UN General Assembly
1982

when what is at stake are the interests of great Powers which seek to impose their will by means of their military might. If this does not come about, Latin America will consider this action against Argentina as a serious threat to all of Latin America too and very disturbing for the rest of the world, which might suffer similar treatment if an attempt were made to subject them to similar circumstances. We have witnessed the anguish of a Latin American republic being attacked by an extra continental Power in violation of international law, and we have also been grieved at the fact that Argentina did not receive the response of solidarity which it should have in this case and provided for in treaties which up to now have been in full force and fully complied with. As the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Guatemala, I had the honor to sign together with the Foreign Ministers of other Latin American countries, a request for the inclusion of an item on