UN General Assembly
1999

peace. I stand in solidarity with nations that have been the victims of natural disasters. We in Central America owe a debt of gratitude to all who helped us when the recent hurricane devastated our Republics — non-governmental organizations, Governments, the United Nations and friendly nations. That debt of gratitude can be converted to solidarity only if we say that we in turn want to do our utmost to help other nations that have been the victims of natural disasters, such as Turkey and the Republic of China on Taiwan, not to mention other, no less painful difficulties such as the conflict that is of such grave concern to our Colombian brethren. In solidarity between the peoples of Latin America and in solidarity between our two countries — for we too have experienced such a conflict — we offer our brothers in Colombia any kind of assistance or experience they ask for to deal successfully with this problem so like the one that tore apart the lives of the people of El Salvador.