UN General Assembly
1995

keeping operations being conducted in countries riven by conflict must be accompanied and supported by the parallel and systematic establishment of mechanisms for a peaceful settlement. The measures provided for in Chapter VI of the Charter must be increasingly employed to this end. “An Agenda for Peace” can achieve its full import only if the United Nations, in its quest for peace, resorts to diplomatic procedures as a means of settling disputes. The objectives of peace and security that we seek must necessarily also involve curbing the proliferation of weapons of all kinds. General and complete disarmament is and has for many years been one of the main objectives of the United Nations, whose attainment would bring peace, stability and well-being for all. The energy with which we pursue this goal must be maintained and, indeed, increased, if the hopes of mankind to avoid a new holocaust are to be fulfilled. To that end, my delegation believes that we must continue to encourage a tangible reduction in the nuclear threat, the elimination of special fissile materials and the