UN General Assembly
1993

of transforming, in the near future, the Commission on Sustainable Development into the United Nations council on ecological security. We are ready to contribute to the elaboration of its structure and mandate. The United Nations is moving from the old epoch to the new one with an imposing baggage. Certain parts of it have already become obsolete and will be of interest only to historical researchers; others contain the grains of that new future role to be played by the United Nations in this quickly evolving world which I have already spoken about - for example, a positive and future-oriented experience of large- scale peace-keeping operations in Namibia and Cambodia. Standing on the threshold of the third millennium, one can hardly envisage all of the details of the general picture of the future world. However, the prospects that lie ahead are what matters most, and they are clearly visible. From the role of cease-fire organizer to the role of peace guarantor, from the role of peace guarantor to the role of co-organizer of life in