---------~ ---------- --- -- UNITED NATIONS A BAGeneral Assembly PROVISIONAL A/44/PV.9li 20July1990 ENGLISH c Forty-fourth ses~ion PROVISIONAL VERBATIM RECDRD OFTHENINETY-F IFTH P4EF.TI~G HeldatHeadquarters, NewYork, onFridavo 20July1990,at10~.m. ?rl:!sident: Mr.GA.RB1\ (Niqeri"i) Earthquakp. inthePhi11ipin4!s Scaleofassessment.'i fortheap\)Qrtionment oftheexpenses oftheUF\it·~d Nations i1291(continued) Policies ofapartheid oftheGovernment ofSouthAfrica: reportbythe Secretary-General (281 (co~tinued) Adoption oftheagendaandorqanization ofwork~ l~tt.,.rfromthe Bahamas. Colombia andHaiti(81(continuerl) Tentative programme ofwork Thisrecordcontains theoriqinal textofspeeches deliver~dinEn':Jlish and int.erpretations ofspeeches intheotherlanguolges. Thefinaltextwillbeprinted intheOfficial Records oftheGeneral Assembly. Corrections shouldbesubmitted tooriginal speeches only. ~heyshouldbe sentunderthesignature ofamemberofthedelegation concerned, withinoneweek, totheChief,Official Records Editing Section, Depart:nent ofConf~rence Services, roomDC2-750, 2UnitedNations Plaza,andincorporated in~coPY ~ftherecoc~. 90-64039/A 8342V(E) Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryR.'!/4 AI'",4/PV.95 2 Themeeting wascanedtoorder-atlO.JCia.m. tARTHQUAKE INTHEPHILIPPINES ThePRESIOmT: Befoceturning totheitemsontheagenda focthis morning I,onbehalfofallthelOOml'-ecs .'IftheAssentily, wishtoextend profoun,i sY'!'pathy totheGovernment andthepeopleofthePhilippines forthetragiclossof lifeandextensive material damagethathaveresulted Erc.,..therecentearthqualce. MayIalsoexpress theJotop;ethattheinternational community willshOolits solidari tyandrespond promptly andgenerously toanyrequest forhetp. Inowcallumntherepresentative ofthePhUiPf>ines. ~r.MENDEZ(Philippines): ~llowmetothankyou, ~r.President, the Assembly 3ndindividual l1lI:!mbers forthemaQn:mimous andhmrt-warming expressi.ons orsympathy youhaveshownt.'ePhilippines atitstryinghour. 'lourkindwor-3s wiltqoalongwaytocomfort thevictims oftheearthquake, theirfamilies and, hdeed. theentirenation. l"ltP.c'lational response totheplightofthePhilippines hasbeentruly qenerou~. Asidefromfinancial assistance, reliefgoods,suoplies andservices ace winging theirwaytothet.'Jisac;tec areasevenasIspp.ak. Withyoursupport, material andmoral, th~indo~itable Filipino peoplewilsurmount theirvicissitudes. Iholdforthonceaqaintoyou,Sir,andtotheAsr;elTbly anditsmembers, the gratitude ofanentire natio~. ~GE~OA ITEM129(continued) SCALE1PASS~SSMENTS FURTHEAPPORTIONMENT OFTireEXPENSES OFTHEUNITIm NATIONS (,\/44/926/Add .1) Tile ~~ESlnENT: Ish()ulo 1iketodrawt.JoteAssembly's attention to document J\/44/926/A~.1, whichcontains aletteraddressed tomebyth~ :-~~cr~tar;·-Genp.r alL'ifl)rll\i nq1l\P.t'latsil1Cethei5suance' ofhiscommlJnications dated l~and25MarchandL7lI1ay1990t4icaroiqua hasmad<;!thenecessary pllYll\e'lt toreduc~ itstlrCeuc; belowthe"lmount spP.cifil~d inl\rtide t«JoftheCharter. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryRH/4 A/44!PV.95 3 (ThePresident) MayItakeitthattbeGeneral AsaeJli)ly dulytakesnoteofthisinformation? Itwassodecided~ AGBNDArrBM28(continued) POLICIES OFAPARrHBID OFTIEGOV'BRNMBN'l' Oll'SOtJ'l'BAFRICA, RBIlORT BYTHE SBCRBTARY-GENBRAL (A/44/960 andAdd.1) ThePRESIDllNT, ThisftDrnlng theAsseDbly wUlfirstresumeconsideration ofagendaitem28,-Policies ofapartheid oftheGcwemment ofSoutbAfrica-. Melllbers wUlrecallthatatitssixteenth special session theAssellbly, by decision S-16/24, decided thatagendaitem28shouldbereopened inorderforthe . Assembly atitsforty-fourth session toconsider therep)rtofthe secretary-General Q'ltheprogress madeIntheimplementation oftheDeclaration on Apartheid anditsDestructive Consequences inSouthA~n Africa. Inthisconnectim theAsseJllbly hasbeforeitthereportofthe Secretary-General, whichhasbeencirculated ascbcument A/44/960 andAdd.l. InowcaUupontheSecretary-General, whow111introduce hisreport. TheSE~BTARY-GBNBRAL, Awareoftheilllp)rtance attached byallMemer StatestotheDeclaration onApartheid anditsDestructive Consequences inSouthern Africa, -t\dopt:ed byconsensus lastDecemer, Iwouldliketointroduce personally
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a record of a United Nations General Assembly meeting, discussing various topics including natural disasters, financial assistance, and international cooperation. The main theme seems to be the response to the recent earthquake in the Philippines, with a focus on humanitarian aid and relief efforts.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Natural resources and environment