CBS Evening News - 1980-01-14

Name: CBS Evening News - 1980-01-14
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[0:00] Tonight at 6:30,

[0:02] this is the CBS Evening News with Walter

[0:06] Kronite.

[0:07] >> Good evening. The United Nations General

[0:09] Assembly this evening by a lopsided

[0:11] majority handed the Soviet Union a

[0:13] diplomatic setback on Afghanistan and

[0:16] Iran ordered the immediate expulsion of

[0:19] all American journalists. We'll have the

[0:21] Iran story in a few moments, but now

[0:23] here is Mitchell Krauss at the United

[0:24] Nations.

[0:27] The result was a resounding victory for

[0:29] the United States and the other nations

[0:31] opposing the Soviet intervention in

[0:33] Afghanistan.

[0:35] >> In favor 104

[0:38] against 18

[0:41] abstensions 18.

[0:43] >> Throughout the 4-day emergency session

[0:45] of the General Assembly, which

[0:46] culminated in today's vote, delegates

[0:48] from more than half of the 152 UN member

[0:51] states spoke on the now adopted

[0:53] resolution, which contains eight

[0:55] provisions. among them an appeal to all

[0:57] states to respect the political

[0:59] integrity and non-aligned character of

[1:01] Afghanistan and to refrain from

[1:03] interfering in its internal affairs and

[1:05] most important a call for the immediate

[1:07] unconditional and total withdrawal of

[1:10] the foreign troops in Afghanistan

[1:11] although the troops are not named as

[1:13] Soviets a strong opponent of the

[1:16] resolution who spoke before the vote was

[1:18] Cuba head of the non-aligned group many

[1:20] of whose members were sponsors of the

[1:22] resolution because we know the historic

[1:25] role of the Soviet Union and of United

[1:30] States imperialism.

[1:32] We shall vote today against that

[1:36] imperialism and against its policy.

[1:39] >> The delegate of Israel was a strong

[1:41] supporter of the resolution.

[1:43] >> In