-.conoMic andpolitical refomsisgath.ring mo••ntum.Ontheonlhand,th. Europ.an Community isIIOvingfOl'W8rdtowards. lI1:\gl.Europeau mark.tilll19920Il4 speeding uptheproc.s.ofecoDomic andpolitical int.gration. Ontheoth.r, concurrently, thene••merging marketeconomi••ofCentral andEaatern E~rop.are inturnestablishing th~economic andpolitical framework. thatwillIncur.th.ir futureprosperity. Itisinth.int.r.st ofthewholeworldthat,whencompl.ted, thesetwo~roceas.s makePr.sident Gorbachev's inspired visionoftheCommon European Hous.,ortheEuropean conf.d.ration .nvisaged byPr.aid.nt Mltt.rrod, • reality. Wealleapr'lsthehopethatth. pathofdemocratisation thatthecountri••of East.rn Europehave.mbark.d Olll"Ulnotb.Wl4.min.cJ bythedaunting ecoDomic problema thatfac.th••,norbythecl.arly re-.mergI119 nationalistic t8~4.ncle8 thatarechall.aging theveryfibrethatbindstheStatealaaingleactoronthe int.rnational acen..ItiaoS.xtreme CGncerntou&alltowitnessinEuropeand inotherpartsoftheworldthiscurr.nt upsurgeofnationali••bas.don.thnic, religious, racialortribaldifferenc.a. 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Onc.again,on.CaDDotprai••enoughthe1'01. andworkoftheUnit.dRations andit.S.cretary-G.n.ral intb.r'Ilt.ation of Raaibian ind.peDd.nc •• Meparticularly welcoaethed.ci.loD by~.Unit.dStat..andth.Sovl.tUnion toworktog.ther foraMutually acceptable .ol~tioa totheproble-ofAfgbanistan, wh.r.th.contlnuiag civilwar,d••pit.tb.~ac.accordsof1088,Isclaiming many liv'Bandcau.lng untoldhard.hip. among ~.prOUdAfghanpeopl•• Ke111"h.art.n.d tonot.theprOCJr"8 iliad.amongtb.flv.permu.nt _lIbersof theSecurity COUDcilInth•••archforasolution oftheCambodian problem. Ke velcoae theacc.ptanc. byallth.parti..totheconflict oftheframework agreellleat r.ached byth.f1v.forasolution. '.rh.envisag.4 1'01.ofth.Unit.d Ration.i.Igaia.vid.nc. ofthen."foundconvergcnc. ofvi.".UlOllgthefiv. p.rman.nt..mb.r.inther.solution ofconflicts andoftheimportance ofthe Unit.dRation.inth.irr••olution. MenotewithcOllc.rn,. ~o..ver,thelackofprOCJr'.8 towardsthepeac.ful r.solution ofo~rr.gional conflict. anddi.putes. IntheMiddl.Bast,theGulf cr1sishasincr.Gs.d ourconc.rn overth.int.rrelat.d problem. ofPal.stine and Lebanon. Tbe.pe.dyendeff.ctive r.solutioD ofthoseproble.s a.avital.lement ofcoepreh.n.ive aDdlastlag peeceiatheregionlaofparticular conc.rntoCypru8 7 WH Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryaDdit.peopl.. Ned.nounc. thecontinuiag oppr•••ioDofthebravePal0.tiaiaa peopleintheoccupi.d t.rritori.,. Sff.ctive negotiation. au.tbeba••don S.curity COUDc!l r••olution. 2.2(1967)and338(1973). M.supportth•n/'Ll--------------- Al45/PV.G 141-15 (Pr••id.pt"••il1gy) r••tabli.baent of•Pal••tinlaaState••veila...curebord.r.forallStat..in thearea. Weco~t1llu, todeplor. thetrag.dy iDLebuoll audtheuaeadlag lSuff.r1DCJ of ltMpeopl.. crPru.r...ln.co.aitted toprOViding hURaDltarlaa a••lataacetoit. Lebaa•••neighbour •• £ Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryRC/6 Al45/PV.6 16 (pr"ld'At Yag.iliou) it.voic.tobeh.ard.ItIsarabeen16long y~~\[.aincCitaDoth.rinvadon and occupation Wlfold.d inthe.yeaoftheworld,lIuchlik'the011...haver'Cl.ntly w!tD••••d,andURfortunat.ly the.car.ofthat iDv~9ionatillr..alnopen. Cypru.continu.. tobeforcibly divided. Turtishtroop.continu. tooccupy abouttoperc.ntofit.land.Thousands ofr.fug,e.ar'd.niedacc.s. to'th.l~ hone.andproperti... OD.thou.anda!zhundr.dnin.t••1lporsons arestill.1••1Dg ••ar.sultofthe~rti.h.ilitary operation.. Ourcultural h.ritag., whichhas ,zi.ted forthousand. ofy.8rsandiathecommonh.ritago ofmantind,i.b.iDg plund,red andoblit.rated. furthermore, for.iCJDsettler. fro.AIlatolia ar.et!ll beingbrought iDands.ttl.d 011Cypriotsoil,thuschanging itsd.mographic .tructure. neIIInacooffor.lgD.ettloment isalsothr.at.ning VarolJha, acity und.rthecontroloftheTurkish a~sinceitsinhabitants vereforcibly expell.d duringtheinvasioll of1974. ADdallofthisi'illtotal'diar.gard ofaplethora ofreSOlutions pas••dnot onlybythisAss.Mbly butbytheSecurity Council asveIl.Tho••resolution. cl.arly andun.quivocally callfortherev.rsal ofalltheseactsofflagrant yiolation ofint.rnational law.ADdyetthediscouraging chasmbetween wordsand deedstodayro.du as"id.a.ev.r. Manywould ~UI'~'givenuphope.However, thestrengtheniDC; oftheUnited .ations andther.inforced ezp.ctatioll ofresp.ctforandimplemGntation ofits