UN General Assembly
1982

to devote their energies to serving them, to become faithful and active interpreters of the peaceful ideals of mankind, to prove themselves dynamic activists for the attainment of those ideals. That is the highest reason that should guide the statesman and politician in their task. It is also their chance to stamp their personalities on the destiny of our age, to go down in the history of these tumultuous times as shining examples of humanism and progress. In the spirit of those major requirements of the contemporary world, Romania and President Nicolae Ceaugescu himself are persevering to improve the international climate, to resolve by political means, in the interests of all peoples, the enormous problems confronting mankind, seeking to establish relations between States on the basis of new, democratic, equitable principles. The frequent meetings and talks by the head of our State with the leaders of other countries and politicans of all persuasions, and Romania's whole foreign policy, are constantly aimed at achieving better co-operation and understanding among States, at combining the efforts of all nations