UN General Assembly
1993

The considerable number of regional and domestic conflicts is a part of the global security picture. Cooperation between the United Nations and regional institutions is another useful instrument for solving them. The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) is one organization that plays an important role in the Euro-Asian area. The first formal step towards cooperation between the United Nations and the CSCE was resolution 47/10, adopted at the last session of the United Nations General Assembly. Not by accident, the cooperation and coordination of these two organizations was formalized during Czechoslovakia’s presidency of the CSCE. The limited resources of both organizations force us to try to coordinate and complement their operations and missions. Guided by our own vital interests, we have been striving to develop closer cooperation and interaction with organizations capable of giving effective security guarantees. This, however, does not mean we want passively to let others look after our security. On the contrary, we wish to be active participants in this two-way process. This effort involves, for example, the following: first, our constructive