UN General Assembly
1974

138. The German Democratic Republic joined the United Nations one year ago. As a Member of the United Nations and as a State of the socialist community, it has been making every effort, in its bilateral relations, at the regional level and also in multi lateral organizations, to help carry out the peace program of the socialist States, which also is in harmony with the purposes of the Charter of the United Nations and takes account of the interests of all peoples. 139. The foreign policy of the German Democratic Republic is aimed at safeguarding international peace and security, practicing solidarity with the peoples fighting for their national and social liberation, and making peaceful coexistence prevail between States with different social orders.