wehope-oftheSecurity Council, Belqium"illdoitsutaosttoco-operate with allthecountrie. ofgoodwill thatstriveforpeaceinjustice.concern. A.afaithful ~roftheVaitedBation., andasafuture~r-801Io1qi1lll ha.40nepioneednq 1!Ork.laadopting legill1ation forbidcUnq itsNe"lcc. .theeffortsthatareboiDg.adetosolYethep,toble.. inAngolaand All1U11berof••_in91y lell&1burnlnqis.ue., too,ha,,.their1JIportanc. forthe nationala fro.participati89 intheesploitat!on of.in.ra1ra.ourc.. onAntarctica.Africa. Intherecentpa.t,.uehdevelopllltnts were_re4r..... Buibie·. recent particularly vulnerable t.rritory.thatit1.po••lbleto8akeeuchdream.cometruepeacefully. nuclear-free peace80ne,weauDt.trenqthen onvlrODaental protection inwhatleaMO.aablque, a.wella.thefir.tstep.toward. aaultiracial d~c~acF InSouth ace••slontoind.pe~4ence andthewayinwhichthatind.pend.nce "a.achieved proveAl/ljb nuaberotAfricancountrie. therei.anincr.as~n9ly cleartrendtowards-arere.pe("~forthehualUlper.oni.not"ithout .choonthecc,ntine!lt. Inagro"lDg protection ofAntarctica. It1.notenouqhtoconvertthatcontinent intoad.-ocratic political .tructure •• futureof.8Dkind. Oneoftho.ei••ue.-an4thbisfIiYle.tthouqht -!.the Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library----------~--- (Hr.VIAdillBro,'.Itthar:1yds) d.legation. Obviously, Mr~Vic.-Prtsid.nt, th.s.r...r'sapplytoyoualsoandto theotheroffic.rs oftheAase.bly. SecoDdly, Iestendawa~velc~ toLiecht.uat.in, aDew~roftbjs f.UyofDatic.. Earli.rthiswe.tayItalian ccnmt'lCPart, Mr.DeNich.lis, pr.s.nted thecc.lOnposition ofthe12Stat.s....reof~Europt_ COII1IDity OD avid.raDgeofint.~~ational i.su... Thatallows..toconc.ntrat. ODaf.v subj.cts thathave~country's specialatt.ntion. Sofar,1990hasbeenayearofspectacular succ••sininternational political affairs. but,as..allkDov,itha.alsovitn8ssed as.rious s.tbAck. Tb.cold war- acostlyaDd.~tl..sfrightaniDg confrontation btt~.n EastaDdwest-is ov.r. T.b.de.ocratisatlon oftb.Sovi.tUnionandoth.rEast.rD Europlan countries hasfreedEuropefreaanoldantagoai.. aDdhaspavedtb.wayforiDcr.a.igg co-operatioD Ina~scODtrol# trade,cultural &ZChaDgel, huaaari9btsand enviro~ntal protection. Theforthco.ing Ufilfieation ofGermaay eymbo11.~a thl~proc.aaofpeac.fu1 change-thehea1iDgofaODc&=blttorly-dlvi~ed Burope. Ner.joic. ~ithourGt~n frieDd., whoarea1aoourneighbourg, thattheunitythattheyhavelongsought itsnakedaggressioa against asovereiqn StateMemberoftheUnitedNatioDs.vlllfinally becomereality on3October. another p&rtofthevorldbrutalforceleagainbeingueedto.ettlopollticel • 'iD- I ....... •...~r• • " ,"possible i=p~cved relations &Ddaproc~5sofsubstantial armsreductioDs, inthepresentcrisisintheGulf.TheiNmediate caul.ofthatcrisis r8praa~nts a areaatic stepbackwara Ininternational relations. Iti.aladdea!aq paradosthat,multilateral co~operaticn, asIsprovedbythehandling bytb.UnitedRatioDs ofTb.!spro~~4 ~l!mata between BeatandMest&110 po~!tlv.ly influence. whileinonepartoftheworld ~ontheBuropean cont!neat -no¥polleiss hCVGmade 4ifferences. Whatever 4itJputes IraqmeyhavehedwithKuwait, ~th.iiU1cajustify - Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library.'"-.. ~." ~..... w«s/PV.g 53-55 (Mr.yap.den8roo);,H,thorlc'Udl) Thevsrycor.oftheUnitedRations Charter -themaint.nanc, ~fpeaceandthe UnitedKationui.atlaatfUlfilliug itahistoric .il.ions. ConSenlus betwe.n the greatPOW[Shallbeenia.tZ:UDaDtal inthis.Fo[tunat.ly itieDO"IIDr"vi4.ly [,ali.ed thatgreate[ PO"~bring_g[eater[e.ponllibility. Wether,fo[1 welcome theactionthattheSecurity Council hastakeninre.ponl. toIrag'.aggression, at thehea[tofwhichliesitscallforthei~diQt. andunconditional withdrawal of I[a~ifo[c,sfre-Kuwait, fo[th.r.leae.ofholltag." andforthera~toration of thelegitlllat. Gav.r_at Co!thatcout!rY. The&iDg4011oftheNetherlands fully supports theI.pl.-entatlon oftheCouncil'. [a,olution.. Dutchnavalandair £o[ceshave bea~aad.available toh,lpen8ur.coaplianc. withthGemba[go r.,olutions againstI[agandtocont[Abute to.ecurity inth.Gulf. ~st[oDgly conde.D theaction.tak,nbyira~against foreign n&tio~al. iD KuwaitandIraqandagainst diplOMatic.i••ionsinKuwait. WeholdtheGov.rnment ofIraq[.apons!bl. UDd.[Int'[Datlonal lawforitllmanipulation ofinnocent civilians forpurpos••ofinternational blackMail. Iti.ouraiac.[. hopethatthiaconflict "Ulberallolvsd peacefully. Butwe .houldal-.!'8 1'•...,.1'thatit1.Iraqthatbrokathepeaceinthefirlltplace. ItaIIhaaelGs. UD.JUlt101l ofKuwaitcouldnotbel.ftunanswered. SOMtilllfl1l the cout.dlM) of8ightwithmight.hunavoidab18, aslsbeingun4er8cored bymorethan 25UnitedRations ~r.thatbav.deployed fO[C'1Iintheregion. Farfrom harbouring aggre.sive thoughts oftheir OVD~theyseektoupholdworldorder. The alternative iachaosandaf[,.-for-all, fromwhichev.[yone -Dot'ustthesmall andweak-wouldsuffer.nesadIItOryoftheLeagueofNatioDs hastaughtthe worldthat...uststandfirman4UDite4inthefaceofa99I"81110D • • Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryHR/ek--------------------_ ...- Alfl5/PV.O 5& (Mt.yapd'DBra.',D.t:lutrlapds)