Certainly th.rehasbeengreat.nthusiasm andgreatachievement; thatis bc!tyondgaiDsayiDg. ButitdQellnot..uthattheneworderillsaf.lyorcompletelyL Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJVMIg Al45/PV.8 34-35.....,.]1", (Mr.Rurd.VgitedKlagdom) inplac.oruniversally accepted. Onthe~19htof2August, P~e8i4ont Sad4.BUIIII.in rellind.d usofreality. Byinvading andmm.zinq Kuwait.. hebrought instant lIob.rne.. toavoddthat wallperhaps inIIOMdagllrofbeli.ving thatthelIill.nnium hlldardv.cS 10years aheadoftille. Of~ounet, theaggres.10n against Ituv&itwasnotthefirstactof un'ustifi'd viol.nc. withwhichtheUnitedRatioDII ha.hadtod.a1.Ofcourse th.rebave~.nlIanyact.of8ggr'lIsion andin'ulltice aiuc.1945#endSOIllofth~, wellIluatr..llber..re..ainpartlyorwhollyuncorrer-ted. ButtherewassOMIthiDg aboutthesiapl.brutality oftheattack ODKuwaitthatputitinacategory by it».lf. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibrarySS/ASH Al45/PV.8 36 (Hr.brA,Voit."11pq&w) flouted. ODly ~mo.o.td••ultoryatte.ptataDOZCU..wa.brought forward aDdtheD eveDthatozeu.....t..dl!\toly abu.40De4. ftoCharter ofth.UDitod ~atiou - our.soC.-Dt -wa.beldiDcQlIi>leto 'COllt.-pt. Iti.fortho.oroa.083 thataD oztraor4inary .!USunlCJUecoalitioD ofthoiDternationl cc.aUDity ha.forM4 Iraq'.aggrossion 4ominato. ourthought. aboutthoMIddl.East,butwemast DOt10...ightofothori.suesinthel.'egiOD. Wo_stDot10..'Jightaboveallof the-.dfora'u.taolutioD, atla.t,tothePal••tiDi_probl_. ...haveDC IntoDtioD offorgott!Dg thatpieco ~f ~filli.h.4 bu.iD.... ButaDysolutioD to thatprobl_"illhavetor.atODr••pectforiDtornatioDal lawaD4ro.pect for eagag_Dta oDtorod iDtO.Thati.whybeforothatproblem CaDbe.01..d.....t 40alwiththoca••ofIraqaD4IrllfJ'. 8991'6'1.1110.. n.chaDco. ofa1101'0••curo world 01'001'4opeD44iroctly ODthe.ucco.. ofthoiDtornation! coalitioD whichI havo"DtioDe4 iDr.v~r.iD9 theoccupatioD ofKuwait. ~.t.at18fo~i4abl., thor8canbeDOdoubtaboutthat.Butthote.tCUIlotbeevac104. ni8i.a 4efiaiDg IIOMDt. Row'WOactDO¥will4eflDO, wUl.hape"theuatdoca4e. Soit.e.sto..that..CIIDbeeDthudutie aboutth&realprOCJr•••which hasbeeD..deiDtheworld,provide4 thatweareDoberabouttbeta.t.atilltobe aecc.pUshoO. Iwouldliketolookverybriefyatthe.yat_ofiDtoraatioDal rolatioD. iDwhichwoau.twork.Thobadeunit.iDthe.y.tOll, thoba.icunitiD thisBall,thebasic_itiDourOrganisation willcODtiDue tobetheDatioD .tate-thi.natioD-stato syste.whiche.rge4, Isuppose, lDits1I04ern fo&'1liD EuropeiDtheDi.eto.Dth ceDtury, an4iDthetwentieth ceDtury thecoloDial -.piros, firetIDBastorD Europe, theDIDAfricaadAsia,_retransforlMtO into _11er DatioDetat.s. ItisDOtaperfectsyata, DOODeherewou14clamthat. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library~...";~.'""..'•EX lIS/AlII Ales/w.t 37 Butitbuprovedelldudag aD!ithuMallauppl8Mllte4 byr8CJloul grouplDp • •tate..neybdDlJtogether bychoicethe.fforte ofMaaber Sf?~e.fora parti'.:lll1ar purpo••,actXMlie.e that that "Ulalldure. Iwouldliketofoeu.fora91lluteortwoaaaBurope~ 011thethreeprinclpal group.ofthi.kidinBuropez the20rthA.tlantlc Troaty Or9anl.~t1oD (RAm), the Buropean C~ty, andtheCoafer.llce ODSecurity aDdCo-operatloD IIIBurope (CSCB). _ATOhelda....itillJulylaLoIl4l)i!l..dthat .\.~lttookt1f!OfUD4nteDta1 deal.ioll.. W.decided that.ArO abo~ldr...in~.adefen.ive alliance withaD illtegrate4 ca-and whichpl'o.14e. afr_work fortho.tatlouDCJ ofOllite4 States AMrleu pre••nc.lDBurope. It".aaIIlI.take afterthePiE'atNoddWarthat ABerlc8ll~..nthOMe- a.letake whichweallregretted aDdrepeated. Butthe .eco84deci.lon oftheBA70...itinJulywastooat.DdInanewwaJ'aDdwitha ....-phaal. thehaD4offdend.hip adco-operatioll frOllIIATOtothe~t' couatria. oftheWaraawPact,iuclu41ag ofcour.etheSovietOllion. A.are.ultof theLoD40DlIu.1it, .ATO"Ulr...labut8UO"illc:haIlge. nea.coadk.ybodyInBuropei.theBuropen Cc.lUI\lty. Since1'85thll wlcieru4a.eper. It.bou14bewiderMcau.. Iwou14expectthat_WllcatioD fro. an.-berofotherEuropean Itat.mforfMllMMlbnrehlp w111beaccepted.forethe .1&4ofthecoatulY. Aayoubow,Mr.Pre.l4eDt, twoer.already tohu4. SOIlIIt application. Daybefrea..MbeI'lloftheBuropean Pre.TradeAs.ociatioll (BFrA)1 aOMl18yCOMfr_theMWly441110cratic State.ofCentral ue1B••ternlIurope.. theycoaplete tlwlr ~ruaforilatloD tofre.-IIaI'ket ecoll_le.. It••..,to_ Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library1tS/AS1f AI..S/PV.8 38 (Mr.Burd,hit,A11nsnlm!) .0 I o oinconceivable thattheEuropeofTwelv.whichwehavetodaycouldorvculdwish inA.finit.ly toahutth'doorof..mbership againstfullyqualified European d.JIlOcracies whichal"anxiousto:join,whether theyareDOWmembers ofEFTAor wheth.r theyareinthecentreorthesouthortheeastofEurope. W.al"alsode.pening theCo.-unity bycompleting thesingleinternal market ':.0c'uDllUUe barri.rs totradeingoodsandservices andtomovement ofpeople. We al"pr.paring twointergoverumental conferences, bothofwhichwl1lbeginunderthe Italian presidency atthe.ndofthisyear.Inoneweshallseektoimprove the