UN General Assembly
1982

we are confident that the international community will not neglect to strengthen its assistance to the peoples of the Sahel, who are involved in an arduous struggle to safeguard their food and their development. Despite the deadly conflicts, endless crises and continuing supply threats afflicting mankind, we can see real progress in some areas. That fact, together with our confidence in man and in his capacity to overcome his weaknesses, give us the hope and the conviction that the international community will find ways and means of eliminating the nuclear threat, transforming the system of unjust relations which prevails today in the world, enabling the most impoverished to achieve their aspirations, and bringing peace and progress with justice. It is therefore a matter of urgency that the ability of the United Nations to take action be strengthened and that the implementation of its decisions and recommendations by all Member States be assured. Relations among peoples, based on a new concept of moral, political and legal phenomena, will be increasingly in keeping with mankind's ambitions, will make a contribution to