Ukraine, 1982

Mr. Presi¬dent, the delegation of the Ukrainian

Soviet Socialist Republic warmly congratulates

you on your unanimous election to the presidency

of the thirty-seventh ses¬sion of the General

Assembly. Your outstanding personal qualities and

your diplomatic skill have won you the deep

respect of delegations. It is a particular

pleasure for us that the post of President of the

Assem¬bly is occupied by a representative of the

fraternal Socialist Republic of Hungary. Our

delegation would like to assure you of its

co-operation and wish you success in the

performance of your responsible and difficult

task.

2. Whenever one comes to the rostrum of the

General Assembly one is keenly aware of the high

responsibility entrusted by the peoples of the

world to the United Nations. Here at the United

Nations we find a reflection of the most urgent

problems facing mankind, which require collective

solutions in the interests of all countries and

peoples.

3. No conflicts or contradictions among

States, no differences in social systems,

ideologies or ways of life can eclipse the common

need: to preserve peace and prevent a nuclear

war. The speeches of the majority of

representatives have had as their theme a feeling

of alarm for the fate of the world, an awareness

of the fact that it is at a dangerous point and

that everything must be done to avert the nuclear

threat hanging over mankind.

4. Today, when the international situation

has seriously deteriorated—and for this the

imperialist forces are to blame—when those forces

are pursuing an unbridled arms race which

threatens to lead to a nuclear catastrophe, the

words of the Charter, that the United Nations is

called upon for to save succeeding generations

from the scourge of warfar , are particularly

relevant.

The Ukrainian SSR, which played its part in the

creation of the United Nations, in defining its

purposes and principles, is working as always for

an effective contribution by the United Nations

to strengthening international peace and

security, overcoming crisis situations and

enhancing its role in the struggle to rid mankind

of the threat of war. We believe that more active

efforts by the United Nations aimed at securing

peace and developing co-operation among States in

accordance with the provisions of the Charter are

of particular importance today when the world

faces a situation in which its purposes and

principles are ignored and violated.

6. In this difficult period of acute

struggle between two opposed orientations in

world policy there is no more important or more

urgent task than that of limiting the arms race

and striving for disarmament. The future of

mankind depends upon the fulfillment of that

task. For those reasons the Ukrainian SSR,

together with all the socialist countries,

supports the idea of the adoption of immediate

and realistic measures to avert a nuclear war, to

curb the arms race and bring about disarmament,

to eliminate the hotbeds of international tension.

7. To preserve peace, to ensure the peaceful

coexis¬tence of States with different social

systems and to solve all controversial issues by

peaceful means—these are the key goals of the

Programme of Peace for the 1980s, adopted by the

Twenty-sixth Congress of the Communist Party of

the Soviet Union. It is those goals which have

determined the general thrust of the foreign

policy initiatives of the Soviet Union. This

coincides with the vital interests of the

majority of the non-aligned countries and is in

accordance with the peace-loving aspirations of

all peoples and with the purposes and principles

of the Charter.

8. Aggressive imperialist circles, however,

particularly the United States of America, take a

com¬pletely opposite position on questions of war

and peace. The United States and its closest

allies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

[NATO] have adopted a course of intensifying

confrontation, speeding up the arms race,

undermining the existing strategic stability in

order to achieve military superiority,

interfering in the internal affairs of States and

encouraging aggression and the rule of inter¬national

arbitrariness.

9. The United States has blocked the

negotiations on the general and complete

prohibition of nuclear- weapon tests, on the

prohibition and destruction of chemical weapons,

on the [imitation and subsequent reduction of

military activities in the Indian Ocean, on the

limitation of trade in and transfers of

con¬ventional weapons and on anti-satellite

systems. The NATO countries are to blame for the

slowing down of the Vienna Talks on Mutual

Reduction of Forces, Armaments and Associated

Measures in Central Europe. United Nations

decisions aimed at prohibiting the manufacture of

neutron weapons, the renunciation of the

development of new types and systems of weapons

of mass destruction and the holding of talks on

nuclear disarmament remain unimplemented.

Moreover, official representatives of the Unite j

States Administration and certain leaders of NATO

countries have put forward justification for the

idea of the first use of nuclear weapons and the

constant building-up of nuclear arsenals to those

ends.

10. It is precisely that which is the true

reason for the deterioration of the situation in

the world and the intensified danger of war.

11. The world has witnessed material

preparations for war, the constant threat of the

use of force, the use of methods of power

diplomacy and the indoc¬trination of the

population with a spirit of militarism. This is a

concrete manifestation of the reactionary nature

of contemporary imperialism. Adventurism in

international affairs which is inherent in

imperialism is fraught with particular danger

today precisely because the world has accumulated

a vast potential of the most deadly weapons,

which are capable of destroying life on earth.

12. In stressing the great seriousness of the

time at which the thirty-seventh session of the

General Assembly is being held, the delegation of

the Ukrai¬nian SSR believes at the same time that

the peoples of the world are entirely capable of

averting a thermo¬nuclear conflict. The Ukrainian

SSR, like other socialist countries, is convinced

that in the present conditions we must seal, ever

more actively ways and means of normalizing the

international situation, using all available

means which could serve to ease the unfavorable

political climate. We believe that in this

context the United Nations has a major role to

play. The United Nations must not allow one State

or a number of States to wipe out or throw

overboard all the benefits brought about in

international rela¬tions in the 1970s and what

has been achieved by detente, and edge the world

closer to the abyss of war.

13. What we need today is a genuine

breakthrough towards the curbing of the unbridled

arms race and promoting disarmament, and the

immediate imple¬mentation of practical measures

in that field. We do not need words declarations

of good intentions. Only a constructive approach

to the solution of the most acute present-day

problems can prevent mankind from slipping

towards the nuclear abyss.

14. Numerous concrete and realistic proposals

on halting the arms race and on disarmament

measures in various areas have been put forward

by the socialist countries, with the aim of

achieving this goal. They include the Declaration

on the Prevention of Nuclear Catastrophe, adopted

by the General Assembly in resolution 36/100, on

the initiative of the Soviet Union, which

declares that the first to use nuclear weapons

will be committing the gravest crime against

humanity and calls for joint efforts, through

negotiations con¬ducted in good faith and on the

basis of equality, to halt and reverse the

nuclear arms race.

15. A concrete step of historic significance

in this direction was taken by the Soviet Union

when it unilaterally assumed the obligation not

to be the first to use nuclear weapons. This

gives a powerful impetus to the radical easing of

the threat of nuclear war and the strengthening

of confidence in inter¬national relations. But if

this is to be achieved, all nuclear-weapon States

must follow the example of the Soviet Union by

assuming the obligation not to be the first to

use nuclear weapons. Then the threat of nuclear

annihilation would be banished from the life of

mankind, all aspects of international security

would acquire a completely new character and new

prospects would open up for accelerating progress

in resolving questions of limiting the arms race

and bring¬ing about disarmament.

16. We also believe that at this session the

General Assembly could contribute significantly

to the imple¬mentation of the Soviet proposal on

the conclusion of a world treaty on the non-use

of force in inter¬national relations.' The

preparation and conclusion of such a treaty is of

particular relevance today in the context of the

deterioration in the international situation and

when certain States are not only ever more

frequently threatening to use force but, in

violation of the Charter and United Nations

deci¬sions, are actually using it in order to

subject other States and peoples to their

domination. A treaty on the non-use of force

would be a reliable instrument against the use of

any weapons for purposes of aggres¬sion. The time

is ripe for such a measure. We are sincerely

convinced that if the General Assembly made the

renunciation of the use or threat of force with

any type of weapons, nuclear or conventional,

into a law of international life, it would serve

the security interests not only of the

nuclear-weapon States but also of the

non-nuclear-weapon States.

17. A solid basis for the cessation of the

buildup of the most dangerous means of warfare

was created by the new proposals of the Soviet

Union, put forward at the second special session

of the General Assembly on disarmament,2 relating

to the elaboration and stage-by-stage

implementation of a program of nuclear

disarmament, and the realistic proposals of many

other States to curb and halt the nuclear arms

race. It can be stated with some assurance that

support by the General Assembly for the practical

implementation of these measures for limiting

arma¬ments and bringing about disarmament would

con¬tribute to the strengthening of international

peace and security.

18. There is no doubt that a significant

contribution towards the achievement of this goal

would be made by concrete agreements in the

current Soviet-American negotiations in Geneva on

the limitation and reduction of strategic weapons

and the limitation of nuclear weapons in Europe.

19. A serious obstacle to the development of

new types and systems of nuclear weapons, as well

as to the emergence of new nuclear-weapon States,

would be created by the immediate cessation and

prohibition of nuclear-weapon tests by all States

in all environments. Twenty years have passed

since the conclusion of the Treaty Banning

Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer

Space and Under Watery but, because of the

obstructionist position of certain nuclear

States, it has not been possible to achieve the

complete cessation of nuclear tests. Furthermore,

it is common knowledge that the Pentagon is

preparing new programmes for the qualita¬tive

improvement of nuclear weapons and for the

development of even more dangerous types and

systems of such weapons. The United States has

broken off the trilateral talks on the total

prohibition of nuclear tests. In order to

overcome this deadlock, the Soviet Union has

called for the preparation and conclusion without

delay of an international treaty on the complete

and general prohibition of nuclear-weapon tests

and has submitted basic provisions of such a

treaty for consideration at this session. The

Soviet proposal takes into account all the

positive achievements of the many years of

dis¬cussion of the problem of the prohibition of

nuclear- weapon tests, it also reflects the ideas

and views of many States with regard, in

particular, to questions of verifying compliance

with any future treaty. The declaration by all

nuclear-weapon States of a mora¬torium on ail

nuclear explosions, including explosions for

peaceful purposes, would contribute to the

creation of more favorable conditions for the

preparation of such a treaty. Such a moratorium

would be effective pending the conclusion of the

treaty itself.

20. The delegation of the Ukrainian SSR is

convinced that the speedy resolution of the

question of the immediate cessation and

prohibition of nuclear- weapon tests would

contribute significantly towards curbing the

nuclear arms race and in particular halting the

qualitative improvement of nuclear weapons and

the creation of new types and systems of such

weapons, as well as towards strengthening the

non- proliferation regime of nuclear weapons.

Agreement on this very important issue—provided,

of course, that all nuclear-weapon States evinced

the political will and a constructive

approach—would contribute to lessening the threat

of nuclear war.

21. The Soviet Union has proposed that at

this session the Assembly consider another item,

entitled for Intensification of efforts to remove

the threat of nuclear war and ensure the safe

development of nuclear energy. The Ukrainian SSR

attaches great significance to this question. In

our Republic we are actively engaged in the rapid

development of nuclear energy by building nuclear

power stations which enable us to satisfy the

ever-goring need for energy of industry,

agriculture and scientific research.

22. It goes without saying that the

destruction of peaceful nuclear facilities even

using conventional weapons would be tantamount,

as far as the con¬sequences were concerned, to an

attack using nuclear weapons, which the United

Nations has already described as the gravest

crime against humanity.

23. Therefore, the need to ensure the safe

develop¬ment of nuclear energy flows logically

from the task of preventing the unleashing of a

nuclear war. In its approach to this question the

delegation of the Ukrainian SSR proceeds from the

belief that the safe development of nuclear

energy presupposes that both nuclear-weapon and

non-nuclear-weapon States, since they have an

interest in the development and compre¬hensive

peaceful uses of nuclear energy, should prevent

actions which might lead to the deliberate

destruction of peaceful nuclear facilities.

Leonid Brezhnev, in his message to the

participants in the twenty-sixth session of the

General Conference of IAEA, stressed the need to

do everything possible to ensure that nuclear

energy—which is the greatest achievement of the

human intellect—serves only the interests of

peace and never becomes a means of destroying

life on earth.

24. One of the most pressing problems

continues to be that of the prohibition and

elimination of chemical weapons. The draft basic

principles of a convention to that effect, which

were put forward by the Soviet Union during the

second special session on disarmament are

designed to make it possible to take a decisive

step in that direction.

25. The refusal of the United States to take

part in the bilateral Soviet-American talks and

its open policy of expanding the production and

stockpiling of new types of chemical weapons,

including binary weapons, as well as its policy

of deploying them in some member States of NATO,

have dashed the hopes of the peo¬ples of the

world for an early solution to this important

problem and increased the danger of chemical

war¬fare. Furthermore, the refusal to negotiate

and the building-up of arsenals of chemical

weapons have been accompanied and covered up by

false anti- Soviet propaganda.

26. The draft basic provisions of a treaty

put forward by the Soviet Union take into account

the views of other States, including the question

of verification, and open up real prospects of

reaching mutually acceptable agreements. To that

end, it is necessary for the United States and

its allies to show real willing¬ness and adopt a

responsible approach to the matter.

27. The delegation of the Ukrainian SSR

believes that it is necessary to step up the

negotiations on the prohibition of chemical

weapons within the Com¬mittee on Disarmament and

to resume the bilateral talks on this question

between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

and the United States of America. In our view,

the General Assembly could make a contribution to

the prohibition and elimination of chemical

weapons by calling for a resumption of the talks

and prohibition of the production and deploy¬ment

of new types of chemical weapons, including

binary weapons, and of their deployment in the

ter¬ritory of other States.

28. The day before yesterday marked the

twenty- fifth anniversary of an outstanding

event—the launch¬ing by the Soviet Union of the

world's first spaceship, which ushered in the

space era. The world is entitled to take pride in

the successes over the years in the exploration

and uses of outer space, whose vast expanses

should be used only as the arena of peace¬ful

co-operation among States. In this connection the

military space programmes which are being worked

out and implemented by the United States must

give rise to serious concern. Such dangerous

developments call for the early conclusion of an

international treaty on the prohibition of the

deployment of weapons of any type in outer space,

as proposed by the Soviet Union.2

29. The limitation and reduction of

conventional arms and armed forces is another

important task. As a first step towards this an

agreement should be reached not to increase armed

forces or conventional arms, thus creating the

groundwork for talks on their subsequent

reduction.

30. The Ukrainian SSR was among the first to

ratify the Convention on Prohibitions or

Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional

Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively

Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects. We

believe that an early entry into force of this

Convention would be conducive to the solution of

the broader and more important problems in the

field of the imitation and reduction of

conventional weapons.

31. In view of the current international

situation it is crucial to take specific steps to

strengthen inter¬national security, eliminate

hotbeds of tension and military conflicts, and

halt acts of aggression in various parts of the

world.

32. In recent months the situation in the

Middle East has undergone a tragic and dangerous

change. A military conflagration has once again

Reared up which has consumed many thousands of

human lives. New setbacks have emerged to a just

settlement of the Middle East conflict. We have

witnessed monstrous and evil crimes, the

responsibility for which rests as an indelible

stain on the hands of the ruling circles in

Israel, which unleashed a destructive war against

Lebanon. What has been done by the Israeli

military clique in that long-suffering country is

nothing short of genocide, a planned and

deliberate extermination of the Palestinian

people. The tragedy of Beirut has brought back to

the memory of mankind the darkest scenes from the

past—the bloody crimes of the Nazis in the Second

World War. It ranks with such evil deeds of the

Fascists as the massacre of the people of Babi

Yar, Kiev, where in 1941 many tens of thousands

of people were murdered, mainly women, children

and old men and where, incidentally, side by side

with Russians and Ukrainians many innocent Jews

were kitted.

33. Blinded by military intoxication the

ruling circles in Israel have trampled into the

mud not only the time- honoured international

rules and concepts that were reaffirmed in the

Charter and the will of the international

community expressed in numerous resolutions of

the General Assembly and of the Secu¬rity

Council, but also their own human image. Such

brutal behavior by the aggressor would not have

been possible without the political protection

and extensive military and financial aid Israel

has been receiving from its influential American

benefactors. Their role in the Lebanese tragedy

is one of infamy, for without their support

Israel would never have dared perpetrate this

aggression.

34. Israel's growing aggressiveness is a

direct con¬sequence of the Camp David conspiracy

and of the so-called strategic consensus between

Washington and Tel Aviv. It is absolutely clear

to us that United States policy in the Middle

East is further to escalate tension there so as

to expand and consolidate its military presence,

creating a spring-board for direct interference

in the affairs of States of this and of adjacent

regions.

33. Today, more than ever, there is a need to

move in the most responsible manner towards a

comprehen¬sive and just settlement in the Middle

East. It is clear that such a settlement cannot

be achieved by means of hostile confrontation and

separate deals or attempts to remove the

Palestinian problem by military or other means

contrary to the will of the Palestinian people.

The plan for a Middle East settlement proposed by

the President of the United States lacks the main

element—recognition of the inalienable right of

the Palestinian people to a State of their own.

Moreover, it openly proclaims that the United

States is opposed to the creation of such a State.

36. A comprehensive political settlement of

the Middle East conflict should include

withdrawal of Israeli troops from all Arab

territories occupied in 1967, the exercise of the

legitimate rights of the Arab people of

Palestine, including their right to create their

own State, and creation of the conditions for the

secure and independent development of all States

in the Middle East. The modalities of a

comprehensive, really just and truly lasting

settlement in the Middle East are contained in a

succinct form in a new major initiative by the

head of the Soviet State, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev,

made public on 15 September.

37. It is our firm belief that a lasting

peace in this region can only be achieved through

the collective efforts of all the parties

concerned, including the Palestine Liberation

Organization [PLO], the sole, legitimate

representative of the Palestinian people. A

proposal by the Soviet Union and other socialist

countries to convene an international conference

on the subject is in keeping with this objective.

We are ready to co-operate along these lines with

all those who cherish the ideals of peace and

security in the Middle East and in the world at

large.

38. Developments in the world depend to a

large extent to the shape of relations among

European States belonging to different social

systems. Through¬out the past decade the peoples

of Europe have really felt the advantages of the

policy of detente, which has had a favorable

effect upon the political climate and has

promoted the development and strengthening of

mutually beneficial East-West co-operation in all

fields. During this period the Euro¬pean peoples

have come to realize that the only reasonable

path is to continue detente and extend it to the

military Held.

39. For the continent of Europe to become a

con¬tinent of peace and genuine co-operation many

artificial barriers put up lately must be removed

and, as a matter of priority, the level of

military con¬frontation in this region must be

lowered.

40. The delegation of the Ukrainian SSR would

like to reaffirm its position of principle in

support of the independence, sovereignty and

territorial integrity of the Republic of Cyprus.

Efforts to secure a success¬ful completion of the

intercommunal talks held under United Nations

auspices must continue, as well as with regard to

the settlement of existing outstanding issues in

the spirit of understanding and good will.

Demilitarization of the island, providing for the

with¬drawal of all foreign forces and the

elimination of all foreign military bases, is an

important condition for a credible settlement in

Cyprus.

41. The implementation of a proposal by the

Mon¬golian People's Republic to conclude a

convention on non-aggression and non-use of force

in relations among States of Asia and the Pacific

would make a considerable contribution to

improving the world climate in general, easing

tension and strengthening security in Asia. A

successful restructuring of rela¬tions in this

vast region, on the basis of the prin¬ciples of

mutual respect for independence, sover-eignty,

the inviolability of borders, non-interference,

the non-use or threat of force and the settlement

of disputes exclusively through peaceful means,

would be an historic breakthrough for future

developments in Asia. Mongolia's initiative has

the same thrust as proposals to makethe Indian

Ocean a zone of peace and other constructive

ideas of Asian States.

42. We reaffirm our position of principle on

the question of Korea, as well as our solidarity

with the struggle of the Democratic People's

Republic of Korea for a peaceful, democratic

reunification of its home-land, free from outside

interference, and for the with¬drawal of foreign

troops from South Korea.

43. The delegation of the Ukrainian SSR

considers a complete cessation and the guaranteed

non resumption of aggressive acts against

Afghanistan, as well as of other forms of

interference in its internal affairs, to be a

major condition for normalizing the situation in

Asia. To discuss the so-called Afghan question in

the General Assembly and to ram through

resolu¬tions devoid of political realism can only

obstruct efforts aimed at settling the situation

around Afghani¬stan. Concrete and constructive

proposals for such a settlement have been put

forward by the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

44. The Ukrainian SSR also supports the

initiatives undertaken by the States of

Indo-China with a view to strengthening peace in

South-East Asia, con¬ducting a constructive

dialogue and promoting co-oper¬ation with the

States members of the Association of South-East

Asian Nations and, in parti¬cular, the proposals

contained in a joint communique of 7 July issued

by the Conference of Ministers for Foreign

Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam,

the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the

People's Republic of Kampuchea. We are confident

that to make South-East Asia a zone of peace and

stability is in the interests not only of the

peoples of this region but also of world peace.

45. The aggressive policies of racist South

Africa, which enjoys the extensive support of the

United States and some other Western countries,

pose a very grave threat to peace and

international security. South Africa's subversion

of and war actions against independent African

States, particularly against Angola, in practice

have not ceased. The Pretoria regime is

flagrantly ignoring United Nations decisions on

the granting of independence to Namibia. The

inhuman system of apartheid is entrenched in

South Africa.

46. The Ukrainian SSR is resolutely in favor

of adopting mandatory sanctions against South

Africa under Chapter VII of the Charter in order

to compel the South African regime to put an end

to the heinous practice of apartheid, to halt its

aggressive actions against neighbouring

front-line States and to grant independence to

Namibia.

47. One of the tasks facing the General

Assembly at the thirty-seventh session is

promoting the solution of international economic

problems on an equitable and democratic basis.

This is an important and urgent task because in

that area we are witnessing many phenomena which

are seriously impeding the realiza¬tion of the

progressive principles embodied in the

Declaration on the Establishment of a New

Inter¬national Economic Order and in the Charter

of Economic Rights and Duties of States. The

imperialist forces which in the past sabotaged

the elaboration and adoption of these fundamental

instruments today bear the principal

responsibility for the exacerbation of tension in

all areas, including commerce and eco¬nomics.

Their policy continues to be the main obstacle to

progress in the normalization and democratization

of international economic relations.

48. The Ukrainian SSR, together with other

socialist countries, supports and will

consistently support a policy of placing external

economic links of States at the service of

peaceful construction, mutual advan¬tage and the

strengthening of relations of friendship and

co-operation among peoples. We are also

con¬vinced that the elimination of the threat of

war, the strengthening of peace and the cessation

of the arms race, being the tasks of primary

importance that they are, serve as a reliable

guarantee for progress in the field of social and

economic development and in over¬coming the

backwardness inherited from colonialism.

49. The debate at this session testifies to the growing awareness

among Member States that today a parti¬cularly

urgent task for the United Nations is to mobilize

common efforts in those fields which would most

effectively promote the strengthening of peace

and be better in keeping with the interests of

all peoples.

50. It is quite clear that the attempts by

imperialist circles to involve the United Nations

in psychological warfare against countries of the

socialist community and a number of non-aligned

States, to misuse to intervene in their internal

affairs, run counter to these efforts. Those

attempts and even appeals for a crusade against

the USSR and the socialist countries are

seriously hampering the development of

international co-operation. We have more than

once heard all sorts of threats and have been

subjected to sanctions but the Soviet State has

developed and will continue to develop

successfully. The Soviet Union confidently

approaches its sixtieth anniversary pursuing a

peace¬ful foreign policy and seeking to achieve a

higher material and spiritual state of well-being

for its working people.

51. In December 1922, for the first time in

the history of mankind, a State came into being

where all rela¬tions were based on fraternity and

mutual aid between people of different national

and racial origins. The strength of the Soviet

Union has been tested in the most severe trials,

under conditions of foreign inter¬vention,

political and economic blockade and atrocious

Fascist invasions. The humanitarian nature of the

principles which underlie the Union is constantly

reaffirmed. The creation of the USSR strengthened

our national statehood and showed that only in

con-ditions of equality, freedom and mutual

respect can people’s fully realize their

spiritual and creative potential. The Ukrainian

SSR therefore takes pride in the fact that it was

among the first to call for the creation of the

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 60 years ago.

Vladimir V. Shcherbitsky, member of the Politburo

of the Central Committee of the Communist Party

of the Soviet Union, First Secretary of the

Central Committee of the Communist Party of the

Ukraine, stressed during the celebration of the

one thousand five hundredth anniversary of their

city of Kiev: for The peoples of our country have

teamed from their own experience that being

together within one Union Sate multiplies their

strength and speeds up social, economic and

cultural development. And we shall tirelessly

safeguard our sacred union and strengthen it in

every way .

52. The multinational Soviet State which was

born 60 years ago stands today as a powerful

force in the struggle for the strengthening of

friendship among all the peoples of the world and

for lasting peace on earth.

53. The Ukrainian SSR, together with other

Skates Members of the United Nations, is prepared

to con¬tinue consistently, persistently and

asolutely to multiply its efforts in the struggle

for peace, social progress, co-operation and

understanding among peoples.