UN General Assembly
1992

nation provides an opportunity for a productive dialogue between these parts? The United Nations must pay attention to the problems of both large and small States. In our opinion, the security of small States should be a central concern of the Organization, since there does not exist a balance of power or agreement on goals between small States and their larger neighbours at this time. In my opinion, when discussing the relationships between nations, one must remember that there are neither great nor small nations. A nation is only as great as its will. Large and small States, however, can be equally free even if not equally powerful. We place high hopes in the United Nations. Latvia values highly the documents of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, in particular "Agenda 21". We therefore reiterate our proposal, first made at Rio de Janeiro, that a conference be convened in Latvia on the subject of "Disarmament for Environment". We ask the United Nations and all States for their support.