through ourCaribbe~, Basininitiative andPresident Reagan's initiative forpeace, development anddemocracy.JVMjlO A/40/PV.4 37 (Mr.Shultz, UnitedStates) Butregional peaceinCentral Americaisthreatened bytherulersofNicaragua andtheirSovietandCubanallies. Behindacloakofdemocratic rhetoric, the Nicaraguan communists havebetrayed the1979revolution andembarked uponacourse oftyrannyathomeandsubversion againsttheirneighbours. BraveNicaraguans are fighting torestore thehopeforfreedomintheircountry andtheothernations of theregionareworking together incollective self-defence against Nicaraguan aggression. Howcanthiscrisisberesolved? TheCentral American nations, together with theirnearest neighbours, themembersoftheContadora Group,havesubscribed toa document of21objectives. Theseinclude non-interference intheaffairsofone's neighbours, serious dialogue withdomestic opposition g;oups, freeelections and democracy ineachcountry, theremovalofforeignmilitary personnel anda reduction ofarmaments. MyGovernment supports averifiable treatybasedonfull andsimultaneous implementation ofthe21objectives. Wewelcome theresumption of talksnextmonthinPanamaandhopetheyleadtoafinalagreement. Contadora is thebestforumforpursuing asettlement. InElSalvador, President Duarte, truetohispledgetotheAssembly last year,haspursued adialogue withtheguerrilla opposition. Wouldthattherulers ofNicaragua wouldmake.andhonour, asimilar pledgetotheAssembly thisyear. InSanJoseon1MarchofthisyeartheNicaraguan democratic resistance calledfor internal dialogue, moderated bytheRomanCatholic Church, toendthekilling. Thepeopleoftheregionarewaiting forapositive answerfromtherulersof Nicaragua. Canitbethat,neverhaVingbeenchosenbytheirpeopleinatruly freeelection, theylacktheconfidence tofaceopponents theycannotsilence or lockup,astheyhavesomanyothers? TheunitedNicaraguan opposition deserves to participate inNicaraguan political lifeandhasanimportant roletoplayinthe diplomatic process. Regional peacewillnotcomewithoutit.JVM!lO A/40/PV.4 38 (Mr.Shultz, UnitedStates) Therealityofdemocratic revolution isalsodemonstrated bytheriseof national liberation movements against communist colonialism: inAfghanistan, Cambodia, Angolaendotherlandswhere,asinNicaragua, peoplehaveorganized in resistance totyranny. UnliketheoldEuropean empiresthatcametoacceptthe post-war realityofself-determin~tion andnational independence, thenew colonialists areswimming against thetideofhistory. Theyaredoomedtofail. InAfghanistan thealmostsix-year-old Sovietinvasion hasinflicted untold SUffering onapeoplewhosewilltoresistandtofreethemselves fromapitiless tyranny cannotbebroken. Hundreds ofthousands ofAfghans aredeadormaimed, millions moremakeupthelargest refugee population intheworldandcountless villages, schools andfarmslieinruins. Nowhere intheworldhasthecarnage wrought bySovietimperialism beengreater thaninAfghanista,n andnowhere hasthe resistance beenmoredetermined andcourageous. Thewithdrawal ofSovietforces,astheGeneral Assembly hasnotedonsix occasions, wouldleadtosolution oftheAfghanistan problem. Asolution mustalso encompass restoration ofthecountry's independence andnon-aligned status, self-determination fortheAfghanpeopleandthereturninsafetyandhonourofthe morethan3million refugees. UnlessanduntiltheSovietUnionpermits sucha solution thenational liberation struggle inAfghanistan willcontinue, the world-wide efforttoprovide succour toabeleaguered peoplewillgoforward and Sovietprotestations ofpeaceonthisandotherissueswillnotringtrue. My Government, together withothersconcerned, standsreadytoimplement ajust solution tothisproblem. Cambodia, asweallknow,standsasoneoftheworstexamples inhistory ofa totalitarian ideology carried toitsbloodiest extreme. Tbday,courageous freedom fighters undertheleadership ofPrinceNorodom Sihanouk andSonSannstruggle toJVM/10 A/40/PV.4 39-40 (Nr.Shultz, UnitedStates) reclaimtheircountry. Wecontinue tosupport theAssociation ofSOuth-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) programme forapeaceful solution; Vietnamese forcesmustwithdt'aw completely, andCambodia's independence, sovereignty andterritorial integrity must berestored underaGovernment choseninfreeelections. Inothercountries wheretheapparatus ofrepressi'on iswelldeveloped, countless thousands ofmenandwomenwagepr:lvate struggles forfreedom, armedonly withtheirconsciences andtheircourage. Somesufferfortheirpolitical
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a diplomatic statement, discussing regional peace, democracy, and the role of the Soviet Union and other countries in Central America and other parts of the world. It mentions specific countries such as Nicaragua, El Salvador, Afghanistan, and Cambodia, and discusses their political situations, the role of the international community, and the need for peaceful solutions.

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International relations, Humanitarian aid and relief