UN General Assembly
1990

Of course, there is a real need for new regional arrangements, and especially one that would respond to the lessons of the present crisis in the Persian Gulf. Indeed, Poland regrets that up till now the conflict could not have been resolved by peaceful means within the family of Arab nations. With that family, we have always had friendly relations and various ties, and we wish to maintain them, provided the international rule of law is respected. For these reasons, bearing in mind its relations with Islam in past centuries, and, obviously, being aware of the fact that the present is different from the past, Poland supports the working out of stable and far-sighted policies towards the Arab countries, and generally the Islamic countries - I refer to policies of States participating in the Helsinki process. However, the more immediate answer today lies in the application of the United Nations Charter. The problem, politically and economically, is global. here we come to the international dimension of solidarity, that is solidarity among peoples and nations.