UN General Assembly
1992

nations into the global economy. We should therefore endeavour to integrate our agenda for peace with our agenda for development. By strengthening the Organization's peacemaking and peace-keeping capabilities, we should not, by default or neglect, reduce the United Nations focus on economic and social issues. Clearly, development and peace are so intimately related that they must be tackled under a common agenda. We stand at a historic watershed, especially given the fact that the global transition period we are entering is marked by contradictory trends. At this crossroads, however, a unique opportunity exists for the United Nations to achieve the objectives envisaged in the Charter. Whether or not the United Nations can help create a better world for the twenty-first century, in which the interests of us all are adequately catered for, depends on the structures we create now. History will judge us harshly if we fail to construct a firm foundation for the edifice of the future. That is our challenge.