UN General Assembly
1982

all means. And they stop at nothing to achieve their ends, not even the use of force, prohibited though this is by the Charter of the United Nations. 31. What they are aiming at is hegemony and world domination. And, while both of those goals are illusory, they are fraught with mortal danger, for any attempt to achieve them in practice is bound to push the world closer to the abyss of a nuclear inferno. 32. It stands to reason, therefore, that millions of people in all the continents are joining in the cry for peace and the instant cessation of the maniacal drive for arms. They call for the continuance of detente, based on the beneficial results attained in the 1970s, and they expect the United Nations, too, to meet its great responsibilities in this context by playing its proper part in the preservation of international peace. The German Democratic Republic subscribes to the view that it is necessary to reinforce the protective and pre-emptive ring of collective security which should be our common shelter and the most