the problem. For the question is not that of evading the issue by
shelving it; it is the question of fulfilling the fundamental right of
China to occupy its legitimate place in this Organization. It is the
question of assuring United Nations universality, which is a basic
condition
for its representative character and therefore its effectiveness.
an obligation which this Assembly oves to the United Nations.
It is thus
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Mr. Tomorowicz, Poland)
This solution can be achieved only by the immediate and unconditional
estoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the
United Nations, as is proposed in draft resolution A/L.531. The Polish
delegation, therefore, strongly supports that draft resolution and will
vote for it.
The meeting rose at 3.40 p.m.
UNITED NATIONS
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ASSEMBLY
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Twenty-second Session
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Mr. SEVILLA-SACASA (Vice-President)
Mr. MANESCU
(President)
(Nicaragua)
(Romania)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in
the United Nations (a), (b) and (c) [937 (continued)
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AGENDA. ITEM 33
RESTORATION OF THE LAWFUL RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN
THE UNITED
NATIONS:
(a)
(b)
(4)
દ
DRAFT REBOLITION SUBMITTED BY ALBANIA, ALGERIA, CAMBODIA, CONGO
(BRAZZAVILLE),
CUBA, GUINEA, MALI, MAURITANIA, PAKISTAN, ROMANIA, THE SUDAN AND SYRIA
(A/1.531 and Adá,1)
DRAFT RESOLUTION SUBMITTED BY AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL,
COLOMBIA,
GABON, ITALY, JAPAN, MADAGASCAR, MEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, THE
PHILIPPINES, THAILAND, TOGO AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (A/L.532
and Add.1) DRAFT RESOLUTION SUBMITTED BY BELGIUM, CHILE, ITALY,
LUXEMBOURG AND THE
NETHERLANDS (A/L.533) (continued)
The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Spanish): I have the bonour of
presiding over this meeting at the kind invitation of Mr. Cornelius
Hanescu, the President of the General Assmbly. I should like to say how
much I appreciate this honour and I express warn greetings to all
delegations,
As vas agrond yesterday, the Assembly will first hear the remaining
speakers who wish to explain their votes before the votes are taken, and
then we will proceed to vote on the draft resolutions which have been
submitted in connexion with this item.
Mr. ANTOINE (Haiti) (interpretation from French): The delegation
of Haiti ever since the beginning of the debate on the question of
China, has
given the closest attention to the siguients put forward by speakers who
have precated as on this rostrum of the General Assembly. Fully
cognizant of everything that has been said about the admission of
People's China to the United Nations and, subsequently, about the
seclusion of Nationalist China from the United Nations, it is now timely
for the delegation of Heiti to explain its vote. It will do so quite
Independently and in the light of the facts, We feel, however, that in
this statement certain additional points should be
All Hambors are vell mare that China, by virtue of its geographic
location and its culture dating back for centuries 18 an old
civilization
since it predates the Christian era by 7,000 years,
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(Ms. Antoine, Haiti)
Peking Man is the oldest example of homo sapiens and there is no doubt
that Chinese culture is one of the most profound cultures in the history
of man.
However, China is not an entirely homogeneous human conglomeration such
as de European peoples have become throughout the centuries of invasion
and migration, modifying or co-ordinating their whole formation. China,
lelated
by the Pacific Ocean and the Gobi Desert, vas able to elaborate ita
inutebility,
its racial and cultural, formula, sa Voltaire would have put it. The
Chinese Empire for four thousand years suffered no appreciable
alteration of its lava,
customs and language
if you prefer, in its way of life. It is certain that China was already
civilized at a time when Greece vas slumbering in
sbscurity.
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However, in about 1940 the Chinese situation, notwithstanding its
ancient
civilization, ma sore desperate than ever, The country wha a prey to the
greatest anarchy when it was invaded. It was then that the unfortunate
events involving Japan occurred. In August 195, following the Japanese
defent, it vas liberated almost vithout a struggle at a decisive moment
in its existence
as a national unit. It was at that moment that there arose the opposing
groups
of Mao Tse-tung and Chiang Kai-shek, There were armed struggles after
the
Comintern was dissolved in 1943. Stalin lost interest in what happened
to Mɛo
and his group.
In June 1944 Averill Harriman, sent by the late Franklin Delano
Roosevelt,
declared that the Chinese commumista vere not true communtate, and on
15 April 1945 Stalin and Molotov said the same thing to the American
General Burley,
later, Stalin said to the late President Roosevelt'
sssistant,
Mr. Harry Hopkins, according to United States Relations with China
(Washington,1949), pages 71, 94 and 115:
"Chiang Kai-shek is the only Chinese leader capable of carrying out
unification; the Chinese commundet Isaders are neither suitable por
qualified
to carry out that task."
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(Mr. Antoine, Haiti)
How can one talk of a China divided into two separate territories when
one of them holds the legal authority of a constitutional government by
virtue of the principle of self-determination of peoples and their
freedom to choose the form of government they wish? Nationalist Chim,
separated from continental China, has always been regarded, in the eyes
of this intercational Organization, as a separate State, with all due
prerogatives as a founder Hesber of the United Nations and a permanent
member of the Security Council, because it represents the legal
Goveysment of China, To call for its exclusion, as is done in draft
resolution A/L,531, is 11logical, and the delegation of fiti will not
cast its vote in favour of that draft. We regard it as a flagrant
injustics to a sovereign State which is regularly recognized by the
international community. Moreover, the delegation of Biti connet regard
as an appropriate compromise solution the draft resolution in document
A/L.533, vhich appears to call into question the inalienable rights of
the Goverment of Nationlist China. Wa
sball abstain on that draft.
The delegation of Hiti vill vote in favour of the draft resolution
contained in documents A/L,532 and Add.1, which recalls the
recommendation
contained in resolution 396 (V) of 1k December 1950 that:
whenever more than one authority claims to be the Government entitled to
represent a Member State in the United Nations and this question becomes
the subject of controversy in the United Nations, the question should be
considered in the light of the purposes and principles of the Charter of
the United Nations and the circumstances of ench chạn,'
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and further recalls the decision taken in resolution 1668 (XVI) of 15
December 1961,
that:
"... in accordance with Article 18 of the Garter ...any proposal to
change the representation of China is an important question ...".
Por that reagon the delegation of Biti vill vote in favour of this draft
solution, in accordance with the instructions of its Government,
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Lord CARADON (United Kingdom): In his statement in the general debate on
26 September last my Foreign Secretary spoke of the serious effect which
recent events had had on Anglo-Chinese relations. We believe that there
is
an overwhelming opinion in this Assembly which joing with us in
deploring attacks
Apen foreign missions and ill-treatment and detention of diplomatic
representatives.
My Govartment fully shares the condemnation of such acts, which
represent so
serious & deterioration in standards of international conduct.
But, despite those deplorable actions, it is still our intention to do
everything we can to achieve a return to normal relations.
We continue to believe that it is right and necessary that the People's
Republic of China should be seated in this Assembly. The United Nations
was
created to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of all nations in the
attainment of the purposes set out in the Charter. We should all be
dedicated to that purpose. It can benefit neither the United Nations.nor
the people of
China to perpetuate the exclusion of representatives of the Government
of that
immense country from our international community.
Surely all our efforts should be directed not to keeping them out but to
persuading them to come in--to come in to share in the search for
intomational
understanding and international co-operation and international
authority.
It is well known to the Assembly that my delegation bus "lways taken the
view that this question of the representation of China is an important
question
in terms of Article 18 of the Charter. Indeed, we believe that it is one
of the
most fundamental questions that confront the Assembly. At the same time,
for the reasons I have given, və believe that it is important that the
question should
be resolved. It is our hope, therefore, that without further delay, and
by the necessary majority required by the Charter, the Assembly will
finally
decide in favour of the seating of the representatives of the People's
Republic of China in this world Assembly.
With regard to the draft resolution in document A/L-533, my delegation
understands and respects the intentions of the sponsors of that draft;
but,
as we have said before, we do not consider chat those proposals vould
advance
at we believe should be the purpose of the United Nations in this
matter. Wi cannot, therefore, vote for that draft resolution.
For the reasons I have given ay delegation will vote in favour of the
draft resolution in document A/L.531 and Add.1 and in favour of the
draft resolution in document A/1.532 and Add.1.
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M2. HUOT SAMBATH (Cambodia) (interpretation from French): When I spoke
on 20 November last on the question of the restoration of the lawful
rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations I had not
than been able to study the draft resolution in document A/L.533,
submitted by Belgium, Chile, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The
Cambodian delegation would like, therefore, to comment briefly on that
draft.
The Cambodian delegation has listed with great attention to the
explanations given by the Italian delegation when, on behalf of the
co-sponsors, it introduced that draft resolution. The representative of
Italy stressed, in his statement at the 1602nd meeting, that the tems of
reference of the specia). committee had been to explore and study the
situation in all its aspects. At the
time he recognized that the General Assembly had bad the question of
Chinese representation before it for too many years.
As I have already had occasion to stress, the Chinese question has been
before this Organization for almost twenty years. If a fair solution has
not yet been found that is because of United States imperialias med the
countries which depend on Washington, and not because the situation has
not been examined and explored in all its aspects.
In our opinion the ultimate xiss of draft resolution A/L.533
would be the creation of "wo Chines" a solution which Cambodia and all
sovereign countries which are respectful of the principles of the United
Nations Charter raject emphatically, since the two-chine solution not
only would be a flagrant violation of the principles of the Charter but
would set a dangerous precedent for all countries. It would also
represent approval, purely and simply, of the impreialist policy of the
United States Goverment, which, in violation of all the principles of
the Charter and of international law, has assumed the right to intervme
in the domestic affairs of China by occupying the Chinese province of
Taiwan by force.
If the authors of the draft resolution in document A/L.533 really want
to strengthen the authority, prestige and efficiency of this
Organization they should support unreservedly the draft resolution
submitted by the non-aligned countries, including Cambodia, and reject
the draft championed by the United States, which is merely a dilatory
and dishonest manoeuvre on the part of United States imperialists.
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Mr. Huot Sambath, Cambodi
In the light of what I have said, the delegation of Cambodia will vote
against the draft resolution in document A/L.533, moved by the
representative of Italy.
Before concluding, may I be allowed to reply briefly to something which
has been said about the Cambodian delegation in this Assembly. A certain
person rejected and thrown out of his country through a popular
revolution, seems to wish to give advice to the representative of
Cambodia in this Assembly. That is very moving, but it seems to us a
little out of place for a person representing group of individuals who
have been rejected and expelled by the Chinese people, and who can
survive only thanks to the armed forces and easistance of the United
States imperialists, to want to give advice to the representative of
Cambodia who, by the way, knows perfectly well how to uphold the
interests
of his country.
Regarding the statement of the representative of Thailand, who claimed
that Cambodia bad made a slanderous statement concerning Thailand, I
merely wish to say that everybody has known for a long time and a free,
independent arbitrator can confirm it -- that Thailand is crammed with
United States military bases which serve United States imperialists in
perpetrating their acts of aggression against the Indo-Chinese peoples.
Even the United States Press givus eloquent information on the air bases
installed in mailand and the nucher of aircraft taking off each day from
those bases in order to massacre the people of Viet-Nan.
Serving as a base for aggression by the United States imperialists in
South-East Asia, Thailand, after having had links with the Japanese
militarists, and having even declared war on the United States in the
Second World War, is now so closely held in tow by the United States
that it can no longer pursue an independent policy. Ita representatives
do no more than repeat the declarations of their lords and masters in
Washington.
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Mr. HUDO (Albania) (interpretation from French): The General Assembly
soon will take a decision on the draft resolutions concerning the
question of
the representation of Chine in the United Nations. The delegation of
Albania, a co-sponsor of draft resolution A/L.531 and Add.1, which calls
for the Immediat
restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in
the
United Nations, has already very briefly indicated on 21 November, in
ita
statement in the general debate on the question, its point of view on
the United States draft resolution contained in document A/L.532 and
Add.1l, as well
we on the intention of the Italian delegation to renew its proposal of
last year, nov contained in draft resolution A/t.533. We emphasized that
those proposals
were both designed, but by different methods, to prevent once more the
restoration of China's rights in this Organisation.
Today,
fter having witnessed once more the repetition of outmoded fallacious
pretentions of the authors of those drafts and of those who support
them, we can say unhecitatingly that their artificial arguments, which
are contrary to the Charter and to the practice of the United Nations,
are the best proof of the total bankruptcy and lack of foundation of
their proposals and of the regl and unworthy slam which lurk behind
them.
We do not intend to go into an analysis here of the procedural
subtleties Indulged in once more by opponents of the restoration of the
lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations.
We do not feel that La necessary. Frequently in the past ve have,
together with the delegations of many countries, fully proved the total
baselessness of the proposals of the United States and its partners, as
well as the true goals sought by those strategans. The present
statements of the authors of draft resolutions A/L.532 and Add.1 and
A/1.533, and of those who support them, contain nothing
The repetition by them of their hoary allegations and fallacious
pretexts, their far-fetched reasoning and the obvious emberrasment in
which they find thensalves in supporting their arbitrary positions,
which era absurd and contrary to the Charter, have proved once more for
Member States the duplicity of the authors of those proposals. In brief,
everybody knows full well that those proposals are nothing but
subterfugee and delaying tactics designed to help the United States to
prevent once more, by devious saana, the restoration
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(r. Budo, Albania)
to Chins of its lawful rights in the United Nations, and also to cast a
veil, if only a partial one, over their brutal obstructionist position
on this question, which has been so severely condemned by world public
opinion. other words, it is obvious to everybody that draft resolutions
A/L.532 and Add.1 and A/1.533 serve only the aggressive policy of the
United States, its plan of "two Chines" alued at perpetuating the
occupation by it of the Chinese island of Taiwan and at the
implementation of Ita wer plans against the People's Republic of China.
As we have frequently demonstrated, the restoration of the rights of
China in the United Nations le neither a queation of the admission of a
név Heuber nor a question of the exclusion of a Member State, China is
one and indivisible, and Taiwan is a Chinese province which is an
integral part of Chinese territory and which will most definitely one
day be liberated by the Chinese people.
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PH
Chine has been and raseins a founding Merber of the United Nations and a
permanent member of the Security Council. The only question now before
the General Assembly, as it has been for eighteen years already in other
words, since the triumph in 1949 of the people's revolution in China
which overthrew for ever the rotten former régime of a clique of
renegades and proclaimed tha foundation of the Feople's Republic of
China is to recognize the true
representatives of that great country of 700 million inhabitanta. It is
a
question therefore purely and simply of the representation in the United
Nations
of a single State, already a Member, the People's Republic of China, and
the
recognition of the credentials of the representatives of that State, in
other
words, the representatives of the Government of the People's Republic of
China.
That doverredent and it alone - has the authority and all the requisite
attributes to represent China in our Organization and in all
international relations. The question of the restoration of the rights
of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations can be reduced
therefore to a simple
question of representation and credentials. It is a very simple and
clear
question which calls for no study, all the more so since it has been
studied
and debated here for many years, It is not an important question in the
terms of paragraph 2 of Article 18 of the Charter and therefore it does
not need, for
its solution, anything more than a simple majority of the Members of the
General
Assembly, Quite obviously, therefore, in the light of all these
arguments, the
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Mr. Budo. Albania)
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(Mr. Budo, Albania)
Albanian delegation is strongly opposed to the request for priority made
by Australia on behalf of draft resolution A/L.532 and Add.1, which is
designed
to violate in the most crude way the clear and precise provisions of the
Charter.
Everybody knows that the People's Republic of China has been in
existence
now for eighteen years, that it has constantly prospered and achieved
remarkable
successes in all the areas of the socialist construction of a country,
that
it has become a powerful socialist State, vith vary high authority and
prestige,
and a decisive factor for the defence of the vital interests of
freedom-loving
and pesca-loving peoples and countries,
Everybody love that there is only one Chins on this planet and that
Taivan
is an integral part of Chinese territory.
Everybody knows that the Government of the People's Republic of China,
and it alone, is empowered to represent that country and the whole of
the Chinese people in international ralations. That is so clear that
nobody is able to
dispute it,
Everybody knows that the question of the restoration of the rights of
the
People's Republic of China in the United Nations is very simple and
crystal
clear, that it calls for no study and that it should be settled by a
simple
majority of the Hambers of the General Assembly,
Bverybody knows that it is not the People's Republie of Chine which
needs
the United Nations, but that, on the contrary, it is the United Nations
which
bas an imperative need to see great China, that powerful socialist
Stata, maka
Its contribution and its most precious assistance to the rehabilitation,
the
good functioning and the effectiveness of our Organization in the
discharge of its task, in accordance with its fundasental principles and
purposes.
All these truths are well known to everybody and to you all, The
question therefore is whether the majority of Member States is going to
continue to support
the United States position, which is arbitrary and contrary to the
Charter, whether
is going to continue to play along with the aggressive policy of that
imperialist Fower, or whether, on the contrary, mindful of the gravity
of the present international situation and the deplorable state of
affairs within this Organization,
and of its responsibilities in the light of these undisputed realities,
it will
have the courage to adopt e just position in keeping with respect for
and the
diguity of sovereign Member States, in secord with the Charter and in
accord with the intereats of the safeguarding and rehabilitation of this
Organization, and its
entry on the proper path -the path of its fundamental principles and of
the legitimate aspirations of the peoples fighting for freedom,
independence and peace,
The Albanian delegation expresses the hope that the majority of Member
States
will choose this latter position and that they will come out
unreservedly in favour of draft resolution A/1.531 and Add.1 presented
by twelve States, including
Albania, which provides for the only just solution in accordance with
the Charter
and the practice followed in such casea: that is, the imediate
restoration to
the People's Republic of China of its rightful place in the United
Nations and in
all its organi,
That would be, without any doubt, a very important step which
would become a milestone in the history of the efforts of peace-loving
Hember
States to have the United Nations take a decisive tum in its course so
as to
place it on the path traced by the Charter and in accord with the vital
interests of mankind for freecca, peace and progress.
Mr. PARDO (Malta): I should like to explain in a few words the position
of my delegation on the draft resolutions contained in documente A/L,531
and Add,1, A/1.532 and Add.1, and A/L,533. Chins has been unhappily
embroiled in a civil var
for many years, During the course of the conflict, one side succeeded in
obtaining
de facto power over mainland China, while the other side, the Government
of the
Republic of China, retained control over insular Chine without
relinquishing
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Its hopes of reversing the course of fortune and recovering pover in
mainland China. At this point large-scale hostilities vere interrupted,
but an agrestent terminating the hostilities has not been reached. Thus
a civil war is still in
When a civil war is in being. It would be directly contrary to Article
of the Charter for the United Entions, vithout the gravest ressOTE *
position in favour of one of the parties to such a var,
being.
to take
J
The proposal contained in document A/L.531 and Add.) in, undeniably, a
direct intervention in favour of one of the parties and prejudicial to
the other in an internal confitet, As für sa the United Nations is
concerned, there are no sufficient reasons for such a proposal, since
the Republic of Chim, a Government which was one of the original
signatories of the United Nations Charter, has sought scrupulously to
observe the Charter of the United Nations in letter and in spirit, and
continues to be in control of part of the territory
of China, Hence, we cannot support the draft resolution sponsored by
Albania and other countries, and we shall support the draft resolution
contained in document A/L.532 and Add.1.
At the same time, however, we cannot ignore the fact that the
territorial
positions of the contending parties in the civil war in China have
remained
substantially unchanged for a number of years and are likely to remain
unchanged for some time to come, In these circumstances, the draft
resolution sponsored by Italy and four other countries (A/L.533) would
appear to be a constructive step, since it would perait mature
consideration of a very complex situation in an
atmosphere free from the tensions of a General Assembly debate. We are
under no illusion about the difficulties of finding an equitable and
practical solution to the question of the representation of Chine in the
United Nations at the
present international soment,
We note in particular the objections both of the Goverment of the
Republic of China and the authorities in mainland China to proceeding as
suggested in draft resolution A/1.533. We shall support that draft
resolution, since we appreciate the sincerity of the intentions of the
sponsors, which we feel deserve
encouragement and support,
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Mr, AZNAM (HIlaysia): If my delegation did not participate in the
general, debate on the question of the restoration of the lawful rights
of the
People's Republic of thins in the United Nations earlier on, it was not
due to
The lack of interest in the subject, but, rather, due to the fact that
the conviction of my delegation on this item remains the same as it vas
at the twenty-first session of the General Assembly,
We have before us today three draft resolutions dealing with the
question of
the restoration of the lawful rights of the People'a Republic of China
in the
United Nations. The delegation of Malaysia, as in the past, subscribes
to the
idea that the People's Republic of China should be represented in the
United Nationa
if it so desires, We base our belief on the understanding that no
meaningful.
efforts could be achieved in negotiating inter alia international
agreements on
the question of peace and security, or peace and war, without the
participation
of and, therefore, the acceptance of a country containing 700 million of
the human
race.
While subscribing to this belief the Malaysian delegation, however,
feels
equally strongly that in upholding the admission of the People's
Republic of
China to this world Organization we could not support that part of the
paragraph
in draft resolution A/1.531 and Add.1, sponsored by Albania and eleven
other
countries which seeks:
"...to expel forthwith the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from the
place
which they unlawfully occupy at the United Nations and in all the
organizations related to it".
My delegation will not be able, therefore, to support this draft
resolution, but
will cest our negative vote on it.
The Malaysian delegation also wonders whether a change in the
representation pf China's seat in the United Nations requires an
asendment to the Charter, If
it does, it certainly will require a tvo-thirds majority. We believe
that
It
this is an important question as affirmed in General Assembly resolution
2159 (XXI). We shall consequently vote for draft resolution A/L.532 and
Add.1, sponsored by
Australia and thirteen other Members.
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Kr, Azzan, Malaysia)
While my delegation is appreciative of the good intentions of the
co-sponsors of draft resolution A/L.533, sponsored by Italy and four
other States, we again find it difficult to share the conclusions it
implies.
abstain on that draft resolution.
My delegation vill therefore
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Mr. PANYARACHUN (Thailand): My delegation said the following in its
intervention of 23 November 1967 as regards the Italian draft
resolution:
"... we cannot see any ground for establishing a United Nations study
committee on this question, as proposed by the delegation of Italy and
others in document A/1.533. Neither can ve see that, if established,
such a committee could serve any really useful and practical purpose",
(1606th meeting, page 47)
Having listened very carefully to the interventions of the
representatives who spoke after I made my statement that day, we are
more convinced than ever that the proposed establishment of the study
committee is untimely and will not bring beneficial and positive results
as envisaged by the co-sponsors. For these reasons my delegation will
vote against draft resolution A/L-533.
In view of the statement made by the Cambodian representative just a few
minutes ago, my delegation deeply regrets its having been impelled to
take the floor to exercise its right of reply. In the course of my
intervention on 23 November, I took the opportunity of exercising the
right of reply of the delegation of Thailand to the statement of the
Cambodian representative that vas made a few days earlier. I said the
following:
"The Cambodian representative's habitum indulgence in polmics is well
known to us all and it came as no surprise to us when, in his visdon, he
chose to resort again to this tactic. The conclusion which we can drast
from his statement is that be, unlike others, has been neither able nor
willing to cast aside the vestiges of his colonial upbringing and emerge
as ⚫ free and independent agent. Indeed the Cambodian representative
has tried his level best to emulate the methods of his new lord and
master, the Peking régime, in engaging in malicious verbal varfarė, as
well, as in conducting hostile activities against all its neighbours".
(Ibid., page 48)
Having just witnessed his performance today, I must admit that the words
uttered by the Cambodian representative with regard to Thailand have
further reinforced our assessment and strengthened our belief that the
Canbodi an representative has indeed become a willing tool of a hostile
and expansionist neighbour.
DR/am
A/FV.1610
27
(Mr. Panyarachun, Thailand)
The Cambodian representative has referred inaccurately to the role of
Thailand in the stand that many like-minded nations take with regard to
the North
Viet-Nancae savage attempt to control the Republic of Viet-Nan by force.
The
Cambodian representative, toeing the line of the Chinese communista,
naturally bad
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