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MDHIAN 6133

THEY EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE UNTIRING EFFORTS OF

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND HIS SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE, MR. DIEGO CORDOVEZ, TO ACHIEVE A SOLUTION OF

THE CRISIS.

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THE MINISTERS HOLD THE VIEW THAT, TO PERMIT THE RESTORATION OF GENUINE PEACE, THE WITHDRAWAL OF SOVIET TROOPS AND THE UNIMPEDED RETURN OF REFUGEES MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN OVERALL POLITICAL SETTLEMENT OF THE CRISIS. IN THIS CONNECTION, THEY CONSIDER PARTICIPATION BY

THE RESISTANCE IN A PROCESS OF SELF-DETERMINATION AND IN THE

INSTALLATION OF A TRULY REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN KABUL

TO BE INDISPENSABLE.

10.

MIDDLE EAST

THE DECLARATIONS OF 1987, AND FEBRUARY SECURITY COUNCIL.

THE MINISTERS DISCUSSED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

AND EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERN ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. THEY REFERRED TO DECLARATIONS AND DEMARCHES MADE BY THE TWELVE, INCLUDING FEBRUARY 23RD, JULY 13TH, DECEMBER 5TH, 8TH, 1988, AND TO RESOLUTIONS OF THE UN THEY SUPPORTED THE IDEA OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AS THE SUITABLE FRAMEWORK FOR A POLITICAL SOLUTION. THE TWELVE

AND ASEAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE SOVEREIGNTY, INTEGRITY AND

INDEPENDENCE OF LEBANON. THE IRAQ-IRAN CONFLICT IS

CONTINUING TO CAUSE GREAT HUMAN SUFFERING AND HEAVY

LOSS. IT THREATENS THE STABILITY OF THE WHOLE REGION. THE

MINISTERS REAFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR A SPEEDY SOLUTION OF

THE CONFLICT THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY COUNCIL

RESOLUTION 598.

MATERIAL

11. SOUTHERN AFRICA

WITH REGARD TO SOUTHERN AFRICA, THE MINISTERS REJECTED UNEQUIVOCALLY THE SYSTEM OF APARTHEID WHICH VIOLATES HUMAN DIGNITY AND REITERATED THEIR CALL FOR ITS TOTAL ABOLITION. THEY CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA TO INITIATE WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE WITH THE GENUINE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN PEOPLE. THE PREREQUISITES OF THIS SHOULD INCLUDE THE LIFTING OF THE

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