UNITED NATIONS a~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _, <;"""' President: later: General Assembly Eighteenth special session GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROVISIONAL VERBATIM REOORD OF THE FIFTH MEETING Held at Headquarters, New York, on Wednesday, 25 April 1990, at 10 a.m. Mr. GA.RBA Mr. MAKARCYK (Vice-President) General debate [8 and 9] (continued) PROVISIONAL A/S-18/PV. 5 9 May 1990 ENGLISH (Niqer ia) (Poland) This record contains the original text of speeches delivered in Enqlish and interpretations of speeches in the other lanquaqes. The final text will be printed in the Official Records of the General Assembly. Corrections should be submitted to original speeches onlv. They should be sent under the signature of a m:!mber of the deleqation concerned, within one week, to the Chief, Official Records Edi ti nq Section, Department of Conference Services, room DC2-750, 2 Uni·ted Nations Plaza, and incorporated in a oopy of the record. 90-60027 7314V (E) A JB/3 A/S-18/PV. 5 2 The· mee tinq ·was· called· to· order ·at 10.20 a.m. AGENDA ITEMS 8 AND 9 (continued} GENERAL DEBATE Mr;.·TRAORE (Mali) (interpretation from French): On behalf of my deleqation, I should like once aqain to offer you, Sir, our sincere conqratulations for the outstandinq manner in which you have quided our work ever since your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session. Your abilities as an experienced diplomat made it possible for the sixteenth and seventeenth special sessions of the General Assembly to achieve tanqible results. We therefore have reason to believe that the session that has just bequn will also be crowned with success. I should also like to thank the Secretary-General of the United Nations for his very useful contribution to the preparation of our work. Foc some time now, the world has been experiencinq profound upheavals that 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a record of a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, discussing ongoing global issues. The speaker mentions "profound upheavals that have been affecting the world" and congratulates the President of the General Assembly on his leadership. This suggests that the topic of discussion is likely global in scope and may involve a range of issues. However, the text does not provide specific details about the issues being discussed, making it difficult to pinpoint a single category.

**Category**
International relations, Humanitarian aid and relief