UN General Assembly
1992

fruitful dialogue in the Security Council, is matched by our concern at a resurgence of certain problems such as injustice, ultranationalism, racism and religious fundamentalism, all of which are potential sources of conflict. The Chadian delegation would like to pay a well-deserved tribute to the Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, for his report, "An Agenda for Peace", which gives us valuable guidelines towards achieving a more secure, peaceful and just world. But, as I said, there remain many sources of potential concern. In Europe, for example, an area that had been spared violent upheavals thus far/ we are now helplessly witnessing a situation that defies the conscience of the world. The breakup of the former Yugoslavia could have led to relationships other than those based on war, particularly since the birth of that country had been accompanied by much suffering. We denounce practices such as "ethnic cleansing", a notion we had thought definitively eradicated from the language of modern nations. Chad believes that, whether in the States that have emerged from the former Yugoslavia or elsewhere, our conduct should be guided