Rumania in the Concert of Nations

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IT is undeniable that in the last quarter of the century we have been witness to great changes on the world political map, marked by the establishment of the socialist system in a number of states in Europe, Asia and America, by substantial changes in the social and economic development of western countries, and by the emergence of an impressive number of new states, which have achieved their national independence through struggle and effort. The natural and logical consequence of these social-political changes, which reflect both a revival and national assertion of peoples, has been a considerable increase in the number of members of the international community and in the importance of their role in solving the problems with which it is confronted. This process, in the area it has affected, and in its intensity and complexity, has by far surpassed in importance the appearance of the first national states in Europe. Against the background of the contemporary technological and scientific revolution which necessarily influences each field of existence, including relations among nations, this process has therefore brought about changes in the world political configuration. Among those changes have been regroupings of states, whose relations with one another have reflected, with varying intensity, differences, divergencies and convergencies arising from their different social and political structures, from their world outlook, from historical and economic realities, from the aspirations and interests of various human communities. The problems with which the world has been faced since the end of the Second World War, sometimes painful and dangerous, nevertheless have had, in all their aspects, the merit of confronting the consciousness of those responsible for the destiny of peoples with such a categorical alternative that the avoidance of choice is practically impossible: either they must find the way to co-existence and co-operation under mutually acceptable conditions, or face a disaster of incalculable consequences. In my opinion the evolution of the contemporary world, with all the differences and contrasts characteristic of it, presents two tendencies indissolubly linked, and on which the aspirations of nations are focused -peace and socialism, which, at the technological point now reached by mankind, are incontestably conditioning each other.