UN General Assembly
1983

grounds for alarm. Since the Second World War there has hardly been another such complicated and tense a period of history as the one we are living in today. 54. All this is the result of the course pursued by the United States and certain countries of NATO, the aim of which is to gain military-strategic superiority over the Soviet Union and the other countries of the socialist community. That course has led to an unchecked escalation of the arms race, has dangerously exacerbated tensions in various regions of the world and has kindled new hotbeds of crisis. 55. An integral part of this policy is total confrontation, which has also been reflected in certain attempts to interfere in the Internal affairs of the socialist countries and to orchestrate slanderous campaigns. 56. The latest example in this respect has been the campaign against the Soviet Union in connection with the incident involving the South Korean aircraft. While expressing our most sincere regret at the loss of human life,