UN General Assembly
1982

categorical imperative if we wish to spare mankind painful turmoil. We must accept the fact that no nation represented in this Hall, however powerful it may be, can reasonably think that it can do without the others. Attempts to seek isolated solutions to the serious economic problems of our world today are unquestionably doomed to failure. The concept of the interdependence of nations is today more than ever before of special significance. In this connection we find in the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization relevant comments on the development of United Nations action along such lines, because no organ is better able than this one, despite its insufficiencies and limitations, to offer the possibility of fostering a spirit of harmony, interdependence, solidarity and co-operation among nations. I should like to pay a well-deserved tribute to the Secretary-General for the clear and courageous manner in which he analysed the deep-rooted causes of the disorder in the present system of multilateral relations and set out certain guidelines which could be used as a basis