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Новой Зеландии и которые, в частности, нашли отражение в представленном им проекте резолюции, мы
могли убедиться еще раз в правоте фразы, которую мы так часто слышим в нашей Организации:
«Побеждает не разум силы, асиларазума». Делегация Украины поддерживает эту резолюцию и еще раз
благодарит уважаемую г-жу Председателя Генеральной конференции и представителя Новой Зеландии за
то, что они постепенно подвели нас к компромиссному решению. Благодарю.
(40) Mr SOTNYKOV (Ukraine) (Translation from the Russian):
Thank you, Madam President. For many of the delegates present here this is not their first UNESCO
General Conference, but a situation and an atmosphere such as have emerged around the present session are hard to
recall, especially in recent years. Without going into details about the reasons, we understand the motives behind
the action of the representatives of the General Service staff. At the same time, however, we also understand the
reasons why the Administration of the Organization is unable to satisfy all the demands put forward by them. Some
of my honourable colleagues have stated here that at this session we have been working under threat and under
pressure. There have been no threats but there has been pressure. The most important thing has been to find a
compromise. For this reason, thanks to the steps that you took, Madam President, and also those taken by the
representative of New Zealand which, in particular, have been reflected in the draft resolution proposed by him, we
have been able to verify yet again the correctness of the phrase that we hear so often in our Organization: “It is not
the logic of force that conquers but the force of reason”. The delegation of Ukraine supports this resolution and
once more thanks the President of the General Conference and the representative of New Zealand for having
gradually led us to a compromise solution. Thank you.
41. The PRESIDENT:
I thank you most sincerely. We now come to the representative of Zimbabwe. Sir, you have the floor.
42.1 Mr MAMBO (Zimbabwe):
Thank you, Madam President. First of all I would like to thank New Zealand for bringing forward this
proposal which is before us, which I believe is going to resolve our problems. I am pleased at least to see that we,
as an Organization, are at last assuming our responsibilities and taking a necessary decision rather than leaving
things in limbo for a period of five years. I am also pleased to see, Madam President, that we are at last beginning
to practice what we preach when we talk about tolerance and understanding - which promotes the culture of
peace. I think we are beginning to lend credibility to those statements that we so often make; and yet in the past
few days our behaviour might not have been in tune with what we say.
42.2 Madam President, we are the Member States, we are UNESCO, and I believe that the general staff are
also part of UNESCO, they are part of this Organization. The future of the Organization will depend on good
working relationships between us and them. After all, Madam president, we must not forget that the general staff
come from Member States and that they are in a way Member States in the same way we are. So, with these few
words I would like to propose that we adopt the proposal by New Zealand, taking into account the amendments
proposed in regard to paragraph 3 and paragraph 6. Thank you.
43. The PRESIDENT:
Thank you very much, Sir. And as the last speaker this afternoon we have the representative of Saint
Lucia.
44.1 Ms LACOEUILHE (Saint Lucia):
Thank you, Madam President. Since I am the last speaker, I am going to take my time again. Madam
President, I have no reservations about the results reached by the delegate of New Zealand. Since discussion
started on this issue in the Board, long before the Conference, we have said many times that cuts should start
from the top, not from the bottom. However, we have reservations about the way we have reached this decision.
Those who want to reassure themselves that there was no pressure exerted are free to do so, but the reality is
different. The fact that we have had two plenaries to discuss item 9.9, this being the second one, and that this one
was not agreed upon by the General Committee of the General Conference I think is proof enough.
44.2 Now, I agree with the amendments to paragraph 3. I agree with India on the insertion of paragraph 3
from document 30 C/66 after paragraph 6. I think that paragraph 6 could become a separate resolution, but it
should also remain in this text because it is not irrelevant here - on the contrary, it is totally related to item 9.9. I
would agree to the United Kingdom amendment, and also agree with the paragraph added by the French
delegation. Now, as to paragraph 5, I do not know what it really means but I will not oppose it. I would, however,
like the incoming Director-General to know that what we would like to see happening is something similar to
what is happening in the United Nations right now. We want strict legislation concerning strikes and how they
should be dealt with. Thank you, Madam President.
45. The PRESIDENT:
I thank the representative of Saint Lucia. I give the floor to the representative of Mauritania on a point of
order.
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