Jawaharlal Nehru

that characterize contemporary international relations seriously hamper the Organization and reduce its capacity for effective action. As Jawaharlal Nehru stated at the United Nations as early as 1948: "We have got into a cycle of hatred and violence, and not the roost brilliant debate will get you out

lesser extent towards the Christians. They believe that India is exclusive for Hindus and others are not equal citizens. The secularism of Gandhi and Nehru has been replaced by the dream of creating a Hindu Rashtra by subjugating, even cleansing India’s 200 million Muslims and other minorities. In 1992,

ducive to peace, international security and sustainable development. Can one day or one meeting change history? The great leader of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, called that moment a tryst with destiny. I think that our common task is to increase the number of such moments. We must pool our efforts to find co

impediment to the restoration of peace and security in Afghanistan. That should be a primary focus of the international community. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, said in 1948: 5 10-55396 “The fundamental principles on which the United Nations is based are right principles. We bel

well as through assistance, capacity-building and technology transfer aimed at reducing the vulnerability of small States. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who embodied our commitment to the United Nations ideals, said that “in a world of incessant and feverish activity, men have little time to think, m

n that be done. That is essential for a world order in which decisions are optimal and therefore acceptable, and the use of force minimal. Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, aptly stated: “Above all, we have to participate in the growing structure of a world order. We cannot rely on others t

resolute and full. In this, we are inspired by the vision of internationalism bequeathed to us by India’s first Prime Minister, the great Jawaharlal Nehru — a vision of a world order whose pillars are peace, harmony, cooperation and development. That vision needs to reanimate the collective wisdom of th

enges of the approaching century. Addressing the General Assembly at its fifteenth regular session, I recall India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, saying here in 1960: “The main purpose of the United Nations is to build up a world without war, a world based on the cooperation of nations and peo

vival, their resilience and unconquerable will to overcome imponderable odds, to keep alive the flame of national independence in Africa. “Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, at the birth of his nation defined independence as the moment ’when an age ends, and the soul of the nation, long supp

t to the United Nations efforts to chart a new course for the collective benefit of all humanity. As we attempt to do so, I am reminded of Jawaharlal Nehru’s speech to the General Assembly in November 1948, in Paris.

through a United Nations-supervised plebiscite, whether they wished to join India or Pakistan. On 26 June 1952, the late Prime Minister of India, Mr. Nehru, stated in the Indian Parliament: "If, after a proper plebiscite, the people of Kashmir said, ’We do not want to be with India’, we are committed to

ver, the newly acquired freedom has revived old enmities. This is not a strange phenomenon because, as the eminent, late Prime Minister of India, Mr. Nehru, said, the walk to freedom is not an easy one. World developments indicate, and clearly demonstrate, that unless the international community adopts a

inevitably goes to a date next month, 14 November. It was on that day, 100 years ago, in 1889, that a great Indian was born. His name was Jawaharlal Nehru. He was born in riches, but sacrificed his all to join the struggle for India's freedom. In 1947, when India became free, the mantle of leading indep

larger questions as well as the small details involved in the various issues dealt with by the United Nations. The decision to confer the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding on our Secretary-General was a tribute to his exceptional contribution to the cause of peace.

of India reposed great faith in this Organization. We were present at its creation. The founder of modern India, our first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, proclaimed that India's attitude towards the United Nations was one of wholehearted co-operation, and of unreserved adherence, both in letter and sp

The late Prime Minister of India, Mr. Nehru, wrote that: "there is no easy walk to freedom anywhere and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again be

of development and international cooperation. We pledge our full oo-operation to that end. In his very first cress to the General Assembly Jawaharlal Nehru warned that it was becoming increasingly apparent that if we did not move with speed towards a world order, we should be left with order in the world

st views, is the outbreak of limited conflicts in the countries of the periphery. We affirm the role of the principles of non-alignment maintained by Nehru, Tito and Nasser,, and in Latin America by Haya de la Torre since 1924. He proposed as a principle of anti-imperialist action the integration of Lati

ry is an active member. There is an immense task to be carried out by that Movement as 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 interes

can improve our own performance and make the Organization more effective. 190. In November 1948, the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, addressing the General Assembly'" on behalf of newly independent India, stated that the Charter of the United Nations, in noble language, had laid d

d shall no longer be a battlefield for those vying for supremacy. We welcome the policy that stems from the foresight of Marshal Tito, Prime Minister Nehru and President Nasser, which inspired dozens of newly-independent countries to think for themselves, to struggle for their freedom, to define their ow

ks 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, for, as chairman of the Movement of the Non-Aligned Countries, she will voice the message of a majori

elgium. Faithful to its own ideals, which have existed since its creation and which were laid down by its founding fathers, Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru, India and its Prime Minister have gone back to the sources of true non-alignment, thus enhancing the prestige of the Movement. 249. Another event wh

unity and to promote the honour, dignity and freedom of the African peoples. 281. Last February in the historic and hospitable homeland of Gandhi and Nehru, the Seventh Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries was held. Conscious of the manoeuvres to weaken the cohesion of the

ankind than to their own sometimes warped interests? Three great men who have left their imprint on this century strove to break that vicious circle: Nehru, heir to the legendary wisdom of the Hindus; Nasser, restorer of the spirit of Islam; and Tito, archetypal exponent of pragmatic nationalism. Their p

Today we recall the guidance of great, inspired leaders such as Tito, Nehru and Abdel Nasser, who charted for us the lofty goals and noble means for success. We feel that the values and principles which they struggled for are

s of State or Government in order to bring here to the Assembly their positive, strong non-aligned influence projecting the peace-loving doctrines of Nehru, Tito, Nasser, Makarios, Pandaranaike and other great apostles of peace. 9. The injustices in the economic relations between the developed countries

". These are somber words, coming as they do from the Secretary-General. In his very first address to the General Assembly, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had warned us that it was becoming increasingly apparent that if we did not proceed speedily enough towards a world order, we would be left with no o

al coincidence that some of the major leaders of the developing world and champions in our day of the freedom and independence of peoples—men such as Nehru, Nasser, Kenyatta, Nyerere and Archbishop Makarios, among others—had to confront at various times in their political struggles the colonial or neo-co

some basic questions and found some answers to them. The philosophy behind the answers is a simple one and was beautifully articulated by Jawaharlal Nehru in a broadcast he made to the United States of America on 3 April 1948 from New Delhi. It was entitled "The Age of Crisis". He said: "Today, fear con

d all-embracing vision that has literally transformed the world scene and given a new dimension to international relations. Great names such as Tito, Nehru, Nasser, our own Makarios and so many others are identified with the noble ideals and principles of nonalignment, ideals and principles that account

es refer to agreed measures that will need to be urgently considered by the international community and this Assembly. 188. Many years ago Jawaharlal Nehru, reflecting on the dilemma of his time over the futile attempts at disarmament, wrote: "The real difficulty ... has been that there are two classes o

ontinuity and consistency of which we are proud. 30. Since the time, 31 years ago, when India's first Foreign Minister and Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, declared in this Assembly that "India adhered completely to the principles and purposes of the Charter'’, there has been in our expressions of suppo

the Security Council resolutions unanimously adopted in 1948 and 1949. This right was reaffirmed repeatedly by the late Prime Minister of India, Mr. Nehru, for several years. Those Security Council resolutions and India's pledges have so far remained unimplemented. 14. In the Simla Agreement, both India

Nations enters the fourth decade of its existence, I would like to recall in conclusion the words of our former Prime Minister and leader Jawaharlal Nehru, who said on the first day of our independence: "Peace is said to be indivisible; so is prosperity, and so also is disaster in a world that can no lo

whose end cannot be seen, of a widening gap between rich and poor nations; or to embark on constructive international cooperation. 222. As Jawaharlal Nehru so wisely put it: "The law of life should not be the competition of acquisitiveness but cooperation, the good of each contributing to the good of all

read into the records of this Assembly the words in which we commemorated those contributions of Gamal Abdel Nasser, of Kwame Nkrumah, of Jawaharlal Nehru, of Josip Broz Tito for all the world is heir to their achievements and the epilogue to their great works may serve also as the prologue to a new cha

onditions which would leave those populations no alternative but that. The doctrine is similar to the one formulated by the Indian Prime Minister Mr. Nehru, who, on 6 September 1955, told the Upper House of the Indian Parliament that the Portuguese must leave Goa, even if the Goans wish them to remain. T

m would never have arisen at all. Indeed, I was myself witness to a number of occasions when the illustrious Prime Minister of India, the late Pandit Nehru, urged these British nationals to identify themselves with the countries of their habitual residence. His daughter, the present Prime Minister of Ind

The concept of non-alignment, of which Jawaharlal Nehru was one of the principal exponents, was meant to modify the bipolar view of the world. The relevance and validity of non-alignment are not diminished

owers, to corrode its influence, either through cynicism or through the undisciplined exercise of power. The late Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, addressing the General Assembly on the occasion of its fifteenth session, had this to say: "The structure of the United Nations when it started was

igious hate in India takes a staggering human toll. Moreover, there exists an international agreement between Pakistan and India, namely, the Liaquat Nehru pact, which makes the safeguarding of the life, culture, property and personal honor of the religious minorities in the two countries a matter of joi

Shri Jawaharlal Nehru, our first Prime Minister, sought to reaffirm the Gandhian doctrine and to give form and content to it in his policy of peaceful coexistence. He proc

he failure of the machinery of law and order to control the organized religious fanaticism that is unleashed against the Muslims in India. The Liaqat-Nehru Pact of 1950 made it a joint responsibility for India and Pakistan to safeguard the life and property of the minority communities in the two countrie

s proclaimed and where the Covenants of Human Rights took shape. 107. There also exists an agreement between Pakistan and India, known as the Liaquat-Nehru Pact of 1950, which was registered with the United Nations Secretariat under Article 102 of the Charter. It provides for the safeguarding of the life

ions should, in all that they do, sustain those hopes and promote the causes of peace. 151. Seven years ago, India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, addressed this Assembly. He was a believer in seeking areas‘ of agreement and co-operation, and in enlarging them. He advocated before this Assembly

opment of these weapons and their possible use” [ibid.]. We would heartily support such a study. Indeed, under the inspiration of the late Jawaharlal Nehru, our scientists had engaged, some ten years ago, in a preliminary study of the consequences of atomic explosions. The results of that study were publ

Sheikh Abdullah, to whom the late Prime Minister Nehru offered his pledge and his hand fifteen years ago, has spent thirteen of those years in Indian prisons. He has been joined there by all the accredite

s and of our willingness to resolve differences between our two countries. It was the same spirit which had moved our late Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, on 28 November 1950 to offer Pakistan unconditionally a no-war pact, an offer which was renewed by Prime Minister Shastri last year.

f-determination for all peoples everywhere. This belief is strengthened by the great teachings of India's founding fathers, Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru, who, I am sure, would not and did not exclude the people of Kashmir from this elemental faith of humanity. 32. In making our point of view clear-cut