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Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit TOAST BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OH THE OCC7iSION OF THE LUNCHEON GIVEN IN HONOUR OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN, SENOR DON ADOLFQ SUAREZ GONZALEZ - 27 APRIL 1977

MR. PRESIDENT,. MR. FOREIGN MINISTER, YOUR EXCELLENCIES, GENTLEMEN.

IT IS PARTICULARLY GRATIFYING FOR RE, MR. PRESIDENT, TO WELCOME YOU ON THIS, YOUR FIRST VISIT TO THE UNITED NATIONS. I KNOW THAT YOUR COUNTRY STANDS ONLY A FEW WEEKS AWAY FROM AN EVENT WHICH

WILL MARK A DECISIVE TURNING-POINT IN ITS RECENT HISTORY -

A PERIOD OF ITS HISTORY IN WHICH YOU PERSONALLY ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED. YOUR VISIT AT THIS TIME, LIKE THAT LAST YEAR OF HIS MAJESTY KING JUAN CARLOS SO EARLY IN HIS REIGN, IS A MOST IMPRESSIVE AFFIRMATION OF SPAIN'S INTEREST IN THE WORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS SUPPORT FOR THE IDEALS OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION EMBODIED IN OUR CHARTER.

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I SHOULD ALSO ADD TH7\T WE ALL REMEMBER, WITH GREAT PLEASURE,

THE PRESENCE OF HIS MAJESTY, AND OF QUEEN SOFIA, WHEN I HAD THE HONOUR TO RECEIVE THEM LAST JUNE AT THE UNITED NATIONS.

MR. PRESIDENT, WE IN THE UNITED NATIONS ARE DAILY CONSCIOUS OF THE WORLDWIDE INFLUENCE OF SPAIN, FOR SPANISH IS ONE OF OUR OFFICIAL LANGUAGES, WHILE THE PRONUNCIATION MAY NOT ALWAYS BE THAT OF YOUR NATIVE CASTILLA,

IT NONETHELESS RECALLS THE ASTOUNDING SPREAD OF SPANISH CULTURE OVER THE CENTURIES„ SPAIN TODAY IS UNDERGOING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND, AS IN THE PAST,

WHAT HAPPENS IN SPAIN IS OF IMPORTANCE FAR BEYOND ITS BORDERS.

SPAIN IS A PART OF EUROPE, NEIGHBOUR TO AFRICA, CROSSROADS TO THE MIDDLE EAST, HER ROLE IN THE UNITED NATIONS HAS BEEN A MOST CONSTRUCTIVE ONE AND IS STEADILY GROWING IN IMPORTANCE. IT IS A PLEASURE FOR HE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE EXCELLENT CO-OPERATION WHICH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THE DELEGATIONS OF SPAIN, SO ABLY HEADED BY AMBASSADOR JAIME DE PINIES.

YOUf MR. PRESIDENT, ARE AS CONSCIOUS AS I OF THE URGENCY AND COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEMS WHICH FACE OUR PRESENT WORLD. POVERTY AND STARVATION CONTINUE TO EXIST IN A GLOBAL ORDER WHICH IS HARKED BY INTOLERABLE INEQUITIES IN MATERIAL EXPECTATIONS. EXPENDITURES ON ARMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND IMPERIL THE FUTURE OF MANKIND. IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THERE ARE STILL MANIFOLD OBSTACLES TO A GENUINE SETTLEMENT AND TOWARDS ACHIEVING A JUST AND LASTING PEACE.

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IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, VESTIGES OF THE COLONIAL ERA AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION STILL PERSIST. IF WE DO NOT MAKE COMPREHENSIVE AND URGENT EFFORTS TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS THERE IS A VERY REAL AND IMMINENT DANGER THAT ARMED CONFRONTATION WILL ESCALATE TO CAUSE STILL GREATER BLOODSHED AND LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE.

ALONGSIDE SUCH PROBLEMS THERE ARE, TODAY, ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITIES - TO BRING TIMELY ORDER TO THE SEA, TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE OUR ENVIRONMENT, TO DEVISE A RATIONAL MEANS OF MANAGING THE WORLD'S RESOURCES, TO MENTION ONLY A FEW. — 5 —

THESE ARE CHALLENGES THAT DEMAND THE HIGHEST EFFORTS OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY AND THIS ORGANIZATION. IT IS A CAUSE FOR ENCOURAGEMENT THAT SPAIN, AS EVIDENCED BY YOUR VISIT TODAY, IS PARTICIPATING IN SUCH EFFORTS WITH RENEWED DEDICATION. SPAIN IS A COUNTRY OF YOUTH? OF EXPANDING INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS? AND OF INCREASING INFLUENCE. FOR THESE REASONS I AM PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY I HAVE HAD TO DISCUSS MANY QUESTIONS OF MUTUAL INTEREST WITH YOU TODAY AND TO DEEPEN THE USEFUL CONTACTS I HAVE HAD IN THE PAST WITH YOUR COUNTRY'S REPRESENTATIVES. I KNOW THAT IN OUR WORK WE CAN COUNT UPON YOUR COUNTRY'S POSITIVE COMMITMENT AND READY ASSISTANCE.

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YOUR'EXCELLENCIES AND GENTLEMEN, MAY I NOW ASK YOU TO JOIN ME IN A TOAST TO HIS MAJESTY KING JUAN CARLOS I OF SPAIN, « TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN SOFIA, AND TO OUR GUEST OF HONOUR, THE PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN, HIS EXCELLENCY SENOR DON ADOLFO SUAREZ GONZALEZ.

* * * STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE OCCASION OF THE KAYE AWARD CEREMONY -26 APRIL 3-977

It is a great pleasure for ma to once again greet

Mr0 Danny Kaye and I a® very pleased also to welcome Ambassador Andrew Young, Mrs. Keienka Pantaieoni, and

Mr0 Kaye's ehasrraing daughter, Bena«, Mr. Danny Kaye is an artist with a great variety of talents, in ail of which he has excelled and which transcend

tha barriers of nationality and language0 His extraordinary attributes, combined with a particular affinity with, and dedication to, children, have been -put to remarkable use in his voluntary service for UNXCEF, which spans sliaost a quarter of a century* Mr« Kaye has worked tirelessly on behalf ©f W3XCEF, touring Asia* Europe and Africa, and making a large number of marathon jet journeys across the North American Continent in order to promote UNICEP's Halloween cantpaigns. Hs has justifiably been described by the Guinness Book ©f World Records as "The world' s fastest traxpelling entertainer" „ Mr. Kaye has also made various films on behalf of USHCSPs Thesa include "Assignment Children", "Secret Life" (with Ed Morrow of CBS), and "Pied piper", which have brought • the message of USJICSF to tens of millions of people in cineitsas and on television in many lands« Mr» Kaye, as UNICEF«s good-will ambassador, has been a highly effective advocate for children in the developing countrieso He has helped in large measure to make UHICEF part of the International Vocabulary and on© of the best

known Agencies of the united Nationse It is therefore with particular satisfaction that I now give U2JICEF6s Award for Distinguished Service to Mr« J3anny Kaye. This is a highly appropriata token of recognition for this extraordinary hmuanitarian, whose concern for a better world has inspired adults and children the world over*

MC/jm UNICEF UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND FONDS DES NATIONS UNIES POUR L'ENFANCE INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM

TO: Hr*:-Rafeeuddin Ahmed, Executive PATE-. 22 April 1977 Assistant to the Secretary General (1~ FILE FROM: Jack C. S. Ling, Director Information Division, SUBJECT: Danny Kaye Award Ceremon^, Ap^il 26, Noon

Besides Mr. Labouisse, Ambassador Andrew Young and Mrs. Helenka Pantaleoni, President of the U.S. Committee for UNICEF will be coming. Accompanying Mr. Kaye will be his daughter, Dena Kaye, a free-lance writer and a former assistant editor of Saturday Review, and his manager, Mr. Herbert Bonis. The enclosed article details Danny's work for UNICEF. Worth noting are his UNICJEE-^films, Assignment Children, Secret Life (with Ed Morrow of CBS), and P*ied Piper, which were seen by tens of millions of peop-le in theatres and on television; his maratho_rL_aej: •journeys, across the North American Continent .Qjro^ moting UNICEF's Halloween campa_lgns_ (ranging from 18 stops in -Ewc^cTays to 65 stops"Tn°"four days) ; his tours of„Asia, Europe and" Africa on behalf of UNICEF. Danny has helped to make UNICEF par't 'o£""the"""American Vocabulary and the best known agency of the United Nations. As UNICEF's goodwill ambassador, he has been an effective advocate for children in the developing countries . H1 s_Y£> Lunt ar Y__sj5rv i^g_gP£ns a Imo s_t__a__gjjar t e r of a century, a remarkable record of commitment in any language". The- UNICEF award befits this extraordinary humanitarian whose concern for a better world has inspired millions, children and adults alike. After the ceremony, Danny is scheduled to meet the press at about 12:30 on the second floor press room. o

A shy kid becomes a world-famous entertainer,„„ an untrained musician stars in musical comedies and conducts orchestras? a non-linguist imitates languages well enough to delight the natives,, „„<, these are just a few of the fascinating, seeming- contradictions which a famous, steadfast UNICEF volunteer reveals in this special 3Oth Anniversary interview;

THE FASCINATING PARADOXES OF DANNY KAYE

by Judith Spiegelman UNICEF Staff Writer

Millions of children around the world owe a big debt of gratitude to a shy little red-haired boy from Brooklyn, New York« He grew up to be the world-famous entertainer, Danny Kaye, and is now making his 15th cross-continental good-will jtojur _t^__honour UNICEF's 3Oth anniversary. Was Danny Kaye really a shy little boy? This is how he described himself as a child in a recent interview held in UNICEF's officess

"Funnily enough, I was a reserved child00<,a very, very quiet

child0..a rather withdrawn kid, I'd be part^of the group, and then I'd go off by myself. I'd go to school for a while, and then I"d

know that I couldn't go anymore, and I'd stay home0 And they'd come and get me, and I"d go back again, M The class clown? No, I really wasn't that0 I did cut up some, and did appear in some class shows. I was a watermelon seed in our PeS» (Public School) 149 minstrel show in Brooklyn, made up like a little black boy, except for my ears, and my flaming red hair above.

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Our faces poked through big holes in a huge painted slice of watermelon,, And we sang a little song which I've long since forgotten,, "It never occurs to me now to tell anyone I was shy when I was young "because they'd say, 'Oh, ho, hoi You were shy? Aw, come

--on, nowl The crazy things you doj ' But I was0 And I'm not the least bifsuire that that wasn't what drove me into my profession,, „ „ or at least pointed me into my profession It was a basically a need -for self-expression. " When that same shy little boy began expressing himself, he earned fame and fortune by blossoming into an inspired extraverted enter-

tainer who: ran down nightclub aisles shouting, "SOFT AND MELLOW"$ •:_ sometimes conducted orchestras not just with his hands, but his favorite way: with his feet? .tried out for the chorus line of the Rockettes, a famous Radio City Music Hall troupe of precision dancers--

all female? (P0S<>s He didn't make it)? got the British Royal Family, at a special command performance, to join in singing a chorus of BMinnie the Moocher," a song which became one of his hallmarks? has set Danny Kay e 'apart from other entertainers, however, in the words of U«S« columnist Harriet Van Horne is something else, his remarkable affinity^ with the^ world's children; "His special genius is that he can enter the kingdom of children everywhere. Neither language nor physical handicaps are a barrier and no matter how sick or deprived the child— -somehow by a miracle as mysterious as life itself, the instinct for laughter survives," Once asked what it felt like to make children laugh who don't have much to laugh about,- Danny revealed yet another paradox about himself: mThe question goes to the root of why I've spent so much of my spare time working for UNICEF. I've always had a consuming interest in medicine (he is an honorary member of the American College of

Surgeons) and wanted to be a_j3octor wh en I wa s young0 I never became a doctor, but I think when you make someone laugh you're giving him medicine." *• Just about the time, 23 years ago, when. Danny's connection with UNICEF began, Londoners at his opening night performance in the Palla~ dium greeted him, according to the New York Times London correspondent, with affectionate pandemoniums

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"The whole house was literally screaming and yelling in its un-

controlled delighta.„He ties up his muscles, he leaps, and he dances? C he is now at one side of the stage and now at the other? his voice hits high notes and plumbs down on to low ones? he laughs, he talks, he is himself, he is a fantastic gypsy or a discipline of Stanislavsky and yet he-can bring the audience from pandemonium to complete silence

within the winking of an eyelide" Of his multi-facted talents in musical comedy, singing, dancing, acting^ ,a.nd«miming.,.,, drama critic John Mason Brown once wrote; 8l Mre Kaye's gifts are so outstanding and unique that by now even

the State Department must have recognized them0" Another prominent critic, John Crosby noted in the New York Herald Tribune that "He has a fantastic memory—-not only in his brain, but in his muscles. For instance, if he watches a tribal dance in Africa for a few minutes, he can do it, too." And here is still another paradox; This musical comedy star, acclaimed around the world, admits: "I never took an_acting_lesjspn or a singing lesson or a dancing lesson* Tt just evolved naturally. If you had to sing a song, you O sang it".". How then did his unique style and talents develop? Like many a U«S« performer, Danny started out in that cradle of American enter- tainment-—New York's Catskill Mountain hotels—-nicknamed the"Borscht Belt." Then, he joined a theatrical troupe which toured every whistle- stop across the U.S, and every major European city. Touring the Orient, working with audiences in the Philippines, Siam (now Thailand), China, Singapore and Japan, Danny's special blend of scat singing, gibberish and pantomime took shape» "Since most of the audience couldn't understand English, I'd help them along with pantomime„ After a while, I threw in a Japanese

word here and there for a clue. They loved itffl After every number, they'd yell, °Kaye-San, Kaye-SanV" Can Danny explain the secret of his unusually great rapport with kids? .1 WI don't come to children as an entertainer,, I don't deal with

'"' them as an entertainera I involve myself with them as a child0 And

t[ they begin to perform with me, not for me0 They don't know who I am. "" ' ' W^M

But It is an enormous release for children to see an adult----now it may be just an adult physically——acting up. The minute an adult makes an idiot of himself in front of children, you have the basis

for communication.e0Just let's say that I'm a competent idiot! I asked Danny if there was any child he remembers whom he couldn't reach at all. Yes, he remembers one;

""Somewhere in Greecep And it was the most beautiful child you have ever seen in your life, with big, round black eyes, hanging onto the side of a pool in a polio ward during the filming of "The Secret Life of Danny Kaye." I said, "Hello," and I made noises, and I made faces, and I made dances, and I did everything in the world to make this

kid smile. And she just looked at me0 I said to her,. °You_'re going to ruin my reputation with children!" At the very end, she sighed, and kind of smiled a little bit, like saying,'Well, we'll let this crazy man go»8 And then they took the little girl out of the water, and it was a little boyi It was really a terrific hunk of film, with me knocking my • brains out, and the camera going to this little kid just looking. But it ended on the cutting room floor. We had to edit 25 hours of film down to 9O minutes." Danny's ability to mimic just about every spoken language after hearing it sometimes for only a few minutes is proverbial—-and yets "No, I never studied any language. You know what makes an accent _ -it's not the vocabulary-—-it's the cadence of a language, I used to be fascinated by the fact that an English accent had a different kind of cadence than a German one or a Russian one. If, you have one highly developed sense——maybe any one of them——then it kid of alerts

all the other ones....0A lot of people do accents. Ustinov, also

a fellow UNICEF volunteer, can do more than almost anybody I know.a. He and Peter Sellers are both really spectacular at it." There's yet another string to Danny's bow which holds another paradox: Although he cannot read a note of music and had no formal musical training, he once sang the entire third act of "Lucia di Lammermoor"-— after having heard it only once in opera- star Jan Peerce's dressing room. He has "conducted" almost every leading orchestra in the world /""'••' fbenefits for the musicians' pension funds)—-and though these are mock performances, he can sing the entrance of every brass, woodwind

/0 o Oand and string instrument in the music being performed,, Once, after having witnessed Danny's performance with his own symphony orchestra--- C (the New York Philharmonic), conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos is quoted as saying, "Tell Danny he could have a second career as an orchestra conductor„" Isn't it also paradoxical that this Westerner has become a gourmet Chinese cook; good enough to receive France's top culinary award and to be given membership in "Les Meilleurs Ouvriers de France"-—-an honour which only 26 chefs have ever received? His role model in cooking was his father, Jacob Kaminski, a Ukranian immigrant tailor who did most of the cooking for the family when Danny was growing up, "He cooked very simple dishej," Danny recalls*, "Great soups and schav and stews« He got so mucli joy out of raw ingredients, and I think I inherited that." One of the most striking paradoxes of all concerning Danny Kaye

is that he is the nearly-perfect prototype of the self-made man0 He left Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn's East New York section before graduation (he ran off to Florida with a school chum

with only $1«50 in their pockets,, They came back with $7COO by virtue o of Danny's singing and the other lad's guitar-strumming,,) He is now a successful businessman, owning real estate? his own production company (Dena Pictures, Inc., named after his only child, travel writer Dena Kay4 ? and a baseball team. About fourteen years ago, Danny decided to take up aircraft flying and since has been licensed as a commercial pilot, and rated to fly jets, for night-time and instrument flying., He has flown every

kind of aircraft DC lO's, 747's——everything except military craft0 His combined flying-and-entertaining skills enabled Danny to break a world record last October, when he flew the UNICEF One,, (a plane chartered by UNICEF) across the American continent., His mission: to launch the 25th Trick-or-Treat Halloween campaign* The schedule was murder, and Danny called the trip "one of the craziest experiences of my life". His feat in reaching 65 cities across the US and Canada and inspiring thousands of, youngsters and raising millions of dollars won Danny (whose honours include having his statue enshrined in Madame Tussaud's (London) Waxworks)g this new accolade: The Guinness World Book of Records had to create

a new category for him: World's Fastest Travelling Enter tza±ner0 There is even an off-beat twist to the way Danny's connection with UNICEF started some 23 years ago. It took place high in the C skies over England, in a stratocruiser, where a run-away propeller propelled him into conversation with a fellow passenger who just happened to be UNICEF"s founding Executive Director, Maurice Pate« This is the %ay Danny remembers itl

"It apje ared very dangerous. The pilot took me aside,, and started to explain the problem with the propeller,, It was kind of terrifying. The propeller had actually fallen into the sea. I took off my shoes in case we were going to hit water. They gave out life raftso Maurice Pate was among the passengers, and we

started to talk, UNICEF was just a bunch of initials to me0"

But once their plane made a happy landing, Maurice Pate asked Danny to take a trip around the world to find out what the initials UNICEF actually meant to sick and hungry children„ , Danny not only agreed to become a good-will ambassador, he also embarked on his C career as volunteer extraordinaire. He volunteered to take along a cameraman and film his voyage. He set out'without a single word of prepared material and with no props* He met and entertained • children in India, Burma, Thailand, Hongkong, Korea and Japan*

What resulted was the award-winning documentarye "Assignments Children'. .•„

The last paradox about Danny Kaye is his,perpetual youthful- ness. He explains it this way;

"Everything that is supposed to make you healthy, happy and

wise is a lot of nonsense 0 i => All you have to. do is have a purpose In life; enjoy what you are doing and stop worrying about getting old ...

"I tell you it's the most exciting thing in the world0 I say to a child, 'I'm going to make you an ambassador for UNICEFo You"re C /000going going to take this yellow box, and you're going to go to somebody's C house, and they're going to put in a nickel, or a dime, or a penny or a quarter or a dollar,, And that money is going to save a child's life somewhere in the world. Kids are really very moved by the fact that 4:hey will do something to influence a child's life somewhere in the world. It is, I think, a remarkable beginning of people learning to live with each other and learning to help each other ..,

MI would think that the most rewarding thing I have ever done

in my life was to be associated with UNICEF0"

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C V/NITED NATIONS NACIONES UNBDAS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME PROQRAMA PARA EL DESARROLI2O

APARTAOO 1949 CARACAS 101 . VENEZUELA

Cobtes: UNDEVPRO F. 11-15-1/VEN 31.16.64 22 April 1977 TELEFONOS: 31.16.26 802 31.15.33

Dear Mr. Ahmed, Further to my cable 62 of 21 April 1977, please find attached the docmnent of the conference of OPANAL which reflects the text of the message of the Secretary General to the V Session of the general conference during 19 to 22 April 1977. Yours sincerely,

Hugo Navajas-Mogro Resident Representative

Mr. Rafeeudin Ahmed Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General United Nations New York. ORGANISMO //X^X\\ GENERAL PARA LA PROSCRIPCION DE LAS ARMAS NUCLEARES EN LA AMERICA LATIN A V. ^ _s / S/Inf. 128 20 abril 1977

SECRETARIA Quinto Periodo Ordinario de Sesiones Caracas, 20 de abril de 1977

TEXTO DEL MEKSAJE DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL DE LAS HACIONES UNIQAS AL QUINTO PERIODO DE SESIQNES DE LA CONFEREMCIA GEHERAL DEL ORGANISMO PARA LA PROSCRIPCIOK DE LAS ARMAS NUCLEARES EN LA AMERICA LATINA (OPANAL)

(Leido por el Representante Residente del Programa de las Naciones Unidas en Venezuela, Sr. Dr. Hugo Navajas Mogro, Caracas, 20 de abril de 1977)

Deseo expresar mis mejores deseos a todas las Delegacion.es que participan en el Quinto Periodo de Sesiones de la Conferencia General del Organismo para la Proscripci<5n de las Armas Nucleares en la America Latina, que se reune aqul en Caracas. El hecho de que Venezuela sea el anfitri6n de esta Conferencia es una indicacion mas de su dedicaci6n a la causa de la paz y la seguridad para todas las naciones.

El 14 de febrero de 1977 el Organismo conmemord el Decimo Aniversario de la apertura a la firma del Tratado de Tlatelolco, el primer instrumento juridico para la desnu- clearizacidn militar de una region habitada de la tierra. S/Inf. 128 PSg. 2

El ejemplo gue did America Latina hace diez afios ha origlnado considerable interns en la creacitfn de zonas 11- bres de armas nucleares en otras partes del mundo. El concepto de zonas libres de armas nucleares fue objeto de un estudio a fondo realizado por las Naciones Unidas en cumplimiento de una decisi6n adoptada por la Asamblea General. Esta ha senalado el estudio a la atencidn de los Gobiernos y ha expresado la esperanza de que contribuya a intensificar los esfuerzos relatives a las zonas libres de armas nucleares. Ello refleja la convicci<5n generalizada de que, segtin se ex~ presa en la Declaracio'n aprobada por el Organismo el 14 de febrero de 1977, la multiplicaci6n de las zonas libres de armas nucleares disminuirS los peligros de un holocausto nuclear y, al evitar una carrera de armamentos insensata e irracional, asegurar£ que todos los recursos disponibles se destinen al desarrollo economico y social de las naciones.

Es, por lo tanto, evidente que el Tratado de Tlatelolco constituye un importante hito en la dificil ruta hacia el desarme y que ha hecho una aportaci6n significativa al fortaleciento de la paz y la seguridad internacionales.

En el presente periodo de sesiones, el Organismo examinarS varias cuestiones que tienen gran significaci6n para el future funcionamiento del rggimen establecido en el Tratado de Tlatelolco, incluso la aplicaci6n del sistema de control y las posibles relaciones entre el OPANAL y otras zonas desnuclearizadas que puedan establecerse en el future.

Les deseo el mayor de los Sxitos en las deliberaciones relativas a estas importantes cuestiones. UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

CABINET DU SECRETAIRE GENERAL

14 de abril de 1977

Sefior Embajadors Me es grato enviarle adjunto el texto del mensaje del Secretario General a la Conferencia General del OP£N£L en su Quinto Periodo Ordinario de Sesiones que se iniciara el 19 de abril de 1977 en Caracas. Las Naciones Unidas estarli representada en esta sesion por el Sr« Hugo Kavajas-Mogrd^, Representante Residente del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, quien leera el mensaje del Secretario General en la reunion de apertura. Aprovecho la oportunidad para saludarle muy atentamente.

Rafeeuddin Ahmed liuxiliar Ejecutivo del Secretario General

EKcelentisirao Sefior Dr» Simon Alberto Consalvi Representante Permanente de Venezuela ante las Naciones Unidas Nueva York X MENSAJE DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL A LA CONFERENCIA GENERAL DEL OPANAL EN SU QU33JTO PERIODO ORDINARIO DE SESIONES

Deseo expresar mis znejores deseos a todas las delegaciones que participan en el quinto perlodo de sesiones de la Conferencia General del Organismo para la Proscripcion de las Armas Nucleares en la America Latina, que se reune aqui en Caracas. El hecho de que Venezuela sea el anfitrion de esta Conferencia es una indicacion mas de su dedicacion a la causa de la paz y la seguridad para todas las naciones.

El 14 de febrero de 1977 el Organismo conmemoro el decimo aniversario de la apertura a la firma del Tratado de Tlatelolco, el primer instrument© juridico para la desnuclearizacion militar de una region habitada de la tierra.

El ejemplo que dio America Latina hace diez anos ha originado considerable interes en la creaci6n de zonas libres de armas nucleares en otras partes del-mundo. El concept© de zonas libres de armas nucleares fue objeto de un estudio a fondo realizado por las Naciones Unidas en cwnplimiento de una decision adoptada por la Asamblea General. Esta ha senalado el estudio a la atencion de los gobiernos y ha expresado la esperanza de que contribuya a intensificar 10s esfuerzos relatives a las zonas libres de armas nucleareso Ello refleja la convicci6n generalizada de que, segun se expresa en la Declaracion aprobada por el Organismo el 14 de febrero de 1977, la multiplicacion de las zonas libros de armas nucleares disminuirS los peligros de tin holocausto nuclear y, al evitar una carrera de armamentos insensata e irracional, asegurara que todos los recursos disponibles se destinen al desarrollo econ6mico y social de las naciones.

Es, por lo tanto, evidente que el Tratado de Tlatelolco constituye un importante hito en la dificil ruta hacia el desarme y que ha hecho una aportaci6n significativa al fortalecimiento de la paz y la seguridad internacionales. - 2

En el presente perlodo de sesiones, el Organismo examinara varias cuestiones que tienen gran significacion para el futuro funcionamiento del regimen establecido en el Tratado de Tlatelolco, incluso la aplicacion del sistema de control y las posibles relaciones entre el OP&WAL y otras zonas desnuclearizadas que puedan establecerse en el futuro.

Les deseo el mayor de los exitos en las deliberaciones relativas a estas importantes cuestiones. MENSAJE DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL A LA CONFERENCIA GENERAL DEL OPAN&L EN SU QUINTO PERIODO ORDIHARIO DE SESIONES

Deseo expresar mis mejores deseos a todas las delegaciones que participate en el quinto periodo de sesiones de la Conferencia General del Organismo para la Proscripci6n de las Armas Nucleares en la America Latina, que se reune aqui en Caracas. El hecho de que Venezuela sea el anfitridn de esta Conferencia es una indicacion mas de su dedicaci6n a la causa de la paz y la seguridad para todas las naciones.

El 14 de febrero de 1977 el Organismo conmemor6 el decimo aniversario de la apertura a la firma del Tratado de Tlatelolco, el primer instrumento juridico para la desnuclearizacion militar de una regi6n habitada de la tierra.

El ejeniplo que dio America Latina hace diez anos ha originado considerable interes en la creaci6n de zonas libres de armas nucleares en otras partes del mundo. El concepto de zonas libres de armas nucleares fue objeto de un estudio a fondo realizado por las Naciones Unidas en cumplimiento de una decisi6n adoptada por la Asamblea General. Esta ha senalado el estudio a la atencion de los gobiernos y ha expresado la esperanza de que contribuya a intensificar los esfuerzos relativos a las zonas libres de armas nucleares. Ello refleja la convicci6n generalizada de que, segun se expresa en la Declaracion aprobada por el Organismo el 14 de febrero de 1977, la multiplicacion de las zonas libres de armas nucleares disminuira los peligros ~de un holocausto nuclear y, al evitar una carrera de armamentos insensata e irracional, asegurara que todos los recursos disponibles se destinen al desarrollo econ6mico y social de las naciones.

En el presente periodo de sesiones, el Organismo examinarci varias cuestiones gue tienen gran significacion para el futuro funcionamiento del regimen establecido en el Tratado de Tlatelolco, incluso la aplicacion del sistema de control y las posibles relaciones entre el OPANAL y otras zonas desnuclearizadas que puedan establecerse en el futuro.

Les deseo el mayor de los exitos en las deliberaciones relativas a estas importantes cuestiones. Message of the Secretary-General to tha fifth regular session of the General Conference of OPANAL

I wish to extend my best wishes to all delegations participating in the fifth session of the General Conference of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America meeting here in Caracas. The hosting of this conference by Venezuela is yet another indication of its commitment to the cause of peace and security for all nations. On 14 February 1977 you commemorated the tenth anniversary of the opening for signature of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, the first legal instrument for the military denuclearization of an inhabited region of the earth. The example set by Latin America ten years ago has generated considerable interest in the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones in other parts of the world. The concept of nuclear-weapon-free zones was the subject of an in-depth study undertaken by the United Nations pursuant to a decision adopted by the General Assembly. The General Assembly has drawn the attention of governments to the study and expressed the hope that it will enhance further efforts concerning nuclear-weapon- free zones. This reflects a broadly shared conviction that, as stated in the Declaration you adopted on 14 February 1977, "the multiplication of nuclear-weapon- free zones will diminish the dangers of a nuclear holocaust and, by avoiding a senseless and irrational arms race, will ensure that all available resources are employed in the economic and social development of nations". It is therefore evident that the Treaty of Tlatelolco constitutes an important milestone along the difficult road toward disarmament and has made a significant contribution to the strengthening of international peace and security.

At this session you will be considering a number of questions which have great significance for the future operation of the regime laid down in the Treaty of Tlatelolco, including implementation of the control system and possible relations between OPAHAL and other denuclearized zones that may be established in the future. I wish you every success in your deliberations on these important matters. U M ;

Eafeeuddin Alimedt Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General Brochure for the United Nations Water Conference

Please find attached, a slightly revised draft of the Secretary-General's foreword to the proposed brochure on the United Nations Water Conference which you itsay now go ahead and publish. UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UN

INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM INTERIEUR

TO: Mr. Rafeeuddin Ahmed E: 18 June 1976 A: Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General REFERENCE:

THROUGH: S/C DE:

FROM: Genichi Akatani DE: Assistant Secretary-General Office of Public Information SUBJECT: OBJET: Brochure for the United Nations Water Conference

Enclosed please find a proposed foreword by the Secretary-General to a brochure which we propose to issue on the United Nations Water Conference. The text of the brochure and of the foreword have been personally approved by the Secretary- General of the Water Conference, Mr. Yahia Abdel Mageed. I would be most grateful for appropriate clearance of the proposed foreword by the Secretary- General. FOREWORD BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO THE BROCHURE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WATER CONFERENCE

Since the early 1970s, the United Nations has embarked upon an unprecedented collective endeavour to create global strategies to meet problems that are beyond the power of any single nation to resolve. This has been reflected in the decisions reached at the sixth and seventh special sessions of the General Assembly on the Establishment of a New Inter- national Economic Order, and at the World Conferences on Trade and Development, Environment, Population, Food, the Role of Women in Society, Industrialisation, the Law of the Sea and Human Settlements. The result has been to widen international understanding of global challenges and to strengthen the resolve among nations to seek successful solutions to the most urgent problems which face mankind.

The United Nations Water Conference will direct its attention to one of these challenges. Its purpose is to tackle the problem

of ensuring that the0world has an adequate supply of water, of sufficiently good quality, to meet tine needs of a world population which is not only growing but is seeking improved economic and social conditions for all. A part of this process is to search, among other things, for more food, for better health and sanitation, for more employment and greater opportunities than are presently - 2 -

available to the two-thirds of the world*s population who live in the developing world. The achievement of these goals will require new resources, including vast amounts of additional water.

I am confident that the United Nations Water Conference will effectively meet the challenge with which it is faced and will pursue with vigour the important issues entrusted to it» t ,'^e : VciL/\r; ./ ° " TO NGO'S ON DISARMAMENT AND fl)E ELOPMENT

It gives me great pleasure to welcome all those participating in the Conference on Disarmament and Development sponsored by The Greater New York Council of Peace Organizations and the Coalition of International Cooperation and Peace. The theme of your conference is highly topical: Disarmament and Development are among the most critical problems facing mankind today. The continuing arms race places a heavy burden on all •(- '- -.0/1 peoples of the world. ^Growing military affect economic and social progress and impedeichances improves the quality of life for all peoples, At the-sarae C '"'-'- time-7 the arms rac^Tcontinuously endangers the fragile state of peace and security in the world. This link between disarmament, development and security is one of the striking features of

k our contemporary world. The future of mankind depends on the capacity of thejaresent generation to realize this interdependence and to take, action at the international level to achieve the u^genl^ necessary progress ia-^he^^ei£d^^-disarmament. Cooperation, ar— =- international solidarity and concern for common interests are \o^. vital preconditions fee-bfing—abou*- the necessary changes. Your conference is ,part of the efforts of both governmental and non-governmental organizations to reshape the present international order in the interest of greater equity, justice - 2 - and well-being. Special Session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament igwlQ70 which we are currently preparing -fjy^ cXrtW je^ctoflf (zx& . milestone i n . tehg efforts nf f-.hf» TTni j-^d-N^-tions

afe— dis-eH3ttaraent. Non-governmental organizations, such as your own, can make a valuable contribution to this important event. I wish to take this opportunity to thank you for your active support for the goals of the world organization^ and I wish you every success for your conference.

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His Excellency Secretary General Kurt Waldheim United Nations United Nations Plafca New York, N.Y. 1001? Dear Secretary General* Please accept this note of apology for the delay in submitting the enclosed letter of invitation from Dr. Luther Evans, former Director General of UNESCO and Chairman of the proposed Conference described herein. Dr. Evans is in Texas and the Vice President of the co-sponsoring- organization, the Coalition for International Cooperation and Peace, who generally serves as liaison with the officials of the United Nations, is in the The Argentine for the Conference on Water. I have just learned that the enclosed letter was not received previously. As indicated in the enclosed Plan, we would be honored to have you open the Preparatory Conference on Disarmament and Develop- ment on Saturday, April 16, 1977* at 10; 15 a.m:., in the U.N. If that time is inconvenient, we will adjust our schedule to accomo- date yours. If utterly impossible, we would be grateful for a brief statement in writing of 5 to 10 minutes, which could be read. Our effort to stimulate dialogue and suggestions for the agenda of the U.N. Special Session on Disarmament is the fiest project of this newly-formed Council of many organizations with headquarters and branch'es in the area. The proposed Conference is •tthe third annual meeting of Coalition, as indicated in the Program and Peace Ballot resul-tts enclosed. Thank you for your tolerance regarding the delay, and for your kind cooperation in this attempt to increase broad civic understanding and participation. Respectfully

Harry H. Lerner Co-Chairman

51 East 90th Street flew York, NY 10028 212/289-3353 Tffi COAOHON TOR INTERNE March 16, 1977 COOPERATION AND 51 EAST 90th STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10028 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD PHONE: (212) 289-3353 Luther H. Evans

PRESIDENT Richard A. Falk

Secretary General Kurt Waldheim VICE PRESIDENTS United Nations Secretariat Ruth Gage-Colby United Nations Plaze Harry H. Lerner New York, N. Y. 1001? TREASURER Dear Sir: Louis Longarzo SECRETARY It is my pleasure to invite you to join me on the Program Minna Post Peyser of the Preparatory Conference on Disarmament and Development, BOARD OF DIRECTORS* to be held Saturday* April 16th, from 10 a.m. to 6s 30 p.m. at DeWitt Baldwin or adjacent to the United Nations. (Address will follow.) Mildred R. Blake William F. Booth Robert C. Brown This Preparatory Conference will provide an opportunity Goler Teal Butcher for preliminary dialogue between U. N. and U. S. officials and [ohn C. Chen the representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations prior to Ramsey Clark the forthcoming U. N. Special Session on Disarmament to be held Joseph H. Crown early in 19?s» and the proposed World Disarmament Conference. Frances Fitzgerald Robert Y. Gromet Walter Hoffmann The Inauguration Day address of United States President E.P. Johnson Jimmy Carter clearly defined the interrelationship of disarm- Elizabeth Landis ament and such other global and domestic concerns as "poverty, Tilden LeMille Mary Liebman hunger, disease, political repression...and war." The Pre- Robert J. Lifton paratory Conference on Disarmament and Development will seek Josephine Rubin to prepare an Agenda of Proposals for deliberation and action at the United Nations Session and the World Conference on BOARD OF ADVISORS* Disarmament.) Joseph S. Clark Wm. Sloane Coffin, Jr. Frances Farenthold Please consult the enclosed preliminary Program plan for Jerome D. Frank the proposed topics and invited participants whose notable Janet W. Greene contributions are familiar. The Symposium and Panel Discussion John Lo.que Sean MacBride on "Promoting Development..." which Dr. Robert Muller, Director Saul H. Mendlovitz of the U. N. Office of Coordination of Specialized Agencies Howard Radest has agreed to open, will commence at 10:30 a.m. instead of 3 pJJ. Benjamin Spock George Wald Speakers are requested to limit their presentations to 20 Lucy Law Webster minutes or less. Panel members can exchange views, question EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR the speakers, answer questions from the audience of NGO repre- Harry H. Lerner sentatives, U. N. personnel, etc. Other information will follow. Please check the date and inform us of your availability *(In Formation) by phone collect, to facilitate program printing and distribution I look forward to working with you.

Luther K. Evans Chairman of the Board

Coordinating public-interest groups for planning plus action on national and global needs: PEACE, ECONOMIC WELL-BEING, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGICAL BALANCE, ETC . C.I.C.&P. COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS What is C.I.C.&P.? COALITION FOR INTERNATIONAL 1. American Orthopsychiatric Association COOPERATION AND PEACE The Coalition for International Cooperation and Peace 2. Americans for Democratic Action was conceived in October 1974 by a nucleus of peace 51 East 90th St., N.Y., N.Y. 10028 3. Association for World Education 4. City University of N.Y. Women's Coalition groups which included World Federalists, U.S.A., the OFFICERS 5. Council for a Department of Peace Council for a Department of Peace, World Without War 6. Council for International Recreation, Culture and Council, etc. It was born in the Preparatory National Lifelong Education Convocation of Non-Governmental Organizations for Chairman of the Board: LUTHER H. EVANS 7. Council on Religion and International Affairs Cooperative Planning, at the Commodore Hotel, Febru- CO President: RICHARD A. FALK 8. Friends of the Earth ary 1975, held under the auspices of CIRCLE, the Vice-Presidents 9. Fund For Peace Council for International Recreation, Culture and Life- LJJ O RUTH GAGE-COLBY HARRY H. LERNER 10. International Humanist and Ethical Union long Education. 11. Institute for Education in Peace and Justice O z Treasurer: LOUIS LONGARZO 12. Institute for World Order At the close of the convocation on February 23rd, a Secretary: MINNA POST PEYSER 13. Lisle Fellowship statement submitted by Lucy law Webster, based on a 14. National Association of Social Workers draft by Richard A. Falk and Minna Post Peyser, was Q £ 15. National Committee to Stop Environmental Pollution adopted as expressing the Coalition's rationale: BOARD MEMBERS 16. National Committee for the Peace Ballot 17. Negative Population Growth "Believing that present national governments are DeWitt Baldwin Walter Hoffmann 18. North American Committee of N.G.O.s Concerned with not capable of achieving a stable and just system 355 Mildred R. Blake E.P. Johnson the Environment of world order, and < William F. Booth Elizabeth Landis 19. International Association for Federal Union Believing that conventional reforms through single 0^5 Robert C. Brown Tilden LeMille 20. Peace Apostolate, Third Order of St. Francis fragmented priority issues will not develop a GolerTeal Butcher Oswald LeWinter 21. Peoples Bi-Centennial Commission z^i 22. Promoting Enduring Peace coalition for peace with the degree of moral cohe- John C. Chen Mary Liebman sion and scientific integrity which the knowledge Oo| Ramsey Clark Robert J. Lifton 23. SANE, New York Council 24. Scientists Institute for Public Information and technology of this age demands and makes w O -I ? Wm. Sloane Coffin, Jr. Sean MacBride 25. Society for Educational Reconstruction possible, and Frances Farenthold Josephine Rubin 26. Society for Social Responsibility in Science Believing that the ethics of earth's single bio- Frances Fitzgerald Benjamin Spock 27. Stewart Mott Associates Lucy Law Webster 28. United Methodist Church, Women's Division/ system with its terrible responsibility of inter- Christian Social Relations/Global Ministries dependence, requires a basic, urgent, and 29. United Nations Association-U.S.A. revolutionary approach to peace to advance radical >O 30. Weis Ecology Center change, w LJJ 31. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom We pledge to build a coalition for peace with > 32. Women's Strike for Peace justice to define long-term goals and to specify OS UJ 33. World Citizen's Assembly 34. World Federal Authority Committee, North American Group immedliate policies for the 1976 political conven- 35. World Federalists, U.S.A. tions. And we will strive to make this coalition 36. World Government Center part of a world movement supporting comprehen- W > DC 37. World Without War Council sive intergrated proposals for global reform: for MAIL TO: 38. Zero Population Growth peace, for the economic well-being of all peoples, 9 o uj for social and political justice, and for ecological SO?: C.I.C.&P., Inc. balance." 51 E. 90th St. PROGRAM COMMITTEE* New York, N.Y. 10028 Ruth Gage-Colby, Chairperson As a major beginning step in an effort to bring the Mia Adjali Shiela Kurtz splintered peace movement together, the group O I wish to contribute to the programs and goals of C.I.C.&P. D Lucille Banta Loris A. Lerner launched a "peace ballot," a questionnaire to be sub- LJJ (tax deduction status pending) Mildred Blake Emily Levine mitted to a million Americans to determine what kind PLEASE SEND MORE INFORMATION: D Selma Brackman Mary Liebman OC Donna Cohen Tom Liggitt of platform peace advocates can unite on. Walter NAME Eric Cox Josephine Milstone Hoffmann, president of the World Federalists of New Barbara Dailey Audrey Oquendo Jersey, was appointed head of the committee to o£r_ ADDRESS. Claudia Douglas Alan Reid perfect and draft such a ballot. Arthur W. Galston Richard Sikora The Coalition's aims were described as including the ORGANIZATION or AFFILIATION Nancy Hamilton Nancy Stein Harriet Holtzman Lee Swineburne formation of public opinion, providing intercommunica- Gordon Haskell Martin Tillman tion among existing peace and public-interest groups, LLJ and rendering various services to such organizations. ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBER ($25) INDIVIDUAL MEMBER ($15) E.P. Johnson Rose Wadler DONOR ($1,000 or more) SPONSOR ($100 or more) It was emphasized that the Coalition would avoid all STUDENT MEMBER ($10) 'Others listed under Commission Leaders interference in the internal affairs of these organizations. PURPOSES 2:30 P.M. COMMISSIONS Roosevelt Suites PLANNING COMMISSIONS 7. SAFEGUARDING CIVIL LIBERTIES CO-CHAIRING: Ramsey Clark, former United States 1. To anyalyze the results of the Peace Ballot - a (1) Reversing the Arms Race. nationwide referendum on global and national issues. 1. REVERSING THE ARMS RACE Attorney General, and Alan Reitman, Associate (2) Advancing Human Rights. CO-CHAIRING: Nicholas Nyary, President, Fund for Director, American Civil Liberties Union. CO- 2. To share in the development of a Peace Platform for (3) Meeting Basic Needs. Peace, and Josephine Pomerance, Board Member ORDINATORS: Minna Post Peyser, Founder, the 1976 Election Conventions and governmental (4) Developing Global Institutions. and U.N. Observer, Americans for Democratic Columbia University Center for Research and leaders. (5) Protecting the Global Environment. Action. COORDINATORS: Alexander Allport, Direc- Education in American Liberties, and Edith Tiger, (6) Education for Social Change. tor, World Without War Council; and Richard Executive Director, National Emergency Civil 3. To further the process of cooperative planning by (7) Safeguarding Civil Liberties. Hudson, Editor, War/Peace Report. Liberties Committee. organizational representatives and experts, begun at (8) Achieving Economic Justice. the Preparatory Convocation, February 21-23, 1975, (9) Developing New National Structures. Commissions include, in addition to the listed 8. ACHIEVING ECONOMIC JUSTICE convened by C.I.R.C.L.E.. (10) Nuclear Danger and Energy Priorities. Chairpersons and Coordinators, Coalition Board CO-CHAIRING: Melville Ulmer, Professor of Econo- Members and other registered consultant-partici- mics, University of Maryland; and Leon Keyserling, 6:30 P.M. RECEPTION (Cash Bar) Fountain Court pants. For example, in Planning Commission No. 1, Former Chairman, National Council of Economic PROGRAMME Dean George Beebe, Vice President, CIRCLE; Advisors. COORDINATORS: Frank Reissman, Editor Social Policy; and Eve B. Lerner, Former Vice SATURDAY, MayS, 1976 SUNDAY, May 9,1976 Peggy S. Carlin, UNA-USA; Prof. Lloyd Dumas, Columbia University, etc. President, United Federation of College Teachers, A.F.T., AFL-CIO. 8:30 A.M. REGISTRATION: Grand Ballroom 10:00 A.M. PLENARY SESSION Grand Ballroom 2. ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS Promenade PRESIDING: Louis Longarzo, Treasurer, CO-CHAIRING: Roberta Cohen, Executive Director, 9. DEVELOPING NEW NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS C.I.C.&P., and U.N. Representative, International League for Human Rights, and James CO-CHAIRING: Randolph Barber, National Co- 9:30 A.M. WELCOME: Fountain Court CARITAS Internationalis and Peace F. Green, Executive Director, Commission to Study Director, People's Bicentennial Commission, and Convocation Chairman, Luther H. Evans, Apostolate of St. Francis the Organization of Peace. COORDINATORS: Louis Marcus G. Raskin, Co-Director, Institute for Policy Chairman of the Board, C.I.C.&P., and Longarzo, U.N. Representative, CARITAS; and Studies (F.D.R.). COORDINATORS: DeWitt Baldwin, Reports of Commission Representatives Director, Council for a Department of Peace; Harry President, World Federalists, U.S.A. and Recommendations Josephine Rubin, Board Member, World Citizens Assembly. H. Lerner, Founder, Congress of Scientists on Convocation Director, Harry H. Lerner, Vice Survival (S.O.S.) President, C.I.C.&P., and President, 3. MEETING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS C.I.R.C.LE. 12:45 P.M. LUNCHEON Fountain Court CO-CHAIRING: Rev. Joseph Conyard, President, 10. NUCLEAR DANGER AND ENERGY PRIORITIES PRESIDING: Ruth Gage-Colby, Vice International Educational Development; and Page CO-CHAIRING: David Brower, President, Friends President, C.I.C.&P. and Officer, North Wilson, Coordinator, Population Crisis Committee. of the Earth; and Irene Dickinson, President, 10:00 A.M. SYMPOSIUM Fountain Court American Committee of NGO's on the COORDINATORS: Sherry Barnes, Stewart Mott National Intervenes. COORDINATORS: Sid "Critical Choices for Global and National Environment Associates, and Ingrid Eisenstadter, Executive Aberman, Director, Center for Energy Information; Interdependence" Director, Zero Population Growth. and Lorna Salzman, East Coast Coordinator, Friends SPEAKERS: Leon H. Keyserling, President, of the Earth. PRESIDING: Luther H. Evans, Former Conference on Economic Progress; Former Director-General, UNESCO, and Former Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors; 4. DEVELOPING GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS Librarian of Congress. "National Planning and Full Employment" CO-CHAIRING: Luther H. Evans, President, World Luther H. Evans, Conference Chairman; Federalists, U.S.A.; and Richard A. Falk, Director, REGISTRATION FORM SPEAKERS: Alexander Allport, Director, World Order Models Project, Institute for World National Committee for the Peace Ballot; "Uniting for Peace" — Farewell Address (Please Print) before retiring. Order. COORDINATORS: Robert Gromet, Chair- Irene Dickinson, President, National man, North American Group, World Federal NAME . Intervenes; Richard Falk, President, Authority Committee; and Walter Hoffmann, Chair- ADDRESS C.I.C.&P.; Jerome D. Frank, Vice Chairman, Federation of American Scientists; Lloyd man, 1976 Campaign for United Nations Reform. AFFILIATION 2:30 P.M. SYMPOSIUM Grand Ballroom COMMISSION CHOICES: 1st No._ .2nd No.. _3rd No.. Dumas, Professor of Industrial Engineering, 5. PROTECTING THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT Columbia University; Noel Brown, Director, "The People's Mandate to the Next FEES Liaison, U.N. Environment Program Administration" CO-CHAIRING: Barry Commoner, Chairman of the Number Attending: Totals PRESIDING: Minna Post Peyser, Secretary, Board, Scientists Institute for Public Information, C.I.C.&P. and Candidate for Congress, and Thomas Wilson, Jr., Director, Aspen Institute Jndlvidual Participant (Consultants, etc.) $ 15.00_ for Humanistic Studies. COORDINATORS: Larry 12:45 P.M. LUNCHEON: Mid-Hudson Valley, New York .Organization Representative $ 25.00_ Grand Ballroom Bogart, Executive Director, National Committee to PRESIDING: Richard A. Falk, President, SPEAKERS: Josephine Rubin, Founding Stop Environmental Pollution; Chauncy Olinger, -Sponsoring Organization $100.00_ C.I.C.&P.; Milbank Professor, Center for Member, Women's Political Action Caucus; Chairman, Coalition to Stop SST Environmental LUNCHEONS International Studies, Princeton University Randy Barber, Co-Director, People's Damage, Friends of the Earth. Bicentennial Commission; Bascomb Talley, .Saturday: $10.00 Sunday:$10.00 SPEAKER: Senator Frank Church, National Coordinator, Federation for 6. EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE _Both Luncheons: $20.00 Chairman, Senate Subcommittees on Democratic Reconstruction, David CO-CHAIRING: Aage R. Nielsen, President, Asso- Total: Intelligence Operations and Multinational Bensman, Board Member, D.S.O.C.; Sidney ciation for World Education; and James Shields, Corporations Please make checks to C.I.C.&P., Inc. and mail to 51 East 90th Street, Von Luther, President, National Coalition ' 'Past President, American Educational Studies N.Y., N.Y. 10028 DISCUSSANT: Prof. Ronald E. Muller, Against Inflation and Unemployment. Association; COORDINATORS: Jay Smith, Secretary, (For tax-deductions, make checks to CIRCLE, Inc.-Cortvocation, at Department of Economics, American Saul Mendlovitz, President, . Society for Educational Reconstruction; Leah same address.) University — Co-author, "Global Reach" Institute for World Order (Others) Karpen, Editor, Journal of World Education. Admission Tickets at Registration Desks C.I.R.C.LE. C I R C.L.E. COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICERS RECREATION, CULTURE AND LIFELONG EDUCATION 1. Friday Evening, February 21, 7:30 P.M. First President: ROBERT M.MACIVER (1882-1970) 51 East 90th St., N.Y., N.Y. 10028 Windsor Ballroom Chairman of the Board: JOHNS. TOLL President: HARRY H.LERNER OPEN FORUM CONVOCATION SPONSORS "The People's Role in Economic Planning and (Preliminary) Vice-Presidents Policy Making," with political and scientific leaders. GEORGE A. BEEBE TIMOTHY W. COSTELLO I.American Baptist Churches, U.S.A., Homeland Mini- ABBOTT KAPLAN ROBERTE.MARSHAK stries/World Affairs 2. American Council for the Arts in Education CELEBRATION 3. American Ethical Union "United Nations International Women's Year," Secretary: HARRY A. LEVINE 4. American Jewish Congress with U.N. Representative Marilyn Grant; Ossie Treasurer: ROBERT Y.GROMET 5. American Orthopsychiatric Association 6. Association for World Education Davis, Ruby Dee and other noted artists. 7. Center for Energy Information (Admission free to registrants; $5.00 others) 8. Citizens Energy Council 9. City University of N.Y. Women's Coalition yjj 10. Council fora Department of Peace 2. Sunday Afternoon, February 23, 2:30 P.M. BOARD OF DIRECTORS 11. Dai Dong, Fellowship of Reconciliation Grand Ballroom o 12. Federation of American Scientists 13. Friends of the Earth U THANT MEMORIAL Ruth Gage Colby Helene Papanek Chester W. Feuerstein 14. Friends of the Hudson A public tribute by such eminent convocation Frank Riessman 15. Institute of Pluralism and Group Identity, Joseph B. Gittler Harry N. Rivlin American Jewish Committee participants as Hans Morgenthau, Ruth Gage- Charles King Alan D. Sapp 16. International Association for Federal Union Colby and George Wald. (Admission free) Sidney Mallick Robert Schrank 17. International Humanist and Ethical Union KirtleyF. Mather Bernard Spring 18. National Committee to Stop Environmental Pollution What is C.I.R.C.L.E.? LU\T- SaulH. Mendlovitz William Vickrey 19. National Conference of Black Lawyers 20. Peace Apostolate, Third Order of St. Francis CIRCLE is a non-profit, tax-exempt association of ™ 21. Ramapo College of New Jersey civic, governmental and educational leaders O 22. Society for Educational Reconstruction organized in mid-1965 originally to help develop BOARD OF ADVISORS 23. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, the former World's Fair area into a recreational, American Psychological Association UJ 24. Society for Social Responsibility in Science cultural and educational park of tomorrow. Plans Daniel Bell Jacob K. Javits 25. Suburban Action Institute included a World Cultural Center; Institute for Mildred R. Blake Eve B. Lerner 26. United Methodist Church, Women's Division/Christian Larry Bogart Glenn A. Olds Training Neighborhood Youth Corps, Peace Corps Henry Cohen Benjamins. Rosenthal Social Relations/Global Ministries and VISTA; Institute for Continuing and Com- U, I— Norman Cousins 27. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Leo Rosten 28. Women's Strike for Peace munity Education; and Institute for Neighborhood Paul Davidoff Edward L. Sadowsky 29. World Federal Authority Committee, North American and Regional Development. 3 » a S *> Richard A. Falk James H. Scheuer S—• iJJ rr Russell F.W. Smith Group David Finn 30. World Federalists, U.S.A. We believe that pleasurable cooperation in Charles Frankel Matthew I. Spelter planning and producing recreational, cultural, and Eir^ra educational programs can lead directly to cooperation on social problems and can help reduce community tensions. S .1 PROGRAM COMMITTEE * Thus, in 1968, we formed a Coordinating Com- mittee forC.I.R.C.L.E.'s projected World Cultural filiation numbers abovep *-^.,31 MAIL TO: Ruth Gage-Colby, Chairperson Center consisting of many ethnic and artistic --* f United Nations Representative groups. They cooperated to provide a demon- O C.I.R.C.L.E. inc. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom stration series of cultural festivals and community h 51 E. 90th St. MiaAd]ali(26) Penny Johnson (30) conferences at the World's Fair buildings and New York, N.Y. 10028 < 0 DL Lucille Banta (27) Sheila Kurtz elsewhere, leading toward an annual city-wide Donna Cohen Carmel Kussman (6) Olympiad of the Arts. ,;^i I wish to contribute to the programs and goals of Florence Denmark (23) Louis Longarzo (20) In 1969, a professional theatre company was .*< dti. Ss C.I.R.C.L.E. l~l (Contributions are tax deductible) ^L ^% ^^ Evan Edwards Jeffrey Newman (7) trained and performed at the CIRCLE Theatre on PLEASE SEND MORE INFORMATION: EH Arthur W. Galston (24) Helen Putnam )7) Broadway (at 83rd Street). Its award-winning tJ-.. i" Herbert Gersten(H) Julius Schatz (4) plays include "The Hot I Baltimore" and "Red NAME Robert Y. Gromet (29) David Stone Herbert Hayward (24) RoseWadler Ryder." In 1970, the CIRCLE Film Forum was Alice M. Hilton (24) Rev. Herbert White established at 88th Street, near Broadway, for the ADDRESS.. presentation and promotion of 16mm films. In 1971, a second professional company, the D.. /^ ORGANIZATION or AFFILIATION. Association of Theatre Artists, was formed and has provided theatre for the northern sectors.

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER ($30) FULL MEMBER ($15) Also in 1971, the Convocation on the Crises of DONOR: ($1,000 or more) PATRON: ($100 or more) Higher Education, dedicated to our late President, ASSOCIATE MEMBER: ($10ormore) Robert M. Maclver, convened hundreds of 'Others listed under Workshop Leaders educators to consider strategies for the 70's. This present Convocation further reflects our purpose of life-Jong education and the hope of promoting peace, through ' mutual understanding and cooperation on common concerns. 1 PROGRAM WORKSHOP LEADERS (Preliminary) (Preliminary) Friday, February 21st 5:00 P.M. REGISTRATION Windsor Ballroom Foyer 9. SAFETY (To be Announced) 7:00 P.M. WELCOME Windsor Ballroom 1. PEACE CO-CHAIRING: Luther Evans, President, World Convocation Chairman, John S. Toll, Chairman of the Board, CIRCLE Federalists, U.S.A. and Saul Mendlovitz, President, Convocation Director, Harry H. Lerner, Founder and President, CIRCLE Institute for World Order; COORDINATORS: Selma Brack- man, Council for a Department of Peace, and Richard A. 10. VALUES Falk, Princeton University; CONSULTANTS: (25 CO-CHAIRING: Irving Levine, Director of Research, SYMPOSIUM authorities in each Workshop; for example, in No. 1 American Jewish Committee, and Charles King, Deputy alphabetically from Henry Ashmore, Center for the Study Director, New York State Division for Youth; COOR- "The People's Role in Socio-Economic Planning and Policymaking" of Democratic Institutions, to George Wald, Nobel DINATORS: Joseph Gittler, Dean, Graduate School, 7:15 P.M. Laureate) MODERATOR: Gerard Nierhenberg, President Yeshiva University, and Matthew I. Spelter, Director and PRESIDING: John S. Toll, President, State University of New York, Stony Brook Negotiating Institute. United Nations Delegate, American Ethical Union. SPEAKERS: David R. Brower, President, Friends of the Earth John Conyers, Jr., Member of Congress Milton Kotler, Director, Institute for Neighborhood Studies 2. POLITICS 11. ARTS Bella Abzug, Member of Congress CO-CHAIRING: Saul K. Padover, Former Dean, New CO-CHAIRING : (To be Announced) School for Social Research; Sanford Z. Persons, Executive Alvin Reiss, Consultant on the Arts, Editor, Arts Director, Members of Congress for Peace through Law; Management; COORDINATORS: Gene Frankel, Director, Theater at the Lambs, and Alan Sapp, Executive Director, 9:30 P.M. CELEBRATION COORDINATORS: Josephine Rubin, Founding Member, Women's Political Caucus, and Albert Pepitone, President, American Council forthe Arts in Education. The United Nations International Women's Year Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Representing the U.N., Marilyn Grant, President, Grant Associates A.P.A. Guest Artists: Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and others 12. CONSUMERS Peter B. Pryor, Chairman, New York State Consumer Saturday, February 22nd Protection Board, and others to be announced. 9:00 A.M. REGISTRATION 3. RIGHTS WORKSHOPS CO-CHAIRING: (To be Announced) 9:30 A.M. First Floor Suites George A. Beebe, Senior Officer, N.Y. State Division of 1. Peace and International Cooperation 8. Expanding Educational Vistas Human Rights; COORDINATORS: Algernon D. Black, 13. MEDIA 2. Political Power in the Public Interest 9. Occupational Health and Safety Leader Emeritus, New York Ethical Culture Society; CO-CHAIRMAN (To be Announced) Lennox Hinds, Executive Director, National Conference of Nicholas Johnson, Former Commissioner, Federal 3. Civil Liberties and Equal Rights 10. Intergroup Cooperation and Ethnic Values Black Lawyers, and Eve. B. Lerner, City University of N.Y. 4. Economic Stability and Full Employment 11. Aiding the Arts and the Artists Communications Commission: COORDINATORS: Arthur Women's Coalition. Brackman, Editor, "Propaganda Analysis" and "Media Per- 5. Environmental Protection 12. Consumer Protection formance Report," and John Lee, Chairman, Publicity 6. Health Needs and Social Services 13. Mass Media: Rights and Responsibilities Committee, Motion Picture Association of America. 7. Housing Needs and Urban Development 14. Energy Priorities 4. ECONOMICS CO-CHAIRING: John E. Ullman, Chairman, Science and Public Policy, New York Academy of Science, and Frank Riessman, Editor, Social Policy; COORDINATORS: 14. ENERGY Dorothy Maas, Associate Director, Dai Dong, Fellowship LUNCHEON CO-CHAIRMAN: Joseph Barnea, Consultant on Energy to of Reconciliation and William Vickrey, Columbia the United Nations, and John S. Toll, former Chairman, 12Noon-2:OOP.M. East Ballroom University. Federation of American Scientists; COORDINATORS: PRESIDING: Timothy W. Costello, Vice President, CIRCLE; President, Adelphi University Sidney Aberman and Natalie Moorman, Associate Director, SPEAKER: Robert Muller, Director of Coordination of the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations Center for Energy Information. "Crisis Resolution and Prevention — A Challenge to the Non-Governmental Organizations" 5. ENVIRONMENT (Note: Above Workshops listed in order of conception) CO-CHAIRING: Alan McGowan, President, Scientists 2:15 P.M. The WORKSHOPS Continue First Floor Suites Institute for Public Information, and Mildred Blake, U.N. Tudor Room Representative, Friends of the Earth; COORDINATORS: 5:30-7:00 P.M. RECEPTION Larry Bogart, National Committee to Stop Environmental REGISTRATION FORM Pollution, and Alan Gussow, N.Y. Governor's Task Force. Sunday, February 23rd (Please Print) 9:30 A.M. REGISTRATION NAME- 10:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M. PLENARY SESSION West Ballroom PRESIDING: George A. Beebe, Vice President, CIRCLE; Former Chairman, 6. HEALTH ADDRESS. Conference Group of National Organizations of the United Nations CO-CHAIRING: David Rush, Public Health, Columbia Uni- AFFILIATION. Reports from Workshop Representatives and Recommendations for Action versity; Chester W. Feuerstein, President, New York Society of Clinical Psychologists; COORDINATORS: Harry H. Lerner, Alfred Adler Mental Hygiene Clinic, Harry WORKSHOPCHOICES:1st No 2nd No.. .3rd. A. Levine, Consultant on Aging; Sumner Rosen, Institute for Public Administration. 12:45 P.M. LUNCHEON East Ballroom FEES (Tax-Deductible) Number Attending: Totals PRESIDING: Robert E. Marshak, Vice President, CIRCLE President, City College, City University of N.Y. Organization Representative $25.00 7. HOUSING Speakers: (To be Announced) CO-CHAIRING: (To be Announced) Individual Participant $15.00 Paul Davldoff, Executive Director, Suburban Action Institute; COORDINATORS: Bernard Spring, Dean, School Friday Symposium (Guests) $5.00 of Architecture, City College CUNY, and Allan Talbott, ACTION COMMITTEES Executive Director, Citizens Housing and Planning Council LUNCHEONS 2:30-5:30 P.M. First Floor Suites of New York. Saturday: $10.00 Sunday:$10.00 Preparations to implement Workshop recommendations and plan 1976 Convocation, The Bicentennial Convention "Of, By and For the People" .Both Luncheons: $15.00 .

8. EDUCATION Total: CO-CHAIRING: James J. Shields, Jr., Past President, THE U THANT MEMORIAL American Educational Studies Association; and Russell Please make checks to ClRCLE, Inc. and mail to 51 East 90th 2:30-5:30 P.M. Grand Ballroom 'F.W. Smith, Dean, School of General Education, NYU; St., N.Y., N.Y. 10028 An independent public meeting by the members of Convocation Workshop No. 1: COORDINATORS: Leah J. Karpen, Editor, Journal of Pick up tickets at Registration Desks "Planning for Peace and International Cooperation" ' ' World , Education; Gertrude Langsam and Jay Smith, Secretary-Treasurer, Society for Educational Recon- For reduced rates, phone Hotel Commodore, Mr. Gilbert, struction. 212-686-6000. REPORT ON RESULTS OF THE PEACE BALLOT \ , . - 1 (Adapted from the statement by Alexander Allport of the National Commiitee for the Peace Ballot at the Convocation, May 8-9, 1976, in N. Y. C.) The Peace Ballot, approved at the CIRCLE Convocation, February 21-23, I975t in N. Y. C., for distribution in 1975-6 to almost 1 million Ameri- cans, through their church, club, campus, etc. groups for discussion and decision, was an unprecedented referendum on U. S» foreign policy. It was reprinted in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and other periodicals. Sixty thousand ballots have been returned from 50 states, to date. The 12 most popular demands, in order of preference, arei 1. Reduce Military Aid. The U. S. should reduce foreign military aid substantially and pledge to phase out military aid entirely if similar action is taken by the Soviet Union and other countries granting military aid, 2. New Non-Nuclear Energy. Substantial public funds should be used to develop non-nuclear energy, including solar, tidal and geothermal energy and where possible in cooperation with other nations. 3. International Criminal Court. The U. S. should support creation of an international criminal court to try persons accused under international law of war crimes, genocide, aerial hijacking, international terrorism, traffic in narcotics and other violations of international law. 4. International Oceans Authority. The U. S. should support creation of an International Oceans Authority to reduce pollution and regulata use of resources of the oceans and collect royalties to be used for U. N. development programs. 5. World Population. The U. S. should plan for U. N. programs designed to help stabilize world population at no more than six billion people (now at approximately b billion). 6. Department 'of Peace* A Cabinet level Department of Peace, headed by a Secretary of Peace, should be created to promote nonviolent settlement of conflicts and programs of peace research. 7. National Peace Academy* A national peace academy should be created to. provide professional training for careers in peacemaking and peacekeeping. 8. Food Aid to Prevent Starvation. The U. S. should contribute...grain to a world reserve system under a U. N. Food Authority. 9. Reduce Overall Military Expenditures. The U. S. should reduce military expenditures substantially and pledge to continue to do so if similar action is taken by the Soviet Union and other countries. 10. Restrict Sale of Nuclear Materials. The U. S. should pledge not to sell nuclear fuels or power plants, except under the jurisdiction of the International Atomic Snergy Agency* 11. Multi-National Corporations. The U. S. should support the creation of a U. N. agency with authority for compulsory licensing and regualtion of corporations and national agencies engaged in international commerce. 12. Political Prisoners. The release of persona imprisoned for their political beliefs, throughout the world, should be a central aim of U. 5. diplomacy. 1975

* * * VOTING INSTRUCTIONS * * * IV. TO PRESERVE NATURAL RESOURCE! AND _5. U.N. Peacekeeping. The U.S. ihould actively ipVIRONMENT: lupport creation of a permanent U.N peacekeep- each category, piece in X by lh« three Issue* you think moil Important. Crow out any prapoeali you tinnot auppert. ing force and preu for the adoption of tpecific •other member of your household «n *l» rat* w> IhU BflM by •'Ming another column of choice*. L|. Pollution Control Legliletlon. The U.S. ihould mediation and third party arbitration procedures enact itringent legislation to prevent pollution of to resolve disputes. the *y*»TT and atmoepfacre. TO REVERSE THE ARMS RACE; -I. High CommUiloner on Humen Righti. UJ5. _6. Independent U.N. Revenue. The U.S. should ahnuld lupport creation of a U. N. High Coot- 2. New Non-Nuclear Energy. Substantial public Initiate and support diplomatic efforts Io estab- _1. Moratorium on Nuclear Toting, [ho U.S. ihould miaiioner on Human Rigbu. fundi ihould be used to develop non-nuclear en- lish the authority of the U.N. to secure revenue cease uaili:! ground testing of nuclear weapon* and ergy, including solar, tidal and gcolhermal energy by taxing international trade and extraction ol should) work toward a comprebenaivo leal ban -6. RheeJaeien Chrome. Tbe U.S. ibould comply and where possible in oooperalioa nub olaw resources not controlled by Bilious. nwiy without limit*. fully with Ibe U. N. embargo on trad* with Ua> deal*. _7. U.N. Voting Syst.m. The U.S. ihould call for _2. Na Firat Strik. PUdge. The U.S. should pledge Alternative! to DDT. Subitantial public fund* a general U.N. Charter Review Conference and that ii will never be Ibe tint u> UK nuclear weapon _7. Amneiry. The U.S. ihould grant unconditional ibould be used to develop ecologically round pa* work for a complete overhaul of lhe U.N. voling at any kind. amnuty to all who nonviolently broke the Uw le ticidet. lyilem. milt Ibe Vietnam War. _3. RMlrlct Sale el Nucleer Materials. The U.S. aot to Enforcement Power* for U.N. Tbe U.S. ihould ->. Declaration of Interdependence. The U.S. ihould pledge- sell nuclear fuel* or power _8. Political Pritonen. Tbc rcleaic of pcnona im- support granting enforcement power! 1C the U.N. ihould call for a World Convention to draft a plants, except under the jurisdiction of the Inter- priioned for tbeir political beliefs, throughout the Environmental Agency and begin a policy of vol- Declaration of Interdependence and a Charter for nauoiul Atomic tiicrgy Agency. world, ihould be a central aim of U.S. diplomacy. untary compliance until such powcn aie granted. an effective World Government. _4. Support Nuclear-Free Zone*. The U.S. ihould -S. Your idea: International Ocean* Authority. The U.S. should -9. Yaw idea: declare tbo Now England Stale* a nuclear-free zone lupport creation of an international Oceana Au- uuJ open this iouc U> unrcatrivuxl international in- thority to reduce pollution and regulate use ol re- spection aad luuultaneously announce readme** to lourcei of the ocean* and collect royalties to be euier into treaties to create nuclear-free zone* in uicd for U.N. development program!. VI. TO DEVELOP NEW STRUCTURES Latin America, Africa, die Near Call and UK III. Tp MEET BASIC HUMAN NEEDS: F9» A NEW POLICY) Indian Ocean. -1. Food Aid to Prevent Starvation. Tbc U. S. Roycllle* in Escrow. To encourage creation of an International Oceans Authority, the U.S. should 1. Department of Peace. A Cabinet level Depart- _5. Reduce Overall Military Expenditure*. The U.S. ihould pledge to contribute lubalantUI amount! of collect royaluei on resource* extracted from the ment of Peace, beaded by a Secretary of Peace, tbould reduce military expenditure! lubalanually grain to a world reierve lyatem under jurudictioa oceans beyond national jurisdiction by U.S. based ihould be created to promote nonviolent lettle- aad pledge io continue to do to If similar action of a U. N. Food Auihoniy. firms and bold the money In eecrow for use by (be ment of conflict! and. program* of peace research. is taken by toe Soviet Union and other countries. 2. A National Food Policy. The U S. ibould adopt Authority. 2. National Peace Academy. A national peace acad- _6. Reduce Military Aid. Tbe LJ S. should reduce a food policy which .vould encouiage the reduction S.S.T. Tbc U.S. ihould continue to reject the con- emy ihould be created to provide professional folclgn niltiiary aid substantially und pledge to of waiie and unneceuary consumption by encour- itruction of supersonic aircraft and should prohibit training for careeri in peacemajuog and peace- phase out nuliury aid canrcly if iltnilar action ii aging Ibe marketing of graai fed beef, direct con- iiimpuou of grain aad by ditcouragtng non-eaeM- landing and overflight of such aircraft over tent- keeping. . taken by tlic Soviet Union and other comunaa. tones under it* jurisdiction. granting military aid. lial UM of fenuiun. 3. Congressional Committee on Peace. A joint Oione Protection. The U.S. should ban all pro- Congressional committee should be created to re- _7. Step Up SALT II. The U.S should itep up ne- 3. From Weapon! to Food. The U. S. ihould reduce military upcndnuict by 10% and contribute the duct* lucb as aerosol tprayi which damage the view policies and programs aimed at building in- goualioui widi the Soviet Union to limit and re- rffnnn leyef io the atmoiphere. lavingi to United Nltuoni program* for emergency ternational institution! and practices needed for duce draitically the production ot malegic anna- peace. ouiuu. relief, food rceervei and agricultural development. Vouridw; 4. World Population. The U.S. ibould plan for 4- World Peace Tax Fund. Legislation ihould be _o. Support World Disarmament Conference. Tbe enacted to permit war objectors to designate for IIS. should support a World Disarmament Con- U.N. program! designed to help Itabtuu world peace research and humanitarian programs, the fcicncc to icach agreement on the ftnt tlagea of population at no more than lU billion people (oov at approximately 4 billion). portion of their tux which would oiberwuo be general and coniplete disarmament to be super- used for military expenditure*. vised and enforced under adequate Dolled Naiioni 5. Aid Through U.N. The U.S. ibould funnel moil S. Arm* Central end Disarmament Agency. The authority. of ita foreign economic aid through the U.N. aad V. TO BUILD GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS; budget of AC DA should be doubled (now $9 mill.) _9. Your idea: other international agenciei, under appropriate I. InUrnallon*) Court of Juitiu. Ttc U.S. should lifeguard!. immediately and agaifi next year, to enable it to repeal Ibe "CoaaaUy RewrvutiOa" and tupport develop a urategy of initiative* to reduce military . ^6. Toward! 1% for Development. Tbe U.S. ihould compulsory jurisJiclioa of the Inlrnutjoaal Court spending. contribute .i% of ONH to the U.N. Development of Jusuce on ill allcgeij violuiow of UeiUc* ox Program next year and pledge to increaae thia ^ iaicrnfttioQid law. 6. Right to Peece Resolution. A "Sense of lhe to 1% if other indiulrializcd and OPEC natjaoa Congress" Resolution shuuld be adopted man- TO CREATE A SENSE OF WORLD COMMUNITY 2. lnlarn«t.onal Criminal Court. Tbe U.S. should dating a foreign policy aimed at achieving secur- make iinular increasei. lupport creation ot an internatioD.il criminal court AND ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS: ity through international agreement* and Itrenglb* 7. Global Reiourcei Agency. The US. should preu (o try person* accused under international law ot ening of peacekeeping institutions. _1. Genocide Convention, The US. should ratify for the creation of a Global Resource! Agency war cnrnei, genocide, ueriul hijacloug. internattonal -_7. Educetjon for Peace and Human Right*. In Uie Genocide Convention immediately- uuUer the Untied Nation! to monitor the world'i terrorism, traffic in narcotic* and other violation* order to comply with the recently adopted scarce resources and to provide an equitable method of interoulion&l law. —1. Human Righti Covenent*. The U.S. should ratify for their allocation and distribution. UNESCO Recommendation on "Education for In- the 11 N. Cuveoanl.1 on Civil and Political Righu 3. Uniform fUciproctl PMC* Act. Tbe U.S. should ternational Understanding, Co-operation and and hcouoinic and Social Rigbu. : 8. Equitable Term* of Trade. Tbc US ihould enact legislation to make uggrcssive war, agaioit • Peace", the U S. Office of Education shuuld active- lupport more favorable terms of trade with devel- any nation which aJopu a iinular Act, a crime ly promote peace education in ichool* and college*. _3. Convention on Racial Discrimination. Tbe U.S. oping countries, as expressed in the Declaration of punishable under domestic taw. should immediately ratify the Convention to end 8. Peace Retearch. U.S. government funds should the New International Economic Order and Ibe 4. Mu.ti-Nttionil Corporation!. The U.S. should all tornn of racial discrimination. Charter of Economic Righu and Duiiei. be available for peace research by universities and lupport the creation of a U.N. agency with author- competent non-governmental organization*. _4. Convention on Political Righti of Women. The 9. Your idea; ity for compuUory liccniing and regulation of cor- US. ibould immediately ratify Ibe Convention OB poration* and national agoouu tngagtd in imv- 9. Your idea: Ibe Political Rigbu of Women. OK IS MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO THE UNITED NATIONS

ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, 15 APRIL 1977

It gives me great pleasure once again to extend rny warm greetings and best wishes to the members of the United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern ^reland. The agenda of your annual meeting repeals your continuing commitment to the enduring objectives of the United Nations. I extend to Mr, Jeremy Thorpe my sincere congratulations on his election as your new Chairman and express my deep appreciation to Mr. Eric Price-Holmes for "his invaluable services, .

" " " The United Nations now includes 147 Member States. This continuing growth encourages my belief that in the necos future it will reach the long-sought goal of universality. Also, I have been heartened during my recent visit to the Middle East by the considerable support sho*vn for resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference, which I hope will take place later this year. On Cyprus, U»N. peacekeeping forces still play a .vite&l role. While no immediate solution resulted in Vienna from the recent talks /I believe a meaningful dialogue has been reopened. The same, however, cannot be said of the situation in Southern Africa where the potential for a major disaster draws closer every day unless the changes called for by the United Nations are promptly implemented.

At the Seventh Special Session of the General Assembly, the international community had reached consensus on the fundamental objectives and guiding principles for the establishment of a new international economic order. Since then, intensive negotiations have taken place in a number of forums, most notably in UNCTAD and the Paris Conference. There is a growing realization that international peace and security will, in the long run, depend heavily upon the

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attainment of economic and social justice for all. I air. therefore hopeful that despite setbacks we will eventually succeed in recording progress when the 31st Session of the General Asseinbly resumes later this year.

To me, the fact that the target of one thousand million dollars for the International Fund for Agricultural Development has been reached is moj?t significant. This was made possible through cooperation between the OPEC countries and those of OECD, and thus proves that true partnerships between developed and developing countries can become a realityc

Another area of international cooperation where further advances can be expected this year is the Law of the Sea. I am glad to note that differences on many of the complex issues involved have been narrowed as a result of consultations held since the last session of the conference.

However, I find the appalling costs of the arms race and signs of its increasing, most disturbing. The decision of the General Assembly to establish a Centre for Disarmament will improve the quality of information available to Member States and the public. But only the political determination of nations can lessen the awesome burden of arms and in this context the decision to convene in 1978 a special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament can assume historic significance. The protection and promotion of human rights is of particular concern to me and in the pursuit of this objective I have used the possibilities inherent in my office in a variety of specific cases involving human rights. During the past year, the two International Convenants have come into force and along with other instruments formulated by the United Nations earlier, represent modest advances towards giving international legal content to a comprehensive range of basic human rights. There remains, however, a serious gap between our professed aims and the painful fact that serious violations of human rights continue in many parts of the world. - 3 -

The United Nations reflects the realities of the increasingly complex and interdependent world in which we live. Where there is a will and a desire for constructive change on the part of Governments, it remains the best instrument to taeKle the political, economic and social problems of an increasingly interdependent world,

Realization of tts great potential, however, depends on much and how well the public understands the true nature of global problems and to what degree it will support the efforts of the world organisation in resolving them. I am therefore particularly grateful to the U,H. Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which plays a major role in fulfilling this need for public understanding and support.

I extend to you my very best wishes for a productive and successful meeting and for yo^r future endeavours., O <3

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I am pleased to convey my greetings to all delegations attending the Economic Commission for Europe on the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary* This provides us with a valuable opportunity to reflect on past progress and to look to the future. The ECE was the first regional economic commission to be established by the United Nations in the aftermath of the second world war. Its purpose was one fundamental to the Charter—"To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic...character". Since then, the ECE has provided a framework for co-operation in economic and other related fields which has kept pace with the political and economic developments of the region. In the difficult period of the immediate post-war years, the ECE provided a useful forum for consultation and negotiations among the countries of the region concerning trade, standardization, transport and energy supply, in the late 1950's it was able to respond to the numerous challenges posed by the great economic and political changes which were then taking place. The past twenty years have witnessed remarkable growth in the region, much of which can be •• 2 •• attributed to increased interdependence within sub- regional groupings and to improved relations between countries with different economic and social systems. It is no coincidence that East-West trade has grown by ten times in real terms since the creation of the Commission. Today, the activities of the ECE cover all major areas of East-West co-operation in economic and related fields. A decade ago, the Ministerial Conference commemorating the twentieth anniversary of ECE, in an historic declaration, "unanimously acknowledged the importance of the Commission's activities to the...development of... co-operation among countries of the ECE region...and emphasized the unique value of the Commission and its subsidiary organs as a meeting ground and setting for joint activities". The confidence which the Member States expressed in the Commission at that time has been fully justified by developments in the intervening period and has been reflected in the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe. The participating states will convene in Belgrade later this year to review the implementation of the Final Act: I have no doubt that they will find the ECE response to its new tasks most positive. While the main emphasis of the programme of the ECE will continue to be placed on the problems of the region, it is desirable that the Commission should continue to participate in those wider activities of the United Nations - 3 - where it can play a special role. Many of the activities of the Commission are of direct or indirect benefit to the developing countries and the ECE has been able to make useful contributions to the Fourth UNCTAD Conference, the Conference on Human Settlements and the United Nations Water Conference. The stress placed in the Commission on programmes which are beneficial to countries outside the region is most welcome and greatly assists the world Organization as it strives to attain a new international economic order. The ECE is now embarking on a new era in its history, facing new challenges but fortified by the confidence entrusted to it by its Members. Based on a solid record of outstanding achievement over the past thirty years, and invigorated by a renewed commitment by Member Governments to co-operation through the ECE, the prospects for the future of the Commission are most promising. I send you my best wishes for a constructive and fruitful session. a' r rv> .-..!j \ i • ...-•* &OMMM «* tlAj "s- • - <

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SECRETARY-GEW£RftL TO THE THIRTY-THIRD SESSION OF ESCAP, QUOTE IT GIVES ME GHEftT PLEASURE TO CONVEY Mr BEST UISHES TO ALL DELEGATIONS ATTEtiDIKQ THE THIRTY-THIRD SESSION OF TKE ECONOWIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA Ai*D THE PACIFIC* THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION HAS AS IMPORT AST BEARING ON THE GLOBAL EFFORTS TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE MAJOR ISSUES CONCERNING THa ESTABL1SHMEMT OF A »E« INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER. YOUR PROGRAMME OF WORK AND PRIORITIES REVEALS THE COMPLEX NATURE OF THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED AND ALSO REFLECTS THE DEEP UNDERSTAND I »8 AND REALISM YOU BRING TO THE ENORMOUS TASKS OF ECONOMIC AMD SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE VAST SEGMENT OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION WHICH INHABITS YOU.R REQIOIU IN THIS REGARD, IT IS A MATTER OF PARTICULAR SATISFACTION TO ME THAT INTEGRATED RURftL DEVELOPMENT 13 OWE OF THE ISSUES TO WHICH YOU HAVE ACCORDED PRIORITY* APART FROM THE OBVIOUS IMPORTANCE OF THE RURAL ECOK-QKY FOR ALMOST ALL DEVELOPING COOTRIES OF THE REGION, PROBLEMS OF MIGRATION TO CITIES, URBAN SQUALOR AND UtiEflPLOYriEST WILL WOT BS SATISFACTORILY SOLVED WITHOUT RASPID AND COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS 1(3 RURAL AREAS, I ALSO WELCOME THE WORK YOU ARE UNDERTAKING TO PROMOTE COOPERATION AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, THESE EFFORTS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE WIDER CONCERN TO SEEK WAYS OF CO-OPERATION WHICH WOULD ENHANCE THE KOBILIZATIOS OF LOCAL RESOURCES A?JD ACCELERATE THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES ES3EHTIAL FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SOCIAL EQUITY AKD KAXIMIK1 EMPLOYMENT* I VISUALIZE THESE ENOEAVO'JRS AS MAJOR STEPS IS A PROCESS AIMED AT HARASSING THE ENORMOUS POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAS HITHERTO REGAINED LARGELY UNTAPPED. I SHOULD, HOWEVER, LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT TO 3E FULLY EFFECTIVE, THEY rtUST BEE COSCEIVED WITH I si THE «• BROADER FRAriEVJORK OF GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE. IT IS IB < THIS CONTEXT THAI THE EXPERIENCE OF YOUR REGION WILL 8E OF GREAT VALUE IN FURTHERING SIMILAR ACTIVITIES AT ,o THE GLOBAL LEVEL, MOST NOTABLY IN THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE UNITED MAT IOSS CONFERENCE OM TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION ftMON3 OEVELOPl&a COUNTRIES WHICH WILL BE HELD IN BUENOS AIRSS WEXT YEAS* THE PROBLEMS OF SECURIW3 HAPID ECOMOMIC GROWTH WITH i ! SOCIAL JUSTICE, OF PROVIDING PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GROWINGS LABOUR FORCE AND OF SUBSTANTIALLY REMOVING THE WIDE DISPARITIES IN LEVELS OF WELL-BEING WILL BE MAJOR PREOCCUPATIONS IN THE COM1MQ DECADE, MORE VIGOROUS ATTEMPTS AT NATIONAL, RES 10 HAL AND INTER SAT 10 SAL LEVELS ARE NECESSARY IF THESE GOALS ARE TO BE ATTAINED* X AW CONFIDENT THAT YOUR " r DELIBERATIONS WILL WAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THAT^

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0 IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR CHANGES PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO LET ME KNOW ^ KIMD HE6AHDS f» AHMED - N \ ° COL 454 AF/WVC bf. AR/Efa.G/II./MC'' Sutanto/ESA Mr. Hafeeuddin Ahmed ^ 8 April 1977 tcecutive Assistant to the Secretary-General

Albert Farnsworth Principal Officer EOSG

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& request to draft a message front the to the forthccaning session of ESCAP was £@j^ardeii to me from r

DRAFT MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO THE THIRTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (ESCAP) IN BANGKOK, 20 APRIL 1977

Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Representatives, Ladies and Gentlemen.

It gives me great pleasure to convey my best wishes to all delegations attending the thirty-third session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. The work of the Commission has an important bearing on the global efforts to resolve major issues confronting the developing countries and I am confident that your deliberations will make significant contributions.

The programme of work and priorities of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific not only is evidence of the complex nature of the problems involved but also reflects the deep understanding and realism you bring to the enormous tasks of economic and social development for the vast majority of the world* s population which inhabits your region. Activities identified by you for priority consideration and action will be of great assistance in helping to establish a New International Economic Order. - 2 -

I very much welcome work that promotes co-operation among developing countries. Such work helps to translate into operational terms the emphasis on co-operation for self-reliance and will provide an important link with activities of a similar nature at the global level during the coming year. I visualize these endeavours as major steps in a process aimed at harnessing the enormous potential for development which hitherto had been thwarted by the serious imbalance prevailing in international economic relations.

It is also a matter of great satisfaction to me that integrated rural development, which has now become a matter of global concern, is receiving priority attention in the Commission's work programme. Apart from the obvious importance of the rural economy in most developing countries of the region, problems of migration to cities, urban squalor and unemployment will not be satisfactorily solved without rapid, and comprehensive development efforts in rural areas. I also value highly the initiatives taken for enlisting interagency co-operation in activities concerned with integrated rural development. This will provide a new impetus for concerted international action in the future.

The problem of effecting rapid economic growth with social justice, the providing of productive employment opportunities for the growing labour force and the task of substantially removing - 3 -

the wide disparities in levels of well-being will be major preoccupations in the coming decade. More vigorous attempts at national, regional and international levels in reaching the objectives elaborated in the International Development Strategy for the Second Development Decade will, I am sure, do much to help achieve the goals of the coming decade and the establishment of a New International Economic Order.

I convey to you my best wishes for a successful meeting. UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES

INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM INTERIEUR

TO: Mr. T.W. Wilson, Jr., Principal Officer DATE: 1 April 1977 A: .Executive Office of the Secretary-General REFERENCE:

THROUGH: S/C DE:

FROM: Tato R. Sutanto, Officer-in-Charge • ^ Regional Commissions Section/ESA \". : • V/V. t \ • SUBJECT: Secretary-General s Message to the _^-' OBJET: Thirty-third Session of ESCAP, Bangkok, 20-30 April 1977

We are enclosing, for your kind attention, a copy of a draft message from the Secretary-General to the forthcoming session of ESCAP, which we received from Mr. Rudy Gontha, Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary of ESCAP.

ec: Mr. F. van Hoek, ESA ' 20 Aoril 1977

• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COHKISSICN FOR ASIA AND THS PACIFIC

Thirty~third session 20-30 April 1977 Bangkok

CRAFT MESSAGE FROM Ml. KIP.T WAIDHEIK, SECKSTART-GBNERAL 0? THE UNITED NATIONS

Mr. Chairmana Your Excellencies, Distinguished Representatives, Ladies and Gentlemen.', • v It gives me great pleasure to convey iiy best -wishes to all delegations

attending the thirty-third session of the Economic and Social Commission

' for Asia and the Pacific, The work of the Commission has an important

bearing on the global efforts z'* resolvirg rajor issues confronting the

developing countries and I am confident that your deliberations -woi-ld' nake

' >- significant contribution.towards achieving this objective.

The programme of work and priorities of the Econondc and Social CoRsaission

for Asia and the Pacific not only gives evidence of the complex nature of

the problems involved but also reflects the deep understanding and realism

you bring to the enormous tasks of economic ana social development for the

vast majority of the world population who inhabits' your region. Activities

identified by you for priority consideration and action arc — .*. rerisly « important aid vd.ll no doubt assist the countries of the region in playing

their rolo towards the- establishment" cf a New International Economic Order.

In .tiiic context; I very much welcome the vork promoting co-operation,

among developing countries Which constitutes an affective attejnpt to

translate into operational terns the emphasis on co-operation for self-reliance^,

embodied in the Kev; International Economic Crder and provide3 an important

- link vdth activities of a similar nature at the global level during the

coming year. I visualize these endeavours as cajor steps in a process

/aimed at harnessing. aimed at harnessing the enormous potential for development which hitherto

had been thwarted fey the serious imbalance prevailing in internatioral

economic relations0 It is also a natter of great satisfaction that integrated rural

development which has now becocs a matter of global concern is receiving

priority attention in the Commission's work programme. Apart from the v obvious importance of the rural econony in Dost developing countries of the

region, problems of migration to cities, urban squalor and uneinployinent wi.ll not be satisfactorily solved -without rapid arid comprehensive development

efforts in rural areas. I also value highly the initiatives taken for enlisting interagency co-operation in activities concerned with integrated

rural development and do hope that this vdll provide a new impetus for

concerted international action in the future.

This .set of priorities and activities gains in significance in the

light of the major problems that will preoccupy the countries of the region during the Third Development Decade,, The questions of rapid economic growth with social justice, providing productive employment opportunities for the growing labour force and substantially removing the Trade disparities in levels of well-being arc lil

Second Development Decade will, I am sure, nske the achievement,of the goals of the coming decade and the establishment of a New International Econoraic

Order a far more fsisiilLc tc.sk.

I vric-h your taseting evsry success ana hope that your deliberations will substantially contribute towards this goal. UNITED NATIONS Press Section Office of Pablic Information United Nations, N.Y. (FOR USE OF INFORMATION MEDIA --"NOT AN OFFICIAL RECCED)'

Press Release SG/SM/2J19 '5 April 1976

MESSAGE FROM SECREI^RY-GENEPAL TO SEMINAR IN BARBADOS ON 'EDUCATION FOR A HEW WORLD ORDER'

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim to a seminar on "Education for a New World. Order", which opened in Barbados on h April. The seminar, organized by the World Federation of United Nations Associations, is scheduled to end on 10 April.

It is a great pleasure to be able to address a message to a gathering of educators> teachers and people deeply involved in promoting the ideas for which the United Nations stands. I should like to commend the initiative of the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) and the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP)3 who, in co-operation with teachers organizations in Barbados, have made this important seminar possible, I am also particularly appreciative of the support given to the seminar by the Government of Barbados,

There are more young people in the world today than ever before. This fact, coupled with the growing thirst of people, particularly in the developing world, for education, places teachers'of all kinds at a critical point in the development process * In your hands is the responsibility for bringing up a new generation and assisting an older one to tackle the challenges of improving the economic and social well-being of the peoples of the world. Today this process of education must reach beyond national boundaries and preoccupations to include a knowledge of the phenomena which are shaping global society. It is this emerging interdependence of economies, of cultures, of peoples, which is the subject of education for a new world order,

I cannot stress too much that this new world order — on the economic side . it is called a new international economic order --is not merely a notion or an idea. It is a rapidly evolving reality., No education in the modern world can be considered complete unless it includes the fullest possible understanding of this reality.

You in the Caribbean region are well aware that there are great imbalances in the distribution of the planet's riches. The new'world order we are moving towards is aimed at redressing these imbalances. The role of development education is to point the "vay to the future in achieving this goal through international co-operation and understanding,, In this context, I hope you will discuss ways in which the United Nations can be of assistance.

(more) - 2 - Press Release SG/SM/2319 5 April 1976

"When talking about a new world order, we should not lose sight of the fact that it will only reach its complete expression through the efforts of people in their own societies. Education in its widest sense is the only way in which these efforts can be fully realized. The subject you are discussing is one that is growing in importance, not only in developing countries, "but also in developed ones, I wish you all the greatest success in this seminar, and in the work you return to, the work of explaining and spreading understanding of our world to its people.

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A. ^oliaxi. Da-a.S^QC.Asgi:* to S~G MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO "Action Kow Towards More Responsible Parenthood Worldwide" Tokyo, 4 April 1977

The international symposium "Action Now Towards More Responsible Parenthood Worldwide" provides a valuable opportunity to assess the developments which have occurred in this important field in recent years. The urgency of the population question has become increasingly apparent and, at the same time, international support and cooperation in this field have grown rapidly. One of the essential precepts in population programmes has been the recognition that the principle of national sovereignty must be preserved, without interfering with individual freedom of choice.

Private and voluntary groups have always had a particularly active role to play in this field. Their ability to take new initiatives has greatly contributed to an increased international awareness of the population question. Programmes undertaken by governments and international organizations have been the beneficiaries of their work and their innovative approach.

I am glad to note that in recent years the United Nations has been able to play a central role in coordinating international population activities. The exchange of knowledge and ideas which occurred at the World Conference in 1974 has resulted in an ongoing dialogue towards the implementation of the World Plan of Action, adopted at Bucharest. In this context, the efforts of the United Nations Population Commission in focusing on the interrelationship of the various issues involved in the population question, are of vital importance. The work of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities in support of concrete action to be taken by governments in pursuit of the principles laid down in the World Plan of Action is equally significant.

Conferences such as yours perform a highly valuable function in that they draw together ideas and people from diverse sources and I wish to commend the sponsors for their initiative in convening this (symposium.

Every organization and each individual represented here today has an important part to play in discussing the issues which you will be addressing.

I wish you every success in your deliberations.

Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations

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REFERENCE. NV/77/27

The enclosed communication dated 2k June 1977 is transmitted

to the Permanent Missions of the States Members of the United

Nations at the request of the Permanent Representative of Japan

to the United Nations.

8 August 1977 SC/77/158 PERMANENT MISSION OF JAPAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS NEW YOHK 24 June 1977

Excellency, I have the honour to recall the International Symposium on "Action Now Towards More Responsible Parenthood", held in Tokyo from 4 to 7 April 1977, to which Your Excellency was kind enough to sent a supporting message. The Symposium reviewed the progress made since the World Population Conference in Bucharest, 1974, and recommended additional actions needed. It attracted high-level representatives from the Japanese community and supporting messages from yourself, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert McNamara, Aurelio Peccei, John D. Rockefeller III, and Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore. At the Opening ceremony His Imperial Highness Prince Takamatsu, Mr. Takeo Fukuda, the Prime Minister of Japan, and Mr. Nobusuke Kishi, a former Prime Minister addressed the participants, and Dr. Mohammed Abudul Kedar Hatem, Supervisor-General of the National Council of Egypt gave a Key-

Hi s Excellency Mr. Kurt Waldheim, Secreta ry-General, United Nations - 2 - note address. Taking part in the Symposium were 44 eminent persons from the developing and developed countries - 18 development leaders, 11 resource persons and 15 representatives fromUNICEF, UNFPA, WHO and IPPF. After two full days of discussion, the declaration entiled "Tokyo Initiative", enclosed herewith, was signed by the participants April 7, 1977. In view of the great importance of the document, and in order to lend further impetus to the opinion of the international community, I should like to request Your Excellency to be good enough to circulate copies of the "Tokyo Initiative" to the heads of Permanent Missions to the United Nations for dissemination to the appropriate government officials, interested private organizations and individuals within their countries. I avail myself of this opportunity to express to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest considerations.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations Tokyo Initiative

action now toward more responsible parenthood

» 1. The World Population Confer- been slow or nonexistent. It is in Tokyo International Symposium ence in Bucharest in 1974 was a fact precisely in these areas that April 4-7, 1977 landmark in the social history of least progress has been made in the Cosponsors: humanity. For the first time, there provision of information and serv- Japan Science Society was a general consensus among the ices to enable people to plan their Draper World Population Fund 136 governments represented that families. Cooperating Organizations: population policies should be an Japanese Organization for integral part of socioeconomic 4. Evidence was presented to the International Cooperation in development strategies. The Con- Symposium that we are apparently Family Planning ference urged governments to take entering a new stage in population Japan Parliamentary Federation the necessary steps to provide to history. In many countries average for Population all couples and individuals the in- birthrates have been falling, and the Population Council formation, education and means to pace of world population growth United Nations University decide freely and responsibly the may at last be slackening. number and spacing of their children as a basic human right. 5. Nevertheless, rapid population growth in the developing countries 2. The Tokyo International Sym- is by no means over. Given the high posium reviewed the progress made proportion of young people in since Bucharest and recommended many countries —itself a result of additional actions needed. Since high fertility in the past —substantial the Bucharest Conference, many population growth will continue for more governments have adopted decades to come, even after lower official policies to support family fertility levels are achieved. Second, planning efforts. Moreover, policies among the poorest half of the pop- are in many respects being imple- ulation, fertility rates are some 50 mented with greater efficiency and percent higher than the national wider scope with notable successes average. There is, moreover, a large in several countries. The particular potential for further declines in needs of rural areas, however, mortality. However desirable in it- which had not been stressed in self, this nevertheless will contribute Bucharest, have received special in the short run to continued high attention at this Symposium. population growth.

3. But at the same time frustration 6. While projections of world pop- has increased over the continued ulation are being revised down- lack of achievement in many coun- ward, world population is still like- tries in the provision of even the ly to grow from its present four most basic human needs —health, billion to about six billion at the nutrition, housing, education and turn of the century and to continue employment. Even in countries that increasing thereafter. Unless far- have been experiencing fast eco- reaching measures are taken to in- nomic growth, poverty in all these crease global output and improve dimensions has remained chronic. the distribution of income among Moreover, in the densely popula- and within countries, a large frac- ted, rural areas and marginal dis- tion of the human race is doomed tricts of cities, fertility decline has to continue to live in poverty. Action Recommendations 7. In the past, the development of 8. The Symposium urged that addi- have on themselves, their families family planning has depended very tional resources be made available and their communities. Opportuni- much on highly committed individ- for a broad range of new initiatives ties should be made available to uals and voluntary agencies, both in the following areas: permit young adults to postpone * national and international. A heavy childbearing. responsibility continues to fall on • to make the fullest range of family «to integrate family planning serv- the private sector for initiatives planning services available in rural ices with developmental activities aimed at developing cost-effective areas and marginal districts of cities. where this will benefit the com- methods and trying them out on a Basic human needs include access munity and its members. The objec- pilot basis for subsequent adoption to all the safe and effective meth- tives would be not merely to find by governments. New emphases are ods of family planning for all indi- partners through which to deliver needed for all agencies, official or viduals and couples to enable each family planning services and infor- private. These have to take account to decide on the number and spac- of the social values, religious being of births with due regard to the mation, but to identify and support liefs and customs in each country. health of the mother and the inter- locally desired and feasible ways of ests of all the children. The Sym- helping people to improve their posium stresses the importance of lives and increase the areas over which they have decision-making freedom of choice in this matter. power, including that of responsible parenthood. Basic health and nutri- • to expand the social and econom- tion services, including parasite ic roles of women and to improve control and encouragement of their status in other fields. Educa- breast-feeding, basic education — tional and employment opportuni- informal as well as formal—and ties should be provided to enable food production and employment them to play roles in addition to are examples of action with which their roles as wives and mothers. provision of birth planning services Unless women are allowed to par- and information could be inte- ticipate in family and community grated. decision-making with an emphasis on their rights and responsibilities * to place responsibility and au- as partners on an equal basis with thority for program design, ample- men, it is clear that programs for mentation and funding as close as responsible parenthood will be possible to the people affected. doomed to failure. Women should Existing local institutions need to be be among the planners of policies identified and incorporated in this and programs as well as among the process to the maximum extent. In implementers of projects. Women some instances, new community- also need to be provided with in- level institutional and organiza- formation on the effects of preg- tional structures will need to be nancy and on the various contra- devised. Concerns of higher level ceptive technologies in order to governments and institutions will enable them to make informed need to be sensitively balanced with choices. local initiatives. Training and employment of paramedical workers, • to educate adolescents and young traditional health practitioners, in- adults about their reproductive be- digenous leaders, and local volun- havior and to underscore the impact teers and other workers need to be that premature parenthood would developed. 9. These innovative programs will To keep the importance of the need political and administrative Tokyo Initiative before all potential support and in some cases changes supporters, the sponsors and in the law. This requires informing the nongovernmental organizations political leaders about the short- participating in the Symposium have term benefits of family planning agreed to cooperate with each services to the family and their im- other and with other similar groups plications for long-term develop- in all countries —starting now. ment strategies, especially in reduc- ing unemployment. Such informa- The above declaration was drafted tion needs to be provided to and signed by participants in the opinion leaders in all fields —labor, Tokyo International Symposium, business, the professions, educa- April 7, 7977. The Symposium, co- tion—and the organizations of sponsored by the Japan Science So- women, youth and religious groups. ciety and the Draper World Popula- Periodic reports on the "state of tion Fund, included international IT- population" and its social implica- development leaders and expert tions are one way of doing this. As population advisers from 25 coun- people become more aware of the tries and representatives from inter- benefits of family planning services, national agencies. (See back cover.) they will themselves increasingly demand that governments provide them.

10. The goals of the Tokyo Initiative as herein described must not remain just words. Action must follow now. Current experience with improving the quality of life and the capacity for exercising responsible parenthood among the rural and urban poor need to be evaluated and guidance disseminated widely for the greatly expanded programs re- quired. More particularly, substantial additional funds must be forthcoming from private and public sources to enable nongovernmental organizations to help develop, to carry out and to evaluate numerous, innovative programs in all regions. Such programs should be designed to identify those ap- proaches that will best enable public and private agencies to provide to all poor families the help they require if they are to have the Calligraphy, "Tokyo International Symposium," by means to live decent lives. Mike Hatanaka Russell Peterson (U.S.A.) Honorary President Former Chairman, President's International Agencies Council on Environmental Quality Dudley Seers (U.K.) International Planned Parenthood His Imperial Highness Prince Takamatsu University of Sussex Federation (IPPF) Leticia R. Shahani (Philippines) Fernando Tamayo Chairman, United Nations President Commission on the Status of Women Julia Henderson Cochairmen L. S. Sodhy (Malaysia) Secretary General Secretary-General, Asia Regional Frederic T. Sai Cooperation in Family and Population Assistant Secretary General • Ryoichi Sasakawa Planning Mrs. Angier Biddle Duke H. E. Swardjono S. (Indonesia) United Nations International William S. Gaud Minister of Family Planning Children's Fund (UNICEF) Victor Urquidi (Mexico) Charles Egger President, Colegio de Mexico Deputy Director, Programming Titi Memet Development Leaders Senior Adviser, Family Welfare Program Division • H. E. Ali Ahmad Al-Ansari (Qatar) Population Advisers World Health Organization (WHO) Minister of Labor and Social Affairs F. J. Dy S. Aduke Alakija (Nigeria) Director, Regional Office for the President, International Federation Mercedes Concepcion (Philippines) Western Pacific of Women Lawyers Dean, University of the Philippines Albert Zahra Rubens Vaz da Costa (Brazil) Philip H. Coombs (U.S.A.) Director of Family Planning Division Vice President, ABRIL Group Vice President, International Council • Sir John Crawford (Australia) for Education Development United Nations Fund for Population Chancellor, Australian National Gonzalo Echeverry (Colombia) Activities (UNFPA) University Director, Planning and Development, Rafael M. Salas Abdel Malek Farrash (Saudi Arabia) Profamilia Executive Director and Under Director, International Technical Toshio Kuroda (Japan) Secretary General of the Cooperation japan University United Nations Maurice Guernier (France) Sir Maurice Kendall (U.K.) Nafis Sadik Club of Rome Director, World Fertility Survey Chief, Projects Division Laila El Hamamsy (Egypt) Carmen Miro (Panama) United Nations Research Institute President, International Union for the for Social Development Scientific Study of Population Preparatory Committee Monowar Hossain (Bangladesh) Goran Ohlin (Sweden) Director, Institute of Development Senior Adviser in Economics and Edwin M. Martin Studies Analysis Projections, World Bank Chairman Hidetoshi Kato (Japan) Katherine S. Pierce (U.S.A.) Chojiro Kunii Gakushuin University Population and Human Resources Yoshinori Maeda Yoshinori Maeda (Japan) Division, World Bank Saburo Okita Honorary President, Asian David Malcolm Potts (U.K.) Yujiro Shinoda Broadcasting Union International consultant in family Victor Urquidi Edwin M. Martin (U.S.A.) planning Robert B. Wallace Chairman, Consultative Group on J. N. Sinha (India) George Zeidenstein Food Production and Investment in Institute of Economic Growth, Lawrence R. Kegan Developing Countries University of Delhi Coordinator Saburo Okita (Japan) R. Wasito (Indonesia) For information contact the Draper Former President, Overseas Economic Chairman, National Family Planning World Population Fund, 112019th Street, Cooperative Fund Community-Based Program, East Java N.W., Suite 550, Washington, D.C. 20036.