...UNITED NATIONS • Presid~nt: later: later:Gene'••A••embl, e. Fortieth session GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROVISIONAL VERBATIM RECORD OFTHEEIGHTEENTH MEETING HeldatHeadquarters, NewYork, onWednesday, 2October 1985,at10a.m. Mr~DEPltUES Mr.MORENO-SALCEDO (Vice-president) ;Mr.DEPINIES(President)PROVISIONAL A/40/PV.18 2OCtober 1985 ENGLISH (Spain) (Philippines) (Spain)Al -Address byHisRoyalHighness Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, President ofDemocratic Kampuchea -General debate (9)(continued) Statements weremadeby: Mr.Yaqub-Khan (Pakistan) Mr.Chnoupek (Czechoslovakia) Mr.Shamir(Israel) , Thisrecordcontains theoriginal textofspeeches delivered inEnglish and interpretations ofspeeches intheotherlanguages. Thefinaltextwillbeprinted intheOfficial Records oftheGeneral Assembly. Corrections shouldbesubmitted tooriginal speeches only.Theyshould be sentunderthesignature ofamemberofthedelegation concerned, withinoneweek, totheChief,Official Records Editing Section, Department ofConference Services, roomDC2-750, 2UnitedNations Plaza,andincorporated inacopyoftherecord. 85-64l05/A 36l4V(E) --. r···.•-.! ~...:...'.~~- AMB/3 A/40/PV.l8 2 ~hemeeting wascalledtoorderat10.25a.m. ADDRESS BYHISROYALR1GHNESS SAMDECH NOROOOM SIHANOUK, PRESIDENT OFDEMOCRATIC KAMPtQfBA ThePRESIDENT (interpretation fromSpanish): TheAssembly willnowhear anaddress ~thePresident ofDemocratic Kampuchea. HisRoyalHighness Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, President ofDemocratic K&~~uchea wasescorted intotheGeneral Assa~bl Hallo ThePRESIDENT (interpretation fromSpanish): OnbehalfoftheGeneral ASS~dbly, Ihavethehonourtowelcome totheUnitedNations General Assembly His RoyalHighness Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, President ofDemocratic Kampuchea, andto invitehimtoaddress theGeneral Assembly. President Norodom SIHANOUK (interpretation fromFrench): MayIbe permitted, onbehalfoftheKhmerpeopleandtheCoalition Government ofDemocratic Kampuchea, andonmyownbehalf, toexpress mymostcordial salutations and heartfelt thankstotheheadsofdelegaticns andtherepresentatives whohonour thissession withtheirpresence, andthusgiveevidence oftheirfaithinthemost nobleidealsoftheUnitedNations: theideals o~justice, peace,freedom and support foroppressed peoples andvictims ofinjustice. Mr.President, iti~withgreatsatisfaction thatmydelegation welcomes your unanimous election tothepresidency ofthefortieth session ofourGeneral Assembly. Thechoicemadebyallourcolleagues isatribute toyouroutstanding personality, which c~~nds general respect, andtothesustained activities of Spain,itsSovereign anditapeopleonbehalfofpeace,justice anddemocracy. Whilerecalling withpleasure thatCambodia andSpainbecameMembers ofthe UnitedNations thesameyear,1955,weareconfident that,thankstoyourlong experience, wisdomandskillandtoyourwell-known commitment toour~orld organization anditsCharter, oursession, ontheoccasion ofthefortiethI ..AMB/3 A/40/PV.18 3-5 (President Norodom Sihanouk) anniversary ofthefounding oftheUnitedNations, willgiveapositive response to thehopesoftileinternational community andhastensolutions tothevitalissues ofpeace,security andjustice facingourworld. Onbehalfofmye2legation, Iwishtopayawarmtribute toMr.PaulLusaka, whoconducted ourworkattheprevious session withwisdomanddistinction and prepared thecelebration ofthefortieth anniversary oftheUnitedNations. Iwishalsotoreaffirm ourdeepesteemandgreatappreciation forour Secretary-General, Mr.JavierPerezdeCuellar, forhisoutstanding activities and initiatives inordertobringabouttheUnitedNations contribution toeasing tensions andmaintaining peaceandsecurity intheworld. HisvisittoSouth-East Asiaearlierthisyearinordertoexplore waysandmeansofbringing aboutthe implementation ofthejustUnitedNations resolutions testifies tohissteady efforts, hisimpartiality andhiscourage indischarging hislofty responsibilities. Hisannualreports andthetalkswhichIhavehadthepleasure ofholding withhimhaveallbeenasourceofencouragement forme.Our Secretary-General isacredittotheUnitedNations forhispersonal commitment in thesearchforinternational peaceandsecurity, co-operation andunderstanding
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech delivered by Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, President of Democratic Kampuchea, at the United Nations General Assembly. The speech focuses on expressing gratitude, paying tributes, and reaffirming commitments to international organizations and principles. The speech does not contain specific references to economic development, natural resources, agriculture, industry, transport, communication, international trade, health, education, employment, humanitarian aid, or culture.

**Category**
None, Humanitarian aid and relief