UN General Assembly
1969

recent setbacks, we are all striving can be achieved only if all States respect the principles of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the rule of international law, and the sovereignty, integrity and independence of all nations. Only if all States adhere to those principles can there be hope for a new era of international co-operation. 181. In that connexion the idea of holding a conference on questions of security problems affecting the whole of Europe could become of great importance. My Government has therefore given a favourable reply to the recent initiative taken by the Government of Finland. 182. Europe has suffered throughout history from the lack of unity between its nations and the unending conflicts resulting from it. The challenge of our time and of our future is indeed great. The technical revolution in the age of nuclear energy and the exploration of outer space, the economic and social evolution of the vast developing areas of our world, the maintenance of peace and security in the