UN General Assembly
1994

keep silent about it, first, as a matter of principle and, secondly, because Haiti has a special place in our history. Forty-five years ago Haiti played a decisive role in a matter of interest to us. Its deciding vote won the adoption of the General Assembly resolution on Libya’s independence. At this time next year, the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations will begin. While developments in recent years have revealed some weaknesses in some of the United Nations organs’ handling of dispute settlement and crisis management, this cannot be attributed to the Charter but, rather, to the tendency by certain Powers, insisting that their approach alone should be adopted, to impose their hegemony on the handling of international matters. This question should be the focus of attention in the next session because it will mark the demise of the old order and the building of the new order that will replace it. The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya intends to participate with others in building this new order to ensure that it