UN General Assembly
1992

This is an opportunity for us to recall that in the face of the serious threats hanging over our planet, the international community as a whole must set up, for its own survival, collective management of the environment that is more responsible than it has been in the past, that is fairer and truly universal. To that end it must undertake vigorous action to put an end to the use of the countries in the South as dumps for toxic and nuclear waste from industrialized countries. By the same token, we must help countries to combat desertification, pollution and all other processes that are likely to threaten the human habitat. Our Organization has contributed to the consolidation of security and cooperation among nations. It has never been so active and effective in the service of peace. However, our most ardent desire is to see it evolve towards greater democracy so as to respond to the major changes that have occurred recently on the international scene. That democratization comes, necessarily,