u"world...r~ing'fro.thel.ngthy post-war period.Itisalsothefiratthatit ha.tod.al"ithacri.i.ariain9aft.rth••ndofthecoldwar.W.artthus .ubi.et.d toconflicting f••ling8ofaatiafactioD atthe.ndofEast-W••t oppo.ition andofconcernatan.wcrisisariaing frollIraqiaggr'.8ion againat Kuwait, whichgivesuaaglimpaeofn.wriataamdnevconfrontations. Forthefiratt1JleaStatehaabeenwipedoffthelIap~Thishasnothappen.d intheMiddleBastalnc.the.n4oftheOttomanImpirl. Th.ve~'ustlficatioD for theaggr•••ioniaachall.n~. toint9lrnational l.gality andtothepolitical structur. intheMiddl.Bast.SaddamBuse.inclat.athatallbord.rsinther.gion wer.drawnupartificially todivideuptheArabnationandthatthetimehascome forBaghdadto.raa.them L~destablish unitybyforceofa~s. Inthedev.loping worldinparticular, manycountries haveequally precarious bOrd.rD, so...v.nmol"r.c.ntthanthoseeras.d, whicher.capableofwh.tting furtherappetites. TariqAaia,theIraqiFor.ign M1nister, claimsthatotherGulf Stat••,luchaaQatar,havenohiatorical l.gitimacy. Ifthatchall.nge weretogo UDan.wered, itwouldhsraldaperiodoftroubling uncertainty fortheinternational co_unity. H.n••4tohaveaclearperceptioD ofwhat1lsatstateinar'91ol& politically DOle.8iaflemmabl. thantheravmat.rial whichprovid.s theworldwith 1I08tofthctenergyitD.eda. th.Iraq!aggre••ionrepr.s.nta aclearviolation ofthebasicprinciples of theUnitedRatioDs Charter. Furthermore, ifanirresponsibl., aggr,s8iv. Power Bucce.d. DotonlybyaDD.aation butalsobyintimidation andthreatsind.ciding ---------------- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Librarythiftcould ha~repercu••ionsthroughout theworldinteras,interalia,of UDemplo~nt, inflation andrecession -repercussions whichwouldaffectmostthepolicyofaregionwhichcontainl 40percentoftheworld's energyresources,(Hr.De"1*111« Italy)Al45/PV.fi 21fNBl'I .e".re1y tb,..ate.t ecoD~~s odthusthepoorest countries oftheworld. Ourr~.pon••ha.beenCORmansurate withourawarene.. ofthegravityofthe breachofilltorDation.l law. 'rh.corabined oppoaition of110lIanycountries, beginning withtheArabStates" demonstrate. thefulleztentofinternational protest endreinforce. themoraland political authority oftheUnitedHatiiW&:atatimewhenthllrei.anever-growing awarene.. ofthen.edforanin.titutioD ofunivorsal scopecapablenotonlyof layingdownrule. b~talsoofen.uring thattheyareapplied andofpreventing intt.idatloD, eztortioD andaubiugatlon. 'rheworldorderre,ulting fromthewaterlh.d of1ge9 an~theenauing rodefinition ofinternational relations ianotincrisiabutisconfronted bya very .eriou~challenge. There.olutions cftheSecurity Councilareasignthat theinternational ca-unity Dotonly"ants tolaydowncerta'Drulesbutalaohas the_DD.toenforce the...Thecoldwarisreallyoverandwithithasvanished thefearthataregioDal conflict mightescalate intoan Bast-West world confrontation. Honeofourpredece.sors couldhavecounted onsuchacertainty. 'rhedoc18ion. oftheUnitedRationscreatetheconditions forIraq's withdrawal bydintofit.atrictembargo andthelIaintenance ofacollective re,poDs.. 'rh.Band.oftheet.sertandtheconstant p••,ageofti..mustneither wear,waythebroadpolitical and'military coalition whichha.beenbuiltupnor undem1ne the_precedented unityfor9114underthebamaeroftheUnitedHationll. Oursolidarity iaDOleslBimportant thanthevalidity ofourmotivesa wemustnot allowt1ll1dity, Bllbiguity orecollomic shortagea toopenabreachinourresolve. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library- IMB/? (Hr,PtMich.li,. Italy) n.Buropee COMUIlity lastr.ngth.ning its01111int.~na1 cohesionad ezt.nding co-o~ratbn eastwards. Itwam1ywelcOJHS G.nlonunification, which, .arlyinOctober, willfulfiltheIftgiti.at. aspiration thattheG.rmanpeop1.have cb.rish.d forover40y.arll. W.conllid.r Germanunification asapositive factor inthedev,loPM8nt ofEuropeasawholeadoftheCo.-unity inparticular. Itis llakin9allofEuropGtstrong.r andIIOr.s.cur., anditwillgive.vengr.ater weight toCommunity &ction. n.Twelv.ared.t.~iD.4 toachieve afirstagr....ntinthen.gotiations on conv.ntional armed fo~~.sinEuropeandasubltantia1 packageofnewcoofld.nc.- ands.curity-bui1ding me.lur.1 inti~fortb.SUMmitoftheConfer.ne. onS.curity BD4Co-op.ration inEurope(CSCE)tobeholdinParia. ~.signingofafirst tr.atyonconventional forc..inEuropewillbean.I..ntial.1ement fora 'uce.s.fu1 CSCBsummitandwilla1aopermitnegotiations onahort-range nucl.ar fore.,. Th.Twelvew111strivetolIDlarethatthePari.summitwUlmarkthe'Dd oftheidaologica1 andmilitary confrontation inEuropeandpavethevayfor building newconditions forp.ac.andatebllity inEuropebas.donconfid'Dce and co-operation. Mehaven.v.rbe.nUDd.rthei11uoioD thatEurop.could tU~Dinonits.1f, thatthsCSCScouldimplyar.1eas. fromne.d8,t.nsions andconflicts arising outBid. Europe,thatInourImugsatisfaction withourp.&c,fu1 .xistsnce '"could ignoretheproblem, ofoth~rsandthoroleoftheUnitedNations. Thi.isdeMOnstrat.d bythe.ff.ctive adtimelyr,spoIlD' oftheCommunity to theIraqiagql'.aa1oll againllt Ituwait.Itisund.rstan4abl. thattheCOIP.IIWllty shouldimmediat.1y beavaroofthegravityofwhathashappen.d siDceEurop.'. rec.nt hiDto~i.fullofle.soDs. B~ropahaslearnedthataggr.ssion mu.tbe DippediDthebudaDdthatthe?ict~. arescstofteas.al1 6d.f.Dcolosm States. _Id•••••••• L. ~_~ Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library.4