ABSTRACT
The effect of the change in Soviet–US relations has already been felt in the United Nations. The change in the climate of international relations has propelled the Organization to the centre of the efforts in countering a completely new set of urgent problems and overriding concerns. The Organization can draw strength from the widening peace constituency which exists in all countries and whose concerns are so well articulated by non-governmental organizations, especially in the fields of disarmament, human rights, development and environment. The developments in the Gulf region have placed the United Nations once again at the centre of international diplomacy regarding the peaceful solution to international conflicts. The preparation of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, scheduled for 1992 in Brazil, has been marked by the new integrated approach aimed at accommodating not only the complexity of the subject but also the multi-faceted interests of all concerned.
