UN General Assembly
1981

21. We earnestly hope that the Madrid meeting will conclude its work by adopting a meaningful and balanced final document imbued with a sense of responsibility for the destiny of the peoples of the world. We believe it to be of extreme importance that a decision be taken to convene a conference on military detente and disarmament in Europe as that would make it possible to seek sensible compromises In adopting certain confidence-building measures and solving disarmament issues. 22. One of the major reasons for the present state of international tensions is that in the recent years there has been no substantial progress towards removing the hotbeds of tensions in different parts of the world. The latest international events have once again placed renewed emphasis on the need to eliminate local conflicts, to eliminate hotbeds of crisis and to-prevent the emergence of new ones. 23. In recent years tension and the danger of armed conflict in the Middle East have become chronic. Israel’s armed aggression against Lebanon, its threats of war