UN General Assembly
1993

becoming even more onerous for Member States, and in particular for those of the third world. In the last decade of the millennium, our world nevertheless does show some rays of light. One of these is that shed by the Ibero-American Summits, the most recent of which was recently held in the Brazilian city of Salvador da Bahia. I mention this as a valid example of fraternal discussion, in which, without anything being imposed by any party, issues of common interest were defined and coordinated. Recently also, the world learned of the signing of the Declaration that, as a preliminary measure, recognizes Palestinian autonomy over part of the occupied territories. We hope that this development constitutes an effective step towards the restoration of the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to have their own State, in their own national territory, and towards the definitive withdrawal by Israel from the other occupied Arab territories, including Jerusalem. This would be an important contribution to a definitive solution to the Middle East conflict and to the