UN General Assembly
1992

institutions is a key part of such peace-building, and so, to take a very different example, is de-mining. Is it not a sad commentary on the state of the world that the removal of mines in the aftermath of conflict has to be high on our agenda, whether in Cambodia, northern Somalia or Angola? But we of the European Community welcome the emphasis the Secretary-General gives to human rights, democracy and development. Perhaps during the cold war some of us tended to concentrate exclusively, or almost exclusively, on abuses of human rights in the Soviet bloc. Elsewhere there was lip-service when there should have been action. But all people are entitled to full human rights. We want the World Conference on Human Rights at Vienna in June 1993 to take real steps in that direction. We warmly welcome as part of that effort what we see as the tide of political reform now flowing in the continent of Africa. We are helping to promote good government and sound human rights and electoral practices. Both