UN General Assembly
1993

nationalism and from the persistence of unacceptable economic disparities. Europe’s success will serve as an example for other regions of the world as did in its day the Forty-eighth session - 29 September l993 23 reconciliation between France and Germany sought by General de Gaulle and Chancellor Adenauer. I have already spoken of the conflict raging in the former Yugoslavia. France has spared no effort to put an end to it. As you know, France initiated most of the Security Council resolutions designed to discourage or punish aggressors. Together with its partners, France provides an essential part of the humanitarian aid sent there. Its soldiers represent the largest of the contingents made available to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), and more than a dozen of them have paid for their generous presence there with their lives. It has so far been the only country to send reinforcements in accordance with resolution 836 (1993) in order to contribute to the security of the protected areas and the Muslim populations there. France was, as well, the first