UN General Assembly
1992

contained in paragraph 38 of his report "An Agenda for Peace", namely that the General Assembly could, pursuant to Article 96, paragraph 2, of the Charter, authorize the Secretary-General to take advantage of the advisory competence of the International Court of Justice. Such a possibility would considerably strengthen the effectiveness of the work of the Secretary- General. I began my statement with some thoughts about the role of man as the only being capable of using reason and of original thought. Honour and dignity are inherent in each human being, and history shows us that all conflicts are more or less linked to violations of human rights. Our Organization has created very good standards in this field and emphasis must now be placed on improving the machinery for monitoring and implementing existing standards. The crises that have followed the disintegration of multinational federations have demonstrated the importance of the problems of ethnic and religious minorities within the overall framework of human rights protection. In this context, my country is deeply concerned over the fate of the Bulgarian