UN General Assembly
1984

36. After centuries of colonialism throughout this hemisphere, coupled with slavery in some parts, western hemisphere leaders are wary of becoming involved in ideological struggles for fear that by so doing they might exchange one colonial master for another. Recent events in the Caribbean have forcefully demonstrated to us the need for vigilance if we are to preserve our fragile independence—vigilance particularly in the removal of any areas of social conflict. If the Caribbean is to be made a "zone of Peace" as some have proposed, this should mean not only "peace", as opposed to military conflict, but Peace" in terms of the removal of social conflict between various groups in our society, by removing the root causes of such conflict.