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1992-09-24

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1993-09-24

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1. “Without a credible international order, we will all sooner or later be faced with an upsurge of unilateral demands containing the seeds of inevitable threats to peace. Our membership of the Security Council has enabled us to witness this first hand. A United Nations which functions effectively constitutes the best guarantee against such dangers. The end of the cold war has produced a variety of results. A wall has fallen but new trenches have been dug. The elimination of global ideological confrontation has led to the easing of regional conflicts that were fuelled by that confrontation. But it has also released frustrations, which have often degenerated into parodies of the right to self-determination and into new conflicts. We must react to this.”

   1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

2. “In this respect, the confidence Belgium placed in the new Secretary-General even before his election has turned out to be fully justified. As proof of this, I would refer to his actions in the former Yugoslavia and in Somalia. I have also in mind his analyses at the Rio Conference, his report on preventive diplomacy and his report to the General Assembly. My colleague, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom, has already spoken on behalf of the member States of the European Community. This allows me to concentrate my statement on a few issues of particular concern to us. The end of the cold war made strengthened international cooperation both possible and necessary. For combined reasons of history, size and geographical location, Belgium has always been predisposed to cooperation.”

   1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)

3. “Allow me first of all to congratulate you warmly. Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Through your person, an entire region of the world affirms in this forum its political renewal. The body of Members of our Organization is growing continually. Over the last year, 21 new States have come to join our ranks and have subscribed to the commitments of the Charter. We bid them welcome. Belgium has always held the view that our Organization should be open to all States. Equally strong, however, is our conviction that expansion should not come to mean shattering and dispersal. National aspirations must remain subordinate to the essential prerequisites of multilateral cooperation, which is becoming more necessary every day.”

   1992-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 47 (1992)