UNITED fiATIOHS President: later:GeneralAssembly EXE~lPlAERES D'ARCHIVES t:f11g:~npv •11.....vv.I ~relourn2P/ReturnIDDistribution C.111 Fortieth session GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROVISIONAL VERBATIM RECORD OFTHESEVENTEENTH MEETING HeldatHeadquarters, NewYork, onTuesday, 1OCtober 1985,at3p.m• ., Mr.DEPINIES Mr.MOUSHOt~AS f.Vic~-President)PROVISIONAL A/40/PV.17 1October 1985 ENGLISH (Spain) (Cyprus)A -Scaleofassessments fortheapportionment oftheexpenses oftheUnited Nations [122] (continu~) -General debate [9](continued) Statements weremadeby: Mr.Jackson (Guyana) Mr.Hayden(Australia) Mr.Mahabir (Trinidad andTobago) Mr.Saldivar (Paraguay) 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•. 85-64099/A 3595V(E)BG/4 A/40/PV" 17 2 ,Themeeting wascalle.dtoorderat3.30p",m. A(;J::NDA'ITEM 122··(continued) SCALEOFASSESSMENTS FORTHEAPPORTIONMENT OFTHEEXPENSES OFTHEUNITED NATIONS (A/40/645/Add.4) ThePRESIDENT (interpretation fromSpanish): Ishouldliketodrawthe Assembly's attention todocument A/40/645/Add.4,· whichcontains aletteraddressed tomebytheSecretary-General informing methat,sincethe'issuance ofhis communication dated17September 1985,Guinea-Bissau hasmadethenecessary payment toreduceitsarrears belowtheamountspecified inArticle 19oftheCharter. MayItakeitthattheGeneral Assembly dulytakesnoteofthisinformation? Itwassodecid~. AGENDA ITEM9(continued) GENERAL DEBATE Mr.JACKSON (Guyahil): Myfirstduty-whichisapleasant one-isto extendfelicitations andcongratulations toyou,Sir,adistinguished sonofSpain, uponyourunanimous election tothepresidency ofthissession oftheGeneral Assembly. Ipledgethefullco-operation ofmydelegation inyour effo~ttomake thisimportant fortieth session oftheGeneral Assembly adistinctive and successful one. Letmepayaspecialtribute alsotoyourillustrious predecessor, Ambassador PaulLusakaofZambia, forhisresponsible anddevoted service andforthe impartial mannerandserenedignity withwhichhedischarged hisdutiesas President. MayIalsoreaffirm ourabiding support forourSecretary-General, whose qualities asanastutediplomat andanuntiring devotee ofthecauspof internationalism arewellknownandwidelyrespected. Onceagain,the\1appropr.iate pointatwhichtoexamine howwehavefaredduringthefirsthalfof decadeandtomakeaprognosis fortheremainder ofthisdecadeandbeyond.A/40/PV.l7 3 seriesofinterlocking activities, thesurvival ofthepeoples oftheworldwouldAssembly ondisarmament washeldandmuchhopewasengendered that,through amakeitglobal. Itwastheperiodwhenthefirstspecial session oftheGeneralpresent international situation andemine~tly constructive ideasasregards t~e Inlooking backatthe1970s, weshouldrecallthatitwastheperiodwhenWearenowatthemid-point ofthedecadeofthe1980s,whichIsuggest isanisconfident thatthestrength andcourage whichtheMexican peoplehaveTheopeningofthisgenera: debatehascoincided withatragedy ofunspeakable notbeinjeopardy andtomorrow wouldbeabetterday.without unduedelaytheirtaskofnation-building. detente between thesuper-Powers wasinitiated. TheMovement ofNon-Alignedneedforco-operative globalaction. utilize theopportunity Offered bythispublicforumtoreiterate thesentiments of thisdecade, todosoagainst thebackground ofourperformance inthepreviousMexicointheseriesofearthquakes whichthatcountry hassuffered. Iwishto regretandsolidarity whichwereconveyed bymyPresident, HisExcellencyproportions whichhasbefallen oursisterLatinAmerican andCa~ibbean Republic of demonstrated throughout theirhistory willenable themsoontoovercome theeffectsExcellency Migue1delaMadrid andtotheGovernment andpeopleofMexico. GuyanaBG/4 Countries welcomed thatdevelopment andcalledformeasures tosustainitandto(Mr.Jackson, Guyana) Secretary-General hasgivenusinhis,~nnoalreportapene~rating ana1ysis 'ofthe ofthiscrueldisaster, withthehelpoftheinternational community, andtoresumeComrade HughDesmond Hoyte,tothePresident oftheRepublic ofMexico, His00/4 A/40/PV.17 4 (Mr.Jackson, Guyana) The1970salsowitnessed adram~tic reduction offormalcolonialism, forthe,..
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