SPECIAL GA --
FIRST LOOK AT GROUP OF 77 WORKING GROUP'S PRELIMINARY DRAFT
OUTLINE OF "PROGRAM OF ACTION" TENDS TO REINFORCE SKEPTICISM THAT
ALGERIA AND OTHERS WILL BE SATISFIED WITH PLATITUDINOUS APPEALS AT
SPECIAL GA FOR GREATER INT'L COOPERATION TO SPEED PROCESS OF
DEVELOPMENT WHILE ADEQUATELY SAFEGUARDING LEGITIMATE INTERESTS OF
INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD. MAJOR HEADINGS OF ACTION PLAN ARE: BASIC
ELEMENTS AND APPROACH; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF RAW MATERIALS AS RE-
LATED TO DEVELOPMENT; INT'L MONETARY SYSTEM AND FINANCING OF DEVE-
LOPMENT OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY; REGULA-
TION OF AND CONTROL OF ACTIVITIES OF TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS;
PROMOTION OF COOPERATION AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; STRENGTHENING
UN'S ROLE IN FIELD OF INT'L ECONOMIC COOPERATION.
IN AMB SCALI'S RECENT DISCUSSIONS WITH REPS ALGERIA, EGYPT,
ARGENTINA, PERU, MALAYSIA, NIGERIA, BRAZIL AND IRAN ALL INDICATED
AGREEMENT ON DESIRABILITY UNDER ACTION PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION OF
TASKS (STUDIES, CONSULTATIONS) TO ESTABLISHED UN BODIES AND AGEN-
CIES, SUCH AS ECOSOC, UNCTAD, FAO, WFC AND IMF COMITE OF 20.
THEY ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED VERY DISTINCTIVE AND SPECIAL ROLE THAT US,
DUE TO ITS ECONOMY, WILL PLAY IN ANY DISCUSSION OF RAW MATERIALS
AND DEVELOPMENT. AMB ORTIZ DE ROZAS (ARGENTINA) DESCRIBED USG'S
POSITION AS COMPLETELY "UNIQUE" AND ONE WHICH CALLS ON US TO BE
LEADER OF SPECIAL SESSION. HE THOUGHT SESSION IN DIRE NEED OF
SUCH LEADER AND INITIATOR. THOUGH RHETORIC VARIED,
PERM REPS SUGGESTED MAXIMUM BENEFIT WHICH COULD RESULT FROM
BRIEF GA WOULD BE INJECTION OF FRESH DOSE OF POLITICAL WILL ON
PART OF DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND FULL RECOGNITION
FOR FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS OF INT'L INTERDEPENDENCE OF ALL
ECONOMIES.
LA'S ASSUME THAT DUE TO OAS SESSION IN ATLANTA IN APRIL THEIR
FONMINS WILL ATTEND SPECIAL GA. CANADIANS REMARKED IT "MORE
OR LESS CERTAIN" EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER SHARP WILL REPRESENT
CANADA. (CONFIDENTIAL -- OURTELS 910, 924, 925)
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OAU KAMPALA SESSION --
OAU EXECUTIVE OFFICE AT UN IS POLLING OAU MEMBERS ON FEAS-
IBILITY OF KAMPALA MEETING APRIL 1-4, USUN LEARNED. MANY AFRICANS
TAKING IT FOR GRANTED MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE, BUT KENYANS
EXPRESSED PREFERENCE FOR DELAY BECAUSE OF CONFLICT WITH GROUP
OF 77 LAW OF SEA MEETING IN NAIROBI MARCH 25-APRIL 5.
(LIMITED OFFICIAL USE -- OURTEL 926)
ESCALATION ON SYRIAN FRONT --
SECRETARIAT OFFICIAL, WHILE FULLY AWARE SYRIANS PRECIPITATED
ISRAELI RETALIATION, EXPRESSED CONCERN "EXTREMELY HEAVY" ISRAELI
BOMBARDMENT OF SYRIAN MILITARY AND CIVILIAN TARGETS MARCH 19
INVOLVED GRAVE RISK OF ESCALATION AND COULD ENDANGER DISENGAGE-
MENT NEGOTIATIONS. UNTSO BEING ASKED FOR FURTHER INFO ON SYRIAN
CLAIM "NEARLY ALL " INHABITANTS OF ONE VILLAGE KILLED. SYG
ISSUED STATEMENT EXPRESSING DEEP CONCERN AT DETERIORATION IN
RECEN DAYS OF SITUATION IN ISRAELI/SYRIAN SECTOR AND APPEALING TO
PARTIES TO EXERCISE UTMOST RESTRAINT AND STRICTLY OBSERVE
CEASEFIRE. AT PRESS BRIEFING, UN SPOKESMAN PROVIDED INFO ON
GOLAN HEIGHTS SITUATION AND INJURIES TO TWO UNTSO OBSERVERS
AND SYRIAN OFFICER AT PATROL BASE. (CONFIDENTIAL -- OURTEL 917)
CHAIRMANSHIP OF NPT PREPCOM --
TULINOV (USSR) SAID SOVIETS ACCEPT MEXICAN PROPOSAL THAT
CHAIRMANSHIP OF NPT PREPCOM SESSIONS BE ROTATED AMONG WEST,
EAST AND "NON-ALIGNED" (ONE FULL SESSSION EACH), SINCE THEIR
SOUNDINGS IND CATE MAJORITY OF NON-ALIGNED DESIRE THIS. SOVIETS
WOULD BE AMENABLE TO BARTON (CANADA) CHAIRING FIRST SESSION, HE
ADDED. (CONFIDENTIAL -- OURTEL 922)
DEFINITION OF AGGRESSION --
FORMULATION ON PRIORITY/INTENT WAS OBJECTED TO AT OPENING OF
MARCH 18 MEETING OF INFORMAL DRAFTING GROUP, AND IT WAS EVENTUALLY
AGREED SHELVE DISCUSSION OF ARTICLE UNTIL CONTACT GROUP
COMPLETED FIRST READING OF OTHER ARTICLES. WHEN CONTACT GROUP II
BEGAN WORK ON ART. 3, ALL AGREED ON NEED FOR REFORMULATION OF
OPENING PHRASE BUT THERE WAS NO AGREEMENT ON HOW IT SHOULD BE
ACCOMPLISHED. DURING DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIC ACTS, ROMANIA SOUGHT
TO REINTRODUCE EXPRESS MEN
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ACTION IO-14
INFO OCT-01 AF-10 ARA-16 EUR-25 EA-11 NEA-10 ISO-00 ACDA-19
AID-20 CIAE-00 DODE-00 EB-11 H-03 INR-10 L-03 LAB-06
NSAE-00 NSC-07 OIC-04 PA-04 PM-07 PRS-01 RSC-01 SS-20
DRC-01 USIA-15 SPC-03 /222 W
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P 200113Z MAR 74
FM USMISSION USUN NY
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3152
INFO USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY
USMISSION NATO PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY BEIRUT PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY JAKARTA PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY HONG KONG PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY LISBON PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY VIENNA PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY PRETORIA PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY BRASILIA
AMEMBASSY LAGOS
AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO
AMEMBASSY NICOSIA
AMEMBASSY OSLO
AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM
AMEMBASSY TOKYO
AMEMBASSY BANGKOK
USMISSION IAEA VIENNA
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 2 OF 2 USUN 931
UNSUM
WORKING GRPOUP OON CURRENCY INSTABILITY--
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WG HELD FIRST SUBSTANTIVE MEETING MARCH 18 (REPS CHINA,
GHANA, VENEZUELA ABSENT), AND ZIEHL (SECRETARIAT) AND US REP
STOTTLEMYER MADE LONG STATEMENTS WITH BRIEFER REMARKS BY
FRG PRE. ZIEHL, REPORTING ON LATEST CCAQ MEETING, SAID
POSSIBILITY OF USING SWISS FRANCS FOR ASSESSMENTS ALL BUT
DISAPPEARED IN LIGHT SWISS OPPOSITION, AND PROPOSAL FOR
ASSESSMENT IN MIX OF CURRENCIES NOW DISCARDED. IN REPLY TO
SOVIET INQUIRY ON EXTENT OF ASSISTANCE BY HOST COUNTRIES TO
AGENCIES TO MEET INFLATION PROBLEMS, ZIEHL REPLIED "NONE"
THOUGH EXCEPTION MIGHT BE WHERE HOST COUNTRY ABSORBED ADDED
CONSTRUCTION COSTS. PALAMARCHUK (USSR), WHO ASKED ZIEHL
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS, WAS "PUZZLED" BY GOS ATTITUDE ON USE
OF SWISS FRANCS AND ASKED FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION.
PURPOSE OF STOTTLEMYER'S STATEMENT WAS TO EMPHASIZE COMPLEXITY
OF SUBJECT AND TO PLACE UN PROBLEMS IN PROPER PERSPECTIVE.
IN PARTICULAR, HE SOUGHT TO UNDERCUT ANY THOUGHT HOST COUNTRY
OR COUNTRIES WHICH DEVALUED THEIR CURRENCY SHOULD BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE FOR UN LOSSES. HE PROPOSED ESTABLISHING CRITERIA
AGAINST WHICH ALL PROPOSALS SHOULD BE JUDGED. SCHMIDT (FRG)
STRESSED THAT REAL PROBLEM FACING UN WAS ON EXPENDITURE SIDE,
AND SAID WG SHOULD LIMIT SELF TO PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
AND NOT GET BOGGED DOWN IN PARTICULARS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
OR ATTEMPT CHANGE "CRITERIA" OF SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS.
(OURTEL 919)
APARTHEID COMITE CHAIRMAN'S COMMENTS ON TRANSKEI--
USUN UNDERSTANDS ALL MEMBERS OF APARTHEID COMITE NOT
NECESSARILY UNITED BEHIND CHAIRMAN OGBU'S (NIGERIA) VIEWS,
EXPRESSED IN COMITE MARCH 14, CONCERNING DEVELOPMENTS IN
TRANSKEI, AND SOME ARE SYMPATHETIC TO MATANZIMA'S AND
BUTHELEZI'S EFFORTS "TO MAKE BEST OUT OF BAD SITUATION."
(OURTEL 921)
UN COUNCIL FOR NAMIBIA--
IN CLOSED MEETING MARCH 19, NEW UN COMMISSIONER FOR NAMIBIA,
SEAN MACBRIDE, REPORTED ON HIS RECENT CONSULTATIONS IN AFRICA
AND EUROPE WITH LEADERS OF NUMBER OF MEMBER STATES, OFFICIALS
OF SWAPO AND OAU, AND REPS OF SPECIALIZED AGENCIEWS AND
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NGO'S. EARLIER, IN OPEN MEETING, COMITE HEARD REPORTS BY
ZIMBA (ZAMBIA) ON GENEVA MEETING OF SUBCOMITE ON RACISM
AND DECOLONIZATION AND BY MONTOYA (PERU) ON SOFIA MEETING
OF WORLD PEACE COUNCIL. ZIMBA SAID IT HAD BEEN DECIDED ALL
LIBERATION MOVEMENTS WOULD BE INVITED TO NGO INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON DECOLONIZATION IN GENEVA IN SEPTEMBER AND WOULD
BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE FULLY; UN AGREED PROVIDE CONFERENCE
ROOMS AT PALAIS, BUT QUESTION ON INTERPRETATION STILL UNDER
CONSIDERATION.
COMITE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT--
BY CONSENSUS, COMITE MARCH 18 (P.M.) ADOPTED REVISED DRAFT
RES (L. 391/REV.1) WHICH ASKED ADVISORY COMITE ON APPLICATION
OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOPMENT (ACAST) TO DRAW
UP TWO LISTS OF PROBLEM AREAS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. ONE
WOULD LIST AREAS OR OBJECTIVES OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,
AND OTHER WOULD BE LIST OF MORE GENERAL OR UNIVERSAL NATURE
RELATED TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS. BYELORUSSIAN REP SAID HE
ABSTAINED IN VOTE BECAUSE HIS GOVT'S POSITION UNCHANGED ON
QUESTION OF MEASURING TARGETS IN FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AND ON REPORT REFERRED TO IN DRAFT. SOVIET REP HAD RESERVATIONS
ON FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS AND ON PROPOSED CONTENTS OF
TWO LISTS.
IN DISCUSSION OF ACAST MARCH 18 AND 19, CONCERN WAS EXPRESSED
BY REPS MEXICO AND FRG ABOUT NEED FOG CLEAR CONCEPT OF
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMITE AND ACAST. PAKISTANI AND
PHILIPPINE REPS CALLED FOR MORE ATTENTION TO ASIAN AND PACIFIC
REGIONS, AND SYRIA AND EGYPT FOR CLOSER COOPERATION WITH
ECWA. RESERVATIONS ON SYG'S PROPOSAL TO INCREASE ACAST
MEMBERSHIP FROM 24 TO 48 WERE EXPRESSED BY FRANCE, UK, JAPAN,
BRAZIL, YUGOSLAVIA, ROMANIA AND NETHERLANDS.
SEVERAL SUGGESTED ACAST SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE USE OF SERVICES
OF EXPERTS ON SPECIFIC SUBJECTS, AND SOME BELIEVED IT
SHOULD MEET ANNUALLY. JAPANESE AND AUSTRALIANS URGED ACAST
TO LOOK AT PROBLEMS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO SPECIFIC REGIONS,
SUCH AS THOSE AFFECTING SUDANO-SAHELIAN ZONE.
UN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL--
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