USUN DAILY UNCLASSIFIED SUMMARY NO. 14 OCT. 7, 1977 // Sir Eric Gairy re UFOs //

[Terry W. Colvin]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. GA PLENARY -- GENERAL DEBATE
2. COMMITTEE 1 -- ORGANIZATION OF WORK
3. COMMITTEE 2 -- GENERAL DEBATE
4. COMMITTEE 4 -- FOREIGN ECONOMIC INTERESTS
5. COMMITTEE -- COMPOSITION OF SECRETARIAT
6. COMMITTEE 6 -- SUCCESSION OF STATES
7. COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID
8. QUESTION OF CYPRUS
9. UN MEETNGS OCT. 10
1. GA PLENARY -- GENERAL DEBATE THE PRIME MINISTER OF GRENADA
ADDRESSED THE GA OCT. 7, AND GENERAL DEBATE STATEMENTS WERE MADE
BY FOREIGN MINISTERS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, HUNGARY, UKRAINE,
IVORY COAST, CHAD, YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC, BURMA AND BHUTAN, AND
THE UN PERMREP OF QATAR. DEMOCRATIC YEMEN REPLIED TO OMAN AND
LIBYA TO CHAD. THUS, FAR, 94 SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN HEARD. THOSE
LISTED FOR OCT. 10 ARE RWANDA, BYELORUSSIA, NEW ZEALAND, MALAWI,
ZAMBIA, SINGAPORE, ETHIOPIA, ISRAEL, NIGER AND SUDAN. TRINIDAD &
TOBAGO -- STRESSING UN UNIVERSALITY GOAL, FOREIGN MINISTER
DONALDSON WELCOMED NEW UN MEMBERS VIETNAM AND DJIBOUTI.
ENERGY: T & T SUPPORTS SYG INITIATIVE RE ESTABLISHMENT OF UN
ENERGY INSTITUTE.
NIEO: DONALDSON STATED THAT INTEGRATED PROGRAMME FOR COMMODITIES
AND COMMON FUND CRUCIAL. PROGRAMME MUST BE SUPPORTED BY ADEQUATE
AND EFFECTIVE FINANCING MECHANISMS FACILITATING DOWN-STREAM
PROCESSING OF RAW MATERIALS IN LDC'S. THERE MUST BE IMPROVEMENT
IN PRICES AND MARKET CONDITIONS FOR COMMODITIES OF EXPORT
INTEREST TO LDC'S. SERIOUS PROBLEMS EXIST REGARDING ADEQUATE
OPERATING CREDIT AVAILABILITY AND CREDIT TERMS, SPECIFICALLY
THROUGH IMF.
TECHNOLOGY: T & T EMHPASIZES NEED FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER,
INCLUDING ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVANCE RESEARCH FACILITIES AND
TRAINING INSTITUTIONS WITHIN LDC'S.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: T & T SUPPORTS ZIMBABWE STRUGGLE FOR MAJORITY
RULE AND INDEPENDENCE, AND NAMIBIA RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION.
MIDDLE EAST: T & T SUPPORTS RELEVANT UN RESOLUTIONS, GENEVA
CONFERNCE , AND PALESTINIAN RIGHTS.
BELIZE: TRINIDAD SUPPORTS BELIZE'S LEGITIMATE RIGHT TO FREEDOM,
INDEPENDENCE AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY. (REPEATED INFO PORT OF
SPAIN) HUNGARY-- FOREIGN MINISTER PUJA PRAISED SOCIALIST SYSTEM
AND CRITICIZED OPPONENTS OF DETENTE.
DETENTE: NOTED OUTSTANDING ROLE PLAYED BY IMPROVED US-USSR
RELATIONS SINCE 1970S. WARMLY WELCOMED USSR INITIATIVE REGARDING
INSCRIPION UNGA ITEM, "DEEPENING AND CONSOLIDATION OF INTERNATIO AL
DETENTE AND PREVENTION OF DANGER NUCLEAR WAR." PREVALENCE OF
DETENTE HAD WORKED TO EXPAND COOPERATION AMONG COUNTRIES WITH
DIFFERENT SOCIAL SYSTEMS. REGARDED VISITS BY JANOS KADAR TO
AUSTRIA, ITALY, *4&, AS HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE. FOREMOST AIM OPPONENTS
OF DETENTE, WAS TO IMPAIR US-USSR RELATIONS. HUNGARY DEVOTES
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO PRACTICAL STEPS WHICH GIVE FULL EFFECT
TO FINAL ACT. CONSIDERED BELGRADE CONFERENCE, GENEVA COMMITTEE
ON DISARMAMENT, BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL TALKS, IMPORTANT,
SCORED INCREASED ARMS EXPENDITURES AMONG NATO COUNTRIES.
HELSINKI CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS SHOULD ADOPT TREATY
RENOUNCING FIRST USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
LOOKED FORWARD TO SSOD.
MIDDLE EAST: CRITICIZED ILLEGAL ISRAELI OCCUPATION/SETTLEMENTS,
"STEP-BY-STEP" POLICIES. SUPPORTED GENEVA CONFERENCE IF IT
ATTENDED BY ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND PLO.
AFRICAN AFFAIRS: HUNGARY DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER ARMED CONFLICT
IN HORN OF AFRICA. NOTED EFFORTS OF "IMPERIALISTS AND
REACTIONARIES." FORMATION OF MAJORITY GOVERNMENTS IN ZIMBABWE
AND NAMIBIA ARE IMMEDIATE TASKS. CRITICIZED OPPRESSIVE REGIME
IN SOUTH AFRICA. HUNGARY IS AGAINST APARTHEID AND SUPPORTED
CONCLUSION LAGOS CONFERENCE.
CYPRUS: URGED SETTLEMENT WHICH WILL GUARANTEE INDEPENDENCE,
SOVEREIGNTY, TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY, NON-ALIGNMENT. INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON CYPRUS UNDER UN AUSPICES WOULD BE USEFUL.
UN STRUCTURE: CALLED FOR STRENGTHENING OF APPARATUS IN PLACE,
WITHOUT CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
KOREA: SECURITY OF WHOLE ASIAN CONTINENT WOULD BE ENHANCED
BY JUST ENDEAVORS OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO ATTAIN
REUUNIFICATION.
HUMAN RIGHTS: OBSERVED THAT "SOCIALIST SYSTEM OF SOCIETY WAS
BEST EQUIPPED TO ENSURE FULLEST MEARURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS."
UN SYSTEM IS ADEQUATE AND SUFFICIENT TO PROMOTE EFFOECTIVE
RIGHTS.
ECONOMICS: HUNGARY DEVOTES GREAT ATTENTION TO ECONOMIC
PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. BLAMED CURRENT ECONOMIC
DISARRAY ON CAPITALIST COUNTRIES. EXTERNAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS,
HE SAID, PLAY AN IMMENSE ROLE IN HUNGARY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
NOTED DYNAMIC GROWTH OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN HUNGARY,
DEVELOPED CAPITALIST COUNTRIES AND NUMEROUS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
HOPED FOR IMPETUS TO FURTHER EAST-WEST COOPERATION.
(REPEATED INFO BUDAPEST)
FOREIGN MISTER SHEVEL SPOKE ON MANY SUBJECTS, BUT CONCENTRATED
ON ARMS/DETENTE ISSUES, AS WELL AS ADVOCATING ADOPTION OF USSR
PROPOSALS BY THE 32ND GA. NOTED IMPORTANT OF FACT THAT SOME
"INFLUENTIAL QUARTERS" IN WEST, INCLUDING THOSE IN AUTHORITY,
ADVOCATE ELIMINATION OF THREAT OF WAR IN SETTLEMENT OF
INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES. ACCUSED PEKING LEADERS OF LONG HAVING
JOINED HANDS WITH "ARCH-REACTIONARY FORCES OF IMPERIALISM"
AND FOR ADVOCATING INEVITABILITY OF ANOTHER WAR IN RECENT
PRC UNGA SPEECH. REJECTED "FILTHY SLANDER" OF PRC SPEECH.
SHEVEL NOTED ELEMENTS OF DETENTE PREVAIL IN WORLD POLITICS,
DESPITE PROBLEM AREA. ACCUSED WESTERN OPPONENTS OF DETENTE
OF BLAMING USSR FOR ARMS INCREASES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS WHILE THESE WESTERNERS USE THIS AS COVER FOR
THEIR NEW STEPS IN ARMS RACE. CALLED FOR DISCONTINUING
DISARMAMENT TALKS IN GENERAL TERMS AND SWITCHING TO
"BUSINESSLIKE PROPOSALS LEADING TO PRACTICAL ACTION."
REQUESTED BAN ON ALL NUCLEAR TEST AS FIRST STEP TOWARD
TOTAL PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS, SUGGESTING
USSR, US AND UK BE FIRST SIGNATORIES. THEY SHOULD GIVE
UP UNDERGROUND TESTS "DURING A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME."
MEANWHILE, OTHER NUCLEAR POWERS MUST PROVE SINCERITY
REGARDS PROHITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. CRITICIZED DEVELOPMENT
OF NEUTRON BOMB, ADDING THAT IT DEMONSTRATED NEED FOR SOVIET
PROPOSAL TO BAN NEW TYPES OF MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS.
SUPPORTED SSOD AS IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD CONVOCATION OF WORLD
DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE. SHEVEL EXCORIATED ISRAELI "EXPANSIONIST
ACT" AND CALLED FOR SPEEDY CONVOCATION OF GENEVA CONFERENCE,
WITH FULL PLO PARTICIPATION. HE STRONGLY SUPPORT DPRK CALL FOR
REUNIFICATION OF KOREA AND WITHDRAWAL OF ALL FOREIGN TROOPS
FROM SOUTH KOREA. ACCUSED "CERTAIN WESTERN POWERS" OF WORKING
WITH SOUTHERN AFRICAN REGIMES TO GAIN TIME, TO MAKE RACIST
REGIMES LOOK BENIGN, AND TO PRESERVE DOMINATION OF MONOPOLIES.
SHEVEL ACCUSED "CERTAIN WESTERN COUNTRIES" OF MOUNTINT ANTI-
SOVIET CAMPAIGN UNDER PRETEXT OF PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS.
GOAL HAS BEEN TO INTERFER IN INTERNAL USSR AFFAIRS.
IVORY COAST -- IN AN ADDRESS CHARACTERIZED BY ITS MODERATE
TONE, FOREIGN MINISTER AKE STRESSED AFRICAN ISSUES.
MAY OTTE: EXPRESSED HOPE THAT FRANCE AND COMOROS WOULD
NEGOTIATE SETTLEMENT. FRANCE DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA WOULD
BE INCOMPLETE UNTIL MAYOTTE PEACEFULLY REINTEGRATED INTO
COMOROS.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: INITIATIVES TAKEN WITH RHODESIAN AND
SOUTH AFRICA CANNOT IN ANY FASHION CONSTITUTE OBSTACLE
TO ARMED STRUGGLE, BUT WILL FACILITATE NEGOTIATED POLITICAL
SOLUTION. IVORY COAST HAS MADE ITS MODEST CONTRIBUTION TO
THESE EFFORTS. IMPORTANCE OF FIVE POWER INITIATIVE ON
NAMIBIA SHOULD NOT BE MINIMIZED. US/UK RHODESIAN PROPOSALS
CAN SERVE AS REASONABLE BASIS FOR NEGOTIATIONS DESPITE
CERTAIN SHORTCOMINGS. SOVIET EFFORTS TO LABEL LATTER AS UK
NEOCOLONIALISM DECRIED.
HORN OF AFRICA: APPEALED FOR AN END TO BORDER CONFLICTS,
CEASEFIRE, AND OAU SETTLEMENT BASED ON PRINCIPLES OF OAU
CHARTER. MIDDLE EAST: SUPPORTED AFRO-ARAB POSITIONS, BUT
NOTED THAT PROGRESS TOWARDS PEACE DEMANDED RECOGNITION OF
RIGHT OF ISRAEL TO EXIST AND RECONITION OF LEGITIMATE RIGHTS
OF PALESTINIANS. WELCOMED NEW US POSITION. HUMAN RIGHTS:
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY COULD NOT CONDEMN HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS IN ONE COUNTRY AND IGNORE THEM IN OTHERS.
PANAMA: CONGRATULATED US AND PANAMA ON ACCORD WHICH PERMITS
FULL PANAMIAN SOVEREIGNTY OVER CANAL ZONE.
CYPRUS: REGRETTED LACK OF PROGRESS ON INTERNCOMMUNAL TALKS.
UN RESOLUTIONS ON CYPRUS MUST BE IMPLEMENTED BY ALL INTERESTED
PARTIES.
NIEO: INCREASED RESOURCES MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE TO FINANCE
DEBT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIRD WORLD. FAILURE OF PARIS
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTED NEED FOR STRUCTURAL REFORM OF WORLD
ECONOMY. CALLED FOR REALISM IN ADDRESSING ISSUES OF UN-
FAVORABLE TERMS OF TRADE, INTERNATIONAL FINANCING AND
FORMATION OF REGIONAL GROUPINGS. DEBT PROBLEMS OF LDC'S
MUST BE ADDRESSED REALISTICALLY TO AVOID CREATING DIFFICULT
SITUATIONS FOR COUNTRIES WHO WILL CONTINUE TO NEED CAPITAL
IMPORTS FOR SOME TIME. (REPEATED INFO ABIDJAN)
PRIME MINISTER OF GRENADA IN AN ADDRESS CHARACTERIZED BY
ITS RELIGIOUS TONE ( TWC: JUMBLED MESSAGE TEXT )
PLENARY -- ADDRESS BY SIR ERIC GAIRY, SIR ERIC RECALLED THAT
IN 1975 AND 1976 AT THE UN HE HAD DISCUSSED PSYCHIC PHENOMENA
AND UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS. HE NOTED NO ACTION HAD BEEN
TAKEN AND SUGGESTED AN "AD HOC COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE PROBLEM."
ADDITIONALLY, SIR ERIC TOUCHED ON DISARMAMENT, NIEO, PANAMA,
BELIZE, SOUTHERN AFRICA, HUMAN RUGHTS, AND UNIVERSALITY OF
THE "SUPREME BEING."
UFOS: SIR ERIC SAND HE HAD SEEN A UFO. ASKED THAT COORDINATION
OF WORK BY EXISTING RESEARCH GROUPS BE BROUGHT UNDER AEGIS OF
UN.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: GRENADA ABHORRED SITUATION IN NAMIBIA AND
SOUTHERN RHODESIA AND SOUTH AFRICA. CRITICIZED APARTHEID.
SUPPORTED ANGLO-AMERICAN INITIATIVES.
DISARMAMENT: SUPPORTED PRESIDENT CARTER'S INITIATIVES.
PANAMA: WELCOMED PROGRESS MADE TO RESOLVE CANAL PROBLEM.
BELIZE: LOOKED FORWARD TO ITS FULL SOVEREIGNTY.
HUMAN RIGHTS: SHOULD INVOLVE BASIC NEEDS OF HUMANITY --
SHELTER, CLOTHING, EDUCATION AND MEDICAL FACILITIES
,839: STATED USA SHOULD TAKE MORE LIVELY AND MEANINGFUL
INTEREST IN PROBLEMS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. APPRECIATED
INITIATIVE OF USG IN HIS REGION.
SUPREME BEING: DISCUSSED AT SAME LENGTH SUBJECT OF GOD.
SUGGESTED ALL CEREMONIES AT UN BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION.
(REPEATED INFO BRIDGETOWN)
CHAD -- FOREIGN MINISTER ABDELKADER'S SPEECH DWELLED ON
LIBYAN AGGRESSION AND OCCUPATION OF AOUZOU STRIP, SUPPORTED
AND ENCOURAGED BY "CERTAIN MILITARY POWERS", MINISTER TRACED
HISTORY OF DISPUTE, EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE IN OAU MEDIATION
EFFORT AND HOPED FOR EARLY SOLUTION.
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
ZIMBABWE: CHAD SUPPORTS PATRIOTIC FRONT, EFFORTS OF FRONT-LINE
STATES AND ANGLO/AMERICAN PLAN.
NAMIBIA: CHAD SUPPORTS NAMIBIAN'S UNCONDITIONAL UNDEPENDENCE.
MIDDLE EAST: CHAD SUPPORTS RELEVANT UN RESOLUTION, PALESTINIAN
RECOGNITION, AND PLO GENEVA PARTICIPATION. ABDELKADER CONDEMNED
ISRAELI OCCUPATION AND ACTIVITIES IN OCCUPIED ARAB LANDS. ON
OTHER MATTERS, ABDELKADER SUPPORTED MAYOTTE REUNIFICATION WITH
COMOROS, CYPRIOT INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE, AND EAST TIMOR
SOVEREIGNTY.
DISARMAMENT: CHAD ADVOCATES GENERAL AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT
UNDER INTERNATIONAL CONTROL.
NIEO: CHAD SUPPORTS BASIC LDC NIEO REQUIREMENTS. (REPEATED
INFO N'DJAMENA)
QATAR -- QATAR'S PERMREP JAMAL TERMED UN PARTITION OF PALESTINE
A "HISTORIC BLUNDER." ACCUSED IRAEL OF VILATING INTERNATIONAL
LAW AND IMPOSING PERPETUAL STATE OF WAR ON PEOPLES OF REGION.
REITERATED STANDARD ARAB LIST OF CONDITIONS FOR PEACE AND
DECRIED NEW SETTLEMENTS POLICY. CALLED ON ALL STATES GIVING
MATERIAL AND MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL TO STOP. CALLED ON USSR
AND US TO EXTEND SPIRIT OF DETENTE TO MIDDLE EAST PROBLEM,
WHICH IS REAL TEST OF DETENTE. CALLED ALSO FOR SANCTIONS
AGAINST ISRAEL. JAMAL SUPPORTED GROWING BLOCKADE OF SOUTH
AFRICA AND RHODESIA. UNGA AND SECURITY COUNCIL MUST LIQUIDATE
THESE TOW RACIST REGIMES. PRAISED OAU AND PLEDGED SUPPORT FOR
AFRICAN LIBERATION MOVEMENTS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN SOUTHERN
AFRICA. FEARED GROWTH OF TIES BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SOUTH AFRICA.
ACCUSED BOTH OF HAVING NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND DEVELOPING THEM IN
MUTUAL COLLUSION. JAMAL SUPPORTED CREATION OF NUCLEAR-FREE
ZONES AND CALLED ON ISRAEL TO SIGN NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY.
JAMAL CLAIMED INTERNATIONAL MONOPIES HAVE CRAVED WORLD INTO
SPHERES OF INFLUENCE AND SEEK TO DOMINATE SEAS' RESOURCES.
SUPPORTED FREE USE OF SEAS BY ALL STATES AND WORK TOWARDS LOS.
INDIAN OCEAN ZONE OF PEACE VERY IMPORTANT TO GOQ. JAMAL ACCUSED
INDUSTRIAL STATES OF EXPORTING INFLACTION AND RISING COSTS OF
FINISHED GOODS TO DEVELOPED WORLD. CLAIMED IT IS RESPONSIBILITY
OF INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS TO HELP DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO
OVERCOME DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS. (REPEATED INFO DOHA)
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC -- FOREIGN MINISTER AL-ASNAG'S TALK
CENTERED ON MIDDLE EAST SITUATION. HE GAVE STANDARD LIST OF
ARAB POINTS--PALESTINIAN RIGHTS, ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL; ISRAEL
BLOCKS PEACE; NEW SETTLEMENT POLICY. AL-ASNAG FOUND SOUTHERN
AFRICA PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO MIDDLE EAST BECAUSE THEY ALL STEM
FROM RACIST OPPORESION. AL-ASNAG CALLED FOR PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION
OF KOREA THOUGH DIALOGUE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREANS. ALSO
DECRIED FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN HORN OF AFRICA; YAR HAS OFFERED
TO SPONSOR NEGOTIATONS. YAR SUPPORTS PROPOSALS FOR NUCLEAR-FREE
ZONES AND PEACE ZONES. AL-ASNAG DESRRIVED NIEO AS KEY TO
DEVELOPMENT. BACKWARD COUNTRIES HAD BACKWARDNESS IMPOSED ON
THEM BY THE ECONOMICALLY MORE POWERFUL STATES TO PROMOTE
LATTER'S WEALTH. AL-ASNAG ENDED SPEECH HOPING DIALOGUE MAY
EVENTUALLY LEAD TO REUNIFICATION TO TWO YEMENS. (REPEATED INFO SANA)
-- SOUTHEAST ASIA: BURMESE FONMIN U HLA PHONE WELCOMED TWO NEW
MEMBERS INTO UN. HE CALLED SRV'S ACHIEVEMENT OF ITS RIGHTFUL
PLACE IN UN, "AFTER HEROIC STRUGGLE," A POSITIVE STEP TOWARDS
UNIVERSALITY.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: UN SHOULD HONOR COMMITMENT TO CARRY OUT
DECOLONIZATION OF NAMIBIA. ON ZIMBABWE, BURMA HOPED ALL
PARTIES WOULD COOPERATE IN FINDING SOLUTION. U HLA PHONE
SUPPORTED UN PARTICIPATION TO EFFECT TRANSITION TO LEGITIMATE
MAJORITY RULE AND INDEPENDENCE, BUT NOTED THERE IS LESS AND
LESS SCOPE FOR MANEUVER.
MIDDLE EAST: U HLA PHONE STRESSED FOLLOWING ELEMENTS FOR
NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT: 1) WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAELI TROOPS FROM
ARAB TERRITORIES OCCUPIED IN 1967; 2) RECOGNITION OF ISRAELI
STATE; 3) END TO STATE OF BELLIGENERENCY; 4) RIGHT OF
PALESTINIANS TO STATE IN PALESTINE; AND 5) PALESTINIAN
PARTICIPATION IN GENEVA CONFERENCE. HE REGRETTED RECENT
ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS ON WEST BANK OF JORDAN.
DISARMAMENT: SSOD SHOULD LOOK AT NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AS FIRST
PRIORITY.
ECONOMIC MATTERS: ESTABLISHMENT OF NIEO IMPERATIVE. PARIS
CONFERENCE CLARIFIED PROBLEMS BUT MADE NO SUBSTANTIVE GAINS
TOWARD ESTABLISHMENT OF NIEO. BURMA ENDORSED VIEW UN IS
PROPER FORUM FOR THESE NEGOTIATIONS. BURMA ALSO SUPPORTED
ENDEAVORS TO RESTRUCTURE UN TO INCREASE ITS EFFICIENCY AND
ENHANCE ITS CAPACITY TO DEAL WITH ECONOMIC AND OTHER MATTERS.
(REPEATED INFO RANGOON)
BHUTAN -- FOREIGN MINISTER TSERING SUPPORTED INDIAN OCEAN ZONE
OF PEACE AND ACCUSED GREAT POWERS OF VIOLATING 1971 UN RE-
SOLUTION IN THIS REGARD. CALLED FOR REMOVAL OF ALL FOREIGN
MILITARY PRESENCE, INCLUDING BASES. TSERING ALSO CALLED FOR
ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF DEVELOPING STATES IN DISARMAMENT AND
DETENTE. HE WELCOMED SSOD. HE ALSO PRAISED US-USSR DECLARATION
REGARDING MIDDLE EAST. TSERING CALLED FOR RIGHT OF FREE ACCESS
TO AND FROM SEA, AND FREEDOM OF TRANSIT FACILITIES, WHICH ARE
VITAL TO ALL LAND-LOCKED COUNTRIES. NOTED, "FORTUNATELY, WE
HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THE GENUINE UNDERSTANDING AND GENEROUS
COOPERATION OF OUR COASTAL NEIGHBOR, INDIA, NOT ONLY IN
EXPANDING OUR TRADE BUT IN MODERNIZING OUR ECONOMY."
--RIGHTS OF REPLY -- ASHTAL (DEMOCRATIC YEMEN) SAID THE OMAN
SULTANATE WAS STILL RUN BY BRITISH OFFICERS, ITS FOREIGN
POLICY WAS RUN BY IRAN, AND THE SULTANATE WAS NOTHING BUT
AN IRANIAN PROTECTORATE. FOREIGN BASES THERE WERE USED FOR
AGGRESSION AGAINST DEMOCRATIC YEMEN AND OTHER ARAB STATES,
AND IRANIAN AIRCRAFT VIOLATED HIS COUNTRY'S AIRSPACE. HE
CATEGORICALLY REJECTED ALL ALLEGATIONS BY THE SULTAN
REGARDING SITUATION IN DEMOCRATIC YEMEN. LIBYAN FOREIGN
SECRETARY TREIKI, ANSWERING THE FALSE CHARGES OF "THE
MINORITY REGIME OF CHAD," CLAIMED THAT THREE-QUARTERS OF
THE TERRITORY OF CHAD WAS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE
LIBERATION FRONT AND LIBYA WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT
SITUATION. LIBYA WAS READY TO START A DIALOGUE AND SIGN AN
AGREEMENT, BUT COULD NOT ACCEPT ALLEGATIONS WHICH AMOUNTED
TO INTEREFERENCE IN ITS INTERNAL AFFAIRS. HE INVITED UNHCR
REPRESENTATIVES TO GO TO LIBYA TO SEE THE MILLION REFUGEES
FROM CHAD. (REPEATED INFO N'DJAMENA)
2. COMMITTEE 1 -- ORGANIZATION OF WORK THE COMMITTEE OCT 7
AGREED ON ORGANIZATION OF ITS WORK. SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION
IS TO BEGIN OCT 17, AFTER CONCLUSION OF GENERAL DEBATE IN
PLENARY, WITH NEW SOVIET ITEM ENTITLED "DEEPENING AND CONSOLI-
DATION OF INTERNATIONAL DETENTE AND PREVENTION OF THE DANGER
OF NUCLEAR WAR." THE COMMITTEE IS THEN SCHEDULED TO CONSIDER
17 DISARMAMENT ITEMS. NEXT CONSIDERATION OF TWO ITEMS ON OUTER
SPACE WILL BEGIN --NAMELY, "INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE
PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE" AND "PREPARATION OF AN INTER-
NATIONAL CONVENTION ON PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE USE BY STATES
OF ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITES FOR DIRECT TELEVISION BROAD-
CASTING." THE COMMITTEE WILL THEN RESUME DEBATE ON THE NEW
SOVIET ITEM AND TAKE UP RELATED ITEMS ON "CONCLUSION OF A
WORLD TREATY ON THE NON-USE OF FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS" AND "IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE
STRENGTHENING OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY."
3. COMMITTEE 2--GENERAL DEBATE BRADFORD MORSE, UNDP ADMINISTRATOR
AND SYG OF THE UN CONFERENCE ON TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION AMONG
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, REPORTED TO THE COMITE OCT. 7 ON
PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONFERENCE SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN
BUENOS AIRES IN 1978. THE COMITE ALSO CONTINUED GENERAL
DEBATE, HEARINGS STATEMENTS BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF TEN
COUNTRIES. PERU SAID THE PARIS CONFERENCE HAD BEEN DESCRIBED
BY POLITICAL COMMENTATORS AS AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE AWAY THE
BARGAINING POWER OF THE THIRD WORLD TO NEGOTIATE OIL PRICES.
THE 32ND GA HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO REACTIVATE NEGOTIATIONS
FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER. JAPAN NOTED THAT
THE NEED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT TF AGRICULTURE MUST BE EMPHASIZED
WHEN THE QUESTION OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY WAS BEING
CONSIDERED. ENERGY, RESOURCES AND TRADE WERE KEY ELEMENTS
FOR STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS.
JAPAN PLANNED TO MORE THAN DOUBLE ITS OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSISTANCE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WHILE ITS TERMS TO
LOWER-INCOME COUNTRIES WOULD BE IMPROVED. HE COULD NOT
AGREE THAT TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
SHOULD BE PROMOTED BECAUSE TRADITIONAL TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION
HAD FAILED TO ACHIEVE ITS OBJECTIVES. ON THE QUESTION OF A
DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC
CO-OPERATION, HE FELT THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THAT POST
WOULD DILUTE THE PREROGATIVES OF THE SYG. COLOMBIA SUGGESTED
CONVENING OF A WORLD CONFERENCE TO STUDY INFLATION. YUGOSLAVIA
SAID THAT THROUGH AN INCREASE OF PRICES OF INDUSTRIAL AND
OTHER PRODUCTS THE BURDEN OF INFLATION IN THE DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES HAD BEEN SHIFTED TO THE DEVELOPING ONES. HE FELT
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE USE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES. IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR THE DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES TO INCORPORATE INTO THEIR NATIONAL ENERGY PROGRAMS
THE QUESTION OF THE USE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY. THE REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE PHILIPPINES SAID THAT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CHANNELED THROUGH THE UN SYSTEM
CONSTITUTED ONLY ABOUT ONE-THIRTIETH OF GLOBAL MILITARY
EXPENDITURES. REFERRING TO THE US PROPOSAL TO REDUCE,
ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS, ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY AS MUCH AS 50
PERCENT, HE SAID THAT IF ENACTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WOULD
BE RELEASED FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. DENMARK
NOTED THERE WAS BROAD AGREEMENT THAT THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE
COMITE'S WORK WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMIC ORDER. HE SUGGESTED THE COMITE GIVE PRIORITY TO
THREE INTERRALATED ISSUES: DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, BASIC
HUMAN NEEDS AND NEGOTIATIONS CONCERNING A NEW INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. HE NOTED STEPS TAKEN BY OPEC COUNTRIES
CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT AID. HE CONCLUDED THAT THE FULL
INTEGRATION OF WOMEN INTO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WAS A
PREREQUISITE FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY. AUSTRALIA, SURINAM, ZAIRE AND FIJI ALSO SPOKE.
COMMITTEE 4---FOREIGN ECONOMIC INTERESTS THE COMITE OCT. 7
CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF ITEM ON FOREIGN ECONOMIC INTERESTS
HEARING STATEMENTS BY PAKISTAN, SUDAN, CHINA, MEXICO,
BYELORUSSIA AND VENEZUELA. RIGHTS OF REPLY WERE EXERCISED BY
UK AND BYELORUSSIA. THE COMITE ALSO APPROVED A PROVISIONAL
TIME-TABLE FOR ITS ORGANIZATION OF WORK (A/C.4/32/2)--THE
QUESTION OF RHODESIA WILL BE CONSIDERED FROM NOV. 9-18.
FURTHER, THE COMITE DECIDED THAT IT SHOULD ALSO TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT CHAPTER II OF THE ECOSOC REPORT DEALING WITH DIS-
CUSSION OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICY,
INCLUDING REGIONAL AND SECTORAL DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH HAS
BEEN ALLOCATED TO COMITE 2 AND 3. ALL SPEAKERS SAID THAT
THE ACTIVITES OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN SOUTHERN
AFRICA WERE AN OBSTACLE TO THE EXERCISE OF SELF-DETERMINATION.
THE REPRESENATIVE OF CHINA SAID SOUTHERN AFRICA HAD BECOME
AN IMPORTANT REGION OF INTENSE SOVIE-US RIVALRY. ONE
SUPERPOWER WAS RESORTING TO VARIOUS MEANS TO PROTECT ITS
VESTED INTERESTS IN THE REGION. THE OTHER DONNED A SOCIALIST
MANTLE, BRANDISHED THE BANNER OF "SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL
LIBERATION MOVEMENTS" AND "TRIED ITS UTMOST" TO INFLITRATE
THIS REGION. CHINA RESOLUTELY SUPPORTED THE ARMED STRUGGLE
AND THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STRUGGLE WAGED BY THE
PEOPLES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION.
THE REPRESENTATIVE OF MEXICO FELT THAT BY IMPOSING
EXPLOITATIVE WAGE LEVELS AND BY DEPLETING NATURAL RESOURCES
TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS WERE VIOLATNG THE RIGHT OF THE
INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS. THE BENEFITS WHICH FOREIGN FIRMS
HAD BROUGHT TO THE TERRITORIES WERE MODEST, IF NOT NULL
AND VOID. HE ASSERTED THAT THE COUNTRIES FROM WHICH
TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS MADE THEIR INVESTMENTS WERE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THEIR COMPANIES. THE
REPORT OF THE COMITE OF 24 WAS AN EXCELLENT GUIDE TO
IDENTIFYING FOREIGN CORPORATIONS INVOLVED. BYELORUSSIA
SAID THE WESTERN COUNTRIES CONTINUED TO EXPLOIT THE
NATURAL RESOURCES OF COLONIAL TERRITORIES, PARTICULARLY
THE UK, US, AND FRG. THE "SO-CALLED INITIATIVE" TAKEN BY
CERTAIN WESTERN POWERS TO ACHIEVE A SETTLEMENT IN RHODESIA
WAS REALLY AIMED AT THE PERPETUATION OF COLONIALIST
DOMINATION. IN NAMIBIA TWO CORPORATIONS CONTROLLED BY THE
UK AND US ABSORBED 90 PERCENT OF THE PROFITS IN THE MINING
INDUSTRY. SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA MUST BE ADOPTED
UNDER CHAPTER 7 OF THE UN CHARTER. IN EXPRESSING RIGHT OF
REPLY THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UK, IN RESPONSE TO BYELORUSSIA,
SAID ANY UK SUBSIDIARIES OPERATING IN RHODESIA WERE UNDER THE
CONTROL OF THE ILLEGAL REGIME. HMG WOULD ASSIST TERRITORIES
TO THE EXTENT THOSE TERRITORIES WISHED AND IN THE ECONOMIC
SECTORS THEY CONSID- ERED APPROPRIATE.
5. COMMITTEE 5--COMPOSITION OF SECRETARIAT INDIA-TRINIDAD/TOBAGO
DRAFT RESOLUTION (A/C.5/32/L.7) WAS CIRCULATED IN THE COMITE
OCT. 7 WHICH WOULD HAVE THE GA URGE THE SYG TO "REDOUBLE HIS
EFFORTS" TO IMPLEMENT THE DIRECTIVES APPROVED BY THE 31ST GA
AIMED AT IMPROVING THE BALANCE OF NATIONALITIES, SEXES AND
AGE GROUPS IN THE SECRETARIAT. THOMAS (TRINIDAD/TOBAGO) SAID
HE WAS NOT FORMALLY INTRODUCING THE DRAFT SO AS TO GIVE TIME
TO CONSULT AND TO "FLESH OUT" THE TEXT WITH FURTHER PROVISIONS.
ECUADOR, NEPAL AND AFTHANISTAN EXPRESSED VIEWS ON COMPOSITION
OF THE SECRETARIAT, ALL CALLING FOR MORE EQUITABLE GEOGRAPHICAL
DISTRIBUTION, AND ASYG GHERAB REPLIED TO QUESTIONS RAISED ON
VARIOUS ASPECTS OF UN PERSONNEL POLICIES. STATEMENTS WERE MADE
ALSO BY ITALY, TURKEY, ZAIRE, YUGOSLAVIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
ITALY COMPLAINED ABOUT THE INCREASE IN THE BUDGET AND THE
HARDSHIP IT WOULD IMPOSE ON MOST STATES; AND CALLED FOR
STREAMLINING THE UN ADMINISTRATIVE APPARATUS, REDEPLOYMENT TO
MEET NEW DEMANDS, ROTATION OF STAFF MEMBERS AMONG JOBS, LIMITING
ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW OFFICES OR UNITS, AND VOLUNTARY CONTRI-
BUTIONS BY MEMBERS TO ELIMINATE UN'S DEFICIT. TURKEY SUGGESTED
THAT THE BUDGET BE IN TWO FORMATS: ONE CONCISE AND INTEGRATED
FOR COMITE 5 AND THE GA, AND THE OTHER DETAILED AND SETTING
OUT ALL PROGRAMS, SUBPROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS,
TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION, CHARTS AND TABLES TO
JUSTIFY REQUESTS. ZAIRE RECALLED GA RESOLUTIONS CALLING FOR
STEPS TO ELIMINATE OBSOLETE AND IN-EFFECTIVE ACTIVITIES, AND
SUGGESTED EFFECTIVENESS OF STAFF MEMBERS MIGHT BE IMPROVED
THROUGH TRAINING PROGRAMS SO THAT THE SERVICES OF OUTSIDE
PERSONNEL WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE SOUGHT. YUGOSLAVIA BELIEVED
EXPANSION OF UN ACTIVITIES WAS UNAVOIDABLE, FAVORED BETTER
PLANNING AND AVOIDANCE OF DUPLICATION, AND SAID REQUESTS
FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF MUST CORRESPOND TO ACTUAL NEEDS.
NEW ZEALAND SAID IT SHOULD BE THE FIRST RESPONSIBILITY
OF THOSE CONCERNED WITH EXECUTING PROGRAMS TO BE CONSTANTLY
ALERT TO WAYS OF MANAGING THEIR PROGRAMS WITH REDUCED
RESOURCES. IT WOULD SUPPORT FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF
APPROACHES OTHER THAN FULL BUDGETING, AND CALLED FOR LESS
COSTLY WAYS OF PROCEEDING WITH PROPOSALS FOR SPECIAL
CONFERENCES AND SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL YEARS.
6. COMMITTEE 6 -- SUCCESSION OF STATES THE COMMITTEE BEGAN
CONSIDERATION OCT 7 OF A RECOMMENDATION ADOPTED BY THE UN
CONFERENCE ON SUCCESSION OF STATES IN RESPECT OF TREATIES
THAT THE GA SHOULD RECONVENE THE CONFERENCE IN VIENNA IN
APRIL 1978, SO AS TO ENABLE IT TO COMPLETE ADOPTION OF A
DRAFT CONVENTION ON THE SUBJECT. VIEWS WERE EXPRESSED BY
20 DELEGATIONS, AND UN LEGAL COUNSEL SUY MADE A STATEMENT.
ALL SPEAKERS WELCOMED AUSTRIA'S INVITATION TO HOLD THE
RECONVENED CONFERENCE IN VIENNA IN 1978, ALTHOUGH VIEWS
VARIED REGARDING THE PROPOSED DATE. SPEAKERS CITED POSSIBLE
CONFLICT WITH OTHER CONFERENCES, IN PARTICULAR THE LOS
CONFERENCE. ROSENSTOCK NOTED THERE WAS NO DISAGREEMENT
ON THE RECOMMENDATION ITSELF, ONLY ON THE DATE. SINCE
THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT EXPRESSED FLEXIBILITY, HE SUGGESTED
AUSTRIA GIVE A LIST OF ALTERNATIVE DATES. USSR SUGGESTED
COMMITTEE 6 COULD COMPLETE WORK ON THE REMAINING ARTICLES
AT THE 33RD GA AND THAT THE CONFERENCE BE HELD FOR ONLY TWO
WEEKS INSTEAD OF FOUR. THE AFTERNOON MEETING WAS CANCELLED
SO THAT INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS COULD TAKE PLACE ON
ALTERNATIVE DATES FOR RECONVENING THE CONFERENCE. CHAIRMAN
ANNOUNCED THAT AGREEMENT HAD BEEN REACHED ON ORDER OF WORK,
AND ONLY CHANGES IN SECRETARIAT-PROPOSED ORDER WOULD BE
INSERTION OF ITEM ON REVIEW OF TREATY-MAKING PROCESS
IMMEDIATELY AFTER ITEM ON ILC REPORT AND THE TRANSPOSITIONING
OF THE ITEMS ON NON-USE OF FORCE AND RESOLUTIONS ON RELATIONS
BETWEEN STATES. (USUN 3627)
7. COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID -- SAM (GHANA), CHAIRMAN OF THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UN RESOLUTIONS AND COLLABORA-
TION WITH SOUTH AFRICA, INTRODUCED IN THE COMMITTEE OCT 7 A
REPORT ON ISRAELI LINKS WITH SOUTH AFRICA. IT INCLUDES SECTIONS
ON MILITARY AND ECONOMIC COLLABORATION AND CULTURAL AND OTHER
RELATIONS. SAM SAID THE SUBCOMMITTEE BELIEVED THE REPORT SHOULD
BE SUBMITTED TO THE GA, TOGETHER WITH A CALL FOR STRONG ACTION
TO BRING THIS MOST DISTURBING COLLABORATION TO AN END. CHAIRMAN
HARRIMAN (NIGERIA) DECLARED THAT ISRAEL IS "THE ONE AND ONLY
COUNTRY WHICH IS DELIBERATELY FLOUTING THE ARMS EMBARGO."
IT WAS DECIDED THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PARTICULARLY ON
NUCLEAR COLLABORATION, SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT AND
THAT IT WILL BE CONSIDERED IN DETAIL AT AN EARLY MEETING.
HARRIMAN NOTED THAT THE EEC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ANNOUNCED
A CODE OF CONDUCT FOR CORPORATIONS WITH BRANCHES OF
AFFILIATES IN SOUTH AFRICA, AND SAID THAT "WHILE WE WELCOME
ANY AMELIORATION OF THE SITUATION OF THE BLACK PEOPLE IN
SOUTH AFRICA, THIS COMMITTEE IS COMMITTED TO CESSATION OF
ECONOMIC COLLABORATION WITH SOUTH AFRICA. THE PRESENT
SITUATION REQUIRES SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA, NOT
MERE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE SYSTEM." SAHNOUN (ALGERIA)
MADE A STATEMENT ON THE LAGOS ANTI-APARTHEID CONFERENCE,
AND DOUKOURE (GUINEA) REPORTED ON HIS PARTICIPATION IN AN
NGO MEETING IN MONTREAL OCT 2. THE COMMITTEE DECIDED, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, TO INCLUDE A MISSION TO CANADA IN ITS 1978
WORK PROGRAM. PRESS REPORTS ON THE DEATH OF BIKO WERE READ
OUT, ONE OF WHICH SUPPORTED EARLIER REPORTS THAT BIKO'S BODY
WAS FOUND TO HAVE "SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE AND EXTENSIVE BRUISING."
8. QUESTION OF CYPRUS -- UN CIRCULATED LETTER (A/32/262)
FROM TURKISH CYPRIOT REP TO GA PRES OBJECTING TO HANDLING
OF ITEM ON "QUESTION OF CYPRUS." (THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS WILL
NOT BE ALLOWED TO ADDRESS PLENARY.) THE TURKISH CYPRIOT
COMMUNITY DISSOCIATES ITSELF FROM GA PROCEED- INGS ON
QUESTION AND STATES ANY RESOLUTIONS ON CYPRUS WHICH GA MAY
ADOPT WILL NOT BE BINDING ON THE TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY.
(USUN 3622)
9. UN MEETINGS OCT 10 -- A.M. - GA PLENARY AND COMMITTEES 2, 3,
4 P.M. - GA PLENARY AND COMMITTEES 2, 3, 5, 6
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