UN General Assembly
1983

278. We also support the efforts by the Secretary- General, one of the most recent manifestations of which was his journey to South Africa, Namibia and Angola in order to try to find a solution to the grave problems besetting southern Africa. 279. We similarly repeat our determined support for the United Nations resolutions on the situation in Afghanistan and in Kampuchea. Spain joins with those who call for withdrawal of foreign troops from those two countries so that their peoples can have a genuine possibility of choosing their own future in peace and freedom without any form of pressure or outside interference. 280. Although, as the Secretary-General says in his valuable report on the work of the Organization, "1983 has, so far, been a frustrating year for the search for peace, stability and justice", nevertheless we share his belief that, for all its defects, the United Nations is "the best available international instrumentality to achieve these ends". 281. This will be the spirit in which the Spanish delegation will be acting during this session of the General Assembly.