unremitting intransigence indenying thePalestinian partyanyrights, endeavouring torobthatpartyirrrevocably ofthelandthatisrecognized asbelonging toit, rejecting anycompromise proposal fromanyquarter whatsoever, including thatof itsclosestalliesandpersisting intryingsystematically togaincontrol andto winground. Forthepresent, theimportant thingistostressthat,asfarastheArabsAP/rd A/40/PV.1S 44-45 (Mr.CaidEssebs!, Tunisia) areconcerned, theJi'ezPlan,whichisbasedonUn!tooNationslegality, provides a realistic basisforajustandlasting settlement intheregion. Tunisia, which reiteratesitssupport forthePlan,believes, however, thatmlYsolutionthat callsforrecognition oftheinalienable rightofthePalestinian peopleto self-determination andtoestablish theirownStateandhasthesupport ofthe legitimate repreSentative ofthatpeoplemustbenoton-lyconsidered butalso,and aboveall;backedbyappropriate action onthepartoftheinternational community.AIm/ap A/40/PV.15 46 (Mr.CaidBssebsi, Tunisia) •InLebanon, theIsraeli armyisnotendingitsoccupation ofaportion ofthe southern partofthecountry, onceagainonthespecious prete1tt ofguaranteeing thesecurity ofIsrael. ItkeepsthatareaofLebanon undertheyokeofamilitary administration whoserepressive activities arematched onlybythearbitrary policy imposed uponthePalestinian peopleintheWestBankandtheGazaStrip. Thefailures suffered bytheinvader intheregionareclearproofthat neither apolicyoftheironfistnortherecruiting ofmisguided militiamen will succeed inovercoming theheroicresistance oftheLebanese people. Thatiswhytheinternational community mustcalluponIsraeltowithdraw its forces, inaccordance withSecurity Council resolutions 508(1982)and509(1982). Israeli interference intheaffairs ofLeb~non mustceasepermanently, andthe territorial integrity andindependence ofLebanon mustbeestablished, onceandfor all. Afterfiveyearsofhostilities, duringwhichthetwobelligerent countries wereputtofireandsword,noendtothefratricidal warbetween IraqandIranis yetinsight. Grateful acknowledgement mustbemadetotheSecretary-General ofour Organization forhavingsucceeded, withmucheffort, insparing townsandvillages large-scale shelling thatwasaimedatcivilian targets and,thus,threatened to wipeoutentirepopulations. However, itisurgenttoputanendtothisconflict, which,inaddition tobringing ruinuponthetwocountries atwarwitheachother, isalready havingadangerous impactonthecountries oftheregionasawholeand isonthevergeofentering astageofinternationalization, whichisaserious development, notcounting thedamagedoneinbothcountries. Somedonotseemto havebecomeawareofthisserious development, andmustbecomeawareofitwhile thereisstilltime•settlement. Theirbeneficial actionwillbealltheeasierinthat,letu~notcontinue, wishestorenewitsurgentappealtotheUnitedNations, particularly to prevail upontheparties totheIconflict toembarkonaprocess ofpeaceful(Mr.CaidBssebsi, Tunisia)A/40/PV.l5 47 Tunisia, whichisawareofhowtremendously dangerous itisforthiswarto thepermanent members ofthesecurity Council, toendthisviciouscircle andto forget, Iraqhasalready accepted animmediate cease-fire supervised bytheUnited Nations, withaviewtoachieving asolution inaccordance withtheprinciples ofAIJil/ap international lawandtherelevant UnitedNations resolutions. Foreign interference, intheformofarmedintervention, isanobstacle to progress inAfghanistan andKampuchea, whosepopulations arestillbeingdenied theirinalienable righttodetermine theirfutureandtohavethegovernment of theirchoice. Wearewitnessing withrevulsion thesuccessive wavesofbloody repression andpunitive expeditions thataretriggering theexodusofmillions of innocent peoplefromtheirhomeland. Theinternational conununity appears tobe obliged toactwithin theframework ofthisdefactosituation characterized by flagrant violations oftheprinciples oftheCharter andofthelawofnations in thetwocountries inquestion, whicharefullMembers ofourOrganization. Tunisia, whichhasoftencalledupontheUnitedNations totakeenergetic stepstodealwiththissituation, cannotbutreaffirm, onceagain,theimpo!tance itattaches totheprinciples thatmustgoverntheendeavour toachieve apeaceful solution tothesetwoconflicts, namelywithdrawal offoreign forcesfromthesetwo countries andrespect fortheirindependence, theirterritorial integrity andtheir statusasnon-aligned states, aswellastherightofrefugees toreturntotheir homes. Wearefollowing thesituation inLatinAmerica veryclosely. Wewelcome the comingtopowerofdemocratic regimes inman1ofthecountries oftheregion. Our satisfaction isallthegreater inthatthisprocess ofnormalization hastakenA/40/PV.l5 48 (Mr.CaidEssebsi, Tunisia) placesmoothly, onthebasisofapopular consensus. Weareconvinced thatthe
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