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ewed in isolation. In the first World Conference on Environment and Development held in Stockholm in 1972, the then Prime Minister of India, Shrineti Indira Gandhi, had driven home the crucial link between economic development and the protection of the environment by characterizing poverty as the greatest pollut

of means of destruction annually, 13 million people die of malnutrition every year. Let me recall the words of the great daughter of India, the late Indira Gandhi "Independence and development are inseparable from disarmament and peace." My country is deeply convinced that the implementation of real disarmament

in its best gunboat style. In that period, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the siege of Beirut took place prominent international leaders such as Indira Gandhi and Olof Palme were assassinated; the USSR suffered in a very short time the loss of its top State and Party leaders, Comrade Leonid Brezhnev and his

uces and hinders our development possibilities. Hence, the five-Member group of experts established in July 1У84 by the late Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi - at that time the Chairman of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries - recommended in its report a greater allocation of resources and the implementa

he very survival of man. In her address at the seventh summit of non-aligned Heads of State or Government, in New Delhi in March 1983, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi warned that "Never before has our earth faced so much death and danger. The destructive power contained in nuclear stockpiles can kill human life, in

it continues the work begun by its leaders, such as Jawaharlal Nehru, Soekarno, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Julius Nyerere, Fidel Castro, Josip Bros Tito and Indira Gandhi. The Non-Aligned Movement, which expresses the interests of the third-world countries, has an enormous task to perform in the creation of a new inter

ment of Non-Aligned Countries believe that the United Nations represents, in a real sense, the best hope of mankind. As the late Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, stated in her address to the United Nations General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session, "Firm faith in the United Nations is central to the non-a

n-Aligned Countries to the General Assembly at its Thirty- eighth Session, held at United Nations Headquarters last October on the initiative of Mrs. Indira Gandhi, which was also attended by the Chairman of the Council of State of the Polish People's Republic, Mr. Henryk Jablonski. It significantly broadened ou

vement, as well as its significance and its achievements to date, that almost every newly independent nation seeks membership. 196. As Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said in her address to the Seventh Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held at New Delhi from 7 to 12 March 1983: "I

on of the Nonaligned Countries held in New York from 4 to 7 October 1983 and organized by the President of the Movement of Nonaligned Countries, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India. Members will have noted that relations between my country and the nonaligned countries have increased and gained in trust a

large number of heads of State or Government, in response to the initiative of the chairman of the Movement of Non- Aligned Countries, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, not only serves to bolster our unwavering support for the United Nations; the informal meetings which have been held among these world leaders, in a

ach and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations; it is this conviction that is reflected in the fortunate initiative of Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the chairman of the seventh summit conference at New Delhi, in inviting her counterparts to come here and consult together at the very highest level

It is our understanding that their informal meetings, presided over by Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India and the Chairperson of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, were very useful. Those meetings have no doubt heightened the

ons by countries of the Non-Aligned Movement. Indeed, the presence at this session of the Chairman of the Movement, the Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, with several other heads of State and Government, is testimony to the continuing faith demonstrated by a large number of developing countries in the

n order to face in a coordinated manner the acute international crisis. In this regard, the presence and remarks of the Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, who carries on with great dignity the far-seeing efforts of her illustrious father, Jawaharlal Nehru, will be of paramount importance in this forum,

Guided by this approach we supported the initiative of the Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, concerning a meeting of heads of State or Government during the present session of the General Assembly. The discussion demonstrated that even in su

n the ability of the United Nations to unite mankind in its call for a universal order of peace and progress. 213. The Chairman of our Movement, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, came here and issued, with dignity, a call for collective action commensurate with the seriousness of the times. 214. W

f State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held at New Delhi in March 1983 under the wise and dynamic leadership of the Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, indicated clearly that despite differences in their social and economic systems, the members of the Movement have resolved to play, through their co

Indira Gandhi, have spoken from this rostrum to draw the attention of the international community to the serious problems which are proliferating throughout the wo

eir energies to the attainment of these fundamental objectives. We highly value the responsible efforts of India, and notably those of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to ensure the continuation and encouragement of political dialogue, also and especially in the face of the present- day tense international situatio

session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, at Belgrade, and the scanty results achieved by the mini-summit organized by Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India and chairman of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries— to whom we should like to pay tribute for her initiative— do not

deserves our gratitude for all his inestimable contributions to the improvement of the international climate. 39. I extend sincere greetings to Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, who, in her capacity as Chairman of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, brought us the message of the Seventh Conference

international peace and security, in keeping with the purposes and principles of the United Nations. 249. My Government's gratitude goes also to Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India and current Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, for her addresses to the General Assembly and for the work she has bee

f world leaders have welcomed that initiative. I should like,, on behalf of President Kountche, to pay a tribute to the Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, whose action has been decisive in making this idea a reality. 177. With regard to the general situation in the world, we have, as members of the fam

. A great number of world leaders having come here to address the General Assembly at its present session, in response to an initiative taken by Mrs. Indira Gandhi, current chairman of the Movement of Non- Aligned Countries and President of the Movement's latest summit conference at New Delhi, Kuwait feels that

ment. At the same time, we wish to express our great appreciation of the role played by India, which under the leadership of its Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the new Chairman of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, works constantly in the common interest of the countries of the Movement. 66. We whole-he

lations should not discourage us. It should provide an incentive for more serious international action. The call of the Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, in her capacity as Chairman of the Seventh Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, to the leaders of the world to parti

overnment of Non- Aligned Countries, held at New Delhi from 7 to 12 March 1983, the chairman of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India, appealed to fellow heads of State or Government to participate in this session of the General Assembly with a view to reaffirming our faith

aterials and trade, commodities and services, and monetary and financial issues. Prompted by those considerations, we welcomed the initiative of Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India an Chairman of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, to hold a number of meetings with heads of State and Government under

conomic and political links among developing countries is imperative. 140. The meeting of the heads of State held on the initiative of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in her capacity as Chairman of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, has just been concluded. My country very strongly endorses the genuine princip

s, which is a further reaffirmation of respect for the sovereignty and independence of each State, 21. I said as much in the letter of 1 July to Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, in her capacity as Chairman of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. I am confident that during the period that Moveme

t New Delhi in March 1983, and the subsequent urging of the highly esteemed chairperson of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, our good friend Mrs Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India.

A new and powerful impulse has been given to it by the results of the recent talks in Moscow between Leonid Brezhnev and the Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. In another part of the Asian continent, South-East Asia, the Soviet Union supports the efforts aimed at turning that region into a zone of peace. A

sarmament and the prevention of nuclear war. 53. In response to this overwhelming popular sentiment the world over, the Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, presented at the special session on disarmament this year a concrete program of action which included the negotiation of a binding convention on the

of India, both within, and in the world, more especially in our own region. Within India the reaffirmation of the policies set out by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has been accompanied by a renewed dedication to national reconstruction and the consolidation of a secular and pluralistic political system. The stre

ssessed the nature and quality of leadership required to meet them and massively reaffirmed their conviction in the leadership of Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi. 143. The new Government in India is engaged in the difficult and enormous task of national reconstruction and regeneration of a pluralistic multilin

nce from colonial rule have joined the non-aligned family is proof of the continued validity and importance of non-alignment. My Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, stated at the Colombo Conference that in a fast changing world non-alignment remains the bulwark of the ever widening area of peace, a shelter again

nt. Mutual understanding and confidence between the two States were vividly manifested once again during the recent visit to the Soviet Union of Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of the Republic of India. 246. Along with the trend towards an improvement of the situation in Asia, there are other facts.

on 17 December 1971. 144. Soon after the cease-fire, we sought negotiations with Pakistan. As a result of the initiative taken by Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi a summit meeting was held in Simla. An agreement was arrived at on 2 July 1972, which, among other things, provided for, first, a line of control in

cive to co-operation, stability and progress in Asia. 153. The Simla Agreement of 3 July 1972 between President Bhutto of Pakistan and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India contains the principal elements that can put an end to the mutual suspicion and sullen hostility that have separated India and Pakistan ever

thin the shortest possible period of time. 161. My delegation is extremely happy at the result of the recent summit conference between Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India and President Bhutto of Pakistan and we hope that these talks will continue with fruitful results for India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and wi

dia, the year 1971 opened with many promises. The economy was poised for a high rate of growth. In March we had our general elections. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was returned to power with an overwhelming majority. Her success reflected the solid support of our people for a concerted program for socio-economic

s. Surely this is a problem worthy of special attention by this Assembly, as the President of Chile expressed in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. There is a war of extermination in Indo-China; there is a constant threat of war in the Middle East; there are African peoples that are still the vi

firm our commitment to these obligations and make a declaration which will have, one hopes, binding force? 111. The Prime Minister of India, Shrimati Indira Gandhi, speaking in this Assembly in 1968, said: “Two years hence, in 1970, the United Nations will complete 25 years. Can we make it a year of peace? A sta

that his Government was ready to discuss all questions including Kashmir without preconditions or pre-commitments, the Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, publicly declared, "India has nothing to negotiate with Pakistan on Kashmir". 127. We have repeatedly urged the Government of India not to take any