UNITED NATIONS •~------~-~------- A GeneralAs.embly PRUVISIONAL A1t5/PV.6 28September 1990 ENGLISH m Forty-fifth session GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROVISIONAL VERBATIM RECORD OFTHESIXTHMEETING HeldatHeadquarters, NewYork,onTuesday, 25September 1990,at10a.m. Eresident: later: later:Mr.deMAIleO Mr.PEERTBUM (Vice-President) Mr.deMARCO(Malta) (Mauritius) (Nalta) Scaleofassessments fortheapportionment oftheexpenses oftheUnitedNations [125](continued) Address byBisExcellency Mr.GeorgeVasoiliou, President oftheRepublicofCyprus General debate [9](continued) Statemonts m&<le1)y Mr.DeMichelis (It~l7) Mr.Shevardnadse (UnionofSovietSocialist Republica)Mr.Bou1ares (Tunisia) Mr.Asemoeh (Ghana)---------------------------------_..- Thisrecordconta!ne theoriginal te~tofspeeches delivered i"English andintorpretations ofspeeches intheotherlanguaqec. ThefinalteztwillbeprintedintheOfficial IIcordloftheGenItal ASS1mblr. Corrections shouldbesubmitted tooriginal speechel only.Theyshouldbasentunderthesignature ofamemberofthedelegation concerned, yithin OD&WlBt,totheChief,Official Reco~41 Bditing Section, Department ofConferenc. Services,roomDC2-150, 2UnitedNations Plaza,andincorporated inacopyoftherecord. 90-64106/A 1362V(B) Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJVM/2 Al45/PV.6 2-5J themeeting wascalledtoorderat10.20a.m. AGENDA ITEM125(continued) SCALEOFASSESSMENTS FORTHEAPPORTIONMENT OFTHEEXPENSES OFTHEUNITED NATIONS (Article 19oftheCharter) ThePRESIDENT IBeforeca11iDq onthefirstspeaker, Ishouldliketo drawtheAssembly's attention tQdocument A/4S/S1S/Add.l, whichcontains aletter addressed tomebytheSecretary-General informing mothat,sincetheissuance of hiscomm~ication doted18September 1990,Guatemala hasmadethene~essary payment toreduceitsarrears belowtheamountspecified inArticle 19oftheCharter. MayItaJceitthattheGeneral Assembly dulytakesnoteofthisinformation? It.Jal!!sodecided. ADDRESS BYHISEXCELLENCY ttiR.GEORGEVASS!LIOU, PRESIDENT OFTHEREPUBLIC OFCYPRUS ~PRESIDENT: TheAssembly willfirsthearanaddress bythePresident oftheRepublic ofCyprus. Hr.GeorgeVassilicu, President oftheRepublic ofc!prus, wasescorted into theGenerol Assembly Hall. TbePRESIDENt: OnbehalfoftheGeneral Assembly, Ihovethehonourto welcome totheUnitedNotions thePresident oftheRepublic ofCyprus, Ris Excellency Mr.GeorqeVassiliou, ondtoinvitehimtoaddress theAssembly. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library------------- BP/3Al45/PV.6 6 President YMSILIQUs Iwouldliketobeginbyoffering you,Sir,mywarmest congratulations onassuming thehighofficeofPresident oftheGeneralAssembly. ItisonlyfittingthatMalta,afellownon-aligned and United-Nations-mindedcountry, shouldbegiventheopportunity toguidethissessionoftheGeneral Assembly tosuccessful fruition. Yourelection addsweighttothetruththatallcountries, largeandsmall,havearoletoplayintheworldoftodayandthatoftomorrow. Iwouldalsoliketothanktheout-going President,Major-General JosephSarba,forhisskilful management oftheforty-fourth session,whichsawtheencouraging trendtowards consensus resolutions continue. Allowmetoechothesentiments ofprevious speakers andwelcome thePrincipality ofLiechtenstein, afellowsmallState,totheUnitedNations asitsl60thMember, andallowmealsotocongratulate ourfriends fromYemenontheirmomentous decision toreunitetheircountries, andtowelcome themhereasadelegation ofaunitedYemen,although thismeansthatwehaveoneMemberStateless. Iwouldalsoliketoexpress ourgreatappreciation endesteemfortheworkoftheSecretary-General,somuchofwhichIsconnected witbCyprus, whoseinstructiveandthoughtful reportwehavereadwithgreatinterel'lt. Wecommendhisstillandconnitment inhandling theaffairsoftheUnitedNationlll andinfurther promotingthegoa18andobjectives ofthisworldOrganisation, whichconstitutes themoraland80cialconscience ofmankind. Inthe12monthsainceIaddressed theforty-fourth General Asaembly, VGhavewitnessed &rapidanddramatic succession ofpolitical developmentsn Someofthosedevelopments havebeenpositive beyondexpectationl others,quitetheopposite. WhentakentogetherI!however, theyindicate thatweareatacrucial juacture inworldhistory. Like811suchturning-points, thecurrent oneinvolve. aperiodoftransition characterised bybothgreatopportuaities andgreatdifficulti ••• ----------------- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryGF/3Al45/PV.6 7 (President vassiliou) Und~niably, themost impo~tant positive development ofthepast12monthshas beenthecomingtoanendofthecoldwarbetween BastandWest,whichwas effectively buriedintherubbleoftheBerlinNalllastwinter. Dialogue and co-operation arefastreplacing distrust andconfrontation. Theeuphoria generated bythesepomitive changes, however, hasalready received itsfir'stsharpblow.ThecrisisintheGulftriggered byIraq'sinvasion andoccupation ofneighbouring Kuwaitdemonstrates thatthelongroadtoatruly
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a record of a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, where countries are discussing the apportionment of expenses and other international issues. While there is no direct mention of economic development, natural resources, or industry, the topic of scale of assessments for the apportionment of expenses suggests that the meeting may be related to financial or economic issues. Additionally, the mention of countries' arrears and the payment of dues implies a focus on international financial matters.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade