delegation, he spelt out the requirements of Article 73
and drew attention to our record and our determination
to continue to carry out our responsibilities.
8. I should also like to pay a tribute to the members
of the Falkland Islands Legislative Council, Mr Cheek
and Mr Blake, whose appearances before the Committee
of 24 in August and again before the Fourth Committee
of the General Assembly at the beginning of November
clearly made a very considerable impression on the minds
of uncommitted delegations and brought home to many
that the debate was about a prople who are entitled to the
benefit of the principles spelt out in the United Nations
Charter.
9. It was satisfactory that after hearing the Island
Councillors the Committee of 24, despite the support of a
number of its members for the Argentine position, merely
decided to transmit the records of its discussions to
the General Assembly without attempting to pass judgment
on the merits of the dispute. We are also entitled to
take satisfaction from the result of the debate in the
General Assembly which ended on 4 November - despite the
misleading impression given by first reports in some of
the media. I believe the result demonstrated the impact
that we had made with our arguments that the people of
the Islands were entitled to exercise the right of self-
determination like any other people and that we had
obligations towards them under Article 73 of the Charter
which other members of the Organisation should honour.
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