UN General Assembly
1961

89. For centuries past the Balkan peninsula was a focal point where hostile interests clashed and a' hotbed of dissension among the Great Powers; it was the theatre of several wars even in the twentieth century. Bulgaria has nowadays become a meeting-place for scores of economic, cultural, athletic and other delegations from different countries, for tens of thousands of tourists from all over the world. The Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria will do its utmost to see that the old reputation of the Balkan peninsula as a hotbed of world conflicts disappears.