UN General Assembly
1993

greatly enhances the validity of the process, of 12 General Assembly - Forty-eighth session representatives of the Presidents of Central America, a region that can envision its future only in the larger prospect of integration and unity with Nicaragua. The sincere gratitude of my people and Government goes to my Central American colleagues, to the representatives of the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States, to the Catholic Church and to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who have contributed so much to peace and reconciliation in Nicaragua. I especially wish to thank the Secretary-General of the United Nations for his support in the formation of an active group of donor countries, friends of Nicaragua, which, within the context of the United Nations, will help us identify our requirements for external cooperation and the means for channelling this necessary assistance. I believe that countries in transition from war to peace, which have signed international agreements to attain total pacification, democracy and reconstruction, should have access to a special fund to enable them to stand again on