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held at United Nations Headquarters on Tuesday, 16 July 1991, at 16.30 hours.

Present:

The Secretary-General

Mr. R. Sommereyns

Mr. A. Martinovic

H.E. Dr. M. Javad Zarif Deputy Permanent Representative and Charge d'affaires a.i. of the of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Mr. Amir Hossain Zamaninia Counsellor

Tbe Iranian Deputy Permanent Representative began the meeting by thanking the secretary-General for arranging the meeting on such short notice. He then asked the Secretary­General about his plans to visit Tehran.

Tbe Secretary-General mentioned that the final dates for a trip to Tehran were dependent upon the confirmation of_b�§ �ati "[�JcJl_e.stul� _{or�_ a .. .£� to Austria. He, ·however;-felt that his trip to Iran would most proc-anry-�e place during the second part of Augus_�-·- ------ · · · ·-·-

Ambassador Zarif responded to the Secretary-General by noting that the best time to visit Iran would be between 15 and 25 August. The Ambassador mentioned that the auspiciousness of [ such dates was due to the fact that both the President and the

I Prime Minister would be present, and the visit would also coincide with the �d ... ��u:liversaey of �e Irai)-Ir.aq c��fi.r.Ji!. He�!so added that the Secretary-General should consiqe� a vis�� that woulcfJ:as'£'"-for threegiYj:" -·-------------·--- --·- . .. . . - ·- --.... -- - ._.... •• ._.___; __ - .? ·- ·-···--

Tbe Secretary-General indicated tha� upon his return from Mexico, he would decide definitively on the dates for his visit to Iran. He also mentioned that Mr. Farah was at the moment drafting his report and would soon submit it to the Security Council.

The Ambassador thanked the Secretary-General for having appointed and sent Mr. Farah in connection with the important and sensitive mission to Iran. Mr. Farah and his team had acquitted. themselves in the highest and most exemplary manner. He also

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emphasized that it was important that the case of Iran be presen:ted....t.o . . th� ___ international commnn ifY, SQ __ a_�_._gQj: _j�o:::g:lye. rise to a situation where ,_Ir.an _ _w_oul d be -.le.ft.. __ out...as_ a victim o��.Mg���ii9ii:-- --�Consequently I he believed that al tho\igli-the first report would represent an overall picture of the situation, a second trip was necessary to assess in detail the damages incurred from the conflict. He then said that the best opportunity for a !econd tr!P by � ..!__!'a��---f=OUld be either . in Sept@Dber or Qctaber�In the meantime, the Security counc1l should be given an opportunity to reflect on the first report.

Tbe SecretAry-General agreed with the Ambassador regarding a second trip to the region, but emphasized that this trip should pay special attention to th�_i$��� of technica� assessme_!1�·--�-H�--crosea tlie-·meetlng by statlng;-that-fran· should improve its relations with the United States as it has with other Permanent Members of the Security Council.

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Held at United Nations Headquarters on Wednesday 22 May 1991 at 11:30 hours

PRESENT

The Secretary-General Mr. Abdou Ciss Mr. Raymond Sommereyns Mrs. Judith Karam

H.E. Mr. Manucher Mottaki Deputy Foreign Minister for International Affairs

H.E. Dr. Javad Zarif

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Charge d'Affaires of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations

H.E. Mr. Mohammad Ali Sarmadi Ambassador

Mr. Amir Hossein Zamaninia. Counsellor

Mr. Mottaki (who was in New York for the ECOSOC meeting) said the efforts of the Secretary-General and his colleagues had reflected very positively in Tehran; that had prepared the ground for further developments in the relations between Iran and the United Nations. The secretary-General's efforts with regard to resolution 598 undoubtedly would register as a very positive and bright period of history for the United Nations. The situation in the Persian Gulf called for a further role and·effort on the part of the United Nations. The countries of the region and the world were now faced with the consequences of the crisis: 1) displaced persons and refugees: 2) security of the region; 3) the situation in Iraq.

The heavy burden of the refugee problem was on the shoulders of Iran. While Iran was not· a poor country, any country acting alone would have enormous difficulties in facing such an international responsibility. He expressed his satisfaction and thanks to the secretary-General and to the international and UN

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humanitarian agencies for the assistance that had been provided. At the same time, however, so far the international assistance had amounted to only 10 per cent of the entire need. He noted that Sadruddin Aga Khan and UNHCR had called on States to provide assistance, and a further assessment of the need had been made. Yet the amount collected had been less than 50 per cent of the preliminary assessment.

Recalling comments he had made to Mr. Picco and Mr. stephanides that, in view of the crisis, it would be high time

f for the Secretary-General to pay a visit to Tehran, Mr. Mottaki then officially extended an invitation on behalf of Or. Velayati. He added that such a visit would provide a very good opportunity to discuss many issues of the region.

With regard to Iraq's internal issues, Iran believed it would be more helpful and constructive for the UN to become more involved in the matter rather than individual countries. He underlined the fact that the needs which existed in the northern part of Iraq also existed in the south among the Shiites. He would like the UN to pave the ground for an early and voluntary return of all refugees, most of whom were in Iran. Iran would also welcome a UN effort with regard to a popular election in Iraq.

Another consequence of the crisis, Mr. Mottaki noted, was security in the region. Resolution 598 provided the proper ground work for the UN to get involved and to actively participate in an effort to arrive at a regional security pact. UN participation in that effort would be viewed by the people of the region as a formal exchange of views with the international community which would preclude involvement and interference by others. He thought it was fortunate that the Secretary-General's office in Tehran would be in a position to pave the ground and to do the background work for implementation of resolution 598. He then expressed his thanks for the team that had been assigned to visit Tehran within the framework of paragraph 7. Iran was hopeful that the team would be able to assess the damages inflicted upon Iran as a result of Iraq's aggression.

Mr. Mottaki noted with regard to Afghanistan that United Nations involvement on that question would have the same virtues as ·applied to the security of the region. His Government would support such efforts. He hoped that through the involvement and activities of the UN, the Afghan people would be able to determine their own destiny. His Government had had positive and constructive consultations with Mr. sevan in Tehran and would like them to continue.

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Mr. Mottaki then indicated Iran's desire to participate more actively in the work of the UN. Over the past few years, the main part of Iran's energy and potential had been devoted to the war. Following the establishment of the cease-fire, his Government wanted to enhance its participation and involvement in international organizations, and had made a decision to become more active on the international scene. Iranian nationals would also be able to take part in promoting the ideals of the international organization. He recalled that the issue of employment of Iranian nationals in the UN, its specialized agencies and other organizations related to the UN had already been taken up with the Secretary-General's colleagues in the Secretariat. He himself had gone through the list of Iranian nationals employed by the UN and believed that, taking every factor into consideration, the number of Iranian nationals was quite disproportionate to that of other countries. In view of that and in light of the excellent working relationship Iran had with the Secretary-General and his office, _Tehran hoped that the Secretary-General personally would consider the issue of employment of Iranian nationals at·all levels. He would like to be able to convey the Secretary-General's response, in principle, to Dr. Velayati.

The Secretary-General thanked Mr. Mottaki for his comments. He recalled that the Secretariat had become very involved with the implementation of many resolutions relating to Iraq-Kuwait which was taking much time and energy. A current difficulty involved the sending of guards to the northern part of Iraq. The concrete agreement of Iraq had not yet been achieved as to the number of such guards, their freedom of movement and independence of activity. He himself had also always been very concerned about the plight of the Shiites of southern Iraq. His representative in Iraq had raised the matter of applying the same formula in the south as was used in the north. Unfortunately, there were still difficulties. Iraq wanted the guards to be monitored by Iraqi elements which he thought would only be a discouragement to the Kurds. He had given instructions to his representative in Baghdad to insist very strongly on a totally independent UN presence in the northern and southern parts of Iraq. His own position was that he could not send armed personnel to Iraq without the consent of Iraq because resolution 688 did not provide him with a juridical basis. If Iraq was not forthcoming, he thought there would be no alternative to the Security Council adopting a resolution to send a peace-keeping force. He would continue his efforts. He reiterated his concern for the Shiites in the south and said he had instructed Sadruddin Aga Khan to do his best to extend protection to them.

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With regard to security in the Persian Gulf area, the Secretary-General considered it was his special responsibility to have resolution 598 fully implemented. In that spirit, he would be sending Mr. Farah and his team to Iran to make an assessment of the situation. on that basis he could then prepare a report for the Security Council. He agreed that resolution 598 provided the necessary framework for moving ahead through contacts with Iran, Iraq, and the countries of the Persian Gulf region to try to find an agreement which, in his own opinion, should not include external countries. There would have to be consultations with the Missions in New York, and he was sure Mr. Stephanides would continue discussions in Tehran. He personally would follow that question very closely.

Responding to the invitation, the Secretary-General said it was always a pleasure to go to Tehran. He would discuss with Iran's representatives in New York what might be an appropriate date for such a visit which, he noted, would be his third. He mentioned, in passing, perhaps the second part of July or August.

As for Afghanistan, the Secretary-General noted the statement he had made the previous day which indicated his direct involvement. He thought the statement had been very well received. The Soviets and the us would have no difficulty with it. He believed Iran's response was positive. While he had not heard from Pakistan, he did not think it would be opposed; nor did the Government of Afghanistan have any objection. Before making the statement, his Personal Representative had been in touch with the Mujahideen and had encountered no difficulties. saudi Arabia had also been consulted. He hoped the statement would be a beginning of a much closer involvement of the UN and himself in a solution to the problem.

Turning to the question of employment of Iranian nationals, the Secretary-General asked Mr. ciss to do everything possible to accommodate the Government of Iran's request. He was sure Mr. Ciss would do his best, bearing in mind, of course, the financial constraints on the Organization.

(The Secretary-General then left the room to take a telephone call and Mr. Ciss discussed informally the status of Iranians employed by the UN. A suggestion that a national exam could be organized for Iran was greeted with enthusiasm.)

Following the secretary-General's return and a brief discussion of UN finances, Mr. Mottaki thanked the Secretary­General for the opportunity to meet and said he had taken note of his comments on personnel matters. On leaving, he expressed the wish to host the Secretary-General in Tehran.

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19 December 1990

Dear Mr. Ambassador,

I have been asked by the Secretary-General to thank you for your letter of 12 December 1990 renewing the invitation from your Government for the Secretary­General to visit Seoul durinq the first week of April 1991 at which time the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is scheduled to meet there.

. The Secretary-General recalls very well his meetinq with Minister Choi here at United Nations Headquarters in early october. He appreciated very much the Minister's thouqhtful approach.

I am afraid, however, that the Secretary­General's programme for the first part of 1991 has not yet been framed, in view not least of the present international situation. It is moreover likely that his programme will crystallize only in the first months of the New Year. You may be assured nonetheless that the Secretary-General will continue to bear your Government's kind invitation in mind and we shall revert to you as soon as the situation becomes clearer.

Please accept, Mr. Ambassador, the assurances of my highest consideration.

His Excellency Hong-choo Hyun Permanent Observer of the

Republic of Korea to the United Nations

New York

Dayal Cabinet

,

1. You will recall that the Foreign Minister of ROK in his meeting with you in New York on 2 october 1990 indicated that the Annual Ministerial Meeting of ESCAP would take place in Seoul, probably in the first ten days in April 199l,. He invited you to attend the meeting. Your response was non-committal. (You also have an outstanding invitation from the DPRK "to visit Korea". )

2. The ROK Observer Mission has now contacted us informally. They have requested an informal indication on how the Secretary­General might respond were the ROK Government to go ahead, as now contemplated, and extend a formal written invitation to the secretary-General.

3. It is evident that any visit by the secretary-General, for whatever purpose, to either of the Korean states would be seen principally in the Korean context. Accordingly, the Secretary­General has all along made it clear that a visit to one would have to take place in juxtaposition with a visit to the other. The timing for such a journey would have to be carefully considered.

4. When the ROK Observer Mission made its initial telephone enquiry some days ago, I mentioned the considerations in paragraph 3 above. I added that the Secretary-General's programme for the early months of 1991 has not been worked out. My interlocutor pressed for a "considered informal response".

5. Before we revert to the ROK mission, the following points might be borne in mind:

(a) The Secretary-General has DQt had the practice of addressing ministerial meetings of the Regional commissions. In fact, their liaison office in New York indicates that he has never attended such meetings of ECE, ESCAP or ESCWA. on only one occasion each has he attended such meetings of ECA {25th anniversary in Addis Ababa in 1983) and ECLAC (in Lima in 1986).

(b) The host countries of the Regional commissions have all been anxious to have the secretary-General address ministerial meetings in their capitals. Thailand is no exception -.even though the secretary-General visited the ESCAP headquarters, between sessions, in 1985. The Thai Government might

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be offended, if the Secretary-General were to make a first appearance at an ESCAP ministerial meeting in a capital other than Bangkok.

(c) The ROK is a full member of ESCAP , but DPRK is not - even if P yongyang has of late

-been making discreet feelers with the Regional Commission. (It is also noteworthy that DPRK has invited the UNCTAD G-77 to meet in Pyongyang next year.)

(d) on the other hand, the Secretary­General's calendar for the first ten days of April appears at this stage to be open. ACC in Paris will take place on 17, 18, 19 April.

6. conclusion

It is not at all clear that the moment will be right in April next for a visit of the Secretary-General to Korea. By the same token, the argument in favour of his attending an ESCAP meeting in Seoul is not overwhelming. Accordingly, it might be best for us to respond orally to the ROK feelers along the lines that the Secretary-General is mindful of the invitation and will continue to keep it very much in mind, but that his programme for the period in question has not yet been fixed and is unlikely to be fixed until sometime in the new year. We could indicate that this would be the tenor of our formal response to any written invitation that may materialize in the days ahead.

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Mr. Dayal,

I received a telephone call today from Mr. Won of the ROK

Mission (371-1280). He recalled that his Foreign Minister had

signalled orally to the Secretary-General in october that ROK

would appreciate very much the Secretary-General's presence at an

ESCAP conference tokheld in seoul in April 1991.

Mr. Won indicated that his Government was now contemplating

formaliz ing this invitation in the near future. He wished to

sound me out as to the chances of the Secretary-General's

accepting it.

In response I said that the Secretary-General's programme

for the early months of 1991 had not yet been worked out. I

recalled in passing that the secretary-General had always

envisaged that the timing of a visit to Korea would have to be

weighted in a broad perspective. Furthermore, he had always

foreseen that any visit to one of the Korean states would be

juxtaposed with a visit to the other state.

Mr. Won pressed for my reading of the Secretary-General's

view, "before the ROK government makes any official approach". I

said that I would check.

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he ld a t United N ations Headqua rters on Mond ay , 5 Feb rua ry 1990 , at 15 . 00 hours .

Present:

The Secret a ry-Gener a l Mr . Ahmed Mr . Annabi Mr . Kavanagh

I ntroduction

Mr . Mino ru Endo , Directo r -Gener a l U . N . Bu reau of the Japanese

Fo reign Minist ry H . E . Mr . Hideo Kag ami

Permanent Rep resentative of Japan to the United Nations

Two aides

Mr . Endo had attended a semin a r on the United Nations hosted by the Finnish I nstitute on Interna tiona l Re l a tions . He spo ke in a light vein , but with a serious under tone , of the ul tima te p rospects f o r Japan assuming permanent membership of the Secu rity Counci l . The Secretary-General , in the mood o f the moment , said that he was a member niethe r of the Security Council no r the Gene r a l Assemb ly and so had no function in reg a rd to such a question .

I nvitation to visit Japan

Mr . Endo indica ted that the o f f icia l accession of Emper o r Akihito to the throne wou ld t a ke p l ace in the course of ceremonies scheduled fo r 12-14 November 1990 . At this time , the Government of Japan was studying a possib le list of invita tions to be extended to the rep resent atives o f fo reign countries and perhaps a lso o f inte rnatio n a l o rg aniza tions . He recognized that the da tes fel l in the period of the Genera l Assemb ly session . Nonethe less , Mr . Endo wonde red if the Secret a ry-Gene r a l and Mrs . Pe rez de Cue l l a r wou ld be in a position to attend the ce remonies . The cent r a l ce remony wou ld take p l ace in the a f ternoon of Mond a y , 12 November . Their Majesties the Empero r and the Empress wou ld host a dinner on that evening . On the fo l lowing day, Tuesday , the 13th , there wou ld be a g a rden p a r ty

-at the Imperia l Pa l ace . A dinner wou ld be o f fered by the Prime Minister on that evening . I n this way , the Secret a ry-Gener a l wou ld be in a position t o depart f rom Tokyo o n Wednesday, the 14th , a r riving in New Yo rk on the same day .

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Mr. Endo went on to say that the Government would confirm an invitation if the Secretary-General could envisage attending the ceremonies. The purpose of his present informal demarche was to seek the Secretary-General's views in· advance. He clarified that his Government would not envisage the Secretary-General designating a representative, nor would any invitation be extended to any other representative of the world Organization.

The Secretary-General said that he appreciated very much the consideration of the Government of Japan. He would pencil the dates into his diary. In principle, he added, he would be very honoured to attend the ceremonies and would await official confirmation of the invitation.

Mr. Endo leaves his post

Mr. Endo explained that the present meeting was in fact a farewell call for he would be taking up new responsibilities as his Government's representative to the Uruguay Round of GATT. He would be replaced in the Foreign Ministry by the current Minister in the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. who had served for several years earlier in his career on the social/economic side of the Mission in New York.

Japan/peace-keeping operations

Japan, said Mr. Endo, was now g1v1ng serious thought to how it might extend its cooperation to the peace-keeping operations of the United Nations. Foreign Affairs Ministry personnel had already served with UNIIMOG and UNGOMAP. Some 30 election monitors had also had temporary assignments in Namibia. Tokyo would like to develop its contribution in financial and personnel terms. Japan would like to be kept fully abreast of developments towards further operations. Specifically, Tokyo would like to be kept abreast of financial and personnel details as they emerged. It had to be borne in mind that the Government in Tokyo was obliged to secure the cooperation of Diet members. Its task would be made all the easier, in requesting expenditure from the public purse, if it was fully abreast of what was going on.

The Secretary-General assured Mr. Endo that Japan would not be presented with a bill out of the blue. He and his colleagues would ensure that Tokyo was kept abreast. He expressed appreciation for all that Japan had contributed to the operations of the Organization.

Cambodia

With regard to Cambodia {on which subject, Mr. Endo had spent 90 minutes with Mr. Ahmed that morning), the Secretary-General underlined the need for clear and precise terms of reference for any U.N. operation. The cooperation of

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23 October 1989 at 12 . 30 p.m.

P resent:

The Secreta ry-Gene r al Mr. Y. Akashi Mrs. F. Ba r rillon Pomes

M r. Hisami Yamaz aki Four aides An interpreter

Mr. Yamaz aki thanked the Secreta ry-Gene r al for finding the time to receive him. His organiz ation was deeply appreciative of the Secreta ry-Gene r al ' s action and was pa rticula rly gr ateful for his p a rticipation in the inaugur ation of the exhibit "Wa r and Peace" which he had accepted to open later on that day in the public lobby.

The Sec reta ry-General replied that he looked forwa rd to �he event. He handed to Mr. Yamaz aki a letter of appreciation addressed to Mr. Daisaku Ikeda , the President of Soka Gakkai , together with a gift.

M r. Yamazaki thanked the Secreta ry-Gener al. His letter would serve as an encou r agement to Soka Gakkai in its ef forts to support the United Nations. That non-governmental organiz ation had the deepest respect for the Sec reta ry-General's leadership. It was thanks to his endeavours that the Organiz ation had become a real peace-making institution. N aturally , Unde r-Secretary-General Akashi had also been instrumental in that achievement.

The Secretary-Gene r al , responding to Mr. Yamaz aki ' s comments on his efforts to solve a numbe r of region al conflicts , refer red to the situation in Namibia where he was hopeful that orderly and democratic elections would indeed take place on 6 November , and to the Ir an/ I r ak conflict (he was about to send his Personal Representative to the region·in order to reactivate the negotiations). Unfortunately , no progress was being registered on the Middle East f ront.

Mr. Yamaz aki then briefly discussed the environmental p roblems. He pointed out an advertisement in the New York Times and offered a button to the Secreta ry-General bea ring the Kenyan proverb "Treat the ea rth well�it was not given to you by your p a rents it was loaned to you by your children".

The meeting ended at 12.50 p.m. with Mr. Yama z aki presenting gifts for both the Secreta ry-General and M rs. Perez de Cuella r. Mr. Yama z aki also inquired as to the next visit of the Secreta ry-General to Japan. "Perhaps in the f a ll of 1990" , he asked. The Secreta ry-General replied that his calenda r for next yea r was al ready quite crowded , but he might perhaps envisage another visit to Japan in 1991.

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16 April 1990

Dear Mr. Minister,

I have received your letter of 12 March 1990 in which you referred to your Government's invitation to me to visit Australia in 1990.

Since our conversation in New York last October, I have kept that kind offer very much in mind.

It would have been an honour to address the International Law Association on the occasion of its 64th Conference. I recall with great pleasure my trip to Australia in 1985 and the warmth and hospitality with which I was received. It is therefore with all the more regret that I now find other commitments will not permit me to accept your invitation this year.

With kind regards,

Yours sincerely,

Javier Perez de Cuellar

His Excellency The Honourable Gareth Evans, Q.C. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

of the Commonwealth of Australia Canberra

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Dear Mr. Ambasador,

I would be most grateful if you would kindly forward the enclosed letter from the Secretary-General to H.E. the Honourable Gareth Evans, Q.C. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Commonwealth of Australia. A copy is also enclosed for your information.

Please accept, Mr. Ambassador, the assurances of my highest consideration.

His Excellency

Virenda Dayal Chef de Cabinet

Mr. Peter Stephen Wilenski, AO Permanent Representative of

Australia to the United Nations New York

CONFERENCE AUSTRALIA /LA 1990

PATRONS: HE THE HON BILL HAYDEN AC

GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AIJSTRAUA HE THE HON SIR WALTER CAMPBELL AC, QC

GOVERNOR OF OUEENSlAND THE HON RJL HAWKE, AC, MP

PRIME MINISTER OF AIJSTRAUA THE HON SIR ANTHONY MASON AC, KBE

CHIEF JUSTICE OF AIJSTRAUA THE HON MJ AHERN MLA

PREMIER AND TREASURER AND MINISTER FOR STATE DEVELOPMENT AND ARTS, QUEENSlAND

THE HON CHIEF JUSTICE JJM MACROSSAN CHIEF JUSTICE OF QUEENSLAND

Mr Alvaro de Soto, Executive Assistant to the

Secretary General, United Nations, N.Y. 10017.

·u.s.A.

Dear Mr de Soto,

1st November, 1989.

On 3rd August last I wrote you concerning our invitation to the Secretary General to attend the 64th Conference of the International Law Assocation on l�_§t_ll A�us1:.!.. 1990 ...a..t. Br9adbeacll..., Queensland. We are looking forward to his visit with great anticipation.

As you advised me on 17th May last, it was hoped that the Secretary General would be able to advise us of his final decision by the end of the year. As we are due to settle the programme in November, we are extremely anxious to learn of his decision as soon as possibl�

Yours sincerely,

a:! (/ Chairman, Organising Committee�

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LEVEL 3D, MLC CENTRE

19-29 MARTIN PLACE

SYDNEY 200D AUSTRALIA

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JUSTICE P.E. NYGH

CHAIRMAN CONFERENCE ORGANISING COMMITTEE

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75-85 ELIZABETH STREET

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held at United Nations Headquarters on Tuesday, 3 October 1989, at 18.30 hours.

Present:

The Secretary-General

Mr. Goulding

Mr. Kavanagh

H.E. The Hon. Gareth Evans, Q.C. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Commonwealth of Australia

H.E. Dr. Peter Wilenski Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations

Dr. R. S. Merrillees Assistant Secretary, Staffing and Development Programmes Branch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Commonwealth of Australia

Mr. J. Dauth Senior Private Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Commonwealth of Australia

The Secretary-General e:z:pressed his appreciation for Australia's consistent and solid support of the Organization.

Chemical weapons

The Minister said that his Government had been thinking of how progress might be made in the areas of peace-making, peace-keeping and disarmament. He turned to the latter at the outset. He was particularly interested in the negotiations towards a chemical weapons convention currently under way in the Conference on Disarmament (CD). Three weeks earlier, over 70 countries, representing 95\ of the world's chemical industries, had met in Canberra and injected significant momentum into the Geneva negotiating process. That negotiation, he said, was not stalemated. Nonetheless, the U.S. and others were not sufficiently focused on it. If the convention could be finalized, it would represent the first disarmament treaty successfully negotiated multilaterally. The statements by Mr. Baker and Mr. Shevardnadze in the General Assembly on this subject had been widely noted.

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The Secretary-Gener al s a i d that the re r ema i ned a l o t o f t ime be fo r e the s i tu a t i on needed to be reso lved .

Inv i tati on to v i sit Austral i a

The Minister renewed to the Sec ret a ry-Gene r a l h i s Government 's i n t e r e s t i n the pos s i b i l i ty o f the Sec reta ry-Gene ra l ' s v i s i t i ng Au s t r a l i a i n 19 90 . The Inte rnat iona l Law As s oc i at i o n had i nv i ted t he Sec r e t a ry-Gene r a l to unde r take a v i s i t t he r e • . The Gove r nment wou ld be mo s t i nteres ted in th i s . The Secr etar y-Gener al s a i d that he wou l d keep thi s very much i n mind . He rec a l l ed h i s p rev i o u s v i s i t t o Au s t r a l i a i n ea r ly 19 8 5 . Tha t, s a i d the Mi nister ·, w a s now a lmo s t fi ve ye a r s ago .

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he ld at Un i ted N a t i ons He a qqua rt e r s on Tuesda y, 3 Oc to be r 1 9 8 9 , at 18 . 3 0 hou r s .

Pr esent :

The Sec re t a r y-Gene r a l

M r . Gou l d i ng

Mr . Kavanagh

\ H . E . The Hon . Ga reth Evans , Q.C.

Mi ni s t e r for Fo r e i gn Af f a i rs and T r ade of the Commonwea l th o f Au s t r a l i a

H . E . Dr . Peter Wi l en s k i Pe rma nent Rep resent at ive o f Au s t r a l i a t o the Un i ted Nat i o n s

Dr . R . s. Me r r i l lees As s i s t a nt Sec ret a r y, S t a f f i ng and Deve l opment Pro g r ammes B r anch Mini s t r y of Fo r e i gn Af f a i r s and Tr ade o f the Commonwea l t h of Au s t r a l i a

Mr . J. Dauth Sen i o r P r i v a te Sec reta r y to the Mi ni s t e r f o r Fo r e i gn Af f a i r s and -T r ade of the Commonwea l t h of Au s t r a l i a

The Secretary-General.exp res s ed hi s app rec i at i o n f o r Au s t r a l i a 's cons i s t ent and so l i d suppo r t of the Org an i za t i o n .

Chemi ca l w eapons

The Min i ster s a i d tha t h i s Gove r nment had been th i nki ng o f ho w p ro g re s s mi ght be made i n the areas o f peace-ma king , peace -keep i ng a nd d i s a rmament . He tu rned to the l at t e r at the ou tset . He wa s p a r t i cu l a r l y i nteres ted i n the nego t i a t ions towa rds a chemi c a l we apons convent ion cu r rent l y unde r wa y i n the Confe rence on D'i s a rmament ( C D). Three weeks e a r l i e r , over 70 count r i e s , rep r esent i ng 9 5 \ o f the wo r l d 's chemic a l i ndu s t r i es , had met i n Canbe r r a and i n j ec ted s i gn i f i c ant momentum i nto the Geneva neg o t i a t i ng p roce s s • . Th at negot i a t i on , he s a i d , wa s · no t st a l ema t ed. Nonethe l e s s , the u.s. and others we r e no t suf f i c i ent l y focu sed on i t . I f the convent i o n cou l d be f i n a l i zed � i t wou ld rep resent the f i r s t d i s a rmament t re a t y succes s f u l l y nego t i a ted 'mu l t i l a tera l l y . The s t at ement s by Mr . Bake r and Mr . Shev a rdna d ze i n the Gene r a l A s s e mbl y o n thi s s u bj ect h a d been w i de l y noted .

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On chemical weapons, the Secretary-General had been pleased to hear the degree of convergence in the statements of the Soviet and American Ministers. Verification of compliance with any convention would be the problem. This drew a quick response from the Minister. He did not think that that was the case. In Canberra, attention had been focused precisely on this problem. There were ways in which information and •data flows• could be established between Governments and between industry and Governments. With •intrusive and challenge inspections•, the problem was not insurmountable.

The Secretary-General took note of these views. He said that the increased attention to chemical weapons illustrated a trend among the member States to focus on specific subj�ct areas of global concern. This applied equally to the questions of Che environmen£ and debt, where practical results could emerge from the deliberations of the General Assembly. The Minister welcomed this trend.

Peace-keeping operations

Concerning peace-keeping operations, the Secretary-General welcomed Australia's support and indications of further talks which Australia was undertaking in the area. He referred to the inadequate performance of member States in paying their assessed contributions to the cost of peace-keeping even at a time when further expansion in the numb�r of PKOs was being _contemplated.

Cambodia

The Minister asked the Secretary-General if he had yet seen the draft resolution circulated by ASEAN on the subject of Cambodia. The Secretary-General said that Minister Alatas of Indonesia had told him that ASEAN was still working on the text. The Minister said that the preliminary draft which he had seen embodied some significant changes over earlier years in order to take account of new realities on the ground. It would be seen, however, by a number of States as being too tough on Vietnam,given the recent withdrawal of-Vietnamese troops from Cambodia. Australia believed that the text should be even-handed and should maintain pressure on all parties, including Vietnam. The present language should be made more moderate.

The Minister asked if the Secretary-General had heard of any major undertaking on the Cambodia front by the Five Permanent Members of the Security Council. The Secretary-General said that he had not, even though the issue had been discussed at his working luncheon with the Five Foreign Ministers on the preceding Friday.

The Minister cited indications he had received from third parties in recent days concerning the possibility of the USSR and China getting together to discuss this subject. Both the u.s. and Vietnam had spoken to him of that possibility.

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The Minister wondered if the Secretary-General was contemplating any unilateral initiative on his own part. In response, the Secretary-General said that both CGDK and the Phnom Penh regime as well as Vietnam were agreeable to his maintaining his good offices. For the moment, however, he would await the outcome of the debate in the General Assembly and his forthcoming discussion with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Vietnam. With regard to developments on the ground, the Secretary-General felt that a tough line vis-a-vis the Khmer Rouge might increase the likelihood of renewed serious military clashes. In those, the Khmer.Rouge could well prevail. Because of this, he had been endeavouring to understand fully the approach taken of late by Hu�Sen. The Minister said that-one could at the same time be too critical of Hun Sen who was alarmed, as were the people of Cambodia, by the prospect of the return of the Khmer Rouge. The unfortunate choice was between the inevitability of conflict if the Khmer Rouge were kept out and the possibility that conflict might be avoided if they were taken into the Administration on a transitional basis. He had put this perspective to the Phnom Penh regime and to Vietnam. Unfortunately, Australia had little influence in those quarters.

The Minister said that the only optimistic word he had heard in the past week was that the Soviets and the Chinese·might get together on this subject.

Presidency of the 45th Session of the General AssemblY

The Minister went on to inform the Secretary-General, "as a courtesy", of Australia's candidature to the presidency of the 45th Regular Session of the General Assembly to convene in September 19 9 0 . He himself was Australia's candidate. The Secretary-General said that he would enjoy the prospect of working with the Minister, but added that he did not have a vote in the election.

The Minister reviewed certain developments on this front. When the issue had been discussed earlier in the WEOG, Australia's candidature had been recognized. No other member of the Group had signalled an interest in the position. "Since then, Malta has indicated an interest. I must say that the interest is on the part of the Permanent Representative in New York, Mr. Borg Olivier, and not the Foreign Minister of Malta. That creates an additional element. There has been a tradition whereby the WEOG endorsement of candidatures for the presidency of the General Assembly circulates among members of the Group and until now, no member of the Group has received an endorsement on more than one occasion. We are of the view that perhaps now is the time to rethink this tradition which points in the direction of exhausting the list of members of the Group before any one member receives the endorsement for a second time. Perhaps the major countries or the principal contributors to the System should not have to wait for the day when every member of the Group has had its turn." The Minister added that it was now 41 years since an Australian president had presided over the work of the General Assembly.

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The Secretary-General said that there· remained a lot of time before the situation needed to be resolved.

Invitation to visit Australia

The Minister renewed to the Secretary-General his Government's interest in the possibility of the Secretary-General's visiting Australia in 1990. The International Law Association had invited the Secretary-General to undertake a visit there. The Government would be most interested in this. The Secretary-General said that he would keep this very much in mind. He recalled his previous visit to Australia in early 1985. That, said the�inister, was now almost five years ago.

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PRESIDENT MR JUSTICE RNJ PURVIS

DIRECTOR OF STUDIES PROFESSOR JAMES CRAWFORD

HON. SECRETARY PHILIP F. SUTHERLAND

HON. TREASURER FRANK KOTALA

Mr Alvaro de Soto, Executive Assistant

3rd August, 1989.

to the Secretary General, United Nations, N. Y. 10017. U.S. A.

Dear Mr De Soto,

Thank you very much for your response of 17 May last on behalf of the Secretary General. We are very gratified to learn that he is keeping our invitation under active consideration. I enclose herewith a copy of our most recent brochure in which, as you will note, we have taken the liberty of referring to the invitation which we, with the support of the Prime Minister, have issued.

We are somewhat concerned that you will not be able to advise us of his final decision till the latter part of the year. As you will appreciate, we would wish to give advance notice of his attendance as widely as possible, not merely in Australia but also abroad. His decision to attend would excite great interest in potential participants. I would be immensely grateful if you could advise me of his decision at the earliest opportunity. A facsimilie can be tran s mitted to me at < 02) 233-6014.

MR JUSTICE RNJ PURVIS FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA

34 CHARLES STREET PARRAMATTA NSW 2150

TEL (02)633 3111

Yours sincerely,

PROF. JAMES CRAWFORD UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

LAW SCHOOL 173-175 PHILLIP STREET SYDNEY NSW 2000 TEL (02) 232 5944

Committee.

PHILIP F. SUTHERLAND LEVEL 30, MLC CENTRE 19-29 MARTIN PLACE SYDNEY NSW 2000 TEL (02) 225 5000

FRANK KOTALA POBOX365

ST LEONARDS NSW 2065 TEL (02) 959 4001

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17 May 1989

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t write on behftlf of the Secretary-General to thank you for your letter o f 4 April by which vou invite him to attend the openingceremony of the Association's 64th Conference to be held in Queensland on 20 August 1990 and to addr�ss a Special Plenary Session of the Conference on the same day.

The Secretary-General deeply appreciates this ve y kind gesture on your part. Certainly he woul� welcome the prospect of a further vi�it to your beautiful country, especially to speak before such a distinguished gathering. As you may he aware, th� Prime �i�ister ha8 been in contact with him in this very connection. At the preaent time, the Secr•tary-General is not in a position to provide a definitiv� response. He has, however, asked me to assure you that he will ke�p the Association's invitation v�rv much tn •ind when the detail s of his pr09ramme for 1990 are set out. �his would normally take place i� the last quarter of 1989. Re very much hopes that the Association will be ahle to bear with him until then.

The Hon. Justice Rodney N. PurviA President International Law Association �ustralian Branch Family Court of Australia 34 Charl�s Street Parramatte, NSW 2150 Australia

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In the meantime, may I convey to you the Secretary-General's very best wishes for all the endea•our that will precede the Conferenc�.

• Yours sincerely,

Alvaro de Soto Executive Assistant

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Dea r Mr . Ambassad o r ,

The Secr e tar y-Genera l wou ld app rec i a te i t i f

you cou l d k ind ly forward the enclosed l e t te r t o

H i s Exce l le ncy Th• Ron . R . J . L . Hawke , P r ime M i n i s ter

o f the Commonwea l th o f Austr a l i a .

A copy of t h i s le tter i s a t t ached fo r you r

i n forma t ion .

Plea s e accept , Mr . Ambassador , the a ssu r anc e s

of my h ighest cons i de r a t i on .

H is Exce l lency Mr . Peter Wi lensk i Pe rmanent R�presen ta t i ve

V i rend r a Dayal Chef de Cab inet

of Austr a l i a to the Un i ted N a t ions New Yo r k

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�t wae wry �· indeed of you to haw f!IIKb!ndet1 an invitation for me to Plt'"'P an official p:ogr81111e in AuAtralia

· during 1990 , in particular tmould I be in a poaftian to attend the 64th tntemat.ional taw APOCiatian Confer..nce to bike pl.aoe in �t. t should like to ·� ll'f .appl'.elation foe tbt thouqhttul.nea of your invitation.

t wll rt���s t:�er the qenerous hoepltalit;y .._ich ycu eJrteroed to ae in canber'ra ..., 8ydrwy in early 19M. t enjoylld very IJlJCh OU[ -.tinq at that t.iDI! am of couree aleo eince thwl

. at the united Nations �rtat-a. An CJA)Ol'tunitv to rH\11111! our � of v!MM on •tters of c:c&Oil eoneem would be .,.t .... �.

Unfortunat»ly, I NM! not hMn in a ,a.ittan to elabot"ate tta. dlttail8 of ., -pt"'t'Jr- f• 1990. In theM ell'�, Mr . Prt... Minieter , I should be moat fJ'rateful it you ClOUl.c:! beer' wtth ree a little ..t.U.e lorlqer befMe t respont! &tfinttiwly to yall' kint.l approach.

In the ..-rttbaa, •Y I expreea --in -,., qreat l!pPI'eoiation for all that Auaualia has bHn doing under �r leadership, Mr. Prta Minister , in a\qX)l't of ttMt untt.«J RatiOM antl ita work .

W i t h kind regard s , (BY HAND)

Ria BJ�cellenc:y-'l'he Ron. R. J. L. B81Wtte , N:. , M.P. Prt.a Minuter of the C.c&IIOIMHlth

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My d e a r S e c r e t a r y - Ge ne r a l ,

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I w o u ld b e d e l i gh t e d i f y o u c o u ld v i s i t A u s t r a l i a ag a i n a s a g u e s t o f t h e Go v e r nme n t , p o s s i b ly i n 1 9 9 0 .

I k now t h a t t h e A u s t r a l i an B r a n c h o f t h e I n t e r na t i on a l L a w A s s oc i a t i on ( I LA ) h a s c on t a c t e d y o u r o f f i c e a b o u t e x t end i ng a n i nv i t a t i on t o y o u , a s S e c r e t a r y - Gene r a l o f t h e Un i t e d N a t i on s , t o a t t e nd i t s c on f e r e n c e i n Au s t r a l i a i n 1 9 9 0 . I f y o u a r e p l ann i ng t o a c c e p t I LA ' s i n v i t a t i on t h i s t i m i ng m i g h t a l s o b e s u i t a b l e f o r a n o f f i c i a l p r ogr am t o b e a r r a n g e d .

S i n c e y o u r l a s t v i s i t t o Au s t r a l i a i n 1 9 8 5 t h e Un i t e d N a t i on s h a s e n h a n c e d i t s r o l e i n d i v e r s e a r e a s s uc h a s t h e e n v i r onmen t , p e ac e k e e p i ng , s u p e r powe r r e l a t i on s a n d i t s own b u d g e t and r e f o rm p r oc e s s e s .

Th r o ugh o u r i n v o l v eme n t i n t h e Un i t ed N a t i on s and a l s o i n o u r own d ome s t i c and i n t e r n a t i on a l a c t i v i t i e s the Au s t r a l i an Go v e r nme n t h a s a l s o b e e n engaged i n t h e s e and r e l a t ed f i e ld s , and y o u r v i s i t wo u ld p r o v i d e a we l c ome o p po r t un i t y t o e x c h ange v i e w s on s u c h ma t t e r s o f mut u a l i n t e r e s t . I a l s o c on s i d e r t h a t a no t h e r v i s i t by y o u wo u ld h e l p h i g h l i g h t Au s t r a l i a ' s c omm i tme n t t o t h e mu l t i l a t e r a l s y s t em .

I f y o u a r e a b l e t o a c c e p t t h i s i n v i t a t i on t h e d e t a i l s o f y o u r v i s i t c a n be wor k e d o u t c l o s e r t o t h e t ime , b e t we e n o u r o f f i c i a l s .

Y o u r s s i nc e r e ly ,

Bob Haw k e

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He ld on 17 Ma rch 1 9 8 9 at 5 p . m .

Present :

The Secret a ry-Gener a l Mr . V . Daya l Mrs . F . Pomes

The Hon . Ga reth Evans His Exce l lency Mr . Pete r Wi l lenski Permanent Rep resent a tive o f

Aus t r a lia to the United N ations

Two aides

The topics discussed were : Namibia , The Hague meeting on Environment , Kampuchea , Afghanistan , Invitation to Australia 1990 .

Namibia

The Secreta ry-General exp ressed his g r atitude f o r the suppo r t which Au s t r a lia has consistent ly lent to the United Nations a nd he mentioned , in pa rticu l a r , it s s i gnificant peace-keeping cont ributio n . Aus t r a lia was now p roviding UNTAG with a 300-man contingent , an o f fer which was deep ly app reciated . The Secret a ry-Gener a l hoped that the Namibian ope r atio n , a l though it was quite comp l ex , wou ld be succes s fu l .

To a question by the Minister abou t t he eventu a l increase o f the Fo rce , the Secret a ry-Gene r a l rep lied t h a t it w a s t o o ea r ly t o assess t he si tua tion . Lieutenant­Gene r a l Prem Chand , a rema rkable milita ry exper t and ski l led dip lomat who had served in Congo and Cyp rus , was heading the Fo rce . The Secre t a ry-Gene r a l would not be surprised if Gener a l Prem Cha nd did not a s k f o r an increase of the Fo rce in a f ew months . He rec a l led that the Five Permanent Membe r s o f the Security Counci l had insis ted that the size o f the Fo rce ( o r i g i na l ly 7 , 5 0 0 men ) be reduced to 4 , 6 5 0 . Pe r s onally , the Secreta ry-Gene r a l wou ld have p refer red to s t a rt with a 7 , 5 0 0 men-Fo rce and g radua l ly reduce it , but the Counc i � had decided othe rwise . Luckily , three rese rve b a ttal ions we re on st and-by . Shou ld the re be , a t a l a ter s t age , a reques t for a n increase o f the size o f the Fo rce , the Sec ret a ry-Gene r a l f e l t quite confident tha t , given his excel lent wo r king re l a tions with the Counci l , he wou ld be able to pe rsuade its Member s if such a need was justified .

The Minister, mentioning his recent visit t o Ha r a re , said he had f elt a " t remendou� ne rvousness " among the Front-Line States .

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He did no t e xpect ei ther that the So v i e t s wou ld wi thd r aw wi thout leaving Na j i bu l l ah tota l ly una rmed . The l a tter wou l d there fore only be put in a d i f f icu l t s i tuation if the a rmy s p l i t . Add ing to the di f f icu lt ies , was the f act that one had to dea l w i th seve r a l t r i bes i n s tead of a nation . Here , the Sec reta ry-Gene r a l refer red to wh at he c a l led " the four- leg t a ble" : the Afghans l i v i ng i n Paki s t a n , the Afghans l iv i ng i n I r a n , the Afghans i n ex i l e and tho s e l i v i ng i n the count ry . Al l had to be accounted for . I n that reg a rd , the f a ct that the I s l amic Org a ni zat ion Co nfe rence had j us t deci ded , i n Riyadh , to g ive the seat o f Afgh ani s t a n to the Mu j ahi deen ( a nd thi s with bhe app roval of I r an) was an impo rt ant e l ement .

Invitation to Australia

La st ly , the Mi n i s t er asked whether the Sec r eta ry-Gene r a l wou ld be a ble to accept the long- s t a nd i ng i nv i t at ion of the I nternat iona l Law Associ at ion to a confe rence due to t ake p l ace i n Au s t r a l i a i n Augus t 19 9 0 . The Sec ret ary-Gene r a l s a i d that he had an exce l lent reco l l ec t i on o f his v i s i t to Au st r a l i a , � �. � ye a r s ago , and that he wou ld be ple a sed , i f h i s s chedu l e ���·

wou ld pe rmi t , to accept that i nv i ta t ion .

The meet i ng ended at 5 . 30 p . m .

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H . E . M r J . P e r e z d e C u e l l a r , S e c r e t a r y - Gen e r a l o f t h e Un i t ed Na t i on s , Room S - 3 8 0 0 , NEW YORK N . Y . 1 0 0 1 7

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PR I M E M I N I STER

CANBERRA

2 8 MAR 1989

I wou l d be de l i ghted if you cou l d vis i t Austra l i a again as a guest of the Government , possibly in 1 9 9 0 .

I know that the Austra l i an branch o f the International Law Association ( I LA ) has contacted your o f fice about extending an invitat ion to you , a s Secretary-General of the United Nation� to attend its Conference in Austral ia in August 1 9 9 0 . I f you are p l anning to accept ! LA ' s invitat ion thi s timing might a l so be suitable for an o f f i c i a l program to be arranged .

S ince your last visit to Austra l i a in 1 9 8 5 the United Nations has enhanced its ro le in diverse areas such as the environment , peacekeeping , sup.erpower relations .and its own budget and re form processes .

Through our involvement in the United nations and also in our own domestic and int ernational activities the Austr a l i an Government has a l so been engage d in these and re l ated f i e l ds , and your visit woul d provide a we lcome opportunity to exchange views on such matters of mutual interest . I a l so consider that another visit by you wou l d help high l i ght Austra l i a ' s commitment to the mul t i l ateral system .

I f you are ab l e to accept this invitation the detai l s for your vis i t can b e worked o u t c l oser t o the time , between our o f fi c i al s .

Mr Perez de Cue l l ar Secret ary-General United Nations NEW YORK USA

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My d e a r S ec r e t a r y - Ge ne r a l ,

Y o u w i l i r e c a i l t ha t a t y o u r me e t i ng o n 1 7 Ma r c h 1 9 8 � w i t n S e na t o r Ga r e t n E v an s , t h e Au s t r a l i a n M i n i s t e r f o r Fo r e i g n Af f a i r s a nd T r a d e , S e nd t o r E v a n s ex p r e s s e a t he �9 p e t ha t y o u w o u lo be a b l e t o c om e t o Au s t r a l i a t o r t ne op e n i ng ci a y o n 2 0 A ug u s t 1 9 9 0 o f t n e o 4 t n i n t e r n a t i ona l Law A s soc i a t i o n Co n f e r e nc e .

I u nd e r s t a nd y o u r o f t i c e n a s d e t a i l s o f t n e p r op o s a l f o r y o u t o a t t end t n e c o n f e r e nc e .

I h a v e t he h o no u r t o a t t a c h t h e t ex t oi a l e t t e r t o y o u f r om t he P r ime M i n i s t e r o f A u s t r a l i a , t h e Ho no u r a b l e R . J . L . Ha w k e , AC MP , w h i c h e x t end s t o y o u a n i n v i t a t i o n t o v i s i t A u s t r a l i a a s a g u e s t o f t n e Go v e r nme n t .

· Y o u r s s i nc e r e ly ,

P e t e r W i .i. e ns k i

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My d e a r S ec r e t a r y -Gene r a l ,

THE PRIME M I N I STER

30 Ma r c h 1 9 8 9

I wo u ld b e d e l i g h t e d i f y o u c o uld v i s i t A u s t r a l i a ag a i n a s a g u e s t o f t h e Gove r nmen t , po s s i b l y i n 1 9 9 0 .

I k no w t h a t t h e A u s t r a l i a n B r a nc h o f t h e I n t e r n a t i ona l Law As s oc i a t i on ( I LA ) has c on t a c t e d your o f f i c e abo u t ex t end i ng an i n v i t a t i on to you , a s S e c r e t a r y � Ge n e r a l of the Un i t ed N a t i ons , t o a t t e nd i t s c on f e r e nc e i n A u s t r a l i a i n 1 9 9 0 . I f you a r e p l ann i ng t o a c c e p t ! LA ' s i nv i t a t i on t h i s t i m i ng m i g h t a l s o b e s u i t a b l e f o r an o f f i c i a l p r ogr am t o be a r r a nged .

S i nc e y o u r l a s t v i s i t t o A u s t r a l i a i n 1 9 8 5 t h e Un i t ed Na t i ons h a s e n h a n c ed i t s r o l e i n d i ve r s e a r e a s s u c h a s t h e env i r onme n t , p e a c e k e e p i ng , s u p e r p ow e r r e l a t i on s and i t s own budge t and r e f o r m p r oc e s s e s .

Th r o ug h o u r i n v o l v eme n t i n t h e Un i t ed N a t i on s and a l s o i n o u r own d ome s t i c a nd i n t e r na t i o na l a c t i v i t i e s t h e Au s t r a l i an Go v e r nme n t h a s a l s o b e e n engaged i n t he s e and r e l a t ed f i e l d s , and y o u r v i s i t wo u ld p r o v i d e a we l c ome o p p o r t u n i ty t o e x c hange v i ew s on s u c h ma t t e r s o f mu t u a l i n t e r e s t . I a l so c on s i d e r t h a t ano t h e r v i s i t by y o u wo u ld h e l p h i g h l igh t Aus t r a l i a ' s comm i t me n t t o t h e mu l t i l a t e r a l s y s t em .

I f y o u a r e a b l e t o a c c e p t t h i s i n v i t a t i on t h e d e t a i l s o f y o u r v i s i t c a n b e wo r k e d o u t c lo s e r to t h e t i me , b e t w e e n o u r o f f i c i a l s .

Y o u r s s i n c e r e ly ,

Bob Haw k e

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NOTES ON THE MEETING BETWEEN THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND MR . NOOR AHMAD NOOR, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AFGHANISTAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS

Held at Headquarters, on Friday 22 June 1990 at 150 5 hours

Present

The Secretary-General· Mr. B. Sevan Mr. G. Picco Mr. A. Martinovic

H. E. Mr . Noor Ahmad Noor Mr. Mohammad E. Roshan-Rawaan Minister Counsellor

Ambassador Noor opened the meeting by thanking the S ecretary-General for seeing him given his very busy schedule, and then handed him a letter from President Naj ibul lah in which he renewed his offer to the Secretary-General to visit Afghanistan. [ The Secretary-General then read the letter ANNEX I ] .

The Secretary-General expressed his thanks for the invitation extended to him and indicated that he would respond in due t ime. However, he noted that a trip to Afghanistan would require reflection as to t iming and coordinat ion with regard to visits to other countries in the area.

Moreover, the S ecretary-General continued, he was concerned that a trip to the region be timed properly so as not to unduly raise expectations that could not be fulfi lled. He wanted his visit to be "a real and effective contribution . to a solution to the problem of Afghanistan ".

The Secretary-General then added that a trip at that time was not possible due to his heavy schedule: he had al ready pl anned trips to Geneva, Africa ( to attend the OAU meeting ) , and South America. Nevertheless, he was grateful for President Naj ibullah ' s continued confidence in both him and the organizat ion.

Ambassador Noor said that he understood the Secretary-General ' s situation, but still hoped that he could soon visit the country. He added that he wou ld be leaving for Kabul soon and that if the Secretary-General had any new ideas before he left for Afghanistan, he would convey them to the President.

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he ld at United Nat ions Headquarters on Fr iday , 14 October 1 9 8 8 , at 11 . 0 7 hou rs

Present :

The Sec ret a ry-Gene r a l Mr . Daya l Mr . Kavanagh

H . E . Mr . Humayun Rasheed Choudhury Mi ni ster for Fo reign Af f a i r s of the

People ' s Repub l i c of Bang l adesh H . E . Mr . A. h . s . Atau l Ka r im

Pe rmanent Representat ive to t he U . N . Two Of f ic i a l s

Recent Floods in Bangladesh At the out set , the Secretary-General exp ressed h i s

cont i nuing conce rn ove r the ef fects of the recent f loods i n Bang l adesh . The Minister expres sed the di smay of his Gove rnment that the f loods , wh ich this yea r we re wi thout precedent in the i r seve r i ty , had undone the f ru i t o f many yea rs of e f f o r t in the deve lopment of the count ry . Hi s Gove rnment was ve ry g r atefu l to the Sec reta ry-Gene r a l ' s promp t and ef fec t i ve respons e . The U . N . System had responded we l l to the needs of Bang l adesh ' s 110 mi l l ion peop le . He ment ioned the mi ss ion of Mr . Essaaf i .

The Mi ni ster renewed h i s Gove rnment ' s inv i t a t ion to the Sec ret ary-Gene r a l to pay an o f f i c i a l v i s i t to Bang lade sh . He handed ove r the attached letter f rom Pre s i dent E rshad i n that connection . The Secretary-General responded that he was thinking in te rms of paying such a v i s i t in Ma rch of 1 9 8 9 at a t ime when he would a l so v i s i t Indi a , Sri Lanka , Bhutan and Nep a l . The Minister we lcomed that prospect . Ma rch would be an ag reeable mo nth . The Secretary-General wou ld ma int a i n contact with the Permanent Rep resent a t ive .

Reve rt ing t o the internat iona l response t o the recent f loods in h i s count ry , the Minister spoke highly of Ind i a wh ich was f i rst to react with he l icopte rs and bu i lding ma ter i a l s . The re fo l lowed c losely generous responses f rom Japan and the u . s . , f rom the Midd le East and e l s ewhere . At the s ame t ime , howeve r , i t had to be recogn ized that Bang l adesh as a nat ion cou ld not sus tain such catast rophes yea r a f te r yea r . A long-term so lution

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The Secret a ry-Gener a l Mr . Daya l Mr . Kavanagh

H . E � Mr . Humayun Rasheed Choudhury Fo reign Mini ster of Bangladesh H . E . Jus t i ce B .- A . Siddi� . 'Permanent Representativ·e of Bang l adesh

H . E . Mr • A .. H . G- �hiudd i n De�uty Permanent Represent­a t 1 ve of Bangladesh

When the Minister ag a i n reverted to the 1 9 8 5 res o lution i n respect of the ong o i ng vu l ner abi l i ty o f Bang l adesh to natura l di sasters , the Secretary-General vo i ced the Organi z a t ion ' s. s t rong a f fect ion f o r Bang l adesh . He for hi s p a r t would t ry to pay an o f f i c i a l vi s i t to the count,ry before too long , in response to the long-st and i ng inv i t a t i on f rom the Gove rnment i n Dhaka . ./

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NOTES ON THE SEC RETARY -GENERAL ' S MEETING WITH THE VICE-PRESI DENT OF THE PEOPLE ' S REP UBLIC OF BANGLADESH

held at Uni ted Na t ions Headqu a r ter s on Tue sday , 25 Aug u s t 1 9 8 7 at 1 8 h 3 0

Present :

The Sec r e tary-Gene r a l

Mr . Kavanagh

H . E . Mr . Ju s tice A . K . M . Nu r u l I s lam Vice-Pres ident o f the People ' s Republ ic o f Bang ladesh

H . E . Mr . A . R . G . Moh i udd i n Deputy Pe rmanent Repre sentat ive o f the People ' s Republ ic o f Banglades h t o the Un i ted Nat i ons

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The Vice- Pr e s ident expre ssed his wa rm apprec iation and tha t �f Pres ident Ers had for the i nte r e s t and concern that the Secretary ­Gene ral has always had for Bangladesh , and par t icular �y so in recent days as the country has been s t r ipped by f lood s . He handed to the Sec r etary-General a mes s age f rom Pres ident Er shad and the Secre tary­Gene r a l prom i s ed t o have a wr i tten reply in t ime f o r the Vice-Pres iden t ' s depar t u r e f r om New Yo r K at the wee K -end .

The Sec r etary-Ge ner a l ment ioned that he had asked Mr . Essaa f i t o i n te r r upt h i s leave and to trave l forthw i th to Bang ladesh , to assess the s i tuat ion and to repo r t back to h im . Once in r eceipt . of Mr . Essaa f i ' s r epor t , the Sec r e tary- Gene r al w i ll d r aw h i s own conclus i ons and see that a h igher re sponse on the pa r t o f the Uni ted Nat ions system is fully co-ord ina ted . He would also hope that mo re Membe r States will be for thcom i ng w i th as s i stance .

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The Vic e - Pr es ident emphas i zed the need for. a s s i s tance in po s t ­flood recons truct ion . Ambassador Mon iudd in emphas i zed the need for prope r follow-up on the par t of the Un i ted Nations sys tem to G . A . Res . 2 3 1 of 1 98 5 , wh ich was des igned to help Bang ladesn .be prepar ed to avo id the wor s t e f fec ts of subsequent natural d i saster s . At the same t ime , the Vice- Pr e s ident paid tr ibu t& to tne effor t s of several Un i ted Nat ions agenc ie s , notably UNDP , wh ich have contr ibuted so much to tne development of h1s country .

Before the mee t i ng closed , the re was a b r i e f exchange on the Confer ence on Disarmament and Development , cur rently in �ogr ess , as well as the f i nanc i al s i tuat ion of the Organ izat ion .

The Ambassador r a i sed tne quest ion of a v i s i t to Bang ladesn by the Sec r etary-General in 19 8 8 . The Sec retary-General said that he wou ld g ive th i s full cons iderat ion . He had already spoken · to tne For e ig n Mini s t e r of S r i Lanka about a poss ible v i s i t to that island nat ion and tne re might there fore be an oppor tun i ty to visit some count r ies in South As ia consecutively . The Vice-Pres ident and the Ambassador both welcomed th i s and the latter promi sed to keep in touc h .

As the me et ing drew to a close , the Sec retar�-General pa id t r ibu te to the coun t r i but ion of Ambas sador Mohiudd 1n as Cha i rman of CPC , and in par t icular to that of For e i g n Min i s ter Choudhury , wno had proved an energ e t ic and eefec tive Pres ident of the General As sembly .

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27 December 1 9 8 4.

Excellency ,

I have the honou r to forward herewith a letter addressed to you by H i s Excel lency M r . Humayu n Rasheed Choudhury, Advi ser for Fo reign A ffairs of the People' s Repu blic ·of Banglades h .

Please accept , Excel lency , the ass urances o f my highest consideration .

�waru l K arim Chowd C harge

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H i s Excel lency M r . Javier Perez de C uel l a r , Secreta ry-General o f the U n ited N ations , UN ·

Headquarters , New York .

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Excellen cy ,

M I N I STRY OF FOREIGN AFfAIRS

GOV ERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC � ·· OF BAN GLADESH

DHAKA

December 9 , 19 84

I wri te to renew the cordi al invi tation c-�-�-------------

of Bangladesh Gove rnment , whi ch I conveyed to you in

New York during our meeting , to vi s i t Bangladesh at a

mutua�ly �onvenient date .

My Government is convinced that your

vi s i t would lend an important impul s e to the ongoing

ef forts for regi on al coope rati on , peace and s tabi lity

in a tumultuous regi on of the worl d . As you are aware ,

, Bangl adesh is making active preparations for hos ting I

the f i rs t ever s ummi t con ference of the South As i an

· Regional Cooperation next year. Your pers onal s upport

and encouragement to our ef fort wi l l be of undoubted

value to the people of Bangl adesh an d indeed to the

region as a who le .

Pl eas e accept , Exce llen cy , the as s uran ces

of my highes t cons i de ration .

( Humayun Rasheed Choudhury )

His Exce llency Mr . Javi er Pere z de Cue ll e r , Secretary General , Uni ted Nati ons , New York .

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held at Un i t ed Na t i o n s Headqua r te r s o n Mond a y , 1 Oc tobe r 1 9 8 4 a t 0 9 . 3 0 ho u r s

Pr e s e n t :

The Sec r e t a ry-Gen e r a l Mr . de Soto Mr . Kavanagh

H . E . Mr . Huma n y u n R . Choudho u r y , Fo r e i gn M i n i s t e r o f Bang lade s h

H . E . Lt . Ge n . K h wa j a Was i udd i n P e r m a n e n t Re pr e s e n t a t i v e o f B a ng l a d e s h to t h e UN

M r . Wa l i u r Ra hma n , Di rec to r , UN A f f a i r s , M i n i s t r y o f Fo r e i g n Af f a i r s

M r . A . H . G . Mohu i dd i n , M i n i s te r , C h a r g e d ' Af f a i r e s , Emb a s s y o f B a ng lade s h , wa sh i ng to n D . C .

M r . Anwa r a l K . Chowdh u ry , M i n i s te r , Pe rmane n t M i s s i o n o f Bang ladesh t o the UN

1 . The M i n i s t er r ec a lled the Sec r e t a r y - Gener a l ' s v i s i t to Ba ngla de sh in 19 8 3 and i nv i ted h im on beha l f of h i s P r e s i d e n t t o v i s i t t h e c o u n t r y ag a i n i n 19 8 5 . The Se c r e t a ry- Ge n e r a l , who h a d a l r eady acce pted th i s i n v i t a t i o n i n princ ipl e , u nd e r t o o k to r e ma i n i n c lo s e touch w i th t h e Permanent Re pr e s e n t a t ive i n th i s r e g a r � .

2 . The M i n i s te r r ema r k ed t h a t t h i s w a s the l O t h a n n i ve r s a r y o f Bangla d e s h ' s membe r s h i p i n the O r g a n i z a t i on . To ma r k t h e occ a s i o n , h e w o u ld b� add r e s s i ng the Ge ner a l As se mb ly i n Beng a l i . He p r e s en ted the Se c r e t a r y - Gen e r a l w i th a copy o f t h e Ch a r t e r i n t h a t l a ng u ag e .

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3 . The M i n i s t e r r ecomm i tted h i s Gove r nme n t to the UN a nd e x p r e s s ed w a r m s u ppo r t o f the Sec r e t a ry - Ge n e r a l ' s e f f o r t s . H e wen t on t o o u t l i n e t h e po l icy o f j ud i c i a l a nd adm i n i s t r a t ive d e c e n t r a l i z � t l o n wh i c h h i s Gov e r nmen t w a s pu r s u ing dome s t ic a lly w i th a v i ew t o b r i ng i ng the f r u i ts o f d eve lopme n t down t o t h e v i l l ag e leve l . T h e s e f a r - r e a c h i ng e f f o r t s had s u f f e r ed a s e r i o u s s e tbac k bec a u s e o f c a t a s t r oph i c f l oods t h i s ye a r . I n t h i s c o nnec t i o n he a c k nowledg ed the a s s i s t a n c e pr o v i ded by va r i o u s UN a g e nc i e s . H i s Gove r nme n t wa s a ls o comm i tte d to a pr oc e s s o f d emoc r a t i z a t i o n and a r e t u r n to gov e r nme n t by c i v i l i a n a u thor i ty .

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4 . The M i n i s te r wen t o n t o men t i o n tha t h i s cou n t r y h a d a nnounced i ts c a nd 1d a cy for t h e p r e s ide ncy of the GA in 1 9 8 6 . I n a dd i t i on , the Gover nmen t h a d pr oposed a c a nd i d a te f o r the po s t o f Sec r e t a r y - Ge n e r a l o f UNCTAD . F i n a l ly , h i s Gove r nme n t wou ld be pr opos i n g a f o rmer For e ig n M i n i s te r to f i l l one of the f i ve v a c a nc i e s o n the Bo a rd of T r u s te e s of UN I TAR . In t h i s l a t te r connec t i on , the Secr e t a r y - Ge ne r a l s a i d he wou l d l o o k i n to the ma t te r .

5 . I n r eply to a que s t i o n on the s i tu a t i o n r e l a t i ng to Afgh a n i s ta n , the S e c r e t a ry- Gen e r a l ou t l ined the c u r r e n t s ta te o f h i s e f fo r t s . The Minis t e r expr e s s e d s uppo r t o f the Sec r e t a r y - Ge ne r a l ' s wor k . H e hoped a l s o t h a t t h e S ec r e t a r y-Ge n e r a l c o u ld b r i ng a b o u t a n e n d to the " u n nece ss a ry " w a r between I r a n a nd I r aq . B a ng l a d e s h had r ema ined s i l e n t o n the que s t i on o f chem ic a l weapo n s a nd the i r u s e d u r i ng t h e wa r . I t h ad done s o bec a u s e the S ec r e ta ry-Ge n er a l had been u n a b l e to f i nd de f i n i t e ev idenc e to i nd i c t one pr o tagon i s t or the o th e r .

6 . W i t h r eg a r d to Cypr u s the S e c r e t a ry- Gener a l e x pr e s sed a pp r ec i a t i on of the Ba ng l ade sh Gove r nme n t ' s d ec i s i o n to po s tpone ce r ta i n a c t i o n s wh i c h he k new they had been c o ns i de r i ng . Th i s h e lpf u l g e s t u r e wou ld g i ve h i m a b r e a th i ng space d u r i n g wh ich h e would t r y to br ing t h e two pa r t i e s c l o s e r tog et he r . T h e M i n i s t e r expr es sed suppo r t o f the S ec r e t a r y - Ge n e��

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held en ma rge of UN IDO IV at the Hofburg Palace , Vienna on. Thur sday , 2 Augu s t 19 8 4 a t 17 . 0 0 hou r s

Pr es ent :

The Secr e tary-Ge n e r a l Mr . de Ol i var es Mr . Kavanagh

H . E . Vice Mar shal l S u l tan Mahmood , SU , ACSC , DCMLA , Ch i e f o f S ta f f , M i n i ster of � ndus tr i e s o f Bang lade s h

H . E . Lt . Ge n . M i r Shawkat Al i , BU , PSC , Permanent Repr e s e n ta t ive of Bang l adesh to FRG/Au s tr i a

Both the Secr etary-Gene r a l and the M i n i s te r agreed o n the v i tal need to t r an s late the good w i l l of the Confe r e nce i n to r eal act i o n on the gr ound . The M i n i s ter s a i d tha t i n s tead o f b u i ld i ng over -amb i t i ous and pr obably 1 nappr opr i a te indus t r i a l plants , Bang ladesh wi shed to deve lop i t s i n f r as t rc u tu r e and technology . It d i d not r equ i r e mas s i ve sums to do t h i s , but r a the r " the r i gh t nudge he r e and the r e " . Ban� lade sh was a young country , s t i l l go ing thr ough a tr ans i t ion pha se a s s o c i a ted w i th i ndepende nce . I t s u f fe r ed seve r e ly f rom c l i ma t i c cond i t i o n s . For example two and a half h a r v e s t s we r e b e i ng l o s t t h i s year due to f lood i ng . Th i s nece s s i t a ted mas s i ve impo r t s o f g r a i n and r ic e dur ing the c u r r e nt year to feed a popu l a t i o n of 1 0 0 m i l l i o n . Ene rgy was also a problem and the M i n i s t e r appr ec i a ted the p r ominent r e f e r ence to th i s p o i n t in the Sec r e tary-Gene r a l ' s confer ence speec h . Bang lade s h spe n t 8 0 % o f i t s expo r t ea r n i ng s on ene rgy impo r t s . In r eply to a que s t i on , the M i n i s te r expr e s sed h imse l f v e r y pleased w i th the exc e l l e n t r el a t i on s h i p h i s gover nme nt e n j oyed w i th UNDP .

The M i n i s te r a sked i f the pos s i b i l i ty o f plac i ng mor e Banglade sh nationa l s i n t h e Organ i z a t i o n . Re f e r r ing t o the fact tha t Bang lade s h a l r eady had one po s t at USG leve l ( K i br i a -ESCAP ) , the Secr eta ry-Gene r al pr omi sed that g ood cand i da tes would be we lcome f o r con s i de r a t i o n .

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Finally the Mi n i s ter s a i d tha t the Secr e t a r y- Gene r a l wou ld be mos t welcome to v i s i t Bang lade s h . I n r eply the Secr e tary-Gene r a l s a i d tha t he would be v i s i t i ng As i a i n 1 9 8 5 and that he had i ncluded Bang lade s h i n h i s pr ov i s ional i t ine r a ry .

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P re s ent :

The S ecretary-General Mr . Alvaro de Soto Mr . Michae l J . S topford

H . E . Mr . A . R . Shams-Ud Doha , Min i s ter for Fore i gn Af fairs o f

Bang ladesh H . E . Lt . General Khwa j a Was i uddin P e rmanent Repres entative of Banglade sh

to the Un ited Nations H . E . Mr . F arooq Sobhan , Deputy

Permanent Repre s entat ive o f Bangl ade s h t o the United Nations

H . E . Mr . Wal iur Rahman , Director-General International Organ i z ations Dept . , Mini s try o f Foreign Affairs o f Bangladesh

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The Fore ign Minis ter congratulated the Secretary-Gene ral on h i s first year in o f fice and in particular on h i s inspiring Annual Repo rt . · The Se cre tary- General e xpre s s e d h i s appreciation and

- refe rred to the in formal dis cus s ions on his report wh ich had a l re ady been initi ated in the Security Counci l .

Refe rring to h i s recent vis i t to Washington the Secretary-General· men tioned the di s cus s ions on e conomi c prob iems whi ch he had h ad w i th Pres ident Re agan and othe r members of the US adminis tration . He

·believed that it had b een pos s ib l e to convey to h i s interl ocutors the con cern o.f the deve loping countrie s that a real dialogue be tween North and So_uth should be s tarted as s oon as pos sible . Gl ob al negotiations provi ded the i de a l forum for s uch dis cus s ions , e s pe c i a l ly - from h i s interl ocutors point o f view - s ince .they would have to inc lude the soci a l i s t countrie s . He h ad th e impre s s ion , parti cularly du ring his talks with Treas ury Secretary Regan and Trade Repre s entative Brock , th at the US might be ready to move on s ome as pects of th i s is sue . D i recto r-General Ripe rt . would be in touch w·i th Ambas s ador Was iuddin to inform h im further in th i s regard .

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Turning to po liti cal ques tions , the Secre tary-General indi cated that his Personal Repres entative would be leaving for the Fore ign Min i s ter ' s region in the next few days . His aim was to initi ate · the negoti ating proce s s on Afgh an i s tan and e xplore some recent indi cations by the Soviet Union that they were intere s ted in a solution . · He. hoped that it woul d be pos s ib le to achieve some progre s s in thi s regard by the end of the month .

On the war between I ran and I raq the Secretary-Genera l . expre s s ed the view that the Algerians were continuing their e f forts and recalled that the ir Fore i gn Min i s ter had recently vi s i ted Mr . P alme in S tockholm . The two main points to be resolved remained the s tatus of the 1 9 7 5 treaty and the que s tion of reparations . The Pre s ident o f Algeria had re cently intimated to him that the l atte r was the dec i s ive point . The Fore ign Mini s ter expres sed the view th at the e f forts o f th e I s lamic Con ference to as s i s t in finding a s e ttlement were now b ack to square one . I t was now clear that there were two al ternatives : cons ideration of an · as tronomi cal fi gure for reparations , wh ich not even the Gulf Arabs could meet , or a new pol it i cal dispensation . The Algeri ans under­s tood the pre s ent s i tuation . He · hoped that it might be pos s ible to carry out some d i s cus s i ons in Delhi at . the Non- aligned meeting .

The Secretary-General re fe rred to the risk of some I raq i action agains t the i s l and of Kharg , whi ch wou l d further extend hos til i ties . The Foreign Min i s ter commented th at both s ides seemed to be al lowing the other ' s o i l exports to continue un impeded . Iran ' s vo lume was up to 3m . barre l s a day , whi le a year ago i t had been only 400 , 000 . Iraq ' s vo lume had risen to lm . b arre ls a day . Howeve r , the re were some dis couraging s i gns and the Gul f Coun c i l had recently rai sed $ 1 4 b i l l ion for Iraq ' s war e f forts . He there fore hoped that the comb inat ion . o f the Secretary-General ' s good o f fi ces and the Algeri an e f forts would b e ab le to have a more tel l ing e ffect than those o f the I s l amic Con ference . The l atte r ' s e f forts had unfortunately become po lari zed , which was a l s o true for the Non-aligne d group . This l e ft the UN with the task o f p roceeding in e f forts towards a settlement e i ther in conj unc tion wi th the . o ther mediation e f forts or with the Algerians . He emphas i zed that the method of approach ing I ran and I raq was more important than th e s ub s tantive i s sue s thems elve s . In th i s connexion , quiet diplomacy o f fered the only hope for progre s s . The Secretary- General con f i rmed that he maintained ef fective co­ordination with the Algerians . In th i s regard he was expe cting· a mes s age from Mr . P alme on the �ecent d i s cus s ions with . the Algerian Foreign Minister in S tockholm . The Foreign Min i s ter indi cated that the Foreign Min ister of I ran would vi s i t Dacca at the end of February , wh i ch was o f course j us t before the Non-aligned summit . The s ummi t would natura l ly o f fer the Secretary-Gene ral a sui table occas i on to pursue his contacts w i th both s ides . Bangl adesh was ready to as s i s t the Se cretary-General with h i s e f forts independent o f the I s l amic Con ference pe ace mis s ion . The Secretary-General re ferred to Mr . Chatti ' s forthcoming vi sit to New York . The Foreign Mini s ter commented that the lat ter had a very different view of the Alge rian ro le . He mentioned · that he had had a very use ful mee ting w i th ·

Mr . Cordove z in Managua , where Bangladesh had been ab le to make a cons i derable contribution to the moderate pos ition eventually adopted .

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H i s country was we l l p l aced to perform such a ro le s ince its acute deve lopment needs could only be met in pe ace ful condi tions .

In conclus ion , the Foreign Mini s ter invi ted · the Secretary­Genera l to vi s i t his country , even if thi s we re only for a short stop-over fol lowing the Non- aligned mee ting . · The Secretary-General expre s s e d his appreciation . He would di s cus s the detai led pos sibil­ities o f a vi s i t with the Permanent Reprepentative in New Yo rk .

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HE LD ON 5 OCTOBER 1 9 8 4 AT 6 P . M .

P r e s ent : Th e Secr e ta ry - Ge n e r a l Mr . Da yal

H i s Exce l l e ncy Mr . Dawa T s e r i ng M i n i s te r f o r Fo r e i g n A f f a i r s o f

t h e K i ng d om o f Bhutan H i s Exc e l l e ncy Mr . Dago T she r i ng Pe rmanent Repr e s e n tat ive of the

of the K i ngd om of Bh u tan to the Un i t ed Na t i ons

Open ing the conve r s at i o n , t h e Fo r e ign M i n i s t e r s tat ed that he would l i k e to r e i t e r a te , on beh a l f of h i s K i ng , an inv i ta t ion to the Sec r e ta r y-Gene r a l to v i s i t Bh u t an . Th e country wo ula b e g r e a t ly hono u r ee i f the Sec r e t a r y - G e ne r a l could accept the inv i tat i o n . The Sec r e ta ry- Gene r a l r epl ied that he wou ld be happy to acce pt the inv i t a t i on ; a s u i table t ime f o r the v i s i t could be wo r k ed o u t i n due cou r s e .

The Fore ign M i n i s te r then s t a tea that Bhu t a n wo u l d shor tly be appo i n t i ng a Pe rmanent Rep r e s e n ta t i ve to t h e Un i ted Nat ions a na spec i a l i z ed agenc i e s in Genev a . He had been in touch w i t h the C h i e f o f P r o tocol r e g a r d ing t h i s mat t e r . Th e Se c r e ta ry- Ge n e r a l welcomed th i s dec i s i on , s ta t i ng that Bh u tan and the Un i t ed Nat ions sy s tem wo uld undo u b t edly bene f i t f r om s uc h an ar r a ng emen t .

The conv e r s a t ion then t u r n ed to Bh u t an ' s deve lopme n tal e f fo r t s . The Fo r e ign M i n i s te r s ta ted that h i s coun try haa been a b le to make s ubs tan tial p r og r e s s - f o r t u na t e ly , i t s popu l a t ion w a s sma l l and i t s na tur al po s s i b i l i t i e s g r ea t . The For e ign M i n i s t e r added that spec i a l c a r e was be i ng tak e n t o p r e s e r v e the e nv i r onme n t wh ich r epre sented a cons id e r ab l e r e so u r ce for Bhuta n . The Sec r e t a ry-Gene r al took note o f tn i s w i th s a t i s f ac t ion , a s k ing whe ther Bhutan haa any contacts w i t h UNEP and HA B I TA T . The Fo r e ign M i n i s t e r r ep l ied that h i s Gover �ment w a s t h i n k i ng of fol lowi ng the wo r k of these two prog r ammes mo r e c a r e f u lly than i t had in the pa s t .

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held a t un i ted Nat ions Headqua r te r s on We dnesday , 2 3 Septembe r 1 9 8 7 , at 5 . 4 5 p . m .

P r e sen t :

The sec r e ta ry -Gene r a l

Mr . Daya l

Mr . Kavanagh

H . E . Mr . Thu r a U Tun T i n Depu ty P r i me M i n i s te r and Min i s te r for Plann ing and F i nance o f Burma

H . E . Mr . Maung Maung Gyi Permane n t Represe n ta t i ve of Burma

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This me e t i ng took the fo rm of a sho r t cou r te sy call dur ing the cou r s e of wh i ch the M i n i ster ex tended to the Secretar y-Gene r a l an i nv i t a t ion to pay an o f fic i a l v i s i t t o Burma a t any t ime tha t the Secretar y-Gen e r a l was i n the r eg ion . The Sec r e tary-Gene r a l in r e sponse rema r ked that Burma wa s one o f the few co unt rie s in A s i a wh i ch h e had no t yet v i s i t ed . H e app r e c i a ted g r ea t ly the i nv i tat ion and wou ld be mo s t plea sed to pay a v i s i t at an appropr iate t ime . In th i s connec t i on , he wo uld ma i n ta i n c l ose contact w i t h the Pe rmanent Representat ive .

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NOTES OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ' S MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN MINI STER OF THE REPUBL I C OF KOREA

held a t United Nations Headqu arters on Wednesday , 27 September 1989 , a t 1 8. 0 0 hours.

Present.

The Secret ary-General

Mr. Dayal

Mr. Kavanagh

H. E. Mr. Choi Ho-Joong Foreign Minister of the ROK

H. E. Dr. Sang Yong Park Permanent Observer of the ROK to the United Nations

Mr. Young Shik Song Director General , International Organiz ations and Treaties Bureau Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ROK

Mr. Kyu Hyung Lee Director , United Na tions Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ROK

Three officials ·

The Minister recalled the visit paid to the United Nations last year by President Roh T ae Woo. The President had asked him to convey to the Secret ary-General his warm greetings as well as his appreciation for the arrangements made by the Secret ariat for la s t yea r's visit . The President wou l d like at some st age to have an opprotunity to reciproc a te the Secretary-General ' s hospit ality. " So p lease , Mr. Secret a ry-Genera l , do visit the Republic of Korea. "

In response , the Secretary-General said that he wou ld be de lighted to do so. He had been there as Deputy Foreign Minister of Peru in 19 6 9 . He wou l d be prep a red , indeed keen , to go again 1f he felt that in doing so , he could alleviate the problems on the Peninsula. Any visit to the area would of course have to embrace both the ROK and the DPRK.

The Minister thanked the Secret ary-General for the reference he had made to the situation in Korea in his Annu al Report on the Work of the Organiz ation. The Secretary-General said that he was ever mindful of the difficulties on the Peninsula.

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INTEROF FICE M EMORA M I� TO: Mr . J . Pau Kavanagh , Second Offi cer

Execut ive Off i ce of · the Secretary-General DATE: 11 November 1985

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to the Under-Secretary-General Off i ce of the Legal Counse l

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concerning the suggest ion by the Pr ime Mini s ter of the Repub l i c of Korea , --�----:--- - -- -- - -- - · - · - · - -- ---

dur ing hi s meet ing wi th the Secretary-General of 21 October 1985 , that

the Secretary-General vi s i t Seoul on the occas ion of the mee� ing �f the

Internat ional La; Associationln that C i ty in 1986f We do not be l i eve

that a ses s i on of the Internat ional Law Assoc iat i on�-ld in i ts e l f

j us t i fy a t r i p by the Secretary-General t o South Korea . You wi l l recal l

that the Secretary-General ' s address to the I LA in Canada was only one

event in an official vi s i t to that country, a Member S tate of the

· Organizat ion . As you are aware , any vi s � t to South �orea would have

repercuss ions in the North and could probably be only j us t i f i ed i f the

vi s i t were wi thin the wider context of the solut ion of the Korean prob l em .

NOTES ON THE S ECRETARY- GEN ERAL ' S MEET ING. W IT H T H E PR IME M IN IST ER O F T HE REPUBLI C O F KOREA

He ld a t Un i ted Na t i o n s Headqua r ter s on Mon day , 21 Oc tob er 1 9 8 5 , a t 1 3 3 0 h our s

P r e s en t �

The Se cr e ta r y-Gen er a l Mr . C o r dov e z Mi s s Sh imur a

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H . E . Mr . Sh in yo n g LHO , P r i me Mi n i s t er o f the Re pub l i c of Ko r ea

H. E . Or . Kyung Won K IM , Per manen t Ob s er ver o f th e Re pub l i c o f Kor ea to th e Un i ted Na t i on s

Mr . Sang Ock LEE , Vice Min i s te r o f Fo r e ign Af fa i r s

Mr . Soon -Bong HA , Se cr e ta r y-Gen e r a l to th e P r ime M in is ter

H . E . Mr . Sang Yon g PARK , Amb a s sador a t Lar ge , M in i s tr y o f Fo r e ign Af fa i r s

Mr . J o ung B inn LEE , Se c r e ta r y to th e P r es iden t fo r

P o l i t i cal Af fa i r s

T h e Secr e ta ri'-Gen er al welco med th e P r ime Min is te r ' s v i s i t to the Un i ted Na t 1 ons .

The P r ime Min is te r e xtended h is co n gr a tu l a t i o n s fo r th e 4 0 th anniv er s ar y of the Un i ted Na t i on s . He wa s es pe c i a lly

· gr a ti f i e d th at th i s ann iver sar y commemo r a t i on wa s tak in g pl ace d u r ing the Sec r e tary - Gen er al ' s ter m o f o f f i ce . Th e P r i me Min i s te r s a i d th at , needl es s to say , th e Re pub l i c o f Ko r ea a i med for memb er sh i p in the Un i ted Na t i ons a s s o on as

· po s s ible . · He a l s o w i s h ed to te l l th e . Se c r e ta r y -Gen e r a l th a t th e Pr es i d en t had pe r s o-nal ly ins tr u c ted h i m· · to· · e x tend an i nv i ta t ion to th e Se cr e ta r y-Ge n e r al to v i s i t Seou l . The Secr e tary - Gen e r a l would a lwa ys be welcome . A par t i cular l y s u i ta b l e t i me m i g h t be o n th e occa s ion o f t h e mee t in g o f th e I n te r na t ional Law _ _ A,? s o c ia t i on ( I LA) to be h eld at Seoul in f986 . He under s to o d th a t th e Se cr e ta r y-Gen e r al had a ttended an I LA mee t ing in C a nada a few yea r s a go . So wh y not at Seou l , h e a s k ed .

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The Secr e ta ry-Gen e r al sa id h e fi r s t w i s h ed tO' th ank th e Pr ime Min i s t er for his v is i t to the Un i ted Na t i ons . He a s k e d th e P r ime Min i s te r to co nvey to th e P r es iden t h i s appr eci a t i o n for the k ind i nv i ta t ion . The Or gan i z a t ion cons ider ed Kor ea a s " c l o s e to our though ts " a n d fe l t th at i t h ad s pe c i a l r es pons ib i l i ty to help r es o lve the s i tua t ion th er e . Bo th h is pr ede ce s s or , Se c r e ta r y-Gen e r a l Wa ldh e im , and h e had tr ied to b e h e l p ful . H e was alwa ys ava i l able to a s s is t wh enev er bo th s ides so r eques ted . Some t i me s he had th e impr es s ion th a t th e two s i des were c lose to a d i a logue bu t too o f ten d i sappo in tmen t fo l lowed .

The P r ime . Mi n is te r s a id th a t he wou l d a l s o men t i on in h i s addr es s to th e Gen e r a l Ass embly l a t er in the day th e s pe c i a l and clos e r ela t ionsh i p betw ee n Kor ea a n d th e Un i ted Na t ion s . Wi th r es pect to the d i alo gue w i th Nor th Kor ea , h i s Gover nment wou l d pu r s ue it w i th pa t i e n ce and s in ce r i ty . South Ko r ea had no cho i ce but to talk · wi th Nor th Kor ea , des p i te many u nha ppy in c i dents s uch as th e one a t Ran goon in 19 8 3 . At th e same t ime h i s Gov e r nmen t ma in ta ined due v i g i l an ce b e c a u s e it had foun d th at wh en ev er a me e t i n g or con tact w i th th e No r th wa s s cheduled , some th ing ha ppened . I n 1 9 7 2 , for ins tan ce , wh en th e pr ev ious r ound o f ta lk s between th e Sou th and th e No r th wa s tak ing place , h i s Gov e r n men t had d is cov er ed the in f il tr a t i on tu nnels th at the No r th had dug unde r th e I:ltt Z . Ag a in in 19 8 3 c er ta in con tact thr ough a th i r d coun tr y was tak ing place to · wh ich h i s Gov er nmen t had a ttached con s ider ab le s i gn i f i ca n ce • when the Ran goon in c i den t had occ ur r ed . I n 1 9 8 6 Sou th Kor ea wou l d be h o s t i n g the As ian G a mes and in 1 9 8 8 th e Olympi cs . Sou th Kor e a n e eded s t ab i l i ty and pea ce in or d er to under tak e t h e s e in te r n a t i on a l ev en ts s ucc e s s fu l ly . It th er e fo r e mus t k eep Nor th Kor ea a t the ne go t ia t ing table . Th e P r ime Min is ter as k ed th e Se c r e ta r y-Gen er a l to help in th i s r ega r d .

The Se c r e t ary-Gen er a l a ss ur ed th e P r ime Min is ter th a t he and his co l leagues a lways s tr es s ed th e impo r tan ce o f a d ia logue be tween the two Kor eas . The week b e for e , he had me t w i th the V i ce - P r e s iden t o f No r th Kor ea and d is cu s s ed th is ma tt e r . He had not r e ce ived any c le ar , pos i t ive answer f r om th e V i ce - P r es iden t . Indeed , the Se c r e ta r y -Gen e r al · had s tr es s ed th e impor tan ce o f the Kor ean s i tua t ion i n h is mee t i ngs w i th a l l i n te r locu to r s b eca us e th e Ko r ean P en i n s u l a wa s th e pe r manen t sour ce o f po t en t i a l con fl i ct . The Un i ted Na t i on s h ad fo llowed th e s i tu a t i on th er e mos t ca r e fu l ly . As r egar ds th e k in d

·· inv i ta t i on t o v i s i t Seoul , the Secr e tary -Gen er a l s a id , he would be del i gh ted to do so a ft e r 16 ye ar s . He r eca l led his la s t v i s i t in 1 9 6 9 , wh en h e was th e V i ce M i n i s t er for For e i gn A f fa i r s o f P er u . On th e o t h e r hand , a v i s i t by th e Secr e tary -Gen er a l o f the Un i ted Na t i ons would immed i a tely r a i s e e xpe c ta t i o n s th a t h e m i g h t have a m i r acu lous fo r mu l a fo r th e s o l u t ion o f pr oblems . Th er e for e , he had to be c a r e ful o f th e c i r cu ms ta nce s . He hoped th at dev e lopmen ts wou ld . fa c i l i ta te such a v is i t . H e r e c a l led tha t Mr . C or dov ez h a d v i s i ted Kor ea in 1 9 8 4 .

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The P r ime Min i s te r s a i d 16 ye ar s was a lon g t i me , dur in g wh i ch h 1 s coun tr y had exper i en ced gr ea t dev e lopmen t . In Sou th Ko r ea th e r e exi s te d wa r m fe el in gs towa r ds th e Se cr e ta r y-Gener al and towar ds Per u . The Secr e tary-Gen e r a l s a id tha t a t pr esen t h e wa s not a P er uv ian . As Se cr eta r y-Ge n e r al i t wa s as i f he had no na t i ona l i ty . Nev er th el es s , he th anked th e Pr ime Min i s te r fo r th e k i nd s ta temen t r ega r d i n g h i s coun tr y . He looked forwa r d to he ar ing th e P r i me Min ister ' s addr ess to th e Ge ner al As s emb ly in th e a fter noon .

The mee ting ended a t 1 3 4 5 · hour s .

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Chancellor Choue me t

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The Chance l l o r exp r e ssed h i s g r e at app r e c i a t i on for the

e f fo r t s of the Sec r et a r y-Gener a l in be h a l f o f peace and

par t i c u la r ly i n be hal f of the reduction of ten s i on on the

Kor ean Pen i n s u l a . He u r g ed the Sec r e t a r y-Ge n e r a l to c on s id e r

v i s i t ing Ko rea e i t he r i n 1 9 8 5 o r 1 9 8 6 s i nce he thoug h t the

s i tu a t ion wa s " matu r i ng " and that the Sec r e t a r y-Gene r a l m i g h t

b e able t o ass i s t . Chance l l o r Choue noted tha t meet i ng s were

ta k i ng place bo th on economic and hu man i t a r ian que s t ions

be tween r epr esenta t i ve s of No r th Korea and South Kor ea and he

h i mse l f wo uld be ac t i ng a s host to the No r th Korean De leg a t ion

when it wa s in Seou l to d i s c uss ma tte r s o f common in te r e s t .

The Secr et a ry- Gener a l e xpr es sed adm i r a t ion for the wo r k

w h i c h Chanc e l l o r Ch oue was doing i n Korea i n suppo r t o f pea ce

and the Un i t ed Na t i ons and , more par t ic u l a r ly , for the

beau t i ful bu i l d ing w h i c h had been comp leted for the I ns t i t ute

o f I n ter nat ional Peace S t u d i e s . He wa s much impr e s sed to see

h i s me ssage carved in ma r b le on the wa l l . The Sec r eta ry­

Gene r a l s a id that h e h ad long had a deep i n t e r e s t i n Kor ean

ma tte r s and always soug h t to encou r age use f ul con tact bet ween

the two s i des . He was in co nt i n u i ng touch wi th the Korean

r epr e sent a t ives in New Yo r k and had had occ a s ion to spe a k w i t h

the Fo r e i gn M i n i ster o f t h e Democ r a t i c People ' s Repu blic o f

Kor e a r ece nt ly in New Delh i . The Sec r e t a ry-Gene r a l sa i d that

i t wo uld be i mpo s s i ble for h im to v i s i t Ko r ea in 1 9 8 5 owi ng to

the demand s connected w i t h the 4 0 th Ann i ve r sa r y of the Un i t ed

Na t i ons and h i s other r e spons i b i l i t i e s . One wou ld have to s e e

what m i g h t be use ful and pos s i ble late r .

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NOTES ON THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ' S MEETING WITH THE MIN ISTER FOR FORE IGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBL IC OF KOREA

Held at Headqu arters on 13 December 1 9 8 3 at 1 5 1 5 hours

Present :

The Secretary-Genera l Mr . Emi l io de O l ivares M i s s H i s ako Shimura

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H . E . Mr . Won-kyu ng Lee , Mini ster for Fore ign Af fairs of the Repu b l ic o f Korea

H . E . Dr . Kyung-won Kim , Permanent Obs erver of the Repu b l i c of Korea to the Uni ted Nat ions

An aide

1 . The S ec retary-Genera l rei terated to the Foreign Mini s ter his condolences for the trag i c inc ident wh i c h occurred in Rangoon on 9 October 1 9 8 3 .

2 . Fore ign Mini s ter Lee expres sed h i s gratitude for the Secretary-Genera l ' s expre s s ions of sympathy and , in parti cu lar , for h i s l etter o f 2 9 November 1 9 8 3 . The Foreign Minister was p l eas ed to have the opportu n i ty to c a l l on the Secretary-General on his way back from a vi s i t to Argentina to attend the inaugu ration of P r e s i dent A l f oncin . In the horrible event in Rangoon , 17 persons inclu d i ng four members of Cabinet of h i s Government had been k i l l ed . The investigat ion condu cted by Burmese authorit ies had e s tabl i s hed that the deed had been done at the d i rection of North Korean au thorities . Neverthe l e s s , the Government of the Repu b l i c of Korea had reacted wi th extreme patience and s e l f - re s traint . The Mini s ter assu red the Secretary­General that h i s Gove rnment ' s policy to seek peace and stabi l i ty on the Korean peni nsu l a throug h a dia logue w i t h the North remained unc hanged . Unfortunate l y , North Korea had not responded to the South ' s vari ou s initiati ve s and had resorted to v io l ent acts such as the bomb ing i ri Rangoon and inf i l trat ion attempt s through land and sea . The Minister hoped that f r i end s and a l l ies o f North Korea wou ld exert an inf luence to persuade it to give up violence and come to the negotiation table . He wou ld apprec iate the S ecre tary-Genera l ' s a s s i stance i n thi s regard .

3 . Continu i ng , the Foreign Mini s te r said that his Government also strong l y d e s i red to achieve membership in the Uni ted Nations . The Repu b l i c o f Korea respected the Charter o f the Uni ted Nations , pos ses sed a l l qu a l i f ic ations for membership and was a lready member of many UN bod ies and spec i a l i z ed agencies . Sou th Korea had propo sea simu l taneou s admi s s ion of two Koreas to t he Un ited Nations , as in the case of the two Ge rmanies , bu t North Korea rej ec ted the idea . I f North Korea per s i s ted in its

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po si tion , it was unfair to keep South Korea ou t o f the Uni ted Nations be cau se of thi s , and the admi s s ion of Sou th Korea alone shou ld be cons idered . In this matter , a l so , his Government reques ted the Secretary-General to help . }� 4 . · Fina l ly , Fo reign Mini s ter Lee extended an inv i tation to

; the Secretary-Genera l to v i s i t Seou l at his convenience as � gu e s t of the Government to see the s i tuation on the spot . i

5 . The Secretary-General thank ed the Foreign Mini s ter for his s tatement . As regards the trag ic inc ident i n Rangoon , as the Minister knew , the Secretary-Gene ral had been in contact with the repre s entatives of the United States , USSR , China and Japan as wel l as with t he Permanent Obs ervers of Sou th and North Korea . He had expre s s ed his concern abou t po s s ible over­reaction and urged restraint on the two Koreas and sought the i r re spective friends t o exert moderating inf luence . In thi s respect , he wi shed to pay homag e to the great se l f -res traint

, and wise approach shown by the Republic of Korea . He a l so w i s hed to point out as one encou ragi ng si gn the i ndi cation that , through the se contacts , North Korea ac cepted the Secretary­General as a channel of communi c at ion . When he had asked the representative o f the Democratic Peop l e ' s Republic of Korea to indicate his Government ' s po si tion , the Permanent Observer had retu rned a few days l ater with Pyongyang ' s response . The S ecretary-Gene ral said that he wou ld continue to f o l l ow developments c lo s e l y . Reg rettabl y , however , t ime was not ripe for a re sumpt ion of the dia logue between the two Kore a s .

6 . As reg ard s the que s tion o f Uni ted Nations membership for the two Koreas , the Secretary-General s aid , he mu s t point out that thi s matter was not up to the Secretary-General , bu t within the pu rview of the Secu ri ty Counc i l and the General As sembly . The cru c i a l thing was to persuade the USSR and China to support the idea , but the problem was comp l i cated by the fact that tho se two countries competed with each other for the sympathy of North Ko rea . No rth Korea mu s t be persuaded that du a l membership did not neces s a r i l y mean a pe rmanent divi sion of Korea , as the two Germani es no doubt had not gi ven up the goal o f nationa l unif ication . Al though e f forts cou ld be cont inued to enab l e the admi s s ion of the two Koreas , or of the Repu b l i c o f Korea , in th is matter too , time d id no t seem right at the moment for any new init iative .

7 . The Secretary-General thanked the Mini s ter for the i nvitation to v i s it seou l . He recal led h i s v i s i t s to Sou th Korea a s we l l as to North Korea some years ago . He wou l d be mo st pl eased to accept the invitation i f constru c t ive resu l t s cou ld come ou t o f i t . He recal led h i s predeces sor ' s v i s i ts in 1 9 7 9 to the two capit a l s which resu l ted in the opening o f t he channe l o f commu nication - al thou gh i t might b e a thin thread - through the Secretary-General .

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8 . The Secretary-General then re ferred to the recent v i s i t b y Mr . Young Seek Choue , a d i s t ingu i shed c i t i z e n o f the Republ ic of Korea who was act ive in the movement to bring together

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F Mr . Ratu S r Kam1 sese Ma r a at Hea quar ter s on . 2 9 November 1984

Pr esent : The Secr etar y-General Mr . R . Ahmed

H . E . Mr . Ratu S i r Kaainsese Mar a , Pr ime Mi n i ster of F i j i

Mr . v . Dayal Mr . F . T . Liu Mr . s. Nandan Mr . J . P . Kavanagh

H . E . Mr . J . P . Radr odr o , Permanent Representative o f F i j i

Two A ides

1 . The Sec r etary-Gene r al expressed warm thanks for Fi j i ' s consistent and varied suppo r t of the wor k of the Organi zat ion . Thank ing the Sec r etary-Gene r a l for th i s war m welcome , the Pr ime Mini ster alluded to • F i j i ' s we ll known pr oblem s • concerning UN peacek eep ing costs . I n th is regar d , h i s Gove r nment appreciated ver y much the effo r ts of t h e Sec r e ta ry-Gene r a l to mak e up - the a r r e a r s due . H e had heard of the poss i b i l i ty that UNIFI L ' s mandate might be enlarged and sought the Secretar y-Gener al ' s v i ews on th i s question . F i j i , he sa id , was pleased and pr oud to be o f serv ice i n UN peace-keeping operat ions and would be pr epa r ed to cont inue i t s involvement provided the · secretary-Gene r a l helped o u t w i th the budgetary d i f f iculty .

2 . The P r ime Min ister extended an inv i tat ion for the Secr etary-Gene r a l to v i s i t F i j i at a s u i table time .

3 . I n r esponse , the Secr etary-Gene r a l br iefed the Pr ime Mini ster on the cur re nt s tatus , after six meeting s , o f the m i l i tary tal k s be tween Lebanon and I srael wh ich wer e tak i ng p lace a t UNIFIL Headquar ters in Naquo r a . The Uni ted Nat ions was not ac t i ng as good o f f icer in th i s case but was providing a venue for direct dia logue . Nonetheless , the Uni ted Nat ions was in f r equent contact with the Governments conce r ned and was trying in i t s own qu iet way to br i dg e the g a p between the two par t ie s to the talk s . For the pr esent , i t would be premature to speak i n any de tail of a n enlar ged ro le for UNI FIL and in any event this question wou ld have to go to the Secur i ty Counc i l . The Sec retary-Gene ral went on to r ecall h i s v i a i t to UNIFIL ' s ar ea o f ope r a t ions ear l ier th i s year and pa id tr i bute to the profess iona l i sm and mor ale of the F i j i cont i ngent wh ich had . rece ived him with g r eat warmth . He r e i terated h i s - intention to spa r e n o effor t in trying t o meet the Organ i z ation ' s f inanc ial obl iga t i ons to F i j i and r ev i ewed the ma in causes of the pr oblem . He had ude a

spec ial appeal to a number of countr ies , inc lud ing Japan , Swi tzer land , US and UK . The i r ind i vidual r e sponses we re awaited .

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4 . The Secr etary-Gene r a l thanked the PM for the inv i tation to v i s i t F i j i . I n fact , h e was cons ider ing mak ing j us t s uch a v i s i t in ear ly Febr uary 19 8 5 . Wou ld i t be s u i table i f he a r r ived on 12 Febr uary? The Pr ime Min i s te r r e i ter ated that the Sec r e tar y-Gener al would be mos t welcome . Howeve r , he himsel f would be in Aus t r a l ia for med ica l a t tent ion fr om 13 Febr uary and according ly would be unable to r ece ive the Secr etary-Gene r a l at that time . H i s Deputy would of course be del igh ted to welcome the Sec r e tar y-Gene r a l and h i s par ty . The Secr etary-Gener al sugges ted that Ambas sador Radrod r o and Mr . Ahmed keep in touch on th i s ques t ion be for e any f i na l dec i s ion i s made .

5 . At th i s s tage the conver sat ion r ever ted to the Naquor a talks and the l i ke lihood of an expans ion of UN I F I L ' s mandate . Mr . L i u explained that the tal k s wer e center ing o n thr e e ma in top ics v i z . ( i ) total I DF wi thdr awal f r om Lebanon , ( i i ) r e storat ion of the sove r e ign author ity of the Lebane se Gover nment up to the ADL and ( i i i ) a larger r o le for UNI F I L . The Uni ted Nations was awa i t ing the

outcome of thes e negot iat ions . In the context of an agr eement , i t was pos s i ble · that UNI F I L wou ld deploy fur ther nor th , per haps t o the Awa li and includ i ng the Bekaa valley , to f ac i l itate I DF withdr awal . The r e was some quest ion of an IDF wi thdr awal p r oceed ing in thr ee s tage s viz . ( a ) from the Awali to the Zahran i , ( b) f r om the Zahrani to the L i tani and ( c ) f r om the Li tani to the bor der . The Lebanese Gove r nment wi shed UNI F I L to . deploy u l t imately up to the bo rde r . Before th at occur r ed howeve r , UNI F I L might be calleci upon to deploy in pos it ions vaca ted by the IDF to prevent outbr eaks of violence s uch as those wh ich had taken place in the Chou£ ear li er in the year . Li k ewise , UNI F I L would probably have to protect the Pale s t i n ian camps at S idon .

6 . Mr . L i u expla ined to the Pr ime M i n i ster that once the Lebanese and I s r a e l 1 s ides r eached ag r eement on the terms of a wi thdrawal , includ i ng any new role for UN I F I L , the Sec r e tar y-Gene r a l wou l d then appr oach the Secur i ty Counc il with suggest ions concer n i ng th i s pr oposed new role . He as s u r ed the Pr ime Min i s ter however , tha t the Sec r e tar y-Gene r a l , in accordance w i th pa s t procedur e , woul d consult w i th all the tr oop-contr i bu t ing countr ies be fore appr oaching the Counc i l formally . Con t i nu i ng , Mr . L i u men t i oned Gene real Cal laghan ' s r epor t tha t the a tmospher e of the cur r en t talks was good , even i f the two pos i t ions wer e for apar t .

7 . The Sec r e ta ry-Gener a l then inv i ted Mr . Nandan to br i e f the Pr ime Mini ster on the cur r en t s i tuat ion r egard ing the tr eaty on the Law o f the Sea . Mr . Nandan sugges ted tha t the tr eaty was one of t h e United · Nations ' s g r eatest ach i evements s i nce i ts inception , a vi ew sha r ed by the Secr e tary-Gene r a l . 140 countr ies had s igned the doc u .. nt and by 9 Decembe r , the clos ing date for s ignatur e , the number w• s ·

expec ted to r i se to 14 5 or 1 4 7 . The r e wer e some notable non- s ignator ies , includ ing the FRG and the US and mos t l i k e ly the UK as we ll . Such an outcome would leave the UK , FRG and Alban i a as the only European non - s ignato r ies . 60 r a t i f icat ions wer e r equ i r ed for the tr eaty to enter into ef fect . To-date only 1 4 countr ies had r a t i f ied and i t would proba bly be 3 - 4 year s before the target was

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undecided . had finally taken a neg at ive posit i on , following representations froa Wash ing ton . The Secretar�-Gener al in turn sugges ted that countr ies such as the PRG , with Interests in deep- sea mining could par ticipate fully in the Prepara tory Commi s s ion and protect the ir interes ts in that forum much mor e ef fect ively than they could f r om outs ide , as non - s i gnator ies�

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Up6n mv r e t u r n t o New York f o l lotinq a number o f m i s s i ons ove r s e a s , I ehou ld l i ke to l e t vou k n ow how ver y much I a pp r &e i ated your k�� letter o f 1 2 Aug us t . -

As you k now , the Ind i a n Gover nmen t w i l l be prov id i na m@ w i th a pr opoeed pr oq r am�e for the v i s i t wh ich I sh a l l be unde r ta k i nq to vour cou n t r y i n th e e a r ly par t of 1 9 8 9 . Noth i ng wou l� pleas@ mv w i fe and m e mo r e than a v i s i t to Ja ipu r a t th a t t iae , and I am happy to lea r n that vou have been i n touch w i th the a u thor i t i e s in New Oe l � t i n that connect i on .

I l ook forward to our r ema i n i ng i n touch i n the days ahe ad .

W i th k i nd r eg a r d s ,

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Dear Dadi Prakastwani ,

o. behalf of tbe Seertttarv-General , I should l ike to thank you toe your k ind letter of 14 Auqust 1988 , oorv;rratulatinq hila for the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Und@rstanding for 1987 which was recently conferred on M.•.

You may b8 sure that the Secretary-General deeply aq:,reciated your warm expl'eNion of support , as well as your tbouqhtful invitation to visit ftblnt Abu.

Mhile the Secretary-General, who was qreatlv honoured and indeed moved by the decision of the Jury of the Nehru Award, has aqrMd in pcinciple to caRe to New Delhi to receiw it PKIICinal.lv, the date of the ceremony 1• still bltincr conait!ered. I should therefore like to St.lQC.te8t that we �ter again in contact around the end of the year , when we have a clearer idea of the Seeretarv-General 's proqram wt-t� will , of oourae, be prepared in cloee consul tat ion with the C"�rment of India and wi 11 haft to take into account the Secretar..,...ceneral 's plans to visit other countr ies in the I?.gion.

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Yours sincerely,

Alvaro de �to EXecutive Assistant

to the Secretary-General

ecahma KUBeria NOrld Spiritual universitv Pandav Btuwan

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Ref. No.

Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (With over 126 Spiritual Museums end 1600 Raja Yoga Edu cation Centres)

Aim1: (I) To Teach Raja-Yoga i n order to lead a peaceful life while performing normal duties of life,

(il) To impart spiritua l knowledge in order to divinise man's intellect for re-establishing the

Golden age of complete purity, peace and prosperity.

H.E.Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary General , United Nations , ' U.N. Plaza , New York, N.Y. 10017.

Dear Secretary General ,

International Headquarters: PAN DAV BHAVAN

M O U NT A B U -307501 , I N DIA August 1 4 , 1 988 . .Dated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . • . . . . . . . . . . .

When the news reached us in Mount AbJ that Your Excellency had been accorded the prestigious honour of the J.L.Nehru Peace Award for pranoting international co-operati<?n and . und�standing , .I felt .ther� was no one more deserving than Your Excellency to receive Such appreciation fran our people and country whose leaders have valued and worked for these same principles , and who have continually supported then throughout their association at the United Nations .

Your consistent efforts over the years and subsequent success in securing a better world for humanity have marked a new era in world affairs based on the Cllarter of the United Nations . I would like to extend to Your Excellency my sincere congratulations and also convey the good wishes from all the teachers and students of the Brahna Kumaris World Spiritual University .

As you know, since our affiliation with the United Nations in 1980 , the Brahna Kunaris have sought to support and praoote the progranmes of the United Nations through many of our activities within the different COOIIUlities of society .

I would be honoured indeed if Your Excellency and Mrs Perez de C1lel.lar would · accept my personal invitation to visit the Branna Kumaris headquarters in Mount AbJ, Rajasthan, during November while you are in India to receive the Award . Mount Abu is recognised as one of India' s most ancient and beautiful pilgrimage places . I feel that one day in these surround�s will offer you and Mrs Perez de QJellar a deep experience of India ' s rich spiritual heritage.

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I do hope that Your Excellency will be able to accept my ­invitation to visit Mount AbJ, which is only a short journey by helicopter from Delhi .

Yours truly ,

B . .c:: . �c()A� • (B.K. Dadi Prakashnani) ,

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11 Augu s t · .t988 .� • t • • • 1PJBSS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRF.SENTATIVE OF I NOIA � . '

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Cb i uaya Raj an i nath Gh arethan , the Permanent Represen�a�j.ve of Ir•di a , at a press coaferen�& · th i s morn i ng , announced that the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for ,Interaa t i onal Understand i ng for 1 9 8 7 had been conferred on Secretary-General J av i er Perez de Cue l l ar . · . · . . ·

He s a i d the Nehru Award h ad been gi ven annually s i nr.e 1965 for outstanding con tr i bu t i on t o i n tern a t i on al under s tand i n g , goodwi ll and fr i endsh i p among peoples and n a t i ons of t h e worl d . Prev i ou s rec i p i e nts i n cl uded : U Thon t , Mart i n Luther " i ng Jr . , lhan Abdul Gbaffar Khan , Yeh udi Menuh i n , Mother Teres a , Kenneth D. Kaunda , J o s i p Broz T i to , Andre Malrau1 , Jul i us K . Nyerere , Raul Preh i sch , .Ton ns �nl k , Gu i s eppe Tu c r i , Tul s i Keherj l Shrestha , N i ch i datsu Fuj i i , Nel s o n Mande la , Barbara Ward , Gunnar and Alva Myrdal , Leopold Sedar Sengho r , Bruno Kre i s ky , Ind i ra Gandh i and Olof Palme .

The Award c B r r i ed a c i t at i on and pr i :;w ·mo ney i n the amount of Rs . l . S m i ll i on , wh i c h was about. $ 1 10 . 000 , Mr . Gharet.han added .

He sai d the Award was a f i tt i ng t r i bu te to th e outs tand l nt cont r i bu t i on o·f Mr . Perez de Cuellar to the p romot i on of i n t e rnat i oJ)(ll co-operati on and · . understand i ng dur i nt h i s di s t i ngu i s hi:>d d i plom�t i c caref.t- . . i n par t i c ulal" s i nce as sumi ng the off i ce of Secretacy-Genel" al .

. Kr . Gharethan s a i d he WA s pa rt i c u l arly ha ppy that t he Award was be i ng c onferred on the Sec retary-General on the eve of the Ne hru ce n tenary , wh i c.h fel l on 14 Noveabel" 1989 . By honouring Kc . Perez de Cuellar a t · t h i s t i me , the Jury of the Nehru Awa rd hnd a l s o aff i rmed Ind i a ' s deep c ommi tment to the Un i ted Nat i ons and s uppol"t for the Secretary-General ' s efforts t o promote peace and understand i nt .

As ked who dec i ded o n the rec i p i e nt of the Award , Mr . Ghd rekhon s a i d a j u ry made the dec i s i on . The j ury was cha i red by the V i c e-Pres i dent of Indi a , and i nc l uded the Ch i ef Jus t i c e of Ind i a , a Supreme Court j udge and a Ch i e f Just i ce o f one o f tbe s t ate s . In res po nse to a ques t i on , he s a i d all the members of tbe j ury were from Ind i a .

Asked vheR and where the Awat"d wo uld he co nfel"red , he sa i d the Seeretary-Generat bad agreed to come to New DP l h i to rec e i v e i t personally . The dote was sti l l be i ng c o n s .i dered , and wou ld probably be s omet ime i n .Tanuary or . Febt"uary next yea r .

What was the Sec retnry-G�neral ' s r�sponse wh en i nformed of t he Award , and what wou ld he do w i th the p r i ze money ? a c o r res pondent a s ked . . Mr . Gharekhan s a i d the Sec retacj-General had s a i d he wa s deeply moved and cons i de red the Award an honour not only t o h i ms e l f' [14'- rso n R l l y , but al s o t o t he U n i ted Nati ons . As for bow be would usE> t he money . he sugeested that corres ponden ts a s k the Secretary-General d i rect l y .

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In response to a quest i o n . be s a i d the dec i s ion t.o confer t he Awal"d on the Sect"etary-General h ad been taken a wh i le ago and was not d i rectly rel ated to h i s recent success i n br i n g i ng a cease - f i re be tween ll"ao and ll"aq . Mr . Gharethan s a i d he was pleased , h owever , that the announcemen t was be i ng mode at th i s part i cular t i me .

Asked whether he thought the Sec retary-General should rec e i ve the Nobel Peac� Pri ze , he s a i d be s i ncerely hoped that the Nehru Award . .would be the f i rs t of many awards to be g i v en to the Secretary-General • . If he wet"e on t.he select ion commi ttee of the Nobel Pence Pr i ze . he would not hes i ta te i n • recommend i ng Ml" . Perez de Cuel lar for i t .

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convey i ng the dec i s ion �f the jury o f .. the Jawaha r la l Neh ru Awa r d - to cor. fer .on me - i ts 1 9 87 Award - for�-I nte r na t i ona l Onde r s ta nn inq • . -- . - · ,.., ..: _,

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I am moved by th i s dec i s i on , s ince I am deeply awa r., t ha t Jawaha r lia l Nehru wa s a mo s t ar dent and tnspi ree charnpion . of the un i t ed Nat i on s . I v iew the dec i s ion as test imony to the a b id i nq fa i t h of Ind i a i n the purposes a nd pr i nc ip les of the Cha r t er of . t� i s Organizatiqn . \. - .. · e ..

·• . �n - .. I t wi l l be a pleasure for. me to accept the Award ,

in a Sl'ec ial ceremony i n New Dt!lh i , i n t he yf!a r t ha t celehra t e a . �he centena r y of Pand i t Neh ru ' s b i r t h .

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His Excel lency Mr . Javier Pere z If: Cuellar . Secretary General , United Nati ons , UNITED NATIONS Head quarters , G .c .P . o . New york NY 1 001 7 { U.S.A.)

My Dear S ir ,

I aa herewith enclosing a Brocrure broughtout by the � Ins t itut e . \ the s ame .

Ple ase accept and acknowle dge« the receipt of

\e are i mmensely grateful to you for your message of good wi shes lihich has be en publ ishe d in the Brocture .

I t ake tbie opportuni ty�! re ques tiq your goodsel.f to aake it conve11ien t 1Jo address a mee t ing of the -Ins tit ut e wh• you vis ! t BEiligalore in future . In c;:;e-p-;:;:;ccupat ions during your Sojour:�!;-Bangalore do not permit you to address a meet i ng you may h� ver be kind enough to _spare a few minut es thus visit our humble Ins titute .

We look forward for t he privilege of rec e i vi ng you at an early opport unity.

With kind regards .

Yours Sincerely ,

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NOTES OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ' S MEETI NG WITH THE DEPUTY PRIME MINI STER OF MALAYSIA

he ld at United Nat i ons Headqu a r t e r s on Wednesday, 4 October 1 9 8 9 , at 1 1 . 3 0 hou r s .

Pre sent :

The Sec ret a ry-Gene r a l

Mr . Ahmed

Mr . Annabi

Mr . Kav anagh

H . E . Mr . Abdu l Gha f a r B aba Deputy P r ime Mini s t e r of Ma l ays i a

H . E . Dato • Haj i Abu Has s an Haj i Oma r Mini s t e r f o r Fo r e i gn Af f a i rs o f Ma l ays i a

H . E . Mr . Ra z a l i I sma i l Permanent Rep r e s entat ive o f Ma l ays i a to the Uni ted N a t i ons

H . E . Dato ' Mus a H i t am Member o f Pa r l i ament and f o rmer Deputy P r ime Mini s t e r o f Ma l ays i a

Inv itation to v isit Malaysia

At the out set , the Minister s a id how p l ea s ed hi s Gove rnment would be i f the Sec ret a ry-Gener a l we r e to p ay a further v i s i t to Ma l ays i a . The Secretary-General wou l d be p lea sed t o do so s hould hi s p ro g r amme pe rmi t .

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The Secreta ry-Gene r a l ment ioned that he had j us t received a v i s i t on the p a r t o f the Fo reign Min i s t e r o f Tha i l and . In l i ght o f that convers a t i o n , the Sec reta ry-Gene r a l was not· wi thout hope that t a l ks wou ld resume . He s a id that the Pa r i s Confe rence had no t f a i l ed . The r e h ad been some po s i t ive results . Nonethe les s , the s i tu a t i on was a t p resent s tuck . I t wa s very impo r tant that movement resume and that the internat i on a l communi ty demons t rate that it was not now res igned to a dete r i o r a t i on o f the s i tuation .

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The Deputy P r ime Minister obse rved that s i nce the withd r awa l o f the Vietname s e f o rces , Hun Sen had refused

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the Khme r Rouge .

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I h a ve been a s k ed by t h e $ecr e t a r v-Gener a l , who i s a t present a wa y f rom Readau a r t e r s on a n o f f ic i a l m i ss ion OV@r seaa , to r espond t o you r l e tter of 30 Apr i l by wh ich you r�new the i n v i ta t ion of your Gover nmen t f or the Secretary-Gener a l to v i � i t the Ma l c H V El' S dur i nq the cu r re n t yea r on t he occa s ion o f t h e 2 5 th a nn i ve r s a r y o f t h e cou n t r y ' s i nde�ndenc e .

The Sec r e ta r y-Gen e r a l g rea t l y apprec i a t ed t h i A i nv i t a t ion , a s con ve yed to h i � e3 r l ie r by Pore i gn M i n i s ter Ma th u l la Jamee l . l am a f r a i d , howeve r , tha t the Sec r e t a r y-Gener a l ' � progr amme f o r the cu r r e n t yea r - - wh ich h a s a l r e•dy imposed •uch t r a ve l o n h ia- - w i ll n o t pe r m i t h im to e nv i sage a f u r ther v i s i t to Sou th As ia . Re i s con f ident of the und e r � t a nd i nq o f your Gove r nmen t a nd wou ld l i k e to h o ld ou t the poss i b i l i ty o f a v i s i t to the �a ld i ve s at a mut u a l lY conven ient t iae i n the f u ture .

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HELD ON FRIDAY, 7 OCTOBER 1988, AT 1 1 . 00 HOURS . ..

The Fo reign Min ister was accomp anied by the Permanent Rep resent a tive and one aide . The Secret a ry-Gener a l had with him Messrs . Daya l and Kavanagh .

The Secret a ry-Gene r a l exp ressed his deep app reciation for Nepa l ' s continuing cont ribution to UNIFIL . He understood very we l l the o rg anizationa l f acto rs which had prevented Nep a l , despite its positive disposition , to provide observers for UNI IMOG , recent l y - est ablished .

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In response to a long-st anding invit ation on the pa rt of the Nepa lese Government , the Secret a ry-Gener a l said that he expected to be in a position to pay an of ficia l visit to the count ry in Ma rch 1 9 8 9 , a t a time when he wou ld be visiting some other count ries in south Asia . This p leased the Minister who info rmed the Secret a ry-Genera l that the prog r amme wou ld t a ke the visiting p a rty outside of Kathmandu . . Lumbini , among other p l aces was mentioned :

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held at Uni ted Nat i ons Headqu a r ters on Wednesda y , 8 June 1 9 8 8 , a t 4 . 0 0 p . m .

Present :

The Secret a ry-Gener a l

Mr . Kavanagh

H . E . The Hon . Sha i lend r a Kuma r Up adhyay Mi nister f o r Fo reign Af f a i rs of

the Ki ngdom o f Nep a l

H . E . Mr . Jai Pratap Rana Permanent Rep resetant i ve of the

Kingdom o f Nep a l to the United N a t i ons .

The Secreta ry-Gener al, in l i ght of Nep a l ' s cur rent membe rship of the Secu r i ty Counci l , took some time to exp l a i n i n det a i l how he read the cur rent s i tuat ion i n the I r a n- I r aq con f l i ct . He did the same with reg a rd to Kampuchea and Af ghanist an .

The Secreta ry-Gene r a l did not f a i l to exp ress his deep apprec i a t i on f o r Nep a l ' s commi tment to U . N . pe ace-keep i ng . He thanked the Minister for his count ry ' s ster l i ng p a r t ici pation i n UN I FIL . He a lso poi nted to the ef fo rts cur rent ly under way to p l ace the f i nanc i ng of UNF ICYP on a mo re secu re basis of assessed cont r i buti ons .

The Minister renewed his Gove rnment ' s i nvi t a t i on for the Secret a ry-Gener a l to p ay an off ici a l vis i t to Nep a l . The Secreta ry-Gene r a l sa id that he himse lf had i ntended to r a ise this quest i o n and to te l l the Minister that it wou ld be his i ntent i o n to visit Nep a l at a t ime conveni ent to the Gove rnment the r e i n ei the r Janua ry or Februa ry 1 9 8 9 . The Minister f e l t that this wou ld be a f e l ici tous t ime f r om the cl ima t i c po i nt of view . His Gove rnment wou ld be p le ased to he a r this news . I t was agreed that the Secre t a ry-Gener a l ' off ice wou ld ma i nt a i n cont act i n this reg a rd wi th Amb assado r Rana .

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he ld a t Uni t ed N a t i ons Headqu a rt e r s on Wedne sday , 2 9 Septembe r 1 9 8 7 , a t 5 . 0 0 p . m .

Pres ent :

The Sec ret a ri-Gene r a l Mr . Daya l Mr . Kavanagh

H . E . Mr . Sha i l end r a Kumar Up adhyaya

Fo r e i g n Mi n i s t e r of Nep a l H . E . Mr . J a i P r a t a p Rana

Pe rma nent Rep resent at ive .o f Nepa l

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The Sec r e t a ry-Gene r a l beg an t he meet i ng by reca l l i ng the v i s i t to Headqu a r t e r s of P r i nce Gyanend r a w i t h whom he had the p le a sure o f p r e s i d i ng at a meet i ng o f t he Lumb i n i I nt e rna t i ona l Commi t tee .

The Sec ret a ry-Gene r a l went on t o exp res s h i s deep apprec i at i on of the augmented cont r i but i o n of Nepa l to UN I FIL . Nep a l ' s p a rt i c i p a t i on i n peace-keep i ng was a long-st anding one and ref lected very we l l the count ry ' s commi tment to the Organi z a t i o n as a who l e . Thi s commi tment wou ld no doubt be a f a c t o r i n Nep a l ' s e l ect i o n to t he Secu r i ty Counc i l f o r the comi ng two ye a r s .

The Mi n i s ter i n response s a i d that he wou ld be i n Ka tmandu f o r a meet i ng o f SARC i n mi d-October when the e l ec t i o n f o r Secu r i ty Counc i l membershi p w a s due to be he ld . H e went on to b r i e f t he Sec ret a ry-Gene r a l in b r o ad t e rms on the p r o g re s s made by SARC s i nce i t s foundat i on les s than three ye a r s ago . The re we re now , he s a i d , 16 ident i f ied a reas of i nte rgovernment a l co-ope r a t i o n . One o f the s e no t a b ly was the combat o f t e r ro r i sm , wh i ch the Member S t a t e s had been a b l e t o de f i ne j o i nt ly . Thi s exp e r i ence cou ld pe rhaps be o f re levance to the wo r k o f t he Gene r a l As s emb ly . The a p p r o ach , he s a i d , had been deduct ive . A number of no t i ona l c r ime s had been po s i ted and subj ected t o the ques t i o n , " I s thi s a t e r ro r i s t act , o r i s i t not? " Thi s · a pproach had a s s i s t ed the count r i e s o f the reg ion t o const ruct a b a s i s f o r the subs equent ag reement . Othe r notab l e a reas o f reg i o na l co-ope r a t i o n we re e f f o rt s to combat d rug t r a f f i c k i ng , he a l t h , popu l a t i o n , etc . Des p i t e the s omet imes une a sy r e l a t i on s h i p between two of t he p r i nc i p a l membe r s o f the g roup , they had been a b l e to p roceed w i t h d i s cu s s i o n s on s omewha t sens i t i v e i s sues . The Sec ret a ry-Gene r a l wa rmly we l comed the s e t rends and o f f e red h i s s t rong encou r a g ement to t h e Mi n i s t e r .

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The Mini ster then renewed to the Sec re t a ry-Gene r a l hi s

r Gove r nment ' s i nv i t a t i o n fo r him t o p ay a n o f f i c i a l v i s i t t o Nep a l . The Secreta ry-Gene r a l exp r e s sed h i s w a rm apprec i a t i o n o f thi s i nv i t a t i o n . H e wou l d make every e f f o r t to av a i l hims e l f o f i t du r i ng 1 9 8 8 o r , a l te r n a t i v e ly , i n 1 9 8 9 , when Nep a l wou l d be on the Secu r i ty Co unc i l .

I n r e s po ns e to a ques t i o n , the Mi nister b r i e fed the Sec ret a ry-Gene r a l o n the economi c s i tu a t i o n i n Nepa l . Hi s Government , he s a id , was c o ncent r a t i ng o n the need to p rovide by the ye a r 2 0 0 0 the bas i c neces s i t i e s o f food , she l ter , c l o th i ng , educ a t i o n , he a l th and secu r i ty f o r a l l the peo p l e o f the Ki ngdom . Thi s wou ld ent a i l a doub l i ng o f the GNP and a l s o , impo r t a n t ly , an imp roved d i s t r i bu t i o n o f that i nc r e a s ed we a l t h . I n response to a furthe r . ques t i o n , he exp l a i ned that the count ry ' s externa l debt , whi le no t i ncons iderab le , wa s at t he s ame t ime less of a bu rden than tha t o f nei ghbour i ng count r i e s .

The Secret a ry-Gene r a l , respo nd i ng t o t he Mi n i s t e r ' s que s t i o n , b r i e f ed him i n gene r a l t e rms o n hi s cu r rent e f f o r t s wi t h reg a rd t o the I r an- I r a q conf l i c t and the s i tuat i on re l a t i ng t o Afghan i s t an .

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UNI FI L

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H . E . Mr . Ja i P . Ra n a n Per ma n en t Repr e s en ta t i v e ot N epa l t o t h e U n i t ed Na t i o n s

one a i d e

Th e S ec r e t a ry- G en e r a l r e i t er a t ed t o t h e M i n i s t e r h i s app r ec i a t i on f or N epa l ' s c o n t r i bu t i on to UN I FI L . Th e s i t u a t i on on the g r ou nd i n th e F orc e ' s A . O . had qu i e t e n ed d own s om ewh a t i n th e pa s t t en day s . Two of h i s s e n i or c ol l ea g u es w e r e a t p r e s en t i n th e a r ea and h e wou ld d r a t t h i s r ep o r t t o t h e Cou nc i l , r eq u e s t ed u n d e r SC R 5 8 7 , i n l i q h t ot t h e i n f or ma t i on wh i ch t h ey p r ov i d ed u pon th e i r r etu r n t o N ew Y or K . H e cou ld n o t , o r c ou r s e , an t i c i pa t e any f u t u r e d ec i s i on ot t h e S ec u r i ty Counc i l . He r em a i n ed i n t ouch w i th thos e Member S ta t e s i n a pos i t i on to i n f l u e nc e th o s e el e m en t s wh i ch had i n r ec e n t t i m e s p e r p et r a t ed mu r d er ou s a t tac K s on m e m b e r s of t h e .forc e . He had s p o K en i n th i s r eg a r d to FM Velaya t i th e p r ev i ou s day .

Reqa r d i nq t h e f i n a n c e s of t h e f or c e , t h e F o r e ign Mi n i s t er s e em ed mor e opt i m i s t i c t h a n th e S ec r e ta r y - GP.n e r a l w 1 th r eg a r d to t h e ear ly a nd f u l l r e s t or a t i on o f U S f u n d i n q . Th e M i n i s t er w e n t on t o s a y tha t h i s Gov e r n m e n t app r ec i a t ed q r ea t ly th e ma n n e r i n wh i c h th e S ec r eta r y -G e n e r a l was h a n d l i ng a n ex t r e m e ly d i f f i ciu l t s i t u a t i on . N epa l , i n s e n d i nq i t s t r o op s to s o u t h L eba n o n , or i nd e ed to a n y p eac e - k e e p i nq ope r a t i on , was w e l l awa r e ot th e r i s K s i nv ol v ed . " P eac e- k e e p i nq i s n o p i c n i c , and ev er ybody K n ew tha t . " For 1 t s pa r t , N epa l wa s p r epa r ed t o i nc r ea s e i t s c o n t r i b u t i on , i t that b ec a m e n ec e s sa r y . N epa l , a s a s m a l l c ou n t r y , w 1 t h o u t ex t en s i v e m i l i ta r y or econ om i c r es ou r c es , r e l i ed v e r y much on t h e UN to p r otect t h e pr i nc i p l e s w h i c h und er lay i t s s ov e r e i g n ty and l nd e pe n d e nc e .

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Pos s i bl e v i s i t t o N epa l

Th e Mi n i s t er r ec a l l ed th � v i s i t wh i c h th e S e c r e t a r y - G e n er al had pa i d t o N epal a s USG/ SPA i n the c ompa ny of D r . Wa ld h e i m . He e x t e nd ed an i n v i t a t i on f or th e S ec r e ta r y - Ge n e r a l t o v i s i t N epa l aq ai n . T h e S ec r eta ry-G e n e r a l f or h i s pa r t h ad " ma r v e l l o u s r ec ol l ec t i on s " o f h i s br i e t v i s i t t o N epa l and h e wou ld b e v e r y a t t r ac t ed by t h e pr o s p ect o t a f � r t h e r tr i p . I f h e d i d n ot g o a s S ec r eta r y - G e n e r a l , h e wou ld c e r ta i n l y do so a s a t ou r i s t .

Lum b i n i pr oj ec t

When t h e Mi n i s t e r m e n t i on ed t h e Lumb i n i p r o J eC t , th e S ec r eta ry-Ge n e r a l i mm ed i a t e ly a s k ed h ow mat t e r s w e r e pr og r e s s i n g . In r es p on s e , t h e Mi n i s t er m e n t i on ed tha t a spec i a l t r � s t wa s n ow b e i ng ch a i r ed by t h e b r o t h er of K i n g Bi r e nd r a . Th e Mi n i s t er had had d i s c u s s i on s i n N ew Y or k w i t h s en i o r o t t i c i a l s of th e Org a n i za t i on a nd UN DP a nd a m e e t i ng of t h e L u m b i n i Com m i t t ee wo� ld ta k e plac e l a t e r t h a t day . I n r es p o ns e t o a qu e s t i on by Mr . Day a l , th e Amba s s ad or exp l a i n ed t h a t s o me c o n s tr uc t i on wor k had a l r eady beg u n a t t h e s i t e . Th e pi lg r i m s ' acc ommod a t i on t u n a ed b y S r i La n k a had a l r eady r each ed f i r s t f l o or l ev e l . Th e l i b r a r y spon s or � by Ind i a wou ld f ol l ow s oo n . Th e t u nds wer e a l r eady c o mmi t t ed . By two y ea r s t i m e , h e s a i d , i . e . t h e e nd of 1 9 8 8 , i t was t o b e h op ed t h a t 5 0 � o f th e ma s t e r pla n wou ld b e c omp l e t ed . Th e S ec r eta ry- G e n e r a l tha n k ed t h e Mi n i s t er a nd t h e Amba s s ador f o r t h i s i n f or ma t i o n .

I n c lo s i nq , th e S ec r eta r y- G e n e r a l t o H i s Ma j es ty h i s q ood wi s h e s .

a s K ed th e Mi n i s t er �o c o n v ey

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NOTES ON THE SEC RETARY -GENERAL ' S MEETI NG WI TH THE FORE IGN MI N I STER OF NEPAL

::1 �k.{ t¥ held at U n i ted N a t i ons Headquar ter s on 3 Oc tober 19 8 5 a t 1 5 . 1 5 hour s

P r e sen t :

The Sec r e t a r y-Gene r a l Mr . Dayal Mr . Kav a nagh Mr . Ahmed

H . E . The Hon . Rand h i r S u bba For e ign M i n i s ter of N e pa l

H . E . Mr . Ja i P . Rana Pe r manent Repr e s e n t a t ive of Nepal to the U n i ted N a t i o ns

one a id e

The Sec r e t ary- Gene r al extended a war m wel come to the For e i g n M i n i s te r . H e w a s awar e f r om h is own expe r i e nce o f how impor tant the UN was· to sma l l e r countr i e s . The M i n i ster r enewed h i s gover'nment ' s inv i ta t ion to the Sec r e tar y-Gener al to pay an o f f i c i a l v i s i t to Nepa l . Th e Sec r e tary-Gene r a l s a i d tha t , wh i l e he k e p t th i s i nv i ta t i o n v e r y much i n m i nd , h i s ti me a s Sec r e ta r y-Gener a l came under exr tr aor d i na r y pr e s s ur e . He r eca lled tha t wh i le se r v ing as Pe r u ' s Amb a s s ador in Moscow he h ad made plans to v i s i t Katmandu . Ar r angement s , howeve r , had had to be changed a t the l a s t moment aue to h i s s udden pos t i ng to N ew Y or k . P e r h aps he wo u ld ye t have an oppor tun i ty to make the v i s i t .

Th e Sec r e tary-Gene r a l wen t on t o tha n k the For e ig n M i n i s ter for n i s g ov e r nme nt ' s contribu t ion to the UN , i n par t i cu lar for i t s �c t ive par t i c i pa t i on in peac e - k eep ing . Nepa lese for ce s , he s a ia , �ere o f f i r s t qual i ty . I n t h i s · r egar d the Mi n i s ter a s ked the Sec r e tar y-Gener a l for h i s v iews on the r enewal of UN I F I L ' s mana� te : I n . r eponse the Sec r etary-Gener a l s a i d t h a t I s r ae l had s a id i n pr ivate tha t i t was w i l l i ng t o s e e t h e mand a te r e newed . I t had y e t to say th i s in pub l i c . F o r h is par t , the Secr e t a r y-Gener al f e l t tnat the mand a t e would i ndeed be r e newed . Bu t he appr e c i a tea v e r y well the concer ns o f the tr oop contr i b u t i ng countr i e s , c oncer ns wh ich he shar ed r eg a r d i ng UN I F I L ' s capac i ty to f u l f i ll tha t ma ndate under the p r e s e n t cond i t ions .

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Notes on· a· meeting held in the secretary-Genera"l' s office on Monday, io october 19s3·, · at· s· . o o pm

Present :

The Secretary-General

Mr . Rafeeuddin Ahmed

UN peace·-keeping operations

H . E . The Hon . Padma Bahadur Khatri Minister for Foreign Affairs of

the Kingdom of Nepal

· The Secretary·-General recalled with appreciation Nepal ' s contributions to various UN peace-keeping operations in the past . · The Foreign Mini ster stated that his Government had withdrawn its contingent from UNIFIL when a number of troop­contributing countries had begun to question its usefulness . Nepal would , however , be ready to respond to any future reque sts from the Secretary-General for participation in such operations .

Ass istance to Nepal

The Foreign Minister expressed his Government ' s gratitude for the assistance rendered to Nepal by various organizations of the UN system , in particul ar by UNDP . In that context , he sought the Secretary-General ' s support for a proj ect on the supply of drinking water to the city of Kathmandu , which was , at present , under cons ideration by UNDP . The Secretary-

. General readily agreed to pursue this matter with the Administrator .

Invitation to visit Nepal

on behal f o f his .Government , the Foreign Minister extended an invitation to the Secretary-General to visit Nepal . The secretar¥-General , recall ing with pleasure his last visit there - w�th his predecessor , accepted the invitation in princ iple .

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I should like � tnank you for your letter o r S March 19 8 2 , inviting me to pay an official viait

to your count.xy .

I 9etf mucb appreciate thia moat kind invitation , wbicb I take great. pleaaure in acoeptinq. I am indeed aware of the iaportant contribution which Nepal baa bean making to the work of the United Nationa and of

the deep comm.itmant of the lfepaleH people to t.be principle• and purpose• of the Orguization . In this conJuution , I particularly look forward to havinq tbe opportunity to viait Nepal and hope that there will be an early oocaa ion for me to como to your reqion .

Please accept , Excellency , the assurances o r my higbe&t consideration .

Bia Excel lency Mr. Surya Babadur 'fhapa Prime Minister of Nepal Katbmandu

Javier P4raz de Cu&llar

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Dear trlr . Ambassado r ,

'l'he Sec retazy-��ne ral woul d appreci ate it i f. you could kindly tran smi t the enclosed le tte r to Hi 3 Excellency Mr . Surya Bahadur Thapa , Prime .H!nister

A copy o f ti1is le tte r is attached for your

in formation .

Please accept , Mr . Ambas sador , the as s urances o f my highe st con s i deration .

His excel lency Hr . Uddhave Deo Bhatt

M ' Ha!':\ed Es saa fi Che f de Cab inet

Permanent Representat ive of the Ki ngdom of i!epal to tile Uni te d Nations

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H E Javier Perez de Cuellar Secretary-General of the United

Nations New York

I was most pleased that I was able to call on you during my brief visit to New York to addres s the General As sembly .

Thank you · very much for the courtesy and also inc luding me as a guest at hosted yesterday .

in receiving me the luncheon you

You paid me and New Zealand in part icular a singular honour in being my guest at dinner last night and I must say that it was a pleasure to renew the acquaintance of II t you and your wife . We talked about your vis it to New Zealand in 19 85 and I hope that not too much time will pas s be fore you will be able to pay us another cal l .

Geo f frey Palmer

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o f a · aee t i nq be tween the s e c r e t a ry-Ge ne r a l � t�L i ni s ter of P a k i s tan he ld a t the Pa l a i s des M

on Thu r sday. 14 Apr i l 1 9 8 8 a t 11 . 30a . a . �

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Fo r e iqn Mi n i s t e r

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H . E . Mr . R . Mo ha aaed Khan ,

Dir e c t o r -Gener a l ,

Minis try f o r Fore iqn Af f a i r s

H . E . Mr . M . Ahaad ,

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G . P i cco

M. S t o pf o r d

Pe raanent Re p r e s enta t ive o f •

Pa k i s tan to the United Na t ions at Geneva

Mr . B . Khan Ba ba r , se� r e tary

The Fo r e ign Mini s te r co nveyed to the s e c r e ta ry-Ge ne r a l the

qree t i nqs o f h i s P r e s ident a nd Pr iae Mi nis ter , toqether with an

invi tat ion to vis i t Pak i s tan a t the ea r l i e s t oppor tunity . The

Secr eta ry-Ge ne r a l exp r e s s ed h i s a ppr ec iat ion . add i nq tha t he

had no t f e l t in a pos i t ion to vi s i t Pa kis tan bef o r e s o as not

to r a i s e expe c t a t io ns o n a s o lut ion o f the Af qhan proble• . He

had wa nted to take advantaqe of the f i r s t oppor tuni ty af ter the

aqr eeaents had been r eached to expr e s s to the Fore iqn Mi ni ster

h i s apprec i a t ion f o r the co-ope r a t ion he had c o ns i s tent ly

extended to h i s Per so na l Repr es entat ive to�a r d s a s o lut ion of

the p r ob lem . F l ex i b i l i ty had been shown by bo th s ides . As he

had s a i d to the Fo r e iqn Mini s ter of Af qhani s ta n , wha t was now

impo r tant wa s the implementa t i o n of the Aqr eeaents , whi c h he

hoped tha t a l l par t ies wou ld c a r ry out in a s e r ious manner . As

f o r the Uni ted Nat ions , i t was indeed co .. i tted to

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On 4 June 1 9 8 7 a t 1 5 . 3 5 P r e s i dent Z i a a l Haq of Pa k i stan telephoned t he Sec r e t a ry-Gene ral .

He commu n i cated tha t he had rec e i ved a h i g h -powe r delegat ion f rom I ra n , led by Mr . Mi l S a l im a nd se nt by Pre sident Khamene i . The re we re a numbe r of I r a n i an deleg a t ions v i s i t i ng d i f f e r e nt cou nt r i e s at present a s Tehe ran was g i ven the fe e l i ng to be somewh a t i sol ated .

In the mee t i ng he had wi th Mr . S a l i m , he received the impre ss ion that Tehe r a n wa s ve ry keen to implement the sugge s t io n pu t forward by the Secr e tary-Gene ral the prev i ou s year to the e f fec t that the sec� r i ty of sh ipp i ng in the Gul f should be assu red a t a l l costs . The P r e s ide nt o f Pa k i s tan had asked h i s inter loc u t o r whe ther I r a n was prepared to have the UN in vo.lved in ensu r i ng the sec u r i ty of nav ig at ion in the Gul f . The I ranian inter loc u t o r had repl ied in the a f f i rmat ive , add i ng that the Gu lf s i tu a t ion wa s o f cou r se not connec ted with the wa r wi th I r aq . The Pre s i dent had detected flex i b i l i ty in the I r an ian po s i t i on and felt tha t pe r h aps Tehe ran wa s w i l l i ng to accept me d i a t ion by the UN on a larger i s sue , bu t s t a r t ing f i r st w i th the Gu lf . Mr . S a l im had made i t cle a r tha t , i f a ny mediation wo uld be accep ted , i t wo uld be o nly tha t of the Sec r e t ary-Gene r a l of t he UN .

The Sec r e tar y-Gene r a l b r i e f ly ref e r � ed to the ef fo r ts of the F i ve a nd the wo r k they were do ing wi th rega rd to the I r a n- I r aq wa r .

The P r e s i d ent repea ted h i s impre s s i o n tha t I r a n wa s t r y i ng to come o u t of i t s i so l a t ion a s t he Gu lf s i t u a t ion was a st epp ing s t one for f u r the r ac t i v i ty i n the d ip loma t ic f i e ld . I f f r ee navigat ion i n the a re a could be brought abo u t t h r o ugh UN mediat ion , i t wo uld dec rease the tens i on i n the a r e a .

The Sec r e t a r y -Gene r a l a s ked , on a con f i dent ial ba s i s , whe the r he could r e f e r to th i s conve r s a t i on and the content of i t .

The Presi dent rep l ied i n the af f i rmat ive .

He then repea ted h i s inv i t at ion t o the Sec r etar y-Gene ral to vi s i t Pa k i s t a n .

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2 . T he Secre tar y -Ge ner al than ked the Pre s i de nt and expre ssed appr e c i a t io n for the honour that the Pa k i st an i G over nme nt h ad bestowed o n h i m by s elec t i ng h im fo r c on ferment of the h i g he s t deco ra t io n of Pa k i s ta n . He s a i d he wo uld be in t o uch w i th the Ambas sado r o n . th a t qu e st i on .

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PAKISTX'FfMISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS PAKISTAN HOUSE

8 EAST 85TH STREET NEW YORK. N.Y. 1 0021

I have the honour to forward , herewith ,

a sealed cover conta ining a l etter from H i s Exc e l l ency

Mr . Mohammad Khan June j o , Pr ime Mi n i s ter of Paki s tan ,

addres sed to you .

P l ea s e acc ept , Exc e l lency , the a s surances

o f my highe s t cons idera t ion .

H i s Exc e l lency

( Aneesudd i hmed ) Charge d ' Affair es , a . i .

Mr . Javier Perez de Cue l lar , secretary-General o f the Un ited Na tions , U . N . Headquarters , New York .

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PRI M E M I N ISTER

H is Excellency Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary General of the United Nations, New York.

12- Zil Haj 1406 AH

i4 August 1 986

I would like to convey to Your Excellency my profound gratitude and appreciation for the warm welcome and gracious hospitality extendecf to me and to the memben of my entourage. My visit to the Uni1ed -States would have been incomplete without a visit to the United Nations.

I greatly value our exchange of views which, I hope, would help promote mutually satisfactory approaches to the important issues dis:ussed.

I take this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency and Madam Perez de Cuellar a most �llliaLlo.Yitation to visit.Paki$ta�. We look forward to welcoming you in our midst.

Please accept, Excellency, my best wishes for your health and well-bein.l and for the success of your noble endeavours. We pray for your speedy and complete recovery.

( Mohammad Khan Junejo )

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NOTA SOBRE LA REUNION DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL CON EL SECRETARIO DE ASUNTOS EXTERIORES DE LAS FILIPINAS

en l a Sede e l 3 de octubre de 1 9 8 9 a las 17 : 0 0 horas

Presentes

Secretario General

Sr . Virendra Dayal

Sr . Paul Kavanagh

Sra . Bianca Antonini

S . E . Sr . Raul Manglapus Secretar i o de Asuntos Exter i ores

Emb . Victor Garci a Director General , Oficina d e las Naciones Unidas y Organ i z ac iones I nternaci onales

Sr . Jose Lino Guerrero Director E jecutivo , Of icina de Asuntos Europeos

S . E . S r . Cl audio Teehankee Representante Permanente

El Secretario de Asuntos Exteriores di j o al Secretario General que queria entregarle una carta de l a Press Foundation of Asia para concurrir a Man i l a como orador principal ante la cuarta Asamblea de esa entidad , que habia de real i zarse entre e l 19 y 21 de febrero de 1 9 9 0 . En oportunidades anteri ores , habi an acudido los Secretaries Generales u Thant y Kurt Waldheim . En la pr6xima reuni6n , se anticipaba la probable presenc i a del Primer Ministro de la RepUbl ica de la India , senor Ra j iv Gandhi , y de la Primera Mini stro del Pakistan , senora Benazir Bhutto . En los pr6ximos dias el Secretario General recibiria el programa final . El Secretario di j o que su Gobierno se sentiria muy honrado con una visita de l Secretario General , quien tenia entendido nunca habi a via j ado a su pais .

El Secretario General agradeci6 l a invitaci6n , . que esperaba estar en condiciones de aceptar . Aunque no habia estado en las Filipinas desde que asumiera su cargo en las Naciones Unidas , habia visitado ese pai s como Vice-Ministro de Relaciones Exteri ores del Peru en 1 9 6 8 . No habia tenido interes en hacerlo durante el regimen anteri or , pero con la democracia le resultaria muy grato via jar a las F i l ipinas .

El Secretario di j o que se d i sponia a ofrecer una conferencia de prensa en la que expl icar i a la pos ici6n de su Gobierno sabre e l regreso de l cadaver de Marcos , un hecho que podia remover e l ambi ente po lit ico . Otro acontecimiento que suscitaba inquietud era

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la situacion de Panama , donde habia habido un jefe m i l itar de ese pai s , General Nori ega . su democrata cristiano panamefio Ri cardo Arias arrestado la semana anterior .

intento de derrocar al amigo , el dirigente

Calderon , habia sido

El Secretario General manifesto que aparentemente las fuerzas partidarias de Nori ega habian reaccionado y recuperado terrene frente a los rebe ldes , pero todavia no podia evaluarse a ciencia ci erta cual era la s i tuacion . Durante la tarde habia hablado ante la Asamblea General el Presidente Provis ional de Panama luego de haber participado de un almuer zo de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno ofrecido par el Secretari o General . Desde · el punta de vista tecnico , las Naciones Unidas eran una Organ i z aci6n real ista y pragmatica que reconoce a quien detente el poder sin abrir juicios de val or .

El Secretario di j o que hubiera querido v i s itar el Peru con motive de la proyectada real i zaci6n de la segunda reuni6n de nuevas democracias , pero lamentablemente el Gobierno peruano habia ten ido que cancelar e l encuentro .

En cuanto a su intervencion ante la retomar l a cuesti6n de l a deuda externa al discurso del afio anter ior . El Gobierno Secretari o General su apoyo a un proyecto tema .

As amblea Genera l , pensaba que habia dedicado su

de las F i l i pinas pedia al de reso luci6n sabre el

El Secretario General d i j o que , par proceder del tercer mundo , asignaba una gran importanci a a la cuestion , que estaba a fectando no s6lo a paises clasicamente considerados en vias de desarrollo , sino tambien a otros , como Polonia y Yugos lavia . Exi stia un interes casi universal por lograr soluciones rapidas , practicas y concretas .

Bianca Antonini/lz 4 de octubre de 1 9 8 9

Present :

Notes on a .aet inq in the Secretary-Genera l ' s Off ice on wednesday , 30 Septembe r 1987 , at 10 . 3 0 a . • .

The secretary-General

H . E . Mr . Manue l T . Yan Acting secretary for Foreign Affaire

of the Philippines

H . E . Mr . Emmanuel Pelaez " Acting Per.anent Representative

to the United Nat ions and �asador of the Phi l ippines ­

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I n conclusion , the Act ing Secretary said he hoped the Secretary-General would find the opportunity to v i sit the Ph i l ippine s . The Secretary-General responded that he had v i s i ted the Ph i l ippines several years ago and that he wou ld be pleased to pay a v i s i t in his capaci ty as Secretary-Gene ral, espec ially s i nce the country now had a democrat ic Government . He said the wou ld include a v i s i t to the Ph i l ipp ines in h i s prog ramme for the future and would be in contact with the Pe rmanent Representat ive in that regard .

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h e ld at U n i ted N a t ions Headquar ter s on 1 1 Oc tober 19 8 5 a t 12 . 0 0 hour s

P r e sent :

Th e Secr e ta r y- Gene r a l Mr . Ahmed Mr . Dayal Mr . Kavanagh

H . E . Mr . P . A . C a s t r o For e i g n M i n i s ter o f the Ph i l i pp i n e s

H . E . Mr . L . Mor eno- S a lcedo Per manent Repr e s en t a t i v e o f the Ph i l i pp i n e s to the U n i ted N a t i ons

one a ide

. Tne For e ign M i n i s ter conv eyed h i s gover nment ' s cong r a t ul a t i ons to the O r g an i z a t ion on the occas ion of the for t i e th Ann iv e r s ar y o f i ts found i ng toge ther w i th the per sonal good w i s h e s o f P r e s ident Marco s . Whi le the P r e s ident r eg r e t ted that c i r c ums tances did no t pe r m i t h i m to v i s i t UNHQ at th i s t i me , h� had none the l e s s ar r angeo for the p u b l i c a t ion of a s i ng le v o l ume to mar k the Ann i v er s a r y . The Secr etary- Gener a l r ec a l led h i s pr ev i o u s me e t ing w i th P r e s ident --­

Mar co s a na expr e s sed h i s app r ec i a t i on o f th i s though t f u l g e s t ur e . He r eg r e t ted n 9 n e the l e s s tha t the Pr es i d e n t was unable to come to New Yor k at th i s t ime . The Mi n i s ter i nd icated t h a t Madame Mar c o s would · addr e s s the A s s embly on 1 8 Oc tober and wo u ld pr e se n t the Sec r e t a r y-Gene r a l w i th a copy o f the P r e s i d e n t ' s book . The S e c r e tary- G ene r a l sa id he wou ld be pleased to accept the-­pr esenta t i o n .

The S e c r e tary- G e ne r a l as ked th e Mi n i s t er for h i s o p i n i on r eg a r d i ng the s i tu a t ion i n S o u th E a s t A s i a . He me n t i oned th a t he had mee t i ng s w i th many of the For e i gn Mi n s i ter s and other leader s in the r e g ion in the pa s t wee k s . He a t tached par t i c u l a r impo r tance to the v i ews of M i n i s ter Ca s tr o in v i ew of h i s c u r r e n t pos i t i o n as Cha i r man o � the S t a nd i ng Comm i ttee o f ASEAN .

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i n d i c a ted ag r eement to the Ma l ay s i an pr opo s a l (or pr ox i m i ty tal k s , i . e . b e tween the author i t i e s in Ph nom P e nh on t h e one n and and the CGDK on the o th e r . Per h aps V i e tnam c o u ld accept an e n l a r ged ver s i on o f th i s for ma t to inc l ude V i etnam i t se l f , one ASEAN cou n t r y and one cou n t r y f r om o u t s ide the r e g ion , pe r h aps A u s t r i a . M r . Ahmed and the Secr e tary- Gene r a l b o th po i n ted o u t that A u s t r i a c o u ld b e a n i n ter e s t i n g opt i on in v i ew o f i ts cha i r man s h i p o f IG K . The M i n i s ter i n ter j ected " as I s a i d , ther e we r e pos i t iv e s ig n s tna t pr og r e s s m i gh t b e made towards a common u nder s tand i ng i n the cour se o f t ime" . I n the mea n t i me , n e r eg r e tt ed , the exod u s o f r e f ug e e s con t i n u ed ana to cope w i th th i s , the P h i l ippi nes would ma i n ta i n a l a r g e r e f ugee pr oce s s i n g z one as we l l as two o th e r t r a n s i t camp fac i l i t i e s .

The M i n i s te r then r a i sed the que s t ion o f the appo i n tmen t o f a new H i g h Comm i s s ioner f o r Re f uge e s . The Sec r e tary- Gene r a l po i n ted out th a t h i s r o le was to nom i n a te a cand i d a t e : the decis i o n , he s a id , w o u ld be made oy the membe r s o f the G ener a l A s s e mbly . Ther e wer e at l e a s t f ive cand i d a t e s i n the f ie ld and pr o bably a n umber o f d a r k h o r s e s , n o t lea s t o f whom m i g h t b e t h e pr e s e n t i nc umbent . The Sec r e ta r y-Ge ne r a l would beg in cons u l t a t i ons in N ov embe r f o l lowing th e commemo r a t iv e per i od . He would so und o u t th e r eg ional g r o ups to a s c e r t a i n wh ich c a nd i date nad the g r e a t e s t chanc e of be ing accepted in t h e A s s embly . He r emar ked t h a t the Egypt i an cand i d a te M i n i s ter Bo u t r o s Gh a l i appea r ed to n av e w i de spr ead s uppo r t among developing c o u n t r i e s . The M i n i s ter ment ioned th a t Mr . Bo u t r o s Gh a l i had v i s i<ed Ma n i la in t h i s r eg a r d .

Be f o r e the me e t i ng c l o s e d , th e Mi �i s te r r e newed h i s g ov e r nme n t ' s inv i ta t i o n to the Secr e t a r y-G ener a l to pay a n o f f ic i al v i s i t to t h e P h i l ippine s . The Secr e t a ry- Gene r a l r ec a l led w i tn ·

plea s u r e a v i s i t he had p a i d to tne c o u n t r y many yea r s be for e and s a i d t h a t h e would v e r y much l i k e to r e peat tne e xper i e nce . He had not ye t , n owev e r , f o c u s s ed n i s f u l l a t te n t i o n on h i s p r og r amme for 1 9 8 6 . Tne M i n i s ter po i n ted o u t th a t the Sec r e ta r y-Gener a l ' s pr edeces s o r s , D r . Wa ldhe im and U Th a n t n ad bo th v i s i t ed the Ph i l i pp i ne s in o f f ice . The Sec r e tary- G ene r a l r e s ponded t h a t n e d i d n o t w i s h t o b e the excep t i o n . · /

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556 FIFTH AVENUE

NEW YORK. N. Y 10036

AREA CODE 12121 764·1300

14 February 1983

� .Mr . Secretary-General ,

I have the honor to quote heretmcler the text of a message sent to you by the Minister for Fbreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines :

"Your Excellency,

In behalf of the President of the Republic of the Philippines , I have the ronor to invite you J:Q__ visit <;>ur country as official guest of the Philippine �nt . 'nle dates of your visit SC�tetirre iii the �n� (���_y_ J,.9f3_j _ _ frnist re by mutual agieanent between your office and our Philippine Mission in New York. 'nlis invitation includes Mrs . Perez de CUellar.

Carlos P . IOnulo Minister for Foreign Affairs"

I �d be pleased to ccrrvey your reply to Minister R::lrm.llo .

Sincerely yours ,

� ' �\.N'vO- ��� LUIS IDRENJ-SALCEOO

Pennanent Representative

His Excellency Mr. Javier Perez de CUellar

Secretary-General Uniterl Nations

New York , N.Y. 10017

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�OTES OF MEETING BETWEEN THE SECRETA.RY-GENERA.L AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF w.ESTERN SAMOA HELD AT HE.AIX(UARTERS 1 � 6 Ocr'OBER 198:3 , AT 15 : 00

Jotr • Javier PERl!"2. d e Ct.IEI.IAR, Secretary-General

Jotr . Rateeuidin .AHMED, Under-Secretary-General, PATD

Mr . Ricbard W. WATHEN, PATD

H .E. Mr . Tofil.au Eti ALESANA, Prime Minister of Western S811oa

Mr . I.e.uoro METI, Foreign Minister of Western Samoa

Mr . Maiava Iulai TC»4A,

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ME- . Paul KAV.AMAOOH, O:tnce or the Secretary-GeDeral

Per11allent Representative c4 Western Saaoa to the Un1 ted Nations

The PriJie Minister expressed his appreciation and support of the United Naticms e:rtorts to ac:hieve peace in the vor ld .

'!he Secretary-General velc:clled the Prime Minister to the United Nations Headquarters, the Organi.zatic:m or vhic:h Samoa had been a Meaber for the past seven years . He expressed the hope that Sailo& vas satisfied vi th the co-operation :trca

the various asencies , including UNDP, UNICEF, FAO am others . Remarkillg on the vastness or the Pacific, be noted that the small.er the country . concerned the more assistance vas needed .

Mr . Ahmed observed that . the South Pacific Games held thiS year in Samoa vas an

�xample or how to conduct. international and regicaal co-operation successt'ully . The Secretary-General noted that areas or serious internaticmal concern were not

tar away :traD Samoa . The United Natioas vas lookiilg into ways to solve the problems in South East Asia, suc:h as the question or aiding the 'Iha1a vi th the rising nl.Dber

. or re:tugees Within their borders . Much depended an mutual relations or the Soviet

Union am China and the ettect that this had Clll Asia . The Prime M1nister cited the varioua ways to approach the questions in tlle

area . The South Pacific ForUII vas one ; in August, it had held its amual meeting in

Canberra. The South PacU'ic Games gave not CXlly the sports peoples a chance to

meet but also the leaders or the regicm ; its theme vas hOW' to help each other . The Prime Minister asked Mr . Perez de Cuellar to :t>e the first Secretary-General

to pay a visit to Samoa. .

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Having regard to forest fires that had recently caused much damaae in Samoa,

Mr . Ahmed made reference to the United Nations Disaster Relief Organization (UNDRO) in Geneva. '!be Prille Min1ster stated that be had declared a disaster area ; thanks

to help t'raa New Zealand , 'Which had sent tire righters to .the area, the country had

been able to cope so ta:r with the problem . It had been caused by a six-month drought,

vhich bai begun in 1982 in the cocoa growing area .

On the Sec:retary-General ' s remarks concerning a slCN process in relation to

Nev Caledcmia, the Prime Minister said that the South PacU'ic Fcr\D had raised the

question aDd that be voul4 ll&ke reference to it in his general debate statement .

He vas gratetul to the Frenc::b Government to grant it independence in due t1Jie .

Ambassadcr Tcma pointed out that the indigenous peoples , the Kanak& , constituting

some 40 per cent or the total population, vere orten outvoted because or the existing

voting proc:eclures and , tar that reasan, there vas al"WB\YS the possibUity of their

genuine visbes being disregarded .

Mr . Abmed referred to nuclear veapons tests in the South Pacitic . The

Sec:retary-General recalled that, as representative or Peru, be had Joined vit.h Austruia,

Nev Zealand am others in protest against the French tests 1n the region .

Cancernirlg French Polynesia, Ambas sador Tcma stated that . the people vere not yet

at the point ot development or New Caledonia concerning iDdependence ; there vere

various shades or opinian in the population on the issue .

On the question ot merger or the South Pacitic Caami.ssion vi t.h the South Pacitic

:Forum, the idea had not yet been vell accepted , Ambassador Tam pointed out ; vhereas

the French and the United States territories 1n the Pacific vere members or the South

Pacific _ Caalll1ssion, they could not become 7orum members \mtU they had· attAined

iniependence .

The meeting rose at 15 : 20

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NOT!S OF MI!ZTOO BETWEEN TB1 SECRBTARY-GBNERAL AND '1m: PRIMB MINISTER OF WPHI'BRN SAMOA HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, CIC 6 OC'l'OBER 1963, AT 15 : 00

Mr . Javier PEREZ de Ct.JBLLAR, Secretary-General

Mr . Rateeuddin AHMED, Under-secretary-General, PATD

Mr . Richat-d r-W , PATD Mr . Paul IAV. 1

Ottice ot Secretary-General

B .E. Mr . Totil&u Eti ALESAMA, Priae Minister ot Western Seaoa

Mr . lauoto METI, Foreisn Minister of Western SaiiO&

Mr . Maiava Iulai TCifA., Penaanent Representative ot Western suoa to the Un1 ted Raticns

The Prille Minister expressed his appreciation and suppOrt ot the United Rations

ettorts to achieve peace in tbe world .

The Secretary-General welcc.ed the Prille Minister to the United Rations

Headquarters, the Organizaticn of which Suoa had been a Meaber tor the J8st seven

years . He expressed the hope that SaJIO& was satisfied vi th the co-operation tra. the various qencies, including UNDP, UNICEF, FAO am others . Rearlt1ng 011 the

vastness at the Pacific, he noted that the s-.ller the country concerned the aore

assistance was needed •

Mr . Abaed observed that the South Pacific GUles held this year in Suoa was an

exallple of how to conduct internaticnal and regicaal co-operaticn successtully .

The Secretary-General noted that areas of serious internaticmal. concern were not

tar avrq trca Sa110e. . The United Nati0118 vas looking into �s to solve the problems

in South East Asia, such as the questicn of aiding the 'lhaia with the rising nlllber

of refugees w1 thin their borders . Much depemed on mutual relations of the Soviet

Union and China aDd the ettect that this had on Asia .

The Prille Minister cited the various ways to approach the questions in the

area. The SOU'tA· Pacific For\11 was one ; in August, it had held its ann\al MetiDg in

Canberra. The South Pacific Galles gave not CDl.y the sports peoples a chance to meet but also the leaders of the regicm ; its theae was how to help each other .

\ \\ The Prille Minister asked Mr . Perez de Cuellar to be the first Secretary-General \\ \\to p8/f a visit to soaoe. . �he Secretary-r-ene ral gave a non committal re!'lY .

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Bav1zls regard to forest tires that bad recently caused auch dalla8e in S11110

Mr . Ahlled !lade reference to the United Nations Disaster Relief Orpnizatian (UN: in Geneva. '!be Pri.Jie Minister stated that be bad declared a disaster area ; tha: to help trca Nev Zealand, vhic:h had sent tire tigbters to t.he area, the country

been able to cope so tar with the problea. It had been caused by a six-llallth d.;

which ha1 begm1 in 1982 in the cocoa grOiiing area.

On the Secretary-General ' s reM.rks ccmcerning a slow process in relation 't4

New Caledcmia, the Prbae Minister said that the South PacU'ic For\11 bad raised ·

question and that he would make reference to it in his general debate stateaent

Be was gratef'ul to the French Goverm�ent to grant it independence in due tille .

Aabassador TCIII& pointed out that the indigeDOUS peoples, the Kanak&, const

sale 40 per cent ot the total pOpulation, were otten outvoted because ot the ex

voting procedures and, tor tbat reas011, there was alW8ifs the possibility of the

genuine wishes being disregarded .

Mr . Ahmed referred to nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific . The

Secretary-General recalled that, as representative of Peru, he had Joined with ,

New Zealand am others in protest against the French testa in the region .

Concerning French Polynesia, Aabassador Tcma stated tbat the people were n

at the po:lnt ot develOJ8ent ot New Caledonia concerning independence ; there wer1

various shades ot op:lnicm in the pOpulation on the issue .

On tbe question ot aerger ot the South Pacific C�ssicm vi th tbe South p,

Forua, the idea bad not yet been well accepted , Alllbassador Tcma pointed out ; wh1

the French and the United States territories in the Pacif'ic vere lllelllbers ot the

Pacific Calmlis sion, they could not bec<De !'Drl8 lllelllbers tmtU they bad attAined

independence .

The meetin§ rose at 15 :20

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NOTES OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ' S MEET ING WITH THE M IN ISTER OF INFORMAT ION OF THE DEMOCRAT IC SOCIAL IST REPUBL IC OF SR I LANKA

held at United Nations Headquarter s on Tuesday, 2 8 November 1 9 8 9 , at 1 1 . 0 0 hou r s.

Present :

The Secretary-General

Mr. Kavanagh

H. E . M r. A. J. Ranasinghe Minister of In formation

of the Democratic Socialist Republic of S ri Lanka

H. E. Daya Perera Permanent Representative of the

Democratic Socialist Republic of S ri Lanka to the U. N.

Mr. Asela Ranasinghe Third Secretary, Permanent Mission

of the Democratic Socialist Republic of S ri Lanka to the U. N.

The Minister explained that the situation in his country was " prog ressing very well " . He anticipated that its principal problems would be solved by March or April 1 9 9 0 . The President had successfully identified the root causes of the nation ' s dif ficulties and was " treating the patient" cor rectly.

The Minister spoke of the immemorial f riendship between his country and India. He pointed to the cultu ral and religiou s affinities between them. " India is ou r best . f riend and will not let us down. " New Delhi had p romised that the entire IPKF would be withdrawn by 3 1 December 1 9 8 9 . The Gover nment in Colombo was certain that India would car ry out that promise.

The Government of S ri Lanka, added the Minister, had come to g rips with the militant Sinhalese activists who had been represented largely by the JVP.

The Secretary-General was pleased to hea r such a positive per spective. S ri Lanka, · he said, deserved great support f rom the United Nations. He himself followed with interest the situation in the country. He was certain that whatever Indian Gove rnment was in of fice would act honou rably in respect of that nation ' s international commitments.

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The Minister renewed hi s Gove r nment ' s inv i t a t i o n to the Sec ret a ry-Gene r a l to pay an o f f i c i a l v i s i t to S r i La nka . "Your next v i s i t to the reg i o n , Mr . Sec ret a ry-Gene r a l , mu s t inc lude a s top in ou r count ry . " The Secretary-Gener a l a l luded to t he d i f f i cu l t i e s that had prevented him in the p a s t f rom t a king up that inv i t at ion . The Min ister rej o i ned that by 1 9 9 0 , these f a c t o r s wou l d no longer p rev a i l . The Secre t a ry-Gene r a l spoke o f h i s af fect i o n f o r S r i Lanka and o f h i s f r i end s hip with many o f its c i t i z ens w i t h whom he had wo rked over the ye a r s . He was determined to v i s i t S r i Lanka be fore h i s term o f o f f ice d r ew to a c l o s e . He hoped that he cou ld v i s i t the r e in 1 9 9 0 .

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he ld a t Un i ted N a t i on s He adqua r t e r s on Mond ay , 2 October 1 9 8 9 , a t 1 8 . 0 0 hour s .

P re s ent :

O r i g : SG cc : Mr . Gou l d i ng

The Sec reta ry-Gene r a l H . E . The Hon . Ranj an Wi j era tne Mini s t e r f o r Fo re i gn Af f a i r s

Mr . Ahmee. • of the Demo c r a t i c Soci a l i s t Repub l i c o f S r i Lanka

Mr . Kavanagh H . E . Mr . Daya Pe r e r a Pe rmanent Rep resent a t ive of S r i L anka to the Un i ted Na t i ons

One O f f i ci a l

The meet ing was b r i e f and took the f o rm e s s ent i a l ly o f a

cou rtesy c a l l . The conve r s a t ion touc hed on t he Midd le E a s t

and southern Af r ic a .

A s the mee t ing conc luded , the Minister renewed to the

Secre t a ry-Gene r a l S r i La nka ' s s t and i ng inv i t a t i on f o r him

to v i s i t the count ry . The Secreta ry-General , in response ,

a l luded ob l i que ly to the secu r i ty cons i de r a t i ons that had

i nte rvened to p revent him f rom v i s i t i ng S r i L anka e a r l ie r

thi s ye a r . He p r omi s ed to g ive thi s inv i t a t i on mo s t c a refu l

cons ide r a t i on f o r 1 9 9 0 .

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NOTES ON THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ' S MEET ING WITH THE MI NI STER FQR FORE IGN AFFAIRS OF THE DEMOCRAT IC SOC IAL I ST REPUBL IC OF SRI LANKA

he ld at Un i ted Nati ons Headquar ters on Tue sday , 26 Apr i l 1 9 8 8 , at 1 1 . 1 5 a . m .

Pre sent :

The Secreta ry-Gene r a l

Mr . de Soto

Mr . Kavanagh

Official Visit to Sri Lanka (1989)

H . E . Mr . A . C . Shahu l Hameed Mini ster for Fo reign Af f a i r s

of the Democ r a t i c Soci a l i s t � Republ i c of S r i Lanka

H . E . Mr . Daya Perera Permanent Rep resent at ive of

the Democ r a t i c Soci a l i s t Republ i c of S r i Lanka to the Un i t ed Na t i ons

The Minister renewed h i s Gove rnment ' s i nv i t a t ion for the Sec reta ry-Gene r a l to pay an o f f i c i a l v i s i t to S r i Lanka . I n response , the Secretary-General s a id that he wou ld be very p lea sed to do so . The i nvitat ion was a long - s t and ing one and i t w a s only the g reat demands o n h i s prog r amme that had p revented him f r om accept i ng up to now . He wa s thinking that i t mi ght be s u i t able to unde rtake the v i s i t in Janu a ry o r Feb rua ry 1 9 8 9 , in conj unct ion with v i s i t s to a numbe r of other count r ies in the reg i on . The Minister we lcomed thi s response and i t was ag reed that the Sec reta ry-Gener a l ' s Off ice and the Pe rmanent Rep resent at ive wou ld rema in in touch concerning the det a i l s .

The re was a b r i e f conve r s a t ion on the s i tuation re l a t i ng to Afghani s t an .

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Situation in Sri Lanka At the request of the Sec reta ry-Gener a l , the Minister g ave

a b r i e f i ng on the cur rent s i tuation i n S r i Lanka . The I nd i a n Peace-keep i ng Fo rce cont i nued to be dep loyed i n the no rthern and eastern p rovinces . The Fo rce had been i n S r i Lanka s i nce e a r ly August l a s t ye a r but wa s as yet una ble to b r i ng the tr oublesome a reas fu l ly unde r cont ro l . The Tami l f i ghters we re heav i ly a rmed and enj oyed the suppo r t of a ma j o r lobby in Tami l Na du Provi nce i n south I nd i a . I n the wo rds of Pr ime Mini ster Ghand i , the I nd i a n t r oops we re f i ght i ng •wi th one a rm t i ed beh i nd the i r , back• . Th i s was so bec ause of the l i ke ly effect i n Tami l Nadu of any unt r amme l l ed ons l aught by the Ind i an t roops i n S r i La nka .

Cont i nuing , the Mini ster s a id that the no rthern prov ince now enj oyed re lat ive peace and stabi l i ty . I n the ea s t , howeve r , the s i tu a t i o n rema i ned dangerous . Not only had the Buddh i s t S i nha lese popu l at ion suf fered bu t , in addi tion , there appea red to be i n p l ace a de l i berate s t r at egy on the part of the Tami l f ighte r s to dr ive out the Mu s l im popu l a t i on . Th i s l a tter community was not pa rty to the essent i a l d i spute bu t . thi s had not p revent ed them f r am becoming vict ims of i t . Many had been ob l i ged to f lee for the i r l i ves . De s p i te th i s s i tu a t i o n , the · � chances we re good that the I nd i an t roops would have the s i tuation · i n the east ern province unde r cont ro l within two months o r so ( i . e . , by the end of June ) .

•Meanwhi l e • , cont i nued the Mini ste r , •we a r e keep ing to ou r schedu le with reg a rd to the agreement on con s t i tu t i ona l a r r ang ement s . We a re press ing ahead wi th the p r oce s s o f devo lut i on o f powe rs t o the prov i nces , of wh ich there a r e nine i n a l l . E lect i ons wi l l t a ke p l ace i n four p rov i nces on 28 Ap r i l and i n three mo re on 2 June . The po l l s in the no rthern and e a s tern p rov i nces shou ld take p l ace by the end of Ju ly . Thi s wi l l s i gna l the comp l et ion of the p r ocess of devo lut ion . Within the f r amewo rk of a un i t a ry cons t i tut ion , a fede r a l sys tem wi l l be i n p l ace . Each prov i nce wi l l have i t s own chief min i ster and cabinet . Leg i s lat ive and execut ive funct ions wi l l be d i scha rged at the prov i nc i a l leve l . Th i s rep resent s the maximum deg ree o f p rov inc i a l autonomy that has been accepted i n mode rn t imes by the Cent r a l Gove rnment of any un i t a ry democ r a t ic state . •

The Mini ster po i nted out the other problems that were a cause of concern . Ext remi s t s among the S i nha lese popu l a t i on , l a rgely concent ra ted i n the south , had oppo sed the agreement and wou ld cont i nue to oppo se i t s imp lement at ion . The • te r r o r i s t threat • o r i g i na t i ng in these qu arters could , however , p robab ly be cont a i ned i n v i ew o f the f act that i t did not bene f i t f rom any s igni f i c ant out s i de suppo rt no r was · the re any powe r f u l lobby pus h i ng i t s case ove rse as .

The Mi n i s ter est imated the numbe r o f a rmed S i nha lese to be i n the reg ion of 1 , 5 0 0 to 2 , 0 0 0 . Th i s ext reme fact ion was not a new e lement . In 1 9 7 1 , they had t r ied to s e i ze powe r f rom the then P r i me Min i ste r , Mr s . Banda rana i ke . At that t ime , they had · managed to wrest tempo r a ry cont r o l o f some a reas o f the count ry . They had f a i led i n the i r efforts on that occa s i on , however , and the i r suppo rt among the Sinha lese popu l at i on rema i ned s l i ght .

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Acco rd i ng ly , i n the Mi n i s te r ' s v i ew , by the end o f Ju ly , a l l the nece s s a ry e lements would be i n p l ace fo r the comp le t i on o f t he devo lut i o n p roces s . Gene r a l and p r e s i dent i a l e lect ions wou ld t a ke p l ace by t he end o f the yea r . The I nd i a n t roops could w i t hd r aw by Sept ember/Oc tober . By that t ime , the Gove rnment i n De l h i wou ld b e a b l e t o wi thd r aw the t roops wi thout l o s i ng f ace . O r i g i na l ly , the t roops had come to S r i L a nka i n a peace-keep i ng r o l e but events had moved on s i nce August and t he I nd i ans had become mo re emb r o i l ed in t he s i tuat ion .

Summing up , the Mi n i s t e r s a i d that t he months ahead wou Ld b e d i f f i cu l t f o r h i s count ry but he hoped that by the end o f t he ye a r , i t wou ld be on an even kee l . The Secretary-General we lcomed t �i s a s ses sment .

Befo re t he meet i ng c lo sed , t he re was a b r i e f exchange on economi c deve lopment s i n Sri L anka .

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held at Uni ted Nat i ons Headqua rters on Tuesday , 4 Octobe r 1 9 8 8 , at 12 . 4 5 hour s .

Present :

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Mr . de Soto

Mr . Kavanagh

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H . E . Mr . A . C . Shahul Hameed Mini s ter f o r Fo reign Af f a i r s

o f S r i Lanka

H . E . Mr . Daya Perera Pe rmanent Representat ive

of S r i Lanka to the U . N .

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Having cong r atu lated the Sec reta ry-Gener a l on the recent awa rd of the Nobe l Peace Prize to the U . N . Peace-keeping Fo rces , the Minister b r i efed the Secreta ry-Gene r a l on the s i tuat ion in h i s count ry . He spoke as f o l lows :

"We have now establi shed the eight Reg ional Counc i l s . There had been e lect i ons to seven o f them . The e lection to the eighth ( in the eas tern and no rthern province s ) wi l l be he ld in November . Once thi s has happened , the devo lut ion process wi l l have been comp leted .

"We sha l l a l so be ho lding pres ident i a l e lect i ons in December of thi s yea r . According to our Cons t i tution , the Pres ident may serve only two ful l terms . Thi s , Pres ident Jayawa rdene wi l l have done by the end of the yea r . In these c i rcumstances , Pr ime Mini ster Premadasa i s running f o r the p re s idency , as a l so i s fo rmer Pres ident Bandarana i ka . The elect ion wi l l take p l ace in mid-Decembe r .

" Pa r l i ament a ry elect ions wi l l have to be he ld before July 1 9 8 9 at which stage , the mandate · o f the present Pa r l i ament wi l l expi re . In the past month , the Government has won three out o f four by-e lecti ons .

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" The Gove rnment at p resent f i nds i t s e l f pi tted between two g roups o f terro r i sts . In the No rth and particu l a r ly in the Ea s t , the extreme Tami l s s ay that the Gove rnment has no t done enough to meet the concerns of the Tami l popu l a t i on . In the south me anwhi le , the ext reme member s o f the Si nha lese commun ity s ay that the Gove rnment has done too much in that reg a rd .

" The I nd i a n Army has comp leted i t s a s s i gnment in the No rth . I t has not , howeve r , comp leted the p r ocess of br ing ing the te r ro r i s t s fu l ly unde r cont ro l in the E a s t . The I ndi ans a l s o are anxious to comp lete the i r wo r k . The i r p resence i s becoming mo re o f a n i s sue no t l e a s t in I nd i a . The I nd i an peop le had unde r s tood the i r t r oops to be in S r i Lanka on a peace-keep ing mi s s i on and are puz z l ed to see them die f o r a cause to which they a r e not dedicated .

" I feel no nethe les s that by next ye a r , we shou ld be see i ng some l i ght . We s hou ld be emerging f rom the wood s at that s t age . "

The Secretary-General hoped very much that the Mi ni s ter was cor rect in h i s l a s t asses sment . Fo r h i s part , he f o l lowed c l o s e ly the s i tuat ion in S r i Lanka . He hoped that a so lut ion wou ld soon be found _to a l low the fo reign t roops to leave , even i f , a � - ��s iecogniz.d , . they we re in S r i Lanka with the consent of the Government . The Secreta ry-Gener a l was not ce r t a i n , howeve r , a s t o how the U . N . cou ld he lp in cu r r ent c i r cums t ances .

I n response , the Minister s aid that h i s Government apprec i a t ed gre a t ly the conce rn wh ich the Secret a ry-Gene r a l had exp res sed f o r the s i tuat ion i n S r i Lanka ever s i nce 1 9 83 . The Secreta ry-Genera l had o f f e red a hand o f co-operation and of good advice . I t was for thi s reason that the Mini s t e r took care to brief the Sec reta ry-Gene r a l in de t a i l each t ime he v i s i ted New Yo rk . The Sec ret a ry-Gener a l appreci ated thi s and he ment ioned to tho s e interes ted that the Mini ster took the t roub le to br ief him .

The Mi nister remi nded the Secreta ry-Gene r a l of the i nv i t at i on that h i s Government had extended the Sec reta ry-Gene r a l to pay a n o f f i ci a l v i s i t t o S r i Lanka . The invi tat ion was a long-st and ing one . The Secretary-General recognized thi s . He f e l t that he wou ld be i n a po s i t ion to accept f o r March o f 1 9 8 9 , at which t ime h e would a l s o be vi s i t ing I nd i a to accept the Jawaha r l a l Nehru Awa rd . He would a l s o be v i s i t i ng Nepa l , Bhutan and Bang l ade s h , f ive count r ies i n a l l . The Minister a s ked why the Sec ret a ry-Gener.a l did no t t ake the oppo r tunity to v i s i t Paki s t an and the Ma ld ives so that he cou ld comp lete a o f the SAARC count r i e s . The Secretary-Genera l exp l a i ned that

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a v i s i t to P a ki s t an wou ld ent a i l a s a consequence a v i s i t to Afghan i s t an and such a comb i n a t i o n might a t thi s s t age comp l icate hi s l i f e s omewhat . As it wa s , t he v i s i t t o the f ive count r i es would p robably t a ke about 2 0 days .

The Minister s a id that he wou ld be anx i ous to cont i nue to s e rve on t he Adv i s o ry Boa rd fo r D i s a rmament Stud i e s . The Secreta ry-Gener a l wa s ag reeab le .

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he ld at United Nations Headqu a rters on 12 October 1 9 8 7 at 9 . 3 0 a . m .

Present :

The Sec ret a ry-Gene r a l Mr . Alva ro de Soto Mrs . Flo rence Pomes

H . E . Mr . R . Premad a s a H . E . Mr . N . Wi j ewa rdane , Permanent Rep resent at ive of Sri Lanka

to the United Nati ons

The conversat ion cente red a round the Internat iona l Yea r of She lter f o r the Home less and in particu l a r the observance of the Yea r in the p lena ry on that ve ry same day . Both the Secret a ry-Gene r a l and Pr ime Mi ni ster Premadasa would address the Genera l Assembly on that occ a s i on .

The Prime Minister noted that hi s propo s a l to ce lebrate an I nterna t i ona l Yea r of She lter f o r the Home less dated back to 1 9 8 0 . The Assemb ly had f i na l ly ag reed to the ce lebr at i on th ree yea r s ago . He commented on the v a r ious act ivit ies unde rt aken throughout the ye a r and dwe lt in p a r t i cu l a r on the prog r ams c a r ried out in Sri Lanka whe re young people were being taught how to bui ld the i r own home and thus rapidly bec ame self-emp loyed . Fo rty-f ive thousands youth had been t r a i ned for that purpo s e , espec i a l ly in rur a l a reas . The result was that , cont r a ry t o many deve loping countries , in S ri Lanka , the popu l at i on had begun to mi g rate back to the rur a l a reas . By introduc ing hea lth , cultu r a l and educ at i on prog rams i n these a reas , the Government had been able t o cont r o l the mi g r at ion of the popu l ation whi ch wa s now leav ing the big c i t ies .

The Secretary-General cong ratul ated the Mi ni ster for his va lua ble initi at ive and h i s own achi evements in S r i Lanka and he expres sed the hope that Governments wou ld ser ious ly fo l low-up the i r e f f o r t s du r i ng the Yea r . He re fe rred in p a r t i cu l a r to the d i f f i cu lt ies encountered to fo l low up the Gene r a l Assembly Spec i a l Ses s i on o n the c r i t ica l s i tuation in Af r ic a . Bec ause of the f inanc i a l c r i s i s , Membe r St ates we re re luctant to set up the nece s s a ry f o l low-up mechani sm .

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The Prime Minister conc luded the meet ing by extending a n off ici a l inv i t at ion to the Sec ret ary-Gene r a l to v i s i t h i s count ry . �

The Sec ret a ry-Genera l indi cated that indeed he had in mind a vi s i t i n the reg i on f o r next ye a r . The Mi n i s t er hav i ng s t r e s s ed that June is the be st month of the ye a r to vi s i t the area , the Sec ret a ry-Gene r a l a s s ured him that be wou ld be i n- touch wi th Amb a s s ado r Wi j ewa rdane to p ropo se a few dates for hi s v i s i t . He wou ld indeed be ha ppy to v i s i t the count ry of the reg ret ted President of the Law of t he Sea Confe rence- Mr . Shi r ley Ame r a s i n ghe and Mr . Gamani Co rea , fo rme r Sec ret a ry-Genera l of UNCTAD .

The Mi ni ster handed ove r a few souveni r s f r om h i s count ry to the Sec reta ry-Gener a l . The meet i ng ended at 10 a . m .

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WI TH THE FORE I GN MI N I STER OF SRI LANKA , H . E . MR . A . C . SHAHUL HAMEED

h e ld at Un i ted N a t i o n s He adqua r ter s on Tuesday , 2 5 Aug u s t 1 9 8 7 , a t l l h 4 5

Pr e s e n t :

Th e Sec r e ta r y - Gene r a l

Mr . Kav a n a g h

H . E . Mr . A . C . Shah u l Hameed Min i s te r for Fo r e i gn A f f a i r s o£ the Democ r a t i c Soc i a l i s t Repu b l i c o f S r i Lan k a

H . E . Mr . N i s s a n k a W i j ewa r d a n e Pe r ma n e n t Rep r e s e n t a t i v e o f the Democ r a t ic Soc i a l i s t Repu b l i c o f S r i L a n k a t o t h e Un i ted N a t i o n s

The For e ign M i n i s t e r opened the conve r s a t ion by t h a n k i ng t h e S e c r e ta r y - Ge n e r a l f o r a l l t h e mo s t cons tr uct ive adv ice wh ich he had s h a r ed w i th h i s Gover nme nt ove r the pa s t t h r e e y e a r s .

Now , f o l low i ng the Ag r eeme n t s i gned on 2 9 Ju l y by the Gover n ­ments o f I n d i a a nd S r i Lan k a , I n d i a n t r oops we r e c o l l e c t i ng a r ms i n the Nor t h and elec t i o n s would be h eld be f o r e 1 Ja n u a r y f o r Pr ov i nc i a l Cou nc i l s . I n a s y s tem tha t w a s c l o s e to be i ng a f e de r a l one w i th o u t a c t u a l l y be ing so ( beca u s e o f cons t i t u t i o n a l c o n s t r a in ts ) , ther e would be 8 Cou nc i l s o r " m i n i - pa r l i ame n t s " f o r 9 p r ov i nce s . Th i s was bec a u s e the Ag r e eme n t f o r the mome n t env i s a g e d a s in g le Co unc i l f o r the No r th e r n a nd Eas te r n p r ov i nc e s . In the Nor th , the Tam i l s r ep r e s e n ted 9 7 % o f t h e popul a t io n , b u t i n the Ea s t they we r e only 4 3 % . Th i s i s s ue w a s the k e r ne l of the d i s c u s s i o n s tha t h ave ta k e n p l a c e over the pas t t h r e e yea r s . Many Tam i l s had d emanded a s t r a ig h t ama l g ama t io n o f the Nor th e r n a nd Ea s te r n pr ov i nc e s . Th i s , howeve r , h ad been f i e r c e l y oppo sed by s e ve r a l o t h e r g r oups , not lea s t the Mus l im commun i ty wh ich made up 3 5 % of the popu l a t ion i n the Eis t , a nd the S inhal e se , 2 5 % . Th e comp r o m i s e was one counc i l f o r the Ea s t and No r th tog e the r , f o l lowed a y e a r l a t e r by a r e fe r endum i n t h e Ea s t in wh i c h the popu l a t io n would be a s k ed th e i r p r e f e r ence be tween f u n c t ion i ng as a s i n g l e u n i t tog e th e r w i t h the No r th , o r f u nc t ion ing a s a d i s c r ee t un i t by themse lv e s . Th e s t r ong l i k e l i hood wa s tha t i n tha t r e fe r endum , the Ea s t w o u l d not dec ide to j o in w i t h the Nor t h .

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Co n t i nu i ng � h i s b r i e f ing , the M i n i s ter s a i d t h a t the s i t ua t i o n i n the Nor t h wa s now abs o l u te ly no r ma l . 11 Th e s i t ua t i o n wou ld have bee n unimag i na b le a l i t t l e wh i le ago . The r e h a s b e e n no v io le n t i nc i dent o f la te . I b e l ieve tha t the ter r o r i s ts w i l l k e ep some o f the i r a r m s . I t wo u ld be a b s u r d to expe c t a 10 0 % s u r r e nde r . The I n d i a n Ar my i s at p r e s e n t car r y i ng o u t peac e - k e e p i ng f u n c t i o n s and they a r e i ndeed h e l p i ng to r ecove r weapon s . They w i l l leave a s soon as the Co unc i l i s con s t i tu ted and the pe ople are ma nag i ng the i r own a f f a i r s , in l i ne w i t h the Ag r e eme n t . ..

11 0ppos i t i o n to the Ag r e ement i s be i ng led by Mr s . Band a r ana i k e . Her pa r ty i s based in the ma j o r i ty S i nh a l e s e popu l a t ion and i s a s tr ong p r o mo t e r o f S i nha l e se c u l tur e and l a n g u ag e . I n add i t i on , t he r e i s a v e r y sma l l par ty , the JVP g r o up , w h i c h i s comm i t ted to a n e x t r eme f o r m o f Ma r x i sm , comb i n ed w i th S i n h a l e se c h a u v i n i sm . Th i s g r oup a t tempted a c o up d ' e t a t i n 1 9 7 1 , wh i l e Mr s . Bandar ana i k e wa s Pr ime M i n i s te r . The leade r s we r e pu t i n g oa l . When the p r e s e n t Gove r nme nt came t o power i n 19 7 7 , w e r e leased t h e m i n t h e hope that the i r par t i c ipat ion in the democ r a t i c p r oc e s s wo u ld be g ood for the c o u n t r y . Th i s d i d not wo r k . Th ey r e ma i ned r ad ic a l i z e d and i t may be tha t membe r s o f the JVP wer e i nvol ved i n the bomb a t tack on Pr e s i d e n t Jayewa r d ene and the a s s a u l t o f Pr ime M i n i s ter Ga ndh i . We a r e , howeve r , con f id e n t t h a t we sha l l g e t the se people , who ope r ate i n the S o u t h , u nd e r con t r o l . Unl i k e in the No r t h , t h e r e h a s n o t be e n a for e i g n d i mens i o n to the i r s u ppor t ba s e . ..

11 A f u r t h e r pr i nc i pa l a s pec t o f the Ag r e eme n t was the de s i g ­nat ion o f thr ee o f f ic i a l lang u a g es J S i nh a l e s e , Ta m i l and Eng l i sh . At p r e s e n t , S i nha l e s e i s the only o f f i c i a l lang u ag e . Th i s was dec i d e d by Mr . Banda r ana i k e in 1 9 5 6 . Be f o r e t h a t t ime , Eng l i s h · was the s i ng l e o f f i c i a l l a ng u a g e . ..

11 l n add i t ion , I n d i a has ag r e ed n o t t o a l l ow i t s te r r i t o r y t o b e u s ed f o r a c t s ag a i n s t � r i La n k a b y any g r o up . Sr i La n k a has made a s i m i l a r unde r t a k i ng . Our Gove r nme n t i s now r ea e v e lo p i ng Tr i ncoma l e e po r t and pa r t i c u l a r ly the ma s s i v e o i l s to r ag e f ac i l i t i e s t h e r e , wh i c h have d e t e r i o r a ted s i nce the Roy a l Navy ( U K ) l e ft the fac i l i t i e s in 19 5 6 . We have ag r eed to t a k e Ind i a a s a pa r t n e r i n th i s r edeve lopme n t . W e de f i n i te ly w i l l n o t a l l ow any o f o u r ter r i to r y t o b e u s ed i n a n y way ag a i n s t Ind i a . ..

11 So , w i th the Ag r e ement r eached , and the ne c e s s a r y Pa r l i amen­t a r y r a t i f ic a t i on p r a c t i c a l ly a s s u r ed b e c a u s e of the Gove r nme n t ' s maj o r i ty in Pa r l iame n t , we a r e loo k i ng f o r w a r d to the f u t u r e w i th hope and expec t a t i o n . In these c i r c um s t ance s , I be l ieve t h a t the per iod ahead wo u ld a f fo r d a ve r y appropr iate oppo r t u n i ty f o r you to come to S r i La n k a on a v i s i t . ..

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To t h i s s u g g e s t i o n , t h e S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l r e s po n d e d i n po s i t i v e t e r ms a n d i t w a s a g r e e d t h a t h e a n d t h e Pe r man e n t Repr e s e n t a t i v e w o u l d b e i n t o u c h w i t h a v i e w to f i x i ng a s p e c i f i c d a t e .

Th e S e c r e t a ry- Ge n e r a l t h e n t h a n k e d t h e Fo r e i g n M i n i s t e r f o r h i s d e t a i l e d b r i e f i ng . He f e l t t h a t t h e G o v e r n me n t o f S r i La n k a w a s t o be c o mme nded f o r i t s w i s d om , f l e x i b i l i t y a n d p a t i e n c e . I t w a s t h a n k s to t h i s d i s po s i t i o n t h a t a p e ac e f u l o u t c ome w a s po s s i b l e . S r i La n k a ' s .- f r i e n d s h a� b e e n g r e a t l y c o n c e r n e d b u t t h e G o v e r nme n t ' s a t t i t u d e h ad c l e a r ly s h o we d t h a t w i t h w i s d o m , a l l w a s po s s i b l e . Th e Ag r e e me n t h a d b e e n f a i r a n d o a l a n c e d .

Re v e r t i ng to t h e q u e s t i o n o f a n o f f i c i a l v i s i t t o S r i L a n k a i n 1 9 8 8 , t h e S e c r e t a r y - Ge n e r a l a s k e d wh i c h pe r i o d o f t h e y e a r m i g h t b e mo s t s u i t a b l e . C l i ma t i c a l l y , t h e F o r e i g n M i n i s t e r s u g g e s t e d Aug u s t t o Fe b r u a r y . I n A u g u s t too , t h e r e we r e many i n t e r e s t i n g c u l t u r a l f e s t i v a l s . A t t h e s a me t i me , N a t i o n a l D a y w a s 4 F e b r u a r y and 1 9 8 8 w o u l d ma r k t h e 4 0 t h y e a r o f S r i La n k a ' s i nd e p e n d e n c e . Th e S e c r e t a r y ­G e n e r a l s a i d t h a t h e wo u ld f o c u s i n S e p t e mb e r o n h i s t r a v e l p l a n s f o r 1 9 8 8 a n d h e me n t i o n e d h i s p r a c t i c e o f v i s i t i ng c o n s e c u t i v e l y s e v e r a l c o u n t r i e s i n a s i n g l e r e g i o n . Th e M i n i s t e r r e j o i ne d t h a t t h e S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l h a d no t t r av e l l e d w i d e ly , i n h i s p r e s e n t po s i t i o n , t o t h e c o u n t r i e s o f S o u t h As i a .

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Th e Sec r e ta ry- Ge ne r a l , in we lcom i ng the M i n i s t e r , a s s u r ed h im that he f o l lowed w i th g r e a t i n t e r e s t the pro blems be s e t t i n g h i s count r y . He had been g l ad t o l e a r n t h a t the r ec e n t b i l a t e r a l mee t i ng i n Bang a l o r e between P r e s i d e n t Jayawar dene a nd PM Gand h i r eg a r d i n g t h e Tam i l p r o b lem had appa r e n t ly g o ne s o we l l . Th e M i n i s t e r a g r eed that the mee t i ng had g o ne very we l l . The Gov e r nme nt of Ind i a was now beg i nn i ng to c r ac k down on tho se in Tami l Nadu , suppo r te r s o f the ex t r eme g roups in nor th e r n and e a s t e r n S r i Lan k a , who had bee n f lo u t i ng Ind i a n law . I t wa s very enc o u r ag i ng , he added , th a t the Gov e r nme n t i n New D e l h i had e ndo r s ed Pr e s ident Jayawa rdene ' s p l a n s f o r r e g i on a l devo l u t i o n on the i s land . Th e Ch i e f Mi n i s t e r i n Mad r a s too was beg inn i ng t o coope r a t e . I t w a s v i t a l ly i mpo r t a n t t h a t PM Gandh i p u r s u e th i s app r oach e ne r g e t i c a l ly . Th e Go v e r nment in , Co lombo , wh i l e hav i ng to a s s uage m i nor i ty c o n c e r n s , a l s o had to � p r o t ec t i t s pol i t i c a l f l a n k s f r om ac c u s a t i o n s on the pa r t o f the S i n h a l e s e maj o r i ty that i t was bend i ng in the face of t e r ro r .

Th e M i n i s t e r r e v i ewed br i e f ly the h i s t o r i c a l r o o t s o f the p r o b le m , conc l ud i ng t h a t " we have now t u r ned the c o r ne r and be t te r d ays l i e head " . Th e Sec r e t a ry-Gene r a l welcomed th i s pe r cep t i on and e nco u r ag ed the M i n i s t e r and h i s Go v e r nme nt i n the i r e f f o r t s to r ed uce t e n s ion . I t wa s v e r y impo r tant , he added , that the Go v e r nment of Ind i a and t h a t of Sr i Lan k a wo r k t o - g e t he r . Th e M i n i s t e r r e j o i ned t h a t the com i ng months wou ld be c r uc i a l and " i t is up to whe t h e r and to what e x t e n t the I nd i a n Gover nme n t d e l i ver s on i t s p r o nounceme n t s " . Adop t i ng a f i r mer tone , he sa id that the Gove r nment s i mply c o u ld not comp r om i s e o n the me r g e r o f Ja f f n a pr o v i nce a nd the a r e a su r r ound ing Tr i ncomalee i n the e a s t .

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The For e i gn Mi n i ster desc r i bed how he had me t w i th Pr i me Mi n i ster Ga ndh i i n Delh i two wee k s p r ev i ou s ly . They had agr eed i n broad mea s u r e tha t neg o t i a t i o n s should be r e s umed and tha t a n y solu t i o n sho u ld unde rwr i te t h e n a t i onal i n teg r i ty of Sr i Lan k a . Mor eover Pr i me Mi n i ster Gandh i had shar ed the v i ew that the t i me wa s not propi t i o us to pu t a settleme n t to th e people o f S r i Lan k a by way of a r e fere ndum .

One week later the Mi n i ster had r ece ived i n Colombo an I n d i a n deleg a t i on headed b y the Mi n i s ter o t Sta te f o r For e i gn Af fa i r s and i nc l ud i ng Mr . Ba ndar i , for me r For e i g n Sec r e ta r y . He had expla i ned to the de lega t i on that the S r i La n k a n Gov e r n me n t wa s go i ng a s far a s pos s i ble t o meet the demands o f the Tami l people . Wha t was now on the table was a form o f devolved g ov e r n me n t for the p r ov i nces wh ich r ep r e s e n ted much mor e tha n me r e r eg i onal au tonomy . The I n d i a n deleg a t i on h a d r e tur ned to De l h i w i th th i s me ssag e . Pa r t o f the pr oblem , the Mi n i ster men t i oned in an a s i de , was tha t many o f the dec i s i on - ma k e r s among the Tami l leader sh i p r e s i ded i n I nd i a and not i n S r i Lan k a . He hoped to see the I n d i a n delega t i o n r e tur n to Colombo i n a n o ther wee k or two w i th a me ssage to the e f fe c t that wha t

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P r e s i de n t Jayawardene had o f f e r ed was acceptable to the Tami l s . I f such an ag r eeme n t was for thcomi n g the Pr e s i de n t wou ld i n t r od uce enab l i ng mea s u r e s i n the Par l i ame n t very qu i c k l y . In do i ng so , i t had t o be po i n ted out , h e wou ld be r unn i n g the r i s k o f s t r ong oppo s i t i on f r om w i th i n the ma j or i ty S i nhalese commu n i ty , many o f whom i ns i s ted that a n y se ttleme n t mu s t be w i th i n the f r amewo r k o f the p r e s e n t con s t i tut i o n . The Mi n i s ter wan ted t o a s s u r e the Sec r e t a r y - G e ne r a l that h i s Gove r nme n t was p r epar ed to face th i s challenge i n the i n te r e s t o f a pe ace f ul solut i o n .

I n the me a n t i me , however , the Gover n me n t o f Sr i Lan k a con t i nued t o b e faced w i th the ma j or p r oblem po sed b y t e r r o r i s ts ope r a t i ng f r om south I n d i a wh i ch , a t i t s clos e s t po i n t , wa s a me r e 2 0 m i les f r om the i s land . The med i a i n s o u th I nd i a h ad ma ny t i me s spo t l i g h ted the tr a i n i ng camps loca ted the r e . Ar med e l e me n t s tr ave l l ea by b o a t t o S r i La n k a t o k i ll people a nd the n r e t u r ned swi f t ly to the ma i n land . So f a r in 1 9 8 6 v i o lence had c la i med the l i v e s of over 4 0 0 S r i La n k a n po l i ce a nd a r my per sonne l . The M i n i s te r sa i d t h a t i n h i s conver s a t i o n wi th Pr i me Mi n i s t e r Gandh i h e had desc r i bed how th i s s i tua t i on had the e f fect of d e s tab i l i z i ng a sma l l countr y . Wh i l e Mr . Gandh i i n r e spo n se had sa i d th a t the r e w a s n o clear - c u t e v i dence t o suppor t s uch charg e s , t h e Mi n i s ter f e l t that h i s i n te r loc u t o r had a t u l l app r ec i a t i o n o f the p r ob l em .

Of a l l the leade r s i n the r eg i on , con t i nued the Mi n i s te r , i t was the I n d i a n Head o f Gove r n me n t who had the lon g e s t po l i t i ca l f u ture to wh i ch to look forwa r d . The r e was no v i able a l ter n a t ive at p r e se n t . It was none the l e s s v i ta l for any I n d i a n P r e m i e r to keep south I nd i a on h i s s i de . I n the Pun j ab , A s sam a nd Ker a l a the Pr i me M i n i ster a l r eady had su f f i c i e n t r eg i onal problems on h i s plate . Of the 6 0 0 member s i n the Lok Saba , 1 28 came f r om the south . The two maj o r pol i t i c a l par t i e s i n south I n d i a v i ed wi th each other as champ i o n s o f Tami l separ a t i sm i n S r i Lan ka . The p r e s s i n Tam i l N ad u c o n s t a n t l y cal led f o r a c e s s a t i o n o f nego t i a t i o n s a n d a r med i n te r ve n t i on by the I nd i an Gover n me n t .

Notwi ths tand i ng a l l t h i s , the M i n i ster we n t on , over the pas t t h r ee year s h e h ad been par t i c ula r ly a n x i ous t o e n s ur e that the t r ad i t i on a l close r elat i on sh i p be twe e n I n d i a and S r i Lan k a should not be p r e j ud i ced i n a ny f undame n t a l way . He had done ev e r y th i ng pos s i ble to pr eve n t any d i r ec t con f r o n tat i o n . Ch a n n e l s had r e ma i ned ope n . The For e i gn Mi n i s tr y i n Colombo had f r om t i me to t i me i nc ur r ed dome st i c unpo pu l a r i ty a s a r e s u l t o f th i s con s t r uc t i ve appr oach . The M i n i s ter s a i d he was v e r y hope f ul that th i s t i me a sol u t i on would be found . Howeve r , he wa n ted to unde r l i ne two th i ng s i n par t i cular .

( a ) I n the con text o f a f i n a l solu t i on , Pr i me Mi n i s t er Gandh i wou ld have to g i ve a s s u r ances that sou th I nd i a could not be u sed as a launch i ng pad for subver s i on d i r ected a t S r i Lan k a . Wi thout such an unde r ta k i ng Pr e s i de n t Jayawardene would have made a conce s s ion wi thout r ece i v i ng s u f f i c i e n t g u a r antees i n r et ur n . Th i s would be almo s t i mpo s s i ble t o s u s t a i n dome s t i c a l ly .

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( b ) I f the p r e s e n t c o n ta c t s w i th I n d i a fa i led , g i v e n the c o n t i nu i ng te r r o r i s t i c campa i g n , the Gov e r n me n t o t S r i La n k a mi g h t b e compe l led t o br i ng the ma t t er t o t h e U n i ted N a t i o n s . The M i n i s t e r wo u ld be sadde n e d to h a v e to r ecommend s uch a c o u r s e o f ac t i o n .

Th e d i s c u s s i o n t h e n beg a n to f o c u s o n po i n t ( b ) . Co n t i nu i ng , the Mi n i s t e r s a i d th a t o v e r the pa s t th r e e y e a r s , h i s Gov e r n me n t had r e j ec ted the temp ta t i on to br i ng t h e i s s u e be fo r e the U n i ted N a t i o n s . S u c h a move would not be i n c o n so n a nce w i th the 2 , 5 0 0 ye a r s o f am i c a b l e r el a t i o n s be twe e n the two cou n tr i e s . I t wo u ld n o t be made l i g h t ly . No ne the le s s , a sma l l c o u n t r y loca ted i n t h e s h adow o f a much l a r g e r o ne , t h e Sec r e t a r y- Ge ne r al wo u l d s u r e l y unde r s ta n d , f r eq u e n t l y f o u nd i t s e l f w i th few o p t i o n s . Over r ec e n t yea r s t h e Gov e r nmen t o f S r i La n k a h a d p l aced g r e a t s to r e by th e Sec r e ta r y - G e n e r a l ' s op i n i o n s a nd f or t h i s r e a so n h ad br i e fed h i m f r om t i me t o t i me o n t h e o n g o i ng s i t ua t i o n .

The Sec r e t a ry-Ge n e r a l s a i d t h a t h e h ad app r ec i a ted g r e a tly t h e S r i La n k a n Gov e r nme n t ' s a s s i d u o u s n e s s i n k e e p i n g h i m i n f o r me d o f deve lopme n t s . H e f o l lowed t h e s i t ua t i o n w i th i n ter e s t a n d c o n c e r n a nd had b e e n d i s t r e s sed to n e a r o f t h e con t i n u i ng v i o le nce o n the i s l a n d . He took v e r y ser i o u s ly what the Mi n i s t e r h ad j u s t r e lated to h i m a s he had c l e a r r e s po n s i b i l i te s u n d e r the Ch a r ter i n the c o n tex t o f p r even t i v e d i plomacy . I f the G o v e r n me n t o f S r i La n k a w i s h ed t h e Sec r e t a r y - G e ne r a l t o pa s s o n pr i v a t e l y to t h e I n d i a n Re pr e s e n ta t i ve the co n c e r n s vo i ced by the Mi n i s t er today , he w o u l d g i ve s uc h a r eq u e s t se r i o u s co n s i der a t i on .

Th e Mi n i s t e r th an k ed t h e Sec r e t a r y - Ge ne r a l t o r th i s . " A wo r d f r om you w o u l d g o a long wa y " . He s a i d that he w o u ld h av e to wa i t a wee k o r so i n o r d e r to h e a r the Tami l and I n d i a n r eac t i o n s to h i s P r e s i d e n t ' s o f f er o f devo lved g ov e r n me n t be f o r e h e c o u ld a s k the S ec r e t a r y - Gene r a l to i n i t i a te such a co n ta c t . The Sec r e ta ry- Ge ne r a l �

s a i d t h a t h e h ad n o t been s u rp r i sed to l ea r n t h a t t h e M i n i s ter had g o t te n o n so we l l w i th Pr i me Mi n i s t e r Ga ndh i f o r whom he had the h i gh e s t r e g a r d a n d admi r a t i o n bec a u s e o f the a b l e a n d c o u r ag e o u s man n e r i n wh i ch h e w a s appr oach i n g t h e admi n i s t r a t i o n o f a c o u n tr y s o l a r g e a nd s o d i v e r se as I n d i a .

Th e M i n i s t e r r e i te r a ted a n e a r l i e r i nv i ta t i o n f o r th e Sec r e ta r y-Ge n e r a l to v i s i t S r i La n k a . I n r e s po n se t h e Sec r e t a r y - Gen e r a l r eg r e tted t h a t f i n a n c i a l d i f f i c u l t i e s h ad obl i g ed h i m to c u r ta i l the e x te n t of h i s o f t i c i al t r a ve l . He n o n e t h e le s s ma i n ta i ned a s tr o ng hope th a t he wo u ld b e a b l e to ace t th i s k i nd i nv i ta t i o n .

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SG Mr . Ahmed

NOTES ON THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ' S MEETING WI TH THE FORE IGN MINISTER OF SRI LANKA , 5 OCTOBER 1 9 8 3 AT 1 2 . 30 P . M .

Pres ent : ·

The Secre tary-General

Mr . Ahmed

Mr . S top ford

H . E . Mr . A . c . s . H ameed , Minis ter for Fo reign Af fairs of Sri Lanka

Mr . Manu Dinide , Firs t Secretary , Sri Lankan Embassy in Paris

The Minis ter renewed his Government ' s invi tation to the Secre tary-General to vis i t S ri Lank a . The Secre ta�-General expres s ed his appreciat ion and indicated that a vis 1 t could b e comb ined with vi s its t o othe r countries i n the region which h e might undertake the fol lowing year .

The Min i s ter re ferred to the internal s i tuation in Sri Lanka , wh i ch had by now re turned to normal . His Gove rnment was try ing to work out a peace ful so lution to the prob lems of satis factory repres entation for the Tami l minority . Various arrangements were being cons idered in each o f the 2 4 regional dis tricts . The only approaches wh ich h ad been ruled out were any that migh t lead to the partition of the country .

The Min i s ter outl ined the nature o f the Tami l prob lem . 12 % of the total population o f Sri Lanka were Tami ls o f Sri Lankan origin . A further 5 % of the population were Tami l s from India . The latter l ived in the centre o f the country , not in the north l ike the other Tami l s . A small terro r i s t group h ad been campaign­ing for the divis ion of the country . Every week they had killed army o f fi cers and h ad been ab le to escape across the 2 2 -mi le s trait separating Sri Lanka from Southern I ndia , where they rece ived local s upport .

There was no prob lem with the central Government in India and Mrs . Gandh i had extended her full cooperation . However , support for the Tami l popul ation of Sri Lanka h ad b ecome a domestic political i s sue in Southern Indi a , where there were 40 mi ll ion Tamil s . Previous ly , the re h ad only been ont Tami l political party in Southern India , the DMK , but now there was a second party , the ADMK , competing for Tamil votes . The leader of one of the parties h ad conducted a s ignature campaign and a token invas ion o f Sri Lanka had even been l aunched . The que s tion had unfortunate ly become an e lectoral i s s ue with pol i tical rami f ications throughout Indi a : th e South , with 1 4 8 s e ats in the Indian Parl iament , was an impo rtant f actor for Mrs . Gandhi . There had been s ome �DiUKuy speeches

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in the Indian Parliament, advocating mi l i tary intervention by India in Sri Lanka . Such expre s s ions of concern based on pure ly ethnic a f f i l i ations pos ed a danger for internal se curity . In S . E . As i a , for example , mos t societies were mul ti racial and multil ingua l and were therefore particularly sus ceptib le to de stab i l i z ation based on e thnic cons iderations .

The Minis ter emphas i z ed th at his Government had not been a party to the recent violence . The detention of up to 5000 S inhalese te s t i f ied to the Government ' s integrity in this regard . He recalled the events l eading to the dis turbances : on 2 3 Ju ly 1 2 so ldiers had been kil led in an ambush . The ir bodies had been brought to Colombo for the fune ral but a crowd o f 15 , 000 had prevented the i r immedi ate buriel . For the firs t 3 day s o f the rioting the army had re fus ed to carry out orders to put down the rioting .

The Min i s ter unders tood that a petition , suppo sedly of s ome 10 mil l ion s i gnatures , wou ld be pres ented to the UN . Mr . · Ahmed expl ained that the petitioners had been directed to the Centre for Human Rights , as was us ual in such cases . The Secre tary­General s aid that he had fo l lowed the s i tuation closely and wo uld be glad to o f fer any a s s i s tance shou ld thi s be needed .

Mi chael 1 7 Oct

Stop ford 1 9 8 3

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NOTES OF THE SECRE TARY-GENERAL ' S MEE TING WITH THE FOREIGN MINIS TER OF SRI LANKA ON FRIDAY 5 NOVEMBER 19 8 2 AT 5 . 0 0 P . M.

Pre s en t :

The Secre tary-General

Mr . Rafeeuddin Ahmed

Mr . Virendra Dayal

H • E • ·Mr • A. C • S • Hameed , Fore ign Minis ter of S ri Lanka

Mr . s . w. Arthur de S i lva , Deputy Permanent Repre sentative of Sr i Lanka to the United Nations

Mr . A . C . Gaffer , P rivate Secretary

The Secretary-General congratu lated the Foreign Minis te r

on the re cent elec tions in S ri Lanka .

The Foreign Min i s ter s tated that 8 7 % o f the e lectorate

had vo ted and that h i s . country had · an unbroken tradition of

electoral government over the pa s t 5 0 years .

The conve r s ation then turned to the subj ect o f Global

Negoti ations . The Secretary-Gene ral indicated that efforts

were being made to narrow the d i f fe rences between the North

and the South in this regard , and that he was also in touch

wi th the Soc i a l i s t co untrie s . The Sec retary-General added

th at the P res ident of the As sembly had reque sted Ambass ado r

Otunnu to enter into cons ultat ions with all conc erned to s ee

whether a formula could be work ed out in order to fac i l i tate

a start to the Global Nego tiations .

The Fore ign Minister noted the e f forts unde r way and

s tated that Sri Lanka was extremely keen on an agreement

being reached .

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The Secretary-General s tated that he had al ready been

in touch with th e United States S ecretary of State on thi s

matter and that , a t the right time , he would b e prepared to

intervene with Pre s ident Reagan .

The Fore ign Mini s ter then mentioned S r i Lanka ' s interest

in dec laring 1 9 8 7 as the I nternational Year for the Home les s .

He added that his country had already pledged a vo lun�ary

contribution of $ 1 mi ll ion towards this end . Re ferring to

other subj ects o f interes t to Sri Lanka , · the Fo re ign Min i s ter

mentioned , in particular , the peace ful uses of oute r space ,

disarmament , the Indian Ocean and the question of new and

renewab le sourc es of energy . In regard to the latter ,

he note d that he per sonally had vis i ted a number o f As ian

countrie s .

Be fore the meeting conc luded , the Fore ign Min is ter

s tated that , as the S ecre tary- General would be visi ting

India at the time of the No n�Al igned Summit , he ve ry

much hoped that it might be po s s ible for the latter to

a l so vis i t S r i Lanka .

The Secre tary- General indi cated that he would keep

th is invitation in mind . The Foreign Min is ter indicate d

that Ambass ador Fonseka would b e _addre ss ing an official

lette r to the Secre tary-Gene ral in th i s regard .

Vire ndra Dayal 8 November 1 9 8 2

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R E P U B LIC O F S R I L A N K A TO TH E U N IT E D N A T I O N S APR 1 9 1982

No . POL/G/9 3

Dear Mr . Secretary-General ,

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630 THIRD AVENUE (20th FLOOR) NEW YORK, N. Y. 1 00 1 7

16 April 1982

When I had the pleasure of making my courtesy call on you

on 7th January you mentioned the hope that it might be possible

for you to undertake a visit to Sri Lanka as well as to other

countries in the Asian region as soon as circumstances permit.

I conveyed thi s to my Government and I have been instructed

to extend a cordial invitation to you to visit Sri Lanka on a

date which would be mutually convenient. I thought I should

communicate this to you promptly so that my Government ' s

invi tation could be borne in mind when your programme of a visit

to Asia is being arranged . My Government wil l o f course extend

a formal invitation no sooner your plans are known .

Yours sf.ncerely, �l ' c:::,. .. ��

( I . B . Fonseka ) Permanent Representative

His Excellency Javier Perez de Cuellar Secretary-General United Nations New York

NOTE FOR THE F ILE :

ASEAN countr i e s are expected to invite the

S ecretary-General on a tr ip to the area in May 1 9 8 3 . --

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