text: MOreover, Belgiumisparticipating iDthelnternetioDal solidarity effort. We havedispatched twomiDesweepers aDdODesupply vels~ltotheGulf.MostreceDtly, yesterday, ourGoverlUllent dispatched anadditioDal frigate. K~havemadeavailable toEgypttwotraDlport airc~~Pt, C-130s,inordertoassistiDtheevacuatioD of themanyrefugees. WearegoingtoseDdfourmoretransport aircraft totheregion for.purposes oflogistic support. MOreover, ¥ehavegranted 20,000tonsofwheat toBqyptasemergency ai~,andweer~participating inthefinancial effortfor countries severely affected bytheembargo. UnitedNations resolutions mustbeapplied Devarietur. Theyarenot negotiable. TheUDitedNations facesanhistoric teskatoenforceitsOVACharter andinternational law.Failure DOWwouldmeanapa%tlcularly serious -possibly a fatal-lossofprestigtt thatwonl"leadtheUDltedRations intothekindof situatioD iDwhichtheLeagueofNatioDs founditaelfengulfed ODtheev~ofthe SecondWorldWar.Itlsthusofparamount importance fortheUnitedRatioDs to keepODtakiDgallfurther atepsneededforaDIraqiwithdrawal fromltu11ait. The economic sanctions areanimportant, acrucial, experiment. Iftheworldcommunity succeede inforcing adictator torespect i~ternatioDal law,withoutthisleadinq Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJSMI,LJ AI"S/".9 48 to.~coDfllct, an•••••tl.1 pr~ce4eat forthefutureoftheeatlref.-ilrof Datioae w111haveHell.et. Tore.tore Kuwaittoit.fOl'Mr.tatue18,howewr, DOt.ufficleat tobriDe).about.aft'8CJUillbrlua latheMiddleBact..Thelat.matloaal ca.nmitr ,,111ha"e to.trivefortheprohi~ltioa ofch.-ical ¥aepoD.iatheregioD,fortho Doa-prollferation oflIluclesr ama.,aDdforthereduction oflevel.ofcODveDtional ".poDSInge..eral ~MechaDl... forprevolltiDg cODfllct bavetobetakeaIDto cODs14eratlon. Bencil,thei4e.w••conceived oifollowlDg the8:1:..,1. ofthe Confereace ODSecurity andCo-oporatio~ inBurope(eSCS)andofbriDging aboutfor theMiddleBa.taCSCMB,a"Coaference ODSecurity andCo-operation iatheMiddle Ba.t",suilartotheoneezlating' forEast-N.st relation•• Toachiev. lastiDg st&bill~y aDd••cudty 111theMiddleBut,theothel' regional conflicts, andinparticular thePalestinian ~••tionandtheproblems of Lebanoa, havea180tobea4dresllec!. fteproposal. madehereinRevYorklaat MondaybythePres1d.at ofFrance, Mr.Mittel'l'and, goalolU)thes...11ne.aathose thatBelgiumha.beenadvocating. Moreover, Belgiumattache. thegreatest importancw tothemostintensive possible economic, industrial andtechDological co-operatioD withthecountries of theArabworld.fteBuropeaa Conawdty islooking forware!toilltenBifying the Buro-Arab dialogue aadwiahe.to.stablish co-operation sch....withtheGulf State•.,withthe..libel'SoftheUNA-theMeghreb countries -aDdwithother regional orguhation. iDtheArabworld. Europeans andArabse.rebothheirsto greatand014cultures ane!ourre.pective rellgion3 shouldteaChu.tolerance, mutualunderstanding andsolidarity. TheBast-N••tIntent.1.givingtheUaitedBatioD., itBSecr.tary-General and thespecialised agencie. oftheUnitedBations muchgreater fre~domofactionthan •• Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library------------- W4S,PV•• t'-50 I••tiODaiatoaDeffective toolforworldpoaeeaa4co-operatioa iD,.arstoco~at b19i..,bsi89Itcu41date fortheleeurit}' COWleilattbeelecUoaD tobe beleSthi.p"r"•••'11"..tileAa."l}' thatas...... 1"oftbeCotmeU...woulcl .ado.YOur to.tr.agthaD thepo.itive l~fl"~ac. oftheUaJtecJl.tAoa. aDdvou1~ f~,~urit.aa.u.dogit.fullr••poa.1bll1tl.. Wbere..raacJwbaaever r..-ir.4. Allth•••couieSeration co,bcmDvel"" DOtdo-rwithtMfacttmltthe cODtrl.. oftheKo:-thhaftthe••cr"dutJ'to90befoD4tUh.tat.-ete of .olidarlty anclthattheyha.-effective1r topracti•••Qli4aritl' withother cOUDtrle. ofthethirclworldthrougbstructur••of.co~lc aD4political c:o-operlitioll. Itlapreciaell' iathatcoat.at that.,.be".to.valuate the.olvlDCJof11 DUMberofregiQDal probl...aDd~oDfl1ct•• Thoreceatbr.akthrough ~oDcerDiD9 thecoafllct iDCaMbodia atreagtbeD8 our ho~.forthepartwhichourOrg_baUoa, it,.8ecretarr-Geae,.al aDC1thepenueat.....1".oftheSecurity Councilc.pIa}'their. U_11.laparticular, with r••pecttothe••tabli.~Dt of•tran.itorr adBtai.tratloD aadthe~l4iDgoffr~ .l.ctio••,theVuitecl_atioD. ahouldbeiaapo.ltioD to*boulderit. r••pouibUitJ.... Thatwoulclbethebeat.afeguard S9&iut ar.turatothe .ac..... ofthe~rRouge. Iveatto.tr.D.herecurC~. c~~at to••• hWl8llrlghtare.pected iaCuaboc!1a uuSto....tileborroraofthereceatput relec;atea tothepag."ofhiatory. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Librarye.(Hr.lE.ken,. IIlgiye)A/tS/ttV.g 51 Mr.deMerco~conqratulations onhi.election asPre.ident ofth1.AssoAbly. WithSOMoneofhie"is401llMdezper.f.ence intheChair,theAssembly isundoubtedlyMr.ygpgBROIIt(Methodanlilll) IMayI,firstofall,eatonc!to ingoodband.. SeCaDcountonthecOll1structlve co-operation ofthe.etherlandsTheworldoffer.thei.aqeofliqhtaDdshado",ofqre.thopeandqre.tadopt..a.ure.to.afeguard thefutureofthecontinent.MeexpecttheAntarctic .y.tea.ial1ar1y to.atetheqroate.t effort. andto
analysis: The text appears to be a speech or statement from a high-ranking official, likely from Belgium or the United Nations, discussing the country's efforts to support international solidarity and cooperation in the Middle East, particularly in the Gulf region. The text mentions economic sanctions, humanitarian aid, and diplomatic efforts to resolve regional conflicts.