116. I resume my function as PRESIDENT of the Council. 117. If I hear no objection, I shall first put operative paragraph 6 of the draft resolution to the vote. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Australia; Burkina Faso, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, India, Madagascar, Peru, Thailand, Trini- dad and Tobago, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Against: None. Abstaining: United States of America. Operative paragraph 6 of the draft resoIution was adopted by 14 votes to none, with I abstention. 118. The PRESIDENT: I shall now put the draft resolu- tion as a whole to the vote. A vote was taken by show of hands. i%e draft resolution was adopted unanimously [resolution 574 (1985)]. 119. The PRESIDENT: I shall now make a statement as the representative of the United States in connection with the vote. 120. Once again, we find ourselves gathered around this table to consider a violation of the integrity of Angola’s borders. Once again, I shall set forth United States policy towards South African operations of this sort. We con- demn them. They serve to exacerbate an already volatile situation. Besides their negative consequences on chances for a negotiated solution to the problems besetting the region, they cause misery and death. So long as they con- tinue they will frustrate the aspirations of all those in southern Africa longing to enjoy their simple, inalienable right to a life without war and bloodshed. 121. The diplomacy of the United States in the region is geared to peaceful, negotiated solutions. It is the road to a deeper and more lasting settlement than gunpowder can ever offer. My Government asks all parties to recognize the folly of this strife. They should realize the necessity of 