UN General Assembly
1982

offer for units to be made available for United Nations service. 63. Peace and security are not complete without justice. Therefore it is to justice that I shall devote the latter part of my speech. Justice has to do with the notion of the fair and equitable distribution of wealth and decision-making power. It implies that relations between nations are based on respect for the principle of the equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and that citizens are treated in accordance with the dignity inherent in the human person. These basic rights lie at the root of the international community's commitment to support processes aimed at self- reliance and to overcome poverty, in particular in the third world. Conceived in this way, justice assures the consent of individuals to the way in which they are governed and the consent of nations to the interna¬tional order. Where justice is deficient that consent can at best be partial and there will be a constant danger to peace and security. 64. Let me give an example, that of Poland, a