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OBJET: DRAFT SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENCY AT THE 43RD SESSION OF THE

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IN ASIA, SOLUTIONS TO THE MOST SERIOUS CRISES SEEM TO BE EMERGING. THE TWELVE WELCOMED THE SIGNING OF THE GENEVA AGREEMENTS ON AFGHANISTAN AND THEY NOW EXPECT THAT ALL PARTIES CONCERNED SHALL SPARE NO EFFORT IN PURSUING THE PEACE PROCESS. AN OVERALL POLITICAL SETTLEMENT OF THE AFGHAN PROBLEM IMPLIES THE WITHDRAWAL OF ALL SOVIET TROOPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREED TIMETABLE, THE UNIMPEDED RETURN OF REFUGEES AND, IN PROCESS OF SELF-DETERMINATION, THE SETTING UP OF A FULLY REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. IN THIS CONNECTION, THEY CONSIDER PARTICIPATION BY THE RESISTANCE TO BE INDISPENSABLE.

ALSO, FROM THIS FORUM, I WISH TO REITERATE THE WILL

OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBER STATES TO

CONTRIBUTE TO THE RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES AND TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE COUNTRY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROGRAMMES LAID DOWN IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

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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 MILITARY OCCUPATION IN VIOLATION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE U.N. AND INTERNATIONAL LAW AND MUST BE BROUGHT TO AN END. IN THIS CONNECTION, THE INFORMAL DJAKARTA MEETING IN JULY WAS AN ENCOURAGING SIGNAL TOWARDS A POLITICAL SOLUTION OF THE CONFLICT RESULTING IN AN INDEPENDENT, DEMOCRATIC, NEUTRAL AND NON-ALIGNED CAMBODIA. THERE SHOULD BE NO RETURN TO THE TERRIBLE ABUSES OF THE PAST. THE TWELVE RENEW THEIR APPEAL TO VIETNAM TO WITHDRAW ALL ITS TROOPS FROM CAMBODIA. WE CALL UPON ALL

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