UN General Assembly
1982

taught us that it is the small and developing countries that generally and ultimately bear the brunt and the conse¬quences of that cold war. 150. The basic principle of our great movement, to which President Hosni Mubarak reaffirms his commit¬ment, is for us a firm creed and a constant element of our foreign policy under the new leadership of Egypt. 151. It would be appropriate to acknowledge here the efforts that have been made recently to save the movement from fragmentation owing to the insistence of some countries on changing the venue of the Seventh Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, which was scheduled to be held in Baghdad. We welcome the constructive attitude of the Iraqi Government in not insisting on Baghdad as the venue, and also thank the Government of India for agreeing to hest the meeting; we urge, so that the non-aligned countries can pursue the positive approach they have chosen. 152. Recently the Middle East has been the theatre of very tragic events, being subjected to devastating wars and unprecedented waves of