TNAG-1151-FCO40-1431-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-the-United-Nations-1983 — Page 64

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Dear Dick,

RECEIVED IN

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SECRETARY OF STATE's SPEECH TO UNGA 37

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Thank you for your letter of 20 July.

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We are grateful for the opportunity to offer advice on the broad theme and content of the Secretary of State's speech.

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We think that the most appropriate theme would be the need for all Member States to respect the Purposes and Principles contained in Articles 1 and 2 of the UN Charter. The lead-in could be that since the last General Assembly the world has been beset by a large number of wars, causing enormous loss of life and material damage. It could be pointed out that these are conventional wars (an echo of the Prime Minister's speech to UNSSOD II, which was very well receivec here). This proliferation of wars creates an urgent need for everyone to reaffirm respect for the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations. The Secretary of State could then go on to discuss various of these Purposes and Principles, both at a general rhetorical level and as pegs on which to hang what he wanted to say about Latin America and about the main issues of the day. (these cannot be excluded from the speech altogether, though we welcome the Secretary of State'. decision to avoid a tour d'horizon).

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The Principle on which we recommend that the Secretary of State should lay the greatest emphasis is that of self-determination. We will be placing great reliance on it in the many engagements we ex to fight with the Argentines over the Falklands at UNGA 37. It could also provide a lead-in to the passage on Latin America - the Secretar of State could recall the early years of the 19th Century when the peoples of Latin America exercised their right to self-determination and the part the United Kingdom played in those events; he could the survey British relations with Latin America since then; and he could conclude this passage with an account of our hopes for the future. Self-determination could also provide a peg for the Secretary of State's remarks about the Arab/Israel conflict (ie Palestinian rights and Namibia. Other Purposes or Principles of which use could be made are the peaceful settlement of disputes (though see the caveat in paragraph 4 below), human rights, fulfilment of Charter obligations ie respect for Security Council resolutions (Argentina, Israel), and non-use of force (Afghanistan, Cambodia).

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