UN General Assembly
1992

The Government of Mexico congratulates Mr. Stoyan Ganev on his election as President to guide the work of the General Assembly. It also congratulates Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali on his decision to engage in active diplomacy, to initiate the changes called for in the Secretariat and to devise new ways of strengthening the Organization. Mexico extends a most cordial welcome to the 13 new Member States. The new conditions in the world, the long-standing aspirations of peoples and the pressures of all kinds facing this forty-seventh session of the General Assembly require us to chart a clear course. The disappearance of the blocs has not led to the emergence of the peaceful world of which we dreamed. Uncertainty prevails. In many societies, one political order has disappeared and the order which has taken its place is in the midst of a difficult process of shaping itself. World trends are extremely contradictory. Some countries' efforts to integrate are in contrast to the disintegration of other countries. It would appear that the potential for conflict, now free of