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flood of refugees. Many others have witnessed the
destruction of their property and of their means of
livelihood.
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3. Who is responsible for this misery and waste? Not
the UN. The new Secretary General has already shown
flair and discretion in discharging his responsibil-
ities. Through his hard work, his patience and his
tact, combined with a firm grasp of reality and what
can reasonably be achieved, he has already won the
respect of us all.
4. Nor is the Security Council to blame. It is unfor-
tunately true that the deep differences of ideology and
opinion that divide the members of the Security Council
sometimes make it impossible for resolutions to be
reached. But that at least means that the Security
Council reflects the reality of the world as it is.
And there are many occasions when the Security Council
does reach agreement, when the steps necessary to end a
war or resolve a crisis are clear to all and can be
agreed. But it is one thing to agree a resolution.
is quite another to ensure compliance with it.
It
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5.
Time and again we come up against the depressing
fact that if a state is determined to resort to force
or to violate the norms of international law it is
virtually impossible to stop it. Once two countries