UN General Assembly
2002

constitutes the individual's commitment to the community, without which the State loses its social nature. We must break citizen fear of the guerrillas and paramilitaries, and we must create community-based links with democratic institutions. To a large extent, the efficacy and transparency of the armed forces depend on citizen cooperation. The Colombian problem jeopardizes the democratic stability of the region. We need the world's assistance to resolve it. I ask for the world's help because my Government has made the decision to defeat terror and to ensure that these four years do not end in a renewed victory for crime or in new evidence of State and societal vacillation before the arrogance of the violent. It is imperative that the sources of terror financing be eliminated. That is why we must conquer drugs and kidnapping. 9 There is concern about weapons of mass destruction within the United Nations, and we share that anguish. But we must understand that drugs have a massive capacity for destruction, equivalent to that of the most feared chemical weapons.