I reaffirmed that the United States will honor its security commitments.

The Convention is one of the most important maritime environmental protection measures ever completed.

There is no significant unused transmitter capacity available for sharing among U.S. broadcasters or between U.S. and other Western broadcasters.

I feel that entry into force of this Convention will be an important step in controlling and preventing pollution from vessel discharges.

I pledged an urban and regional policy based on mutual trust, mutual respect and mutual commitment between State and local governments on the one hand and the federal government on the other.

May their life ahead be as long as it has been in the past, and blessed with permanent peace.

This is a high priority for my Administration, and I have asked Jack Watson and Stu Eizenstat to facilitate and support your collective efforts in every way possible.

The first step toward achieving that goal must be coordination among federal departments and agencies.

This legislation probably has as high a symbolic importance in international affairs as anything that I will do this year.

I think it puts us on the side of what's right and proper.

The solution rests in their hands, not ours.

I will nominate William J. Beckham, Jr., to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.

We have consistently stated our belief that a peaceful solution in Rhodesia depends upon negotiations that involve a full spectrum of opinion among its leaders, both black and white.

I will nominate Roger C. Altman to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.

I will nominate Joan B. Claybrook to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

This puts us back on the side of support for the United Nations.

Further delay in negotiations will invite more violence and increase the prospect of outside intervention--an outcome which every person of good will wishes to avoid.

Our country is committed to the concept of rapid transition to majority rule in Rhodesia under nonviolent conditions.