UN General Assembly
1993

I sincerely hope that, worn out by a protracted and devastating war, faced with a country whose economic structure has been destroyed and touched by the social and human drama caused by the hostilities, the parties to the conflict, especially UNITA, will rise to the moment and, moved by political realism, lend the negotiations the much- needed political will and seriousness, thereby demonstrating the magnanimity that the security and the well-being of the Angolan people require. The Angolan experience is a lesson that should be taken into consideration by the Organization in managing or assisting in the management of other conflicts. One such case is the conflict in Mozambique, a country to which Cape Verde is linked by fraternal ties. My country, as a member of the Security Council, has been following the situation in Mozambique very closely and with particular interest. After many years of war, peace seems finally to prevail in that country. The General Peace Agreements concluded last year defined the framework for the attainment of final and lasting