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• f <br /> IX. FOREIGN POLICY <br /> The Orange County Democratic Party believes that the United States foreign policy should <br /> preserve the security and welfare of the United States, promote peace and sperity in the <br /> world, and strengthen the international framework to facilitate the inevitable towards <br /> "One World." The principles which guide our conduct of foreign affairs should include creative, <br /> non-violent alternatives in place of force or the threat of force; and a respect for human rights, <br /> for the world's environment, for international law and the right of peoples to self-determination. <br /> FEDERAL <br /> a) The United States should take advantage of any major reduction in tension between the <br /> U. S. and the Soviet Union to work with the Soviet Union to reduce those conflicts in the <br /> Third World in which either or both superpowers have influence. <br /> b) The United States should continue to negotiate with the Soviet Union and other nations to <br /> halt the development, manufacture and deployment of nuclear, chemical and biological <br /> weapons. The ultimate object should be the destruction of all stocks of such weapons. <br /> c) The United States should continue to negotiate with the Soviet Union and other nations a <br /> decrease in conventional weapons so that a nuclear deterrent no longer will be necessary to <br /> balance superior Soviet conventional forces. <br /> d) Congress and the executive branch should honor each other's respective roles in the <br /> conduct of foreign policy as set forth in the United States Constitution and in relevant laws, <br /> including the War Powers Act. <br /> • <br /> e) The United States should work to strengthen the United Nations and the World Court by <br /> referring disputes to them, by abiding by their decisions, by according them more authority, <br /> and by assuring adequate financing. <br /> f) The United States should work within established international economic organizations to <br /> settle trade disputes and strengthen ties. <br /> g) The United States should support indigenous efforts of Central American nations to <br /> negotiate peace in the reg�ion. The United States should withdraw its military presence and <br /> ban public and private shipment of arms to the area. <br /> h) The United States should advance the cause of peace in the Middle East by supporting <br /> peace conference between Israel, the Palestinians, and neighboring Arab states; by restricting <br /> the supply of weapons to all Middle Fast nations; and by supporting efforts of international <br /> bodies to negotiate settlements in the Persian Gulf, Lebanon, and other trouble spots. <br /> i) The United States should exert strong diplomatic and economic pressure on the South <br /> African government to end apartheid and should support a U. N. resolution condemning the <br /> practice. <br /> l) The United States should cooperate in long-range multinational efforts to promote a stable, <br /> healthy relationship between people and their environment, to help prevent chronic drought, <br /> desertification, and famine worldwide. <br /> 8 <br />