intentions ofthosewholeektostayinpowerortogoinpowerbyfomenting fanaticism, beitofanationalist, religious orideological nature. Thus,wedonotconsider SaddamRussein's attack ODlCuwaittobejusta regional matterconfined, letussaY6totheMiddleEast. Weperceiveittobean attackonthefundamental rulesofcoexistence among D~t1oD8 andState.. These rulesarealsoenshrined intheCharter oftheUnitedNatioDs. Oncewehave Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryRC/12 A/45/PV.1 48 (Mr.Dienstbier cCZlchon1oyDkia)(I succ••d.dinr.aching thepointwherevearebeginning tospeakthesamelanguag., weshouldnotletthisopportunity oftheworldcommunity slipoutofourhands. Thos.whodonotunderstand thisorwhodonotwanttounderstand this,thosewho wouldatt.mpttomakeus.ofthecurrent81tuationto settlesomeproblemofth.ir own,j.opardize notonlythatopportunity andthuinternational community, but a180,ultimately, themselves. n1lBiscertainly anemotional momentfor110,persollally #butIde.mitmuch moreimportant thatmycountry hasendedthelongnightmare thatbef.llalarge partofthsworldandthatvasalsoimpeding theactivities oftheUnit.dNations. Although wehadtooxerteffortsofourowntomaketherevolutionary change happen, wewouldDothavebe.nsucc.ssfu1 without thesupport andansistanc. of.all democratic andfre.dom-loving co~'trlea andforce.oftheworldCUMmunity. Thes. included theSQvsncourag.ous Rus.ians whod.moastrat.d atRedS~uar.against the occupation ofCaechoslovakia inAugust1968,thePolishSolidarity movement, membersoftheCongress oftheUnitedState.andmembers ofbothKeaterll European B&dAmerican humanrightsmovements, writers andpoliticians, people lik~Francois Mitt.rrand gOlofPa1meandAndrciSakharov, allofwhomhavesupport.d usthrough personal contacts. IamnaMingbut8.fewofthosewhohavealwaysknownthatthe struggl. forhumanrights, freedom aDddemocracy isuniv.rsal, thatifv.allow injustice toexistelsevhere, itcanapp.aronourdooretep aBwell.Thoyhave alsoincluded those Sovl~~politicians who.likeMikhail Gorbachev orBduard Sh.vardnadze werenotafraidtoop.nawindowtotheworldandsetinmotionthe democratisation oftheirownsociety. C••choalovak foreignpolicyisDOWindependent andreadytobearitsahar.of re,ponsibllity forthefutureoftheinternational community. Firstofall.wehadt.onormalbe ourr.1ations withourIi.ighbourlle W.wish Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryIC/12---------------- Al45/PV.7 49-50 (HtbDlepstbier, C;.chQ'loyakia) z·toparticipate intheeconoaic int.gration ofBuropeandtocontribut. inanactiv. DanDertowardscreating commo~humanrightsstandards andacommonBuropean economic, legal,environmental, cultural ands.curity structure. K.wishtobecome •f\111,.lftberoftheCouncilofBurope. Kewanttomateacontribution tothe in.tltu~ionali.ation oftheproc.ssestablished bytheConfereDce onSecurity and Co-operation inBurope(CSCB). N.haveputforwardspecific proposals. w.are offering Prague.sthehostcityofapermanent CSCBsecretariat. OUrinterest inbuilding aunitedBuropealsodetermines ourstandonthe unification ofGermany. Csechoalovakia con8iders theformingofasingleGermany .aanaetinimpl.mentation oftheGermanp.ople's righttoself-determination, the outc~ofademocratic process andaprere~ui8ite fordefinitively overcoming the 4ivi810D ofBuropeandforsettling theoutstanding issuesoftheSecondWorldWar. Thisye-..rth.UnitedRatioDsrubhavegrownevenmorewithnevMembers 'oining theOrganisation. Wehavewelcomed inourmidstthelong-awaited ladependent andfreeHamibia. W,admitted Liechtenstein afewdaysago.Itgives ..gr.atple••uretoe.pres. mycongratulations tobothn.wMembers fromthis ro.tr... Theprinciple ofuniversality ofourOrqaniaation r.quires thatitgrant ~r.hip toallindependent countries: thatshowaninterest 1Djoiningit,asIs thealaswiththeRepublic ofKoreaatpresent. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryPD/PLJA/45/PV.7 51 (Mr.nilDltbior. CzechoslovakiA)- Preedfrom th~shackles ofconfrontation, theUnitedNations nQWoffersawide rangeofopportunities fortheadvancement ofinternational co-operation inall fields. Porourpartwe.halldoourutmosttothatend.Kereaffirmed this duringthevisitoftheOrganization's Secretary-General totheCzechandSlovak F.deral.epublic thisyear. Mearanowoffering aspacious palaceinBratislava, withnumerous hallsandconference rooms,nomorethan60kilometres fromVienna, foractivities oftheViennaIntofnationGl Centre. Weshallcontinue tosupport thepeaceefforts oftheUnitedNations. Beginning neatyearweshallbereadytosend,uponthere~uestoftheSecurity Council~ abattalion-strength military unittojoininUnitedNations peace-keeping operations. Keareprepared toact8Smediators inthesettlement ofconflicts if wearerequested todoao.Itisourconviction thatcriseshavetobesettled solelyonthebasisoftheUnitedNations Chartor. Negotiation andthestriving for.compromise is,inouropinion, theonlypo.sible wayoutfortheMiddleEast, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Cyprusandelsewhere. Peaceful ratherthanviolent means shouldbesoughttoeliminate theshameful systemofapartheid.