United Nations 102nd GENERAL PLENARY MEETING ASSEMBLY MOI·;'day, 17 December 1984. at 11 a.m. THlRTY·NINTH SESSION Official Records NEW YORK President: Mr. Paul J. F. LUSAKA (c) Status of multilateral disarmament agreements: (Zambia). report of the Secretary-General; (4) Prohibition of the nuclear neutron weapon:report of the Conference on Disarmament; AGENDA ITEM 3 (e) Cessation of the nuclear-arms race and nuclear disarmament: report of the Conference on Credentials of representatives to the thirty-ninth Disarmament; session of the General Assembly (conclude4):* (f) Prevention of nuclear war: report of the (a) Appointment of the members of the Credentials Conference on Disarmament; Committee; (g) Implementation of the recommendations and (b) Report of the Credentials Committee decisions of the tenth special session: I. The PRESIDENT: I invite members to turn their (i) Report of the Disarmament· Commission; attention to the draft resolution recommended by the Credentials Committee in paragraph 13 of its second report [A/39/574/Add.1]. The Credentials Commit­ (ii) Report of the Conference on Disarmament; tee adopted that draft resolution without a vote. May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to do likewise? The draft resolution was adopted (resolution 39/3 B). AGENDA ITEM 53 Israeli nuclear armament: report of the Secretary-General AGENDA ITEM 55 (I) Advisory Board on Disarmament Studies: Relationship between disarmament and development: report of the Disarmament Commission (i) Work of the Advisory Board: report of the Seeretary-General; AGENDA ITEM 59 (ii) Draft statute of the United Nations Reviewof the implementation of the recommendations Institute for. Disarmament Research and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session: AGENDA ITEM 62 (a) Report of the Disarmament Commission; Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace: report of the Ad Hoc (b) Report of the Conference on Disarmament; Committee on the Indian Ocean -Resumed from the 32nd meeting. 1891 A/39/PV.I02 " 189~·, GttlenI AueiDbly-Tblrty·alatb Sesslon-Pleury Meetings \:~,', ,~ ".1\ ,.,-,' ,,~GENDA ITEM 63 (11) Implementation of the Declaration on the r.:;,."',: . ,""V'::,''':,;>'' Strengthening oUnternational Security: report of the Security Council; .Worldl)iararma.ie~t ,ConfeI'eDce: report of the At/Hoc ' Comniitteeon theWoild Disarmament ConfereDce (6) Implementation of the Declaration on the Preparation of Societies for Life in Peace: report ,AGENDA ITEM6S of the Secretary-General General and complete disarm~~nt: AGENDA ITEM,69 "\\ ~;, Implementation of the collectivesecurity provisions of (G) Study of the quriiion of n~c1ear:-weapon~free the Charter of the United Nations for the ,ZODes in all its aspects: report of the Secretary- maintenance of international peace and security: GeDeral; 'i report of the Ad Hoc' Committee on the ImplemeDtation of the Collective Security Provisions of the Charter ot the United Nations C_,•• ""-"(6) Military research and developmeDt: re;;-l:rt of the Secretary:.GeDeral; . AGENDA ITEM 143 (c) Study OD conventioDal disarmameDt:report of the Secretary-GeDeral; Inadmissibility of the policyof State terrorism a..~ llny actions by States aimed at undermining the socio­ political system in other sovereign States (d) Measures to provide, objective iDformation on military capabilities: report of the Secretary­ 2. Mr. KESSELY (Chad), Rapporteur of the First 'GeDe~, Committee (imerpretation from French): I have the honour to present to the General Assembly the '(e) Prohib~tioD of the development, production, reports of the First Committee on its work under item 66, on Antarctica, and on the questions of stockpiling and,· use of radiological weapoDS: international security, under items 67, 68, 69 and report of the CODfereDce OD Disarmament; 143 oftheagenda. They are contained in documents AJ391156 to 759 and 761. 00, ProhibitioD. of the productioD of fissioDable 3. The First Committee considered the question of material,for WeapoDS purposes: report of the the Antarctic from 28 to 30 November and adopted a ConfereDce onDi~ellt; draft resolution. This is a very complex and sensitive subject because of the interests involved. Neverthe­ less, the general debate on this item demonstrated (g) ','Curbingtl,e Daval arms race: IimitatioD and once again, the peaceful and universal character of " -. reductiOD ,of Daval, UntameDts and exteDsioD of that continent. Delegations which spoke in the cOlifideD~buildiDg measures to seas and oceans: discussion all reaffirmed that Antarctica must be free report of the Secretary-General; from the arms race and from political rivalries. They renounced all claim to ownership and any territorial (6) CODtributioD of the specialized agencies and claims. On the other hand, international co-operation other organizations and prognmmes of the in the area of scientific research, peaceful exploita­ UDitedNatioDssystemto the cause of arms tion of the resources and protection of the environ­ IimitatiOD and disarmameDt ment were stressed by many delegations. 4. The report of the Secretary-General [A/39/583 (Part I) andCorr.I andA/39/583 (Part I1) and Corr.I, AGENDA ITEM 66 vol. 1 to UI]prepared in accordance with General Assembly resolution 38177, was widely appreciated, and this appreciation is expressed in the draft QuestiOD of ADtarCtica: report or the . , Secretary-GeDeral resolution adopted, on this item. 5. I submit to the General Assembly for adoption the recommendation ofthe First Committee found in 'AGENDA ITEM 67 'paragraph·7 of the report [A/391756]. 6. " Regarding the questionsofintemational security, Strengthening of security and .co-operation in the the Committee considered the items under this Mediternnean regioD:report of the Secretary­ heading from 3 to 7 December 1984. The exchange of views occurred in a climate of relative detente, General perhaps because international security had not been spectacularly challenged, this year or because there AGENDA'ITEM 68 has been'a beginningofa softening of the relations between the two major Powers, and perhaps, also through lassitude, because we have come to regard Review of the implementatioD of the Declaration on existing sources of tension as part of our daily lives. the Strengthening of IntematioDal Security: Nevertheless, these points of tension were ,hot ne­ glected. On the contrary, they served as specific examples on which to base denunciations of the lack ".". 102nd meeting-17 December 1984 1893 of international security and a. call for scrupulous I remind members th~u under paragraph 70fdecision respect for the Charter to counter-balance it. 34/401, tbe General Assembly, agreed that: 7. Item 67, entitled "Strengthening of security and "When the.same draft resolution is considered in co-operation in the Mediterranean region~', IS, as a Main Committee and in plenary meeting, a representatives know, of particular importance for delegation.should, as far ,as .possible, explain its the region involved. Its consideration demonstrated vote only once, i.e., either in the.Committee or in that the promotion of peace, security and eo-opera- plenary meeting un,les,stha,t d"elegation's vo,te in tion in the area would also make a significant plenary meeting is different from its vote in the contribution to the peace and security of all nations. Committee." 8. Items 68 and 69, entitled, respectively, "Review I also remind members that, in accordance with and implementation of the Declaration on the decision 34/401, explanations of vote are limited to Strengthening ofInternational Security" and"Imple- 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from mentation ofthe provisions of collective security of their seats. the Charter of the United Nations for the mainte- 14. We now come to the report of the First nance of international peace and security",. gave Committee on agenda item' 53 [A/391743]. The delegations an opportunity to express their' views Assembly will now vote on the draft resolution regarding various aspects of peace and security in all recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 8 parts of the world. of its report. The programme budget implications of 9. Finally item 143,entitled "Inadmissibility ofthe the draft resolution are in document N39/806. policy of State terrorism and any actions by States Separate, recorded, votes have,' been .requested on aimed at undermining the socio-political system in paragraphs 3and 4. We shall vote first on-paragraph other sovereign States", appeared this year for the 3. first time on the General Assembly's agenda, at the A recorded vote was taken. r~que!lt ofthe Soviet Union, and,was allocated to the '., In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Firs! Commlttt:e for. consideration. The underlying Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bhutan, Botswana, J!l0hve for the inclusion ofthis Item ~as~hat, .I~ the Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burun- light of the frequent action to undermine tne regimes di, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Came- of other States, the General Assembly should be loon, Cape Verde, China, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, much firmer m condemning such practices and Czechoslovakia, Democratic Yem.en,Djibouti, should also, as a corollary to this, callupon all States Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, German Democratic Re- to respect and stnct.ly observe ~~e right of peoples public, Greece, Guyana, Hungary" India, Indonesia, freely to choose their socio-political,system and to Iran (Islamic Republic 00,''Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, pursue their