children inpoverty-stricken, drug-contaminated andviolent societies, andchildren enduring underaninhuman apartheid regimecertainly cannotbeconsidered toexist withinanenvironment imparting dignity, tolerance, equality, solidarity, freedom and,indeed, peace. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryFMB/8 A!44/PV.100 28 (ThePresident) ThisAssembly alsoemphasized itssupport ofthegrowing detente between East andWest. On15November 1989,inunanimously adopting resolution 44/21on "Enhancing international peace,security andinternational co-operation inallits aspects inaccordance withtheCharter oftheUnitedNations", wereiterated our collective beliefthatinanindependent world,globalpeaceandsecurity can,and must,berootedintheworkoftheUnitedNations -inthecodified rulesand principles ofpeace,security andinternational co-operation laiddowninthe Charter. Inthiscontext oftheenhancement ofworldpeace,theAssembly welcomed thefreeandfairelections inNicaragua andlookswithhighexpectations towards theHaitian Government andpeopleforthefulfilment ofasimilar democratic potential. Thepainstaking effo~ts ofallthoseinvolved intheintricate peace-making arrangements inCambodia havebeennotedwithincreasing optimism by theAssembly -anoptimism notmisplaced nowthatPrinceSihanouk hasannounced his intention topreside overtheSupreme National Congress incompliance withthe termsoftheUnitedNations PeacePlan.AndtheAssembly applauded asTrinidad and Tobagosetusallanexample byresolving aninternal difficulty andaverting a full-scale crisisthrough adroitnegotiation. Wecommendit. Thepeacedividend ofdetente hasbeenmetwithwelcome relief, endorsed fully bytheAssembly andrehearsed exhaustively bytheworld's media. Butthereal significance oftherapprochement, however, liesinitsimpactontheroleand functioning oftheUnitedNations. ItwasSirWinstonChurchill who,in1955, commented withremarkable foresight that"theUnitedNations wassetup,nottoget ustoheaven, butonlytosaveusfromhell". The15members oftheSecurity Council ablydischarged suchamandate by forestalling withskillanddexterity whatappeared asanassured, inevitable war inthePersian Gulfregion. Nevertheless, theSecurity Council, withinthecontext Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryFMB/8 Al44/PV.1.00 29-30 (~ePresiden..t) ofanorganization struggling tobereborn,isheirtoimpulses whichareonly half-formed and,indeed,halfunderstood. Itmustbegiventimeinanatmosphere ofconsensus andunrepenting solidarity todiscern, formulate andexecuteits responsibilities. Thiswi1.lrequire therenewed commitment totheprinciples of theCharter byeveryMemberState,asDagHammarskjold, whospentmanylonghours inthesechambers andintheSecurity Council, wouldundoubtedly reiterate were,he alivetoday. Hiswisecounselisworthrecalling atprecisely thosemoments when problems beforetheCouncil areattheirmostintractable -thosesessions wherein factandfeeling becomesoentangled thatdespair looms. Hewrote: "Neveracceptwhatcanbegainedbygivingin.Youwillbelivingoffstolen goodsandyourmuscles willatrophy." Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJVM/9 A/44/PV.100 31 (ThePresident) Itisamatterforregretthatthesamedegreeofconcern, commitment and collective responsibility ashasbeenapplied toglobalpolitical, strategic and security matters hasnotyetbeenextended tothehumanimperatives oftheless. privileged ofourworld. Justasdetente hasbeenachieved bydiscarding rigid ideologies, sotooisareviewoftherigideconomic doctrines longoverdue. The latestWorldBankreportonpoverty paintsastarkandrapidly worsening picture of poverty, whichthreatens todestabilize ourworldorderatleastaseffectively if notasrapidly asanyconflict wenowseeintheGulfregion. Inrecognition of thesehumanimperatives, therefore, itishardlysurprising thatitisthe incidence ofhumanSUffering -theappalling plightofforeign victims oftheGulf crisis, menaced bytheirhostwithstarvation indefiance oftheirrightsunder international humanitarian law-thatispoisedtoundermine theconsensus and purposeful functioning oftheSecurity Council and,bydefault, ofthis Orga~ization. IntheGulfaselsewhere, humanitarian repercussions cannotbe
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement by a high-ranking official or diplomat, discussing global peace, security, and cooperation. It touches on various issues, including poverty, conflict, humanitarian aid, and international relations. The focus is on the role of the United Nations in addressing these challenges and promoting a more peaceful and equitable world.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations