UN General Assembly
1997

economic relations with new ones that are more fair, will, in the long term, be beneficial to them, and they should cooperate fully with other Member States in enhancing the role of the United Nations in that direction. We appreciate and support the joint efforts of the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America to expand and strengthen regional cooperation for political sovereignty and socio-economic development in a spirit of collective self-reliance. We support Syria and other Arab countries in their just struggle to seek a fair and comprehensive solution to the Middle East problem based on the principle of land for peace, and hold that Israel should withdraw from all occupied Arab territories. The Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea adheres to the main ideal of our foreign policy of independence, peace and friendship in conformity with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, and will continue to do so in the future. The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will make every sincere effort for the success of