UN General Assembly
1985

We have noticed that, as in every general debate, we have been unable to resist the temptation to get out old files, to go through them, add what we believe to be new elements and remove what seems to be no longer relevant. That exercise, which lawyers entrust to their clerks, sometimes allows us to obtain information whose wise and timely use permits us to draw conclusions supporting our argument and then to regard the file as closed. But we have not come here mainly to make demands, argue our case or pass judgment. Our approach continues to be political; our desire is to find solutions, and therefore one can well understand our frustration when at the en.* of the session, or even during the course of it, the files are put away and closed, only to be reopened for use in other debates.