UN General Assembly
1982

meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, in which my Government is so deeply engaged, shows that there, too, the effects of the present crisis of confidence are felt, thus impairing the attainment of positive results whenever a solution for basic problems is at stake. 9. Past and present events in Poland fully illustrate this state of affairs. This is the reason why the Portuguese Government has from the outset openly condemned such events, drawing there from the necessary conclusions. 10. The position of Portugal is that the obligation is undertaken in this Held must be executed in good faith. It is necessary to strive for the fulfillment of the objectives we ourselves have proposed, thus contributing to the full realization of the principles of the Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is not a question of drastically changing international reality. That would be unthinkable. Rather, it is a question of trying to ease tensions and increase confidence in relations among nations and peoplesósince these are also mentioned in the Final Act. Such an