UN General Assembly
1992

democratization through the organization and holding of municipal, legislative and presidential elections in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. May I conclude my statement by emphasizing the relevance and timeliness of the report of the Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, entitled "An Agenda for Peace". We believe that the content of this important document is a challenge to our generation and to the United Nations, since, if by national and international "preventive diplomacy" we succeed in attaining the following objective: "To seek to identify at the earliest possible stage situations that could produce conflict, and to try through diplomacy to remove the sources of danger before violence results" (A/47/277, para. 15). we shall have marked the real beginning of the new era, and future generations will indeed be grateful.