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GOVERNMENT THAT i. •' , , ,C . ,.! ,'-T ! - A S I _ , . ; I A . I , I! ""( LY 00 f ; 0 T KHCW ALREADY THEY Af.L Ti-•; C'iLY i .t.". C -!"-" E M 1KAT '-AC T I E ,'EA,l:S OF F I K D (K G OUT, KAfiELY THE Cl'.Z '.' f , f Of U ' j A ' I t A . ,'E ( X V LtCK TO THEM J O DO SO. '. WE HAVE LLSTE:.£_, M T H C:;.AT ATTC'ITIC! VJD I'.TEREST TO THE 'ACCOUNTS GIVEN EARLIER HI T H I S DEBATE BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF UGANDA AMD ISRAEL OF THE EVENTS WHICH TOOK PLACE FROM THE TIME OF THE HIJACKING OIL 27 JUNE TO THE ACTION UNDERTAKEN BY ISRAEL CM 3 JULY. NO-ONE IN THIS COUNCIL CAM HAVE FAILED TO NOTICE THE REMARKABLY DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION GIVEN BY THE TWO REPRESENTATIVES, WHAT SURELY EFIERGES VERY CLEARLY FROM ALL OF T H I S I S THE NEED TO AVOID A REPETITION OF A SITUATION IN WHICH NOTWITHSTANDING THE PREOCCUP- ATION WHICH MANY OF US HAVE WITH THE OBLIGATION OF EVERY STATE TO RESPECT THE SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF ALL STATES, A GOVERNMENT IS DRIVEN TO TAKE UNILATERAL ACTION WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF ANOTHER STATE IN ORDER TO ASSURE THE SAFETY OF ITS CITIZENS. IN THE VIEW OF MY DELEGATION IT IS ON THIS ASPECT OF THE PROBLEM THAT THE SECURITY COUNCIL SHOULD CONCENTRATE ITS ATTENTION NOV.', LOOKING TOWARDS THE AVOIDANCE OF SUCH EVENTS IN THE FUTURE RATHER THAN SEEKING TO PASS JUDGEMENT ON WHAT TOOK PLACE AT ENTEBBE. THIS PROBLEM OF HIJACKING IS AN INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM WHICH -FACES US ALL EQUALLY. ALREADY IN THE BRIEF TIME THAT HAS ELAPSED SINCE THE EVENTS WHICH WE ARE CONSIDERING, A FURTHER HIJACKING INCIDENT HAS TAKEN PLACE, THIS TIME INVOLVING A LIBYA,'! AIRCRAFT, WHICH HAPPILY DID NOT RESULT IN ANY CASUALTIES. EQUALLY IMPORTANT, IT IS A PROBLEM WHICH CAN ONLY BE SATISFACTORILY DEALT WITH DY A CONCERTED EFFORT BY THE WHOLE' INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. I SHOULD SAY THAT IN HY COUNTRY IT WOULD SEEN INCREDIBLE IF THE SECURITY CQUfiClL SHOULD ADERESS ITSELF TO WHAT HAPPENED AT ENTEBBE WITHOUT AT THE SAME TIME CONSIDERING WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT HljACKIfiG. IT WOULD NOT ONLY BE INCREDIBLE, MR PRESIDENT, IT WOULD BE DISHONEST, WE CANNOT EXAMINE HALF THE CASE. WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE WHOLE CF IT. ALREADY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF STEPS HAVE BEEN TAi'*Ef! IN THIS DIRECTION. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WILL RECALL THE DECISION WHJCH WE '' ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS OU 20 JUNE 1972. OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTION HAS - ALSO BEEN TAKEN IN THE FORM OF THE HAGUE CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION CF UNLAWFUL SIEZURE OF AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN DECEMBER 1 9 7 1 , THE MONTREAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF CIVIL AVIATION WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER 1 9 7 1 , AMD ALSO THE STANDARDS AND PRACTICES GOVERNING AIRPORT SECURITY AND AIRCRAFT SAFETY APPROVED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATICH ORGANISATION. WHAT IS 'iEEDED NCW, IT SEEMS TO US IS, FIRST, TO MAKE THE EXISTING INTERNATIONAL ACT I CM WHICH H*S ALREADY BEEN TAKEN AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE A?;D TO ENSURE THE MAXIMUM COMPLIANCE V/ITH IT BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CCWUHITY. SECONDLY, WE SHOULD COKSlDER WHETHER THERE IS ANY FURTHER ACTION WHICH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY - AND SPECIFICALLY THE UNITED NATIONS - CAi) TAKE TO SUPPLEMENT THESE MEASURES SO AS TO PREVENT FURTHER ACTS OF HIJACKING AM) TO PUNISH THOSE RESf'O'JSlEtr.