UN General Assembly
1988

It is true that the fable about two elephants stamping our grass is still popular. President Reagan's statement yesterday would seem to indicate that this grass is not being threatened. We do not want to fight, and love is still a remote possibility. But speaking seriously, the world community has gained much from the improvement in Soviet-American relations. In this regard I am pleased to cite a remark by Mr. Perez de Cuellar. The meeting between Gorbachev and Reagan, he said, has shown the world community an example of voluntary dialogue. Governments have suddenly realized that the United Nations is an entirely appropriate place for negotiations and solving problems. Precisely, but I would say "the most appropriate place". If in the past it has not always been that, the Organization itself is least to blame.