ブックタイトル佐藤栄作論文集９～１６

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佐藤栄作論文集９～１６

第９回優秀賞“THE IDEAL AND ROLE OF THE UNITEDNATIONS IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA”Enoch OpondoThe world is still, admittedly, a very imperfect, insecure, unjust, dangerous and, inall too many regions, impoverished place, but…we have a foundation to build on.Javier Perez de Cueller, former UN Secretary General, in his report to the UNGeneral Assembly on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the United Nation（UN 1985:vi）The prospects of realising the vision expressed in the Charter of the UnitedNations seem better today than at any time since the organisation was founded.Javier Perez de Cueller in his acceptance speech for the 1988 Nobel Peace Prizeon behalf of the UN’s peace-keeping forces（Vosskuhler 1990: 3）.Ⅰ．Introduction:In 1989 the Berlin wall came down. The Treaty of Paris, signed in November1990, formally brought the Cold War to an end. The Warsaw Treaty Organisationwas no more, and soon after the Soviet Union disintegrated into a commonwealthof independent states. These developments have raised hopes for a new era ofinternational cooperation, freedom and democratisation, peace and security, andrespect for human rights（Vosskuhler 1990: v）. President Bush of the United Stateshas referred to the emerging epoch as the‘New World Order’, in which“diversenations are drawn together in a common cause, to achieve the universal aspirations ofmankind: peace, security, freedom, and the rule of law”（UNESCO: 12）.35