UN General Assembly
1994

At the same time, however, we note with concern the recurrence of terrorist attacks aimed at crippling this process - the final goal of which is desired by the overwhelming majority of the international community: the achievement of permanent peace in that region. We understand that this session of the Assembly can be instrumental in furthering progress in the peace process, by the Organization’s adoption of a realistic and up-to-date position on the current negotiations, modifying the contents and style of General Assembly resolutions in keeping with this new stage. We in the American hemisphere believe that the Cuban situation must be seen in the light of two considerations: on the one hand, the view - shared by our country - that pluralist and representative democracy and the protection of human rights must be fully consolidated in our continent without any exceptions; and, on the other, the perspective of respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter regarding non-intervention and the self-determination of peoples. Observance of these precepts and of general international law implies the adoption of unambiguous