text: clearly alaoprovide forthewithdrawal ofall'lurkish troops. Greeceappeals to allStat.s ~uber.oftheUnitedRationstoshovthesamesensitivity towards Cyprusa.theoned.-oDatrated towards Kuwait. Infact,actiontakenrecently by th.United_atlonsintheGulfcrl.isdoesnotexhaust theabilltyofthe Organi.atloD tor••o1vecria..arisingfro.invaaion andmilitary cccupatioD ofa thirdcountry. ther~ru.prob1e. remaiDsatil1opaDaDdcallsforitsurgent a.ttl.Mllt. Otherwise wehavetoaskour••lveslfOl'howlODgcanweaccept att.mpts torelegate tooblivion theshameoftheinvasioD? Forhowlong ~anwe preachsocialgoodness aDdpr&ctise political obfu8c~tion? Forbowlongcant'e substitute in.rtiaforaction? Duringpa.ty.ars,efforts 1eadillCJ toIluclear, conventional andchemical dl.a~nt baveattailled unprecedeDtad progress • • a__--'--------------"---., Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryNR/gt A145/PV.ll 72 (Mr.SRmAraa, Gr"ce) Following theTreatyonthaElimination ofIntermediate-range and Shorter-rang, Missiles, woareno~looking forwardtofurther progress onthe conclusion ofagreements onstrategic D~~lear armamants andchemical weapons between theUnitedStatesandtheSc~ietUnion. Greeceattaches the~tnost importance tcboththesegoals. Greece, 8SoneofthefirBtparties totheTreaty ODtheNon-Prollfera~lon of Nuclear W~apons, hasbeenfirmlyattached totheprovisions oftheTreatyand supported thestrengthening ofthenon-proliferation regi~.e Wereiterate the appealtoStateswhicharenotyetpartiletoittoadhererapidlytothatTreaty, sinceadherence toitbyallStat~.villconstitute anadditional guarante6 for international peaceandsecurity~ TheCOD~erence onSecurity andCo-operation inBuropecontezt remains indeed thamostefficiGnt negotiating framework forconventional disarmament. We earnestly hopethattheneztsummitmeeting ofthatConference inPariswilltake noteofthesigning oftheagreement ODconventional armedforcesinEuropeandof theresults achieved intheneqotiatlons Onconfidence andsecurity-building measures. Thusthewaywillbepavedfornewconventional armscontrol negotiations withaviewtothestrengthening efsecurity andstability inBuro~ byeliminating thecapacity forsurprise attackandlarge-scale offensive action andestablishing astableandsecurobalanceofconventional armedforces, inclUding conventional armaments, atlowerlevels. Ifthisgoalisachieved, the risksofpolitical andmilitary confrontation onourcontinent willbe significantly reduced. Lastyear,fromthisverypodium, weaddedourvoicetothosewhoexpressed optimism forthe~approchemeDt between BastandWest.Yetourhopeathatall disputes between Statescouldbesettled bypeaceful meansasprovided forinthe UnitedNations Charter havenotcometrue. Newsetbacks occurred, andtheworld Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryD/gt Al45/PV.ll 73 (Mr.Samaras, Greece) .1tuatioD i.farfra.satisfactory. The~.cen~tragiceventsintheGulfregion havedashedourhighexpectations udarejeopardizJ.ng ourconnonefforts toyerds creating ane.cliaate forinternational reletions. Such act~,whichcontravene thel.tteraDd.piritoftheUnitedNations Charter andinternational legality as well.sinternatlonal nore1ity, cannotbutbecategorically condemned. Greece, aloDqwithitaBU~~~aD Community partners, expressed fromthevery outsetit.unroaarvad condemnation oftheinvasion andcalledfortheimmediate and unconditional withdrawal oftheIraqiforcesfrOlltheterritory ofKuwait. My country, fi~ly e~itted to~h.id••1aandprinciples oftheUnitedNations Charter, ha.re'ecta4 outright theannezatlon ofKuwait. MyGoverDllent fully en40r•••alltheMe.sur••takenforther.storation oflegality iDKuwaitandthe lDple..ntationoftharelevant resolutionm oftheSecurity Council. Letmeonce againunderline that,ifprevious resolutions oftheSecurity Council hadbeen enforced, ••pecially inca.esofinvasion, wemightnothavewitnossed thepresent tragicsituation intheGulfarea.Suchanenforceaent mighthave a~tedasa deterrent foranywould-ha a~ressor. Iti.inthi.spiritthat~Goveroment hassparednoeffortinproviding its owncontribution forthesol~tion ofthecrlsis, forthereleaseofforeign citi••nsillegally heldbytheIraqiauthorities, amongwhichalsoaremanyGreek citls8ns, andeventually forthere-establishment ofpeaceandsecurity inthearea. Mereparticularly, Greecehasdecided toaccepttherequest madebyKuwaitand SaudiArabiaandthusparticipate inthemultinational force,through theFrigate LlmD0I. Thisdeciaion wasmotivated byourcountry's attachment tofreedom, to
analysis: The text appears to be a speech by the Prime Minister of Greece, addressing the United Nations General Assembly, and focuses on international relations, security, and disarmament. It discusses the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Cyprus, the invasion of Kuwait, and the importance of upholding international law and security agreements.