Unprecedented progress hasbeenmadeinthepeaceful resolution ofregional conflicts bypolitical meaDS. Insouthern Africa, theUnitedNations planforthe granting ofindependence toNamibia hasbeenimplemented. Thesituation concerning Nicaragua hasbeensettled, andadynamic searchfarpeaceisunderwayin Cambodia, Afghanistan andotherhotspotsoftheglobe. Weshouldnotforget Angola, Ethiopia, Cyprus, theKoreanpeninsula andWeatern Sahara. Allthisis beingdonewiththemostactiveparticipation oftheUnitedNations. Thesepositive changesintheworld, wecansaywithout exaggeration, have beenpropelled bythenewnatureoftherelations between theSovietUnionandthe UnitedStates, whichareevolving fromco-operation tointeraction and partnership. Themeetings ofthePresidents ofthesuper-Powers inMalta, Camp DavidaDdHelsinki havebeenmajoreventsinworldpolitics. Thepolitical environment isbeingclearly defined bytheworld-wide recognition ofthesupremacy ofuniversal humanvalues. Democratic formsare becoming consolidated inrunning theaffairm ofStatesandintheconduct of international affairs. TheUnitedNations, too,isbeingreborn. Wearepleaaed tonotethatthe ideasofPresident Gorbachev oftheSovietUniOnconcerning theroleofthe Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryBUS/pt---_ .........._-----------_ ..- Al4S/PV.6 43 (Mr.Sbeyardnadso, USSR) Organisation inachanging worldhavobeenfoundtobeinharmony withmajority opinion andwiththedemands ofreallife. Thecentral concepts oftoday'spOlitics areco-operation, interaction and partnership insolving extremely severeglobalproblems, suchaseconomic backwardness, poverty, socialinequality andenviroDmental protection. Badthissess10n takenplacebeforeAugust1990,weshouldhavehadevery reasontoBaythatmankind hademerged fromanarrowanddangerous passage andhad wideandglowing horizons aheadofit. Butnowourfieldofvisionhasbeenobscured bythedarkcloudofthe aggression against Ituwait. Onthat"BlackThursday", Iraqflagrantly violated the Charter oftheUnitedNations, theprinciples ofintarnat~onal la~,theuniversally recognised normsofmorality andthestandards ofcivilized behaviour. Iraqhas cow~itted anunprovoked actofaggression, hasannexed aneighbouring sovereign State,hasseizedthousands ofhostages andisresorting tounprecedented blackmail, threatening touseweapons ofmassdestruction. Thereisalsoanother dimension toIraq'saction. Itisablowdirected essentially againstallthatmankind hasrecently achieved, all~latwehavebeen abletoaccomplish together byadoptiDq thenewpolitical thinking indetermining ourfuture. AnactwhichODecanunquestionably describe without exaggeration asanactof terrorism hasbeenperpetrated against theemerging Dewworldorder. Thisisa majoraffronttomankind. Unlesswefindawaytorespondtoitanddealwiththe situation, civilization willbesetbackhalfacentury. Iraq'Sactions arehavingandwillhavethegravest consequences fortheIraqi peopleitselfandformillions ofmeD,womenandchildren inmanycountries ofthe world,fortheirhopesandtheirfuture. Alarge-scale warmaybreakoutillthe Per~ian Gulfregionanyday,atanyhQur. --._--------------------- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Libraryrromthisrostrum, weahouldliketoappealonceagaintotheleadersof• ,.,. '....."l. (Hr.SheyardDadl.. VSSR)W45/PV.fi ....-..SBUS/pt Iraq.H.ar.lIatingthisappealastheiroldfriends andasacountrythathas foundthecouragetocondemnitsownwrongdoings aqainatcertainStatesinthe pa8t. Mecalluponthe.tochangetheirthinJd,ng andtoobeythedemands notonly oflawbutalsoofCOmnoDsenB',totak.aresponsible andhumaneattitude, above alltowards theIraqipeople, who,wearecODvineed, yearnforpeace,tranqUillity endgood ~elationa withtheirn.ighbours. 14 Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryWeal.otrustthatatthililtllNofgravetd&lthaArabpeople.aetStat•• willl1v.uptothehopeIIIofllaDkinet andhelptofilletIiwayoutofthePer.i_ Gulf cd.i.. 'rhi.wouletaa1r.eitpoalible to4&alwithotherhot.Het. ofcODf1.lct inthe Mlct41eBaitandatlalttofinetan~tabl. .olution tothoPale.tineproble••PD/~LJ,--------------- A/45/PV.G 4G (Hr.ShtYArcbaasJ'.' USSI) Ifthewo1'lethas.urvived toth1letaI"it11becauseattragic._nt,inits history theforce.ofevilwereal"ay. oppo~e4 bytheforce.ofgo04,arbitrary po_rbytheruleoflaw,treachery _etba••nes.byhonourandet8C8IlCY, anct violence bystrength ofspiritendfaithiniu.tic•• TodayisDOtiMeforre~oicing, butonecannothelpfe.ling acertain .atisfaction attheunprecedented unityoftheSecurity Council andat international publicopinion'. unequivocal ••se....ntofIraq'. behavio~r. This giveo UIIconfidence intheabilityoftheUnitecSRationstodealwiththiagrave international crisis. Asi8clearfromthepositions takenbyMeaberaofthe Organi.atioD, theSecurlt~ COUDcil hasa.andateto90a8far.atheintereats of worldpeaceregu!re. Ihavenodoubtthattoday's meeting, onwhichagreement has
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement by a high-ranking official, likely from the United Nations, addressing a pressing international crisis, specifically the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The text discusses the recent progress in peaceful conflict resolution, the role of the United Nations, and the importance of cooperation and partnership among nations. However, the main focus of the text is on the crisis in the Persian Gulf and the need for international action to address it.

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