, 'T "'_' '~< ' United Nations 1953rd GENERAL PLENARY MEETING ASSEMBLY Tuesday, S October 1971, TWENTY-SIXTHSESSION at 3 p.m. O/fici61 Records NEW YORK CONTENTS nisms and has undertaken many fruitful initiatives for the Page benefit ofall mankind. Agenda item 9: General debate (continued) 6. Whether it was a question of the war in Viet-Nam, the Speech by Mr. Raymond (Haiti) 1 fratricidal struggles in Africa, or the problems in the Middle Speech by Mr. Mahmud Ali (Pakistan) 5 East-and it is always with emotion that we recall the deep Speech by Mr. Jedrychowski (Poland) 11 understanding shown by the Secretary-General and the Speech by Mr. Masmoudi (Tunisia) ............•. 16 Speech by Mr. Ahouanmenou (Dahomey) ...••..... 21 entire Organization each time that it was necessary during Reply by the representative of India ..... ......... 23 these last 14 years here to deb~te such matters as the defence of the sovereignty and integdty ofthe Republic of President: Mr. Adam MALIK (Indonesia). Haiti. Whether it was a question of the defence of the human dignity of peoples who are victims of colonialism·or racial discrimination, or whether it was a question of the AGENDA ITEM 9 economic and aocial development of the under-developed countries, impartial history will recall, Mr. Secretary­ General debate (continued) General, your many initiatives as a proof of manifest goodwill and devotion to the cause of international peace. 1. Mr. RAYMOND (Haiti) (interpretation from French): expr~ss Allow me, Mr. President, to present to you the warm 7. The delegation of Haiti would like once again to congratulations of the Government of Haiti and of the to you its admiration for the remarkable services you have delegation over which I have the honour to preside on the rendered to humanity and express the hope that the occasion of your election to the presidency. of the Secretariat of the Organization will continue to follow the twenty-sixth session ofthe General Assembly ofthe United road of wisdom, serenity and dynamism which you have Nations. Your long experience as a statesman and the shown it during these last 10 years. eminent service which you have rendered to the cause of peace constitute a sure guarantee for harmonious work 8. Although the; results of the initiatives of the Organiza­ during the present session. Be assured of the full co­ tion were not a]:ways consistent with the legitimate aspira­ operation of the Republic ofHaiti which extends to you its tions of peoples, the responsibility can be imputed to the best wishes for success. imperfect structures established at its foundation, for, unfortunately, it still shows the marks of a genesis 2. Allow me also to pay a tribute to the President of the characterized by the precarious compromise among the twenty-filth session of the General Assembly, Mr. Edvard great Powers which serves as the basis of the Organization. Hambro, who carried out his delicate mission to the We are all aware of the lirrJtations of the Organization, as complete satisfaction of the Members of the United we are aware of its great ability and its potential. Despite Nations, bringing into play his lofty sense ofresponsibility everything, the Organization remains a place where, on a and drawing on the noble qualities which distinguish the footing of equality, States may discuss their problems, seek people ofNorway. peace and progress, and lay the foundations for the co-operation which is necessary among the peoples of the 3. Although the present session opened with the usual world. ceremony and although at this session the General Assem­ bly is called upon to examine questions which we might call 9. Therefore, the delegation of Haiti wishes to express its conventional because they always appear on the agenda of concern with regard to the election of the new Secretary­ our -sessions, this session, nevertheless, is of special impor­ General who, in addition to the attributions laid d.own in tance because of the fact that the Assembly must take the Charter in Articles 97 to 101, is invested with the high decisions which will surely ex~rcise a determining influence moral author1y and general responsibility upon which the upon the future of our Organization itself, as well as upon life and functioning ofthe Organization depend. the history of international relations during the latter part ofthis century. 10. With the feeling of equity and equilibrium reqUired in order to realize the fundamental objectives ofthe universal 4. We refer, in the first place, to the election of a new nature of the Organization, the RepUblic of Haiti, whose Secretary-General to replace U Thant, whose departure we destiny seems to be to constitute a link and· a bond between greatly regret. Latin America and Africa, feels that the post ofSecretary­ General of the Organization should be given to a personal­ 5. A pilgrim of peace, U Thant has devoted himselffor the ity belonging to one of these two continents. Obviously, past 10 years with remarkable skill to reconciling antago- such a candidature would enjoy from the very beginning a 1 A/PV.1953 2 General Assembly - Twenty-sixth Session - Plenary Meetings prestige and a remarkable strength if it were to be the Organization of African Unity H.E. Moktar Ould supported unanimously by the African and Latin American Daddah, in condemning, once again, the policy ofapartheid Member States. The delegation of the Republic of Haiti, and the policy ofradal segregation which are carried out by which has already begun to take initiatives along these lines, the Governments of South Africa and Rhodesia to the would make an urgent appeal to ~ nations desiring to detriment of the inalienable· rights of the great majority of 1 achieve this indispensable unity so ~l~ to build a more the population ofblack people. ;,r: equitable and more harmonious worlel. ~ 18. In this second half of the twentieth century, when ~ I· 11. The twenty-sixth session of the General Assembly has almost everywhere economically weak countries are mobil­ before it a question which is more than 20 years old, but izing their material and human resources so as to give a new which comes up every year. It is an old question, namely, impulse to their development, it is disturbing that a the representation of China in the United Nations, but we minority of the population of South Africa and Rhodesia I! must examine it in the light of an international situation should by coercion force the great majority into a disgrace­ ~ which is always changing; it is an old question, of course, ful situation in the name ofan anachronistic philosophy of but it must necessarily be borne in mind by all those who racial superiority in order to maintain their privileges and r' advocate unity in diversity, all those who are not resigned economic power indefmitely. i ). to a division of the world into two monolithic blocs, aU those who reject with all their strength the difficulties 19. For eight years the United Nations has been adopting f 1 which negative ideologies or the straitjacket ofshort-sighted more and more resolutions and recommendations but these J l . policies impose upon mankind. two countries continue to be indifferent to and scornful of I them. 12. The delegation of Haiti wishes to draw the Assembly's I attention to the need to give the problem ofthe representa­ 20.. At its twenty-fourth session, the General Assembly r tion ofChina due importance and to consider it with all the proclaimed 1971 the "International Year for Action to 1,.. t I lucidity and clairvoyance necessary so as to avoid establish­ Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination" [resolution ing a precedent whiCh might in the near future imperil the 2544 (XXIV)]. In all sincerity, what list of failures could very basis of our Organization. we now draw up and must we not recognize that most of s the responsibility for this failure rests upon the shoulders of > 13. The title "Restoration ,of the lawful rights of the Member. States which refuse to implement coercive resolu­ .! "'" e I People's Republic of China in the United Nations", under tions providing for measures such as the embargo, the t which certain delegations have raised the problem of the prohibition ofarms sales and the breaking off of diplomatic e l e representation of China, suggests the idea of the pre­ relations? We must give economic questions their due and I existence of rights of which China has been frustrated. In everyone must realize that the same trade exchanges, any case, the Government of the Republic of Haiti, while especially trade in precious metals, could be continued and ~ven gr~at L­ accepting the principle ofthe representation ofthe People's expanded with a Government representing the L­ Republic of China, is resolutely opposed to any draft majority ofthe black population. e resolution which would expel the Republic ofChina. r, 21. With the same feeling of indignation, the Government is 14. It is true that, in view of the universal nature of the of the Republic of Haiti energetically condemns colonial· e United Nations, it would be desirable to open our doors to ism, which continues to keep large communities of our 1. the People's Republic of China with the assurance that the Africa in a sub-human.situation. Apartheid and the policy tS latter would profess respect for the principles in the name of racial discrimination are unmistakably reminiscent of e ofwhich we are met here in this Assembly. M!?in Kampf, which the world unanimously rejected after the sufferings, the slaughter and the destruction ofthe last a H 15. But, we must also recognize that the Republic of war.