Movement andhisprovencapabilities andexperience signalsuccessintheworkwe havetakenon.Iwishtocongratulate himmostwarmlyonbehalfofthepeopleand Government ofCuba,endalsoonmyownbehalf. Thisiscertainly asuitable opportunity formetoexpress ourgrateful appreciation fortheworkcarried outbyMajor-General JosephGarbaasPresident duringthelastsessionoftheGeneral Assembly. TothenewMemberStetes, Namibia andLiechtenstein, Iextendourbestwishes ontheirjoiningthisgreatfamilyofnations and,bysodoing,makingthatfamily moreuniversal. Theworldhaschanged. Todaytheinternational situation isqualitatively different fromwhatitwasayearago,whenwemetinthissameHall.Theriskof anuclear confrontation hasdiminished, alongwiththeholocaust sucha Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library8r/23 A/45/PV.ll 97 (Mr.Malmierca Peoli,Cuba)• confrontation mightentail. Thatissomething tobewelcomed. Progress isbeing madeinthenegotiations towards nuclear disarmament, negotiations whichoughtto beconducted withallStatespmrticipatinq withintheUnitedNatioDs framework. Thetensions stemming fromtheso-called East-West confrontation have practically disappeared, butthepeacewhichnowprevails isnotthepeacefor whichwehavealwaysfought-realpeaceforallStates, weakandstrong, largeand small..inwhatever continent. Wesay"yes"topl!lece,butwewantittobeaworthy peaceandapeaceforall.Wesay"yes"todetente andco-operation, b1!tvewant itforeverybody, notoaly bet~een EastandWestbutbetween NorthandSouthas well. Wesay"yes"tomUltilatGralism andtheUnitedNations, butwedf;lmanditfor everybody, largeandsmall,nuclear andnon-nuclear Powers, developed end underdeveloped, richandpoor. Wemustnotcontinue advocating detente; peaceanddevelopment bypoleorby latitude: theseareproblems ofallhumankind andhencetheycannotbeprojected ontoamapandthensplitupoFortheretobepeace,meredisarmament isnot enough. Without development, therecanbencpeaceeither. Theworldhaschanged, andinstead ofEast-West andNorth-South contradictions wenowhaveaworldwithincreasing problems intheSouth,aworldwherethereare nosignsthattheeconomically developed Statesarewil11nq todotheirdutyand contribute toward@ thetenacious development effortofthosepeoplesthathave suffered centuries ofcolonial andneocolonial exploitation. IntheMiddleEast,wherethereiscontinuing delayintheconvening ofan international pGaceconference inwhichallparties, including thePalestine Liberation Organization (PLO)asthelegitimate representative ofthePalestinian peopl,wouldtakepartonanequalfooting, wenowseethataftertheendofthe Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryEF/23 A/45/PV.ll 98-100 (Mr.Malmierca Peoli,Cuba) Iran-Iraq warandthebeginning ofasolution totheconsequences ofthatconflict, anewsituation hasarisens theoccupation andannexation oftheStateofKuwait byIraq. Cuba,inkeepingwithitsprincipled policy, expressed itselfintheSecurity Councilinfavouroftheadoption ofresolution 660(1990)against theinvaaion, andsimilarly camoout,insomanywords,against theannexation ofKuwait. For Cuba,strictobservanc& ofthenormsofintornational lawisthegreatest assurance thatcanbegiventoallnations thatinternational peaceandsecurity willreally bemaintained intheclimate proclaimed bythepremises endprinciples ofthe Charter. W&have'therefore constantly actedtopromote anego~iated solution andavoid theoutbreak ofavarofincalculable scalewhoseimmediate effects wouldbefelt byallpeoples intheregion, andwhichwouldalsohaveserious economic effects foralldevelopin9 countries ingeneral, qi\'ODtheimportance ofoilintheworld economy. President FidelCastrohascontacted theHeadsofStateoftheArab countries, thePresident oftheMovement ofNon-Aligned Countries ~dotherHeads ofGovernment, andhasgiveninstructions fervarious stepstobetakenwithinthe Security Councilitself. Itisnotpossible, however, todisregard thefactthattheUnitedStatesis makinguseofthiscrisistoachieve, initssupposed roleasplanetary policeman, itsoldambition toestablish itselfmilitarily intheGulfareaandtobeableto dowhateveritlikeswiththeoilwealthoftheregion, whichisofstrategic economic importance forthewholeworld. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJB/24 A/45/PV.l1 101 (~almierca Peol!.Cuba)• mTheconeentration ofUnitedSt&tesnavalforcesandthoseofWestern countries inthatregionisenormous. Theyseektofulfilamilitary rolethatnoonehas assigned themwithregardtoaneffective blockede ofIraq. At;aresult, therois themoredisturbing possibility thathostilities mightbreakcutbyaccident orby premeditated provocation, givenDotonlytheexistence ofnuclear-powered vessels, butalsothereported presence ofnuclear payloads insomeofthosevessels, afact thatcertainly servestoexacerbate thecrisis. Theannouncement byhighlyplacedofficials oftheUnitedStates administration thatsuchamilitary presence couldbekeptonforsometimeand thatthesoleeffective meanstogettheIraqitroopstoleaveKuwaitistouse