UNiTED NATIONS • President:aenoralA•••mbl, rrr Fortieth session GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROVISIONAL VERBATIM RECORD OFTHETHIRD MEETING HeldatHeadquarters, NewYork, onFriday, 20September 1985,at10.30a.m. Mr.DEPINmSPROVISIONAL A/40/pV.3 "20September 1985 ~GLISH (Spain)A -Expression ofsympathy concerning theearthquake inMexico -Adoption oftheagenda andorganization ofwork:firstreportoftheGeneral Committee -Commemoration ofthefortieth anniversary oftheunitedNations: reportof thepreparatory Committee fortheFortieth Anniversary oftheunitedNations -Meetin~s ofsubsidiary organs Thisrecordcontains theoriginal textofspeeches ~~liv~red inEnglish and interpretations ofspeeches intheotherlanguages. Thefinaltextwillbeprinted intheOfficial RecordsoftheGeneral Assembly. Corrections shouldbesubmitted tooriginal speeches only.Theyshouldbe sentunderthesignature ofamemberofthedelegation concerned, within I:ll.leweek, totheChief,Official Records Editing Section, Department ofConference Services, roomDC2-7S0, 2unitedNations Plaza, andincorporated inacopyoftherecord. 85-64015/A 3143V(E)111/3 A/40/PV.3 2-5 Themeeting wascalledtoorderat10.55a•••l EXPREsSION OFSYMPATHY CONCERNING THEEARTHQUAKE INMEXICO ThePRESJDENT (interpretaticm frOllSpanish): Beforetakingupthefirst itemonouragendaforthismorning may111onbehalfofalltheaellbers ofthe Assembly andonmyownbehalf, ex~endourdeepest sympathy totheGOI7ernment and peoplesofMexicoforthetragiclossoflifeandextensive IUterial damagewhich resulted fromtherecentearthquake. MayIalsoexpress thehopethattheinternational cOIIIIInity vUlshowits solidarityandrespond prOllptly andgenerously toanyrequest forhelp. Inowcallupontherepresentative ofMexico.JSM/jh A/40/PV.3 6 ~.rgMUAozLEDO(Mexico) (interpretat~ onfromSpanish): Si~,although the headofmydelegation willbemakingastatement latercongratulating you,Iwould liketoextendtoyouD¥personal congratulations onseeingyoupresiding overthis sessionoftheAssembly. Xammostgrateful toyouforyourkindwordsofsympathy andsolidarity withmycountry ontheoccasion oftheearthquake whichoccured yesterday. Welackdetailed information, butweknowthattherehavebeenmany casualties andthattherehasbeenextensive damage. Ihaveconveyed toPresident delaMadridthemessageo sentbythe Secretary-General andbyyou,Sir,generously offering topromote international assistance. Ihavereceived manydemonstrations offriendship. Assoonasweare abletore-establish communication withourcapital, weshallbeinaposition to tellyouhowourGovernment ischannelling thisassistance. Clearly, thepeople andGovernment ofMexicohavebeenmobilized underthepersonal leadership ofthe President oftheRepublic ofMexicoandareusingtheirownresources todealwith thisdisaster. Afewminutes agotheOfficeoftheunitedNations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator (UNDRO)calledmefromGenevaan..nformed methatontheinstructions oftheSecretary-General, various formsofinternational support arealready being dispatched. Wearemostsincerely grateful forallofthesedemonstrations of assistance. ITEM8OFTHEPROVISIONAL AGENDA ADOPrl0N OFTHEAGENDA ANDORGANIZATION OFWORK:FIRSTREPORT OFTHEGENERAL COMMITTEE (A/40/2S0) ThePRESIDENT (interpretation fromSpanish): Weshallexaminefirst section 11ofthereport, whichdealswiththeorganization ofthesession. Members areawarethatbyitsdecision 34/401, whichisreproduced asannexVIto therulesofprocedure, andbyitsresolution 39/88B,whichisreproduced asJSM/jh A/40/PV.3 7 (ThePresident) annexVIItotherules,theGeneral Assembly adopted anumberofprovisions aimed atrationalizing itsprocedures andorganization. Manyoftheseprovisions have already beenimplemented atthethirty-fourth tothirty-ninth sessions, butsomeof themhavenotyetbeen, 01:havebeenonlypartlyimplemented. Itishopedthatat thepresent session theAssembly willendeavour toadvance thisprocess of rati(;i..etlization. Theprovisions ofGeneral Assembly decision 34/401andresolution 39/88B,to whicbIhavejustreferred, thatdirectly affecttheorganization ofworkofthe General Committee, arereproduced inparagraph 2ofdocument A/40/250. MayIconside~ thattheGeneral Assembly takesnot9oftheactiontakenbythe General Committee onthatparagraph? Itwas"106l~cided._,.JoIi ....., ThePkESIDENT (interpretation fromSpanish): Asconcerns theobservance ofthefortieth anniversary oftheUnitedNations, referred toinparagraphs 3and