is any other such Power, I think it would be very helpful if it were to state here in the Council that it does not accept that type of decision taken unilater- itlly by the United Kingdom, which feels itself very powerful, and we are going to see why. 188. The Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Mr, Zam- brano Velasco. has already referred to the nuclear or nuclear-powered submarines which are being used for military purposes; in our view, that is in violation of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear M’eapons in Latin America (Treaty of TlateloEco): Prohibited explosives have also been used, such as certain types of bombs. that really constitute a crime against humanity. 189. We have seen photographs. It has been said thmt it is not true, but if it is not true, I think it would be good to have repeated here in the Council that thlat type of device is not being used and will not be used, that nuclear weapons are not being used and will not be used. But we have not seen any great haste tcr make that kind of pledge. 190. The chain of violations of resolution 502 ( 1982) by the United Kingdom has created a crisis in the United Nations system of security, a crisis which worsened when other members of the European Com- mlunity, also in violation of the clear provisions of the Charter that it is for the Security Council alone to decide on taking such action, decided to impose sanctions against Argentina. 19 1. That crisis has now been reflected in the inter- American security system. We must look at this calmly and give it profound thought. In 1947 the American States signed the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance-the Rio Treaty. That treaty stipulates that an attack. particularly one by an extra- 
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