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CPE/PRES/ATH 392 X 399
13.09.88 L.T. 14.30
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PART FOUR OF FOUR
OBJET : DRAFT SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENCY AT THE 43RD SESSION OF
UNITED NATIONS
21. THE TWELVE WELCOMED THE SIGNING OF THE GENEVA AGREEMENTS ON AFGHANISTAN, WHICH CONSTITUTE AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD TO THE
SETTLEMENT OF THE CRISIS. THEY NOW CALL ALL PARTIES INVOLVED TO SPARE NO EFFORT IN PURSUING THE PEACE PROCESS. AN OVERALL POLITICAL SETTLEMENT OF THE AFGHAN PROBLEM INVOLVES THE WITHDRAWAL OF ALL SOVIET TROOPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREED TIMETABLE, THE UNIMPEDED RETURN OF REFUGEES IN SAFETY AND HONOUR AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FULLY REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT THROUGH A GENUINE ACT OF SELF- DETERMINATION. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE RESISTANCE BE FULLY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. ALSO IN THIS FORUM, I WISH TO REITERATE THE READINESS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBER STATES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS AS WELL AS TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE COUNTRY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROGRAMMS AND THE PRIORITIES LAID DOWN BY THE UNITED NATIONS COORDINATOR FOR HUMANITARIAN AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN.
21 (BIS). CONCERNING THE QUESTION OF EAST TIMOR, THE TWELVE SUPPORT,
AS THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE THEIR POSITION KNOWN, THE CONTACTS BETWEEN PORTUGAL AND INDONESIA UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SECRETARY-
GENERAL. THEY EXPRESS THE HOPE THAT IT WILL SOON BE POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE PROGRESS, THUS PAVING THE WAY TO A JUST SOLUTION TO THE QUESTION, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
22. IN ADDITION, A RETURN TO PEACE AND STABILITY IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA IS STILL CONTINGENT UPON ON A SOLUTION BEING FOUND TO THE
PROBLEM OF CAMBODIA. THIS CONFLICT IS THE RESULT OF A FOREIGN
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