represented intheunitedNattons General Assembly, bothmembers of politico-military alliances andnon-aligned andneutral countries gtosupport this approach, whichweareconvinced isconstructive andatthesametimerealistic. Iwouldnowliketooffersomeideasastowhatmightbedonetoeliminate, through ourcollective efforts, localwarsandconflicts, whichresultinuntold sUffering andinnumerable casualties. ViewedinapurelyUnitedNations context, thesolution tothisproblem may seemsimple. AllthatisneededistocompelallStatestocomplyfullyand scrupulously intheiractions withtheircommitments undertheUnitedNations Charter andequally firmlytodenysupport tothosewhoviolate thosecommitments. Forinstance, itishardtoimagine thatanydelegatioa'l wouldventure to assertherethatthemonstrous crimesoftheIsraeli aggressors ontheravagedsoil ofLebanon andintheWestBankandtheGazaStripareconsistent withthe principles oftheunitedNations Charter orthatthefinancing, arming, training andinfiltrating intoNicaragua ofthousands uponthousands of counter-revolutionaries -contras, astheyarecalled-areconsistent withthose principles. Onlychauvinistic arrogance couldleadanyonetodenythePalestinian people theirrighttoindependent statehood whilerecognizing thatrightforthepeopleof Israel. Allpeoples andnations haveequalrights.JE!Wrd A/40/pV.6 69-70 (Hr.Shevardnadze, USSR) WhoisunawareofthebrutalrecordoftheSouthAfrican apartheid regime, whichisexecuting hundreds ofthecountry's indigenous inhabitants andjailing thousands ofothers? Whoisunawareoftheactsofaggression itisconstantly ooJllllitting against Angola-asweseetoday-aswellasagainst Mozambique, Botswana andLesotho? Itwould¥adeedbeblasphemous eventothinkthatthis inhuman regimeactsinaccordance withtheprovisions oftheUnitedNations Charter. ButitisafactthatthePretoria racists receive support, andthatthis support comesfrom ClmajorPowerthat40yearsagowasamongthefounding MeJrbera oftheunitedNations.BHS/jh A/40/PV.6 71 (Mr.Shevardnadze, USSR) IOfcourse, expressing indignation atthecrimesoftheracists andcondemning theaggressor doesnotinitselfmeanthatthosecrimeswillbeeliminated. The peaceful settlement ofanygivenconflict withfullandjustregard fL~the legitimate interests ofallsioesrequires apolitical basisforasettlement which wouldnotbeprejudicial tothoseinterests, aswellasanegotiating mechanism appropriate toeachspecific conflict situation. Suchpolitical ~latforms forthejustsettlement ofallornearlyallexisting regional conflicts havealready beenorarebeingformulated. Suitable negotiating mechanisms eitheralreadyexistorcanbeestablished. Letusnowturntothesituation intheMiddleEast.Themainparameters for solving theMiddleEastproblem inamannerthatwouldtakeintoaccount the legitimate interests ofallparties havelongagobeendefined. Theyinclude the returntotheArabStatesofalltheirterritories occupied byIsraelsince1967, theexercise oftherightoftheArabpeopleofPalestine toestablish an independent Stateoftheirownandensuring therightofallStatesintheMiddle East,including Israel,toliveinpeaceandsecurity. Anegotiating mechanism for suchasettlement haslongagobeenproposed aswell,namaly, aninternational conference ontheMiddleEastundertheauspices oftheUnitedNations withthe participation ofalltheparties concerned, including thePalestine Liberation Organization, andanumberofothercountries, including theSovietUnionandthe UnitedStates. Theremay,however, besomepeople whothinkthattheMiddleEastknotcanbe unti~dbyseparate deals,butexperience hasalready shownthatsuchactions can onlyresultinaggravating theconflict insteadofsettling it.Webelieve that thisyearthe Gen~.:t.;ll Assembly willtakeanevenfirmerstandinfavourofanearly andjustpolitical settlement intheMiddleEast,andwilldemandthatthosewho continue toresistsuchasettlement shouldstoptheirsabotage.BUS/jh A/4O/pV.6 72 (Hr.Shevardnadze, USSR) Ishouldliketorecall, inthisconnection, thatIsrael owesitsvery existence toadecision ofthisOrganization, adecision whichalsocalledforthe estabU.shment inPalestine ofanArabStateGItwasadualdecision. TheSoviet unionactively supported precisely thatdeoision and,incidentally, itwasamong thefirsttorecognize theStateofIsrael. Inprinciple, anegotiating mechanism alsoexistsforsettling thesituation inCentral America whichwasindeedconceived bytheLatinAmerican countries the_elves. Iamreferring totheContadora group..withwhichseveral moreSouth American States, recently expressed solidarity. Thereisalsoadraftactofpeace inCentral America drawnupbytheContadora menbers. Itiswidelysupported by theStates andpeoples oftheregion, including theGovernment andthepeopleof Nicaragua, thecountry whichisthetargetofthespearhead ofimperialist
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement by a high-ranking official, likely from the Soviet Union, addressing the United Nations General Assembly. The main topic is the elimination of local wars and conflicts, and the speaker proposes various measures to achieve this goal. The text mentions specific conflicts, such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Nicaraguan Contra War, and apartheid in South Africa. The speaker also references international organizations and agreements, such as the United Nations Charter and the Contadora group.

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