MOreover, Belgiumisparticipating iDthelnternetioDal solidarity effort. We havedispatched twomiDesweepers aDdODesupply vels~ltotheGulf.MostreceDtly, yesterday, ourGoverlUllent dispatched anadditioDal frigate. K~havemadeavailable toEgypttwotraDlport airc~~Pt, C-130s,inordertoassistiDtheevacuatioD of themanyrefugees. WearegoingtoseDdfourmoretransport aircraft totheregion for.purposes oflogistic support. MOreover, ¥ehavegranted 20,000tonsofwheat toBqyptasemergency ai~,andweer~participating inthefinancial effortfor countries severely affected bytheembargo. UnitedNations resolutions mustbeapplied Devarietur. Theyarenot negotiable. TheUDitedNations facesanhistoric teskatoenforceitsOVACharter andinternational law.Failure DOWwouldmeanapa%tlcularly serious -possibly a fatal-lossofprestigtt thatwonl"leadtheUDltedRations intothekindof situatioD iDwhichtheLeagueofNatioDs founditaelfengulfed ODtheev~ofthe SecondWorldWar.Itlsthusofparamount importance fortheUnitedRatioDs to keepODtakiDgallfurther atepsneededforaDIraqiwithdrawal fromltu11ait. The economic sanctions areanimportant, acrucial, experiment. Iftheworldcommunity succeede inforcing adictator torespect i~ternatioDal law,withoutthisleadinq Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJSMI,LJ AI"S/".9 48 to.~coDfllct, an•••••tl.1 pr~ce4eat forthefutureoftheeatlref.-ilrof Datioae w111haveHell.et. Tore.tore Kuwaittoit.fOl'Mr.tatue18,howewr, DOt.ufficleat tobriDe).about.aft'8CJUillbrlua latheMiddleBact..Thelat.matloaal ca.nmitr ,,111ha"e to.trivefortheprohi~ltioa ofch.-ical ¥aepoD.iatheregioD,fortho Doa-prollferation oflIluclesr ama.,aDdforthereduction oflevel.ofcODveDtional ".poDSInge..eral ~MechaDl... forprevolltiDg cODfllct bavetobetakeaIDto cODs14eratlon. Bencil,thei4e.w••conceived oifollowlDg the8:1:..,1. ofthe Confereace ODSecurity andCo-oporatio~ inBurope(eSCS)andofbriDging aboutfor theMiddleBa.taCSCMB,a"Coaference ODSecurity andCo-operation iatheMiddle Ba.t",suilartotheoneezlating' forEast-N.st relation•• Toachiev. lastiDg st&bill~y aDd••cudty 111theMiddleBut,theothel' regional conflicts, andinparticular thePalestinian ~••tionandtheproblems of Lebanoa, havea180tobea4dresllec!. fteproposal. madehereinRevYorklaat MondaybythePres1d.at ofFrance, Mr.Mittel'l'and, goalolU)thes...11ne.aathose thatBelgiumha.beenadvocating. Moreover, Belgiumattache. thegreatest importancw tothemostintensive possible economic, industrial andtechDological co-operatioD withthecountries of theArabworld.fteBuropeaa Conawdty islooking forware!toilltenBifying the Buro-Arab dialogue aadwiahe.to.stablish co-operation sch....withtheGulf State•.,withthe..libel'SoftheUNA-theMeghreb countries -aDdwithother regional orguhation. iDtheArabworld. Europeans andArabse.rebothheirsto greatand014cultures ane!ourre.pective rellgion3 shouldteaChu.tolerance, mutualunderstanding andsolidarity. TheBast-N••tIntent.1.givingtheUaitedBatioD., itBSecr.tary-General and thespecialised agencie. oftheUnitedBations muchgreater fre~domofactionthan •• Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library------------- W4S,PV•• t'-50 I••tiODaiatoaDeffective toolforworldpoaeeaa4co-operatioa iD,.arstoco~at b19i..,bsi89Itcu41date fortheleeurit}' COWleilattbeelecUoaD tobe beleSthi.p"r"•••'11"..tileAa."l}' thatas...... 1"oftbeCotmeU...woulcl .ado.YOur to.tr.agthaD thepo.itive l~fl"~ac. oftheUaJtecJl.tAoa. aDdvou1~ f~,~urit.aa.u.dogit.fullr••poa.1bll1tl.. Wbere..raacJwbaaever r..-ir.4. Allth•••couieSeration co,bcmDvel"" DOtdo-rwithtMfacttmltthe cODtrl.. oftheKo:-thhaftthe••cr"dutJ'to90befoD4tUh.tat.-ete of .olidarlty anclthattheyha.-effective1r topracti•••Qli4aritl' withother cOUDtrle. ofthethirclworldthrougbstructur••of.co~lc aD4political c:o-operlitioll. Itlapreciaell' iathatcoat.at that.,.be".to.valuate the.olvlDCJof11 DUMberofregiQDal probl...aDd~oDfl1ct•• Thoreceatbr.akthrough ~oDcerDiD9 thecoafllct iDCaMbodia atreagtbeD8 our ho~.forthepartwhichourOrg_baUoa, it,.8ecretarr-Geae,.al aDC1thepenueat.....1".oftheSecurity Councilc.pIa}'their. U_11.laparticular, with r••pecttothe••tabli.~Dt of•tran.itorr adBtai.tratloD aadthe~l4iDgoffr~ .l.ctio••,theVuitecl_atioD. ahouldbeiaapo.ltioD to*boulderit. r••pouibUitJ.... Thatwoulclbethebeat.afeguard S9&iut ar.turatothe .ac..... ofthe~rRouge. Iveatto.tr.D.herecurC~. c~~at to••• hWl8llrlghtare.pected iaCuaboc!1a uuSto....tileborroraofthereceatput relec;atea tothepag."ofhiatory. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Librarye.(Hr.lE.ken,. IIlgiye)A/tS/ttV.g 51 Mr.deMerco~conqratulations onhi.election asPre.ident ofth1.AssoAbly. WithSOMoneofhie"is401llMdezper.f.ence intheChair,theAssembly isundoubtedlyMr.ygpgBROIIt(Methodanlilll) IMayI,firstofall,eatonc!to ingoodband.. SeCaDcountonthecOll1structlve co-operation ofthe.etherlandsTheworldoffer.thei.aqeofliqhtaDdshado",ofqre.thopeandqre.tadopt..a.ure.to.afeguard thefutureofthecontinent.MeexpecttheAntarctic .y.tea.ial1ar1y to.atetheqroate.t effort. andto