UN General Assembly
1977

107. Also, in inter-American relations certain developments encourage dialogue and understanding. Both the approval of the documents presented to the June Assembly of the Organization of American States and the recent signature in Washington of the agreements between Panama and the United States constitute proof of the will of the parties concerned to follow the path of negotiation and reconciliation of their respective claims. The presence at the signing of those agreements of the Heads of State from North and South America appears to us, moreover, to confer on those agreements and on the method followed in achieving, them a significance which goes beyond their specific legislative content and which underlines the general spirit of Pan-American co-operation and solidarity. 108. The United Nations has a unique and irreplaceable role to play in tackling such problems as development and economic co-operation.