UN General Assembly
1988

Although I have stated this in other international bodies, I should like to restate here the desire of the Burkina Faso Government to live in peace with its neighbours and with all peoples of the world, to seek with them solutions to the innumerable scourges which overwhelm the international community and to build a world of justice and progress. I should like to repeat our devotion to the principles and ideals of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, and the United Nations. Armed with this determination we shall participate in this general debate. The excellent report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization gives a striking picture of our world in flux. It is also a stark reminder of our responsibilities to future generations that we are in the last stretch of the twentieth century, which has been so eventful. At this moment of truth there have been few successes. This is true in particular of the decades proclaimed by this Assembly, whether of disarmament or development.