UN General Assembly
1993

change in conditions of freedom and liberty are activities that are being accomplished in many countries in Latin America and elsewhere in the world. The situation in Russia, for example, reminds us of the difficulty of achieving consensus and legitimacy in governing a society in crisis, a society in which change is necessary. Bolivia’s course has required daring and imagination. We have not shrunk from calling upon our people to make sacrifices and shoulder additional burdens. But we are profoundly alarmed, however, when we see so many countries embarking on the road to democracy and change and attempting to achieve stable growth and development with social justice and when we then note that no corresponding efforts are being made in the developed world. The end of the cold war lit a beacon of hope, but we are surprised that it has not engendered an increase in international cooperation and solidarity. There was greater cooperation during the era of confrontation because of the desire to defend third-world countries against the communist