERATION MOVEMENTS AND HOSTING
OF VARIOUS CONFERENCES. UNFORTUNATELY, WORLD IS STILL PLAGUED
WITH "COLONIZATION, RACISM, AND APARTHEID." IN ZIMBABWE, THERE
IS ARMED STRUGGLE WHICH IS LEADING TO THE ONLY POSSIBLE SOLUTION --
"ELIMINATION OF ALL RACIST REGIMES IN AFRICA." MOROCCO SUPPORTS
UN RESOLUTIONS ON SOUTHERN AFRICA. MOROCCO OPPOSES PARTITION
OF NAMIBIA AND CONSIDERS SWAPO THE ONLY "LAWFUL" REPRESENTATIVE
GROUP THERE.
MIDDLE EAST - THE STANDSTILL IN REGION NOW PERMITS CONTINUED
ISRAELI OCCUPATION. THE PALESTINIANS ARE PURSUING ONLY LEGITIMATE
COURSE TO ACHIEVE RECOGNITION OF THEIR RIGHTS. IT CLEAR THAT
SOLUTION MUST BE IMPOSED AS ISRAEL IS "ARROGANT." MOROCCO SEES
"ZIONIST HANDS IN NEFARIOUS PLOT" IN LEBANON.
CYPRUS - SOLUTION TO PROBLEM LIES IN A CONSTITUTION SUPPORTED
BY ISLAND'S TWO COMMUNITIES. MEDITERRANEAN MUST BE A "LAKE OF
PEACE" AS SHOULD BE TRUE ALSO OF INDIAN OCEAN.
SAHARA - LARAKI TOOK PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THAT WITH COOPERATION
OF GOVERNMENT OF MAURITANIA AN "EQUITABLE SOLUTION" HAD BEEN
REACHED. REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAD BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN THIS
MATTER. WHILE EVER SEEKING PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS, AND
MINDFUL OF TENSIONS IN NORTH SAHARA, MOROCCO WOULD NEVER RENOUNCE
ITS LEGITIMATE RIGHTS. AT THIS TIME, IT WOULD BE "DANGEROUS,
PREMATURE,AND INAPPROPRIATE" FOR UN TO DISCUSS THIS, AS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE UN CHARTER, A REGIONAL GROUP WAS LOOKING
TO A SOLUTION. MOROCCO HOPED FOR HUMANITARIAN REPATRIATION OF
TINDOUF REFUGEES. (REPEATED INFO RABAT, NOUAKCHOTT, ALGIERS)
-- ZAMBIA -- IN OCTOBER 7, GENERAL DEBATE ADDRESS TO UNGA PLENARY,
FOREIGN MINISTER MWALE EMPHASIZED THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: ZIMBABWE -
MAKING NO MENTION OF THE SECRETARY'S INITIATIVES, MWALE REITERATED
THE LUSAKA COMMUNIQUE OF THE FRONTLINE PRESIDENTS ISSUED AFTER
SMITH'S ACCEPTANCE OF MAJORITY RULE. HE SUPPORTED THE CONTINUATION
OF THE ARMED STRUGGLE AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST RHODESIA UNTIL
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AFRICAN MAJORITY GOVERNMENT. MWALE STRESSED
THE NEED FOR INCREASED ASSISTANCE TO THOSE COUNTRIES WHO HAVE
IMPLEMENTED UN SANCTIONS AGAINST RHODESIA. HE ESTIMATED THAT THE
COST TO ZAMBIA FOR IMPLEMENTING THESE SANCTIONS IN THE LAST THREE
YEARS HAS BEEN OVER $450 MILLION.
NAMIBIA - MWALE ACCUSED SOUTH AFRICA OF USING BASES IN NAMIBIA
TO LAUNCH ATTACKS AGAINST BOTH ANGOLA AND ZAMBIA. HE ASSERTED
THAT THE ARMED STRUGGLE IN NAMIBIA WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL: SOUTH
AFRICA WITHDREW HER ARMED FORCES; NAMIBIA BECAME INDEPENDENT AS
A "UNITARY" STATE; AND SWAPO WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE SOLE AND
AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NAMIBIAN PEOPLE.
SOUTH AFRICA - STRONGLY CONDEMNING THE "REPRESSIVE" INTERNAL
POLICY OF THE VORSTER REGIME, MWALE NOTED THE "UNHOLY ALLINACE"
EXISTING BETWEEN THAT REGIME AND A NUMBER OF WESTERN COUNTRIES,
INCLUDING ISRAEL. MWALE ALSO CALLED UPON FRANCE TO ABANDON ITS
"NUCLEAR COLLABORATION" WITH THE SOUTH AFRICANS.
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN - MWALE STATED THAT SOME "BIG POWERS"
HAVE INTENSIFIED THEIR EFFORTS TO "UNDERMINE" THE INDEPENDENCE AND
SOVEREIGNTY OF LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STATES. BENT ON
PERPETUATING THEIR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DOMINATION, MWALE
ACCUSED THESE "BIG POWERS" OF EMBARKING "VICIOUS" MEASURES
AIMED AT "DESTABILIZING" PROGRESSIVE STATES IN THIS REGION.
VIETNAM AND ANGOLA - DENOUNCING THE "INSTITUTIONALIZED DICTATORSHIP"
OF SOME SC PERMANENT MEMBERS, THE FOREIGN MINISTER ADVOCATED QUICK
UN MEMBERSHIP FOR THESE TWO STATES.
NORTH/SOUTH - CALLING DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC
COOPERATION THE "GREAT CHALLENGER" OF OUR TIMES, MWALE STRESSED
THE FACT THAT THE LDC'S MUST PRIMARILY DEPEND ON THEIR OWN EFFORTS
TO ACHIEVE DEVELOPMENT. HE URGED THE INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES TO HELP
BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MORE EQUITABLE ECONOMIC SYSTEM. MWALE
EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR A COMMON FUND TO FINANCE BUFFER STOCKS.
(REPEATED INFO LUSAKA)
-- TUNISIA -- IN UNGA PLENARY GENERAL DEBATE ADDRESS OCTOBER 7,
FOREIGN MINISTER CHATTI TOOK UP FOLLOWING:
ANGOLA AND VIETNAM - THESE COUNTRIES SHOULD SOON TAKE THEIR
LEGITIMATE SEATS IN THE UN.
SOUTHERN AFRICA - THERE IS FINALLY A GROWING INTERNATIONAL
CONSENSUS WHICH IS LEADING TO CREATION OF TWO NEW STATES.
TUNISIA SUPPORTS PEOPLES OF NAMIBIA AND ZIMBABWE, BUT ALSO
SALUTES THE OTHER PEOPLES OF AFRICA. TUNISIA AWAITS TRANSFER
OF POWER TO AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATIVES AND WHEN UNANIMITY IS
ACHIEVED SOON IN THESE TWO COUNTRIES, PERHAPS PROGRESS CAN
BE MADE IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE PREDICTED "EXPLOSION" IS OCCURRING
BECAUSE RESISTANCE TO FORMER REGIMES IS MORE MILITANT; PERHAPS
SOME SUFFERING MIGHT THUS HAVE BEEN SHORTENED. CHATTI EXPRESSED
"GREAT INTEREST" IN RECENT WORK OF DR. KISSINGER AND WAS HOPEFUL
REGARDING ITS RESULTS.
MIDDLE EAST - CHATTI ATTACKED ISRAELI "OBSTINACY" IMBUED WITH
"ILLUSION OF RACIAL SUPERIORITY." HE CHARGED ISRAEL WITH DENIAL
OF PALESTINIAN RIGHTS THROUGH FORCEFUL AND HARSH OCCUPATION.
ADDITIONALLY, HE ACCUSED ISRAEL WITH INTERVENTION IN LEBANON
IN PURSUIT OF ITS ANTI-PALESTINIAN POLICIES. CHATTI EXHORTED
ARAB COUNTRIES OF REGIONA TO ACHIEVE ACCORD WHICH WOULD
SAFEGUARD INDEPENDENCE AND SOVEREIGNTY OF LEBANON WITHOUT
SACRIFICING PALESTINIAN INTERESTS INCARNATE IN PLO. CHATTI
STRESSED THAT SITUATION TOOK ON EVEN GREATER URGENCY WITH
ISRAEL CONTINUING TO SUPPLY ITSELF WITH MOST SOPHISTICATED
MODERN WEAPONS. HE ADDED THAT ONE COULD NOT EXCLUDE THE VIEW
THAT ISRAEL WAS ABLE TO EMPLOY NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
ARMS RACE - THE FOREIGN MINISTER NOTED THE DANGERS OF NUCLEAR
PROLIFERATION AND REGRETTED THE CONVENTIONAL ARMS RACE AS A
WASTE OF RESOURCES.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - LACK OF ECONOMIC PROGRESS REQUIRES THE
WORLD'S NATIONS TO REDOUBE THEIR EFFORTS. THE 31ST UNGA SHOULD
SUPPLY THE REQUISITE GUIDELINES.
RESTRUCTURING THE UN - MEMBER STATES SHOULD AVOID HASTE AND
ACT PRUDENTLY FOR THIS LONG-TERM TASK. (REPEATED INFO TUNIS)
-- GRENADA -- IN A PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PLENARY ADDRESS,
PRIME MINISTER GAIRY SPOKE ON THE FOLLOWING:
PSYCHIC PHENOMENA - GAIRY IMPLORED ONCE AGAIN THAT THE UN
ESTABLISH AN AGENCY FOR PSYCHIC RESEARCH. HE ALSO URGED THAT
THE ARCHIVAL SECRETS OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES PERTAINING TO UFO'S
SHOULD BE RELEASED.
HUMAN RIGHTS - DECLARING THAT THE QUESTION OF "HUMAN RIGHTS
MUST NOT BE INTERPRETED AS A ONE-WAY STREET", HE SPOKE AGAINST
THOSE WHO REMAIN SILENT WHEN TERRORIST GROUPS COMMIT ACTS OF
ARSON, KIDNAPPING, AND MURDER IN ORDER TO OVERTHROW LEGITIMATE
GOVERNMENTS. GAIRY NOTED THAT THESE ACTS OF TERROR NOT ONLY
HARM THE INTENDED VICTIMS BUT ALSO THE "PEACE OF MIND" OF
SOCIETY AT LARGE. HE TERMED THIS PEACE OF MIND AS A BASIC
HUMAN RIGHT.
UN MEMBERSHIP - WITH REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIVERSALITY,
HE HOPED KOREA AND VIETNAM WOULD BOTH GAIN UN MEMBERSHIP.
WOMEN'S RIGHS - NOTING THAT NUMEROUS CONFERENCES, SEMINARS,
AND STUDIES HAD IN ACTUALITY ACCOMPLISHED LITTLE IN FOSTERING
WOMEN'S RIGHTS, HE PLEADED THAT THE "POWERS THAT BE PUT
PROMISE INTO ACTION" AND GRANT WOMEN THEIR JUST RIGHTS.
ENVIORNMENT - GAIRY CALLED FOR A HALT IN ARMS PRODUCTION IN
ORDER THAT THE ONEY COULD BE USED TO ELIMINATE POLLUTION.
NORTH/SOUTH - PRIME MINISTER EXCORIATED THE "ECONOMIC AGGRESSION
AS WAGED BY IMPERIALISTIC POWERS". CITING THE CASE OF GRENADA,
HE SAID HIS NATION HAD ACHIVED ITS INDEPENDENCE WITHOUT THE
ECONOIC ASSISTANCE OF THE COLONIAL POWER. HE ALSO SAID THAT
MANY COUNTRIES READILY PROMISE ECONOMIC AID BUT FAIL TO DELIVER
ON THESE PROMISES.
RELIGION - GAIRY DECLARED THE "TIME IS RIGHT TO ACCEPT THE
CONCEPT OF A UNIVERSAL GOD". HE PROCEEDED TO ENUNCIATE HIS
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND CONCLUDED HIS ADDRESS WITH A RECITATION
OF "THE LORD'S

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UPPER VOLTA -- IN UNGA GENERAL DEBATE ADDRESS OCT 7, FOREIGN
MINISTER KABORE EMPHASIZED THE FOLLOWING ISSUES:
NORTH/SOUTH - KABORE SPENT MORE THAN HALF OF HIS SPEECH
DISCUSSING INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AFFAIRS. HE STRESSED THE
NEED FOR "CONCRETE" ACTIONS IN DEVELOPING A "JUST" INTERNATIONAL
ORDER. KABORE PLACED PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE ON AID TO THE LEAST
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. THANKING NATIONS FOR THEIR AID TO HIS
COUNTRY, KABORE HOPED IT WOULD CONTINUE.
SOUTHERN AFRICA - NOTING THAT THE "RACIST" REGIME HAS BEEN IN
POWER FOR THIRTY YEARS, KABORE ASSERTED THAT IT WOULD BE
"FOOLISH" TO BELIEVE THAT SOUTH AFRICA WILL NOW MEND ITS
WAYS. HE CLAIMED THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM WAS TO BE FOUND
IN MAJORITY RULE. KABORE SAID ACTION NOW MIGHT LEAD TO A
PEACEFUL SOLUTION; NO SOLUTION WILL LEAD TO VIOLENCE.
(REPEATED INFO OUAGADOUGOU)
ISRAEL -- IN OCTOBER 7 GENERAL DEBATE ADDRESS TO UNGA PLENARY,
FOREIGN MINISTER ALLON CAME DOWN HARD ON UN FOR IT INEFFECTIVENESS
AND DISTORTIONS PRODUCED BY "MACHANICAL MAJORITY." HE CITED
ESPECIALLY SUCH QUESTIONS AS TERRORISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS,
NOTABLY 30TH GA RESOLUTION EQUATING ZIONISM WITH RACISM,
AN "ATTEMPT TO STIGMATIZE THE NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT
OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE." HE WELCOMED FRG PROPOSAL ON TAKING OF
HOSTAGES BUT NOTED THIS NOT ENOUGH. TERMING UN SYSTEM ESSENTIAL
FOR OUR TIMES, HE URGED A RETURN TO THE CHARTER.
MIDDLE EAST -- ALLON REAFFIRMED ISRAEL'S DESIRE FOR PEACE AND
WILLINGNESS TO TAKE PART IN A RECONVENED GENEVA CONFERENCE "IN
ITS ORIGINAL COMPOSITION", AT AN Y MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE TIME.
THERE, "OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS WHICH THE PARTIES FIND SATISFACTORY,"
ISRAEL WOULD HOPE TO NEGOTIATE WITH EACH OF ITS NEIGHBORS A
FINAL PEACE SETTLEMENT THAT WOULD PROVIDE ISRAEL WITH DEFENSIBLE
BORDERS AND WOULD SATISFY GENUINE ARAB INTERESTS, "INCLUDING,
WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE SETTLEMENT WITH OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE
EAST, A JUST AND CONSTRUCTIVE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF
PALESTINIAN ARAB IDENTITY." ALLON SAID POSSIBILITY TO
NEGOTIATE AGREEMENTS ON TERMINATION OF STATE OF WAR ALSO
STILL EXISTS, DESPITE LACK OF ARAB RESPONSE TO THIS US
SUGGESTION. HE REITERATED THAT SC RESOLUTIONS 242 AND 338
"FORM THE ONLY AGREED BASIS BOTH FOR THE NATURE OF THE PEACE
AND FOR THE METHOD OF ACHIEVING IT." DEPLORING MIDDLE EAST
ARMS RACE, ALLON ASSERTED ISRAEL WAS COMPELLED TO AND WOULD
KEEP UP WITH ARAB STATES BUT OFFERED AGAIN TO NEGOTIATE WITH
THEM FOR A BALANCED LIMITATION OF ARMS FLOW INTO THE AREA
EVEN BEFORE A PEACE SETTLEMENT. SILENCE OF THE UN IN FACE OF
LEBANESE TRAGEDY WAS CITED BY ALLON AS FURTHER EXAMPLE OF UN
FAILURE. LEBANESE EVENTS HAD ALSO DESTROYED NOTION OF REPLACEMENT
OF ISRAEL BY "SO-CALLED SECULAR DEMOCRATIC STATE." HE URGED
PEACE AS ESSENTIAL CONDITION FOR "REAFFIRMATION OF THE
NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY" OF
LEBANON, CALLED FOR DEPARTURE OF "FOREIGN TROOPS, BOTH
REGULAR AND IRREGULAR", AND VOICED EXPECTATION THAT LEBANON
WOULD NOT AGAIN BECOME BASE FOR ATTACKS ON ISRAEL. AFTER
LISTING VARIOUS INTER-ARAB DISPUTES, ALLON ASSERTED ISRAEL
TO BE ONLY ISLAND OF STABILITY IN AREA.
RACISM - RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, INCLUDING APARTHEID,
AR ABHORRENT TO ISRAEL, ALLON DECLARED. HE ALSO REJECTED
"SPECIOUS" SINGLING OUT OF ISRAEL FOR LINKS WITH SOUTH AFRICA
"WHEN MOST OF THE WORLD" MAINTAINS SUCH LINKS. HE CLAIMED
ISRAEL'S SHARE IN SOUTH AFRICA'S TOTAL FOREIGN TRADE WAS
ONLY 2/5 OF 1 PERCENT - "INFINITELY SMALLER THAN SHARE OF
MANY ARAB AND SOME AFRICAN COUNTRIES." MOREOVER, ISRAEL WAS
NOT THE ONE WHO SUPPLIED MAJOR WEAPONS SUCH AS TANKS,
ARTILLERY, AIRCRAFT, WARSHIPS.
DETENTE - ALLON CALLED FOR APPLICATION OF DETENTE TO MIDDLE EAST,
WHERE HE SAID IT HAS NOT BEEN FELT. HE URGED IMPLEMENTATION OF
HUMANITARIAN PROVISIONS OF HELSINKI AGREEMENT AND NOTED
SITUATION OF SOVIET JEWRY HAD NOT IMPROVED. CITING TRAGIC
SITUATION OF JEWS IN SYRIA AS WELL, HE CALLED ON BOTH THE
SOVIET UNION AND SYRIA TO PERMIT JEWS TO DEPART.
ECONOMIC ISSUES - NOTING MAJOR FOCUS ON ECONOMIC/TRADE
QUESTIONS, ALLON SUGGESTED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SHOULD
CONSIDER NOT JUST WHAT INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS CAN DO FOR
THEM BUT WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER.
HE CITED ISRAELI TECHNICAL COOPERATION WITH OVER 50 UN MEMBER
STATES AND CONTRIBUTION ISRAEL CAN MAKE, PARTICULARLY IN
FIELD OF WATER DEVELOPMENT AND USAGE.
LOS - HE REGRETTED LACK OF PROGRESS ON LAW OF THE SEA. NOTE:
ALL ARAB DELS EXCEPT LEBANON, REPRESENTED BY ONE JUNIOR
MEMBER, LEFT THEIR SEATS DURING ALLON'S STATEMENT, BUT MOST
REMAINED IN GA HALL TO LISTEN. PLO REP ALSO LEFT HIS ASSIGNED
PLACE BUT SAT ONLY FEW SEATS AWAY. (REPEATED INFO TEL AVIV,
JERUSALEM, AMMAN, CAIRO, DAMASCUS, LONDON, JIDDA)
SOMALIA -- IN OCTOBER 7 GENERAL DEBATE ADDRESS TO UNGA
PLENARY, MINISTER OF MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES KASSIM
EMPHASIZED THE FOLLOWING ISSUES:
ZIONISM/RACISM - KASSIM DECLARED THAT THE "UNHOLY ALLIANCE"
BETWEEN APARTHEID AND ZIONISM WAS THE MOST PRESSING INTERNATIONAL
PROBLEM. HE CLAIMED THAT THE TWO COUNTRIES HAD FORMALLY
ESTABLISHED "COMPLETE COLLABORATION IN ALL FIELDS."
SOUTHERN AFRICA - KASSIM SAID THE CHANCES OF THE SUCCESS OF
THE "BELATED" BRITISH AND AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITIES
DEPENDED ON THEIR "ACCEPTABILITY" TO THE PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE.
HE EMPHASIZED THAT UNTIL THE CURRENT DIPLOMATIC MOVES ARE
PROVEN TO BE A "GENUINE" SEARCH FOR MAJORITY RULE, AND NOT
"MERE MANEUVERS," THE ARMED STRUGGLE SHOULD CONTINUE. KASSIM
ALSO CALLED FOR CHAPTER VII ACTION AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA.
FRENCH SOMALILAND - WHILE WELCOMING THE FRENCH DECLARATION OF
INTENT TO DECOLONIZE THE TERRITORY, KASSIM NOTED THE LACK OF
"CONCRETE" PROGRESS IN GRANTING INDEPENDENCE. HE CLAIMED THE
PEOPLE OF FRENCH SOMALILAND HAD ALREADY STATED THEIR DESIRE
FOR INDEPENDENCE. QUESTIONING THIS DESIRE NOW, KASSIM ASSERTED,
CAN ONLY BE "CONSTRUED AS AN EFFORT TO MISLEAD PUBLIC OPINION."
MAINTAINING THAT HIS COUNTRY HAD ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE "JUST
ASPIRATIONS" OF THE PEOPLE OF FRENCH SOMALILAND, KASSIM STOOD
OPPOSED TO "ANY MOVE ON WHATEVER GROUND" THAT MIGHT ADVERSELY
AFFECT THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THAT COUNTRY.
MIDDLE EAST - CONDEMNING ISRAEL GENERALLY, KASSIM ADVOCATED SC
ADOPTION OF CHAPTER VII PROVISIONS AND A RECONSIDERATION OF
ISRAELI UN MEMBERSHIP.
NORTH/SOUTH - KASSIM STRESSED THE NEED FOR THE RESTRUCTURE OF
THE WORLD ECONOMIC SYSTEM. HE PLACED SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE
RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEMS OF EXTERNAL DEBT, PRICE INDEXING,
AND THE TRANSFER OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES. (REPEATED INFO MOGADISCIO)
-- PORTUGAL -- FOREIGN MINISTER MEDEIROS FERREIRA OPENED HIS
OCTOBER 7 PLENARY ADDRESS BY NOTING THE CHANGES IN PORTUGAL'S
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICY SINCE THE 1974 REVOLUTION. HE THEN
DISCUSSED:
NATO - "PORTUGAL IS A MEMBER OF NATO AND WE ARE INTENT ON
REMAINING WITHIN THE POLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL PARAMETERS
OF THAT ALLIANCE" BUT WOULD "PRACTICE ITS OWN POLICIES" IN
AREAS NOT COVERED BY ATLANTIC ALLIANCE.
UN MEMBERSHIP - PORTUGAL DEFENDS AND "ACTIVELY SUPPORTS"
ADMISSION OF ANGOLA AS FULL MEMBER OF UN.
TERRORISM - HE ENDORSED FRG PROPOSAL ON HOSTAGES.
SOUTHERN AFRICA - PORTUGAL FAVORED INDEPENDENCE OF NAMIBIA AND
RAPID ESTABLISHMENT OF A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE AND
SUPPORTED "ALL RELAISTIC EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT THE NECESSARY
CHANGES WITHOUT LEADING TO CONVULSIONS WHOSE SPREAD COULD EVEN
AGGRAVATE THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE INTENDED TO SOLVE.
MIDDLE EAST - MEDEIROS FERREIRA SUPPORTED RAPID CONVOCATION OF
GENEVA CONFERENCE AND HOPED LEGITIMATE ASPIRATIONS OF PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE AS WELL AS SECURITY OF ISRAEL WOULD BE GUARANTEED.
TIMOR - ALTHOUGH PROBLEM WAS NOW WITHIN PURVIEW OF UN, "THE
PORUGUESE GOVERNMENT REMAINS UNDISPOSED TO RECOGNIZE DE JURE
THE INTEGRATION OF EAST TIMOR WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF ANOTHER
STATE AS A RESULT OF A UNILATERAL DECISION." PORTUGAL WOULD
ACCEPT A CONSENSUS OF THE UN ON THIS MATTER.
NORTH/SOUTH - HE EXPRESSED SATISFACTION THAT PORTUGUESE HAD
BEEN INCLUDED AMONG OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF OAU AND ADVOCATED
ITS BEING MADE A UN LANGUAGE. HE STRESSED IMPORTANCE OF
QUESTIONS OF EXTERNAL DEBT AND COMMODITY PRICE LEVELS.
LOS - PORTUGAL IS CONVINCED OF NECESSITY FOR COMPROMISE AND
UNDERSTANDS CALL OF PRESIDENT OF CONFERENCE THAT UNILATERAL
ACTIONS BE AVOIDED IN NEAR FUTURE, BUT DEFENSE OF NATIONAL
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT MUST "BE ASSURED IN SOVEREIGN TERMS."
UN PROCEDURES - HE STATED THAT TENDENCY TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS
SOLELY BY AN ARITHMETIC EXERCISE OF "REGIMENTED MAJORITIES"
AND REPEATED USE OF VETO WERE MATTERS OF SERIOUS CONCERN.
(REPEATED INFO LISBON)
-- BANGLADESH -- IN REMARKS OCTOBER 7 IN UNGA GENERAL DEBATE,
MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS, FLOOD CONTROL, WATER RESOURCES
AND POWER REAR ADMIRAL M. H. KHAN NOTED THAT HIS COUNTRY
STOOD AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND
DISCUSSED, INTER ALIA, THE FOLLOWING:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - THE GREATEST CHALLENGE FACING THE
WORLD TODAY IS CRISIS IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
AND GROWING DISPARITY BETWEEN RICH NATIONS AND POOR. UNDER
NIEO, THE WORLD HAS NOT SUSTAINED ITS INITIAL MOMENTUM.
ECONOMIC JUSTICE REQUIRES A STABLE WORLD ORDER IN WHICH
BOTH DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES.
DISARMAMENT - BANGLADESH SUPPORTS STNAD TAKEN AT COLOMBO
NON-ALIGNED SUMMIT CONFERENCE AND SUPPORTS ALL NUCLEAR- FREE
ZONES.
INDIAN OCEAN ZONE OF PEACE - BANGLADESH SUPPORTS IOZP AS A
MEANS TO ESTABLISH CREDIBILITY IN THE SERACH FOR WORLD PEACE.
SOUTHERN AFRICA - BANGLADESH SUPPORTS "JUST STRUGGLE" OF
ZIMBABWE PEOPLE; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN RHODESIA OFFER
POSSIBILITY OF PEACEFUL SOLUTION. IT SUPPORTS UN EFFORTS
TO END THE ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF NAMIBIA AND RACIST APARTHEID
IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE EVENTS SHOW TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
MIDDLE EAST - A JUST AND LASTING PEACE IS POSSIBLE ONLY WITH
ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES AND
RECOGNITION OF RIGHTS OF PALESTINIANS. ISRAEL MUST BE
CURBED IN ITS POLICY OF CHANGING THE "POLITICAL, SOCIAL,
AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTER OF THE AREA" INCLUDING THE
DESECRATION OF JERUSALEM.
VIETNAM AND ANGOLA - BOTH SHOULD BE ADMITTED TO UN.
CYPRUS - IN SEEKING A SOLUTION, BOTH COMMUNITIES OF
ISLAND SHOULD HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR
POSITIONS IN INTERNATIONAL FORA.
LAW OF THE SEA - RESOURCES OF THE SEA MUST BE EXPLOITED
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEEDY. DEMARCATION OF BASELINE
SHOULD MEET DEMANDS OF BANGLADESH'S "SPECIAL GEOGRAPHICAL
AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL SITUATION" AND THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC
ZONE REQUIRED "EQUITABLE DELIMITATION." BANGLADESH FAVORED
MANDATORY DISPUTES SETTLEMENT.
FARAKKA - THE MINISTER SAID THAT HE WOULD NOT ELABORATE
ON THIS ISSUE OF "UNILATERAL DIVERSION OF WATER" AS IT
HAD ALREADY BEEN REFERRED TO COMMITTEE, BUT HE STRESSED
BANGLADESH HAD NOT BROUGHT QUESTION TO UN IN SPIRIT OF
CONFRONTATION.
DECOLONIZATION - WHILE THIS TASK IS "NEAR COMPLETION,"
THE WORLD MUST NOW LOOK TO PROTECTION OF WEAKER POWERS
FROM STRONGER.
RESTRUCTURING OF THE UN - THE ORGANIZATION HAS NOT BEEN
FULLY UTILIZED IN MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND SECURITY; IT
MUST BE RESTRUCTURED TO REFLECT CHANGES IN WORLD AND TO
PROVE ITS CONTINUED RELEVANCE. IF OTHERS AGREE, BANGLADESH
IS PREPARED TO SUBMIT AGENDA ITEM, BASED ON COLOMBO NAC
RECOMMENDATION, ON STRENGTHENING THE UN'S ROLE FOR MAINTENACE
OF PEACE AND SECURITY. QUESTION MIGHT BE CONSIDERED AT SPECIAL
GA ON DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY. (REPEATED INFO DACCA)
SECURITY COUNCIL -- NAMIBIA AS THE DEBATE ON NAMIBIA CONTINUED
IN THE SC OCT. 7, PANAMANIAN AMB ILLUECA USED THE OCCASION TO
AGAIN RAISE THE PANAMA CANAL ISSUE.STATEMENTS ON NAMIBIA WERE
MADE BY THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF BURUNDI, DUPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER
OF POLAND, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF SRI LANKA AND CHINA. AT THE
CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING, PRESIDENT AKHUND (PAKISTAN) SAID
HE FELT IT WOULD BE OPPORTUNE TO RECESS FOR A FEW DAYS, DURING
WHICH TIME THERE WOULD BE CONSULTATIONS, AND HE SUGGESTED
TENTATIVELY THAT THE COUNCIL MEET AGAIN OCT.16. (USUN UNDERSTANDS
THAT THE AFRICANS ARE ASKING THE UNGA COMMITTEE 4 CHAIRMAN TO
DELAY DEBATE ON NAMIBIA, WHICH WAS TO HAVE BEGUN UPON THE
COMPLETION OF THE SC DEBATE.)
BURUNDI -- FOREIGN MINISTER BWAKIRA SPOKE OF THE FEROCIOUS
REPRESSION AGAINST NAMIBIANS AND MILITARY BASES USED FOR
AGGRESSION AGAINST NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES; REJECTED THE
WINDHOEK CONFERENCE; SUPPORTED SWAPO'S JUST PROPOSALS; AND
STATED THAT ONLY SWAPO AND THE UN SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN ANY
TALKS WITH SOUTH AFRICA CONCERNING THE FUTURE OF THE PEOPLE
OF THE TERRITORY. HIS DELEGATION APPRECIATED THE RECENT
DIPLOMATIC DEMARCHES CONCERNING NAMIBIA AND HOPED THEY
WOULD PRODUCE SATISFACTORY RESULTS. IN ANY CASE, ALL
DEMARCHES MUST BE CONDUCTED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF UN
RESOLUTIONS AND SHOULD ENHANCE THE UN'S PRESTIGE. IN HIS
VIEW, THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER VII SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED
IN THEIR FULL SEVERITY, AND THE UN SHOULD DEMAND THAT ITS
MEMBERS ACCORD RENEWED MILITARY AID TO SWAPO IN ITS LIBERATION
STRUGGLE.
POLAND -- DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TREPCZYNSKI DENOUNCED
THE "INFAMOUS COMMUNIQUE" OF AUG.18 AND THE OPEN SOUTH
AFRICAN AGGRESSION AGAINST ANGOLA AND ZAMBIA. AFTER
SPEAKING OF UNIMPLEMENTED RESOLUTIONS, HE SAID POLAND
FEARED THAT ONE MORE RESOLUTION, UNLESS IT PROVIDED FOR
STERN AND EFFECTIVE STEPS TO ENFORCE SC DECISIONS, WOULD
HAVE THE SAME EFFECT. ACCORDINGLY, HE SUPPORTED THE PROPOSAL
BY MADAGASCAR, ON BEHALF OF AFRICAN STATES, THAT THE SC
IMPOSE SANCTIONS. THE LATEST SWAPO PROPOSALS CONSTITUTED
THE MOST REALISTIC PLATFORM FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION, TREPCZYNSKI
BELIEVED.
SRI LANKA -- KANAKARATNE SAID INTER ALIA THE SC SHOULD ASSURE
THE PRESERVATION OF THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF NAMIBIA
AGAINST ATTEMPTS TO FRAGMENT IT, OBTAIN SOUTH AFRICA'S
COMMITMENT TO WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS AND SECURE THE RELEASE
OF ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS IN NAMIBIA. AS CURRENT CHAIRMAN
OF THE NONALIGNED MOVEMENT, HE URGED ALL NATIONS TO REDOUBLE
THEIR EFFORTS TO END THE INJUSTICE IN NAMIBIA AND RESTORE
THE RIGHTS OF THE NAMIBIANS TO SELF-DETERMINIATION AND FREEDOM
IN A UNITED NAMIBIA.
CHINA -- HUANG HUA PRAISED THE ARMED STRUGGLE OF PEOPLE OF
ZIMBABWE AND NAMIBIA; QUOTED CHAIRMAN MAO; SAID SWAPO AND
MANY AFRICAN COUNTRIES CATEGORICALLY REJECTED THE SOUTH
AFRICAN "PLOT" TO ESTABLISH A SO-CALLED "MULTIRACIAL GOVERNMENT";
AND STATED THAT CONTINUATION OF THE STRUGGLE WAS THE RELIABLE
WAY OF ENSURING VICTORY. THE SITUATION WAS COMPLICATED BECAUSE
OF SUPERPOWER "MEDDLING," MOTIVATED BY THEIR STRATEGIC NEEDS
OF SEEKING GLOBAL HEGEMONY. ONE SUPERPOWER OFFERED ADVICE AND
PROPAGATED "PEACEFUL EVLOUTION" IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO
PRESERVE ITS VESTED INTERESTS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. THE OTHER
SUPERPOWER. WHICH "PRETENDED TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL LIBERATION
MOVEMENT," RESORTED TO VARIOUS MEANS OF SOWING DISCORD AND
STEPPING UP ITS INFILTRATION, INTERVENTION AND EXPANSION IN
SOUTHERN AFRICA. HOWEVER, THE CLEARHEADED AFRICAN PEOPLE WOULD
WIN THEIR LIBERATION BY RELYING ON THEIR OWN ARMED STRUGGLE,
"PREVENTING THE TIGER FROM ENTERING THE BACK DOOR, WHILE
REPULSING THE WOLF FROM THE FRONT GATE." THE CHINESE
DELEGATION SUPPORTED THE LEGITIMATE DEMAND OF MANY AFRICAN
COUNTRIES THAT THE SC SHOULD CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ALL NECESSARY
MEASURES, INCLUDING SANCTIONS, AGAINST THE SOUTH AFRICAN AUTHORITIES.
PANAMA -- ILLUECA SAID THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION COULD NOT
BE DENIED.THE PROBLEM IN NAMIBIA WAS SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS
ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AS THERE WAS A "TRANSNATIONAL
CONSPIRACY" TO PREVENT THE MAJORITY FROM COMING TO POWER.
UN PRONOUNCEMENTS ON DECOLONIZATION MUST BE IMPLEMENTED IN
AFRICA, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA AS WELL. HE THEN REFERRED TO
THE DEBATE BETWEEN THE TWO US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN WHICH
PRESIDENT FORD SAID THE US FAVORED SELF-DETERMINIATION
PREVAILING IN AFRICA WITH DUE RESPECT FOR THE MINORITY. IN
THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE, ILLUECA DECLARED, 3,000 US FAMILIES
SOUGHT TO RETAIN THE PRIVILEGES OF A COLONIAL REGIME AND
TO POISON RELATIONS WITH LATIN AMERICA. THE PEOPLE OF THE
WORLD EXPECTED MORE NOBLE THINGS FROM THE TWO US CANDIDTATES
THAN THEIR EXPRESSED WISH TO MAINTAIN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE
COLONIALIST ERA. THE VESTIGES OF THE "BIG-STICK" POLICY AND
OF "MANIFEST DESTINY" MUST BE ENDED IN AFRICA AS WELL AS IN
LATIN AMERICA. IF THE US WAS WILLING TO SPEND BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO RESETTLE THE EXPLOITERS IN RHODESIA, HE ADDED,
IT WOULD BE MUCH CHEAPER TO DO SO IN THE CASE OF THE PANAMA
CANAL ZONE, WHERE ONLY 3,000 FAMILIES WERE INVOLVED. RETURNING
TO THE QUESTION OF NAMIBIA, ILLUECA SAID PANAMA FAVORED A
DECISION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER VII IN ORDER TO PUT AN
END TO THE INHUMAN OPPRESSION GOING ON THERE. (REPEATED INFO
LONDON, PRETORIA, DAR ES SALAAM, MAPUTA, LUSAKA, KINSHASA, PANAMA)
COMMITTEE 2 -- GENERAL DEBATE COMMITTEE 2 DEBATE CONTINUED OCT. 6
WITH SPEECHES BY UKRAINIAN SSR, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, FRANCE, AND
DENMARK. UKRAINIAN AND CZECH SPEECHES FOLLOWED CLOSELY THE LINES
OF EARLIER SOVIET STATEMENT STEEPED IN IDEOLOGY. FRENCH REP
CALLED FOR A STRENGTHENING OF ECOSOC AND UN DEPT. OF ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS. HE PARTICULARLY PRAISED USYG VAN LAETHEM
(FRENCH NATIONAL) WHO HAD BEEN CRITICIZED BY G-77. OF SUPREME
US INTEREST IS THAT BOTH FRANCE AND DENMARK STRESSED NEED TO
BEGIN WORK ON THIRD DEVELOPMENT DECADE, CONSISTENT WITH EC
POSITION. FRENCH EXPECT A RESOLUTION ON THIS DECADE THIS
SESSION. (USUN 4263)
WORLD SOCIAL SITUATION -- STATING SHE WAS ASKED TO REPRESENT
EC-9 ON WORLD SOCIAL SITUATION ITEM IN COMMITTEE 3, CAO PINNA
(ITALIAN DELEGATE TO COMMITTEE 3 AND REPRESENTATIVE ON
COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (CSD)) SUGGESTED TO MRS.
PICKER THAT THEY TABLE A RESOLUTION MERELY ENDORSING THE
STATEMENT ON THE WORLD SOCIAL SITUATION IN THE FIRST HALF
OF DDII THAT HAD BEEN PASSED BY THE CSD (ONLY US VOTED "NO")
AND BY ECOSOC (US ABSTAINED). PICKER DEMURRED AND, SPEAKING
PERSONALLY, SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVELY A RESOLUTION ENDORSING
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE REPORT SINCE IT IS THE ONLY OVERALL
VIEW OF SOCIAL CHANGES AND TRENDS BY ANY UN BODY. SUCH A
RESOLUTION MIGHT ALSO PROPOSE COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF
REGIONAL CHAPTERS (150 PAGES OF REGIONAL ANALYSES) IN THE
REPORT AND CALL FOR MORE EMPHASIS ON REPORTING BY REGIONAL
ECONOMIC COMMISSIONS. CAO PINNA SEEMED TO LIKE THE APPROACH
AND FELT THE G-77 MIGHT GO ALONG. (USUN 4264)
PRESS CONFERENCE BY NIGERIAN COMMISSIONER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS --
IN OCT. 7 PRESS CONFERENCE AT UN, NIGERIAN COMMISSIONER FOR
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS GARBA SAID THAT IN THE UPCOMING CONFERENCE
ON RHODESIA SMITH SHOULD BE GIVEN NO SEMBLANCE OF LEGALITY,
FREEDOM FIGHERS WHO REPRESENT ALL SHADES OF OPINION MUST BE
CONSIDERED IN ANY SETTLEMENT, AND ALL INTERESTS OF ALL
ZIMBABWEANS, WHITE AND BLACK, WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO
CONSIDERATION. HE THOUGHT THE INITIATIVES TO BRING ABOUT A
SOLUTION HAD BEEN APPROACHED IN A NEGATIVE FASHION, FOR
"THE WHOLE PROBLEM OF SOUTHERN AFRICA IS INTER-RELATED."
IF THERE WAS A GENUINE MOVE TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT AT ARRIVING
AT A SETTLEMENT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, NAMIBIA, WHERE THERE IS
AN AUTHENTIC LIBERATION MOVEMENT RECOGNIZED BY THE UN, OAU
AND MANY COUNTRIES, WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST STEP, PROVIDED
THERE WAS A WILL TO DO SO. HE OBJECTED TO HAVING VORSTER
GIVEN RESPECTABILITY FOR PLAYING UNDESERVED ROLE. IF
KISSINGER HAD TO MAKE PROMISES TO VORSTER TO PUT PRESSURE
ON SMITH, THE AMERICANS COULDN'T EXPECT VORSTER TO MAKE ANY
CONCESSIONS IN BEHALF OF NAMIBIANS AND SOUTH AFRICA ITSLEF.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION, HE SAID HE THOUGHT IT WAS WITHIN THE
POWERS OF KISSINGER AND THE US TO GET VORSTER OUT OF NAMIBIA.
IN RHODESIA A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT SHOULD BE NEGOTIATED AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, FOR IF THE FREEDOM FIGHERS CONTINUED
TO RECEIVE MATERIAL AID THEY ARE NOW GETTING IT WOULDN'T BE
LONG BEFOER THEY MADE THE SMITH REGIME'S POSITION UNTENABLE.
SPEAKING OF NIGERIA, GARBA CALLED NIGERIA'S ACQUISITION OF
SOME 60 PERCENT OF THE SHARES OF MAJOR INDUSTRIAL FOREIGN
ENTERPRISES IN THAT COUNTRY A VERY GOOD ARRANGEMENT BECAUSE
IT SKIRTED NATIONALIZATION AND INTERFERENCE WITH MANAGEMENT
WHICH REMAINS IN THE CONTROL OF FOREIGNERS. WHEN ASKED IF
NIGERIA WOULD EMBARGO SHIPMENT OF OIL TO THE US FOR POLITICAL
REASONS, GARBA SAID: "OIL IS ONLY USEFUL WHEN IT IS PUMPED
OUT AND USED. IT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY SERIOUS THING TO MAKE
US DECLARE AN OIL EMBARGO AND LOSE REVENUE WE SO BADLY NEED
FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT." LAST YEAR NIGERIA LAUNCHED A $40 BILLION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND WE NEED "EVERY PENNY WE CAN
GET," HE EXPLAINED. (REPEATED INFO LONDON, LUSAKA, DAR ES
SALAAM, MAPUTA, PRETORIA)
UN DOCUMENTS ON OUTER SPACE -- SECRETARIAT PUBLISHED SOVIET
LETTER TO SYG TRANSMITTING TEXTS OF JULY 13, 1976 AGREEMENT
ON COOPERATION IN EXPLORATION AND USE OF OUTER SPACE FOR
PEACEFUL PURPOSES (BETWEEN USSR, SIX EE'S MONGOLIA, CUBA),
AS WELL AS TWO STATEMENTS ON INCLUSION OF EE CITIZENS IN CREWS
OF SOVIET SPACE CRAFT AND SPACE STATIONS. (USUN 4270) UN
MEETINGS OCT. 8 -- A.M. - GA PLENARY, SPECIAL POLITICAL
COMMITTEE AND COMMITTEES 2, 3 AND 4 P.M. - GA PLENARY,
COMMITTEES 4 AND 5
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