UN General Assembly
1993

6,000 personnel committed to United Nations operations at present. If the United Nations is to discharge its growing responsibilities, it must be assured of stable and adequate resources to finance its activities. The cost of alternatives would be immensely higher. The forty-eighth session of the General Assembly should mark a watershed - a transition from the habits of the cold war to an endeavour to construct peace and universal prosperity in a new multipolar era. To succeed in this endeavour, we shall need to arrest the dangerous proliferation of national and ethnic conflicts and disputes; establish the supremacy of human rights, democracy and freedom; prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and move towards nuclear and conventional disarmament, and arrest the forces of trade protectionism and mercantilism to foster global and sustainable development. The challenges that the Member States of the United Nations confront are imposing indeed. Yet, the opportunities for genuine peace and universal prosperity are also most promising. With goodwill and cooperation, Member States can make significant progress at this session towards the