UN General Assembly
1991

The world is increasingly coming to realise a better sense of unity. The phenomenon of integration is occurring with increasing force in the most varied parts of the planet, and it lends greater cohesion to the efforts peoples are making to achieve social and economic development. There are many examples in our hemisphere. President Bush's initiative of the Americas, the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR), the Tuxtla Gutierrez Accords, the integration efforts of the three countries of North America and the progressive and growing importance of the Andean Pact structures, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Central American Common Market all demonstrate that the idea of community is becoming ever-more deeply rooted in the soil of America where today - with one exception that we hope will soon cease to be one - democracy and liberty are flourishing and where men hope to build a future based on justice and development.