universal Organization standing firmlyagainst warandtomakeitastronger instrument forpeaceandprogress. "IftheunitedNationsisabletoemergeintactandsuccessful fromthe presentcrisis,itsstrength andinfluence willbeimmeasurably enhanced, and theworldwillbemuchclosertolasting peacethanatanytimesince1945." (A/1287, Introduction, p.XIV) Inthefourdecades thathavepassedsinceitsfounding, theUnitedNations hasrepresented inthehistory ofmankind, aninstrument available toallforthe building ofpeace,asthesupreme idealofmanandofnations. WhileinSan Francisco wewereabletomeetthechallenge ofthepost-war period,itisnowour obligation toattackwithequalstrength andresolution ourtaskofbuilding a worldofpeaceandfreedom. ItwasforthoseidealsthatGeneral Francisco Morazan, whowasbornin Honduras 193yearsagotoday,foughtanddied.General Morazan, bornon 3October 1792,wasshoton15September 1842bythediehards ofconservative reaction, justwhenthetwenty-first anniversary ofthepolitical independence of IJSM!mo A/40/PV.20 '93 (~r.PazBarnica, Honduras) that turbulentr~gion wasbeing-celebrated.' Helathe·mostoutstanding lleroand. martyroftheunityofCentral America,thecreator andPresident bfthePeaeratiOfi ofthefive statesi'Who·spurned·~he.1urec:Of·dictatorship inot'dertoestablish a democratic~overnment andwhoengraved. inthebronzeof.history thevisionary .' ..'" warningthatfreedom mustrecover itf?r.:u1e' i:ntlle ~or1d.., ._~:-l' .0, Themeeting roseat1.25p.m.