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.