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justice of their aspirations and we laid a basis of
friendship and mutual respect which has persisted to
this day. The example of Latin America taught us that
the establishment of independent nations was the right
and natural way for us to discharge our own imperial
responsibilities. In this bicentenary year of Simon Bolivar I should like to pay tribute to him and to the
nations which he brought to birth.
11. The third principle is respect for the United
Nations and compliance with Security Council
resolutions. Only if the UN is respected and its
dictates followed will peace be maintained. It is the
duty of all member states to enhance the respect in which the UN is held and by their example to encourage others to abide by its decisions and respect its calls
for restraint.
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12.
This last year, Britain herself has been involved
in a major conflict. We did all we could to avoid
having to resort to force to defend our rights.
Through the UN we tried first to deter Argentina from
aggression, and then to induce her to withdraw.
Throughout our campaign to repossess the Falkland
Islands we took immense care to act in accordance with
UN principles. We ensured that the force we used in
legitimate self-defence was the minimum necessary to
enforce our acknowledged rights. We made it clear that
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