UN General Assembly
1993

fostering a new system of economic, social, cultural and political integration for the benefit of all Central Americans. In accordance with this basic objective, my country aspires, with increasing determination and political will, to see our region established as a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development which is more actively involved in the new reordering of the international community. However, in spite of the progress in the regional peace process, many of the root causes of the Central American crisis persist, and the advances that have been made are only a starting-point in confronting the underlying causes of the armed conflict which threaten to destroy all that has been accomplished. Peace and development will be securely established only if a broad and participatory commitment is achieved, involving both the Governments and the organized sectors of civilian society of each of our nations. It is a fact that the difficulties of any one Central American country have an effect on all other countries of the region. Concerted action within a regional framework is