UN General Assembly
1983

with conflicts, but of all the problems of the region the Lebanese problem is the most crucial and therefore the most urgent. The Iran-Iraq war poses a danger to the stability of the Oaf. Soviet-American rivalry in the Middle East endangers the delicate international balance of power. The Palestinian problem poses a threat to peace in the Arab East. The Arab-Israel problem threatens the State system in the region. And, finally, there is the problem of radical minority movements and the danger they pose to a stable social order in the area. 317. If dialogue and diplomacy can succeed in Lebanon this success will breed other successes, and the parties to the effort Will gain credibility and momentum and go on to resolve other problems. If Lebanon fails, every society from Morocco in the west to the Guff States in the east will be threatened. Now the world looks on as the battier between order and anarchy rages; every regime in the region awaits its outcome. If there is any crisis