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The 100-member non-aligned nations’
7th Summit took place in New Delhi last
month and adopted the following decla-
ration which is a call on all humanity ‘’on
behalf of the greater part of the world
community”’:

Our world faces growing disorder and
insecurity. International economic re-
lations continue to bé marked by in-
equality, domination and exploitation.
The seriousness of the situation is
reflected in the growing arms race, the
resistance on the part of the strong to
initiatives for change in favor of the
weak, the participation of the great pow-
ers in regional conflicts, and the threat of
a world nuclear holocaust.

2.

Peace and peaceful coexistence, in-
dependence, disarmament and
development are the critical problems of
our time. But peace must be based on
justice and equality, because intolerable
inequality and exploitation created by
colonialism and imperialism are still the

-main causes of tension, conflict and vio-

lence in the world.
3.

We, the heads of state or government
of non-aligned countries call on the great
powers to halt the arms race which is
consuming the world’s meager material
resources at an increasing pace,
destroying the ecological balance and
wasting a large part of the most advanced
scientific capacities on sterile plans of
destruction. These must be used to re-
vitalize and restructure the world econ-
omy. Resources released by dis-
armament measures must be given over

to promoting the development of
developing nations.

4.

The non-aligned countries, speaking

on behalf of the greater part of the world
community, want an immediate halt to

Outgoing non-aligned presiden

t, Cuba’s Fidel Castro opens the sessions. Incoming

president Indira Ghandi of India Standing on his right.

the drift toward nuclear conflict which
threatens both the current well-being of
humanity and that of future generations.
Nuclear powers must heed the voice of
people throughout the world. All in-
dications are that 1983 will be a decisive
year for nuclear disarmament. The non-
aligned countries urge the nuclear pow-
ers to take urgent, practical measures to
prevent nuclear war. They must agree on
an international convention banning the
use or threat of use of nuclear weapons
under any circumstances and halting the

_ manufacture and deployment of new nu-

clear weapons. It is also important that
they observe existing agreements on
weapons limitations while ‘negotiating
other broader and more effective pro-
grams for general and complete dis-
armament, especially nuclear disarma-

ment, under international supervision.

5:

The world economic crisis, which
_Started in some of the main industrialized

Under heavy pressure from NATO
allies to back down from his unaccept-
able “‘zero option’, U.S. president
Reagan last week proposed a so-called
“interim solution’’ which, as the press
reports, he didn’t believe would be
acceptable to the USSR.

Reagan was correct. In a news con-
ference in response to Reagan, Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrea Gromyko
charged the ‘‘interim solution’ is not
serious and aims to place the USSR at a
military disadvantage — something the
Soviet Union insists it will not permit.

“The president leaves aside entire
components,’’ Gromyko said. ‘‘This
includes aircraft carrying nuclear
weapons. There is no difference to
people what might kill them ... a nu-
clear warhead delivered by a missile or
an aircraft.

“The U.S. has at least six aircraft
carrier task forces. No less than 40 nu-
clear-armed aircraft are on each carrier.
Any proposal which excludes entire
components of delivery systems is not
serious,’’ Gromyko said.

‘Not serious’ USSR says
of Reagan’s interim plan

The Foreign Minister described Rea-
-gan’s new proposal is non-acceptable
for three reasons:

e It fails to include British and French
nuclear arsenals which total 162 missiles;

e It ignores many hundreds of U.S.
aircraft based in Western Europe and on
aircraft carriers;

e It calls for the elimination by the
USSR of its medium-range missiles in the
Asian part of the country, which has
nothing to do with Europe.

“At this time,’ Gromyko « said,
“NATO has a 1.5 to 1 advantage in
intermediate-range nuclear warheads.
Soviet acceptance of Reagan’s new
plan would give NATO a2.5 to 1 advan-
tage.””

Emphasizing that British and French
forces are an integral part of NATO’s
military strategy, Gromyko said,
“Imagine that a horrible tragedy occurs
— A British nuclear armed missile is in
flight. Should we look for a label on it
saying, ‘I am British. Don’t count me.’?
This is absurd.”’

The recessed Geneva arms reduction
talks will resume May 17.

countries, has become truly worldwide .

in scope and nature. It has led to eco-
nomic stagnation and _ growing
unemployment in the developed coun-
tries, which have reacted with pro-
tectionist policies and other egoistic
measures. In the developing countries
whose economies are especially vulner-
able, this has meant a huge balance of
payments deficit, great debt service
charges, worsening terms of trade as a
result of the sharp price drop for their
basic commodities and an abrupt hike in
the price of industrial goods which they
must import. This has placed many of
those countries on the brink of disaster.
Never before have the economic de-
stinies of the developed and developing
countries been so closely linked. But
amidst this common crisis the rich na-
tions of the world turn to the disastrous
bilateralism of the 1920s and 1930s rather
than a more enlightened multilateral ap-
proach. They refuse to recognize that the
economic recovery of the north is simply
impossible without the economic sur-
vival of the south. Solutions to this prob-
lem must necessarily be worldwide.

6.

The current crisis has shown that the
prevailing international economic order
is inadequate to solve the problems of
development. There must be a profound
restructuring of this order by means of
global negotiations. Obstacles to these
negotiations must be removed without
delay. The non-aligned countries pledge
to strive for the establishment of an
international economic order based on
justice and equality.

7.

At the same time immediate measures
must be taken to initiate a recovery pro-
cess and to put the world economy back
on the path of sustained growth. A key
goal must be to activate and stimulate a
growth process in the developing coun-
tries. Immediate action must be taken in
several spheres. Special emphasis must
be placed on the developing countries,
especially the less developed, being able
to solve their major balance of payments
problems without interrupting their
development process. At the same time
they must be able to meet their basic food
and energy needs, improve marketing

and be guaranteed fair commodity -

prices. Protectionist trends must be re-
versed, and measures must be taken to
dismantle trade barriers. There must be

World’s non-aligned speak out

an end to unequal exchange between
developed and developing count
Many developing countries find i
selves in the tragic situaiton of not belt
able to meet their debt obligations.
critical problem must be tackled wit?™
gency.

8. .
We call for the immediate conve!
of an international conference on ©
rency and credit for development, '
universal participation, and for a D
restructuring of the inernational m0
ary and financial system.

9.

We express our profound concél
over-the tensions and confrontations
tween the great powers and their dist
ing consequences for the non-alight
countries. We are determined to res!
the economic and political pressures
great power might exert on weak
vulnerable states.

10.

There are urgent political issues SU°
as the pressing need to restore to
Palestinian people waging a heroic st™
gle against Israeli forces their right 10
sovereign state of their own in line W!
UN resolutions; Namibian #
dependence, which must be broug!
about by rapid implementation of >
curity Council Resolution 435; peace!
Central America, which must be reaché
by political negotiations among #
terested parties; and the problems (
southeastern and southwestern Asia,
Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean 5
and other parts of the world whose solt
tion demands a sincere effort on the p#
of all countries in a spirit of peace, ju!
tice, independence and equality. Equ
pressing is the responsibility we all haY
toward human beings the world ové
being able to live with dignity and hono!
Many injustices have been committed 0
the African continent, against its lonf
suffering people. The South Africa
people bravely battle against the racist
and apartheid of a hateful, oppressi¥
system. We reaffirm our solidarity wit
the African people and their noble causé
Some great powers are in a position #
help achieve this objective more rapid!
and, hopefully, with less suffering. W
urge them to do so.

11.

We pledge to be forceful in raisin
these and other issues at the 38th Sessi0!
of the General Assembly, and we urge @
heads of state and government to join U
in doing so.

We are ready to cooperate with then
in finding reasonable, equitable, rapt
and just solutions to these problems. W!
have a common destiny.

12.

The current crisis facing our civil
ization has no historical precedent. Grea
tasks require wise decisions. We call of
all the great powers to abandon their dis
trust and undertake sincere, progressivé
negotiations with shared good faith, t
reach an agreement on various dis
armament measures and a solution to tht
deepening economic crisis that poses :
threat to all. Together, the members 0:
the Movement of Non-Aligned Coun
tries are ready to do all they can tc
contribute to this process.

The earth belongs to all; let us cherist
it in peace and true fraternity, with dig
nity and equality for all.

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