UN General Assembly
1988

Therefore, this forum must, as it has always done, firmly reject anti-democratic theses based on violence and terrorism and reaffirm the principles of non-intervention and self-determination, co-operation and respect for the expression of the popular will in the establishment of a Government clearly separate from the army, the product of free elections with the participation of all political and ideological groups. We believe that only tolerance and the rule of law can contribute to lasting peace and security for all. In this context and within the framework of these principles, which are basic to this august institution, the United Nations, I must, in all fairness, repeat that the Government of EI Salvador has endorsed the option which allows and promotes political, economic and social democracy, respect for human tights, both of the individual and of society, and the broadest possible measure of freedom of expression and criticism for all political groups.