UN General Assembly
1991

Progress in the political arena should not lull us into complacency. On the one hand, in the economic sphere we are still facing a multipolar reality in which the developing countries face serious difficulties and, on the other hand, the far-reaching geopolitical changes in various regions of the world, as in the Soviet Union, have not yet entered the phase of definitive consolidation. Similarly, there remains a broad margin for action in disarmament; respect for human rights, transition to democracy, political pluralism and freedom of the individual are still precarious or tentative in many countries; and the developing world is still yearning to secure more just and equitable economic relations with the industrialized countries.