text: ~esuccessful execution ofhisresponsibilities. Iwishalsototakethisopportunity toexpress totheSecretary-General once moreourconfidence inhimandourappreciation ofhispainstaking efforts inthe service oftheprinciples oftheUnitedNations. Thecurrent session oftheUnitedNations hasahistoric significance, inthat itembodies acommemorative occasion uponwhichweoughttopauseandconsider the road ~attheOrganization hastravelled sinceitsfoundation. Inthenormalway wecometotherostrum oftheUnitedNations toairourviewsaboutthemajor issuesfacingus,butinthisparticular yearitisourdutyindealing withsuch issuestoapproach thefactscandidly andrealistically inthehopethatwemay betterpreserve theprinciples uponwhichtheOrganization wasfounded. Most important alOOngthoseprinciples istheestablishment ofpeace,whichthepeoples oftheworldseeasessential totheexercise oftheirrightstosovereignty, security anddignity, andwithout whichjustice intheworldwillgivewaytochaos anddestruction. Mycountry andtheothercountries ofourregionstandingreater dangerof aggression thananyotherpartoftheworld, andaretherefore ingreater needof peaceandstability andoftheimplementation oftheprinciples uponwhichthe Organization wasfounded 40yearsago. Inourregion, therearetworegimes thatseektheirobjectives through policies ofaggression andexpansion attheexpense ofneighbouring States, policies ~eycarryoutwithimpunity. Unrestrained byconscience, theZionist~I l. IA/40/PV.l3 68 (Mr.Aziz,Irag) andIranian regimes havedemonstrated atotallackofresponsibility intheir persistent disregard fortheUnitedNations andtheircontinual violations ofits Charter. OUrOr9ani~ati6fi hasyettosucceed incompelling thosetworegimes to respectitsauthority andabidebytheprinciples agreeduponbythewholeof civilized mankind. TheUnitedNations isnotunaware ofthefactsoftheIranian aggression against mycountry. Iraqirepresentatives havesubmitted sufficient documents aboutthefacts,together withdetailed statements aboutmycountry's position, sincethebeginning ofIran'saggression morethanfiveyearsago,anaggression whichhasfigured highontheUnitedNations agenda. Themostflagrant factabout thisaggression isIran'sundisguised objective -thetoppling ofthepolitical and socialsystems inIraqandothercountries intheregion, wheretheIranians want toestablish theirownbrandofbackward andbarbaric rule.Thatbizarre courseof action, whichtheIranian regimeisdetermined topursueagainst Iraqandother countries, isbasically themaincauseofIran'scontinued aggression andofthe dangers andturbulences threatening ourregion. Iraq'sincreasing efforts, together withthoseofothercountries inthe region, toestablish normalrelations withIran,basedontheprinciples of good-neighbourliness, mutualrespect andnon-interference intheinternal affairs ofStates, haveallbeeninvain.Fromtheverybeginning theIranian regime insisted uponfomenting trouble andapplying itseY,pansionist policies inthe area.Itstarteditsaggression against Iraqbyshelling innocent civilian border townswithheavyartillery inpreparation foritsfull-scale invasion ofIraqand occupation ofitsterritories byforce.IA/40/PV.13 69-70 (Mr.Aziz,Iraq) Facedwithsuchimminent dangers, Iraqhadnochoicebuttodefendits sovereignty andsecurity. Theinternational Organization hasbeentryingsince thattimetoresolve thedispute onthebasisoftheCharter andwithinthbmeans available toit.ItpassedSecurity Council resolution 479(1980),itsfirston thedispute, on28September 1980,calling uponthewarring parties tocease .hostilities andtosettletheirdifferences bypeaceful means. WhileIranrejected thatresolut:i.on, Iraqnotonlyagreedtoit,butalsoaccepted inallsincerity the Organization's jurisdiction overthedispute, together witheveryresolution itwas topasscalling forthedispute toberesolved peacefully andinaccordance with theCharter. Iraqalsoaccepted thejurisdiction ofotherinternational organizations, 3uchastheOrganization oftheIslamic Conference andthe Non-Aligned Movement. TheIranian regimehas,onitspart,rejected all resolutions adopted todatebythisoranyotherinternational Organization. Iran hastriedinstead toimposepre-conditions forendingthewarthatwereboth ridiculous andcontrary totherulesofinternational lawandtheprinciples of international relations. Thesepre-conditi.ons notonlyreflect theanomalous natureoftheIranian regime, butalsoaccurately revealitsevil,expansionist and aggressive intentions. --------------_._---BM/17 A/40/FfII.13 7t (Mr.Aziz,Iraq)
analysis: This text appears to be a statement by a representative of Iraq to the United Nations, criticizing the Iranian regime and calling for the Organization to take action against its aggression. The text does not contain any specific discussion of economic development, natural resources, or environmental issues. However, it does touch on issues related to international relations, security, and conflict resolution.