toria rkgime-have the grave responsibility to take effective measures so that the plan contained in that resolu- tion can be effectively and immediately implemented with- out modifications or pre-conditions. Nicaragua has always considered that the Council should apply the measures contained in Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, in order to ensure compliance with its mandate, and it urges the Council members to so decide at this time. 80. The United States Government must be requested to cease its misnamed policy of “constructive engagement”. We must also insist-and Nicaragua with the full weight of its moral authority so insists-that the United States stop resorting to its veto power in the Council, since its sole purpose-is to defend-crime and mock General Assembly and Security Council resolutions and the decisions of the International Court of Justice that have declared South Africa’s occupation of Namibia illegal. Although on this occasion I have not come here to talk about Nicaragua, it is impossible for me not to mention how similar the imperial- ist behaviour against the Nicaraguan and other Central American peoples is to the imperialist practices and poli- cies in southern Africa. Only by rectifying these policies, which have no support from the international community or the people of the United States, will the United States Government acquire the moral authority to participate in the commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of the Organization. Until Namibia is free, independent and non- aligned, a doubtful light will be cast on the very founda- tions, purposes and objectives of the Organization. 81. Some Western United States allies, which have in the past in one way or another practised similar policies towards South Africa, have equal responsibility. The intransigence, the rejection of Security Councit and Gen- eral Assembly resolutions, the arrogance and the obvious 
**Analysis**
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