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General Assembly United Nations l03rd imalia sover­ GENERAL PLENARY MEETING 'rench ASSEMBLY Fridav, 17 December 1976, THIRTY-FIRST SESSION . at 11.55a.m. dstlng more Of/ieial Records • NEW YORK 'Ion of itorial CONTENTS 4. The PRESIDENT: We shall consider first the report of Poge the Fifth Committee on agenda item 98/A/31/444J. WC words 1\1!~'ndu item 98: shall now take a declsion on the draft resolution entitled .r, his Pattern of conferences: report of the Committee on "Pattern of conferences" recommended by the Fifth ConI'Ne11 Cl'S Committee in paragraph 8 of its report, The Fifth COIll­ lother Report of the Fifth Commlttce ....•............ 1531 mittce adopted that draft resolution by consensus. May I la and nent I A1!endu item 103: consider that the General Assembly wishes to do likewise'? Report or the lntcrnatlonul (,ivil Service Commission o the Report of the Fifth Committee ) ~liland The draft resolution was adopted(resolution 31/140). ieclflc A~wndu uem 117: One hundred und l'iftleth annlversury ul' the AllIphktyonic S. The PRESIDENT: We turn next to the report of the Conlm'ss of Panama 1532 Fifth Committee on agenda item l03/A/JI/449/. We shall lpia at now take a single decision on draft resolutions A and H President: Mr. Hamilton Shirlcy AMERASINGHE entitled "Report of the International Civil Service Commis­ (Sri Lanka). sion" recommended by thc Fifth Conunlttec in paragraph 46 of its report. A recorded vote has been requested. A recorded vote !Vas taken AGENDA ITEM 98 111 tavoun Afghanistan. Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Patternof conferences: report IJf the Austria. Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Committee on Conferences Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burma. Burundl, Canada. Chad, Chile. Colombia, Congo Costa Rica. ('y prus, Demo­ REPORT OF THE FIFTH ('OMMITTEE (A/31/444) cratic Yemen, Denmark. Domlnicau Republic. Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopla, Fiji. AGENDA (TEM J03 Finland, France. Gabon, Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea. Guinea­ Report of the International Civil Service Commission Blssau, Guyana. Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq. Ireland, Israel. Italy. Ivory Coast, Jamaica. Japan. Jordan, REPORT OF TilE FIFTH COMMITTEE (A/31/449) Kuwait. Lao People's Democratic Republic. Lebanon. Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Republic, Luxembourg, 1. Mr. NASON (Ireland), Rapporteur of the Fifth Corn­ Madagascar, Malawi Malaysia, Mali. Malta. Mauritania, mlttce: I have the honour to introduce on behalf of till' Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, 1\1uzambiqll~. Nepal. Nether­ Fifth"ommittce reportson agenda Items 9H and 103. lands, New Zealand, Niraragua, Niger. Nigeria, Norway. Oman. Pakistan. Panama. Papua New Gulnea, Paraguay. Peru, Philippines. Portugal. Oatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia. 2. The Comnuttec's report on item 9H is in document Senegal, Slerru Leone, Singapore, Somalia. Spain. Sri A/31/444. in paragraph H of which may be found the Lanka, Sudan. Surinam. Swazlland, Sweden Syrian Arab rccommem'atlon to the General Assembly which was Republic, Thailand. Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia. adopted in t~le Committee by consensus. T'lrkcy, l!~'.'A1HJu, United Arab l-mlrates, lInit~d Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. United Republic 1)1' .3. The Committee's report on item 103 may be found in Cameroun, United Republic of Tunzunla, t lnlted State'> III document A/31/449. The Fifth Committee's rccom­ America. Upper Volta, IlntgUily, Venezuela, Yemen, Yupo­ mcndatlon to the Assembly is to be found in paragraph 4() slavia, Zaire. Zambia, of the report. The text contained in this paragraph 4b should he considered asa single draft resolutlun. In order to Aiuinst: Bulguria. Byelorussian Sovitt Su(wlbt Hcpllhli.:. avoid any possible confusion. I should JiJ..c tu point out that Cuha, CIl'c1w"luvakia, (i';llllau J)cllIfll:liItk Republic. Ill' r the draft resolution is set out in two purt», A and B. The gary. Mmwolia, Poland. Rumania. Ilkminilll' SO'Jj(lt second part has two subsections under the Roman numerals Sudalist Republic, t:nhlil ut Snviet ,~,,'i Jk;t 1{"!Hli>livL I and 11. I hope that both these recommendations will receive the approval of the Asscmbly. Ah,Ylaillillg: Beniu. Cllina 1 Pursuant to rule M a] tlU' nues of procedure, it wen Om}t f,v,[lItitlll\ A ulld J1 U'('fl' lIdol.!!' d t. t I1 I tl'ft , /0) dedded not to diwu». the report» (~I the Iiltlt cummitt«: 11, with ..?llh'1f'I1t101h {rt'\,t/ulIl1Il',U/I,1I A am! Ni 1531 AH 'PV HI·, 1532 General Assembly - Thirty-first Seseion - Plenary Meetlnss AGENDA ITEM 117 Ayacucho. By that time, as well, treaties of alliance had been adde been signed between a number of the newly independent COUll tries 0 One hundred and fiftitth anniversary of the States with the aim of maintaining their independence invigora tin AJnphictyonic Congress of Panama against foreign threats and interventions. blend of cu The on representative of 12. The Congress we today commemorate was concep­ 6. PRESiDENT: I call the 17. Politic Wkll tualized in Bolfvar's terms as "a council during periods of Guyana, who ib'tW.:t:e the draft resolution on this gone funda item. great conflicts, to be appealed to in the event of common concerns 0 danger, and to be a faithful interpreter of public treaties the region. 7. Mr. JACKSON (Guyana): One hundred and fifty years when difficulties arise, in brief, to r:lnciliate all our which can ago, on 22 June t 826 there was convened in Panama, at differences",2 At one level, the Congress was seen as an 5 of separate that time a part of Gran Colombia, a Congress which for institution for the peaceful settlement of disputes between for the soli Latin America represented a supremely historic moment in the newly independent States; at another, it was to be an Latin Ame the difficult but onward march of the peoples of the alliance, the goal of which would be the defence of Latin internatioru continent towards freedom, unity and integration. Today, a America against threats to the sovereignty of its States. America, century and a half later, we are gathered here in the General Bolfvar conceived of a Latin American unity based on true nomic Syst Assembly to pay a tribute to the architect and moving spirit equality between States. free of hegemony. The Congress tional adjus of that Congress, Simon Bolivar, the Liberator. a towering would be a living example of the Liberator's undying has also ide figure of South American liberation. Upon me, Mr. Presi­ commitment to the cause of pun-Amerlcanlsm. in seeking dent, has fallen the great honour of speaking on behalf of benefit of • the Latin American group of States as we meet today in 13. It is true that much of what is present-day Central and task of ere. this special commemorative session. South America was represented at the Congress. Yet. we sive to the would be guilty of historical inaccuracy if wc were to assert 8. The motives that inspired the convocation that was the that the Congress, whether in its actual proceedings or in its 18, Today Amphictyonic Congress of Panama sprang neither from an practical results, corresponded entirely to Bolfvar's vision America's idea suddenly embraced nor from a thought casually of continental unity. Nevertheless it was a reflection of the hopes, thos conceived. Rather, they represented the considered re­ genius of the Liberator tlvit, wb!'. promoting Latin peace. whi sponse and the convictions of a man who, early in his American unity, he appre..:. ,f \t complexity of the National Pa political life, perceived a nexus between the struggle for the process. His "Jamaica letter" is a good example of this commcmon independence of Latin America and the unity of its recognition, ' tive activi t peoples. The motives were those of an idealist, a visionary. 14. The historical significance of the Congress of Panama effort the I peoples of 9. It was in 1810, while on a mission in the British capital. lies not so much in what it concretely achieved but in what it portrayed in the form of ideals, principles and goals. cquallty anc London, that Bolivar announced that all the peoples of Venezuela () America would be invited to join Venezuela in a confedera­ These ideals are not limited by time. These principles are tion in the event of a recourse to arms by the Venezuelan not shaped by events. These goals represent what is "This p people to achieve their freedom and independence. This enduring, what is universal. These ideals, these principles, subscrvien belief in the need for Latin American solidarity and these goals have been immortallzed by history, For Bolivar American. co-operation was to be a guiding principle throughout the advocated the virtues of international harmony, intcrna­ prevents t life of the Great Liberator. BoHvar's yearning fur such a tional co-operation and international understandrr g, This denies jus moment is movingly expressed in his famous letter from was the guiding inspiration of the Congress of Panama, It coun tries. Jamaica of 6 September 1815, written at a time when he was neither a meeting designed to maintain the status quo resources was in exile and when the independence struggle was nor one seeking to stem the movement for the liberation of veto. This experiencing S0111e temporary reverses, An inspired 1301 Ivar oppressed peoples. It sought as its primordial objective the the Amph wrote: use by mankind of international institutions as instruments with no for the promotion of amity and the construction of peace. based on a "Would ... that some day wc may have the good This is the true legacy of Bolivar. Its inheritors arc not only fortune to convene, .
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