coaprehensiw settlement aimedatendingthecivilwarinC~odia. Mydelegation isalaoencouraged byreports aboutplansforanewpolitical orderthatwouldend outaide a~supplies tothewarring Afghanfactions andsetupanimpartial electoral process. Weareequally encouraged bythepositive developments inthe Iran-Ira~ peaceprocess sincethelastsession, partiCUlarly byconcessions madeby Iraqleading toward.directDegotiations bythetwocountries ondtherepatriation ofseveral thouaands ofprisoners ofwar.Wecalluponalltheparties concerned andtheinternational community tolendtheirfullest co-operation tothesevarious Wehay.followed ~aitive trendainotherpartsoftheworldclosely. The a.publlc ofYeMn,whichwewelcome, iabeingrepresented hereforthefirsttime byonedelegation. Germanreunification andtheRoh-Gorbachev exploratory talks heldinS~Franciaco inJune1990havehadtheirimpactontheKoreanpeninsula, wberediacus.iona between delegations fromNorthandSouthKoreaandtheexchange Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryBBS/gt..• Al45/PV.6 93 ~..'(Mr.AI§moah. GhanA)oftop~level visits&reincreasing. 'Ar.solve bybothKor.asto.ettletheirdifferences lsthemostsecurebasisforpeaceintheKoreanpeninsula. Assovereign independent States,eithertheDemocratic People-s Republic ofKoreaortheaepublic ofKorea,orboth,areentitled tobeadmitted intotheUnitedHations. Itwouldbebetterstillifbyag~eement between tbemtheycouldfollowtheexampleofYe.n. IwouldnowlitetoturntotheAfrlcan continent, wheretheglobaldriveforpeacehasreceived aserious set-back throughthecurrentconflict inLiberia.GhanaandfiveotherfJistermembercountries oftheEconomic Community ofWestAfricanStates (BCOWAS) werecompelled tosendpeace-keeping troopstoLiberiainthecontextofthecease~fire monitoring groupestablished attheendoftheBanjulSummit OD7August1990tostopthecarnage andthedestruction ofproperty inthatcountry. WeappealtoallpeopleofgoodvilltoextendsupporttotheECOWASeffort. Wewouldalsoappealforearlyresumption ofpeacetalksinMozBmbique andAngola. Theadoption bytheSecurity Council on27June1990ofthe Secretary-General'simple..ntation pl~onWestern Saharamartsasignificant stepforward onthetortuous journey towards thesettlement oftheWestern Saharaconflict. Wecalluponallpartiestoextandmaximum co-operation intheimplementation oftheplan. Theroadaheadfortherealisation oftheGeneral Assembly'S objective ofa non~r&cial democratic SouthAfrica c~ntinu.s tobefraught withdifficulti ••despite recentencouraging 4evolopm8nts insouthern Africa. AsthereporteftheSecretary-Generaltft'theGeneral Assembly atitsresumedforty-fourth sellsionsho..,thepolitical guidollne. uetforthiathe14December 1989Declarationar~farfro.beingMetbySouthAfdca. Thel"eportistimely,partiCUlarly 1rathe •..t( _.~._. __"'__ "IIIIIIIIi!!-"'''''''''''----~~~ Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryBUS/gtW4S/PV.G 94-eau OII.a-A1mnoDb, Gbua) lightofcurrent ett.mptll being i1I8d~byPretoria andby.0.MembersoftheUnited Nations towardstheliftingofsanctions against SouthAfrica. RespoDsible publicleaders andorgani2ationl, includtng theCommonwealth Committee ofNineForeignMinisters andtheJuly1990SummitoftheOrqanizatioD of African Unity(OAU),havestroDgly urgedthatsanctions against SouthAfricashould bemaintain.d ~4~trength.n.d. Thetruthofthematteristhattherehasbeen littleprogre.s towards dismantling aparthoid. Meanwhile, right~ Jelements and thesecurity forcesarefuelling conflict andcarDag~ amongblacksasawayof reversing theprospects forpr~ress. Untilthereieclearevidence ofan irreversible movefordismantling APartheid, theinte~national community should continue tomaintain theprellu~e ODSouthAfricaintheformofcomprehensive and mandatory &4Dctions. Th~globalGconomic situation continues tobeasourceofconcorntoseveral developing countri.s, including mine.Forsub-Saharan Africa,inparticular, itis thesametragictaleofeconomic stagnation anddeclining livingconditions, despite thestructural adjustment programmes undertaken byaeveralcountries. Weapprftclate thego04willandpractical support extended toAfricabythe international cCI_unity, butmeu:eneedstobedone. Werecognise that"inthe for••••ablefutur., Africawillreguireeubstantial ext.rnal Dssistance to suppl••ntitsowneffort•• ButAfricar.quires theunderstanding byitsdevelopment partners ofthe cultural enviroDment inwhichthereformprogrammes mustbeimplemented. Itis important to.tr••sthispointiDord.rtodrivebome.onefundamental truthsabout theAfricasituation, pll1:'tleularly iIJthelightoftheemerging viewsaboutDew p~lltical con4itionalities forextending &Dsiatance toAfrica. ~laIsnotthe timeto"id.nthewebofconditionalities, particularly' ifthi.willlea4toths ~sitioD ofpolitical concepta andconstitutional-processes thatvillundermine ..' ". Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library•-~-,------------ BBS/gt national unityendatability. Iti.ratherthstt.atoadoptreali.tic attitude.