UN General Assembly
1982

well-deserved tribute to the Secretary-General for his tireless and most commendable efforts during the first year of his term of office in attempting to find peaceful solutions to the disputes that divide certain Member States. He may be assured of the readiness of the Government of Chad to help him in his future work for world peace and development. Before briefly expressing my delegation's position on certain important items of the agenda of the present session, I should like, as the representative of a country which has been the subject of conversation internationally in recent years because of the long and tragic situation of war that it has experienced, to outline the situation now prevailing in Chad. While it is true that peace in Chad was restored only at the cost of great sacrifices, it is equally true that the tragedy endured for almost 20 years by our people was not without cause. War is never a matter of fate. In order better to grasp the true dimensions of the