They agreed that the developing countries should ensure a consensus of opinion at Lmasio that a common platform is formulated for U.N.C.T.A.D. III and the UN Development Strategy for the Second Development Decade is successfully implemented.
Both sides stressed the need for urgent measures for the purpose of promoting agreement on general and complete disarmament, including-in particular-nuclear disarmament, under strict and effective international control.
The two sides discussed the activities and the role of the United Nations, and underlined the need for scrupulous respect for and observance of the provisions of the Charter by all Member-States of the United Nations. They agreed to the necessity for ensuring universality of its membership. They welcomed the admission of Bhutan, Bahrain and Qatar to the U.N. They attached particular importance to the immediate restoration of the legitimate rights of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations. They also considered that the divided and other countries outside the U.N. should be enabled to take part in the activities of the U.N. and its Agencies.
Both sides declared their support for national liberation movements and the struggle against colonial domination and demanded the complete elimination of the vesting of colonialism in accordance with the U.N. Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. They condemned racist policies and practices as a gross violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The two sides expressed their concern over the continuation of the war and foreign intervention in Indo-China. Stress was laid on the indispensability of the rapid withdrawal of all foreign troops from Indo-China, in order to enable the peoples of that region to live in peace and security and to decide freely their future destiny without any interference from outside. In this connection, they noted that the sevenpoint proposal of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam constituted an important basis for a peaceful political solution of the question of Vietnam. They expressed the hope that a peaceful solution of the Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia questions would be found within the broad framework of the Geneva Agreements.
The two sides expressed their serious concern over the tense situation in West Asia and the absence of concrete results in solving the crisis. They agreed that any further postponement of a peaceful solution in conformity with the Security Council Resolution of 22nd November, 1967, would pose a grave danger to international peace and security. They reaffirmed the need for urgent measure to achieve a lasting, stable and just peace on the basis of implementation or the abovementioned Resolution, including the withdrawal of Israel from Arab territories and respect for the legitimate rights of the people of Palestine.
The President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia invited the President of the Republic of India, His Excellency Shri V.V. Giri, and the Prime Minister, Madame Indira Gandhi, to visit Yugoslavia. The invitations were accepted with great pleasure.
