preparetowelcome both,particularly astheywishtostartoffODanewfootlnqin theirmutualrelations. TheUnitedNationsisthefirstmajorattempttodemocratise theinternational system-thatistosay,toapplytorelations between sovereign Statesthe principles onwhichtheruleoflawiobased. Th086principles, whosesolemn rebirth Europehaswitnessed inthelastyear,arenowgaining groundinall societies. Otherbarriers arefalling, withpeace-bringing, innovative effects - beginning withthatmostodiousbarrierthathassofardeniedthemajority ofthd population inSouthAfricatheirrightsanddignity. TheCommunity offersits supporttoallthome,regardless oftheircolour, whoarejoining forcastobuild& newSouthAfricafreeofapartheid andofallother form~ofdiscrimination. We arefollowing thisprocess veryattentively, withaviewtoadjusting the--..------------------------ Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Librarynoefforttocontribute toitssuccessful conclusion. Rothing convincf.lls U8IIOr.t.bandot.b.lat.st.v.ntllloft.b.rolethatthe Unit.dRation.isincrsasinqly calledupontoplayinfavourofjustic. and(MrepeMlch.ll" Italy)"'45/".8 30-40 Co.aunity·••tandwithregardtoitsd.velopmenta, andweahallcontinu. tospareAl/ljb frGedo.. TheBuropean Co_unity vilJh.stoIIObUi••thegrowing cohesion betwe.n itsmembers andthewholeweightofitsmoral,political and.conomic forceto supporttheUnit.dNations withavi.wtoachi.ving theseobjectiv.s. IhavGsofarexpressed thevi.1f8oftheCommunity anditsmemberStat.so Let menowconclude nayintervention bya4d111g'af.wremarks onbehalfofmy0114country. On.furth.r les80Dofthi8crisisandtheconclusion thatwedrawfromtheend ofthepoet-cold warperiodpromptustor.fl.ct onthen.edtoadjustthe structur. andthefunctioning oftheUnitedRatiollstotheDOWrealityofthe international scen•• Inthepast,theabUBOoftheexercise oftherightofvetohastoooft'D pa~alysed thecapacity oftheUnitedRationstoputanendtothegravest ~ris.s. Today,theoutlines ofaposa1bl. nawscenario areemerging, wit.bt.beUnited RatioDS asthefocalpointInaworldatlastfreeofthenightmara ofanuclear: holocaust. Thiscompels us,aswell,toreviewthewaytheUnit.dRatioDII operates atatimenot'ustnolongerthatoftheimmediate post-war period-andIam thinking, lateralla,ofthereference tothestatusoftheformerenemyPowers- butnolonge!'eveDthatofthecoldwar. Moreover, considering t.beprogress 80farachi.ved inEurope8ll integration, t.bought shouldalsobegiven,inmyview"toInDtitur,l~:Ilal adjustments, withinthe United Natio~s, capableofgranting amorevisibl. ro~etoanentitylik.the European COlllllunit.y, whichItalywantstosee.ndowed withsupranatiollal structures . forconducting foreign po11c1'"intheinterests oftheUnitedRations andillthe interests ofPel:\ceintheworld. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryfromRusaian)a Firatofall~Mr.Preaident, Ishouldlitetocongratulate youon ininternational affaira. Imustalsoezpress ourspecialgratitUde totheyourelection tothehighpoatwhichyouoccupy. ThiaianotonlyatributetoAl45/PV.6 41-------------=- MERSBlVAlDNADZI (UnionofSovietSocialist Republics) (interpret&tionnS/pt yourverygreatpersonal qualities butalsoanacknowledgement oftheroleofMalta unflagginq effortsoftheSecretary-General oftheUnitedNations, Mr.Pere.4eCu.llar. Biainexhaustible faithinthecapabilities ofthe Organisation, hi.perseverance andhiscapacity forinDovation havedonemuchto enhancetheauthority oftheOrganisation. TheSovietdelegation agreeswiththe basici4e8scontained inthereportofthe~ecretary-Ganeral ontheworkofthe Laatly, wewishsincerely towelcomethedelegation ofthePrincipality of Liechtenstein andcongratulate itontheadMission ofthatcountrytotheUnited Nations. Weshallco-operate withitinallspheres. Fromtheezceptio~al vantagepointofthisforty-fifth sessloaoftheUnited Nations General A•••mbly,onemightlookbactinamazement athowstrikingly the terrain wehavecoveredinjustoneyeardiffers fromthefamiliar landscape ofthe preceding fourdecades andmore.Politically, thishasbeennotjustacal~ndar yeai'butalight-year inthehistoryoftheworld. The"coldwar",withits accompanying stress, psychoses andanticipation ofdisalter, isnolongerapartof ourlife.Goneisthestrainofdailyconfrontation, propaganda s~uabble. and reciprocal threats. ThishasbeenaysarduringwhichpiecesoftheBerlinwallwerepopular souvenirs. Andnowthere!anolongeraphysical division ofEurope, andafinal linohasbeendrawnundertheSecondWorldWar.Theunification ofthetwoGerman StatesisbeingcOlIP1Gted. The"Gemanquestion", that"great" and"classical" problemofworldpolitics whichonlyyesterday seemedintractable, hasbeen ---------_ .....---_...........-"'"~ Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryBHS/ptA/45/PV.6 42 (Mr.SheyardDadze, USSR) resolved ~a1mly'andtomutualsatisfaction. OnbehalfoftheSovietpeople, ofall Sovietciti_,ns, Iwishtoofferoursincere andheartfelt congratulations tothe Germanpeople, theGerman natio~, onthistremendous eventinthehistory ofthat Stateandofthatpeopleandinthehistory ofEurope. Almostimperceptibly, themilitary blocshavelosttheirenemies. Theyare beginning tobuildtheirrelations onanewbasis,movingawayfromconfrontation, which1sbeingerodedbydisarmament, byroductions indefence spending, bythe ozpansion ofconfidence-building measures andbytheemergence ofcollective and co-operative security structures.