well-known wisdom, skill. impartiality and diplomatic 9. I wish also to express our sincere gratitude to Mr. Kamanda wa Kamanda for the admirable way in which he led us through the month of April, which was equally beset with difficulties. IO. The Council has had to resume its considera- tion of the situation in the South Atlantic in dramat- ically changed circumstances. During the weeks that followed our last meeting on this subject, we have been watching with increasing concern the develop- ments in the area and. in particular. the sharp aggrava- tion of tension resulting from the escalation of mili- tary activities by the United Kingdom. an aggravation which. in our view. if left unchecked is likely to endan- ger international peace and security. II. Likewise, we are deeply concerned at the ‘tragic loss of life and mounting non-fatal casualties on both sides caused by a colonial war so obviously anachro- nistic at the end of the twentieth century. 12. The Council will recall that on 3 April [235&/r mc~lingj. when we spoke in explanation of our vote on resolution 502 (1982), we. began by pointing out that we had joined the President and other members of the Council in calling on the two Governments concerned to exercise the utmost restraint and, in particular, to refrain from the use or threat of force in the region and to continue the search for a diplo- matic solution. 13. We also pointed out the decolonization aspect of the dispute concerning the Falkland Islands/lslas Malvinas. We stated, inter- t&r, that we had takeln into account the fact that: “as long ago as 16 December 1965, the General Assembly, in resolution 2065 (XX), recognized that the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, containled in resolution IS14 (XV), 
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