Daniel Ortega Before The United Nations Security Council

Daniel Ortega Before The United Nations Security Council. - Daniel Ortega speaks to the UN Security Council about the needs and concerns of Nicaragua. He protests Ronald Reagan's policies in Central America, and calls U.S. actions in Nicaragua in support of the Contras as a violation of international law. Foreign political and military intervention is prohibited, argues Ortega, and the smaller nations need help from the UN to secure themselves from such intervention by the United States. He suggests that Nicaragua has the right to govern its own internal affairs without dictates from foreign nations. Ortega then goes on to trace the details of U.S. support of the Contras, and how it violates Nicaraguan sovereignty. - RECORDED: United Nations Security Council, 22 July 1986.