UN General Assembly
1982

210. Nor can we simply turn our heads and look the other way as Soviet divisions brutalize an entire population in Afghanistan. The resistance of the Afghan people is a valiant saga of our times. We demean that valour if we do not recognize its source. 211. And Soviet surrogates intervene in many coun¬tries, creating a new era of colonialism at the moment in history when peoples around the globe had lifted that burden from their backs. 212. Nor will we shy away from speaking of other problems affecting the free and the developing worlds. Much of the developing world is threatened by a crisis of confidence in financial institutions and the stultifying effects of State-controlled economies. The naturally vibrant economies of many Western nations and trade between the world's major trading partners are threatened by recession and rising protectionism. The great alliances that shore up world stability and growth—our hemispheric partnership, NATO—and the Western and Japanese industrial democracies are challenged by new as well as chronic strains. 213. Finally, the shadow of war still darkens