UNITED NATIONS GeneralAssembly FilEGOPY ~retnurner/ReturntoDistribution C.111 Fortieth session GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROVISIONAL VERBATIM RECORD OFTHE'lWENTIETH MEETING HeldatHeadquarters, NewYork, onThursday, 3October 1985,at10a.m•mOVISIONAL A/40/PV.20 3October1985 ENGLISHA President: later:.,. Mr.DEPINIES Mr.ltillIMAYA(Vice-President)(Spain) (Democratic Yemen) -General debate [9)(continued) Statements weremadeby: Mr.Sipaseuth (LaoPeople's Democratic Republic) Mr.Treiki (Libyan ArabJamahiriya) Mr.Velayati (Islamic Republic ofIran) Mr.PazBarnica (Honduras) Thisrecordcontains theoriginal textofspeeches delivered inEnglish and interpretations ofspeeches intheotherlanguages. Thefinaltextwillbeprinted intheOfficial RecordsoftheGeneral Assembly. Corrections shouldbesubmitted tooriginal speeches only.Theyshouldbe sentunderthesignature ofamemberofthedelegation concerned, withinoneweek, totheChief,Official Records Editing Section, Department ofConference Services, roomDC2-750, 2UnitedNations Plaza, andincorporated inacopyoftherecord. 85-64117/A 3677V(E)session.GEl:tERAL DEBATE events.A/40/PV.20 2-5 AGENDA ITEM9(continued)Themeeting wascalledtoorderat10.25 a~m. OnbehalfofthedelegationoftheLaoPeople's DemocraticRepublic Iexpress LastMayprogressive mankind solemnly obser~~' tliefortieth anniversary ofthetimewhentheinternational community iscommemorating several important historicalIshouldlikealsotoexpress mysincere appreciation toAmbassadorMr.SIPASEUTH (LaoPeople's Democratic Republic) (spateinLao~ Thisyearthefortieth session oftheGeneral Assembly istakingplaceataMywarmcongratulations andgreetings goalsototheSecretary-General,underyourwiseleadership andthankstoyourlongexperience indiplomacy, the greatvictory overtheforcesoffascism andmilitarism which,inunleashing theinterpretation fromFrenchtextfurnished bythedelegation): Attheoutsetofits Mr.JavierPerezdeCuellar, forhisindefatigable andconstructive efforts inthemywarmcongratulations toYOUoSir,onyourunanimous election totheofficeof workofthissession willachieve satisfactory results. co-opera tion. onemustforget-dreamed ofdominating theworldandsubjugating itspeoples.delegation of~~xicoitsmostheartfelt condolences atthecruelhumanandmaterialBG/3 lossessustained byMexico fromrecentearthquakes. Second WorldWar-resulting inthelos~of50million lives,something whichnostatement, thedelegation oftheLaoPeople's Democratic Republic expresses tothe causeofthemaintenance andstrengthening ofpeace,security andinternationalPresident ofthefortieth session oftheGeneral Assembly. Iamconvinced that, PaulLusakafortheoutstanding wayinwhichheguidedtheworkoftheprecedingJVlof/4 A/40/PV.20 6 (Mr.Sipaseuth, LaoPeople's Democratic Republic) Also,asadecisive factorintherestoration oftheindependence andsovereignty ofmanycountries ofEuropeandAsiawhichsavedmillions ofpeoplefromfascist barbarism, thatvictory hacgonedowninhistory asaglorious pagerecording the triumph ofthegreatidealsofpeace Thosesameidealsledtothe establishment oftheunitedNations, whoseprimetaskisthemaintenance of international peaceandsecurity andwhosefortieth anniversary wewillbe celebrating thismonth. Indeedthesetwocoinciding anniversaries cannotbeseparated fromone another, because thefounding fathersoftheUnitedNations, andinparticular the UnionofSovietSocialist Republics, deeplyaffected bythetragedy andharsh lessons oftheSecondWorldWar,statedintheveryfirstwordsoftheCharter the need"tosavesucceeding generations fromthescourge ofwar",andtothatend invited peoples withdifferent political andsocialsystems"topractice tole~ance andlivetogether inpeacewithoneanother asgoodneighbours". Thelatter c~ncept hasbecomeanewprinciple governing international relations, namely, peaceful coexistence. SincetheendoftheSecondWorldWar,morethan100countries whichwereat thattimeunderforeign domination haveregained theirrighttoself-determination andbecomeindependent andfullMembers oftheUnitedNations andofthe Non-aligned Movement. Theseimportant eventsininternational political lifeareinkeeping withand respond tothepurposes andprinciples oftheUnitedNations Charter. Inrecent decades, ontheinitiative ofthesocialist countries andtheNon-aligned Movement, theUnitedNations hasadopted several important resolutions andhelpedonseveral occasions tohaltlocalconflicts andresolve thedisputes thatcon;:;tituted a threattointernational peaceandsecurity. Likewise, theUnitedNations hasJVM/4 A/40/PV e20 7l
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a record of a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, discussing themes related to international relations, peace, and security. It does not explicitly mention any specific economic, environmental, or scientific topics. However, it does touch on the concept of self-determination and the maintenance of international peace and security, which are fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter.

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