FRANCE: THE UNITED NATIONS' SECRETARY GENERAL, U THANT, ADDRESSES THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE -- APPEALS FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND WORLD PEACE.
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223087
FRANCE: THE UNITED NATIONS' SECRETARY GENERAL, U THANT, ADDRESSES THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE -- APPEALS FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND WORLD PEACE.
- Title: FRANCE: THE UNITED NATIONS' SECRETARY GENERAL, U THANT, ADDRESSES THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE -- APPEALS FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND WORLD PEACE.
- Date: 3rd May 1966
- Summary: U THANT ARRIVING AND SPEAKING TO THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY. TRANSCRIPT: "THERE APPEARS TO BE A REAL AND GROWING DESIRE AMONG ALL NATIONS FOR THE PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES AND DIFFERENCES, AND FOR A RELIABLE MACHINERY TO GUARANTEE PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT. THERE IS ALSO A NEW AND COMPELLING INTEREST IN GLOBAL PLANS FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT, AND IT IS TO BE HOPED THAT SOON MORE ADEQUATE RESOURCES WILL BE PUT BEHIND THEM. ALTHOUGH PROGRESS IN DISARMAMENT HAS BEEN EXASPERATINGLY SLOW, IF I MAY SAY SO, THE EFFORT CONTINUES, AND THERE ARE SIGNS THAT THE INCREASING REVULSION OF ALL GOVERNMENTS AND PEOPLES AGAINST THE CONCEPT OF WAR AS AN INSTRUMENT OF POLICY MAY BEGIN TO HAVE PRACTICAL RESULTS. ALL OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE TENDED TO TRANSCEND PURELY REGIONAL INTERESTS AND TO POINT TO THE NECESSITY FOR A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED NATIONS, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE GLOBAL AND UNIVERSAL". U THANT: "BUT THE GENIUS AND SPIRIT OF EUROPE APPLIED WITH VISION TO NEW SITUATIONS IS A NATURAL RESOURCE OF WHICH THE WORLD HAS GREAT NEED. I AM SURE THAT THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, REPRESENTING THE EUROPEAN SPIRIT AT ITS BEST, WILL SHOW INCREASINGLY HOW EUROPE, WHICH USED TO BE CALLED THE OLD WORLD, CAN BE AMONG THE LEADERS OF THE NEW". APPLAUSE. Initials AA/V/BHH/EEH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 18th May 1966 13:00
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- Location: STRASBOURG, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVA1S4X9833PTNXL6SO13SELEFY9
- Story Text: UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL U THANT TODAY (TUESDAY) CALLED FOR CONCERTED ACTION IN DEFENCE OF WORLD PEACE BY THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE 18-NATION COUNCIL OF EUROPE.
HE TOLD THE COUNCIL'S CONSULTATIVE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY IN STRASBOURG THAT THERE NOW SEEMED LITTLE REASON TO FEAR THAT THE 17-YEAR-OLD COUNCIL'S ACTIVITIES MIGHT PROVE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THOSE OF THE U.N. THE COUNCIL STIPULATED THAT MEMBERSHIP IN IT SHOULD NOT AFFECT COLLABORATION IN U.N. WORK, U THANT RECALLED.
BUT IN RECENT YEARS, REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS HAD COME TO BE MORE CLEARLY REGARDED AS COMPLEMENTARY TO THE U.N., RATHER THAN SUBSTITUTES FOR IT, HE SAID.
U THANT SAID HE HOPED ORGANISATIONS SERVING PEACEFUL REGIONAL INTEREST WOULD BECOME MORE AND MORE THE FOUNDATION OF WORLD ORDER. HE TOLD THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIANS AND MINISTERS IN THE ASSEMBLY THAT IF THE TWO ORGANISATIONS COULD MAKE THEIR EFFORTS MORE CLOSELY CONCERTED BOTH MIGHT BE CONSIDERABLY STRENGTHENED.
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL SAID THAT IN THE LAST 20 YEARS A HEALTHY SPIRIT WHICH COMBINED INDEPENDENCE WITH AN AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION HAD EMERGED. EVEN THE EAST-WEST STRUGGLE, HE SAID, HAD MODERATED AND WENT ON....
U THANT OUTLINED THE MAIN CAUSES FOR TENSIONS IN THE WORLD AT PRESENT AND SAID THAT TODAY THERE WAS A NEED FOR LEADERSHIP AND CONCERTED ACTION IN THE WORLD. SUCH LEADERSHIP, HE SAID, COULD ONLY BE EFFECTIVE IF THE OLDER NATIONS SHOWED TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING TOWARDS THE NEW NATIONS OF ASIA AND AFRICA.
THE FORTITUDE, INGENUITY, AND IMAGINATION OF EUROPE HAD PLACED ITS COUNTRIES IN A FORTUNATE AND STRONG POSITION. HE CONTINUED....
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