UN General Assembly
1992

to Mozambique. Botswana contributed in its small way to the process, and I had the honour to witness the signing of the Agreement in Rome on 4 October. I hope that the international community will extend political, diplomatic and moral support to Mozambique in order to ensure that the Agreement is translated into solid peace. Millions of Mozambicans face starvation and death because of the war and drought. The signing of the General Peace Agreement opens the door for the United Nations agencies and other international relief agencies, and the international community as a whole, to alleviate the suffering of the people of Mozambique, as well as to assist with the means to reconstruct their country. For the first time since it acceded to independence in 1975, Angola held multiparty elections last week. The high turn-out for the elections indicates the readiness of the Angolan people to use the ballot rather than the bullet to resolve their differences. I hope that this high turn-out, coupled with free and fair elections, will bestow legitimacy on the new Government. What