REMARKS BY SANDINIST

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• Publication Date: March 26, 1982
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C. iogoeae as well to begin negotiations
_withoutdelay~c,
ON PAGE _ T r_, ;,,:;1 26 MARCH 1982
-Remarks by Sandinist-
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UN" TED NATIONS, N.Y., March 25 - Following are excerpts from re-
marks t a the Security Council by Daniel Ortega Saavedra, leader of the Nicara-
guan junta, as translated by the Nicaraguan Mission to the United Nations:
The U.S. Government bas entered .. America and the worthy governments
into a period of meetings with repre- ? demand a negotiated. political solu-
sentatives of the Mexican Govern- tion; the peoples-and governments of
ment. After a round of meetings with the world are expecting a negotiated
the Mexican Foreign Minister, Don political solution. .
Jorge Castaneda, Mr. Alexander Haig We have not come to accuse, but to
made public a five-point proposal demand an end, once and for all, to the
aimed atinitiating conversations with policy of aggressions, threats, inter
Nicaragua following the -elections' ventions, covert operations, invasions
scheduled for March 28th in El Salve-. against our homeland and the region.
dor. . , - And to make it clear that the unfairly
The mere fact that the United States distributed resources of humani
o
ty
a
n
makes public a willingness to negoti- - this planet do not give the powerful a Vie-.. lent of the United States;
ate with Nicaragua on the basis of . right to act against weak and small gediately~ut a halt to w~iatever.
these points Could be considered an People. i srleasure Qr covert n1an of the many
:encouraging element; but it turns out . I',o ld like to sum up this presenta- eve-be-en announced and de-
to becnontradictory because, as I have . tion with concrete points that have MM-MW which have never n ,
been demonstrating throughout this . beenvolcedbefore.Thesepointsare: - 5-2 : secret desfabi
exposition, the agressive and destabii- .. ? -- 1. Neither Nicaragua nor any of the tion plans, organization and financing
lizing actions against Nicaragua by~eesoftheCentral American and of paramilitary forces advised and;
,.
the U.S. Administration have been
dramatically on the rise.
We have the obligation to state be
fire this Council that in the days Im-
luediately before, and following the
28thof March, the date set fortheelec.
it bons In El Salvador, the predictions
(regarding the Imminence of an Inter-
venticn are more than justified, and
we must affirm that while the United
States makes public its willingness to
negotiate, it has begun to develop,
from before, the alternative of aggres.
sion.
Apart from these considerations,
the five points announced by Mr. Haig
do not constitute a global approach to
search for and find realistic solutions.
The proposal fails to take Into account
the fad that thefundamental problem
of the Central American crisis does
not consist of the never-proven allega-
tion that arms are reaching the Salva-
doran revolutionaries via Nicaragua
while, on -the other hand, the United
States Is supplying arms, airplanes,-
helicopters, advisers, technical sup.
port and hurried military training to
the Salvadoran army.
Negotiations Called Urgent . .
It Is imperative, on the contrary, to
accept with responsibility that the
.. causes of the phenomenon lie in the in-
justice that reigns In El Salvador and
that, therefore, it Is urgent to find by
way of negotiations a response to the
possibilities of integral transforma-
tion demanded by Salvadoran society.
The peoples of the region demand a
negotiated political solution; U.S.
public opinion demands a negotiated
political solution; the peoples of
Latin
NEW YORK TIMES
as a geopolitical reserve of the United Honduras and active and retired mink-r
States, or as a part of its so-called tarymen from Argentina and others
"strategic frontier," a concept that countries of South America. - 4
eigntyand independence.
2. Therefore, Nicaragua can in no
way represent a threat to the security
7, a rnment of National-
Reconstruction of Nicaragua, th
Government of Cuba and the Salvado..-
ran patriots of the F.M.L.N.-F.D.R,
back ther initiative for neogotiatlosn?
takea:.by the President of Mexico,
JOS& Lopez Portillo, on Feb. 21 in
Managua.
& Nicaragua is willing to immedi-
ately sign nonaggression pacts with=
all bordering countries of the Central
American area in order to insure?
peace and internal stability in they
zone.
9. Nicaragua is obliged to reject the4
attempt by the United States to im-1
pose humiliating restrictions on 1&4
inescapable and sovereign prerroga-"
fives regarding national defense.
Demands toU.S.Listed. ? ~;
We de fl& t i t h e other hand th
t,
territory as a base for armed aggress;
signs and terrorist operations against;;
ourbomeland.
9Put a stop to the existence of coup s
Gantry, a dignified and poor country, . terrevolutionary military training
li
nona
gnment. The national interests
of the people and nation of the United
States should not be confused with the
particular policy of the present Ad-
ministration, which is trying to make
its own points of view prevail, even at
the cost of peace and security, not only
of its own citizens but of an entirecon-
_plomerate of countries which, like
,
ours, have a right to determine their_p1 t eland.
a. we are willing to improve the dli-.1y
mate of relations with the Unit
States on the basis of mutual respect
and unconditional recognition of our
right toself-determinatiuon. `
4. We are willing to begin Immedi=
ately direct and frank conversations`.
with the Government of the United
'States, even in a mutually agreeable-
third country, with the objective of Indirect or covert intervention?i ? C _
reaching concrete. results throng tralA rice.....
suchnegotiations. Nicaragua calls on . the. Security,'
5. The Salavadoran patriots of the Council of the.United Nations to Issue-
F.L.M.N:F.D.R. have authorized us the an explicit
charter of f the the or o or anitatiotion; i-
to transmit their willingness to begin ganizn, it
immediate negotiations, . without:. gang the obligation to search fora,;
Preconditions. reiterating once more lemsceof thmeans e Central oAmeerican and
the call they made through me before- .? Caribbean region; the coeuicil's rejec-
the 36th ordinary period of sessions of tio
f th
n o
e acts of Torre and tht -
reas, theUnited Nations. and Its repudation of any direct, indi-
6. The revolutionary Government 011 red or covert intervention in Central I
Cuba has authorized me to communt America. Gate to this Security Council its will
- - ~.
rave aux.
9Put a stop to the traffic a arms-
and counterrevolutionaries between
the territory of the United States and`
Honduras.
qput a stow to the na ;r+ a ion of~
the United States intelligence cons.,
muaity n the financing *_*ainina a_Md?
eruani~ing of forces anti ~landesh
_n~
warships in waters of Central Amer
lea and off Nicaragua's coast:.;
planes that vto the iolate Nicaragua's tii air.
ir~%
space. ::..:..n
The United States must, in an offi-
cial and explicit manner, voice -its
commitment not to attack Nicaragua,.
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