eachand.v.rysociety,. r.qardJ,eslS ofthslevelofitsdev.lopment andsp'cifie cultural tredltions, wouldfinditaplace,awor14whereopportunities andachanc. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryPJtB/PLJ·~---------~---------- •..••••-.",iCf- Al4S/PV.7 54-55 (Mr.pl.p.tbi.r, C,lcho.lqyat!a) ofr.solving soclal 1~~~..through pro.pcrity~ ofrai.ing thel.v.lof.duc.tio~ andofhavi~gthevoiceolitsnational cultureh.ardintheconc.rtofworld cult~re wouldbeas.u~.4. Thisr.lat••alsototheenv!roDMGnt surrounding us.Th.Unit.dRation.i. certainly theforumbestsuitedforthet~rmulation andas••rtionofC~D principle. forthoconservation aDdil!lPrOvesMnt ofthe.nv!reWllent. "eknQ')lfro. ourown.xp.rience thatinterfer.nc. withnatureinonlpartoftheglobe influences th~destiny ofusall.Neshalldiscu••thicsubj.ctattheUnit.d Nations Conference ODEnviroDment andDev910pment tobeh.ldinBrazil. Ibope thatitwillproduce binding prlD~ipl.s and••tinmotionbroadly conc.ived programmes. Inhi.ms.sage tothePr••id.ntoftheCo.-is.ioa oftheEuropean CommUDity~ Jac~ue. Delor.~ Czecho.lovak Preaident Vaclav Bavel~propoe.d thattb. European CommUJlity~ together withthecountries ofCeDt~al andSa.tern Europt~••t upaprogramme 6ime4atacontinent-vide solution ofenviroDmental probl•••• Ihavealready.tat.dthatafteroverco.tag last-Wost bipolarity weCaDand mustworkharderthanbeforetobridgetheNorth-South gap.ThecODclusioD' drawn attheeighteenth special sessloDoftheG.n.ral Ass.mbly ODtherevitalizatioD of .conomic growthcanbeinspiring butfinancial resourc.. remainthe••••ntial factor. Iamafraidthatthepr••entconflict inthePersian Gulfvillagain substantially limitthepossibiliti ••fordevelopment aa.istance. Alr.ady today~ aaaresultofrisingoilprie••~thesituation ofmanycountries isbecoming cdtical. However ~financial grantsorloanstothedev.loping 1fOr14CartJlotbe seenaatheonlyrescue. .~.. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryAl/qrt Al4S/PV.7 56 1Neha.-tolookforother .~lutions &~voll.Forinstanc.,..~gstactivate co-operation withinregionsordevelopaent areas. Onooe;beavailable options .lghtconsistintheapplication ofthe~lanIoutlined atBarvard Unlversity last MayforstabUisatlol! ofCentral EuropeandtheUSSR. NebaveIluggested thatthe wealthie.t State.oftheworldsetupafwadinthefomofadollarloantoth. SovietUnlon. Thatfund,tobeadainlatered byaDinternational bank,suchasthe Suropean BankfQraeconstruction andDevelopaent, would~uaedtopayforsuppli•• wouldberequired toluv••t apartofthei~dollarcarnings inthoirova MOdernisatioD. TheSovietUnionwouldundertake tolavellttheroubleequivalent of tilea.paidf.r_thefundinthedeveloplMtDt ofitaownfac::onoay. HoboeSywouldget anymoneyinadvance; payments wouldbeCOMMitted tospecific effective progr..... UD~~rthesupervision oftherespective bank.Thesti.ulatin9 effectofsuch operations 0.\thedevelOPMent oflocal Inau.t~le. 1.evl~"nt. Suchaproposal offer.~ofcour.e,justemodelthatcouldbeelaborated so.stosuitthespecific CODCUtiOO. inincl!vidual caae.. Mostoftheatteapt. ~adesefarinvolving an activedonorandapa••lverecipient havefalle4. Nbynottrysomaothervays? Overthe45yearsofitaexistence, theUnitedNations hasgonethrough many& twistoffate.Yet,despitealldrawbacks, itsurvived eyeDthevorst t~.ofthe coldwar.EverythirdTuesdayinhptember thosewhovouldnothavemetothendse met1nthisBa111athinthread cODDectiD~ theinternational community vasstill ~ere. Theendofbipolar confrontation, llnkedwiththesweeping changeaInCentral andEastern Europe,iamak1D9possible arenaissance cfthei4easeDchrlnea Inthe CharterofourOrganisation. Iamconfident thatitistheUnltadNations tbrough wbichtheneweraofc~-operation, inanarea.ztendinq fromSanFrancisco to Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryLiechtenstein, confident thatitvillmakeavaluable contribution tothebehalfofmyGovernment andonmyownbehalf, allowmetoexpress warmest Wewishonthisoccasion towelcome toourOrganization thePrincipality ofT •ill (Mr.D!enstbier, CZlchos1Qyakia)Al45/PV.7 57;=:m Welikewise hailthepresence inourmidstofafreeandindependent Namibia,Mr.ITVRRALPB BALLIVIAH (Bolivia) (interprotation fromSpanish): Onare8gaintakingupthi.dreamofhiswithrenewed hope.Letmetherefore conclude Allowmealsotopayatributeofadmiration and~upport toSecretary-GenoralAssmnbly session: "SoonwardUnitedNations, marching astopeace".mystatement withthesamewordswithwhichheconcluded hisatthefirstGeneralOneofthefounding fathersoftheUnitedNations -Czechoslovak Foreign takemyvisitors tothatwindow, thinking abouthowhewouldrejoice toseethatwe presence hereisaquarantee ofevenhandedness andfairness.fallfromawindowofCerninPalace, theseatofourF~relgn Ministry. Sometimes I congratulations toHr.GuidodeHarcouponhiselection tothepresidency ofthe General Assembly atthisforty-fifth session. Givenhispersonal qualities, his agencies.fallofdemocracy inCzechoslovakia in1948hetragically endedhislifewitha1947, th~ttherearefourcardinal points, notjusteastandwest.InvaindidhaMinister JanHasaryk, sonofourfirstPrssident -pointed out,aslongagoas