dency for the month of March. We have had many occasions to appreciate your talents and your out- standing human and intellectual qualities in the course of the debates in the Council. The intelligence, diplo- matic tact and wisdom with which you have been conducting the proceedings of this Council serve only to honour even further the representative of a great Power imd great people with which Zaire enjoys excellent relations of friendship and co-operation. 5 _ t I should also like to pay a tribute to Sir Anthony Parsons. your predecessor. for the distinction, born of remarkable simplicity. human sensibility, rich expe- l rience and a keen sense of dialogue and dynamic com- promise, with which he conducted the proceedings of the Council in February. 6. The Republic of Zaire has followed with genuine concern the grave deterioration of the political situa- tion in Central America and the Caribbean. It is only natural that the development of the situation in that historically sensitive area should be a matter of con- cern for the Council, since it is difficult at the present time to detach the many hotbeds of local or regional tension in the world from the current world context of cold war, distrust and a crisis of confidence in inter- national relations, and of insecurity and uncertainty for so many peoples and countries in the world. 7. The statements we have heard from the Co- ordinator of the Governing Junta of National Rccon- struction of Nicaragua, Mr. Daniel Ortega Saavedra [23.?5th rnt~~~tin‘~], from the representative of the United States of America [ihid.] and from other par- ties concerned about the present situation in Central America and in the Caribbean, clearly should encour- age the Council to remind all parties-that is, Mem- ber States-of their duties and obligations under the 
**Analysis**
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