UN General Assembly
1992

discussion of the interaction between the United Nations and the CSCE should take place annually. In today's world the United Nations can play an even more important role in arms control and disarmament. I am thinking especially of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction. When the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms becomes operational, it will have a substantial role to play. The Secretary-General's report, "An Agenda for Peace", says, "globalism and nationalism need not be viewed as opposing trends" (para. 19). These words attracted my attention as they reflect one of the peculiarities of our times. They embody the historical experience of the two nations of Czechoslovakia experience that I should like to share with members. The idea of the right of nations to self-determination advanced by President Wilson facilitated the disintegration of the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy, thus opening up the way for the creation of Czechoslovakia. That was 74 years ago. Czechoslovakia emerged, however, under the influence of the notion that