(Mr.Sipaseuth, LaoPeople's Democratic Republic) helpedtoslowdownthsarmsrace.Ithas,moreover, established thelegal foundations forthemovements strugglinS forpeace,national independence, dem~racy andsocialprogress, inparticular byadopting theDeclaration onthe Granting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples in1960,onthe initiative oftheSovietunion. ThatDeclaration isthesymboloftheelimination ofcolonialism, andweshallsoonbecelebrating itstwenty-fifth anniversary. Butunfortunately thisDeclaration hasnotyetbeenfullyapplied, because colonialism, racismandapartheid continue toafflict someregionsoftheworld. Itistherefore imperative thatallMembersoftheunitedNations actinconcert to eliminate thesescourges onceandforall. TheunitedNations, withits159Membercountries, isrepresentative ofthe international community, andshouldbeacentrewheretheefforts ofnations are harmonized, aboveallintheareaofsafeguarding international peaceand security. InthisspiritthatwehopethateveryMemberoftheOrganization will bringitspolitical willtobeartoensurethattheimplementation oftheCharter willbemoreeffective. However, whatconcerns usisthatatatimewhentheUnitedNationsis preparing tocelebrate itsfortieth anniversary andofficially proclaim that1986 willbetheInternational YearofPeace,warlike imperialist circles havebeen working toaggravate thealready tensesituation bytryingtodisrupt themilitary andstrategic balance through anewescalation ofthearmsrace.Theyarethus tryingtodeployintermediate-range nuclearmissiles inseveral westEuropean countries andtomanufacture newgenerations ofnuclear weapons. whatism~re, theyhaveplanned, throughtheir"StarWars·programme, todeployanti-missile weapons andanti-satellite weapons inouterspace.Itgoeswithout sayingthatthisnewescalation ofthearmsracefurtherJVM/4 A/40/PV' ..20 8:.~.. (Mr.Sipaseuth, LaoPeople's Democratic Republic) increases thedangerofnuclear warandthusconstitutes amatterofgraveconcern totheinternational community. Inrecenttimesthetmperialists, inordertodefendtheirso-called vitalI interests, hayebeencarrying outactsofprovocation, issuingthreats and interfering intheinternal aff,;'rs ofseveralStates,allactsthatamounttoa formofStateterrorism, andhavethuscreated hotbeds oftension invarious regionsoftheworld. InCentral America andintheCaribbean wearewitnessing anintensification oftheundeclared waragainst Nicaragua, interference inthedomestic affairs of thepeopleofElSalvador andthepursuit ofahostile policytowards Cuba. Insouthern Africathesituation continues todeteriorate because theracist UnitedNations andoftheNon-aligned Movement. theregion.IntheMiddleEasttheZionists andimperialists planofdomination and • IButtheIsrae11 occupation troops,integrity ofthosecountries aswellasofthedecisions andresolutions ofthe expansion hasmetwithstrongopposition fromtheArabnationalist forces, which withthesupport ofcertain imperialist countries, haveintensified theirbarbaricforcedtheaggressors towithdraw fromLebanon.prolonging itsillegal occupation ofNamibia, aswellascarrying outactsof repression oftheLebanese civilian population andcarried outmassacres of andofUnitedNations resolutions aswellasathreattothepeaceandsecurity ofaggression againstitsneighbouring countries, inparticular Angola. Theseactsregimeofpretoria, withthesupport oftheimperialists, isintensifying its. repression, massacres andarrests oftheblackpeopleofSouthAfricaand Palestinians inrefugee campswhichconstitute aserious viOlation ofhumanrightsconstitute aflagrant violation oftheindependence, soveriegnty andterritorial---------- armsfromourplanet. Thosecountries alsoputforward theproposal on undertaken nottobethefirsttoresorttonuclear weaponsortodeployIA/40/PV.20 9-10 (Mr.Sipaseuth, LaoPeople's Democratic Republic) Facedwiththeexisting tenseand·complex international situation, theHeads thepeoples devoted topeaceandjustice andbyinternational publicopinion.international co-operation inthepeaceful exploitation ofouterspaceundernuclear-arms freeze, andthereduction andeventual complete elimination ofnuclearJVM/4 anti-satellite weapons inspace,andhasproclaimed amoratorium onnucleartests from6August1985to1January 1986.Theseproposals werebroadly supported byofStateandGovernment ofArgentina, Greece, India,Mexico, Swedenand andotherregions oftheworld. Moreover, theSovietUnionhasunilaterallyreversing thenuclear-arms race.Fortheirpart,theSovietUnionandtheother Earthandinspace,inpar~icular through theprohibition ofnucleartests,aTanzania -representing thefivecontinents -appealed lastJanuary tothe
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