Burundi, 1993

It

is with genuine pleasure that we speak from this United

Nations rostrum and join previous speakers in sincerely

congratulating you, Sir. I do so on behalf of the people and

the Government of Burundi and on our own behalf. It is in

recognition of your distinguished qualities that the Assembly

has chosen you to preside over its work at this session. We

are convinced that your wisdom and your political and

diplomatic experience will enable you to guide the work of

the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly in a

masterly, successful way.

We also congratulate the other members of the Bureau

of the General Assembly.

We wish also to pay a well-deserved tribute to your

predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Stoyan Ganev, for the skill

and vision with which he guided the work of the Assembly

at its forty-seventh session.

Further, we express our gratitude to the

Secretary-General, His Excellency

Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, for the vision with which he has

guided the Organization and for his tireless efforts to ensure

the maintenance of international peace and security.

The Republic of Burundi warmly welcomes the

countries that have recently joined the United Nations

family; we welcome the representatives of the Czech

Republic, the Slovak Republic, The Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia, Eritrea, the Principality of Monaco

and the Principality of Andorra.

The people and the Government of Burundi join the

rest of the international community in conveying sincere

condolences to the Government and the people of India on

the earthquake that has struck their country and that has

caused the death of some 20,000 people. We assure the

people and the Government of India of my country’s

sympathy and moral support in this harsh ordeal inflicted by

Nature.

The people of Burundi, through me, is honoured and

pleased to send a message to the international community

represented here in the General Assembly. That message,

which is being delivered on the morrow of the victory of

democracy in our land, is one of peace, friendship, fraternity

and solidarity.

The beginning of this century was marked by

devastating wars that led to the crystallization and

bipolarization of international relations. The ensuing cold

war, with the two major ideological and military blocs in

confrontation, was reflected in many countries by the

establishment of totalitarian power. Africa, which was at the

same time emerging from the long night of colonialism,

found itself unwillingly involved in the dynamics of that

rationale. Peoples who had theoretically been freed from the

colonial yoke nevertheless found themselves, to their great

consternation, confronted with authorities that had been

imposed upon them or established by force, and that were

devoid of any legitimacy, just like the colonial order that had

theoretically been brought to an end.

In that context the rights and freedoms of the human

person were openly flouted. The State based on law became

a mirage, the right to life and the growth of the human spirit

a utopian ideal. In their concern to consolidate their power,

which lacked any popular base, some leaders inflamed and

exploited inherent differences based on ethnicity and

regionalism, which they imbued with political significance.

Our country did not escape that state of affairs. The

past 30 years have been marked by ethnic upheavals that

have traumatized our people. In truth, the history of the

people of Burundi is replete with tragedies. Political forces

have exploited ethnic differences with impunity and have

fought to control the State for their own interests.

Outright crimes against humanity have been committed

by individuals and by organized groups, some of which have

enjoyed the protection and blessing of the State, which lent

itself to the perpetration of such base actions. That sowed

mistrust and suspicion among the ethnic groups in our

country, thus traumatizing the people and creating unease

about the future. So violent did the tragedy become that

there were those who wondered how Burundi would ever

manage to emerge from the toils of the violence in which it

had become enmeshed.

Burundi’s recent political development demonstrates its

people’s ability to shake off those toils and to rid themselves

from their fears.

The ideology of human rights and its corollary,

democracy in the management of public affairs, have taken

the place of violent, repressive and exclusionary measures to

such a degree that the people of Burundi have gradually

come to realize that in order to solve their problems they

must turn to a democracy that transcends differences,

divisions and hatreds.

We made a choice. Today, we are more than ever

convinced that that choice was a good one. The people of

Burundi embarked upon this process, at first hesitant but

confident, with of course the inevitable ups and downs, and

they succeeded in holding free, just and open elections.

Today, the people of Burundi are proud, proud of

having managed to overcome the many difficulties and

obstacles strewn on their path towards democracy and proud

too of being able to take full control over their history in an

open, just and equitable way.

The date of 1 June 1993 will remain a memorable one

in our country’s history. On that day, for the first time in

Burundi’s history, free, pluralist and open elections were

held, designed to give the country truly democratic

institutions. The positive manner in which the various

protagonists have accepted the people’s verdict demonstrates

that the people of Burundi are henceforth convinced that the

path of democracy - and especially in its electoral aspect, in

which the people’s will is expressed and legitimacy

conferred - is the only proper way to resolve the problems

entailed in the access to and exercise of power.

Further, the legislative elections of 29 June 1993 were

to confirm the will of a people desirous of living henceforth

in peace.

We should like to take this opportunity to extend

heartfelt thanks to all who, from near or far, supported our

country in its march towards democracy. We have greatly

appreciated the material, technological and financial support

provided by friendly countries and international and

intergovernmental organizations that have enabled us to

organize in a suitable manner Burundi’s first free, pluralist

elections.

The democratic administration of a society we are now

in the process of undertaking cannot be viewed as an end in

itself. Rather, it is a means to consolidate peace, to

strengthen confidence among the various components of our

nation and to accelerate the economic, social and cultural

development to which all men aspire.

Today, therefore, the Government of Burundi is

bending every effort to achieve the gradual elimination of all

the obstacles that have paralysed or retarded the Burundi

people’s drive towards growth and overall development. We

are working towards this end, and we are convinced that

with the support of the international community we can meet

the challenge.

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It is at present our most heartfelt hope that the people

of Burundi will henceforth be safe from ethnic

confrontations. We want no more blood shed in ethnic

confrontations anywhere in the land, in the homes, in the

hills, in towns and provinces, in schools and barracks.

Never again! That is the watchword of the whole of the

people of Burundi.

We also want the people of Burundi to accept their

history as it is. Mistakes have naturally been made, and

there are other serious problems that continue to weigh on

our democratic process. Nevertheless, they must not

obstruct or paralyse us. Setbacks and problems exist to be

overcome. Mistakes must be recognized as such and

corrected. That is one of the basic tenets for a new Burundi.

Yes, we must accept our history the better to face the

future. We want that future to be a safer and securer one

for all. Thus, the Government we formed following the

elections last June is an open Government. In it, we have

brought together people from every ethnic group, from every

region of the country and of different political persuasions.

All those people from every social background and

differing political persuasions are working together with

might and main to ensure that the process of democratization

in Burundi will be irreversible. We consider that to be the

best way to reach our goal, namely, to reconcile the people

of Burundi with themselves and with their State the better to

commit themselves to the battle for their economic, social

and cultural development.

Guided by that will, the Government has just proposed,

and the National Assembly has ratified, an amnesty law

under which more than 5,000 of our compatriots - 70 per

cent of our country’s prison population - are to regain their

freedom and thereby take part in building a democratic

Burundi, confident and more integral.

We wish to tell the world that through that amnesty law

the people of Burundi mean to make a new start towards a

better development of their destiny and the installation of

peace in the subregion.

While granting amnesty to those who, at home or

abroad, have derogated from the fundamental rights of the

people of Burundi as a whole and of individual members of

that people in particular, we want to accept our history

without thereby becoming its prisoners. Through a national

pardon, we want to establish a context of security for all

those in Burundi who, in their hearts or in the eyes of the

nation, are responsible for acts committed in the course of

past tragedies. Indeed, given the tragic acts our people have

known, sometimes the result of shared responsibilities but

often arising out of imprecise causes, we must wipe the slate

clean. We must view the future with greater clarity,

confidence and serenity. That is a solid basis for domestic

peace, but it can also contribute to the restoration and

optimum consolidation of security and peace in our

subregion.

The happy outcome of democracy in our country has

thus become an unprecedentedly powerful catalyst in the

settlement of another thorny problem affecting our

subregion. I refer to the question of refugees, of whom

there are some 200,000. These compatriots who are victims

of tragedies of the past three decades and who have been

forced to stay in exile, seeking refuge in neighbouring

countries here and there throughout the world, have had their

hopes rekindled. For them - and they are perfectly right -

the triumph of democracy has removed the essential reason

for their leaving their country. Today they have chosen to

return to their homeland, which welcomes them with open

arms.

Before talking about the conditions that will have to be

met before these compatriots can be assured of a safe return,

I should like first to discharge the duty of thanking all

countries, particularly our neighbours Tanzania, Rwanda

and Zaire, and all the international organizations, especially

those in the United Nations system, and in particular the

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),

that for some 20 years have enabled them to continue to feel

like human beings.

The Government of Burundi must now continue this

process by ensuring the happy return and the effective and

dignified reintegration of these citizens into the country’s

economic, social and cultural life. To succeed, we shall

have to mobilize many material and financial resources to

meet emergency needs and satisfy long-term requirements.

We make an earnest appeal to the international community

to provide such support as we engage in this highly

humanitarian process.

We are faced with a massive and spontaneous return of

Burundi refugees from neighbouring and distant countries.

We are honoured and filled with joy at the confidence and

spontaneity of our compatriots. At the same time, lack of

the means and the infrastructure that we need to cater for

them causes us deep concern. We are now identifying in

detail all the steps that will have to be taken if we are to

organize, before next December, a conference to inform

sponsors to help finance this large-scale operation.

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In the meantime, we are using the modest means at our

disposal, while relying on national solidarity and, especially,

on the laudable intervention of the United Nations High

Commissioner for Refugees, to whom we again express our

deep gratitude. Pending the establishment, in the receiving

areas, of a medium-term plan for the gradual repatriation and

reabsorption of these returnees into a global, integrated

development programme, we have just published an

emergency plan to deal with the arrival of 50,000 people

between now and February 1994. The latter, because of the

precariousness of their conditions, are returning right away.

This will enable us, having secured the necessary means, to

alleviate their suffering and to accord them the dignity to

which they are entitled.

In the economic field, our major concern is to ensure

a just and appropriate link between human, natural and

financial resources so that we may provide the goods and

services to satisfy the constantly increasing needs of our

population. Development of the rural sector will require

special attention from the public authorities, given the fact

that more than 90 per cent of our population live in the

countryside. We want to modernize the rural economy, and

the spirit of enterprise, self-improvement, research and

creativity will play a very important part in the economic

approach of the new era.

A conference of donors to help finance Burundi’s sixth

five-year economic and social development plan will be

organized in the near future. We believe that the

international community will give us its usual support and

that the resources necessary for implementation of the plan

will be forthcoming.

Moreover, the Government of Burundi will pursue the

structural adjustment programme, with the support of the

World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Development of the private sector will be encouraged, and

non-strategic public enterprises will be progressively

privatized, either in terms of property or in terms of

management.

Within the framework of liberalization of the Burundi

economy, the Government will reinforce the free-trade zone

for the purpose of diversifying exports. We invite investors

who are so inclined to come and operate in Burundi, where

the current political and social environment, the free-trade

zone and the investment code are very favourable to

business.

In the social and cultural field, we shall promote the

work ethic and ingenuity and, thereby, commit ourselves to

positive values, in keeping with our traditions and culture.

As we have already pointed out, democracy in Burundi

is a living reality that has to be consolidated. This new

political situation will change relations between Burundi and

its foreign partners. That is why, henceforth, my country’s

foreign policy will be based on the following guiding

principles: good-neighbourliness and effective cooperation;

non-interference in the affairs of other States; the

consolidation of peace through respect for and the promotion

of the rights and freedoms of the human person; mutually

advantageous international cooperation based on

interdependence and solidarity between peoples and nations;

regional integration against the background of the emergence

of free-trade zones in which there is no place for selfish

national purposes; and, finally, integration of the Burundi

economy into the world economy.

We believe that respect for these principles will not

only strengthen the determination of the Government of our

country to implement a foreign policy in keeping with the

demands of its domestic policy but also foster harmonious

relations with our foreign partners.

We realize that, without development, there can be no

healthy democracy. Democratization is therefore a

continuing process, a process that never ends - to the extent

that it is not enough to create or reform political institutions;

that it is especially necessary to resolve substantial problems,

particularly those related to health, nutrition, education,

housing and people’s general well-being.

Solutions must be found for these problems, but at the

same time we must confront challenges linked to them - for

example, population growth, the steady drop in the prices of

raw materials, the poor performance of our economies, the

weight of external debt, natural disasters and endemic

disease, especially malaria and AIDS, which have become a

real scourge, principally in Africa.

The survival of democracy on our continent will depend

on our achieving a just balance in international economic

relations. The security and stability that are indispensable if

sound democracy is to be guaranteed will remain under

threat so long as the problems of debt and hunger - in a

word: development - are not attacked head on.

The international community would therefore be failing

in its duty were it to permit the gap between the prosperous

countries of the North and the poor countries of the South to

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remain indefinitely. Thus, we appreciate the various

initiatives to reduce the burden of foreign debt on the

developing countries. We believe that economic recovery in

Africa will be achieved, in particular, when external debt is

substantially cancelled and additional financial resources

provided. Is it right that financial flows from the South to

the North should be greater than those from the North to the

South, as is the case today? This is a bitter reality, which

requires of us profound changes. Thus, the United Nations

must do all in its power to rethink cooperation machinery,

with a view to coming up with a solution that will reverse

the tendency towards the impoverishment of Africa in

particular.

Despite the problems we have just mentioned, we must

not allow ourselves to be discouraged. Our efforts at

democracy and development go hand in hand with a sincere

search for regional solidarity, in the first place, and then for

international solidarity. We know full well that, while

imposed choices are intolerable, it would be an aberration if

we were to fail to act together. It is by combining and

harmonizing their forces that States can make the best of

their advantages. Burundi must not stand aside from this

movement towards solidarity. In our subregion, Burundi

will commit itself to the promotion of various types of

cooperation with its neighbours.

We intend to strengthen existing instruments in the

context of that cooperation, such as the Economic

Community of the Great Lakes Countries, the Kagera River

Basin Organization and the Preferential Trade Area, with a

view to the gradual establishment of a free-trade zone. The

Government of Burundi will spare no effort to spark

subregional cooperation aimed at increased well-being for

our peoples.

It is high time that we in the third world engaged in

some self-examination. It is high time that we grew out of

looking only outwards. We must explore our own capacity

for self-development: development directed at ourselves and

maintained by ourselves. We must learn to plan and manage

better. Above all, we must learn to work better, to work

profitably: all of us, from the humblest peasant to the

loftiest dignitary. Africa is overflowing with wasted or

unexploited potential. We must contemplate a development

for ourselves, a development adapted to our needs and

making use of our assets. International solidarity can be

effective only in the radically new context where we take

responsibility for ourselves and where exchanges are

mutually advantageous.

The world is radically changing. Peoples aspire to

greater freedom and dignity. Mankind needs to make

enormous efforts to overcome the obstacles on its path:

poverty, war, famine, sickness, the destruction of the

environment, overpopulation. These are all challenges

facing our planet.

The detente and the will for peace that characterize

relations between the major Powers following the cold war

can make it possible to achieve global security,

understanding and cooperation; they affect the need for

political settlements of the conflicts that have broken out in

many parts of the world. Burundi advocates dialogue and

joint efforts to end disputes, and we can only welcome these

positive developments in international relations.

But internationally speaking we are at the turning point

between two eras. The era of the cold war and a bipolar

world has ended. But today the world is newly assailed, and

the inevitable seismic shock waves are shaking the global

village. Peoples and nations everywhere are seeking new

guidelines for building the new world order that has been so

late in coming.

Ancient rivalries we thought had been overcome are

again rising to the surface and are disturbing balances

achieved at great cost. On the threshold of the twenty-first

century, Europe has been jolted by separatist nationalism.

The plan to build a communal supranational political entity

is not exempt from the harsh test posed by the eruptions

taking place in the multinational States of the long-standing

democracies. The situation in the former Yugoslavia speaks

unfortunate volumes in this regard.

Africa is being undermined by areas of disturbing

destruction. It has been all the more marginalized since the

end of the division of the world into two blocs because it is

no longer a bargaining chip. Where else in the world are

there so many countries without State authority, without

social organization? Where else are there so many

fratricidal wars with no solution in view? Somalia, Liberia,

Angola, Mozambique and Rwanda are all loci of tension

where instability threatens Africa as a whole, as well as

world peace.

Burundi firmly supports the resolution of conflicts in

the framework of regional and subregional organizations.

Hence, we praise the efforts of the Organization of African

Unity (OAU) and subregional organizations in Africa to

arbitrate conflicts and help the parties to find negotiated

solutions to their disputes.

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In connection with the prevention of conflicts and with

confidence- and security-building among the States of our

subregion, we have established a permanent consultative

committee on security questions in Central Africa, with the

cooperation of the United Nations. In the committee

meetings already held, a common determination has emerged

to establish a confidence-building machinery, and to limit

weapons in order to benefit the development and well-being

of the peoples of the subregion.

Moreover, Burundi welcomes United Nations action,

which despite many difficulties continues to play a role and

to achieve success. A recent example is that of Cambodia,

where a Government of National Unity has just been formed

after a long process carried out under United Nations

supervision. The United Nations is doing all it can to

restore order in Angola, Somalia and the former Yugoslavia.

We urge the United Nations to proceed on this path.

We hail the historic agreement recently signed at

Washington between the State of Israel and the Palestine

Liberation Organization. This development is an important

milestone in the settlement of the Palestinian problem.

Burundi attaches great significance to this event, which

without question will set its stamp on the end of the century.

Closer to home, in Rwanda, Burundi hails and supports

action taken by the United Nations in cooperation with the

Organization of African Unity to guarantee our Rwandese

brethren a climate favouring genuine national reconciliation.

The deployment of a neutral international force, as requested

by the two parties, should be arranged as quickly as

possible. Such a force is among the prerequisites for the

consolidation of peace in Rwanda, and hence throughout the

subregion - especially in Burundi, where similarities in

ethnic, linguistic and cultural matters place us in a delicate

position with respect to the Rwandese political conflict.

Burundi also welcomes the positive developments in the

situation in southern Africa. Negotiations under way among

the various political players in South Africa have already

produced encouraging results that are strengthening mutual

trust. The Government of Burundi was pleased by the

decision of the Conference for a Democratic South Africa

(CODESA) recognizing that Walvis Bay and the surrounding

area belong to Namibia. That decision marks the total

independence of Namibia and is in keeping with the

consolidation of peace in the region.

That is true also of the decision in South Africa to set

up a Transitional Executive Council open to all political

groups; this will lead to elections next year.

Burundi enthusiastically welcomes the recent events in

South Africa that enabled the historic leader of the African

National Congress of South Africa (ANC), Mr. Nelson

Mandela, to call for the lifting of economic sanctions against

his country. Burundi considers that those events are the

culmination of the first phase of a process that will lead to

the emergence in South Africa of a democratic regime free

of racial discrimination.

Burundi hopes that the Transitional Executive Council

will be able to complete negotiations on the transition to

democracy. That would open new prospects not only for

southern Africa but also for the entire continent, which in

recent years has followed with special attention the obstacles

preventing all the daughters and sons of Africa from

enjoying their national rights, thus compromising the entire

network of mutually advantageous relations that could be

developed between South Africa and the rest of the

continent.

Concerning the difficulties facing our Organization, it

is an open secret that we are facing financial adjustment

problems. The number of peace-keeping operations, the

frequency of special missions, the diversity and the

complexity of prevailing situations all call for greater

responsibility in the payment of assessments due the

Organization.

Burundi also encourages the current restructuring of the

United Nations system, which will allow it to measure up to

the numerous new tasks awaiting it and enable it to have an

image which is a true mirror of the present world.

Our country praises the exceptional courage and selfdenial demonstrated by the staff of the Office of the United

Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. It goes without

saying that refugees and displaced persons endure the most

painful sufferings because of conflicts. The United Nations

High Commissioner for Refugees constantly gives them hope

by providing them with the basic necessities.

Burundi, as a country that has been sheltering refugees

but that also has citizens of its own living in exile, can

testify today to its convictions and achievements on the

question of refugees. We are convinced that only the

repatriation and reinstallation of refugees and displaced

persons can remedy the problem, which has become

worldwide in scope and difficult to overcome.

We would be remiss not to congratulate the

non-governmental organizations of the world, which, through

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their actions, have lessened the suffering of millions of men,

women and children in distress.

In order to be lasting and irreversible, the democratic

reforms chosen by our populations must have international

support, because, indeed, democracy against a backdrop of

social unrest, unemployment and poverty runs the risk of

being just a caricature.

From this rostrum, in the same way that we called on

the international community to witness our democratic

institutions, we would like to ask it to support our efforts

through international cooperation based on interdependence

and solidarity among peoples and nations.

The economic situation in the world today constitutes

for us a subject of deep concern. The developed countries

have been hit by a recession, and it is not easy to overcome

it. After years of more or less favourable economic

conditions, growth in their economies is now slowing down.

Short-term projections are not very encouraging either.

Unemployment has reached disturbing proportions, thereby

causing a resurgence here and there of xenophobia and

micronationalism, victims of which are for the most part

foreigners who have become true scapegoats for the ills that

are distressing the societies in the developed countries.

The developing world is the most severely affected in

terms of the well-being of its population. While South-East

Asia and Latin America have positive economic indicators,

we must note that Africa is going through a difficult period

and that the stakes are high. The drop in export earnings,

linked to the undervaluing of raw materials, weighs heavily

upon the external debt that today so hinders the freedom of

action of most African countries. The outlook for recovery

and growth in the short term will likely remain bleak for the

African continent.

We would like to recall, however, that there have been

delays in the implementation of the New Agenda for the

Development of Africa in the 1990s, adopted by the General

Assembly two years ago. Similarly, progress achieved in

implementing the New Agenda for the 1990s in favour of

the least-developed countries is still not up to the

expectations of our populations.

The International Conference on African Development

is currently being held in Tokyo. We sincerely thank the

organizers of that meeting, especially the Government of

Japan. We wish that Conference success, and we also hope

that it will lead to concrete commitments on the part of the

donors to help us recover and to develop on the basis of our

own needs and priorities. Burundi is represented in Tokyo

at a high level, and it will make its contribution to achieving

the goals of that Conference.

Obstacles to healthy international economic cooperation

are still numerous and of many kinds. The external debt

crisis remains a major hindrance to the recovery of our

economies. The main creditors must make greater efforts to

ease the weight of this debt, the servicing of which is a

heavy burden on the meagre export earnings of our

developing countries. At this time, we would like to express

our deep gratitude to friendly countries which have already

undertaken measures - or are in the process of so doing - to

reduce or cancel the debt which we owe them. We ask them

to take relevant measures to give a strong boost to

development financing, the drying up of which concerns us.

In this regard, Burundi places great hope in traditional

sources of financing, the funds for which have been

increased. But we also place great hopes in the Global

Environment Facility. Our delegation would like from this

rostrum to repeat the need for rapid conclusion to the

negotiations on the restructuring of that fund so that it may

reflect its true world calling with regard to its composition

and to transparent management and democratic management

in its functioning. Similarly, it is also important for the

Commission on Sustainable Development to move from

rhetoric to an operational phase.

The series of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

(GATT) negotiations ought to have been concluded in 1991,

but they continue to run up against a number of

disagreements which are causing major concern in the world

economy, in particular with respect to the future of the

multilateral trading system. We urgently appeal to the

principal protagonists to show political will sufficient to

bring about a favourable ending to the Uruguay Round. The

international community would in no way benefit from a

trade war. There would be no winner and no loser in that

war.

Each year the United Nations enjoys greater

participation at the level of Heads of State and Government.

This is due to the fact that they firmly believe in the

irreplaceable role of this Organization in respect of the

balance and functioning of the world. We firmly believe in

this Organization, and therefore we permit ourselves the

liberty of hoping for the promotion of international

cooperation which takes account of the diversity of each

country and which is committed to complementary actions

with shared and fully assumed responsibility.

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The United Nations indeed is an Organization of

powerful countries and weaker countries. Here, therefore,

we find the principles of justice, transparency and solidarity

in international affairs as something which must be

respected, so that no State need feel excluded or bullied

because of its size. Rather, each State should feel protected

against insecurity and arbitrariness, against hunger, against

poverty, against epidemics of all kinds.

It is true, and we strongly emphasize this, that the

weaker countries must not always put forward their

weakness as a pretext to demand or to call for protection or

assistance from the international community. They too must

take charge of their own destinies. They must organize

themselves in such a way that the United Nations or other

organizations would intervene only to give them support for

a self-centred and self-supported development programme.

It is our deepest wish that this world Organization that

we share would continue to pursue its ideals and to achieve

its goals. We would wish that international solidarity might

be a genuine reality and that the relations among States

might henceforth be based on a more just and more

equitable economic and political order.

It is our hope to see our Organization help the poorest

populations on our planet avoid hunger, poverty and wars.

Long live the United Nations!

Long live international solidarity!