United Nations Security Council draft resolution S/17172
Date: 1985-05-10 (meeting 2580)
Agenda: Letter dated 6 May 1985 from the Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security-Council (S/17156)
Vetoed by: USA

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9 May 1985

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Nicaragua: draft resolution

The Security Council,

Having heard the statement of the Perman?‘nt Representative of Nicaragua to the
United Nations,

Having heard also the statements of several representatives of Member
countries of the United Nations during the course of the debat?,

Recalling resolution 530 (1983) which reaffirms the right of Nicaragua and of
all the other countries of the area to live in peace and security, free from
outside interference,

Recalling also General Assembly resolution 38/10 which reaffirms the
inalienable right of all the peoples to decide on their own form of government and
to choose their own economic, political and social system free from all foreign
intervention, coercion, or limitation,

Recalling also General Assembly resolution 39/4 which encourages the efforts
of the Contadora Group and appeals urgently to all interested States in and outside
the region to co-operate fully with the Group through a frank and constructive
dialogue, so aS to achieve solutions to the differences between them,

Recalling General Assembly resolution 2625 (XXV) which reaffirms the principle
that no State may apply or promote the use of measures of economic, political or
any other nature in order to coerce another State into subordinating the exercise
of its sovereign rights and gain from it advantage of any kind,

Reaffirming the principle that all members shall fulfil in good faith the
obligations assumed by them in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,

Seriously concerned about the increased tensions in the Central American
region, recently aggravated by the trade embargo and other coercive economic
measures decreed against the Government of Nicaragua which endanger the stability
of the region and undermine the etforts of the Contadora Group toward a political
and negotiated solution,

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S/17172
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l. Regrets the recent trade embarqo and other coercive economic measures
against Nicaraqua which are inconsistent with the principle of non-interference in
the internal affairs of States and represent a danger to the stability of the
region and calls for an immediate end to said measures)

2. Calls on the interested States to refrain from any action or intention to
destabilize or undermine other States or their institutions, including the
imposition of trade embargoes or restrictions, blockades or other measures
incompatible with the provisions of the United Nations Charter, and in violation of
commitments contracted multilaterally or bilaterally;

3. Reaffirms the sovereignty and inalienable right of Nicaragua and the rest
of the States to freely decide on their own political, economic and social systems,
to develop their international relations according to their people's interests free
from outside interference, subversion, direct or indirect coercion or threats of
any kind;

4. Reaffirms once again its firm support to the Contadora Group and urges it
to intensify its efforts; it also expresses its conviction that only with qenuine
political support from all interested States will said peace efforts prosper}

5. Calls on all States to refrain from carrying out, supporting or promoting
political, economic or military actions of any kind against any State in the region
which might impede the peace objectives of the Contadora Group;

6. Calls on the Governments of the United States of America and Nicaraqua to
resume the dialogue they had been holding in Manzanillo (Mexico) toward reaching

accords favourable for normalizing their relations and regional détentey

7. Requests that the Secretary-General keep the Security Council apprised of
the development of the situation and the implementation of the present resolution,

8. Decides to remain seized of this matter.

Voting result: 14 yes, 0 no, 1 abstentions
Votes by member:
country: Australia
vote: Y
country: Burkina Faso
vote: Y
country: China
vote: Y
country: Denmark
vote: Y
country: Egypt
vote: Y
country: France
vote: Y
country: India
vote: Y
country: Madagascar
vote: Y
country: Peru
vote: Y
country: Thailand
vote: Y
country: Trinidad and Tobago
vote: Y
country: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
vote: Y
country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
vote: Y
country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
vote: A
country: United States of America
vote: Y