UNITED NATIONS President: later:GeneralAssembly EXEMPLAIRES D'ARCHivk..~ FILECOpy IretournerIReturntoDfstribD1iOn C.1'" Fortieth session GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROVISIONAL VERBATIM RECORD OFTHEFOURTH MEETING HeldatHeadquarters, NewYork, onMonday, 23September 1985,at10500a.m. Mr5DEPINIES Mr.HEPBURN (Vice-Pres ident)A PROVIS'IONAL A/40/PV 54 23September 1985 ENGLISH (Spain) (Bahamas) Address byHisExcellency Mr.JoseSarney, President oftheFederative Republic ofBrazil Opening ofthegeneral debate [9] Statements weremadeby: Mr.Shultz (UnitedStatesofAmerica) Mr.Guissou (Burkina Faso) Mr.Dhanabalan (Singapore) Mr5Ramirez Ocampo (Colombia) Scaleofassessments fortheapportionment oftheexpenses oftheUnited Nations [122](continued) Thisrecordcontains theoriginal textofspeeches delivered inEnglish and interpretations ofspeeches intheotherlanguages5 Thefinaltextwillbeprinted intheOfficial Records oftheGeneral Assembly. Corrections shouldbesubmitted tooriginal speeches on1y5Theyshouldbe sentunderthesignature ofamemberofthedelegation concerned, withinoneweek, totheChief,Official Records Editing Section, Department ofConference Services, roomDC2-750, 2UnitedNations Plaza, andincorporated inacopyoftherecord. 85-64021/A 3198V(E)RM/3 A/40/PV.4 2 Themeeting wascalledtoorderat10.20a.m. will,'hearanciddr'eS"sbY'the" ;Presiden1: ofthe'Federative Republic ofBrazil. Mr.JoseSarney, President oftheFederative Republic ofBrazil, wasescorted intotheGeneral Assew~ly Hall. ThePRESIDENT (interpretation fromSpanish): OnbehalfoftheGeneral Assembly, Ihavethehonourtowelcome totheunitedNations thePresident ofthe Federative Republic ofBrazil, HisExcellency Mr.JoseSarney, andtoinvite himto address theAssembly. President SARNEY (spokeinPortuguese; English textfurnished bythe delegation): Istillhavebefore myeyesthesuffering thatMexicohasjust undergone. Ilandedtheretoseeformyselfthetragedy, toseewhathadhappened andtoaffirmtothepeopleofthatcountry Brazil's solidarity. Insodoing, I daretohopethatIconveyed thefeelings oftherestoftheworld, andIbeginmy statement heretodaybyassuring Mexicoofthesolidarity oftheentireworld. Thistribuneinstills respect anddignity. Itistheloftiest inthe community ofnations. Here,boththemighty andtheweakarediminished, somuch greater istheburdenofmankind's history intheexercise ofthetaskwhichisthe essence oftheOrganization's work-namely, thepreservation ofpeace,tackling theproblems thatbesetitandtheefforts totransform divergencies into solidarity. For40yearsmycountry, Brazil, hasbeenprivileged toopenthegeneral debateoftheGeneral Assembly oftheUnitedNations. Itiswithprofound emotion thatInowexercise thatprerogative.RM/3 A/40/PV.4 3 (President Barney) Graveproblems andimmense responsibilities weighheavily uponme.In expressing myfeelings Iturntothegreatest poetofmyland,andIdosobecause Ibelieve thatpoetryisneither inappropriate noranachronistic inthescenario of greatdebates. Thepoetwrote: "Whatraredreamcouldbe Morepureormorebeautiful Andmoreprofound thanthis Livingmachinery oftheworld?" Itiswiththisfeeling abouttheworldthatIspeakonbehalfofoneo~the largest nations oftheglobe,acomplex anddynamic society, theeighthlargest economy intheWestern world,acountry ofcontrasts andofgreatness -theBra~il madeupofseveral Brazils, inwhichaffluence andpoverty, aridity andfertility, drought andfloodcreateageography ofcontradictory features and,insodoing, enclose inavastcontinent aunified people whohaveknownhowtoconstruct a racialdemocracy andacultural unitythataretheL'lvincible forceoftheir destiny. Iamasimpleman.Iwasbornandhavelivedinoneofthe~stseverely testedregions ofourland,theheavily populated andpoverty-stricken Brazilian north-east. Ihavefollowed apolitical careerfor30years,butitwasinthe midstoftragedy andawe,inanabruptandunexpected way,thatIwascalledupon toleadournation. AsPresident oftheRepublic, Iamproudtobeawriterforwhomatastefor wordshasnotrestricted thespirittomereaesthetic expressions. FromwordsI forgedanelement ofprofound identification withthepeople, sharing inthe aspirations ofindividuals andofsociety asawhole. Literature andpolitics forceonusasocialandhumanistic visionofthe
**Analysis**
The text does not explicitly discuss economic development, natural resources, industry, transport, communication, international trade, health, education, employment, or humanitarian aid. However, it does touch on the theme of peace and solidarity among nations, which could be related to international relations or diplomacy. The text also mentions the struggles of a country (Brazil) and its people, which could be linked to humanitarian aid or development.

**Category**
Culture, International relations