UN General Assembly
1992

I would like first to join previous speakers in extending to Ambassador Ganev my warm congratulations on his election. It gives me particular pleasure to see the representative of one of the new European democracies, which is also a friendly neighbour of Romania, heading such an important session. I should like also to pay tribute to the Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, whose tireless endeavours to catalyze our common efforts aiming at conferring on the United Nations a new role attuned to a changing world enjoy my country's full support. Within a few days, we in Romania are going to experience a historic moment in the post-revolutionary history of our country. On 27 September, parliamentary and presidential elections - the first since the adoption of our new democratic Constitution will take place. We see them as a landmark for a country whose firm choice of political pluralism, the rule of law, democracy and a market economy has, for the most part, been undeservedly doubted. I want to inform the Assembly that the Romanian Government has done its best to