A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/48/18 24 November 1993 Forty-eighth session Agenda item 32 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/48/L.17/Rev.2)] 48/18. Complete withdrawal of foreign military forces from the territories of the Baltic States The General Assembly, Reaffirming its resolution 47/21 of 25 November 1992, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the complete withdrawal of foreign military forces from the territories of the Baltic States, 1/ Conscious of the statement in the report of the Secretary-General that "delay in completing the withdrawal of foreign military forces from the territories" of Estonia and Latvia "is rightly a matter of concern to the international community", 2/ Considering that the United Nations, pursuant to the provisions of its Charter, has a major role to play in, and responsibility for, the maintenance of international peace and security, Mindful that the timely application of preventive diplomacy is the most desirable and efficient means of easing tensions before they result in conflict, ____________ 1/ A/48/501. 2/ Ibid., para. 38. /...