United Nations 90th GENERAL PLENARY MEETING ASSEMBLY Friday, 3 December 1982, THIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION at 11./0 a.m.

Official Records NEW YORK

President: Mr. Imre HOLLAI (). AGENDA ITEM 78

World social situation: reports of the Secretary-General AGENDA ITEM 75 AGENDA ITEM 91 Adverse consequences for the enjoyment ofbuman rights of political, military, economic and forms of Decade for Women: Equality, Develop- assistance given to colonial and racist regimes 2.11 south- ment and Peace: ern Africa (a) Implementation 6f the Programme of Action for the Second Half of the United Nations Decade for AGENDA ITEM 76 Women: report of the Secretary-General; (b) Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for of the Programme for the Incade for Women: report of the Secretary-General; Action to Combat Racism and Racial Di§crimination: (c) Draft Declaration on the Participation of Women in report of the Sec!'etary-General the Struggle for the Strengthening of International Peace and for the Solution of Other Vital National AGENDA ITEM 19 and International Problems: report ofthe Secretary- General of the universal of the (jght of peoples to self-deiermination and of the speedy AGENDA ITEM 92 granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of Status of the Conventinn on the Elimination of All buman rights: report of the Secretary-General Forms of Discrimination against Women: report of the Secret&ry-G-eneral AGENDA ITEM 80 1. Mr. BORCHARD Republic ofGermany), Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination: Rapporteur ofthe Third Committee: I have. the honour (a) Report ofthe Committee on the Elimination ofRacial to introduce the reports of the Thirtl Committee on Discrimination; agenda items 75, 76, 79, 80, 77,81,82 and 83, 89, 78, (b) Status of the International Convention on the 91 and 92, contained in documents A/31/579, A/37/595, Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: A/37/580, A/37/581, A/37/629, A/37/630, 1\/37/631, report ot' the Secretary-General; A/37/632, A/37/640, A/37/676 and A/37/677, respec- (c) Status of the international Conve1Jtion on the tively. Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of 2. In paragraph 9 of its report on agenda item 75 Apartheid: report of the Secretary-General [A/37/579], the Committee recommends to the General Assembly the adoption of a draft resolution which it AGENDA ITEM 77 adopted by 113 votes to 10, with 15 abstentions. International YoutH Year: Participation, Development, 3. In paragraph 13 of its report on agenda item 76 Peace: report of the Secretary-General [A/37/595] , the Committee recommends to the As- sembly the adoption of two draft resolutions. Draft AGENDA ITEM 81 resolution I was adopted by 113 votes to 19, with '. 5 abstentions, and draft resolution Ilby 124 votes to 2. Policie§ and programmes relating to youth: report of the Secretary-General 4. In paragraph 9 of its report on agenda item 79 [A/37/580] , the Committee recommends to the As- AGENDA ITEMS 82 AND 83 sembly the adoption of two draft resolutions. Draft resolution I was adopted without a vote, and draft Question of the and the aged: reports of the resolution 11 was adopted by 110 votes to 17, with Secretary-General 7 abstentions. 5. In paragraph 18 of its report on agenda item 80 World Assembly on Aging [A/37/581], the Committee recommends to the Assem- bly the adoption of four draft resolutions. Draft AGENDA ITEM 89 resolutions I and 11 were adopted without a vote; resolution III was adopted by a recorded vote of World Programme of Action concerning Disabled 123 to 2, with 13 abstentions, and draft resolution IV Persons: report of the Secretary-General by a recordedl vote of 112 to 1, with 22 abstentions.

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1490 General Assembly-Thlrty..seventh Session-Plenary Meetings o. In paragraph 17 of its report on agenda item 77 fundamental human rights which are infringed by [A/37/629], the Committee recommends to the Assem- discrimination against human beings for any reason. bly the adoption oftwo draft resolutions. Draft resolu- 18. However, we wish to place on record our reserva- tion I was adopted by a recorded vote of 133 to I, tions to those paragraphs in which reference is made and draft resolution 11 was adopted without a vote. specifically to certain States, since that detracts from 7. In paragraph 7 of its report on agenda item 81 the objectivity of the draft resolution. [A/37/630], the Committee recommends to the Assem- 19. The PRESIDENT: The Assembly will now bly the adoption ofa draft resolution which it adopted proceed to take a decision on the draft resolution without a vote. recommended by the Third Comm;ttee in paragraph 9 8. In paragraph II of its report on agenda items 82 of its report on item 75 [A/37/579]. A recorded vote and 83 [A/37/631], the Committee recommends to the has been requested. Assembly the adoption of a draft resolution which A recorded ,'ote WllS takell. it adopted by a recorded vote of 12! to I, with 7 ab- stentions. In fin'olll': Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, 9. In paragraph 14 of its report on agenda item 89 Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, [A/37/632], the Committee recommends to the As- Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian sembly the adoption of two draft resolutions which it Soviet Socialist Republic, Cape Verde, Central African adopted without a vote. Republic, Chad, Chile, China, CoJomt,ia, Comoros, 10. In paragraph 12 of its report on agenda item 78 Costa Rica, Cuba, , Czechoslovakia, Demo- [A/37/640] , the Committee recommends to the As- cratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, sembly the adoption of two draft resolutions which it Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, adopted without a vote. Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, German 11. In paragraph 31 of its report on agenda item 91 Democrat.ic Republic, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, [A/37;676] , the Committee recommends to the As- Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indo- sembly the adoption of eight draft resolutions which nesia, Iran (Islamic Republic 00, Iraq, Jamaica, it adopted without a Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab 12. In paragraph 8 of its report on agenda item 92 Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, [A/37/677] , the Committee recommends to the As- Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, sembly the adoption of a draft resolution which it Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, adopted without a vote. Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New 13. I commend the recommendations of the Third Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Committee to the General Assembly. Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Prin- cipe, Saudi, Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singa- Pill'Slll",t to rllle 66 of the rllles of procedure, it pore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, was decided not to disC:llss the reports of the Third Surimime, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Committee. Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, 14. The PRESIDENT: Statements will be limited to Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet explanations of vote. The positions of delegations Socialist Republics, United Arab llnited regarding the various of the Third Republic of Tanzania, Upper Volta, Uruguay, Va- Committee have been made clear in the Committee nuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, and are reflected in the relevant summary records. Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. I would remind members that., in paragraph 7 of its Against: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, decision 34/401, the General Assembly decided Federal Republic of, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Neth- when the same draft resolution is considered in a Main erlands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and North- Committee and in plenary meeting, a delegation should, ern Ireland, United States of America. as far as possible, explain its vote only once, i.e., Abstaining: Australia, Austria, Denmark, Finland, either in the Committee or in plenary meeting, unless , Iceland, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Japan, New that delegation's vote in plenary meeting is, different Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden. from its vote in the Committee. I also remind mem- bers that, in accordance with decision 34/401, explana- The draft resolution was adopted by 121 to 10, tions of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be with /4 abstentions (resolution 37/39). I made by delegations from their seats. 20. The PRESIDENT: The Assembly will now con- sider the report of the Third Committee on agenda 15. We shall first take up the report of the Third item 76 [A/37/595]. ' Committee on agenda item 75 [A/37/579]. 21. I call oil the representative of the Dominican 16. I ca,1I on the representative of the Dominican Republic, who wishes to explain her vote before the Republic, who wishes to explain he' vote before the voting. voting. 22. Mrs. TAVARES de ALVAREZ (Dominican 17. Mrs. TAVARES de ALVAREZ (Dominican Republic) (intelpretation from Spanish): My delega- Republic)(intelpretationfrom Spanish}:.,My delegation tion will vote in favour of draft resolution I, on the wm vote in favour of this draft resolution because implementation of the Programme for the Decade for we have always condemned arid deplored the situa- Action to Combat. Racism and Racial Discrimination, tion prevailing in southern Africa relating to the prac- because we have a'ways deplored and condemned the tice of apartheid, which is a ijagran(i violation of practice apartheid and racjal discrimination. . 90th meeting-3 December 1982 1491 23. However, we wish to put it on record that we do 26. The PRESIDENT: It is my understanding that not share the opinions expressed in some of the para- with the decision just taken the Assembly has also graphs of the draft resolution, in particular those disposed of operative paragraph 4 of the draft resolu- which single out certain countries and others which, tion recommended by the Third Committee. May like operative paragraph 3, condone armed struggle, I take it that the General Assembly wishes to agree to which in our view is a violation of the purposes and the consequential changes in the draft resolution? principles of the Charter of the United Nations. 27. I call on the representative ofGhana who wishes 24. The PRESIDENT: I shall now put to the vote to speak on a point of order. draft resolution I, contained in paragraph 13 of the 28. Mr. ASANTE (Ghana): I should like to point out report of the Third Committee [A/37/595]. A recorded that in the light of the decision we have just taken vote has been requested. on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee in A recorded vote was taken. paragraph 11 of its report [A/37/685] it will be neces- sary to amend· parts of draft resolution 11, which In favour: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and we are now considering, in the report of the Third Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Committee [A/37/595]. The amendments are.neces&ary Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, in order to reflect the direction ofthe recommenda\tion Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet of the Fifth Committee. I shall therefore proceed to Socialist Republic, Cape Verde, Central African amend operative paragraphs 2 and 3 of draft resolu- Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, tion 11. Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Demo- 29. First, in operative paragraph 2, delete the words cratic Democratic Djibouti, "Accepts the offer of the Government of the Philip- Dominican RepubHc, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, pines" and replace them by the words "Expresses its Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, German appreciation to the Government of the Philippines for Democratic Republic, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, its offer". The revised version of operative para- Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indo- graph 2 will then read: nesia, Iran (Islamic Republic ot), Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Demo- "Expresses its appreciation to the Government of the Philippines for its offer to act as host to the ) cratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Madagascar, Malaysia, Second World Conference to Combat Racism and Mali.} Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mon- Racial Discrimination;". golia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Secondly, in operative paragraph 3, we suggest the 1/ Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua deletion of the word "Manila" and its replacement New Guinea, Peru, Phiiippines, Poland, Qatar, Roma- by the word "Geneva". So operative paragraph 3 nia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and will now read: Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sin- ,- "Decides to convene the Conference atGeneva from I, gapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, 1 to 12 August 1983;". ., Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, 30. These are the revisions that we would suggest :t Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet in operative paragraphs 2 and 3 of draft resolution 11. d Socialist Republics, United Arab Emirates, United The delegation of Ghana has no wish to delay the ,- Republic of Tanzania, Upper Volta, Uruguay, Va- proceedings of the General Assembly by a long

I, nuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, explanation. It is sufficient to say that the revisions Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. we have suggested are a direct result of the decision , ofthe Fifth Committee which the Assembly has already , Against:· Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, adopted. We therefore commend tlie suggested 1- Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Federal Repub- changes to the Assembly. 1- lic of, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, United 31. The PRESIDENT: I call on the representative I, Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of Canada on a point of order. United States of America. N 32. Mr. PEDERSEN (Canada): I believe that for the Abstaining: Greece, Japan, Paraguay, Portugal, sake ofconsistency operative paragraph 4 would have Spain. to be deleted. Draft resolution I was adopted by 122 votes to 19, 33. The PRESIDENT: I call on the representative 1- with 5 abstentions (resolution 37/40).1 of Ghana on a point of order. la 25. The PRESIDENT: We now come to draft resolu- 34. Mr. ASANTE (Ghana): That is correct. I was tion 11, which relates to the Second World Conference going to make the same point but I thought that as a .n to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. In this result ofthe decision taken to accept the recommenda- le connection, the Assembly has before it a draft decision tion of the Fifth Committee the consequential change recommended by the Fifth Committee in paragraph 11 in operative paragraph 4 no longer stood, and to save tn of its report [A/37/685], which deals exclusively with time I did not mention it. ;l- the administrative and financial aspects of the Con- 35. The PRESIDENT: It is my understanding that Ie ference. The Fifth Committee adopted the draft deci- sion without objection. May I take it that the General with these amendments and adjustments there will be Jr no need to take a vote on draft resolution 11 recom- 11, Assembly wishes to do the same? mended by the Third Committee in its report on le The draft decision was adopted (decision 37/422). item 76 [A/37/595]. May I take it that it is the wish 1492 General Assembly-Thirty-seventh Session-Plenary Meetings of the Assembly to adopt draft resolution 11, as orally lic ot), Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, without a vote? Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Draft resolution Il, as orally amended, was adopted Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, (resolution 37/41). Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauri- tius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, 36. The PRESIDENT: I shall now call on represen- Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, tative§ who wish to explain their position. Panama,Papua New Guinea, Peru, PhiHppines, 37. Mr. BEIN (Israel): My delegation did not ask for Poland, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, a vote on the draft resolution on the Second World Con- Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, ference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Had there been a vote, my delegation would have voted Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab against it, for the reasons stated during the debate Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, on this item in the Third Committee. Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United 38. Mr. GERSHMAN (United States of America): Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Upper Since our position has been different from that in the Volta, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Third Committee, I should like to explain the reason for Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. this. As we explained in the Committee, the United States generally does not participate in votes related Against: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, to the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Finland, France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Discrimination owing to the adoption by the General Iceland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Assembly in 1975 of resolution 3379 (XXX), which New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, United of labelled zionism a form of racism. We decided to Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of participate in the vote in the Third Committee be- America. cause of the financial implications of operative para- Abstaining: Austria, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Por- graph 4 of draft resolution H. With the removal of tugal, Spain. this paragraph, our policy of non-participation is once again established. In addition, also with regard Draft resolution JJ was adopted by 120 votes to to draft resolution 11, despite the favourable action 17, with 6 abstentions (resolution 37/43).1 on report in the Fifth Committee, my delegation 42. The PRESIDENT: The Assembly will now turn wants to stress our complete disagreement with those to the report ofthe Third Committee on agenda item 80 additional costs in the regular budget which this reso- [A/37/581] and take a decision on the four draft resolu- lution entails. We especially oppose the use of United tions recommended in paragraph 18 of that report. Nations funds for travel for groups labelled "national 43. Draft resolution I is entitled "Report of the liberation movements". Committee on the.Elimination of Racial Discrimi- 39. The PRESIDENT: The General Assembly will nation: general recommendation VI". The Third Com- now turn to the report of the Third Committee on mittee adopted draft resolution I without a vote. May agenda item 79 [A/37/580] and take a decision on the I take it that the General Assembly wishes to do the two draft resolutions recommended in paragraph 9 of same? that report. Draft resolution I was adopted (resolution 37/44). 40. Draft resolution I is entitled "Universal realiza- 44. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution Ii is entitled tion of the right of peoples to "Status of the International Convention on the Elimi- It was adopted without a vote in the Third Committee. nation of All Forms of Racial Discrimination". The May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to do Third Committee adopted draft resolution 11 without the same? a vote. May I take it that the General Assembly Draft resolution I was adopted (resolution 37/42). wishes to do the same? 41. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution II is entitled Draft resolution 11 was adopted (resolution 37/45). "Importance ofthe universal realization ofthe right of 45. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution III is entitled peoples to self-determination and of the speedy "Report of the Committee on the Elimination of granting of independence to colonial countries and Racial Discrimination"'. A recorded vote has been peoples for the effective guarantee and observance requested. ofhuman rights". A recorded vote has been requested. A recorded vote was taken. A recorded vote was taken. III favour: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and In favour: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Social- Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Social- ist Republic, Cape Verile, Central African Republic, ist Republic, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Demo- Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampu- cratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, chea, Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Dominican Repub- Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, lic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Gabon, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, German Democratic Republic, German Democratic Republic, Ghana, Greece, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hun- Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Repub- gary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Repub- 90th meeting-3 December 1982 1493 nya, Iic of), Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica', Japan, »tho, Abstaining: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People"s Democr:atic icar, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Federal Repub- Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab lic of, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxem- auri- Jamah.riya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, que, bourg, Malawi, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,Mongolia, itan, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Morocco,. Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, Nic- Britain and Northern Ireland. lnes, aragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, noa, Draft resolution IV was adopted by 124 vo!.es to I, fapmi New Guinea, Peru, Phiiippines, Poland, Por- egal, with 22 abstentions (resolutio/1 37/47).3 tugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, :alia, 47. The PRESIDENT: The Assembly will now turn Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, to the report of the Third Committee on agenda ago, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, item 77 [A/37/629] and take a decision on the two draft ialist Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and resolutions contained in paragraph 17 of that report. tited Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet pper 48. Draft resolution I is entitled "International Youth Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet SoCialist Repub- lam, Year: Participation, Development, Peace". The report lics, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Cam- of the Fifth Committee on the administrative and eroon, United Republic of Tanzania, Upper Volta, financial implications of this draft resolution is con- lark, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, tained in document A/37/688. May I take it that the of, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. General Assembly wishes to adopt draft'resolution I .nds, without a vote? mof Against: Israel, United States of America. of Abstaining: Australia, Austria,2 Belgium, BeUze,2 Draft resolution I was adopted (resolution 37/48). Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Federal Repub- 49. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution 11, entitled Por- lic of, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malawi, New Zealand, ..Efforts and measures for securing the implementa- Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain tion and the enjoyment by youth of human rights, and Northern Ireland. particularly the right to education and to work", was s to Draff resolution JIJ was adopted by /31 votes to 2, adopted by the Third Committee without a vote. with is abstentions (resolution 37/46).2 May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same? turn Draft resolution JJ was adopted (resolution 37/49). rn 80 46. The fRESIDENT: Draft reJolution IV is entitled mlu- ..Status of the International Conventicil on the Sur> 50. The PRESIDENT: We shall now consider the t. pression and Punighment of the Crime ofApartheid" . report of the Third Committee Oil agenda item 81 A recorded vote has been requested. [A/37/630] . . I put before the Assembly the draft the resolution recommended in paragraph 7 of that report. 'imi- A recorded vote was taken. The draft resolution, entitled "Channels of com- :om- munication between the United Nations and -youth and May In favour: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, youth org:mizations", was adopted by the Third I the Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Committee without a" vote. May r take it that the Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet General Assembly wishes to do the same? 4). Socialist Republic, Cape Verde, Central African The draft resolution was adopted (resolution 37/50). itled Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, 51. The PRESIDENT: The will now con- limi- Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, sider the report of the Third Committee on agenda The Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Dj i- items 82 and 83 [A/37/631] and proceed to vote on hout bouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El the draft resolution contained in paragraph 11 of that nbly Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, report. The report of the Fifth Committee on the German Democratic Republic, Ghana, administrative and financial implications of the draft Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, 15). resolution is to be found in document A/37/688. India, Indonesia,' Iran Republic of), Iraq, A recorded vote has been requested. itled Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao 1 of People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, A recorded vote was taken. )een Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauri- In fill-'ollr: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and . tius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, B&rbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, and Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, _ Poland, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Burma, Burundi, Soviet Socialist Repub- lic, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, azil, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, cial- Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Demo- blic, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab rlgo, Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, cratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El :mo- Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, >uti, Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United dor, Arab Emirates, United Republic of France, Gabon, German Democratic Republic, )on, Republic of Tanzania, Upper Volta, Uruglmy, v'a- Germany, Eederal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Gre- nada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hon- ece, nuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, duras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran (Isla- lun- Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. )ub- mic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Against: United States of America. Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao ·.

1494 General Assembly-Thirty-seventh Session--Plenary Meetings People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Decade ofDisabled Persons,-are marvellous testimony Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, to its humanitarian concern. Malawi, Maldives,Mali, Malta, Mauritania, 58. As a disabled person' myself, I am well aware Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, that the General Assembly's continuing commitment r\epal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, is raising the world's consciousness in the area of Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua disability. Representatives may not fully appreciate it, New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, but people at the grassroot& level truly do benefit Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, from their actions. The best testimony to this effec- Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, tiveness that I can cite is a statement my organ- Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, ization, the National Office on Disability, received Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, from one of our more than 1,000 community liaisons, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trin- Ms. Lee McCoy, of Mobile, AI.abama, who wrote: idad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet SQcialist '"As Chairman of the Mobile, Alabama, program, Republics, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom I request that as you structure your national com- ofGreat Britain and Northern Ireland, United Repub- munity program, you think of the United Nations lic ofCameroon, United Republic ofTanzania, United Decade of .Disabled Persons as the frontispiece. States of America, Upper Volta, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Local communities need world-wide structures to Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, hang their local program on effectively. 'Geneva Zambia, Zimbabwe. -United Nations program-Secretariat-Assem- bly' work magic on the local level. With an interna- Against: None. tional scope, working members gain in stature. The Abstaining: None. higher the source, the greater the local response. The draft resolution was adopted by /49 votes to With this international base and your national plan, none (resolution 37/5/).4 we have a total package to take to the community." 59. In the United States, as in several other nations, 52. The PRESIDENT: The Assembly will now con- 1982 was proclaimed the National Year of Disabled sider the report of the Third Committee on agenda Persons to continue the momentum of the Interna- item 89 [AI371632] and take a decision on the two tional Year. President Reagan and the United States draft resolutions recommended in paragraph 14 ofthat Congress issued proclamations to help maintain the report. public focus on disability issues and to secure sup- 53. Draft resolution I is entitled "World Programme port for the programmes of organizations committed of Action concerning Disabled Persons". The report to improving the lives of disabled Americans. of the Fifth Committee on the administrative and Governors, mayors and county officials throughout financial implications of this draft resolution appears the country have provided leadership for voluntary in document A/37/688. Draft resolution I was adopted self-help initiatives in their respective States and by the Third Committee without a vote. May I consider communities. that the General Assembly wishes to do likewise? 60. Most important ofall, thousands ofcitizens, both Draft resolution J was adopted (resolution 37/52). disabled and non-disabled, have joined in a ship effort to continue what was started during the 54. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution 11, entitled Year. A new era of economic resfraint and budget "Implementation of the Wor.ld Programme of Action reductions has made those local private initiatives concerning Disabled Persons", was also adopted by growing out of the International Year more important the Third Committee without a vote. May'I take it than ever. that the General Assembly wishes to do the same? 61. An outgrowth of the Year in the United States Drl'Jt resolution JI was adopted (resolution 37153). was the formation ofthe National Office on Disability, 55. The PRESIDENT: I call on the representative a permanent, private, non-governmental organization. of the United States to explain his delegation's Its purpose is to continue the momentum of the Year position on the draft resalutions. and it is buHding on thp. 'solid progress achieved during the International Yea'r, supporting community-level 56. Mr. REICH (United States of America): Thanks actionofandfor 35 million Americans with disabilities. to the General Assembly, fully half a billion disabled people ofthe world can now look forward to a brighter 62. The continuing world-wide response to the chal- future. By proclaiming 1981 International Year of lenge of the Year has been significant. More than Disabled Persons, the United Nations aroused the 130 nations formed national commissions. The sec- hopes and aspirations of this significant segment of retariat for the International Year ofDisabled Persons, humanity. The continuing vision and leadership of the at Vienna, under the able direction of Assistant Sec- Member States, the Secretary-General, the agencies of retary-General Mrs. Leticia Shahani, is spearheading the United Nations system and the Secretariat, in efforts to continue that momentum and has estab- the Centre for Social Development and lished the United Nations Trust Fund for the Inter- Humanitarian Affairs, will have a radiating impact national Year of Disabled Persons. It offers great reaching people everywhere. potential, especially for disabled persons in the developing world. An international organization made 57. The resolutions that the General Assembly has up entirely of disabled members, Disabled Persons adopted today on the World Programme of Action International, has had its first meeting in Singapore. concerning Disabled Persons and its implementation, It serves as a conscience for the disabled throughout including the proclamation of the United Nations the world. 90th December 1982 . 1495 ,timony 63. The World Programme of Action, which the champion ofthe disabled. We need the United Nations Assembly has adopted today, is the culmination of as partners. We need its vision and its leadership. three years of careful work. It offers great promise We need continuing concern, compassion andcom- aware for all mankind, disabled and non-disabled alike. mitment. litment lrea of 64. We are also excited about the United Nations 70. The United Nations is giving us opportunity ;iate it, Decade of Disabled Persons. Support in the United and inspiring hope. Let us keep up the momentum. benefit States for the Decade has been overwhelming. It will, Together we can make our planet more livable in. i effec- indeed, help stimulate interest and awaken concern. 71. The PRESIDENT: The Assembly wm now con- organ- It provides the necessary framework for national sider the report of the Third Committee on agenda action. item 78 [A/37/640]. aisons, 65. But we would not be doingjustice to the initiative 72. I call on the representative ofItaly, who wishes to 'ote: and leadership of the United Nations if we did not propose an amendment to draft resolution I, in para- ogram, also recognize another important contribution of the graph 12 of the report. II com- Organization's work. By focusing world-wide atten- 73. Mr. ZUCCONI (Jtaly): I should like to propose Jations tion on disabled people, the United Nations has opened a small amendment to draft resolution I. The amend- spiece. an important area of. transnational communication ment is to add, in operative paragraph the phrase Jres to across political boundaries 'on common problems 7, "crime prevention, " after the phrase "housing facili- Jeneva affecting all peoples. That communication will con- ties,". The reason for the propo.sal is to complete the \ssem- tinue. It will further international co-operation and Ilterna- improve the climate for resolving other differences enumeration of the various social activities for which 'e. The peacefully. Interactions among nations in the area of Member States are called upon to promote policies ,ponse. disability and the world-wide exchanges ofinformation of implementation. It plan, and people will contribute to that climate of peace and 74. The PRESIDENT: I shall now read out operative mity." co-operation. I am reminded of the words inscribed paragraph 7 of draft resolution I with the amendment at the entrance to the United Nations: "Since wars proposed by the representative of Italy: ations, begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men isabled that the defences of peace must be constructed". "Calls upon all Member States to promote Ilterna- The United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons is an economic growth and social progress by the formula- States idea born in the minds of men which is helping to tion and implementation of an interrelated set of lin the build the h,'man foundations for the structure ofpeace. policy measures .. to achieve their goals and objec- 'e sup- th'es, within the'framework ofnational priorities and Imitted 66. These two results of the Assembly's actions interests, in the fields of employment, education, ricans. -new commitment to improving the human condition health, nutrition, housing facilities, crime preven- ughout and opening a new era of transnational communka- tion, the well-being of children, equal opportunities [untary tion-are inspirational testimony to the moral force for the disabled and the aged, full participation of and of the United Nations. The voluntary response youth in the development process and the full throughout the world to the challenge of the United integration and participation ot: women in devel- Nations demonstrates the Organization's tremendous opment;". s, both capacity to stimulate purposeful action and commit- artner- ment. With limited funds, the United Nations has 75. Mrs. CASTRO de BARISH (Costa Rica) (inter- ng the fostered programmes with far-reaching implications for pretation from Spanish): My delegation wishes to budget peoples in all countries. thank the delegation ofItaly for proposing the insertion :iatives of the words "crime prevention;' in operative para- )ortant 67. The success ofthe International Year of Disabled graph 7 of draft resolution I, o'n the world social Persons is not in what was done, but in what was situation, recommended by the Third Committee in its started. By focusing attention over the long term on report [A/37/640]. We believe that it is very neces- States the serious problems of disability, as the United sary to encourage and strengthen United Nations :lbility, Nations has done today, the Organization has created social activities in favour of crime prevention and the zation. the opportunity-'but the opportunity must be seized. treatment of delinquents. Since Costa Rica is the host e Year That is a challenge to us all. country ofthe Latin American Institute for the Preven- during tion of Crime, we think the insertion of those words is y-level 68. And let us no longer question the value of focal very important. ilities. year and decade observances. They demonstrate that the United Nations can, through those ob- i6. Mr. O'DONOVAN (Ireland): I think that the e chal- servances, unleash tremendous human and organiza- representatives of Italy and Costa Rica have raised a e than tional potential. As we look ahead to another signal valid point. The area of crime prevention and the le sec- year-the bimillennium in the year 2000-the con- treatment of offenders is one of the social concerns :rsons, tinuing response which the United Nations has aroused of the United Nations and it would be useful ifit could It Sec- will be a beacon of hope. The bimillennium will be agreed by the Assembly without objection to insert eading inspire the setting and pursuit of high goals for this category also in the list in operative paragraph 7 estab- improving the human condition for all mankind. ofthe draft resolution underconsideration, as proposed Inter- by the representative of Italy. I would just recall , great 69. I urge representatives of Member States and the world community to intensify their efforts to improve that crime prevention is one of the areas covered [n the in the Declaration on Social Progress and Develop- I made the lives of the half a billion people with disabilities. They can lead major disability-prevention efforts ment. I would hope there could be no objection to ersons this proposal, which seems to us to be a useful one. :apore. having enormous humanitarian and economic implica- lIghout tions. By challenging the world and by taking on that 77. Mr. AKHTAR (Bangladesh): The delegation of responsibility, the United Nations has become the Bangladesh had the pleasure of introducing this draft ------'-''------1496 General ASSfmbly-Thirty-scventh Session-Plenary Meetings resolution on behalf of the Group of 77 in the Third 85. Mrs. KI KIM TINE (Democratic Kampuchea) Committee. We fully appreciate the suggestion of the (intelpretation from French): My will join delegation of Italy that crime prevention should. be in the consensus on draft resolution VIII but would referred to in operative paragraph 7 of draft resolu- like to draw the attention of the General Assembly tion I. My delegation fully endorses and approves that to the eighth and eleventh· preambular paragraphs proposal and I believe that the other members of the and articles 4 and 9 of the annex, which are in com- Group. of 77 would have no objection to it. plete contradiction with the actions and. policy of a 78. The PRESIDENT: I call on the representative State which claims to be a sponsor of the draft resolu- of Albania, who wishes to explain his delegation's tion. It must be clear to everyone that my country, position before decisions are taken on draft resolu- having itself been the victim of foreign aggression tions I and 11 recommended by the Third Committee and occupation, welcomes the draft resolution more in its report [A/37/640]. warmly than any other. The present state of affairs in • Kampuchea shows clearly that those that are daily 79. Mr. JANKU (Albania): My delegation would like violating the hl1 man rights of the people of Kampu- to explain its position on draft resolution 11,. which is chea, in particll1lar their right to self-determination, entitled "Popular participation in its various forms as are the Vietnamese aggressors. My delegation there- an important factor in the development and in the fore believes it necessary to enter very strong reserva- realization of human rights". Our delegation does not tions about the inclusion of Viet Nam as a sponsor of, intend to enter into a detailed analysis of the prob- this draft resolution. lems which this draft lesolution deals with; it wishes only to put on record that it has its own on 86. Mr. NGUYEN LUONG Nam) (intelpreta- them. Among other things, the draft resolution tion from French): The delegation of Viet Nam does mentions, in its fifth preambular paragraph, "workers' not wish at this stage to respond to political provoca- self-management" as "an important factor of socio- tion. Our position with regard to the question of economic In operative paragraph 1 it Kampuchea has been clr.arly explained in many refers to the International Seminar on Popular Partici- debates. I reject all the iII-intentioned aIlegations in pation, held at LjubIjana, Yugoslavia, from 17 to the statement which has just been made. 25 May 1981 and "takes note with appreciation of the 87. The PRESIDENT: The General Assembly will report" of that Seminar. It is known that that report, now take decisions on the eight draft resolutions among other things, elaborates on self-management. recommended by the Third Committee in paragraph 31 The People's Socialist Republic ofAlbania has its own of its report [A/37/676]. views on social so-called workers' self-management 88. Draft resolution I is entitled "International and its effects. Those views are well known and Research and Training for the Advance- we do not need to enter into detail. For those reasons, ment of Women". The Third Committee adopted that the Albanian delegation will not join in the consensus draft resolution without a vote. May I take it that the on draft resolution 11 if it is adopted by consensus, General Assembiy wishes to do the same? as was the case in the Third Committee. Draft. resolution I was adopted (resolution 37/56). 80. The PRE'1IDENT: I now invite the Assembly to turn its attention to the two draft resolutions recom- 89. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution 11 is entitled mended by the Third Committee in paragraph 12 of "Integration of women in development". The Third its report [A/37/640]. Committee adopted that draft resolution without a vote. May I take it that the General Assembly wishes 81. Draft resolution I, entitled "World social situa- to do the same? tion", was adopted in the Committee without a vote. It is my understanding that, with the addition of the Draft resolution 11 was adopted (resolution 37/57). words "crime prevention;' in operative paragraph 7, 90. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution III is entitled there is no objection to the adoption of the draft "United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, resolution. I take it that the General Assembly adopts Development and Peace". The Third Committee the draftresolution, as orally amended, without a vote? adopted it without a vote. May I consider that the Draft resolution I. as orally amended. was adopted Generai Assembly to do the same? (resolution 37/54). Draft resolution III WilS adopted (resolution 37/58). . 82. The PRESIDENT: We come now to draft reso- 91. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution IV is entitled lution 11, entitled "Popular participation in its various "Improvement of the situation of women in rural forms as an important factor in the development and areas". The Third Committee adopted it without a in the realization of human rights". The draft resolu- vote. May I take it that it is the wish of the Assembly tion was adopted in the Committee without a vote. to do the same? May I take it that the Assembly also adopts the Draft resolution IV was adopted (resolution 37/59). draft resolution without a vote? 92. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution V is entitled Draft resolution. 11 was adopted_.(resolution 37/55). "Preparations for the World Conference Review and 83. The PRESIDENT: We shall now consider the Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations report of the Third Committee on agenda item 91 Decade for Women". The Third Committee adopted [A/37/676]. it without a vote. May I consider that the A::,sembly wishes to do the same? 84. I·shall now call upon delegations which wish to explain their position on the draft resolutions Draft resolution V was adopted (resolution 37/60). recommended by the Committee in paragraph 31 of 93. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution VI is entitled .that "Women in public life". The Third Committee adopted ------... .._---..._...... ..,_... 90th December 1982 1497 without a vote. May I consider that the AssemblY would help to improve considerably those situations puchea) of exploitation of agricultural labourers," . will join w3shes to do the same? t would . Draft resolution VI was adopted (resolution 37/61). We believe that such a paragraph would have helped isembly 94. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution VII is entitled to remedy the exploitation ascribed in particular to agraphs HVoluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for transnational corporations. in corn- ·Women". The Third Committee adopted it without 101. As for the seventh preambular paragraph, in cy of a a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do our view, it is political in nature. I do not believe it :resolu- the same? win do much to help women in rural areas. However, :ountry, Draft resolution VU was adopted (resolutibn 37/62). since it was included, it should have been worded ill a more balanced manner. P''if example, besides all In more 95. ·The PRESIDENT: Finally, the Third Committee the situations mentioned in that paragraph, additional ffairs in adopted draft resolution VIII, entitled "Declaration ones could have been included. After the words re daily on the participation of women in promoting interna- "neo-colonialism, aggression" we sliould have. liked Kampu- tional peace and co-operation", without a vote. May to see the addition of "terrorism, interference in the ination, I it that the to do the same? intfernai affairs of States". Also, before the word 11 there- Draft resolution VUI was adopted(resolution 37/63). "occupation" we should have liked to see the addition of the word Hmilitary". This would have made the msor of, 96. The PRESIDENT: I shall now call on those resolution more balanced, even though the reference representatives who wish to explain their positions is out of place in a resolution concerning women in on the resolutions just adopted. rural areas. lffi does 97. Mr. DYRLUND (Denmark): My delegation 102. In any event, my delegation joined in the con- rovoca- wishes to explain the of the Ht member sensus on the draft resolution. ;tion of States of the European Community on draft resolu- 103. Mr. NORDENFELT (Sweden): My delegation l many tion 'V, which we have just adopted, concerning tions in wishes to explain its position on draft resolution V, preparations for World Conference to Review and concerning preparations for the World Conference to Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United bly will Decade for Women, Nations Decade for Women, which we have just Dlutions 98. The 10 member States of the European Com- adopted. 31 munity welcome the adoption without a vote of this 104. The Swedish delegation welcomes the adoption draft resolution, which will be the basis of the future of that resoluti(\n. The World Conference is important Ilational preparatory work concerning this important Con- for the review ofachievements so far towards equality dvance- ference. The member States have noted the provision between men and women. ted that in operative paragraph 5 concerning the appointment that the of a Secretary-General of the World and 105. As far as operative paragraph 5 is concerned. wish in this regard to express their full confidence my delegation wishes to express its full confidenc.:e that the Spcretary-General of the United Nations w.ill that the of the United will all relevant factors into consideration when take all relevant factors into conSideration when ap- entitled making that appointment. pointing a Secretary-General ofthe World Conference. e Third 106. The PRESIDENT: The Assembly will now turn thout a 99. Mrs. CASTRO de BARISH (Costa Rica) (inter- its attention to the report of the Third Committee on , wishes pretation from Spanish): My delegation joined in the agenda item 92 [A/37/677] and take a decision on the consensus on all the draft resolutions, including draft resolution recommended in paragraph 8 of that 37/57). draft resolution IV, entitled "Improvement of the report. The Third Committee adopted that draft situation of women in rural areas". We fully agree entitled resolution without a vote. May I take it that the with the spirit and aims of that resolution, since Assembly wishes to do the same? quality, we believe it contains very valuable elements that Illmittee will help to improve the situation of women in rural The draft resolution was adopted (resolution 37/64). that the areas. The meeting rose at 12.30 p.m. 100. However, some of its paragraphs seem in- 37/58). complete to us. For exampfe, the sixth preambular entitled paragraph even in its final wording does not the in rural situation as clearly as it should. That paragraph reads: thout a isembly "Bearing in mind that a majority of women, NOTES particularly in deVf;ioping countries, live and work in rural areas and suffer most from the exploitation t The deiegations of Afghanistan and the Gambia subsequently 37/59). of agricultural labour, in particular by transnational informed the Secretariat that they had intended to vote in favour entitled corporations,". of the draft resolution. The delegation of Malawi subsequently iewand informed the Secretariat that it had intended to abstain. My delegation would have this is not a 2 The delegations ofAfghanistan, Austria, Belize and the Gambia Nations subsequently informed the Secretariat that they had intended to adopted proposal, merely the expression of a wish-to see the vote in favour of the draft resolution. addition, after that paragraph, of a paragraph reading )sembly 3 The delegations of Afghanistan and the Gambia subsequently as follows: informed the Secretariat that they had intended to vote in favour of the draft resolution. 37/60). •'Colll'inced that the participation of women from 4 The delegations of the Gambia, Guatemala and Lebanon sub- rural areas in free labour associations for the pro- entitled sequently informed the Secretariat that they had intended to vote in tection of their rights on an equal footing with men favour of the draft resolution. adopted