UN General Assembly
1982

Helsinki Final Act would eliminate political, ideological and military tension and that the Madrid meetings on European security would strengthen peace in Europe have showed themselves to be a bluff. The insecurity of Europe has grown even greater. 110. The two super-Powers with their rival aggressive blocsóNATO and the Warsaw Pactóhave strengthened their military power with the most modem weapons, accumulating an unprecedented war arsenal. They are filling Europe with missiles and nuclear weapons so as to use them as a means of threat, and blackmail against the countries where they are stationed and against other European countries. Military maneuvers of an aggressive character have grown in intensity and have assumed greater proportions. The presence in the Mediterranean of big naval fleets belonging to the super-Powers has turned that basin into a militarized sea; that presence constitutes a serious threat to the freedom and independence of the coastal countries of that basin as well as to peace in Europe and in the world. 111. The Albanian delegation believes that real security and co-operation in Europe can be