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1982 Supplement 5 American Foreign Policy Current Documents [1] (1982)

handle is hein.forrel/afpdoc0027 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITEI STATES MISsioN TO TilE UNI'IED NATION'S '99 UNI IIt!) NA!ION'S PLAZ'A PRESS RELEASE NE% YORK. N Y IMI' FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Press Release USUN 01(82) CHECK TEXT AGAINST DELIVERY January 20, 1982 Statement by Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, in the Security Council, in Explanation of Vote on the Situation in the Golan Heights, January 20, 1982. 04 Mr. President, my country opposes the resolution sponsored by Jordan m for reasons which are of importance not only as regards the proper disposition of the current matter before us -- that of Israel's g Golan Heights legislation -- but also out of concern for the future 0.8 of the United Nations and the ability of the Security Council to perform a positive role in the maintenance of world peace and 4 security. The resolution with which we are confronted today constitutes, we * ,>i believe, an aberration, even a perversion of the very purpose which 1A the Security Council is called upon by Chapter VII of the United - Nations Charter to perform. Article 39 vests in the Security Council the responsibility to deal with activities that threaten world peace and security. The role the Security Council is called upon to perform is, by definition then, a constructive role: to prevent an aggravation of the situation. This resolution, we believe, would do the opposite. Far from preventing aggravation, it would become a source of aggravation. Indeed, it has already succeeded in exacerbating the terribly difficult oroblems of the Middle East, in dividing people whose cooperation is needed to solve problems, in sowing suspicions and feeding hostilities. A flood tide of invective has flowed through this hall threatening day after day to overwhelm the spirit of reason and compromise with hatred and cynicism. The United States has tried hard to demonstrate its determination to be fair and reasonable in confronting the situation in the Golan Heights. We have refused to be drawn into vicious exchanges, or distracted from the search for real solutions that will render more safe and secure the real lives of actual people in the region. We will not be deterred from our course. We will continue to search for constructive means to achieve peace for Israel and her neighbors. We believe that a good place to begin is indeed with the - more - Digitized from Best Copy Available

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