UNITED NATIONS • President:Genera. Assembly Fortieth session GENER.,ru. ASSEMBLY PROVISIONAL VERBATIM RECORD 'OFTHEFIRST ~1EETING HeldatHeadquarters, NewYork, onTuesday, 17September 1985,at3p.m. Mr.dePINIESPROVISIONAL A/40/PV.l 18September 1985 ENGLISH (Spain)A Temporary President: Mr.LUSAKA (zambia) -Opening ofthefortieth session bytheTemporary President, Chairman ofthe del.egationofZambia -Minuteofsilentprayerormeditation Scaleofassessments fortheapportionment oftheexpenses oftheunited Nations Credentials ofrepresentatives tothefortieth session oftheGeneral Assembly (a)Appointment ofthemembers oftheCredentials Committee -Address bytheTemporary President Election ofthePresident oftheGeneral Assembly -Address byMr.JaimedePinies, President ofthefortieth session ofthe General Assembly -Organization ofwork Thisrecordcontains theoriginal textofspeeches delivered inEnglish and interpretations ofspeeches intheotherlanguages. Thefinaltextwillbeprinted intheOfficial Records oftheGeneral 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. 85-64003/A 3082V(E)A/40j:i?V.l 2 Themeeting wascalledtoorderat3.30p.m. ITEM1OFTHEPROVISIONAL AGENDA OPENING OFTHEFORTIETH SESSION BYTHETEMPORARY PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN OF THE DELEGATION OFZAMBIA TheTEMPORARY PRESIDENT: Ideclare openthefortieth session ofthe General Assembly. ITEM2OFTHEPROVISIONALAGENDA MINUTE OFSILENT PRAYER ORMEDITATION TheTEMPORARY PRESIDENT: Beforecalling onrepresentatives toobserve a minuteofsilentprayerormeditation inaccordance withrule62oftherulesof procedure, Ipropose thataswedosowealsoobserve theInternational Dayof Peace, o~thisthirdTuesday ofSeptember, asproclaimed bytheGeneral Assembly in itsresolution 36/67,of30Nove:''1her 1981,tobedevoted tocommemorating and strengthening theidealsofpeacebothwithin andamongallnations andpeoples. Peaceistheprimary objective oftheUnitedNations. However,itremains an elusive objective ratherthahanaccomplishment tobepreserved. Asthethreatofanuclear warandseveral armedconflicts keepreminding us, theeradication ofwarlike actions andthemaintenance ofinternational peaceand security becomeeachdaythemosttimelyandpressing ofallourconcerns. The peoples oftheworldrightly expect ustorededicate ourselves totheconstant searchforpeaceamongnations andpeoples envisaged intheCharter oftheUnited Nations. Theobservance ofthefortieth anniversary oftheUnitedNations andthe proclamation of1986astheInternational YearofP~acewillcontribute tothisen&. Inowinviterepresentatives tostandandobserve oneminuteofsilentprayer ormeditation. Themembers oftheGeneral Assembly observed aminuteofsilentprayeror meditation.A/40/PV.l 3 ITEM115OFTHEPROVISIONAL AGENDA SCALEOFASSESSMENTS FORTHEAPPOrerIO~1MENT OFTill!:EXPENSES OFTHEUNITED lfATIONS TheTEMPORARY PRESIDENT: Beforeturning tothenextitem00ouragenda, Ishouldlike,inkeeping withtheestablished practice, toinvitetheattention of theGeneral Assembly todocument A/40/645, whichcontains aletteraddressed tome bytheSecretary-General in-whichheinfox::ms theAssembly thatsixMeJIberstates areinarrears inthepaymentoftheirfincmcial contr!butions totheUnited NatiCl'ls withiuthetermsofArticle 19oftheCharter. Iwouldliketoreminddelegations that,underArticle 19oftheCharter, -AmemberoftheunitedNatioos whichisinarrears inthepayment ofits financial cantributions totheOrganization shallhavenovoteintheGeneral Assembly iftheamountofitsarrears equalsorexc~eds theamountofthe contributions duefromitforthepreceding twofullyears.- MayItakeitthattheGeneral Assembly dulytakesnoteofthisinformation? Itwassodecided. ITEM3OFTHEPROVISIONAL AGENDA CREDENTIALS OFREPRESENTATIVES TOTHEFORTIETH SESSION OFTHEGENERAL ASSmmLY: (a)APPOINTMENT OFTHEMEMBERS OFTHECREDENTIALS COMMITTEE TheTEMPORARY PUESIDENT: Rule28oftherulesofprocedure provides that
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a record of a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, where the temporary president opens the 40th session and addresses various agenda items. The topics discussed include the opening of the session, a minute of silent prayer or meditation, the scale of assessments for the apportionment of expenses of the United Nations, and the credentials of representatives to the 40th session. The language used is formal and official, with references to the United Nations Charter and rules of procedure. The text does not contain any specific discussion of economic development, natural resources, agriculture, forestry, fishing, industry, transport, communication, international trade, health, education, employment, humanitarian aid, or culture.

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International relations, Humanitarian aid and relief