Billions ofdollars areeachyearcommitted totheperfecting andstorage of weapons formeaningless war,whilesmallcountries areboweddownwithdebtsin theireffortstobringtheirpeopleamodicum ofhumenintegrity. Thefactisthat,despite ourmagnificent andcommendable achievements, we seemunabletodiscern therUdimentary factthatweareourbrothers' keepers. I ----AP/ljb A/40/PV.2l 81 (Mr. Barro~, Barbados) Weallknowthataslongasinjustice existstherewillbenopeace. Aslong asthereisanunfairdistribution ofthisworld's resourceSi aslongasonerace dehumanizes anotheri aslongasinnocent men,womenandchildren remainhomeless and.statelessi aslongasonecountry exploits another; aslongasone-half ofthe worldisfreeandtheothershackled, whetheritbebyhunger, bydiseaseorby terrorofarms,therewillbenopeace. Aslongasthelargeandthestrongregard thesmallandtheweakwithcontempt therewillbetension inthisbodyand disorder intheworld. Againstthisgloomycanvass, wefeelimpelled topaintthewordsofour esteemed Secretary-General, amanwhohasdevoted untiring energytothewelfare of ourOrganization. Inconcluding hisreportdated4September 1985,heexalted us: -Letusaboveall,onthisoccasion, lookattheunitedNations asits founders lookedatit,asthepractical hopeforthefutureandn(Jt~relyas theunhappy beareroftheburdens ofthepast.- (A/40/l, p.16) ThePRESIDENT: Wehaveheardthelastspeaker forthisafternoon. Somerepresentatives haverequested tobeallowed toexercise therightof reply. MayIremindMembersthatinaccordance withGeneral Assembly decision 34/401, statements inexercise oftherightofreplyarelimitedtotenminutes for thefirstintervention, andtofiveminutes forthesecondintervention, andshould bemadebyrepresentatives fromtheir ~~ats. Mr.AL-BAYRAK~R {Iraq) (interpretati~~ from A~abic): Mydelegation sees thedisappointment ofallthosewhohadexpected orhopedthatthestatement ofthe Iranian regimewouldinclude anapproach tostopthebloodshed andaninclination towards peace.AP/ljb A/40/PV.21 82 (Mr.Al-Bayrakdar, Iraq) it~snosecretthatallevilpowers, spearheaded byIsrael,arehappythat theIranian regiM@insists onprotracting thatwar,asameansforachieving its political aims,wellknowntoeveryone asbeingabnormal. Thisregimeexposes our regiontoinstability andtothedepletion ofhumanandmaterial ~esources. Furthermore, itfacilitates theZionistpolicies basedonintervention inthe intern~l affai~sofstatesinordertooccupypartsthereof, whichwouldendanger itsinterest andregional andinternational peaceandsecurity. Itisnoteworthy thattheGeneral Assembly didnothearanyspeaker advocating thecontinuation ofthatwarwagedbytheIranian regime, whichshouldbeheld responsible foritscontinuation eversinceitstarted fiveyearsago,inan ac~~~ttoachieveitsinsaneexpansionist objectives theregimecallsWthe ~~portation ofrevolutionw•Ithasbeenopenlyreported inthemassmedia,since thatregimetookp<XferinIran,thattheMinister forForeignAffairsofthe Iranian regime want~athecontinuation ofthewar.Israel's Minister forForeign Affairs supported him;hehasinvoked thecausesofwarwithout dwelling uponits realcauses. Hemighthavebeendeterred bythescandalous co-operation inthe military fieldbetween theZionist andIranian regimes. TheIranian Minister statedthattherehadbeennumerous international agreements, andcalleduponIraqtocommititselftothoseagreements. Mydelegation reaffirms oncemoreitsreadiness tomeet wi~hthe Secretary-General inordertoimplement totally theinternational agreE~ents, inclUding theagreements referred toby~eIranian Minister, onthecondition that theCharter oftheunitedNations shouldbeamongthoseinternational agreement~, asitisthemostnoble inte~aational agreement inourcontemporary world.AP/ljb A/40/PV.21 83-85 "CMr.Al-Bayrakdar, Iraq) ItisnaturalthattheIranian regimeshouldalsocommititselftothat:it treatstheconflict partially andselects theinternational agreements itwantsin ordertojustifyitsresorttopowertoachieveitspolitical goals. Mr.Velayati shoulddosomething toresolve thecontradiction inhisstatements: ontheone handhewrongly claimedthatIraqhadresorted toforceinordertoresolveits conflict ~ithIran,andontheotherhemaintained, inhisstatement today,his insistence toresorttoforcetoresolve theproblem. Mydelegation challenges Mr.Velayati topresent theGeneral Asse2bly withany documents thatwouldprovethecommitment oftheIranian regimetotheagreements thathadbeensignedandratified between thetwocountries inordertolend credibil~ty tohisstatement thatIraqhadunilaterally abrogated anyofthose agreements. Astothelonglecture givenbyMr.Velayati abouttheroleoftheSecurity Council andtheSecurity Council's courseofactioninfinding solutions tothe problems beforeitwewillleavethattobeassessed bytheMembersoftheGeneral Assembly andtheotherMembers oftheUnitedNations whichmandated theSecurity